Colonization with antibiotic-susceptible strains protects against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus but not vancomycin-resistant enterococci acquisition: a nested case-control study
Huang SS, Datta R, Rifas-Shiman S, Kleinman K, Placzek H, Lankiewicz JD, Platt R. Colonization with antibiotic-susceptible strains protects against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus but not vancomycin-resistant enterococci acquisition: a nested case-control study. Critical Care 2011, 15: r210. PMID: 21914221, PMCID: PMC3334754, DOI: 10.1186/cc10445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusMethicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureusVancomycin-resistant enterococciInitial negative swabCase-control studyVancomycin-sensitive enterococciMRSA acquisitionVRE acquisitionICU admissionRisk factorsNegative swabsStaphylococcus aureusHigh endemic settingMRSA-positive patientsVancomycin-resistant enterococci acquisitionThird-generation cephalosporinsSensitive strainsPredictors of acquisitionBilateral naresMSSA carriageMSSA infectionsSame hospitalizationICU patientsLow albuminMRSA infectionUse of Medicare Claims to Rank Hospitals by Surgical Site Infection Risk following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Huang SS, Placzek H, Livingston J, Ma A, Onufrak F, Lankiewicz J, Kleinman K, Bratzler D, Olsen MA, Lyles R, Khan Y, Wright P, Yokoe DS, Fraser VJ, Weinstein RA, Stevenson K, Hooper D, Vostok J, Datta R, Nsa W, Platt R. Use of Medicare Claims to Rank Hospitals by Surgical Site Infection Risk following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2011, 32: 775-783. PMID: 21768761, DOI: 10.1086/660874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorst decileSSI ratesMedicare beneficiariesCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgerySurgical site infection rateSurgical site infection riskBypass graft surgeryRetrospective cohort studyCoronary artery bypassMedical record reviewDay of surgeryAdjusted odds ratioService Medicare beneficiariesQuality of careArtery bypassGraft surgeryCohort studySSI riskRecord reviewGroup of hospitalsCurrent surveillance methodsMedical recordsOdds ratioMedicare claims