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Publikováno v:
American Journal of Infection Control. 40:688-691
Background The best approach to measurement of health care-associated infection rates is controversial. Methods We compared 3 metrics to identify catheter-associated bloodstream infection (CA-BSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CA-UTI)
Autor:
Alan M. Stamm, Ken B. Waites, William W. Andrews, Suzanne P. Cliver, Stephen A. Moser, Robert L. Schelonka
Publikováno v:
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 63:284-286
Community-associated strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococus aureus (MSRA) have occurred in outbreaks of infection in newborn nurseries, and they also are an emerging problem for pregnant women. Among the common sites of infection are the brea
Autor:
Ritu A. Kumar, Stephen A. Moser, Ken B. Waites, Alan M. Stamm, Mukesh Patel, Craig J. Hoesley
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45:3431-3433
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) strains are increasingly recovered from nosocomial settings. We conducted a retrospective study of surgical site infections (SSI) during 2004 and 2005 to determine the prevale
Autor:
Craig J. Hoesley, Alan M. Stamm, Ken B. Waites, Thomas E. Dobbs, Mukesh Patel, Stephen A. Moser
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 44:3368-3370
In May 2004 our institution encountered its first clinical isolate of linezolid-resistant, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (LRVRE). Between October 2004 and July 2005, 40 patients from whom LRVRE organisms were recovered in clinical specime
Publikováno v:
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 17:14-19
Objective:To assess the effect on the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) of decreasing the frequency of ventilator circuit changes from three times to once per week.Design:Prospective, randomized trial.Setting:Medical intensive care unit (
Publikováno v:
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 199(3)
Objective We assessed the impact of an extended-spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis regimen (azithromycin in addition to recommended narrow-spectrum cephalosporin) on postcesarean incisional wound infection. Study Design Data from prospective surveillanc
Autor:
Ken B. Waites, John W. Baddley, Alan M. Stamm, Mukesh Patel, Craig J. Hoesley, Stephen A. Moser
Publikováno v:
Southern medical journal. 101(1)
Background: The epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was investigated at a tertiary care hospital, and relationship was made between the clinical and genetic definitions of community- and healthcare-associated MRSA. Meth
Publikováno v:
Obstetrics and gynecology. 111(1)
To describe the effect of an extended-spectrum prophylactic antibiotic regimen on postcesarean endometritis.This is a cohort study of trends in postcesarean endometritis using data both from prospective surveillance by the infection control unit and
Autor:
Alan M. Stamm, Mukesh Patel, Stephen A. Moser, Kay C. Canupp, Ken B. Waites, Craig J. Hoesley
Publikováno v:
The Journal of hospital infection. 68(3)
Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has become a major pathogen, particularly in outbreaks of skin and soft-tissue infection (SSTI). A preliminary study conducted at our institution in 2004 revealed that up to 45
Autor:
Ellen Funkhouser, Stephen A. Moser, P. Chavers, Ken B. Waites, William H. Benjamin, Alan M. Stamm, L. S. Chavers
Publikováno v:
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.). 9
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have become important causes of nosocomial infections. This study evaluated the association between a variety of intravenous antimicrobial exposures and the isolation of VRE using two control groups: (1) a vanco