Published in Pediatr Infect Dis J on May 01, 2009
Comparative genome sequencing of an isogenic pair of USA800 clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained before and after daptomycin treatment failure. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2011) 1.01
Synergistic antibacterial effects of herbal extracts and antibiotics on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A computational and experimental study. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) (2017) 0.75
Use of Ceftaroline Fosamil in Children: Review of Current Knowledge and its Application. Infect Dis Ther (2016) 0.75
Cellular effects induced by Inula graveolens and Santolina corsica essential oils on Staphylococcus aureus. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2010) 0.75
Better tests, better care: improved diagnostics for infectious diseases. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 4.27
Valganciclovir for symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus disease. N Engl J Med (2015) 3.75
Comparison of a commercial real-time PCR assay for tcdB detection to a cell culture cytotoxicity assay and toxigenic culture for direct detection of toxin-producing Clostridium difficile in clinical samples. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 3.15
Human papillomavirus infection and cervical cytology in women screened for cervical cancer in the United States, 2003-2005. Ann Intern Med (2008) 2.98
An epidemiological investigation of a sustained high rate of pediatric parapneumonic empyema: risk factors and microbiological associations. Clin Infect Dis (2002) 2.94
Evaluation of partial 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing for identification of nocardia species by using the MicroSeq 500 system with an expanded database. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 2.82
Yield of stool culture with isolate toxin testing versus a two-step algorithm including stool toxin testing for detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 2.77
Effective detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile by a two-step algorithm including tests for antigen and cytotoxin. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 2.72
The validity of teens' and young adults' self-reported condom use. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2009) 2.31
Seroprevalence and correlates of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in five sexually transmitted-disease clinics. J Infect Dis (2002) 2.08
A guide to utilization of the microbiology laboratory for diagnosis of infectious diseases: 2013 recommendations by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)(a). Clin Infect Dis (2013) 2.08
Nocardia veterana as a pathogen in North American patients. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 2.03
Multicenter evaluation of BBL CHROMagar MRSA medium for direct detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from surveillance cultures of the anterior nares. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.94
An evaluation of environmental decontamination with hydrogen peroxide vapor for reducing the risk of patient acquisition of multidrug-resistant organisms. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.90
Catheter duration and risk of CLA-BSI in neonates with PICCs. Pediatrics (2010) 1.88
Comparison of BACTEC PLUS blood culture media to BacT/Alert FA blood culture media for detection of bacterial pathogens in samples containing therapeutic levels of antibiotics. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.86
Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection: an ongoing conundrum for clinicians and for clinical laboratories. Clin Microbiol Rev (2013) 1.85
Incidence of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in 5 sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics and the effect of HIV/STD risk-reduction counseling. J Infect Dis (2004) 1.79
Comparison of the BD GeneOhm methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) PCR assay to culture by use of BBL CHROMagar MRSA for detection of MRSA in nasal surveillance cultures from an at-risk community population. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.79
First NDM-positive Salmonella sp. strain identified in the United States. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2011) 1.74
Comparison of two rapid assays for Clostridium difficile Common antigen and a C difficile toxin A/B assay with the cell culture neutralization assay. Am J Clin Pathol (2010) 1.68
Randomized controlled trial of cephalexin versus clindamycin for uncomplicated pediatric skin infections. Pediatrics (2011) 1.58
Comparison of the BD GeneOhm VanR assay to culture for identification of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in rectal and stool specimens. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.58
Outcomes of children with enterobacteriaceae bacteremia with reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone: do the revised breakpoints translate to improved patient outcomes? Pediatr Infect Dis J (2013) 1.55
C. Diff Quik Chek complete enzyme immunoassay provides a reliable first-line method for detection of Clostridium difficile in stool specimens. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.55
Epidemiology and outcomes of Clostridium difficile infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.55
Knowledge, awareness, and attitudes regarding methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among caregivers of hospitalized children. J Pediatr (2010) 1.54
