Rupak Datta, MD/PhD, MPH

• Adam Benjamin Hittelman
• Akiko Iwasaki
• Albert Ko
• Ann Fisher
• Anne Wyllie
• Brian Linde
• Cesar Caraballo-Cordovez
• Chantal Vogels
• Charles Dela Cruz
• Craig B. Wilen
• Dana Small
• Daniel Weinberger
• Ellice Wong
• Fangyong Li
• Harald Reinhart
• Harlan Krumholz
• Heather Allore
• Jeffrey Topal
• Jessica Tuan
• Jianhui Wang
• John Fournier
• Joseph Canterino
• Joseph Fauver
• Joshua Warren
• Kathleen Akgün
• Kavin Patel
• Laura Morrison
• Ling Han
• Lisa Korn
• Lisbeysi Calo
• Lokesh Kumar Sharma
• Louise-Marie Dembry
• Lynn Tanoue
• Manisha Juthani
• Maricar Malinis
• Michael S. Leapman
• Michael Simonov
• Mollie Tucker
• Nathan Grubaugh
• Pei Hui
• Richard A Martinello
• Saad B. Omer
• Samir Gautam
• Shaili Gupta
• Sheldon Campbell
• Shelli Farhadian
• Tara Sanft
• Thomas M. Gill
• Vincent Quagliarello
• Xiting Yan

Epidemiology; Infection Control; Antimicrobial Stewardship

Antibiotic Resistance; Infectious Diseases

• Education needed to improve antimicrobial use during end-of-life care of older adults with advanced cancer: A cross-sectional survey.Datta R, Topal J, McManus D, Sanft T, Dembry LM, Morrison LJ, Quagliarello V, Juthani-Mehta M. Education needed to improve antimicrobial use during end-of-life care of older adults with advanced cancer: A cross-sectional survey. Palliative Medicine 2021, 35:236-241.
• SalivaDirect: A simplified and flexible platform to enhance SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity.Vogels CBF, Watkins AE, Harden CA, Brackney DE, Shafer J, Wang J, Caraballo C, Kalinich CC, Ott IM, Fauver JR, Kudo E, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Tokuyama M, Moore AJ, Muenker MC, Casanovas-Massana A, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Campbell M, Datta R, Nelson A, Dela Cruz CS, Ko AI, Iwasaki A, Krumholz HM, Matheus JD, Hui P, Liu C, Farhadian SF, Sikka R, Wyllie AL, Grubaugh ND. SalivaDirect: A simplified and flexible platform to enhance SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity. Med (New York, N.Y.) 2021, 2:263-280.e6.
• Tracking smell loss to identify healthcare workers with SARS-CoV-2 infection.Weiss JJ, Attuquayefio TN, White EB, Li F, Herz RS, White TL, Campbell M, Geng B, Datta R, Wyllie AL, Grubaugh ND, Casanovas-Massana A, Muenker MC, Moore AJ, Handoko R, Iwasaki A, Martinello RA, Ko AI, Small DM, Farhadian SF. Tracking smell loss to identify healthcare workers with SARS-CoV-2 infection. PloS One 2021, 16:e0248025.
• Stability of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Nonsupplemented Saliva.Ott IM, Strine MS, Watkins AE, Boot M, Kalinich CC, Harden CA, Vogels CBF, Casanovas-Massana A, Moore AJ, Muenker MC, Nakahata M, Tokuyama M, Nelson A, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Campbell M, Datta R, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Ko AI, Iwasaki A, Grubaugh ND, Wilen CB, Wyllie AL. Stability of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Nonsupplemented Saliva. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021, 27:1146-1150.
• Increased SARS-CoV-2 Testing Capacity with Pooled Saliva Samples.Watkins AE, Fenichel EP, Weinberger DM, Vogels CBF, Brackney DE, Casanovas-Massana A, Campbell M, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Datta R, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Iwasaki A, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Wyllie AL. Increased SARS-CoV-2 Testing Capacity with Pooled Saliva Samples. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021, 27.
