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| Rebecca SunenshineSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Public health surveillance for coccidioidomycosis in ArizonaRebecca H Sunenshine
Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, AZ 85007, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1111:96-102. 2007....
An outbreak of postoperative gram-negative bacterial endophthalmitis associated with contaminated trypan blue ophthalmic solutionRebecca Sunenshine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Infect Dis 48:1580-3. 2009..Contamination of compounded medications should be considered when investigating outbreaks of postoperative endophthalmitis...- A multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infection associated with contaminated intravenous magnesium sulfate from a compounding pharmacyRebecca H Sunenshine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Arizona Dept of Health Services, 150 N 18th Ave, Ste 150, Phoenix, AZ 85007, USA
Clin Infect Dis 45:527-33. 2007..An investigation was initiated to determine whether there was a common underlying cause... - Health care-associated measles outbreak in the United States after an importation: challenges and economic impactSanny Y Chen
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
J Infect Dis 203:1517-25. 2011..We investigated risk factors that might have contributed to health care-associated transmission and assessed outbreak-associated hospital costs... - Coccidioidomycosis: knowledge, attitudes, and practices among healthcare providers--Arizona, 2007Sanny Chen
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Med Mycol 49:649-56. 2011..2-2.6). These findings demonstrate that coccidioidomycosis CME improves knowledge of disease diagnosis and management, underscoring the need for a comprehensive coccidioidomycosis education campaign for healthcare providers in Arizona... - A prolonged outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo infections associated with multiple locations of a restaurant chain in Phoenix, Arizona, 2008Minal K Patel
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Officer of Workforce and Career Development, Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Food Prot 73:1858-63. 2010..This outbreak supports the potential use of inspections in identifying restaurants at high risk of outbreaks and the need to reduce contamination of raw products at the source and prevent cross-contamination at the point of service... - Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia bloodstream infection at an outpatient hematology and oncology practiceKaron Abe
Division of Public Health, Georgia Department of Human Resources, Atlanta, GA, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:1311-3. 2007..Though we did not identify the source of the organism, our findings support the hypothesis that cross-contamination of multidose medications through the use of the same needle and syringe was a contributing factor... 
Enhanced surveillance of coccidioidomycosis, Arizona, USA, 2007-2008Clarisse A Tsang
Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, Arizona 85007, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 16:1738-44. 2010..Ninety-five percent of patients interviewed met the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists clinical case definition, validating the Arizona laboratory-based case definition for surveillance in a coccidiodomycosis-endemic area...- Community survey after rabies outbreaks, Flagstaff, Arizona, USAAndrea M McCollum
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 18:932-8. 2012..These results will be useful to communities experiencing rabies outbreaks as well as those at current risk... - Variations in positive predictive values for rapid influenza tests for 2009 pandemic influenza a (pH1N1)--Arizona, April-October 2009Steven A Baty
Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, AZ 85007, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 18:268-71. 2012..Because of reported RIDT low sensitivities (40%-62%) for 2009 pandemic influenza A (pH1N1), the hospital's report raised further concerns about the specificity and clinical utility of RIDTs... - Missed and delayed syphilis treatment and partner elicitation: a comparison between STD clinic and non-STD clinic patientsSanny Y Chen
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sex Transm Dis 36:445-51. 2009..Because of increases in reported syphilis, we sought to identify factors associated with missed and delayed syphilis treatment and partner elicitation interview... - Testing for coccidioidomycosis among patients with community-acquired pneumoniaDouglas C Chang
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 14:1053-9. 2008..However, because Coccidioides spp. testing among CAP patients was infrequent, reportable-disease data, which rely on positive diagnostic test results, greatly underestimate the true disease prevalence... - A national outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica associated with use of a contaminated oxygen-delivery device among pediatric patientsMichael A Jhung
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, NE MS A 24, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatrics 119:1061-8. 2007..Ralstonia are waterborne bacilli that have been implicated in hospital-acquired infections. We initiated an investigation to determine the source of the outbreak and implement infection control and prevention measures... - Management of persistent bacteremia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a survey of infectious diseases consultantsJeffrey C Hageman
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30033, USA
Clin Infect Dis 43:e42-5. 2006.... - Clostridium difficile-associated disease: new challenges from an established pathogenRebecca H Sunenshine
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Cleve Clin J Med 73:187-97. 2006.... - Management of inpatients colonized or infected with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in hospitals in the United StatesRebecca H Sunenshine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 26:138-43. 2005..In contrast, infectious diseases consultants are divided about the role of routine surveillance cultures in multidrug-resistant organism management, and few work in hospitals that use them...