Selected Publications
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- Association Between Foot Surgery Type and Subsequent Healing in Veterans With Moderate-to-Severe Diabetic Foot Infections.. Open forum infectious diseases. 9:-. 2021
- Short-Stay Admissions Associated With Large COVID-19 Outbreaks in Maryland Nursing Homes.. Gerontology & geriatric medicine. -. 2021
- Effect of mupirocin for Staphylococcus aureus decolonization on the microbiome of the nose and throat in community and nursing home dwelling adults.. PloS one. 16:-. 2021
- Association between level of care and colonization with resistant gram-negative bacteria among nursing-home residents.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 42:760-762. 2021
- Nursing home visitation restrictions during COVID-19-Balancing compassion and safety.. American journal of infection control. 49:-. 2021
- Reply to Evans et al.. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 71:2770-2771. 2020
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Open forum infectious diseases. 7:-. 2020
- The Effectiveness of Contact Precautions on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Long-term Care Across the United States.. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 71:1676-1683. 2020
- Staphylococcus aureus. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 42:448-454. 2020
- Association of Pressure injury with body care activities in nursing homes.. Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society. 29:53-59. 2020
- Staphylococcus aureus. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 41:1396-1401. 2020
- Lessons learned - Outbreaks of COVID-19 in nursing homes.. American journal of infection control. 48:1279-1280. 2020
- Frequency of nursing home resident contact with staff, other residents, and the environment outside resident rooms.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 40:815-816. 2019
- Development and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Rule to Predict Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Nursing Homes.. American journal of epidemiology. 188:214-221. 2019
- Transmission of resistant Gram-negative bacteria to healthcare personnel gowns and gloves during care of residents in community-based nursing facilities.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 39:1425-1430. 2018
- The Impact of Isolation on Healthcare Worker Contact and Compliance With Infection Control Practices in Nursing Homes.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 39:683-687. 2018
- Improving regulation of microbiota transplants.. Science (New York, N.Y.). 358:1390-1391. 2017
- Transmission of Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria to Health Care Worker Gowns and Gloves during Care of Nursing Home Residents in Veterans Affairs Community Living Centers.. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 61. 2017
- Comparison of the Microbiota of Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes and the Community.. mSphere. 2. 2017
- Clostridium difficile Colonization of Nursing Home Residents.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 38:1267-1268. 2017
- Comparative Effectiveness of Cefazolin Versus Nafcillin or Oxacillin for Treatment of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Infections Complicated by Bacteremia: A Nationwide Cohort Study.. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 65:100-106. 2017
- Factors Leading to Transmission Risk of Acinetobacter baumannii.. Critical care medicine. 45:e633-e639. 2017
- Transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to health care worker gowns and gloves during care of residents in Veterans Affairs nursing homes.. American journal of infection control. 45:947-953. 2017
- Infrequent Use of Isolation Precautions in Nursing Homes: Implications for an Evolving Population.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 65:472-473. 2017
- Microbiological effect of mupirocin and chlorhexidine for Staphylococcus aureus decolonization in community and nursing home based adults.. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 88:53-57. 2017
- Perceptions of Gown and Glove Use to Prevent Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Transmission in Nursing Homes.. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 18:158-161. 2016
- Healthcare-associated infections in the elderly: what's new.. Current opinion in infectious diseases. 29:388-93. 2016
- Strategies to Prevent MRSA Transmission in Community-Based Nursing Homes: A Cost Analysis.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 37:962-966. 2016
- Transmission Clusters of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Long-Term Care Facilities Based on Whole-Genome Sequencing.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 37:685-91. 2016
- Correction: Antibodies to S. aureus LukS-PV Attenuated Subunit Vaccine Neutralize a Broad Spectrum of Canonical and Non-Canonical Bicomponent Leukotoxin Pairs.. PloS one. 10:-. 2015
- Antibodies to S. aureus LukS-PV Attenuated Subunit Vaccine Neutralize a Broad Spectrum of Canonical and Non-Canonical Bicomponent Leukotoxin Pairs.. PloS one. 10:-. 2015
- Specific serum IgG at diagnosis of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream invasion is correlated with disease progression.. Journal of proteomics. 1-7. 2015
- Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to Healthcare Worker Gowns and Gloves During Care of Nursing Home Residents.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 36:1050-7. 2015
- Prior colonization is associated with increased risk of antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteremia in cancer patients.. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 79:73-6. 2014
- Infection prevention in the cancer center.. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 57:579-85. 2013
- A randomized controlled trial of enhanced cleaning to reduce contamination of healthcare worker gowns and gloves with multidrug-resistant bacteria.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 34:487-93. 2013
- Association between methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection may not differ by age group.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 34:93-5. 2012
- Surveillance definitions of infections in long-term care facilities: revisiting the McGeer criteria.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 33:965-77. 2012
- Lower antibody levels to Staphylococcus aureus exotoxins are associated with sepsis in hospitalized adults with invasive S. aureus infections.. The Journal of infectious diseases. 206:915-23. 2012
- USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and the risk of severe sepsis: is USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with more severe infections?. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 70:285-90. 2011
- Systematic review of measurement and adjustment for colonization pressure in studies of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, and clostridium difficile acquisition.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 32:481-9. 2011
- Comparison of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition among rehabilitation and nursing home residents.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 32:244-9. 2011
- Staphylococcus aureus infections in US veterans, Maryland, USA, 1999-2008.. Emerging infectious diseases. 17:441-8. 2011
- Persistent Staphylococcus aureus colonization is not a strongly heritable trait in Amish families.. PloS one. 6:-. 2011
- Illicit drug use and risk for USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections with bacteremia.. Emerging infectious diseases. 16:1419-27. 2010
- Characteristics of healthcare-associated infections contributing to unexpected in-hospital deaths.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 31:864-6. 2010
- Prolonged colonization with the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300 among residents of extended care facilities.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 31:838-41. 2010
- Predictive ability of positive clinical culture results and International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, to identify and classify noninvasive Staphylococcus aureus infections: a validation study.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 31:694-700. 2010
- Assessment of the 48-hour rule for identifying community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection complicated by bacteremia.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 31:657-9. 2010
- Targeted surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and its potential use to guide empiric antibiotic therapy.. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 54:3143-8. 2010
- Translation of clinical research into practice: defining the clinician scientist.. Family medicine. 41:440-3. 2009
- Colonization sites of USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in residents of extended care facilities.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 30:313-8. 2009
- Peptide nucleic acid fluorescent in situ hybridization for hospital-acquired enterococcal bacteremia: delivering earlier effective antimicrobial therapy.. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 52:3558-63. 2008
- Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci on the gowns and gloves of healthcare workers.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 29:583-9. 2008
- Disparities in the use of immunomodulators and biologics for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease: a retrospective cohort study.. Inflammatory bowel diseases. 14:13-9. 2008
- Skin and soft tissue infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 clone.. Emerging infectious diseases. 13:1195-200. 2007
- Staphylococcus aureus colonization in community-dwelling people with spinal cord dysfunction.. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. 88:979-83. 2007
- Legislative mandates for use of active surveillance cultures to screen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci: Position statement from the Joint SHEA and APIC Task Force.. American journal of infection control. 35:73-85. 2007
- Comparison of mortality risk associated with bacteremia due to methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 28:273-9. 2007
- Legislative mandates for use of active surveillance cultures to screen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci: position statement from the Joint SHEA and APIC Task Force.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 28:249-60. 2007
- Novel ways of preventing antibiotic-resistant infections: what might the future hold?. American journal of infection control. 34:469-75. 2006