• Increasing face-mask compliance among healthcare personnel during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Datta R, Glenn K, Pellegrino A, Tuan J, Linde B, Kayani J, Patel K, Calo L, Dembry LM, Fisher A. Increasing face-mask compliance among healthcare personnel during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2021, 1-7.
• Surveillance of adverse drug events associated with tocilizumab in hospitalized veterans with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to inform patient safety and pandemic preparedness.Datta R, Barrett A, Burk M, Salone C, Au A, Cunningham F, Fisher A, Dembry LM, Akgün KM. Surveillance of adverse drug events associated with tocilizumab in hospitalized veterans with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to inform patient safety and pandemic preparedness. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2021, 1-4.
• Increased Length of Stay Associated With Antibiotic Use in Older Adults With Advanced Cancer Transitioned to Comfort Measures.Datta R, Zhu M, Han L, Allore H, Quagliarello V, Juthani-Mehta M. Increased Length of Stay Associated With Antibiotic Use in Older Adults With Advanced Cancer Transitioned to Comfort Measures. The American Journal Of Hospice & Palliative Care 2020, 37:27-33.
• Simply saliva: stability of SARS-CoV-2 detection negates the need for expensive collection devices.Ott IM, Strine MS, Watkins AE, Boot M, Kalinich CC, Harden CA, Vogels CBF, Casanovas-Massana A, Moore AJ, Muenker MC, Nakahata M, Tokuyama M, Nelson A, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Campbell M, Datta R, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Ko AI, Iwasaki A, Grubaugh ND, Wilen CB, Wyllie AL. Simply saliva: stability of SARS-CoV-2 detection negates the need for expensive collection devices. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2020.
• Severe respiratory viral infection induces procalcitonin in the absence of bacterial pneumonia.Gautam S, Cohen AJ, Stahl Y, Valda Toro P, Young GM, Datta R, Yan X, Ristic NT, Bermejo SD, Sharma L, Restrepo M, Dela Cruz CS. Severe respiratory viral infection induces procalcitonin in the absence of bacterial pneumonia. Thorax 2020, 75:974-981.
• Saliva or Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens for Detection of SARS-CoV-2.Wyllie AL, Fournier J, Casanovas-Massana A, Campbell M, Tokuyama M, Vijayakumar P, Warren JL, Geng B, Muenker MC, Moore AJ, Vogels CBF, Petrone ME, Ott IM, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Lu-Culligan A, Klein J, Earnest R, Simonov M, Datta R, Handoko R, Naushad N, Sewanan LR, Valdez J, White EB, Lapidus S, Kalinich CC, Jiang X, Kim DJ, Kudo E, Linehan M, Mao T, Moriyama M, Oh JE, Park A, Silva J, Song E, Takahashi T, Taura M, Weizman OE, Wong P, Yang Y, Bermejo S, Odio CD, Omer SB, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian S, Martinello RA, Iwasaki A, Grubaugh ND, Ko AI. Saliva or Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens for Detection of SARS-CoV-2. The New England Journal Of Medicine 2020, 383:1283-1286.
• Pooling saliva to increase SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity.Watkins AE, Fenichel EP, Weinberger DM, Vogels CBF, Brackney DE, Casanovas-Massana A, Campbell M, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Datta R, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Iwasaki A, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Wyllie AL. Pooling saliva to increase SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2020.
• Tracking Smell Loss to Identify Healthcare Workers with SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Weiss JJ, Attuquayefio TN, White EB, Li F, Herz RS, White TL, Campbell M, Geng B, Datta R, Wyllie AL, Grubaugh ND, Casanovas-Massana A, Muenker MC, Handoko R, Iwasaki A, Martinello RA, Ko AI, Small DM, Farhadian SF. Tracking Smell Loss to Identify Healthcare Workers with SARS-CoV-2 Infection. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2020.
