D. Hacek

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Detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in stool samples by real-time polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of C. difficile-associated diarrhea.
BACKGROUND Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) is the major cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea. Current laboratory testing lacks a single assay that is sensitive,… Expand
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Universal Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 Affiliated Hospitals
What is the problem and what is known about it so far? Patients in the hospital sometimes get infections from other hospitalized patients. These hospital-acquired infections can be very serious… Expand
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Influence of Role Models and Hospital Design on the Hand Hygiene of Health-Care Workers
We assessed the effect of medical staff role models and the number of health-care worker sinks on hand-hygiene compliance before and after construction of a new hospital designed for increased access… Expand
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Management of a multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in an intensive care unit using novel environmental disinfection: a 38-month report.
BACKGROUND Between June 1, 2004, and March 14, 2005, 16 patients in the surgical/medical intensive care unit (ICU) were infected and another 2 were colonized with multidrug-resistant (MDR)… Expand
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Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Decolonization in Joint Replacement Surgery Reduces Infection
AbstractSurgical site infections (SSIs) with Staphylococcus aureus are a recognized adverse event of hip and knee replacements. We evaluated the impact of a program to detect S. aureus nasal carriers… Expand
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Performance of the BD GeneOhm Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Test before and during High-Volume Clinical Use
ABSTRACT We evaluated the use of the BD GeneOhm MRSA real-time PCR assay (BD Diagnostics, San Diego, CA) for the detection of nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus… Expand
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In Vitro Activities of Linezolid against Important Gram-Positive Bacterial Pathogens Including Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
ABSTRACT The emergence of resistance in gram-positive bacteria has necessitated a search for new antimicrobial agents. Linezolid is an oxazolidinone, a new class of antibacterial agents with enhanced… Expand
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A laboratory-based, hospital-wide, electronic marker for nosocomial infection: the future of infection control surveillance?
Faced with expectations to improve patient safety and contain costs, the US health care system is under increasing pressure to comprehensively and objectively account for nosocomial infections.… Expand
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Chromogenic media vs real-time PCR for nasal surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: impact on detection of MRSA-positive persons.
Surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization can be an important element for infection control programs when managing a multidrug-resistant pathogen such as MRSA.… Expand
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Medical and economic benefit of a comprehensive infection control program that includes routine determination of microbial clonality.
Nosocomial infections are a major part of the problem of reemerging pathogens causing infectious diseases, affecting 5% of patients hospitalized in the United States during 1995. We assessed the… Expand
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