Published in Am J Infect Control on January 21, 2011
A survey of preventive measures used and their impact on central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in intensive care units (SPIN-BACC). BMC Infect Dis (2013) 0.78
Molecular Epidemiology of a Vancomycin-Intermediate Heteroresistant Staphylococcus epidermidis Outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2016) 0.78
Surveillance length and validity of benchmarks for central line-associated bloodstream infection incidence rates in intensive care units. PLoS One (2012) 0.77
A predominantly clonal multi-institutional outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea with high morbidity and mortality. N Engl J Med (2005) 16.59
Fluorescence versus conventional sputum smear microscopy for tuberculosis: a systematic review. Lancet Infect Dis (2006) 9.35
Overadjustment bias and unnecessary adjustment in epidemiologic studies. Epidemiology (2009) 9.00
Meta-analysis: new tests for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection: areas of uncertainty and recommendations for research. Ann Intern Med (2007) 8.81
Incidence of serious side effects from first-line antituberculosis drugs among patients treated for active tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2003) 7.40
Breastfeeding and child cognitive development: new evidence from a large randomized trial. Arch Gen Psychiatry (2008) 6.78
Xpert® MTB/RIF assay for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2013) 5.78
Predictive value of interferon-γ release assays for incident active tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis (2011) 5.34
Evaluation of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in a high HIV prevalence setting. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2011) 5.25
Risk of tuberculosis from exposure to tobacco smoke: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Intern Med (2007) 5.20
Xpert® MTB/RIF assay for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2014) 5.14
Tuberculosis among health-care workers in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. PLoS Med (2006) 4.96
Biomarkers and diagnostics for tuberculosis: progress, needs, and translation into practice. Lancet (2010) 4.71
Multidrug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis treatment regimens and patient outcomes: an individual patient data meta-analysis of 9,153 patients. PLoS Med (2012) 4.69
International standards for tuberculosis care. Lancet Infect Dis (2006) 4.67
Sputum processing methods to improve the sensitivity of smear microscopy for tuberculosis: a systematic review. Lancet Infect Dis (2006) 4.63
Estimated epidemiologic parameters and morbidity associated with pandemic H1N1 influenza. CMAJ (2009) 4.44
Tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection in close contacts of people with pulmonary tuberculosis in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis (2008) 4.14
Effects of prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding on child height, weight, adiposity, and blood pressure at age 6.5 y: evidence from a large randomized trial. Am J Clin Nutr (2007) 3.96
Health care-associated Clostridium difficile infection in adults admitted to acute care hospitals in Canada: a Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program Study. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 3.86
Microscopic-observation drug susceptibility and thin layer agar assays for the detection of drug resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis (2010) 3.83
Reducing bias through directed acyclic graphs. BMC Med Res Methodol (2008) 3.67
Illustrating bias due to conditioning on a collider. Int J Epidemiol (2009) 3.54
Health care-associated Clostridium difficile infection in Canada: patient age and infecting strain type are highly predictive of severe outcome and mortality. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 3.42
Accuracy of rapid influenza diagnostic tests: a meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med (2012) 3.26
Commercial nucleic-acid amplification tests for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in respiratory specimens: meta-analysis and meta-regression. PLoS One (2008) 3.07
Xpert MTB/RIF testing in a low tuberculosis incidence, high-resource setting: limitations in accuracy and clinical impact. Clin Infect Dis (2014) 3.07
A commercial line probe assay for the rapid detection of rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infect Dis (2005) 3.05
Cost-effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy in South Africa. PLoS Med (2005) 3.01
Tuberculosis diagnosis--time for a game change. N Engl J Med (2010) 2.96
Point-of-care testing for infectious diseases: diversity, complexity, and barriers in low- and middle-income countries. PLoS Med (2012) 2.84
Bridging the gap between knowledge and health: the epidemiologist as Accountable Health Advocate ("AHA!"). Epidemiology (2012) 2.74
Commercial serological antibody detection tests for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review. PLoS Med (2007) 2.71
Quantification of collider-stratification bias and the birthweight paradox. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (2009) 2.68
Preemptive use of high-dose fluticasone for virus-induced wheezing in young children. N Engl J Med (2009) 2.65
Bronchodilator use and the risk of arrhythmia in COPD: part 1: Saskatchewan cohort study. Chest (2012) 2.65
Should meta-analyses of interventions include observational studies in addition to randomized controlled trials? A critical examination of underlying principles. Am J Epidemiol (2007) 2.64
Optimizing sputum smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther (2007) 2.62
Interferon-gamma release assays for tuberculosis screening of healthcare workers: a systematic review. Thorax (2011) 2.61
Comparison of a whole blood interferon-gamma assay with tuberculin skin testing for the detection of tuberculosis infection in hospitalized children in rural India. J Infect (2006) 2.59
Interferon-γ release assays for active pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis in adults in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and meta-analysis. J Infect Dis (2011) 2.59
Within-subject variability and boosting of T-cell interferon-gamma responses after tuberculin skin testing. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 2.55
Initial drug resistance and tuberculosis treatment outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med (2008) 2.52
Breastfeeding and infant growth: biology or bias? Pediatrics (2002) 2.49
Why are babies getting bigger? Temporal trends in fetal growth and its determinants. J Pediatr (2002) 2.47
Infant growth and health outcomes associated with 3 compared with 6 mo of exclusive breastfeeding. Am J Clin Nutr (2003) 2.43
Predictors of death in infants hospitalized with pertussis: a case-control study of 16 pertussis deaths in Canada. J Pediatr (2003) 2.42
