Kalpana Gupta

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Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi MRSA nasal carriage patterns and the subsequent risk of conversion between patterns, infection, and death
    Kalpana Gupta
    The National Center for Occupational Health and Infection Control COHIC, Office of Public Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 8:e53674. 2013
  2. ncbi Preoperative nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus status, surgical prophylaxis, and risk-adjusted postoperative outcomes in veterans
    Kalpana Gupta
    Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, 02132, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32:791-6. 2011
  3. ncbi International clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis and pyelonephritis in women: A 2010 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the European Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
    Kalpana Gupta
    Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Health Care System, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 52:e103-20. 2011
  4. ncbi Trends in prescribing beta-lactam antibiotics for treatment of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections
    Kalpana Gupta
    Department of Medicine, VA Connecticut Health Care System, West Haven, CT, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 45:3930-4. 2007
  5. ncbi Executive summary: international clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis and pyelonephritis in women: a 2010 update by the infectious diseases society of america and the European society for microbiology and infectio
    Kalpana Gupta
    Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Health Care System and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
    Clin Infect Dis 52:561-4. 2011
  6. ncbi Factors associated with post-operative conversion to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus positivity or infection in initially MRSA-negative patients
    Youmna Abi-Haidar
    Department of Surgery, Management Research at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 12:435-42. 2011
  7. ncbi A clinical history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a poor predictor of preoperative colonization status and postoperative infections
    Judith Strymish
    Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33:1113-7. 2012
  8. ncbi Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients newly identified as nasal carriers
    Susan K Weir
    Department of Medicine, VA Boston HCS, Boston, MA, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 50:3283-6. 2012
  9. ncbi Short-course nitrofurantoin for the treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis in women
    Kalpana Gupta
    Department of Medicine, Yale University and VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
    Arch Intern Med 167:2207-12. 2007
  10. ncbi Extranasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization at admission to an acute care Veterans Affairs hospital
    Stacey E Baker
    Veterans Affairs Boston Health Care System, Boston, Massachusetts 02130, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:42-6. 2010

