Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on March 14, 2014
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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. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2002) 3.77
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Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 3.13
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
Universal glove and gown use and acquisition of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the ICU: a randomized trial. JAMA (2013) 2.55
Poor functional status as a risk factor for surgical site infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 2.33
A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 2.32
Strategies to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 2.30
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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
Strategies to prevent clostridium difficile infections in acute care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 1.84
Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 1.81
Current definitions of central line-associated bloodstream infection: is the emperor wearing clothes? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2010) 1.79
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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
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
Strategies to prevent transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in acute care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 1.66
A 9-Year retrospective review of antibiotic cycling in a surgical intensive care unit. J Surg Res (2012) 1.58
Generation of high-affinity human antibodies by combining donor-derived and synthetic complementarity-determining-region diversity. Nat Biotechnol (2005) 1.49
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
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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
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Surgical site infection in the elderly following orthopaedic surgery. Risk factors and outcomes. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2006) 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
Gram-negative bacteremia upon hospital admission: when should Pseudomonas aeruginosa be suspected? Clin Infect Dis (2009) 1.19
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
Current features of infective endocarditis in elderly patients: results of the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study. Arch Intern Med (2008) 1.16
The deadly toll of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in community hospitals. Clin Infect Dis (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
Effect of nosocomial bloodstream infections on mortality, length of stay, and hospital costs in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc (2014) 1.12
Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2014) 1.10
Impact of change to molecular testing for Clostridium difficile infection on healthcare facility-associated incidence rates. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2013) 1.10
Overview of the epidemiology and the threat of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases (KPC) resistance. Infect Drug Resist (2012) 1.10
Favorable impact of an infection control network on nosocomial infection rates in community hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2006) 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
Colonization, pathogenicity, host susceptibility, and therapeutics for Staphylococcus aureus: what is the clinical relevance? Semin Immunopathol (2011) 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
Complex surgical site infections and the devilish details of risk adjustment: important implications for public reporting. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 1.02
Scrub typhus and rickettsial diseases in international travelers: a review. Curr Infect Dis Rep (2009) 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
Poor functional status is an independent predictor of surgical site infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc (2010) 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
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
Casablanca redux: we are shocked that public reporting of rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections are inaccurate. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2012) 0.93
Development of mammalian serum albumin affinity purification media by peptide phage display. Biotechnol Prog (2002) 0.93
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