• Leishmania infection triggers hepcidin-mediated proteasomal degradation of Nramp1 to increase phagolysosomal iron availability.Banerjee S, Datta R. Leishmania infection triggers hepcidin-mediated proteasomal degradation of Nramp1 to increase phagolysosomal iron availability. Cellular Microbiology 2020, 22:e13253.
• A 62-Year-Old Woman With Lung Cancer, Ulcerating Rash, and Rapidly Progressive Hypoxemia.Kunitomo Y, Young G, Datta R, Korn LL, Tanoue L, Gautam S. A 62-Year-Old Woman With Lung Cancer, Ulcerating Rash, and Rapidly Progressive Hypoxemia. Chest 2020, 158:e191-e196.
• Adverse Events and Healthcare Utilization Associated With Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Among Older Versus Younger Adults.Brzozowski K, Datta R, Canterino J, Malinis M, Juthani-Mehta M. Adverse Events and Healthcare Utilization Associated With Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Among Older Versus Younger Adults. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2020, 7:ofaa358.
• Antimicrobial therapy for asymptomatic bacteriuria or candiduria in advanced cancer patients transitioning to comfort measures.Datta R, Wang T, Zhu M, Dembry LM, Han L, Allore H, Quagliarello V, Juthani-Mehta M. Antimicrobial therapy for asymptomatic bacteriuria or candiduria in advanced cancer patients transitioning to comfort measures. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2019, 40:470-472.
• Antibiotic-sparing agents for uncomplicated cystitis: uva-ursi and ibuprofen not ready for primetime.Datta R, Juthani-Mehta M. Antibiotic-sparing agents for uncomplicated cystitis: uva-ursi and ibuprofen not ready for primetime. Clinical Microbiology And Infection : The Official Publication Of The European Society Of Clinical Microbiology And Infectious Diseases 2019, 25:922-924.
• Perspectives on antimicrobial use at the end of life among antibiotic stewardship programs: A survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network.Datta R, Topal J, McManus D, Dembry LM, Quagliarello V, Juthani-Mehta M. Perspectives on antimicrobial use at the end of life among antibiotic stewardship programs: A survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2019, 40:1074-1076.
• Knowledge and Practices of Physicians and Nurses Related to Urine Cultures in Catheterized Patients: An Assessment of Adherence to IDSA Guidelines.Advani SD, Gao CA, Datta R, Sann L, Smith C, Leapman MS, Hittelman AB, Sabetta J, Dembry LM, Martinello RA, Juthani-Mehta M. Knowledge and Practices of Physicians and Nurses Related to Urine Cultures in Catheterized Patients: An Assessment of Adherence to IDSA Guidelines. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019, 6.
• Long-Acting Lipoglycopeptides for Gram-Positive Bacteremia at the End of Life to Facilitate Hospice Care: A Report of 3 Cases.Datta R, McManus D, Topal J, Juthani-Mehta M. Long-Acting Lipoglycopeptides for Gram-Positive Bacteremia at the End of Life to Facilitate Hospice Care: A Report of 3 Cases. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2018, 5:ofx277.
• Serious adverse events of older adults in nursing home and community intervention trials.Datta R, Trentalange M, Van Ness PH, McGloin JM, Guralnik JM, Miller ME, Walkup MP, Nadkarni N, Pahor M, Gill TM, Quagliarello V, Juthani-Mehta M. Serious adverse events of older adults in nursing home and community intervention trials. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2018, 9:77-80.
• Nitrofurantoin vs Fosfomycin: Rendering a Verdict in a Trial of Acute Uncomplicated Cystitis.Datta R, Juthani-Mehta M. Nitrofurantoin vs Fosfomycin: Rendering a Verdict in a Trial of Acute Uncomplicated Cystitis. JAMA 2018, 319:1771-1772.
• Menace Elbow: Disseminated Nocardiosis.Datta R, Kramer E, Reinhart H, Campbell S, Wong E, Gupta S. Menace Elbow: Disseminated Nocardiosis. The American Journal Of Medicine 2018, 131:1307-1309.
