2020
Localized effect of treated wastewater effluent on the resistome of an urban watershed
Thornton CN, Tanner WD, VanDerslice JA, Brazelton WJ. Localized effect of treated wastewater effluent on the resistome of an urban watershed. GigaScience 2020, 9: giaa125. PMID: 33215210, PMCID: PMC7677451, DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giaa125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntibiotic resistance genesMobile genetic elementsResistance genesGenetic elementsMost bacterial cellsDeep metagenomic sequencingMetagenomic sequencingGenesBacterial cellsGreater abundanceHuman fecal contaminationWastewater discharge pointResistomeLittle measurable effectDiversityAbundanceNatural environmentRiver locationsAntibiotic resistanceEffluent discharge pointWastewater effluentQuaternary ammonium compoundsBiological factorsFecal contaminationWastewater treatment plants
2015
Vital Signs: Estimated Effects of a Coordinated Approach for Action to Reduce Antibiotic-Resistant Infections in Health Care Facilities - United States.
Slayton RB, Toth D, Lee BY, Tanner W, Bartsch SM, Khader K, Wong K, Brown K, McKinnell JA, Ray W, Miller LG, Rubin M, Kim DS, Adler F, Cao C, Avery L, Stone NT, Kallen A, Samore M, Huang SS, Fridkin S, Jernigan JA. Vital Signs: Estimated Effects of a Coordinated Approach for Action to Reduce Antibiotic-Resistant Infections in Health Care Facilities - United States. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2015, 64: 826-31. PMID: 26247436, PMCID: PMC4654955, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6430a4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care-associated infectionsCare-associated infectionsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkHealth care facilitiesMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusCare facilitiesAntibiotic-resistant infectionsC. difficileCDC's National Healthcare Safety NetworkInvasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusMultidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosaAntibiotic stewardship interventionsEmerging Infections ProgramAntibiotic-resistant bacteriaAntibiotic-resistant organismsEvidence-supported interventionsHealth care networkStewardship interventionsAntibiotic stewardshipCumulative prevalenceInfections ProgramInfection controlUntreatable infectionsClostridium difficileInfection