- Prevalence and natural history of colonization with fluoroquinolone-resistant gram-negative bacilli in community-dwelling people with spinal cord dysfunction.. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. 87:1305-9. 2006
- Risk factors for recurrence in patients with Staphylococcus aureus infections complicated by bacteremia.. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 55:179-84. 2006
- Racial differences in disease phenotypes in patients with Crohn's disease.. Inflammatory bowel diseases. 12:192-8. 2006
- Impact of admission hyperglycemia on hospital mortality in various intensive care unit populations.. Critical care medicine. 33:2772-7. 2005
- Utility of the Chronic Disease Score and Charlson Comorbidity Index as comorbidity measures for use in epidemiologic studies of antibiotic-resistant organisms.. American journal of epidemiology. 161:483-93. 2005
- Risk of mortality with a bloodstream infection is higher in the less severely ill at admission.. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 171:616-20. 2004
- Epidemiological risk factors for isolation of ceftriaxone-resistant versus -susceptible citrobacter freundii in hospitalized patients.. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 47:2882-7. 2003
- Fluoroquinolone use and Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea.. Emerging infectious diseases. 9:730-3. 2003
- Rates of hand disinfection associated with glove use, patient isolation, and changes between exposure to various body sites.. American journal of infection control. 31:97-103. 2003
- Severity-of-illness markers as predictors of nosocomial infection in adult intensive care unit patients.. American journal of infection control. 30:139-44. 2002
- Preventing nosocomial transmission of pulmonary tuberculosis: when may isolation be discontinued for patients with suspected tuberculosis?. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 23:141-4. 2002
- Risk factors for piperacillin-tazobactam-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa among hospitalized patients.. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 46:854-8. 2002
- The effect of active surveillance for vancomycin-resistant enterococci in high-risk units on vancomycin-resistant enterococci incidence hospital-wide.. American journal of infection control. 30:40-3. 2002
- Overuse of transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis of native valve endocarditis.. Archives of internal medicine. 162:1715-20. 2002
- Risk factors for imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa among hospitalized patients.. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 34:340-5. 2001
- The relationship between age and fever magnitude.. The American journal of the medical sciences. 322:68-70. 2001
- MRSA colonization and the risk of MRSA bacteraemia in hospitalized patients with chronic ulcers.. The Journal of hospital infection. 47:98-103. 2001
- A survey on handwashing practices and opinions of healthcare workers.. The Journal of hospital infection. 45:318-21. 2000
- Predicting methicillin resistance and the effect of inadequate empiric therapy on survival in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.. Archives of internal medicine. 160:1001-4. 2000
- Improved tuberculosis infection control practices in Maryland acute care hospitals.. American journal of infection control. 28:133-7. 2000
- A randomized trial of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis with and without vancomycin in organ transplant patients.. Clinical transplantation. 13:245-52. 1999
- Adherence to asthma guidelines in general practices.. The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma. 36:381-7. 1999
- Decreased seroprevalence for Toxoplasma gondii in Seventh Day Adventists in Maryland.. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 60:790-2. 1999
- Vancomycin use in a hospital with vancomycin restriction.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 20:60-3. 1999
- Photo quiz. Pulmonary tuberculosis.. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 27:1137, 1318-9. 1998
- Colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci in chronic hemodialysis patients.. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation. 32:254-7. 1998
- Clostridium difficile infection is a risk factor for bacteremia due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in VRE-colonized patients with acute leukemia.. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 25:1056-9. 1997
- Natural history of colonization with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium.. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 18:679-80. 1997
- Recurrent vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia in a leukemia patient who was persistently colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococci for two years.. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 24:514-5. 1997
- Ty1 transposition in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is nonrandom.. Genetics. 123:269-79. 1989
- Effects of estradiol and tamoxifen on creatine kinase in rodent mammary carcinomas.. Cancer research. 47:1348-53. 1987
- Comparison of latex agglutination and counterimmunoelectrophoresis for the detection of pneumococcal antigen in elderly pneumonia patients.. Journal of clinical microbiology. 22:553-7. 1985