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Publications19

  1. ncbi MRSA nasal carriage patterns and the subsequent risk of conversion between patterns, infection, and death
    Kalpana Gupta
    The National Center for Occupational Health and Infection Control COHIC, Office of Public Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 8:e53674. 2013
    ..The VA integrated health-care system and active surveillance program provides an opportunity to delineate nasal carriage patterns and associated outcomes of death, infection, and conversion in carriage...
  2. ncbi Preoperative nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus status, surgical prophylaxis, and risk-adjusted postoperative outcomes in veterans
    Kalpana Gupta
    Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, 02132, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32:791-6. 2011
    ..To determine whether preoperative nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage is a significant predictor of postoperative infections, after accounting for surgical infection risk and surgical prophylaxis...
  3. ncbi International clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis and pyelonephritis in women: A 2010 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the European Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
    Kalpana Gupta
    Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Health Care System, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 52:e103-20. 2011
    ....
  4. ncbi Trends in prescribing beta-lactam antibiotics for treatment of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections
    Kalpana Gupta
    Department of Medicine, VA Connecticut Health Care System, West Haven, CT, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 45:3930-4. 2007
    ..Further evaluation of the outcomes associated with discordant therapy for CA-MRSA SSTIs is needed...
  5. ncbi Executive summary: international clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis and pyelonephritis in women: a 2010 update by the infectious diseases society of america and the European society for microbiology and infectio
    Kalpana Gupta
    Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Health Care System and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
    Clin Infect Dis 52:561-4. 2011
    ....
  6. ncbi Factors associated with post-operative conversion to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus positivity or infection in initially MRSA-negative patients
    Youmna Abi-Haidar
    Department of Surgery, Management Research at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 12:435-42. 2011
    ..Our aim was to identify the risk factors for patient conversion from MRSA negativity pre-operatively to MRSA positivity post-operatively...
  7. ncbi A clinical history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a poor predictor of preoperative colonization status and postoperative infections
    Judith Strymish
    Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33:1113-7. 2012
    ..We aimed to evaluate the test characteristics of these surrogates...
  8. ncbi Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients newly identified as nasal carriers
    Susan K Weir
    Department of Medicine, VA Boston HCS, Boston, MA, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 50:3283-6. 2012
    ..Repeat nasal screening for MRSA during the same or subsequent hospitalizations over 6 months could also be deferred, reducing costs associated with screening...
  9. ncbi Short-course nitrofurantoin for the treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis in women
    Kalpana Gupta
    Department of Medicine, Yale University and VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
    Arch Intern Med 167:2207-12. 2007
    ..Evidence-based use of this drug is increasingly important as trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistance among uropathogens increases...
  10. ncbi Extranasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization at admission to an acute care Veterans Affairs hospital
    Stacey E Baker
    Veterans Affairs Boston Health Care System, Boston, Massachusetts 02130, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:42-6. 2010
    ..To evaluate the prevalence of and risk factors for extranasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization and its relationship to nasal colonization among veterans hospitalized for acute care...
  11. ncbi Amoxicillin-clavulanate vs ciprofloxacin for the treatment of uncomplicated cystitis in women: a randomized trial
    Thomas M Hooton
    Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    JAMA 293:949-55. 2005
    ..One such antibiotic, amoxicillin-clavulanate, has not been well studied...
  12. ncbi Recurrent urinary tract infection and urinary Escherichia coli in women ingesting cranberry juice daily: a randomized controlled trial
    Ann E Stapleton
    Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    Mayo Clin Proc 87:143-50. 2012
    ..To compare the time to urinary tract infection (UTI) and the rates of asymptomatic bacteriuria and urinary P-fimbriated Escherichia coli during a 6-month period in women ingesting cranberry vs placebo juice daily...
  13. ncbi Addressing antibiotic resistance
    Kalpana Gupta
    Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195, USA
    Am J Med 113:29S-34S. 2002
    ..In areas where resistance to TMP-SMX exceeds this rate, alternative agents need to be considered...
  14. ncbi Emerging antibiotic resistance in urinary tract pathogens
    Kalpana Gupta
    Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington School of Medicine, BB1221, Box 356523, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    Infect Dis Clin North Am 17:243-59. 2003
    ..In the meantime, ongoing surveillance of resistance trends and enhanced understanding of the determinants of resistance are crucial for optimal management of UTIs...
  15. ncbi Has the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus increased trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole use and resistance?: a 10-year time series analysis
    Jameson B Wood
    Departments of Pharmacy, Boston University School of Medicine, c Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 56:5655-60. 2012
    ..There is also no evidence for selection of organisms with increased resistance to other antimicrobials in relation to increased trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole use...
  16. ncbi Prevalence and predictors of nasal and extranasal staphylococcal colonization in patients presenting to the emergency department
    Elissa M Schechter-Perkins
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 57:492-9. 2011
    ..The goals of this study are to assess the prevalence of nasal and extranasal staphylococcal colonization in ED patients, evaluate risk factors, and molecularly characterize the strains...
  17. ncbi Electronic memorandum decreases unnecessary antimicrobial use for asymptomatic bacteriuria and culture-negative pyuria
    Leslie A Linares
    Veterans Affairs Boston Health Care System, Boston, Massachusetts 02132, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32:644-8. 2011
    ..We aimed to evaluate whether a standardized educational memorandum could reduce antimicrobial utilization for ASB/CNP...
  18. ncbi Outcomes associated with trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) therapy in TMP/SMX resistant community-acquired UTI
    Kalpana Gupta
    Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Box 356523, Seattle, WA, USA
    Int J Antimicrob Agents 19:554-6. 2002
    ..Thus, it is reasonable to consider an agent other than TMP/SMX when the TMP/SMX resistance prevalence reaches 20%...
  19. ncbi Addressing antibiotic resistance
    Kalpana Gupta
    Dis Mon 49:99-110. 2003
    ..In areas where resistance to TMP-SMX exceeds this rate, alternative agents need to be considered...