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In search of a rational approach to chronic kidney disease detection and managementA J Kallen
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Kidney Int 72:3-5. 2007..The detection of CKD using existing electronic data sources has been proposed as an efficient identification method; however, this method is not without potential challenges and limitations...
Health care-associated invasive MRSA infections, 2005-2008Alexander J Kallen
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
JAMA 304:641-8. 2010..Whether there have been changes in MRSA infection incidence as these programs become established is unknown; however, recent data have shown that rates of MRSA bloodstream infections (BSIs) in intensive care units are decreasing...- Preventing infections in patients undergoing hemodialysisAlexander J Kallen
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS A 35, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 8:643-55. 2010..In this article, we review many of the current infection control challenges facing outpatient dialysis centers and discuss recommended infection control policies and practices aimed at combating these challenges... - Multidrug resistance among gram-negative pathogens that caused healthcare-associated infections reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2006-2008Alexander J Kallen
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:528-31. 2010..The pooled mean percentage of resistance varied by the definition used; however, multidrug resistance was relatively common and widespread... - Staphylococcus aureus community-onset pneumonia in patients admitted to children's hospitals during autumn and winter of 2006-2007A J Kallen
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA, USA
Epidemiol Infect 138:666-72. 2010..Mechanical ventilation was required in 21 (70%) episodes; five (17%) patients died. When evaluating patients with severe COP, providers should be aware of the potential for S. aureus, including methicillin-resistant strains... - Current epidemiology of multidrug‐resistant gram‐negative bacilli in the United StatesAlexander J Kallen
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:S51-4. 2010..This synopsis reviews the incidence of multidrug resistance among gram‐negative bacilli in the United States and describes emerging issues in their epidemiology... - Complete restriction of fluoroquinolone use to control an outbreak of Clostridium difficile infection at a community hospitalAlexander J Kallen
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30:264-72. 2009.... - Prevalence of beta-lactam nonsusceptible Gram-negative bacilli and use and interpretation of current susceptibility breakpoints: a survey of infectious disease physiciansAlexander J Kallen
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 71:316-9. 2011..Many reported encountering resistant Enterobacteriaceae; respondents generally favored a more conservative interpretation of antimicrobial susceptibility results... - Staphylococcus aureus community-acquired pneumonia during the 2006 to 2007 influenza seasonAlexander J Kallen
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 53:358-65. 2009..In response to a number of cases reported to public health authorities in early 2007, additional case reports were solicited nationwide to better define S. aureus community-acquired pneumonia during the 2006 to 2007 influenza season... - Gadolinium-containing magnetic resonance imaging contrast and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: a case-control studyAlexander J Kallen
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 51:966-75. 2008..A cluster of patients with NSF was investigated to identify risk factors. Limited preliminary findings from this investigation were presented in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report... - Bloodstream infections in patients given treatment with intravenous prostanoidsAlexander J Kallen
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:342-9. 2008..An investigation was conducted to determine rates of prostanoid-associated BSI in this patient population and possible risk factors for infection... - Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the intensive care unit: expanding prevention to new settingsAlexander J Kallen
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 51:335-41. 2010.... - Epidemiology, surveillance, and prevention of hepatitis C virus infections in hemodialysis patientsPriti R Patel
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 56:371-8. 2010..This article describes the current epidemiology of HCV infection in US maintenance hemodialysis patients and prevention practices to decrease its incidence and transmission... - Epidemiology, surveillance, and prevention of bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patientsPriti R Patel
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 56:566-77. 2010..This article describes the current epidemiology of BSIs in hemodialysis patients and effective prevention strategies to decrease the incidence of these devastating infections... - Infection with community-onset Staphylococcus aureus and influenza virus in hospitalized childrenCarrie Reed
Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:572-6. 2009..aureus coinfection, compared with 2% to 7% in 2004-2006. The overall occurrence, however, remains unclear... - Decolonization to prevent infections with Staphylococcus aureus in patients undergoing hemodialysis: a review of current evidenceAlexander J Kallen
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Semin Dial 24:533-9. 2011..This brief review describes the current epidemiology of S.aureus infections in patients undergoing hemodialysis and reviews the evidence surrounding decolonization as an infection prevention strategy... - Respiratory syncytial virus and Staphylococcus aureus coinfection in children hospitalized with pneumoniaLauren J Stockman
Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:1048-50. 2010..RSV-S. aureus patients were younger and had less medical comorbidity than those without RSV... - Outbreak of adverse reactions associated with contaminated heparinDavid B Blossom
Epidemic Intelligence Service Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
N Engl J Med 359:2674-84. 2008..Preliminary findings suggested that heparin was a possible cause of the reactions... - Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: epidemiology and preventionNeil Gupta
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS A 35, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 53:60-7. 2011..As a result, preventing both CRE transmission and CRE infections have become important public health objectives. This review describes the current epidemiology of CRE in the United States and highlights important prevention strategies... - Transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus among healthcare personnel-Southern California, 2009Jenifer L Jaeger
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32:1149-57. 2011..We evaluated pH1N1 transmission among exposed healthcare personnel (HCP) and assessed the use and effectiveness of personal protective equipment (PPE) early in the outbreak... - Investigation of an outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A virus (H1N1) infections among healthcare personnel in a Chicago hospitalShelley S Magill
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32:611-5. 2011..Eleven (55%) of HCP with pH1N1 infection worked for 1 day or more after the onset of illness. Personnel working with mild illness may have contributed to transmission among HCP... - Clinical incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization or infection as a proxy measure for MRSA transmission in acute care hospitalsPei Jean I Feng
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32:20-5. 2011.... - Hospital staff perceptions of a legislative mandate for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screeningMatthew E Wise
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32:573-8. 2011..In August 2007, Illinois passed legislation mandating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) admission screening for intensive care unit patients. We assessed hospital staff perceptions of the implementation of this law...