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Antimicrobial Susceptibility Surveillance - The Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project, 27 Sites, United States, 2014. MMWR Surveill Summ (2016) 1.54
Silencing of host cell CYBB gene expression by the nuclear effector AnkA of the intracellular pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Infect Immun (2009) 1.51
Distinguishing community-associated from hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infections in children: implications for public health surveillance. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 1.50
Evaluation of RIDOM, MicroSeq, and Genbank services in the molecular identification of Nocardia species. Int J Med Microbiol (2003) 1.47
Risks for HIV, HBV, and HCV infections among male injection drug users in northern Vietnam: a case-control study. AIDS Care (2009) 1.45
Sterility of stored nonanimal, stabilized hyaluronic acid gel syringes after patient injection. J Am Acad Dermatol (2005) 1.42
Risk factors for positive admission surveillance cultures for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a neurocritical care unit. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.41
Evaluation of a new commercial TaqMan PCR assay for direct detection of the clostridium difficile toxin B gene in clinical stool specimens. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.41
Comparison of the Denka-Seiken INFLU A.B-Quick and BD Directigen Flu A+B kits with direct fluorescent-antibody staining and shell vial culture methods for rapid detection of influenza viruses. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.40
Clinical validation of the molecular BD GeneOhm StaphSR assay for direct detection of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in positive blood cultures. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.39
Rapid PCR-based diagnosis of septic arthritis by early Gram-type classification and pathogen identification. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.39
Impact of nasopharyngeal swab types on detection of Bordetella pertussis by PCR and culture. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.38
Central line-associated bloodstream infection in hospitalized children with peripherally inserted central venous catheters: extending risk analyses outside the intensive care unit. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.36
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in pediatric intensive care unit. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.35
In vitro production of panton-valentine leukocidin among strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing diverse infections. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 1.35
Mycobacterium arupense sp. nov., a non-chromogenic bacterium isolated from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2006) 1.34
Rapid molecular genotyping and clonal complex assignment of Staphylococcus aureus isolates by PCR coupled to electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.31
Two N-terminal domains of Kv4 K(+) channels regulate binding to and modulation by KChIP1. Neuron (2004) 1.30
Drug use patterns and infection with sexually transmissible agents among young adults in a high-risk neighbourhood in New York City. Addiction (2003) 1.30
Serious bacterial infections in febrile infants 1 to 90 days old with and without viral infections. Pediatrics (2004) 1.29
Frequency of sample submission for optimal utilization of the cell culture cytotoxicity assay for detection of Clostridium difficile toxin. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.28
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and risk of subsequent infection in critically ill children: importance of preventing nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.26
Condom use and vaginal Y-chromosome detection: the specificity of a potential biomarker. Sex Transm Dis (2007) 1.25
Strategies to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infection in acute care hospitals: 2014 update. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2014) 1.24
Comparison of the BBL CHROMagar Staph aureus agar medium to conventional media for detection of Staphylococcus aureus in respiratory samples. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.24
Defining core gonorrhea transmission utilizing spatial data. Am J Epidemiol (2004) 1.20
Problems with condom use among patients attending sexually transmitted disease clinics: prevalence, predictors, and relation to incident gonorrhea and chlamydia. Am J Epidemiol (2007) 1.19
Is HIV/sexually transmitted disease prevention counseling effective among vulnerable populations?: a subset analysis of data collected for a randomized, controlled trial evaluating counseling efficacy (Project RESPECT). Sex Transm Dis (2004) 1.19
Detecting respiratory viruses in asymptomatic children. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2012) 1.19
Iatrogenic Exserohilum infection of the central nervous system: mycological identification and histopathological findings. Mod Pathol (2012) 1.18
The use of cefepime for treating AmpC β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 1.18
High prevalence of reduced chlorhexidine susceptibility in organisms causing central line-associated bloodstream infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2014) 1.18
Sensitivity of respiratory virus culture when screening with R-mix fresh cells. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.17
Seroepidemiology of infection with human papillomavirus 16, in men and women attending sexually transmitted disease clinics in the United States. J Infect Dis (2004) 1.17
Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates misidentified as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by the BD GeneOhm MRSA assay. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 1.17
Description of a multiplex Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis LightCycler PCR assay with inhibition control. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2003) 1.16
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infections in a neonatal intensive care unit despite active surveillance cultures and decolonization: challenges for infection prevention. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2014) 1.14
Utility of extended blood culture incubation for isolation of Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella organisms: a retrospective multicenter evaluation. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.14
Evaluation of BBL CHROMagar VanRE for detection of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in rectal swab specimens. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.14
Rapid identification of bacterial pathogens in positive blood culture bottles by use of a broad-based PCR assay coupled with high-resolution melt analysis. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.14
Fatal exserohilum meningitis and central nervous system vasculitis after cervical epidural methylprednisolone injection. Ann Intern Med (2012) 1.14
Gender gaps, gender traps: sexual identity and vulnerability to sexually transmitted diseases among women in Vietnam. Soc Sci Med (2002) 1.13
Incidence and prevalence of multidrug-resistant acinetobacter using targeted active surveillance cultures. JAMA (2008) 1.13
Timing of specimen collection for blood cultures from febrile patients with bacteremia. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.13
Polymerase chain reaction detection of Y-chromosome sequences in vaginal fluid of women accessing a sexually transmitted disease clinic. Sex Transm Dis (2006) 1.13
Temporal trends in gonococcal population genetics in a high prevalence urban community. Infect Genet Evol (2006) 1.12
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Dental Association clinical practice guideline on the prevention of orthopaedic implant infection in patients undergoing dental procedures. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2013) 1.11
Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived models to investigate human cytomegalovirus infection in neural cells. PLoS One (2012) 1.11
Discordance between Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization and skin infections in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2009) 1.11
An outbreak of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2012) 1.10
High-risk behaviors in women who use crack: knowledge of HIV serostatus and risk behavior. Ann Epidemiol (2007) 1.09
Role of the clinical mycobacteriology laboratory in diagnosis and management of tuberculosis in low-prevalence settings. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.09
Blood cultures: key elements for best practices and future directions. J Infect Chemother (2010) 1.08
Prevalence, risk factors, and molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among newly arrested men in Baltimore, Maryland. Am J Infect Control (2008) 1.08
Risk factors for peripherally inserted central venous catheter complications in children. JAMA Pediatr (2013) 1.07
Outbreak of multidrug-resistant Serratia marcescens infection in a neonatal intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 1.07
Implementation of a central line maintenance care bundle in hospitalized pediatric oncology patients. Pediatrics (2012) 1.07
Chlorhexidine bathing in a tertiary care neonatal intensive care unit: impact on central line-associated bloodstream infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2013) 1.06
Empirical power and sample size calculations for cluster-randomized and cluster-randomized crossover studies. PLoS One (2012) 1.05
Gonorrhea reinfection among sexually transmitted disease clinic attendees in Baltimore, Maryland. Sex Transm Dis (2006) 1.05
Population genetics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a high-prevalence community using a hypervariable outer membrane porB and 13 slowly evolving housekeeping genes. Mol Biol Evol (2005) 1.05
Ventilator-associated tracheitis in children: does antibiotic duration matter? Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.04
Sphingomonas paucimobilis bloodstream infections associated with contaminated intravenous fentanyl. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 1.04
Fatal infection caused by Cupriavidus gilardii in a child with aplastic anemia. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.02
Role of decolonization in a comprehensive strategy to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the neonatal intensive care unit: an observational cohort study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2010) 1.02
Recombinant luciferase-expressing human cytomegalovirus (CMV) for evaluation of CMV inhibitors. Virol J (2011) 1.01
Chlorhexidine use in the neonatal intensive care unit: results from a national survey. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2010) 1.01
Caspofungin in combination with itraconazole for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis in humans. Clin Infect Dis (2002) 1.01
Comparative analysis of two broad-range PCR assays for pathogen detection in positive-blood-culture bottles: PCR-high-resolution melting analysis versus PCR-mass spectrometry. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 1.01
Diagnostic performance of two highly multiplexed respiratory virus assays in a pediatric cohort. J Clin Virol (2012) 1.00