• Uncomplicated Cystitis in Nursing Home Residents: A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Management.Datta R, Juthani-Mehta M. Uncomplicated Cystitis in Nursing Home Residents: A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Management. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2018, 19:733-735.
• Frequency of Infection during Fever Episodes among Long-Term Care Residents.Datta R, Advani S, Rink A, Bianco L, Van Ness PH, Quagliarello V, Juthani-Mehta M. Frequency of Infection during Fever Episodes among Long-Term Care Residents. Journal Of Gerontology & Geriatric Research 2018, 7.
• Increased Fluoroquinolone-Susceptibility and Preserved Nitrofurantoin-Susceptibility among Escherichia coli Urine Isolates from Women Long-Term Care Residents: A Brief Report.Datta R, Advani S, Rink A, Bianco L, Van Ness PH, Quagliarello V, Juthani-Mehta M. Increased Fluoroquinolone-Susceptibility and Preserved Nitrofurantoin-Susceptibility among Escherichia coli Urine Isolates from Women Long-Term Care Residents: A Brief Report. Open Access Journal Of Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine 2018, 4.
• Detection of influenza myocarditis using national healthcare safety network surveillance definitions accounting for fever in older adults.Datta R, Helou E, Tucker M, John B, Martinello RA, Malinis M. Detection of influenza myocarditis using national healthcare safety network surveillance definitions accounting for fever in older adults. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2018, 39:1145-1147.
• Burden and Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Palliative Care.Datta R, Juthani-Mehta M. Burden and Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Palliative Care. Palliative Care 2017, 10:1178224217749233.
• Quantifying the Exposure to Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens Among Patients Discharged From a Single Hospital Across All California Healthcare Facilities.Datta R, Brown S, Nguyen VQ, Cao C, Billimek J, Avery T, Lee BY, Huang SS. Quantifying the Exposure to Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens Among Patients Discharged From a Single Hospital Across All California Healthcare Facilities. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2015, 36:1275-82.
• Impact of Hospital Population Case-Mix, Including Poverty, on Hospital All-Cause and Infection-Related 30-Day Readmission Rates.Gohil SK, Datta R, Cao C, Phelan MJ, Nguyen V, Rowther AA, Huang SS. Impact of Hospital Population Case-Mix, Including Poverty, on Hospital All-Cause and Infection-Related 30-Day Readmission Rates. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication Of The Infectious Diseases Society Of America 2015, 61:1235-43.
• Substantial variation in hospital rankings after adjusting for hospital-level predictors of publicly-reported hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infection rates.Datta R, Kazerouni NN, Rosenberg J, Nguyen VQ, Phelan M, Billimek J, Cao C, McLendon P, Cummings K, Huang SS. Substantial variation in hospital rankings after adjusting for hospital-level predictors of publicly-reported hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infection rates. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2015, 36:464-6.
• Protective effect of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus carriage against methicillin-resistant S. aureus acquisition in nursing homes: a prospective cross-sectional study.Datta R, Quan V, Kim D, Peterson EM, Reynolds C, Meyers H, Cheung M, Huang SS. Protective effect of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus carriage against methicillin-resistant S. aureus acquisition in nursing homes: a prospective cross-sectional study. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2014, 35:1257-62.
• Confounding by indication affects antimicrobial risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus but not vancomycin-resistant enterococci acquisition.Datta R, Kleinman K, Rifas-Shiman S, Placzek H, Lankiewicz J, Platt R, Huang SS. Confounding by indication affects antimicrobial risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus but not vancomycin-resistant enterococci acquisition. Antimicrobial Resistance And Infection Control 2014, 3:19.
• High nasal burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus increases risk of invasive disease.Datta R, Shah A, Huang SS, Cui E, Nguyen V, Welbourne SJ, Quan KA, Thrupp L. High nasal burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus increases risk of invasive disease. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2014, 52:312-4.
