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| M J KuehnertSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Human tissue oversight in hospitals: an AABB surveyMatthew J Kuehnert
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Transfusion 47:194-200. 2007..The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) implemented new storage and issuance tissue standards for hospital oversight as of July 1, 2005. This study sought to survey hospital tissue responsibilities...- Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in the United States, 2001-2002Matthew J Kuehnert
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 193:172-9. 2006..Although methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infection has become increasingly reported, population-based S. aureus and MRSA colonization estimates are lacking... - Clinical features that discriminate inhalational anthrax from other acute respiratory illnessesMatthew J Kuehnert
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 36:328-36. 2003..8%) of 11 patients with IA and excluded 528 (81.2%) of 650 patients with CAP. In conclusion, selected clinical features of patients with IA differ from those of patients with ILI and are more similar to those of patients with CAP... - Transfusion-transmitted bacterial infection in the United States, 1998 through 2000M J Kuehnert
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Transfusion 41:1493-9. 2001..Bacterial contamination of blood components can result in transfusion-transmitted infection, but the risk is not established... - Regional dissemination of vancomycin-resistant enterococci resulting from interfacility transfer of colonized patientsW E Trick
Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 180:391-6. 1999..Soon after the introduction of VRE isolates into this region, dissemination to multiple LTCFs resulted from resident transfer from ACFs to LTCFs... - Evaluation of a reporting system for bacterial contamination of blood components in the United StatesV R Roth
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Transfusion 41:1486-92. 2001..A national effort to assess the frequency of blood component bacterial contamination associated with transfusion reaction (the BaCon Study) was initiated to better estimate their occurrence... - Colonization of skilled-care facility residents with antimicrobial-resistant pathogensW E Trick
Hospital Infectious Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 49:270-6. 2001.... - Control of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus in health care facilities in a regionB E Ostrowsky
Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
N Engl J Med 344:1427-33. 2001.... - A multistate cluster of red blood cell transfusion reactions associated with use of a leucocyte reduction filterF Alvarado-Ramy
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA, USA
Transfus Med 16:41-8. 2006..This cluster of reactions underscores the importance of surveillance efforts to detect adverse events after transfusion, particularly when new methods to modify blood products are introduced... - Rapid evaluation of risk of white particulate matter in blood components by a statewide survey of transfusion reactionsM Iwamoto
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, Atlanta, GA, USA
Transfusion 44:967-72. 2004..Statewide surveillance of transfusion reactions could be useful to evaluate potential threats to blood safety... 
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci outside the health-care setting: prevalence, sources, and public health implicationsL C McDonald
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 3:311-7. 1997..If transmission with VRE from unrecognized community sources can be identified and controlled, increased incidence of colonization and infection among hospitalized patients may be prevented...- Transmission of monkeypox among persons exposed to infected prairie dogs in Indiana in 2003James C Kile
Environmental Health Services Branch, Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:1022-5. 2005..To describe a cluster of human monkeypox cases associated with exposure to ill prairie dogs in a home child care... - Summary of the AABB Interorganizational Task Force on Bacterial Contamination of Platelets: Fall 2004 impact surveyMarianne A Silva
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Transfusion 46:636-41. 2006..Some facilities were greatly impacted. Based on the data gathered, it is impossible to conclude whether such shortages resulted from production or distribution problems or were due to decreased shelf life and increased outdates... - Increasing blood culture use at US hospital emergency department visits, 2001 to 2004Linda F McCaig
Ambulatory Care Statistics Branch, Division of Health Care Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Ann Emerg Med 50:42-8, 48.e1-2. 2007..We describe emergency department (ED) visits in which patients had blood cultured and examine changes in blood culture use... - Antibiotic use for emergency department patients with upper respiratory infections: prescribing practices, patient expectations, and patient satisfactionSamuel Ong
Olive View University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Sylmar, CA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 50:213-20. 2007..We evaluate the factors that physicians in the emergency department (ED) consider when prescribing antibiotics (eg, patient expectations) and the factors associated with patient satisfaction... - Bacterial infections associated with blood transfusion: experience and perspective of infectious diseases consultantsPreethi L Rao
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Transfusion 47:1206-11. 2007.... - Overlapping population structures of nasal isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from healthy Dutch and American individualsDamian C Melles
Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, room L 313, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, s Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Microbiol 46:235-41. 2008..In conclusion, the overall population structures of American and Dutch nasal carriage isolates of S. aureus are surprisingly similar, despite subtle geographic differences in the prevalence of certain S. aureus genotypes... 
