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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Health care--associated bloodstream infections in adults: a reason to change the accepted definition of community-acquired infections.
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Ann Intern Med
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2002
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8.67
|
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2
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Adverse clinical and economic outcomes attributable to methicillin resistance among patients with Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2003
|
4.06
|
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3
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The impact of surgical-site infections following orthopedic surgery at a community hospital and a university hospital: adverse quality of life, excess length of stay, and extra cost.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2002
|
3.77
|
|
4
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In-hospital and 1-year mortality in patients undergoing early surgery for prosthetic valve endocarditis.
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JAMA Intern Med
|
2013
|
3.72
|
|
5
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Diagnosis and management of tickborne rickettsial diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichioses, and anaplasmosis--United States: a practical guide for physicians and other health-care and public health professionals.
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MMWR Recomm Rep
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2006
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3.32
|
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6
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The network approach for prevention of healthcare-associated infections: long-term effect of participation in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2011
|
3.24
|
|
7
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Comparison of the burdens of hospital-onset, healthcare facility-associated Clostridium difficile Infection and of healthcare-associated infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community hospitals.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2011
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2.71
|
|
8
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Changing patient characteristics and the effect on mortality in endocarditis.
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Arch Intern Med
|
2002
|
2.68
|
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9
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Poor functional status as a risk factor for surgical site infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2008
|
2.33
|
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10
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Early predictors of in-hospital death in infective endocarditis.
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Circulation
|
2004
|
2.26
|
|
11
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The value of an infectious diseases specialist.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2003
|
2.12
|
|
12
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Diagnosis and management of Q fever--United States, 2013: recommendations from CDC and the Q Fever Working Group.
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MMWR Recomm Rep
|
2013
|
2.06
|
|
13
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Selective inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase-14 blocks tumor growth, invasion, and angiogenesis.
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Cancer Res
|
2009
|
2.03
|
|
14
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Severe surgical site infection in community hospitals: epidemiology, key procedures, and the changing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2007
|
1.89
|
|
15
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Early surgery in patients with infective endocarditis: a propensity score analysis.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2007
|
1.78
|
|
16
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The effect of increasing age on the risk of surgical site infection.
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J Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.75
|
|
17
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Surgical-site infection due to Staphylococcus aureus among elderly patients: mortality, duration of hospitalization, and cost.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2004
|
1.74
|
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18
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Rising rates of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae in community hospitals: a mixed-methods review of epidemiology and microbiology practices in a network of community hospitals in the southeastern United States.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2014
|
1.67
|
|
19
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Generation of high-affinity human antibodies by combining donor-derived and synthetic complementarity-determining-region diversity.
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Nat Biotechnol
|
2005
|
1.49
|
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20
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Empirical antimicrobial therapy for bloodstream infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: no better than a coin toss.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2009
|
1.38
|
|
21
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Novel peptide inhibitors of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2.
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J Biol Chem
|
2003
|
1.36
|
|
22
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Risk factors for pediatric ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and predictors of infectious pathogens.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2003
|
1.35
|
|
23
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Seasonal variation in Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection on 4 continents.
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J Infect Dis
|
2008
|
1.35
|
|
24
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What's new in Rocky Mountain spotted fever?
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Infect Dis Clin North Am
|
2008
|
1.33
|
|
25
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Clinical and financial outcomes due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection: a multi-center matched outcomes study.
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PLoS One
|
2009
|
1.28
|
|
26
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The relationship between the initiation of antimicrobial therapy and the incidence of stroke in infective endocarditis: an analysis from the ICE Prospective Cohort Study (ICE-PCS).
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Am Heart J
|
2007
|
1.26
|
|
27
|
Repeat infective endocarditis: differentiating relapse from reinfection.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.26
|
|
28
|
The effect of surgical site infection on older operative patients.
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J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2009
|
1.24
|
|
29
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Risk of endocarditis among patients with prosthetic valves and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
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Am J Med
|
2005
|
1.18
|
|
30
|
Risk factors for surgical site infection complicating laminectomy.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2007
|
1.17
|
|
31
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Underresourced hospital infection control and prevention programs: penny wise, pound foolish?
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2007
|
1.16
|
|
32
|
The deadly toll of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in community hospitals.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2008
|
1.16
|
|
33
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Current features of infective endocarditis in elderly patients: results of the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study.
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Arch Intern Med
|
2008
|
1.16
|
|
34
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Cluster of oseltamivir-resistant 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infections on a hospital ward among immunocompromised patients--North Carolina, 2009.
