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Publikováno v:
Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 37:17-21
In today's health care environment, laboratories are increasingly being asked to justify the acquisition of new technology. Justification is often done through a formal business case analysis. One important component of the business case is being abl
Publikováno v:
Molecular Microbiology ISBN: 9781555819088
Health care in the United States has seen dramatic changes over the last decade, including an increasing emphasis on the cost of delivering care. Although it has been estimated that approximately two-thirds of health care decisions are based on labor
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Autor:
Russell E. Lewis, Quynh P. Vo, Vincent H. Tam, Kevin W. Garey, Woranuch Saengcharoen, Mark LaRocco
Publikováno v:
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 63:81-86
Long-term low-dose macrolides alter response in patients with chronic sessile Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization. We examined the effect of clarithromycin on 1) adherence of P. aeruginosa cells and 2) biofilm formation. A suspended-coupon continuous
Autor:
Margaret Price, Gail Graham, Kevin W. Garey, Thanh Dao-Tran, Herbert L. DuPont, Zhi-Dong Jiang, Pablo C. Okhuysen, Mark LaRocco
Publikováno v:
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 5:964-968
Background & Aims: Previous studies have shown that failure to produce serum antibodies to C. difficile (CD) toxin A is associated with more severe and recurrent C. difficile –associated diarrhea (CDAD); and that presence of AA genotype in the inte
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 63:735-739
Purpose. The utility of a novel interdisciplinary approach to antimicrobial formulary decision-making was studied. Methods. Pseudomonas aeruginosa minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) distribution data for cefepime and ceftazidime were retrieved fr
Autor:
Firas Zabaneh, Margaret Reiter, Kevin W. Garey, Thanh Dao, Layne O. Gentry, Mark LaRocco, Sumesh Kachroo
Publikováno v:
Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 40:381-385
Background: In 2001, vancomycin replaced cefuroxime for antibiotic prophylaxis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery at our institution due to high rates of surgical site infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp. However, few da
Autor:
Virginia Kennedy, Paul Hougland, Susan Houston, Mark LaRocco, Layne O. Gentry, Jacqueline J. Anderson
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Critical Care. 11:567-570
• Background Decreasing the levels of bacteria in the oropharynx should reduce the prevalence of nosocomial pneumonia. • Objectives To test the effectiveness of 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate oral rinse in decreasing microbial colonization of the
Autor:
Mark LaRocco, Gary V. Doern, Paul P. Bourbeau, Sanjai Nagendra, Stephen M. Brecher, Michael Dunne
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 39:2344-2347
A five-center study was conducted with the aim of determining how reproducibly expectorated sputa and tracheal aspirates could be sampled when preparing Gram-stained smears and inoculating cultures. With both specimen types, excessive variation was n
Publikováno v:
Nursing Research. 47:54-59
Autor:
John N. Galgiani, John H. Rex, Michael A. Pfaller, Elias Anaissie, Thomas F. Patterson, Michael G. Rinaldi, Victor L. Paetznick, Lisa G. Ensign, Christopher A. Hitchcock, Ana Espinel-Ingroff, Mark LaRocco
Publikováno v:
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 40:2387-2391
The growth patterns observed in the trailing wells when fluconazole is being tested may give rise to readings that suggest resistance or increased MICs for known susceptible strains. We conducted a multicenter study to evaluate the intralaboratory an