Published in N Engl J Med on October 24, 2013
Analysis of a food-borne fungal pathogen outbreak: virulence and genome of a Mucor circinelloides isolate from yogurt. MBio (2014) 1.01
Comparison of the efficacy of saline, local anesthetics, and steroids in epidural and facet joint injections for the management of spinal pain: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Surg Neurol Int (2015) 0.93
Whole-genome analysis of Exserohilum rostratum from an outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections. J Clin Microbiol (2014) 0.93
Plasma fluoride level as a predictor of voriconazole-induced periostitis in patients with skeletal pain. Clin Infect Dis (2014) 0.88
(1,3)-β-d-glucan in cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of fungal meningitis associated with contaminated methylprednisolone injections. J Clin Microbiol (2014) 0.80
Spinal and paraspinal fungal infections associated with contaminated methylprednisolone injections. Open Forum Infect Dis (2014) 0.80
Utility of real-time PCR for detection of Exserohilum rostratum in body and tissue fluids during the multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections. J Clin Microbiol (2014) 0.78
Safety of Epidural Corticosteroid Injections. Drugs R D (2016) 0.78
Fungal Contamination of Methylprednisolone Causing Recurrent Lumbosacral Intradural Abscess. Emerg Infect Dis (2017) 0.75
Clinical Response, Outbreak Investigation, and Epidemiology of the Fungal Meningitis Epidemic in the United States: Systematic Review. Disaster Med Public Health Prep (2015) 0.75
U.S. Compounding Pharmacy-Related Outbreaks, 2001-2013: Public Health and Patient Safety Lessons Learned. J Patient Saf (2015) 0.75
Fungi associated with drug recalls and rare disease outbreaks. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol (2014) 0.75
A novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome. N Engl J Med (2003) 29.55
Probable person-to-person transmission of avian influenza A (H5N1). N Engl J Med (2005) 14.59
Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection. N Engl J Med (2013) 13.05
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in three communities. N Engl J Med (2005) 12.75
SHEA guideline for preventing nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and enterococcus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2003) 10.16
Clinical aspects of pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. N Engl J Med (2010) 9.90
Effect of daily chlorhexidine bathing on hospital-acquired infection. N Engl J Med (2013) 7.75
A new arenavirus in a cluster of fatal transplant-associated diseases. N Engl J Med (2008) 7.73
Public expectations for return of results from large-cohort genetic research. Am J Bioeth (2008) 7.63
Intervention to reduce transmission of resistant bacteria in intensive care. N Engl J Med (2011) 7.07
Influenza-associated deaths among children in the United States, 2003-2004. N Engl J Med (2005) 6.83
Veterans Affairs initiative to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. N Engl J Med (2011) 5.64
Multiple Ebola virus transmission events and rapid decline of central African wildlife. Science (2004) 5.49
Transmission of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus by organ transplantation. N Engl J Med (2006) 5.42
Rickettsia parkeri: a newly recognized cause of spotted fever rickettsiosis in the United States. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 4.83
Fatal toxic shock syndrome associated with Clostridium sordellii after medical abortion. N Engl J Med (2005) 4.69
Isolation of genetically diverse Marburg viruses from Egyptian fruit bats. PLoS Pathog (2009) 4.56
Direct detection of bacterial biofilms on the middle-ear mucosa of children with chronic otitis media. JAMA (2006) 4.53
Incidence of bloodstream infections due to Candida species and in vitro susceptibilities of isolates collected from 1998 to 2000 in a population-based active surveillance program. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 4.51
Comparison of mortality associated with vancomycin-resistant and vancomycin-susceptible enterococcal bloodstream infections: a meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 4.32
A new phlebovirus associated with severe febrile illness in Missouri. N Engl J Med (2012) 4.15
Transmission of rabies virus from an organ donor to four transplant recipients. N Engl J Med (2005) 4.05
Marburgvirus genomics and association with a large hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Angola. J Virol (2006) 4.01
Role of host cytokine responses in the pathogenesis of avian H5N1 influenza viruses in mice. J Virol (2006) 4.00
Discovery of swine as a host for the Reston ebolavirus. Science (2009) 3.68
Rocky Mountain spotted fever from an unexpected tick vector in Arizona. N Engl J Med (2005) 3.58
2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1): pathology and pathogenesis of 100 fatal cases in the United States. Am J Pathol (2010) 3.32
