L Silvia Munoz-Price

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Publications

  1. ncbi Acinetobacter infection
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Medical Specialists, Dyer, IN 46311, USA
    N Engl J Med 358:1271-81. 2008
  2. ncbi Four cases of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections treated with tigecycline
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Munster Community Hospital, Munster, IN, USA
    Scand J Infect Dis 38:1081-4. 2006
  3. ncbi Long-term acute care hospitals
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Clin Infect Dis 49:438-43. 2009
  4. ncbi Prevention of bloodstream infections by use of daily chlorhexidine baths for patients at a long-term acute care hospital
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Medical Specialists, Munster, Indiana, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30:1031-5. 2009
  5. ncbi Emergence of resistance to daptomycin during treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis infection
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Clin Infect Dis 41:565-6. 2005
  6. ncbi The clinical impact of ganciclovir prophylaxis on the occurrence of bacteremia in orthotopic liver transplant recipients
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 39:1293-9. 2004
  7. ncbi Multicity outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates producing the carbapenemase OXA-40
    Karen Lolans
    John Stroger Hospital, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 50:2941-5. 2006

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Publications7

  1. ncbi Acinetobacter infection
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Medical Specialists, Dyer, IN 46311, USA
    N Engl J Med 358:1271-81. 2008
  2. ncbi Four cases of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections treated with tigecycline
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Munster Community Hospital, Munster, IN, USA
    Scand J Infect Dis 38:1081-4. 2006
    ..All 4 patients were eventually cured although 1 experienced a relapse of her bacteremia while on treatment due to inadequate dosing...
  3. ncbi Long-term acute care hospitals
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Clin Infect Dis 49:438-43. 2009
    ..This review summarizes the limited amount of scientific literature on LTACHs while highlighting their infection control problems, as well as the role LTACHs play on regional outbreaks...
  4. ncbi Prevention of bloodstream infections by use of daily chlorhexidine baths for patients at a long-term acute care hospital
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Medical Specialists, Munster, Indiana, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30:1031-5. 2009
    ..To evaluate the effect of bathing patients with 2% chlorhexidine on the rates of central vascular catheter (CVC)-associated bloodstream infection (BSI) at a long-term acute care hospital (LTACH)...
  5. ncbi Emergence of resistance to daptomycin during treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis infection
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Clin Infect Dis 41:565-6. 2005
  6. ncbi The clinical impact of ganciclovir prophylaxis on the occurrence of bacteremia in orthotopic liver transplant recipients
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 39:1293-9. 2004
    ..44; 95% CI, 0.20-0.98; P=.0437). CONCLUSIONS: Among factors associated with bacteremia, use of prophylactic ganciclovir is independently associated with a significant reduction of bacteremia in OLT recipients...
  7. ncbi Multicity outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates producing the carbapenemase OXA-40
    Karen Lolans
    John Stroger Hospital, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 50:2941-5. 2006
    ..This is the first time in the United States that such carbapenem resistance in A. baumannii has been attributable to a carbapenemase...