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
1994
DNA Analysis in the Study of the Epidemiology of Nosocomial Candidiasis
Dembry L, Vazquez J, Zervos M. DNA Analysis in the Study of the Epidemiology of Nosocomial Candidiasis. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1994, 15: 48-54. DOI: 10.2307/30148385.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCandida infectionsCandida speciesIntensive supportive careLonger patient survivalCurrent therapeutic regimensDisseminated Candida infectionFemale genital tractSevere Candida infectionsCandida albicans fungemiaImportant nosocomial pathogenNosocomial candidiasisAggressive treatmentPostoperative patientsSupportive careCrude mortalityIntensive carePatient survivalTherapeutic regimensCancer patientsBlood culturesGenital tractGastrointestinal tractViral infectionPatientsNosocomial pathogen