Fatal inhalational anthrax in a 94-year-old Connecticut woman. JAMA (2002) 3.26
Necrotizing cutaneous mucormycosis after a tornado in Joplin, Missouri, in 2011. N Engl J Med (2012) 3.26
Virology, pathology, and clinical manifestations of West Nile virus disease. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 3.15
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus central line-associated bloodstream infections in US intensive care units, 1997-2007. JAMA (2009) 3.06
Notes from the Field: Evidence of Zika Virus Infection in Brain and Placental Tissues from Two Congenitally Infected Newborns and Two Fetal Losses - Brazil, 2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep (2016) 3.05
The changing epidemiology of cryptococcosis: an update from population-based active surveillance in 2 large metropolitan areas, 1992-2000. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 3.04
Public perspectives on informed consent for biobanking. Am J Public Health (2009) 2.93
Pay for performance in critical care: an executive summary of the position paper by the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Crit Care Med (2009) 2.78
Rethinking health numeracy: a multidisciplinary literature review. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2007) 2.73
A mouse-adapted SARS-coronavirus causes disease and mortality in BALB/c mice. PLoS Pathog (2007) 2.71
Cryptococcal meningitis: improving access to essential antifungal medicines in resource-poor countries. Lancet Infect Dis (2013) 2.71
Astrovirus encephalitis in boy with X-linked agammaglobulinemia. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 2.69
Notes from the field: outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus at a large public university in Delaware, April-May 2009. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 2.56
Myocardial injury and bacterial pneumonia contribute to the pathogenesis of fatal influenza B virus infection. J Infect Dis (2012) 2.48
Monkeypox transmission and pathogenesis in prairie dogs. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 2.45
Mupirocin resistance. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 2.44
A large outbreak of typhoid fever associated with a high rate of intestinal perforation in Kasese District, Uganda, 2008-2009. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 2.40
Public preferences regarding the return of individual genetic research results: findings from a qualitative focus group study. Genet Med (2012) 2.39
Nipah virus infection: pathology and pathogenesis of an emerging paramyxoviral zoonosis. Am J Pathol (2002) 2.36
Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis and its clinical distinction from Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 2.27
The fellow eye in NAION: report from the ischemic optic neuropathy decompression trial follow-up study. Am J Ophthalmol (2002) 2.27
Histopathologic diagnosis of fungal infections in the 21st century. Clin Microbiol Rev (2011) 2.27
Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events*. Crit Care Med (2013) 2.24
Evaluation and validation of a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for rapid identification of Bacillus anthracis. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 2.23
Malignant Transformation of Hymenolepis nana in a Human Host. N Engl J Med (2015) 2.21
Comparison of visual and spectrophotometric methods of broth microdilution MIC end point determination and evaluation of a sterol quantitation method for in vitro susceptibility testing of fluconazole and itraconazole against trailing and nontrailing Candida isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2002) 2.20
Molecular phylogenetic diversity, multilocus haplotype nomenclature, and in vitro antifungal resistance within the Fusarium solani species complex. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 2.16
Fungal infections associated with contaminated methylprednisolone injections. N Engl J Med (2012) 2.12
Pathology and pathogenesis of bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax. Am J Pathol (2003) 2.11
Successful topical respiratory tract immunization of primates against Ebola virus. J Virol (2007) 2.06
Epidemiologic and clinical aspects of a Rift Valley fever outbreak in humans in Tanzania, 2007. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 2.03
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: more cases of this fatal disease are prevented by measles immunization than was previously recognized. J Infect Dis (2005) 2.01
First confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in the United States, updated information on the epidemiology of MERS-CoV infection, and guidance for the public, clinicians, and public health authorities - May 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep (2014) 2.00
