2024
Cryptosporidiosis in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease: a scoping review protocol
Liu B, Schnider A, DeArmond M, Banach D, Haubrich B. Cryptosporidiosis in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e086529. PMID: 39414295, PMCID: PMC11481120, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086529.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseJoanna Briggs InstituteBowel diseaseAssociated with significant morbidityModerate-to-severe diarrheaPublished clinical literatureTreatment of cryptosporidiosisPeer-reviewed journalsImmunosuppressive therapyInstitutional review boardRisk of infectionSignificant morbidityImmunocompromised individualsTheses GlobalCrohn's diseaseGastrointestinal infectionsGrey literatureReview protocolRisk factorsAdult studiesCochrane LibrarySelf-limitingPatientsEpidemiological correlationReview team
2023
2191. An Assessment of Penicillin Allergy Documentation among Patients undergoing Elective Surgeries and Ambulatory Procedures
Banach D, Zavez K, Schramm C, Zolla M, Baron K, Carter E. 2191. An Assessment of Penicillin Allergy Documentation among Patients undergoing Elective Surgeries and Ambulatory Procedures. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad500.1813. PMCID: PMC10678576, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1813.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPenicillin allergy recordsSymptoms of allergyElective surgeryAmbulatory proceduresPenicillin allergyAllergy recordsAntibiotic prescribingRisk stratificationMedical assistantsPost-operative adverse eventsPenicillin allergy historyRetrospective chart reviewPenicillin class antibioticsFuture antibiotic prescribingAllergy assessmentGastrointestinal symptomsAdverse eventsChart reviewAllergy historyAllergy documentationCommon symptomsAllergySurgeryPatient reactionsPatients
2022
Epidemiology and outcomes of surgical site infections among pediatric liver transplant recipients
Banach DB, Lopez‐Verdugo F, Sanchez‐Garcia J, Tran A, Gomez‐Llerena A, Munoz‐Abraham A, Bertacco A, Valentino PL, Yoo P, Dembry L, Mulligan DC, Ekong UD, Emre SH, Rodriguez‐Davalos M. Epidemiology and outcomes of surgical site infections among pediatric liver transplant recipients. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 24: e13941. PMID: 35989545, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13941.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical site infectionLiver transplant recipientsLiver transplantationBiliary complicationsGraft recipientsTransplant recipientsSite infectionRisk factorsOutcomes of SSIPediatric liver transplant recipientsLong-term graftPediatric liver transplantationRetrospective descriptive analysisPrimary endpointHospital daysPatient agePediatric populationPatient survivalSignificant causeComplicationsPatientsRecipientsOutcomesInfectionIncidenceDecolonization Strategies for Infection Control of Gram-Negative Bacilli
Tailor N, Thomas D, Banach D. Decolonization Strategies for Infection Control of Gram-Negative Bacilli. 2022, 285-291. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-98427-4_24.ChaptersDecolonization strategiesFecal microbiota transplantationBurden of infectionGram-negative bacilliDecolonization regimensMicrobiota transplantationInfected patientsInfection controlHealthcare costsNegative pathogensHealthcare settingsNegative organismsAvailable evidenceSignificant increaseNegative bacteriaMorbidityRegimensPatientsTransplantationGlobal increaseInfectionMortality
2014
Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Pretransplant Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Colonization Among Patients Who Undergo Liver Transplantation.
Banach D, Peaper D, Emre S, Fortune B, Dembry L. Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Pretransplant Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Colonization Among Patients Who Undergo Liver Transplantation. Transplantation 2014, 98: 769. DOI: 10.1097/00007890-201407151-02627.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Indeterminate QuantiFERON® -TB Gold results in a public health clinic setting
Banach DB, Harris TG. Indeterminate QuantiFERON® -TB Gold results in a public health clinic setting. The International Journal Of Tuberculosis And Lung Disease 2011, 15: 1623-1630. PMID: 22118169, DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge FactorsAgedAmbulatory Care FacilitiesChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInterferon-gamma Release TestsLatent TuberculosisLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisMycobacterium tuberculosisNew York CityPublic HealthRacial GroupsRetrospective StudiesSex FactorsTuberculosisYoung AdultConceptsIndeterminate resultsIndeterminate QFT-G resultsMultivariate logistic regression analysisQFT-G resultsLogistic regression analysisRace/ethnicityChest clinicPatient characteristicsTB GoldClinic settingQuantiFERONFurther studiesPatientsRegression analysisModest proportionHispanicsNew York CityClinicYork CityFactors Associated with Unprotected Exposure to 2009 H1N1 Influenza A among Healthcare Workers during the First Wave of the Pandemic
Banach DB, Bielang R, Calfee DP. Factors Associated with Unprotected Exposure to 2009 H1N1 Influenza A among Healthcare Workers during the First Wave of the Pandemic. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2011, 32: 293-295. PMID: 21460517, DOI: 10.1086/658911.Peer-Reviewed Original Research