2020
Hospital Microbiologic Culture Results to Predict the Use of Anti–methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Wu H, Kratzer T, Zhou L, Soe M, Edwards J, Neuhauser M, Benin A, Hicks L, Srinivasan A, Pollock D. Hospital Microbiologic Culture Results to Predict the Use of Anti–methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2020, 41: s40-s40. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.521.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnti-MRSA agentsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkPositive infectionsMicrobiologic culture resultsInfection burdenAntimicrobial useHospital characteristicsCulture resultsStandardized antimicrobial administration ratioStaphylococcus aureusRisk adjustmentLower respiratory specimensIntensive care unitAcute care hospitalsQuinupristin/dalfopristinResistant Staphylococcus aureusMedical school affiliationAU ratesIntravenous vancomycinMicrobiologic dataCare unitDay patientsRespiratory specimensAntimicrobial daysHigh prevalence
2019
Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens associated with pediatric healthcare-associated infections: Summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2015–2017
Weiner-Lastinger L, Abner S, Benin A, Edwards J, Kallen A, Karlsson M, Magill S, Pollock D, See I, Soe M, Walters M, Dudeck M. Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens associated with pediatric healthcare-associated infections: Summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2015–2017. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2019, 41: 19-30. PMID: 31762428, PMCID: PMC8276251, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial InfectionsCarbapenemsCatheter-Related InfectionsCatheters, IndwellingCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.ChildChild, PreschoolCross InfectionDrug Resistance, BacterialEnterococcus faecalisEquipment ContaminationEscherichia coliHospitalsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornKlebsiella pneumoniaePneumonia, Ventilator-AssociatedStaphylococcusSurgical Wound InfectionUnited StatesConceptsPediatric healthcare-associated infectionsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkCentral line-associated bloodstream infectionsSurgical site infectionHealthcare-associated infectionsCatheter-associated urinary tract infectionsVentilator-associated pneumoniaAntimicrobial resistance patternsHAI typesPediatric patientsSurgical categoriesResistance patternsDevice-associated HAIsPrevention's National Healthcare Safety NetworkCardiac surgical site infectionsLine-associated bloodstream infectionsNeonatal intensive care unitAbdominal surgical site infectionUrinary tract infectionIntensive care unitPediatric oncology unitPatient care locationsCoagulase-negative staphylococciAntimicrobial-resistant pathogensTract infections