2016
Burden of Nursing Home-Onset Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States: Estimates of Incidence and Patient Outcomes
Hunter J, Mu Y, Dumyati G, Farley M, Winston L, Johnston H, Meek J, Perlmutter R, Holzbauer S, Beldavs Z, Phipps E, Dunn J, Cohen J, Avillan J, Stone N, Gerding D, McDonald L, Lessa F. Burden of Nursing Home-Onset Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States: Estimates of Incidence and Patient Outcomes. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2016, 3: ofv196. PMID: 26798767, PMCID: PMC4719744, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv196.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClostridium difficile infectionDifficile infectionPatient outcomesPopulation-based surveillanceAcute care settingAppropriate antibiotic useEstimates of incidenceMedian ageSubstantial morbidityPositive stoolsMedical recordsRisk factorsAdvanced ageAntibiotic useInfection preventionAntibiotic exposureHome residentsNational incidenceCare settingsPositive specimenNational estimatesIncidenceSpecimen collectionAgeStool
2015
Statin Treatment and Mortality: Propensity Score-Matched Analyses of 2007–2008 and 2009–2010 Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Hospitalizations
Laidler M, Thomas A, Baumbach J, Kirley P, Meek J, Aragon D, Morin C, Ryan P, Schaffner W, Zansky S, Chaves S. Statin Treatment and Mortality: Propensity Score-Matched Analyses of 2007–2008 and 2009–2010 Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Hospitalizations. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2015, 2: ofv028. PMID: 26034777, PMCID: PMC4438907, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPropensity score-matched analysisStatin treatmentAdjunct treatmentInfluenza virus infectionHost inflammatory responseAnnual influenza epidemicsInfluenza hospitalizationsInfluenza seasonSubstantial morbidityHospitalized cohortCox regressionImmunomodulatory agentsInflammatory responseVirus infectionProtective effectInfluenza epidemicsSurveillance dataMortalityUnmeasured confoundersStatinsDeathTreatmentVaccine productionInfluenzaPandemic