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J Infect Dis
|
2011
|
1.15
|
|
35
|
Risk factors for ineffective therapy in patients with bloodstream infection.
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Arch Intern Med
|
2005
|
1.14
|
|
36
|
Postoperative joint infections due to Propionibacterium species: a case-control study.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2009
|
1.14
|
|
37
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Fibrin specific peptides derived by phage display: characterization of peptides and conjugates for imaging.
|
Bioconjug Chem
|
2012
|
1.12
|
|
38
|
Favorable impact of an infection control network on nosocomial infection rates in community hospitals.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2006
|
1.08
|
|
39
|
Emergence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in community hospitals throughout North Carolina: a harbinger of a wider problem in the United States?
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2009
|
1.07
|
|
40
|
Increasing rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in academic hospitals: a result of active surveillance?
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2013
|
1.06
|
|
41
|
High-throughput affinity ranking of antibodies using surface plasmon resonance microarrays.
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Anal Biochem
|
2006
|
1.05
|
|
42
|
Observing and improving hand hygiene compliance: implementation and refinement of an electronic-assisted direct-observer hand hygiene audit program.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2012
|
1.04
|
|
43
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Identification of an ADAMTS-4 cleavage motif using phage display leads to the development of fluorogenic peptide substrates and reveals matrilin-3 as a novel substrate.
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J Biol Chem
|
2007
|
1.04
|
|
44
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Complex surgical site infections and the devilish details of risk adjustment: important implications for public reporting.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2008
|
1.02
|
|
45
|
Scrub typhus and rickettsial diseases in international travelers: a review.
|
Curr Infect Dis Rep
|
2009
|
1.02
|
|
46
|
Widespread dissemination of CTX-M-15 genotype extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae among patients presenting to community hospitals in the southeastern United States.
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Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2013
|
1.00
|
|
47
|
Risk factors for surgical site infections in older people.
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J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2006
|
0.99
|
|
48
|
Influence of diabetes mellitus on the clinical manifestations and prognosis of infective endocarditis: a report from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Merged Database.
|
Scand J Infect Dis
|
2006
|
0.98
|
|
49
|
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in an intensive care nursery: potential for interinstitutional spread.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2007
|
0.97
|
|
50
|
Risk factors for 1-year mortality after postoperative mediastinitis.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2006
|
0.95
|
|
51
|
Decontamination of targeted pathogens from patient rooms using an automated ultraviolet-C-emitting device.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2013
|
0.94
|
|
52
|
Development of mammalian serum albumin affinity purification media by peptide phage display.
|
Biotechnol Prog
|
2002
|
0.93
|
|
53
|
Variation in the type and frequency of postoperative invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections according to type of surgical procedure.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2010
|
0.93
|
|
54
|
Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: a case report.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2002
|
0.92
|
|
55
|
Drugs derived from phage display: from candidate identification to clinical practice.
|
MAbs
|
2014
|
0.91
|
|
56
|
Acute eosinophilic pneumonia secondary to daptomycin: a report of three cases.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2010
|
0.91
|
|
57
|
Surgical volume and the risk of surgical site infection in community hospitals: size matters.
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Ann Surg
|
2008
|
0.91
|
|
58
|
Infectious complications following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: an automated surveillance system for detecting postprocedure bacteremia.
|
Am J Infect Control
|
2008
|
0.90
|
|
59
|
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia after median sternotomy: clinical utility of blood culture results in the identification of postoperative mediastinitis.
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Circulation
|
2003
|
0.90
|
|
60
|
Co-infection or co-colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a network of community hospitals.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2004
|
0.89
|
|
61
|
Assessing the relative burden of hospital-acquired infections in a network of community hospitals.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2013
|
0.88
|
|
62
|
Role of the environment in the transmission of Clostridium difficile in health care facilities.
|
Am J Infect Control
|
2013
|
0.88
|
|
63
|
The epidemiology of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a network of community hospitals: a prospective multicenter study.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2013
|
0.88
|
|
64
|
Emerging evidence for seasonality of gram-negative bacterial infections.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2009
|
0.87
|
|
65
|
Surveying the surveillance: surgical site infections excluded by the January 2013 updated surveillance definitions.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2014
|
0.86
|
|
66
|
Metastatic complications of bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients.
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Semin Dial
|
2012
|
0.86
|
|
67
|
Aortic coarctation endarteritis in an adult: case report with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging findings and review of the literature.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2005
|
0.85
|
|
68
|
Evaluation of an evidence-based, nurse-driven checklist to prevent hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units.
|
J Nurs Care Qual
|
2011
|
0.84
|
|
69
|
Validating a 3-point prediction rule for surgical site infection after coronary artery bypass surgery.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2010
|
0.83
|
|
70
|
Gender differences in infective endocarditis: pre- and co-morbid conditions lead to different management and outcomes in female patients.
