1998
Molecular and Geographic Patterns of Tuberculosis Transmission After 15 Years of Directly Observed Therapy
Bishai W, Graham N, Harrington S, Pope D, Hooper N, Astemborski J, Sheely L, Vlahov D, Glass G, Chaisson R. Molecular and Geographic Patterns of Tuberculosis Transmission After 15 Years of Directly Observed Therapy. JAMA 1998, 280: 1679-1684. PMID: 9831999, DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.19.1679.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidemiologic linkObserved therapyTuberculosis casesTuberculosis transmissionRecent transmissionTraditional contact investigationsCulture-positive tuberculosisTuberculosis control measuresCases of tuberculosisCommon risk factorsProportion of casesHigher drug useLow socioeconomic statusProportion of diseaseContact investigationEpidemiologic evidenceM tuberculosisRisk factorsEpidemiologic comparisonsEpidemiologic linkageTuberculosis accountsInformation system dataTraditional contact tracingDrug useEarly identification
1987
Prospective Microbiologic Surveillance in Control of Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Walsh T, Vlahov D, Hansen S, Sonnenberg E, Khabbaz R, Gadacz T, Standiford H. Prospective Microbiologic Surveillance in Control of Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1987, 8: 7-14. PMID: 3102395, DOI: 10.1017/s0195941700066923.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusNew MRSA casesNosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusMRSA casesTracheostomy siteMRSA outbreaksNew casesNosocomial MRSA outbreaksHospital-wide effortPMS programStaphylococcus aureusFrequency of casesMicrobiologic surveillanceInfection controlQuarterly costsEarly identificationSurveillance programThird outbreakPilot studyMicrobiological surveillance programPatientsPrompt detectionInfectionNew outbreaksMonths