2021
Hospital-acquired influenza in the United States, FluSurv-NET, 2011–2012 through 2018–2019
Cummings C, O’Halloran A, Azenkot T, Reingold A, Alden N, Meek J, Anderson E, Ryan P, Kim S, McMahon M, McMullen C, Spina N, Bennett N, Billing L, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Talbot H, George A, Reed C, Garg S. Hospital-acquired influenza in the United States, FluSurv-NET, 2011–2012 through 2018–2019. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2021, 43: 1447-1453. PMID: 34607624, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.392.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital-acquired influenzaInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsHA influenzaHospital infection control measuresInfluenza Hospitalization Surveillance NetworkFacility-based testingPositive test dateRespiratory symptom onsetAnnual influenza vaccinationHA casesInfection control measuresSymptom onset dateCross-sectional studyYears of agePopulation-based ratesInfluenza vaccinationClinical characteristicsICU careSymptom onsetInfluenza vaccineMechanical ventilationSevere outcomesPatient outcomesInfluenza casesHospitalization
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