Elizabeth A Talbot

Summary

Affiliation: Dartmouth Medical School
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Test characteristics of urinary lipoarabinomannan and predictors of mortality among hospitalized HIV-infected tuberculosis suspects in Tanzania
    Elizabeth Talbot
    Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e32876. 2012
  2. ncbi Common ground for the control of multidrug-resistant Salmonella in ground beef
    Elizabeth A Talbot
    New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Concord, New Hampshire, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 42:1455-62. 2006
  3. ncbi Specificity of the tuberculin skin test and the T-SPOT.TB assay among students in a low-tuberculosis incidence setting
    Elizabeth A Talbot
    Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
    J Am Coll Health 60:94-6. 2012
  4. ncbi Travel medicine research priorities: establishing an evidence base
    Elizabeth A Talbot
    Infectious Disease and International Health, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    J Travel Med 17:410-5. 2010
  5. ncbi The safety of immunizing with tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) less than 2 years following previous tetanus vaccination: Experience during a mass vaccination campaign of healthcare personnel during a respiratory illness outbreak
    Elizabeth A Talbot
    Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
    Vaccine 28:8001-7. 2010
  6. ncbi Ability of healthcare workers to recall previous receipt of tetanus-containing vaccination
    Jose Mario Fontanilla
    Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:647-9. 2010
  7. ncbi Kinetics of pertussis immune responses to tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine in health care personnel: implications for outbreak control
    Kathryn B Kirkland
    Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease and International Health, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 49:584-7. 2009
  8. ncbi Outbreak of skin infections in college football team members due to an unusual strain of community-acquired methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
    Jose Mario Fontanilla
    Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 48:609-11. 2010
  9. ncbi Maintenance of Sensitivity of the T-SPOT.TB Assay after Overnight Storage of Blood Samples, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    Elizabeth A Talbot
    Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
    Tuberc Res Treat 2012:345290. 2012
  10. ncbi Variability in the Hawthorne effect with regard to hand hygiene performance in high- and low-performing inpatient care units
    Erol Kohli
    Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, New Hampshire, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30:222-5. 2009

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi Test characteristics of urinary lipoarabinomannan and predictors of mortality among hospitalized HIV-infected tuberculosis suspects in Tanzania
    Elizabeth Talbot
    Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e32876. 2012
    ..We assessed the test characteristics of urinary lipoarabinomannan (LAM) and predictors of mortality among HIV-associated tuberculosis suspects in Tanzania...
  2. ncbi Common ground for the control of multidrug-resistant Salmonella in ground beef
    Elizabeth A Talbot
    New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Concord, New Hampshire, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 42:1455-62. 2006
    ..Nevertheless, enhanced farm-based animal infection control, judicious veterinary and human antibiotic use, regulatory controls, and consumer practices will lead to important industry, veterinary, and public health outcomes...
  3. ncbi Specificity of the tuberculin skin test and the T-SPOT.TB assay among students in a low-tuberculosis incidence setting
    Elizabeth A Talbot
    Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
    J Am Coll Health 60:94-6. 2012
    ..Insufficient data exist about IGRA specificity in college health centers, most of which screen students for LTBI using the tuberculin skin test (TST)...
  4. ncbi Travel medicine research priorities: establishing an evidence base
    Elizabeth A Talbot
    Infectious Disease and International Health, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    J Travel Med 17:410-5. 2010
    ..Travel medicine is the medical subspecialty which promotes healthy and safe travel. Numerous studies have been published that provide evidence for the practice of travel medicine, but gaps exist...
  5. ncbi The safety of immunizing with tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) less than 2 years following previous tetanus vaccination: Experience during a mass vaccination campaign of healthcare personnel during a respiratory illness outbreak
    Elizabeth A Talbot
    Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
    Vaccine 28:8001-7. 2010
    ..During a medical center Tdap vaccination campaign, we assessed the safety of use of a Td/TT to Tdap interval <2 years in HCP. We also describe reactogenicity in HCP who were aged ≥65 years or pregnant...
  6. ncbi Ability of healthcare workers to recall previous receipt of tetanus-containing vaccination
    Jose Mario Fontanilla
    Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:647-9. 2010
    ..Self-report of previous receipt of tetanus-diphtheria or tetanus toxin vaccination was validated using an electronic medical record. Results showed that HCWs' self-report is reliable during a vaccination campaign...
  7. ncbi Kinetics of pertussis immune responses to tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine in health care personnel: implications for outbreak control
    Kathryn B Kirkland
    Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease and International Health, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 49:584-7. 2009
    ..By 2 weeks after vaccination, 88%-94% of subjects demonstrated a booster response. This brisk response of adults to Tdap supports a role for vaccination in pertussis outbreak control...
  8. ncbi Outbreak of skin infections in college football team members due to an unusual strain of community-acquired methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
    Jose Mario Fontanilla
    Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 48:609-11. 2010
    ..We postulate that the strain is a community-associated USA300 MRSA strain that lost methicillin resistance but retained important virulence factors...
  9. ncbi Maintenance of Sensitivity of the T-SPOT.TB Assay after Overnight Storage of Blood Samples, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    Elizabeth A Talbot
    Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
    Tuberc Res Treat 2012:345290. 2012
    ..8% (95%CI; 88.8-99.6%). Conclusions. When T Cell Xtend reagent is added to specimens held overnight at recommended temperatures, T-SPOT.TB is as sensitive as the standard assay in patients with tuberculosis...
  10. ncbi Variability in the Hawthorne effect with regard to hand hygiene performance in high- and low-performing inpatient care units
    Erol Kohli
    Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, New Hampshire, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30:222-5. 2009
    ..OBJECTIVE. To determine the impact of known observers on hand hygiene performance in inpatient care units with differing baseline levels of hand hygiene compliance...
  11. ncbi An outbreak of pertussis in a hematology-oncology care unit: implications for adult vaccination policy
    Brian R Boulay
    Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:92-5. 2006
    ..No screened patients contracted pertussis, likely because of isolation measures. Hospitals should consider employee immunization with acellular vaccine in healthcare settings where pertussis has high rates of morbidity and mortality...
  12. ncbi Diagnosis of ocular tuberculosis: a role for new testing modalities?
    Carolyn T Bramante
    Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
    Int Ophthalmol Clin 47:45-62. 2007
  13. ncbi Congenital rubella syndrome in a child born to Liberian refugees: clinical and public health perspectives
    Rachel N Plotinsky
    Division of Public Health Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Concord, NH, USA
    Clin Pediatr (Phila) 46:349-55. 2007
    ..Clinicians should maintain vigilance for congenital rubella syndrome in infants with relevant stigmata, particularly those whose mothers are from countries with nonexistent or recently implemented rubella vaccination programs...
  14. ncbi Epidemic preparedness in New Hampshire: assessment of increased airborne infection isolation capacity 1 year after distribution of portable isolation units
    Rachel N Plotinsky
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:1093-5. 2007
    ..Although personnel reported feeling prepared to use portable isolation units, the effectiveness of the unit deployment program would be enhanced by retrofitted rooms and an improved ability to monitor negative air pressure...