2015
Impact of Hospital Population Case-Mix, Including Poverty, on Hospital All-Cause and Infection-Related 30-Day Readmission Rates
Gohil SK, Datta R, Cao C, Phelan MJ, Nguyen V, Rowther AA, Huang SS. Impact of Hospital Population Case-Mix, Including Poverty, on Hospital All-Cause and Infection-Related 30-Day Readmission Rates. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2015, 61: 1235-1243. PMID: 26129752, PMCID: PMC4583583, DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfection-related readmissionReadmission ratesSkilled nursing facilitiesNursing facilitiesCalifornia acute care hospitalsPreventable healthcare-associated infectionsHospital rankingsHospital risk factorsRetrospective cohort studyProportion of readmissionsAcute care hospitalsHealthcare-associated infectionsHigher proportionCause readmissionCare hospitalCohort studyHospital readmissionProlonged lengthPatient populationRisk factorsAcademic hospitalReadmissionCase mixHospitalComorbidities
2014
Confounding by indication affects antimicrobial risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus but not vancomycin-resistant enterococci acquisition
Datta R, Kleinman K, Rifas-Shiman S, Placzek H, Lankiewicz J, Platt R, Huang SS, for the CDC Prevention Epicenters. Confounding by indication affects antimicrobial risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus but not vancomycin-resistant enterococci acquisition. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2014, 3: 19. PMID: 24932407, PMCID: PMC4057914, DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-3-19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusVancomycin-resistant enterococci acquisitionEmpiric antibioticsRisk factorsVRE acquisitionAntibiotic prescriptionsMRSA acquisitionScreening culturesIntensive care unit patientsAntibiotic utilization dataMRSA-positive patientsVRE-positive patientsCare unit patientsMedical record reviewDiagnosis of infectionEvidence of treatmentSymptoms of infectionStaphylococcus aureusBackgroundObservational studiesEmpiric therapyUnit patientsRecord reviewTreatment indicationsPrior historyLow prevalence
2011
Colonization with antibiotic-susceptible strains protects against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus but not vancomycin-resistant enterococci acquisition: a nested case-control study
Huang SS, Datta R, Rifas-Shiman S, Kleinman K, Placzek H, Lankiewicz JD, Platt R. Colonization with antibiotic-susceptible strains protects against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus but not vancomycin-resistant enterococci acquisition: a nested case-control study. Critical Care 2011, 15: r210. PMID: 21914221, PMCID: PMC3334754, DOI: 10.1186/cc10445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusMethicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureusVancomycin-resistant enterococciInitial negative swabCase-control studyVancomycin-sensitive enterococciMRSA acquisitionVRE acquisitionICU admissionRisk factorsNegative swabsStaphylococcus aureusHigh endemic settingMRSA-positive patientsVancomycin-resistant enterococci acquisitionThird-generation cephalosporinsSensitive strainsPredictors of acquisitionBilateral naresMSSA carriageMSSA infectionsSame hospitalizationICU patientsLow albuminMRSA infection