Changes in the prevalence of nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus in the United States, 2001-2004Rachel J Gorwitz
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 197:1226-34. 2008..Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of infection, particularly in persons colonized by this organism. Virulent strains of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) have emerged in the general community...- Methicillin-resistant-Staphylococcus aureus hospitalizations, United StatesMatthew J Kuehnert
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:868-72. 2005..95 per 1,000 hospital discharges. The method used in our analysis may provide a simple way to assess trends of the magnitude of MRSA infection nationally... - Fatal group C streptococcal infection due to transfusion of a bacterially contaminated pooled platelet unit despite routine bacterial culture screeningFernanda Lessa
Office of Workforce and Career Development, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Transfusion 48:2177-83. 2008..An investigation was conducted to identify both the infection's source and the reasons for the false-negative screening result... - Lack of SARS transmission among healthcare workers, United StatesBenjamin J Park
Mycotic Diseases Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:244-8. 2004..Lack of transmission in the United States may be related to the relative absence of high-risk procedures or patients, factors that may place healthcare workers at higher risk for infection... - Transmission of influenza: implications for control in health care settingsCarolyn Buxton Bridges
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 37:1094-101. 2003..In this article, the results of studies on the modes of influenza transmission and their relevant isolation precautions are reviewed... - West Nile virus infection transmitted by blood transfusionTheresa Harrington
Epidemic Intelligence Service Branch, Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Transfusion 43:1018-22. 2003..An investigation was initiated to determine a possible association between transfusion and WNV infection... - Intervention to reduce the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections in a correctional facility in GeorgiaSusan H Wootton
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemiology Program Office, Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemic Intelligence Service Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 25:402-7. 2004..Interventions targeted at skin disease screening, appropriate antimicrobial treatment, and hygiene may decrease the risk of acquiring MRSA infection in correctional facilities... - Human monkeypox infection: a family cluster in the midwestern United StatesJames J Sejvar
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30033, USA
J Infect Dis 190:1833-40. 2004..We describe a cluster of monkeypox in a family with a spectrum of clinical illness, including encephalitis, and outline the laboratory confirmation of monkeypox... - Evaluation of human-to-human transmission of monkeypox from infected patients to health care workersAaron T Fleischauer
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 40:689-94. 2005..The outbreak was associated with exposure to infected prairie dogs, but the potential for person-to-person transmission was a concern. This study examines health care worker (HCW) exposure to 3 patients with confirmed monkeypox... - Bioterrorism web site resources for infectious disease clinicians and epidemiologistsNatalie E Ferguson
Office of Health Communications, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 36:1458-73. 2003..Agents covered included anthrax, smallpox, plague, botulism, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fever... - Possible transmission of human herpesvirus-8 by blood transfusion in a historical United States cohortSheila C Dollard
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Transfusion 45:500-3. 2005..Transmission of human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) by blood transfusion in the United States appears plausible but has not been demonstrated. The objective of this study was to evaluate evidence of HHV-8 transmission via blood transfusion... - Antibiotic use for emergency department patients with acute diarrhea: Prescribing practices, patient expectations, and patient satisfactionDavid J Karras
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
Ann Emerg Med 42:835-42. 2003..We evaluated factors emergency physicians consider in prescribing antibiotics to patients with diarrhea and examined patient expectations, physician-perceived patient expectations, and patient satisfaction... - Influenza viremia and the potential for blood-borne transmissionAnna M Likos
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Transfusion 47:1080-8. 2007 - Preventing antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections in surgical patientsDaniel P Raymond
Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22906, USA
Surg Infect (Larchmt) 3:375-85. 2002..An approach to attain this goal in surgical populations is outlined. Further research will be needed to determine the value of these practices and to develop newer, even more effective interventions... - Nationwide outbreak of red eye syndrome associated with transfusion of leukocyte-reduced red blood cell unitsJuan Alonso-Echanove
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:1146-52. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: This transfusion-associated red eye syndrome was linked to a specific brand of leukocyte-reduction filter and likely resulted from cellulose acetate derivatives leached from the filter membrane... - Preserving blood safety against emerging retrovirusesWalid Heneine
Transfusion 46:1276-8. 2006 - Transmission of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus by organ transplantationStaci A Fischer
Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, USA
N Engl J Med 354:2235-49. 2006..One recipient, who received ribavirin and reduced levels of immunosuppressive therapy, survived. CONCLUSIONS: We document two clusters of LCMV infection transmitted through organ transplantation... - Clinical characteristics of human monkeypox, and risk factors for severe diseaseGregory D Huhn
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30329-4018, USA
Clin Infect Dis 41:1742-51. 2005..Clinicians evaluating a rash illness consistent with possible orthopoxvirus infection should alert public health officials and consider further evaluation... - Transmission of rabies virus from an organ donor to four transplant recipientsArjun Srinivasan
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, and the Epidemic Intelligence Service Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
N Engl J Med 352:1103-11. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: This report documenting the transmission of rabies virus from an organ donor to multiple recipients underscores the challenges of preventing and detecting transmission of unusual pathogens through transplantation... - A national survey of severe influenza-associated complications among children and adults, 2003-2004Laura Jean Podewils
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 40:1693-6. 2005..The survey identified severe complications, including secondary infection with Staphylococcus aureus and deaths among children and adults, as well as perceived shortages in rapid diagnostic tests and influenza vaccine...