Rickettsia 364D: a newly recognized cause of eschar-associated illness in California. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 2.00
Seasonal pulses of Marburg virus circulation in juvenile Rousettus aegyptiacus bats coincide with periods of increased risk of human infection. PLoS Pathog (2012) 2.00
Development, implementation, and a cognitive evaluation of a definitional question answering system for physicians. J Biomed Inform (2007) 1.98
Improving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance and reporting in intensive care units. J Infect Dis (2006) 1.97
Inhibition of IRF-3 activation by VP35 is critical for the high level of virulence of ebola virus. J Virol (2008) 1.96
Changing incidence of Candida bloodstream infections among NICU patients in the United States: 1995-2004. Pediatrics (2006) 1.91
Tissue and cellular tropism, pathology and pathogenesis of Ebola and Marburg viruses. J Pathol (2015) 1.91
Utility of (1-3)-β-D-glucan testing for diagnostics and monitoring response to treatment during the multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 1.82
Reemerging leptospirosis, California. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 1.81
Engineering life: building a fab for biology. Sci Am (2006) 1.80
Identification of transcriptional regulators in the mouse immune system. Nat Immunol (2013) 1.79
Persistent neuroinvasive West Nile virus infection in an immunocompromised patient. Clin Infect Dis (2006) 1.76
Ultrastructural characterization of SARS coronavirus. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 1.76
Recommendations for metrics for multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare settings: SHEA/HICPAC Position paper . Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 1.73
Factors associated with antimicrobial use in nursing homes: a multilevel model. J Am Geriatr Soc (2008) 1.73
Severe malaria - a case of fatal Plasmodium knowlesi infection with post-mortem findings: a case report. Malar J (2010) 1.72
DNA and the classical way: identification of medically important molds in the 21st century. Med Mycol (2007) 1.69
Histopathologic and immunohistochemical features of fatal influenza virus infection in children during the 2003-2004 season. Clin Infect Dis (2006) 1.69
National estimates of central line-associated bloodstream infections in critical care patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2013) 1.69
Pathology and pathogenesis of fatal Bordetella pertussis infection in infants. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.68
Consumption of omega-3 fatty acids is not associated with a reduction in carotid atherosclerosis: the Genetics of Coronary Artery Disease in Alaska Natives study. Atherosclerosis (2007) 1.68
Species identification and antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida bloodstream isolates from population-based surveillance studies in two U.S. cities from 2008 to 2011. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 1.68
Molecular identification of Aspergillus species collected for the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.67
Epidemiologic and molecular characterization of an outbreak of Candida parapsilosis bloodstream infections in a community hospital. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.66
Characterization of biofilm matrix, degradation by DNase treatment and evidence of capsule downregulation in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates. BMC Microbiol (2008) 1.64
The transcriptional landscape of αβ T cell differentiation. Nat Immunol (2013) 1.61
One-year health assessment of adult survivors of Bacillus anthracis infection. JAMA (2004) 1.61
Blood culture contamination: a randomized trial evaluating the comparative effectiveness of 3 skin antiseptic interventions. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2012) 1.61
Impact of vancomycin resistance on mortality among patients with neutropenia and enterococcal bloodstream infection. J Infect Dis (2005) 1.59
A single intranasal inoculation with a paramyxovirus-vectored vaccine protects guinea pigs against a lethal-dose Ebola virus challenge. J Virol (2006) 1.58
Genetic testing of embryos: practices and perspectives of US in vitro fertilization clinics. Fertil Steril (2007) 1.58
Pathogenesis, prevalence, diagnosis, and management of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction: a practice parameter. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol (2010) 1.55
Population-based surveillance for cryptococcosis in an antiretroviral-naive South African province with a high HIV seroprevalence. AIDS (2006) 1.55
HIV-1 protease mutations and protease inhibitor cross-resistance. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2010) 1.53
Investigation of postoperative allograft-associated infections in patients who underwent musculoskeletal allograft implantation. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 1.53