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List of works by Lance R Peterson

A convenient assay for estimating the possible involvement of efflux of fluoroquinolones by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus: evidence for diminished moxifloxacin, sparfloxacin, and trovafloxacin efflux.

scientific article published on March 2000

A laboratory-based, hospital-wide, electronic marker for nosocomial infection: the future of infection control surveillance?

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Active surveillance reduces the incidence of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteremia

scientific article published on 12 September 2003

Activity of voriconazole against Candida albicans and Candida krusei isolated since 1984.

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An outbreak of bloodstream infections in an outpatient hemodialysis center

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Comparison of an automated ribotyping system to restriction endonuclease analysis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for differentiating vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates

scientific article published on May 2002

Comparison of genomic methods for differentiating strains of Enterococcus faecium: assessment using clinical epidemiologic data.

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Comparison of the Rodac imprint method to selective enrichment broth for recovery of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and drug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from environmental surfaces.

scientific article published on December 2000

Computer-assisted surveillance for detecting clonal outbreaks of nosocomial infection

scientific article published on March 2004

Contamination of the clinical microbiology laboratory with vancomycin-resistant enterococci and multidrug- resistant Enterobacteriaceae: implications for hospital and laboratory workers

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Contribution of topoisomerase IV and DNA gyrase mutations in Streptococcus pneumoniae to resistance to novel fluoroquinolones

scientific article published on August 1999

Direct detection of Staphylococcus aureus from adult and neonate nasal swab specimens using real-time polymerase chain reaction

scientific article published on August 2004

Dose-ranging study to assess the application of intranasal 2% mupirocin calcium ointment to eradicate Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization

scientific article published on 28 February 2013

Effects of incubation time and buffer concentration on in vitro activities of antifungal agents against Candida albicans

scientific article published on June 1997

Electronic Surveillance for Infectious Disease Trend Analysis following a Quality Improvement Intervention

scientific article published on June 11, 2012

Engineering infection control through facility design

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Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia: acquisition and outcome

scientific article published on February 1995

Enterococcus faecium bacteremia: does vancomycin resistance make a difference?

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Fluoroquinolone resistance is a poor surrogate marker for type II topoisomerase mutations in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

scientific article published on July 2001

Highly reproducible bactericidal activity test results by using a modified National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards broth macrodilution technique.

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Implementation of a universal admission surveillance and decolonization program for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) reduces the number of MRSA and total number of S. aureus isolates reported by the clinical laboratory

scientific article published on 30 September 2009

In vitro activities of linezolid against important gram-positive bacterial pathogens including vancomycin-resistant enterococci

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In vitro activity of RP 59500 (quinupristin/dalfopristin) and ramoplanin against vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

scientific article published in January 1995

Influence of role models and hospital design on hand hygiene of healthcare workers

scientific article published on February 2003

Initial use of a broth microdilution method suitable for in vitro testing of fungal isolates in a clinical microbiology laboratory

scientific article published on July 1, 1995

Intracellular targets of moxifloxacin: a comparison with other fluoroquinolones

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Low Prevalence of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Adults at a University Hospital in the Central United States

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Management of fluoroquinolone resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa--outcome of monitored use in a referral hospital.

scientific article published in August 1998

Medical and economic benefit of a comprehensive infection control program that includes routine determination of microbial clonality

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

Microbiologic surveillance using nasal cultures alone is sufficient for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in neonates

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Molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a 2-year perspective

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Molecular typing for investigating an outbreak of Candida krusei

scientific article published on 01 November 1996

New technology for detecting multidrug-resistant pathogens in the clinical microbiology laboratory

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Non-PmrA-mediated multidrug resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

scientific article published in March 2002

Optimization of a laboratory-developed test utilizing roche analyte-specific reagents for detection of Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species

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Paenibacillus macerans pseudobacteremia resulting from contaminated blood culture bottles in a neonatal intensive care unit

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Performance of the BD GeneOhm methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus test before and during high-volume clinical use.

scientific article published on 11 July 2007

Persistent contamination of fabric-covered furniture by vancomycin-resistant enterococci: implications for upholstery selection in hospitals.

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Real-Time Detection of bla KPC in Clinical Samples and Surveillance Specimens

scientific article published on 06 July 2011

Recovery of vancomycin-resistant enterococci on fingertips and environmental surfaces.

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Reduced Clostridioides difficile infection in a pragmatic stepped-wedge initiative using admission surveillance to detect colonization

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

Resistance to linezolid: characterization of mutations in rRNA and comparison of their occurrences in vancomycin-resistant enterococci

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Risk factors for acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci among hematology-oncology patients

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Selection of Enterococcus faecium strains with stable and unstable resistance to the streptogramin RP 59500 using stepwise in vitro exposure

scientific article published on 01 May 1996

Significant impact of terminal room cleaning with bleach on reducing nosocomial Clostridium difficile

scientific article published on 31 January 2010

Staphylococcus aureus nasal decolonization in joint replacement surgery reduces infection

scientific article published on 18 March 2008

Successful treatment of persistent bacteremia due to vancomycin-resistant, ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

scientific article published on January 1995

Successful treatment of persistent vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia with linezolid and gentamicin

scientific article published in March 1999

Synergistic effect of gentamicin plus ampicillin on enterococci with differing sensitivity to gentamicin: a phenotypic assessment of NCCLS guidelines

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

The incidence of antimicrobial allergies in hospitalized patients: implications regarding prescribing patterns and emerging bacterial resistance

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The utility of aminoglycosides in an era of emerging drug resistance

scientific article published on May 1, 1998

Thirteen-Year Evolution of Azole Resistance in Yeast Isolates and Prevalence of Resistant Strains Carried by Cancer Patients at a Large Medical Center

scientific article published on April 1, 1998

Three surveillance strategies for vancomycin-resistant enterococci in hospitalized patients: detection of colonization efficiency and a cost-effectiveness model.

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Use of in-house studies of molecular epidemiology and full species identification for controlling spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis isolates.

scientific article published on September 1996

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium sepsis following persistent colonization.

scientific article published in July 1995

Yield of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from stools submitted for Clostridium difficile testing compared to results from a focused surveillance program

scientific article published on March 2001