• Substantial shifts in ranking of California hospitals by hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection following adjustment for hospital characteristics and case mix.Tehrani DM, Phelan MJ, Cao C, Billimek J, Datta R, Nguyen H, Kwark H, Huang SS. Substantial shifts in ranking of California hospitals by hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection following adjustment for hospital characteristics and case mix. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2014, 35:1263-70.
• Discord among performance measures for central line-associated bloodstream infection.Tehrani DM, Russell D, Brown J, Boynton-Delahanty K, Quan K, Gibbs L, Braddock G, Zaroda T, Koopman M, Thompson D, Nichols A, Cui E, Liu C, Cohen S, Rubin Z, Pegues D, Torriani F, Datta R, Huang SS. Discord among performance measures for central line-associated bloodstream infection. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2013, 34:176-83.
• What is nosocomial? Large variation in hospital choice of numerators and denominators affects rates of hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.Datta R, Kuo King M, Kim D, Nguyen C, Elkins K, Gombosev A, Avery TR, Meyers H, Cheung M, Huang SS. What is nosocomial? Large variation in hospital choice of numerators and denominators affects rates of hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2012, 33:1166-9.
• Environmental cleaning intervention and risk of acquiring multidrug-resistant organisms from prior room occupants.Datta R, Platt R, Yokoe DS, Huang SS. Environmental cleaning intervention and risk of acquiring multidrug-resistant organisms from prior room occupants. Archives Of Internal Medicine 2011, 171:491-4.
• Use 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, 32:775-83.
• 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 (London, England) 2011, 15:R210.
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and hospitalization in high-risk patients in the year following detection.Huang SS, Hinrichsen VL, Datta R, Spurchise L, Miroshnik I, Nelson K, Platt R. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and hospitalization in high-risk patients in the year following detection. PloS One 2011, 6:e24340.
• Risk of postdischarge infection with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus after initial infection or colonization.Datta R, Huang SS. Risk of postdischarge infection with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus after initial infection or colonization. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2010, 31:1290-3.
• Animal and human antibodies to distinct Staphylococcus aureus antigens mutually neutralize opsonic killing and protection in mice.Skurnik D, Merighi M, Grout M, Gadjeva M, Maira-Litran T, Ericsson M, Goldmann DA, Huang SS, Datta R, Lee JC, Pier GB. Animal and human antibodies to distinct Staphylococcus aureus antigens mutually neutralize opsonic killing and protection in mice. The Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2010, 120:3220-33.
• Risk of infection and death due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in long-term carriers.Datta R, Huang SS. Risk of infection and death due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in long-term carriers. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication Of The Infectious Diseases Society Of America 2008, 47:176-81.
• Strain-relatedness of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from patients with repeated infection.Huang SS, Diekema DJ, Warren DK, Zuccotti G, Winokur PL, Tendolkar S, Boyken L, Datta R, Jones RM, Ward MA, Aubrey T, Onderdonk AB, Garcia C, Platt R. Strain-relatedness of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from patients with repeated infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication Of The Infectious Diseases Society Of America 2008, 46:1241-7.
• Impact of routine intensive care unit surveillance cultures and resultant barrier precautions on hospital-wide methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.Huang SS, Yokoe DS, Hinrichsen VL, Spurchise LS, Datta R, Miroshnik I, Platt R. Impact of routine intensive care unit surveillance cultures and resultant barrier precautions on hospital-wide methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication Of The Infectious Diseases Society Of America 2006, 43:971-8.
• Risk of acquiring antibiotic-resistant bacteria from prior room occupants.Huang SS, Datta R, Platt R. Risk of acquiring antibiotic-resistant bacteria from prior room occupants. Archives Of Internal Medicine 2006, 166:1945-51.
• Behavioral sensitization due to social defeat stress in mice: antagonism at mGluR5 and NMDA receptors.Yap JJ, Covington HE, Gale MC, Datta R, Miczek KA. Behavioral sensitization due to social defeat stress in mice: antagonism at mGluR5 and NMDA receptors. Psychopharmacology 2005, 179:230-9.