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MRSA nasal carriage patterns and the subsequent risk of conversion between patterns, infection, and deathKalpana 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...
Preoperative nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus status, surgical prophylaxis, and risk-adjusted postoperative outcomes in veteransKalpana 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...
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 DiseasesKalpana 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....
Trends in prescribing beta-lactam antibiotics for treatment of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infectionsKalpana 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...
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 infectioKalpana 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....
Factors associated with post-operative conversion to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus positivity or infection in initially MRSA-negative patientsYoumna 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...
A clinical history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a poor predictor of preoperative colonization status and postoperative infectionsJudith 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...
Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients newly identified as nasal carriersSusan 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...
Short-course nitrofurantoin for the treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis in womenKalpana 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...
Extranasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization at admission to an acute care Veterans Affairs hospitalStacey 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...
Amoxicillin-clavulanate vs ciprofloxacin for the treatment of uncomplicated cystitis in women: a randomized trialThomas 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...
Recurrent urinary tract infection and urinary Escherichia coli in women ingesting cranberry juice daily: a randomized controlled trialAnn 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...
Addressing antibiotic resistanceKalpana 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...
Emerging antibiotic resistance in urinary tract pathogensKalpana 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...
Has the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus increased trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole use and resistance?: a 10-year time series analysisJameson 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...
Prevalence and predictors of nasal and extranasal staphylococcal colonization in patients presenting to the emergency departmentElissa 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...
Electronic memorandum decreases unnecessary antimicrobial use for asymptomatic bacteriuria and culture-negative pyuriaLeslie 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...
Outcomes associated with trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) therapy in TMP/SMX resistant community-acquired UTIKalpana 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%...
Addressing antibiotic resistanceKalpana Gupta
Dis Mon 49:99-110. 2003..In areas where resistance to TMP-SMX exceeds this rate, alternative agents need to be considered...
