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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.
- L. Peterson, Rebecca U Manson, +4 authors K. Kaul
- Medicine
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official…
- 1 November 2007
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
Universal Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 Affiliated Hospitals
- A. Robicsek, J. Beaumont, +5 authors L. Peterson
- Medicine
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- 2008
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
Influence of Role Models and Hospital Design on the Hand Hygiene of Health-Care Workers
- M. Lankford, T. Zembower, W. Trick, D. Hacek, G. Noskin, L. Peterson
- Medicine
- Emerging infectious diseases
- 1 February 2003
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
Management of a multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in an intensive care unit using novel environmental disinfection: a 38-month report.
- Carlo La Forgia, J. Franke, D. Hacek, R. Thomson, A. Robicsek, L. Peterson
- Medicine
- American journal of infection control
- 1 May 2010
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
Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Decolonization in Joint Replacement Surgery Reduces Infection
- D. Hacek, W. Robb, S. Paule, J. Kudrna, Van P. Stamos, L. Peterson
- Medicine
- Clinical orthopaedics and related research
- 18 March 2008
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
Performance of the BD GeneOhm Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Test before and during High-Volume Clinical Use
- S. Paule, D. Hacek, +5 authors L. Peterson
- Medicine
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- 11 July 2007
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
In Vitro Activities of Linezolid against Important Gram-Positive Bacterial Pathogens Including Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
- G. Noskin, F. Siddiqui, V. Stosor, D. Hacek, L. Peterson
- Biology, Medicine
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- 1 August 1999
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
A laboratory-based, hospital-wide, electronic marker for nosocomial infection: the future of infection control surveillance?
- S. Brossette, D. Hacek, +4 authors L. Peterson
- Medicine
- American journal of clinical pathology
- 2006
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
Chromogenic media vs real-time PCR for nasal surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: impact on detection of MRSA-positive persons.
- S. Paule, M. Mehta, D. Hacek, Toni-Marie Gonzalzles, A. Robicsek, L. Peterson
- Medicine
- American journal of clinical pathology
- 1 April 2009
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
Medical and economic benefit of a comprehensive infection control program that includes routine determination of microbial clonality.
- D. Hacek, T. Suriano, G. Noskin, J. Kruszynski, B. Reisberg, L. Peterson
- Medicine
- American journal of clinical pathology
- 1 May 1999
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