2006
Life-Threatening Sepsis Caused by Burkholderia cepacia From Contaminated Intravenous Flush Solutions Prepared by a Compounding Pharmacy in Another State
Held MR, Begier EM, Beardsley DS, Browne FA, Martinello RA, Baltimore RS, McDonald LC, Jensen B, Hadler JL, Dembry LM. Life-Threatening Sepsis Caused by Burkholderia cepacia From Contaminated Intravenous Flush Solutions Prepared by a Compounding Pharmacy in Another State. Pediatrics 2006, 118: e212-e215. PMID: 16785290, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2617.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood culturesOutside health care facilityBurkholderia cepacia sepsisLife-threatening casesLife-threatening sepsisPatient's blood culturesHealth care facilitiesInfusate contaminationPulsed-field gel electrophoresisFlush solutionCare facilitiesSafe deliverySepsisCompounding pharmaciesBacterial isolatesBurkholderia cepaciaMedicationsPatientsInfusate
2004
Approaches to vancomycin-resistant enterococci
Torres-Viera C, Dembry LM. Approaches to vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Current Opinion In Infectious Diseases 2004, 17: 541-547. PMID: 15640708, DOI: 10.1097/00001432-200412000-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVancomycin-resistant enterococciVancomycin-resistant enterococci colonizationNew drugsSerious enterococcal infectionsLimited clinical dataInfection control practicesVitro bactericidal activityLipopeptide antimicrobialBloodstream infectionsClinical trialsEnterococcal infectionsOral administrationClinical dataInfectionAntimicrobial drugsBactericidal activityPhase IIDrugsEnterococciTreatmentNew antimicrobial drugsStrict guidelinesTrialsControl practicesBacterial isolates