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Scand J Infect Dis
|
2007
|
0.83
|
|
71
|
Risk factors for gram-negative bacterial surgical site infection: do allergies to antibiotics increase risk?
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2009
|
0.82
|
|
72
|
Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia in community hospitals.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2014
|
0.82
|
|
73
|
Discovery of high-affinity peptide binders to BLyS by phage display.
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J Mol Recognit
|
2004
|
0.82
|
|
74
|
Medical treatment of endocarditis.
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Curr Infect Dis Rep
|
2007
|
0.80
|
|
75
|
Measuring the effect of inappropriate initial antibiotic therapy on outcomes of patients with Gram-negative sepsis: An imprecise science.
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Crit Care Med
|
2011
|
0.80
|
|
76
|
Blood culture contamination with Enterococci and skin organisms: implications for surveillance definitions of primary bloodstream infections.
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Am J Infect Control
|
2011
|
0.79
|
|
77
|
Postoperative bacteremia secondary to surgical site infection.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2001
|
0.79
|
|
78
|
Treatment of TIPS/biliary fistula-related endotipsitis with a covered stent.
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J Vasc Interv Radiol
|
2008
|
0.79
|
|
79
|
Editorial commentary: "excess readmissions" for pneumonia: a dilemma with a penalty.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2013
|
0.78
|
|
80
|
Comparison of non-intensive care unit (ICU) versus ICU rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in community hospitals.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2013
|
0.78
|
|
81
|
"What the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't grieve over": epidemiology and risk factors for bloodstream infections following cardiac catheterization.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2012
|
0.78
|
|
82
|
Shedding light on new methods to improve hospital cleanliness: the use of ultraviolet monitors as surrogate markers for bacterial contamination.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2010
|
0.78
|
|
83
|
Surgical site infections after laparoscopic and open cholecystectomies in community hospitals .
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2008
|
0.77
|
|
84
|
Delays in appropriate antibiotic therapy for gram-negative bloodstream infections: a multicenter, community hospital study.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.77
|
|
85
|
A comparison of environmental contamination by patients infected or colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a multicenter study.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2014
|
0.77
|
|
86
|
A homogeneous fluorescence anisotropy assay for measuring transglutaminase 2 activity.
|
Anal Biochem
|
2013
|
0.77
|
|
87
|
Carbapenems for surgical prophylaxis?
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N Engl J Med
|
2006
|
0.77
|
|
88
|
Patient-days: a better measure of incidence of occupational bloodborne exposures.
|
Am J Infect Control
|
2009
|
0.77
|
|
89
|
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection surveillance: National Healthcare Safety Network's laboratory-identified event reporting versus traditional laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection surveillance.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2014
|
0.77
|
|
90
|
Elevated preoperative fasting serum glucose levels increase the risk of postoperative mediastinitis in patients undergoing open heart surgery.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2003
|
0.76
|
|
91
|
Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis: is the glass half empty or more than 99% full?
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2014
|
0.75
|
|
92
|
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia after isolation from urine.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
93
|
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals: time for a culture change.
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Med J Aust
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
94
|
Editorial commentary: telephone consultation for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: opening Pandora's box.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2012
|
0.75
|
|
95
|
Inappropriate therapy for staphylococcal infection is common and commonly fatal.
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Crit Care Med
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
96
|
Acute hearing loss and rickettsial diseases.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
97
|
Surgical site infections following bariatric surgery in community hospitals: a weighty concern?
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Obes Surg
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
98
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Conclusion of Avery et al--validation of findings but concern about rationale.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2012
|
0.75
|
|
99
|
Whither infection control in community hospitals? Musings about the near future.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
100
|
Discovery and characterization of human antibody inhibitors of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A.
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Biol Chem
|
2007
|
0.75
|
|
101
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Recent changes in the NHSN definition for UTI: for better AND worse.
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Am J Infect Control
|
2010
|
0.75
|
|
102
|
Rapid kinetic-based screening of human Fab fragments.
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J Immunol Methods
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
103
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Sample preparation for MALDI mass spectrometry using an elastomeric device reversibly sealed on the MALDI target.
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Anal Chem
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
104
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A returning traveler with fever and rash.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
105
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Acute terminal ileitis associated with pneumococcal bacteremia: case report and review of pneumococcal gastrointestinal diseases.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2002
|
0.75
|