The prognosis of latent tuberculosis: can disease be predicted? Trends Mol Med (2007) 2.39
T-cell interferon-gamma release assays for the rapid immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis: clinical utility in high-burden vs. low-burden settings. Curr Opin Pulm Med (2009) 2.34
Within-subject variability of interferon-g assay results for tuberculosis and boosting effect of tuberculin skin testing: a systematic review. PLoS One (2009) 2.34
How big is too big? The perinatal consequences of fetal macrosomia. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2008) 2.33
Tuberculosis control: business models for the private sector. Lancet Infect Dis (2012) 2.32
The importance of social networks in their association to drug equipment sharing among injection drug users: a review. Addiction (2007) 2.32
Effects of prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding on child behavior and maternal adjustment: evidence from a large, randomized trial. Pediatrics (2008) 2.30
In-house nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens: meta-analysis and meta-regression. BMC Microbiol (2005) 2.24
Is scale-up worth it? Challenges in economic analysis of diagnostic tests for tuberculosis. PLoS Med (2011) 2.24
Risk factors for acute myocardial infarction in a rural population of central India: a hospital-based case-control study. Natl Med J India (2004) 2.23
High incidence of hospital admissions with multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis among South African health care workers. Ann Intern Med (2010) 2.23
Commercial serological tests for the diagnosis of active pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Med (2011) 2.14
Maternal education and stillbirth: estimating gestational-age-specific and cause-specific associations. Epidemiology (2012) 2.14
The missing data problem in birth weight percentiles and thresholds for "small-for-gestational-age". Am J Epidemiol (2008) 2.08
Healthcare-associated influenza in Canadian hospitals from 2006 to 2012. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2014) 2.06
Comparison of nested case-control and survival analysis methodologies for analysis of time-dependent exposure. BMC Med Res Methodol (2005) 2.03
Clinical utility of a commercial LAM-ELISA assay for TB diagnosis in HIV-infected patients using urine and sputum samples. PLoS One (2010) 2.03
Analysis of perinatal mortality and its components: time for a change? Am J Epidemiol (2002) 2.02
Systematic reviews of diagnostic test evaluations: What's behind the scenes? ACP J Club (2004) 2.02
Serological testing versus other strategies for diagnosis of active tuberculosis in India: a cost-effectiveness analysis. PLoS Med (2011) 2.02
Analyzing risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Am J Epidemiol (2013) 2.00
Impact of round-the-clock, rapid oral fluid HIV testing of women in labor in rural India. PLoS Med (2008) 1.96
The BCG World Atlas: a database of global BCG vaccination policies and practices. PLoS Med (2011) 1.95
Interferon-gamma release assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2011) 1.95
Effect of duration and intermittency of rifampin on tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Med (2009) 1.95
A systematic review identifies a lack of standardization in methods for handling missing variance data. J Clin Epidemiol (2006) 1.95
Evaluation of diagnostic accuracy, feasibility and client preference for rapid oral fluid-based diagnosis of HIV infection in rural India. PLoS One (2007) 1.94
Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Proc Am Thorac Soc (2006) 1.94
T-cell assays for tuberculosis infection: deriving cut-offs for conversions using reproducibility data. PLoS One (2008) 1.91
Independent effect of depression and anxiety on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations and hospitalizations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2008) 1.90
The bias in current measures of gestational weight gain. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (2012) 1.86
Pandemic influenza in Canadian children: a summary of hospitalized pediatric cases. Vaccine (2010) 1.86
Association between age and graft failure rates in young kidney transplant recipients. Transplantation (2011) 1.85
Feeding effects on growth during infancy. J Pediatr (2004) 1.85
Underreporting exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a longitudinal cohort. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2007) 1.85
Human papillomavirus infection and time to progression and regression of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. J Natl Cancer Inst (2003) 1.84
Registration artifacts in international comparisons of infant mortality. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (2002) 1.84
Guidelines for the prevention and management of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A perspective for Canadian health care practitioners. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol (2006) 1.81
Performance of purified antigens for serodiagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: a meta-analysis. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2008) 1.80
Algorithms for combining menstrual and ultrasound estimates of gestational age: consequences for rates of preterm and postterm birth. BJOG (2002) 1.80
Investigating socio-economic disparities in preterm birth: evidence for selective study participation and selection bias. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (2009) 1.75
A weight-gain-for-gestational-age z score chart for the assessment of maternal weight gain in pregnancy. Am J Clin Nutr (2013) 1.72
Stress pathways to spontaneous preterm birth: the role of stressors, psychological distress, and stress hormones. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 1.72
Light-emitting diode technologies for TB diagnosis: what is on the market? Expert Rev Med Devices (2009) 1.70
Reproducibility of interferon gamma (IFN-γ) release Assays. A systematic review. Ann Am Thorac Soc (2014) 1.70
Z-scores and the birthweight paradox. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (2009) 1.67
Point-of-care diagnostics for HIV and tuberculosis: landscape, pipeline, and unmet needs. Discov Med (2012) 1.66
Treatment of active tuberculosis in HIV-coinfected patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 1.66
Why are inaccurate tuberculosis serological tests widely used in the Indian private healthcare sector? A root-cause analysis. J Epidemiol Glob Health (2012) 1.66
Recent advances in the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis. Arch Dis Child (2007) 1.65
Burden of seasonal influenza in children with neurodevelopmental conditions. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2014) 1.63
Accuracy and reliability of palpation and percussion for detecting hepatomegaly: a rural hospital-based study. Indian J Gastroenterol (2004) 1.62
Delirium in older emergency department patients discharged home: effect on survival. J Am Geriatr Soc (2003) 1.61