Outpatient treatment and clinical outcomes of bacteriuria in veterans: A retrospective cohort analysis

Autor: Suzette A. Rovelsky, Michelle Vu, Alexis K. Barrett, Kenneth Bukowski, Xiangming Wei, Muriel Burk, Makoto Jones, Kelly Echevarria, Katie J Suda, Francesca Cunningham, Karl J Madaras-Kelly, for the UTI Management Improvement Group

Publikováno v: Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, Vol 2 (2022)

Abstract Objective: To conduct a contemporary detailed assessment of outpatient antibiotic prescribing and outcomes for positive urine cultures in a mixed-sex cohort. Design: Multicenter retrospective cohort review. Setting: The study was conduc

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Surveillance of adverse drug events associated with tocilizumab in hospitalized veterans with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to inform patient safety and pandemic preparedness

Autor: Rupak Datta, Kathleen M Akgün, Alexis Barrett, Ann Fisher, Cedric Salone, Francesca E. Cunningham, Muriel Burk, Anthony Au, Louise M. Dembry

Publikováno v: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

We evaluated adverse drug events (ADEs) by chart review in a random national sample of 428 veterans with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who received tocilizumab (n = 173 of 428). ADEs (median time, 5 days) occurred in 51 of 173 (29%) and include

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https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.227

Interventions to Increase Leukocyte Testing during Treatment with Dimethyl Fumarate

Autor: Von R. Moore, Parisa Gholami, Paul A. Heidenreich, Peter A. Glassman, Anju Sahay, Francesca E. Cunningham, Shoutzu Lin, Muriel Burk

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 10312, p 10312 (2021)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume 18
Issue 19

Dimethyl fumarate (DMF), a treatment for multiple sclerosis, may cause leukopenia and infection. Accordingly, periodic white blood cell (WBC) monitoring is recommended. We sought to evaluate the US Department of Veteran Affairs’ safety program whic

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https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/19/10312

Association of Different Interventions to Increase Leukocyte Testing During Treatment With Dimethyl Fumarate

Autor: Francesca E. Cunningham, Von R. Moore, Peter A. Glassman, Muriel Burk, Paul A. Heidenreich, Mary K. Goldstein, Anju Sahay, Shoutzu Lin, Parisa Gholami

Background: Dimethyl fumarate (DMF), a treatment for multiple sclerosis, may cause leukopenia and infection. Accordingly, periodic white blood cell (WBC) monitoring is recommended. We sought to evaluate the VA Medication Use Evaluation Tracker (MUET)

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https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-149132/v1

Inpatient Management of Uncomplicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in 34 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: A Medication Use Evaluation

Autor: Matthew Bidwell Goetz, Makoto Jones, XiangMing Wei, Kelly Echevarria, Muriel Burk, Emily S Spivak, Francesca E. Cunningham, Ronald Carico, Jesse Sutton, Melinda M. Neuhauser

Publikováno v: Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 7

Background Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are a key antimicrobial stewardship target because they are a common infection in hospitalized patients, and non-guideline-concordant antibiotic use is frequent. To inform antimicrobial stewardship i

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https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz554