Published in Scand J Infect Dis on January 01, 2007
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Daptomycin versus standard therapy for bacteremia and endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus. N Engl J Med (2006) 8.20
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Adverse clinical and economic outcomes attributable to methicillin resistance among patients with Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 4.06
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. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2002) 3.77
In-hospital and 1-year mortality in patients undergoing early surgery for prosthetic valve endocarditis. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 3.72
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. MMWR Recomm Rep (2006) 3.32
Clinical identifiers of complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Arch Intern Med (2003) 3.31
The network approach for prevention of healthcare-associated infections: long-term effect of participation in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2011) 3.24
Contemporary clinical profile and outcome of prosthetic valve endocarditis. JAMA (2007) 3.03
Aorto-cavitary fistulous tract formation in infective endocarditis: clinical and echocardiographic features of 76 cases and risk factors for mortality. Eur Heart J (2004) 2.85
Persistent bacteremia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection is associated with agr dysfunction and low-level in vitro resistance to thrombin-induced platelet microbicidal protein. J Infect Dis (2004) 2.83
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. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2011) 2.71
Changing patient characteristics and the effect on mortality in endocarditis. Arch Intern Med (2002) 2.68
Age adjusted prostate specific antigen and prostate specific antigen velocity cut points in prostate cancer screening. J Urol (2007) 2.42
Staphylococcus aureus native valve infective endocarditis: report of 566 episodes from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 2.36
Relation of frequency and severity of mitral regurgitation to survival among patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure. Am J Cardiol (2003) 2.33
Poor functional status as a risk factor for surgical site infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 2.33
Early predictors of in-hospital death in infective endocarditis. Circulation (2004) 2.26
The value of an infectious diseases specialist. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 2.12
Diagnosis and management of Q fever--United States, 2013: recommendations from CDC and the Q Fever Working Group. MMWR Recomm Rep (2013) 2.06
Selective inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase-14 blocks tumor growth, invasion, and angiogenesis. Cancer Res (2009) 2.03
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Telavancin versus standard therapy for treatment of complicated skin and soft-tissue infections due to gram-positive bacteria. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 1.95
Severe surgical site infection in community hospitals: epidemiology, key procedures, and the changing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2007) 1.89
Native valve endocarditis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci: report of 99 episodes from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 1.80
Early surgery in patients with infective endocarditis: a propensity score analysis. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 1.78
Health care-associated native valve endocarditis: importance of non-nosocomial acquisition. Ann Intern Med (2009) 1.76
The effect of increasing age on the risk of surgical site infection. J Infect Dis (2005) 1.75
Surgical-site infection due to Staphylococcus aureus among elderly patients: mortality, duration of hospitalization, and cost. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2004) 1.74
Venous thrombosis in patients with short- and long-term central venous catheter-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.69
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. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2014) 1.67
Aminoaciduria and altered renal expression of luminal amino acid transporters in mice lacking novel gene collectrin. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (2006) 1.63
Non-HACEK gram-negative bacillus endocarditis. Ann Intern Med (2007) 1.56
Generation of high-affinity human antibodies by combining donor-derived and synthetic complementarity-determining-region diversity. Nat Biotechnol (2005) 1.49
Novel approaches to clinical trials: device-related infections. Am Heart J (2004) 1.42
Empirical antimicrobial therapy for bloodstream infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: no better than a coin toss. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2009) 1.38
Emergence of coagulase-negative staphylococci as a cause of native valve endocarditis. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.37
Novel peptide inhibitors of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2. J Biol Chem (2003) 1.36
Clinical characteristics and outcome of aortic endocarditis with periannular abscess in the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database. Am J Cardiol (2005) 1.36
Risk factors for pediatric ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and predictors of infectious pathogens. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 1.35
Seasonal variation in Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection on 4 continents. J Infect Dis (2008) 1.35
Off-pump techniques benefit men and women and narrow the disparity in mortality after coronary bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.33
What's new in Rocky Mountain spotted fever? Infect Dis Clin North Am (2008) 1.33
Long-term costs and resource use in elderly participants with congestive heart failure in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Am Heart J (2007) 1.29
Clinical and financial outcomes due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection: a multi-center matched outcomes study. PLoS One (2009) 1.28
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). Am Heart J (2007) 1.26
Repeat infective endocarditis: differentiating relapse from reinfection. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 1.26
The effect of surgical site infection on older operative patients. J Am Geriatr Soc (2009) 1.24
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients with prosthetic devices: costs and outcomes. Am J Med (2005) 1.23
Propionibacterium endocarditis: a case series from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database and Prospective Cohort Study. Scand J Infect Dis (2007) 1.21
Risk of endocarditis among patients with prosthetic valves and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Am J Med (2005) 1.18
Risk factors for surgical site infection complicating laminectomy. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2007) 1.17
Underresourced hospital infection control and prevention programs: penny wise, pound foolish? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2007) 1.16
The deadly toll of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in community hospitals. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.16
Current features of infective endocarditis in elderly patients: results of the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study. Arch Intern Med (2008) 1.16
Cluster of oseltamivir-resistant 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infections on a hospital ward among immunocompromised patients--North Carolina, 2009. J Infect Dis (2011) 1.15
Risk factors for ineffective therapy in patients with bloodstream infection. Arch Intern Med (2005) 1.14
Postoperative joint infections due to Propionibacterium species: a case-control study. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 1.14
Fibrin specific peptides derived by phage display: characterization of peptides and conjugates for imaging. Bioconjug Chem (2012) 1.12
Periannular complications in infective endocarditis involving prosthetic aortic valves. Am J Cardiol (2006) 1.11
Favorable impact of an infection control network on nosocomial infection rates in community hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2006) 1.08
A meta-analysis of medical versus surgical therapy for Candida endocarditis. J Infect (2004) 1.08
Survival after coronary revascularization, with and without mitral valve surgery, in patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation. Circulation (2003) 1.08
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
Increasing rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in academic hospitals: a result of active surveillance? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2013) 1.06
High-throughput affinity ranking of antibodies using surface plasmon resonance microarrays. Anal Biochem (2006) 1.05
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
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. J Biol Chem (2007) 1.04
Scrub typhus and rickettsial diseases in international travelers: a review. Curr Infect Dis Rep (2009) 1.02
Complex surgical site infections and the devilish details of risk adjustment: important implications for public reporting. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 1.02
Widespread dissemination of CTX-M-15 genotype extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae among patients presenting to community hospitals in the southeastern United States. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 1.00
Risk factors for surgical site infections in older people. J Am Geriatr Soc (2006) 0.99
Periannular complications in infective endocarditis involving native aortic valves. Am J Cardiol (2006) 0.99
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
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in an intensive care nursery: potential for interinstitutional spread. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2007) 0.97
Candida endocarditis: contemporary cases from the International Collaboration of Infectious Endocarditis Merged Database (ICE-mD). Scand J Infect Dis (2004) 0.97
The use and effect of surgical therapy for prosthetic valve infective endocarditis: a propensity analysis of a multicenter, international cohort. Am Heart J (2005) 0.96
Risk factors for 1-year mortality after postoperative mediastinitis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 0.95
Decontamination of targeted pathogens from patient rooms using an automated ultraviolet-C-emitting device. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2013) 0.94
Development of mammalian serum albumin affinity purification media by peptide phage display. Biotechnol Prog (2002) 0.93