Walter C Hellinger

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Affiliation: Mayo Clinic
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Health care-associated hepatitis C virus infections attributed to narcotic diversion
    Walter C Hellinger
    Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA
    Ann Intern Med 156:477-82. 2012
  2. ncbi Association of surgeon with surgical site infection after liver transplantation
    W C Hellinger
    Division of Infectious Diseases Biostatistics Unit Division of Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
    Am J Transplant 11:1877-84. 2011
  3. ncbi Glucose meters and opportunities for in-hospital transmission of infection: Quantitative assessment and management with and without patient assignment
    Walter C Hellinger
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
    Am J Infect Control 39:752-6. 2011
  4. ncbi Surgical site infection after liver transplantation: risk factors and association with graft loss or death
    Walter C Hellinger
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
    Transplantation 87:1387-93. 2009
  5. ncbi Effect of antiviral chemoprophylaxis on adverse clinical outcomes associated with cytomegalovirus after liver transplantation
    Walter C Hellinger
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 4500 San Pablo Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
    Mayo Clin Proc 81:1029-33. 2006
  6. ncbi Risk stratification and targeted antifungal prophylaxis for prevention of aspergillosis and other invasive mold infections after liver transplantation
    Walter C Hellinger
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
    Liver Transpl 11:656-62. 2005
  7. ncbi Association of cytomegalovirus infection and disease with recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation
    Wendelyn Bosch
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA
    Transplantation 93:723-8. 2012
  8. ncbi Peritonitis after liver transplantation: Incidence, risk factors, microbiology profiles, and outcome
    Surakit Pungpapong
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
    Liver Transpl 12:1244-52. 2006
  9. ncbi Spectrum of pneumonia in the current era of liver transplantation and its effect on survival
    Javier F Aduen
    Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
    Mayo Clin Proc 80:1303-6. 2005
  10. ncbi A randomized, prospective, double-blinded evaluation of selective bowel decontamination in liver transplantation
    Walter C Hellinger
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
    Transplantation 73:1904-9. 2002

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Publications16

  1. ncbi Health care-associated hepatitis C virus infections attributed to narcotic diversion
    Walter C Hellinger
    Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA
    Ann Intern Med 156:477-82. 2012
    ..Three cases of genetically related hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection that were unattributable to infection control breaches were identified at a health care facility...
  2. ncbi Association of surgeon with surgical site infection after liver transplantation
    W C Hellinger
    Division of Infectious Diseases Biostatistics Unit Division of Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
    Am J Transplant 11:1877-84. 2011
    ..Identification of specific surgical practices associated with risk of SSI is warranted...
  3. ncbi Glucose meters and opportunities for in-hospital transmission of infection: Quantitative assessment and management with and without patient assignment
    Walter C Hellinger
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
    Am J Infect Control 39:752-6. 2011
    ..Increasing use of glucose meters in hospitals has increased opportunities for infection transmission that have not been quantitatively assessed or managed...
  4. ncbi Surgical site infection after liver transplantation: risk factors and association with graft loss or death
    Walter C Hellinger
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
    Transplantation 87:1387-93. 2009
    ..Risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI) after liver transplantation and outcomes associated with these infections have not been assessed using consensus surveillance and optimal analytic methods...
  5. ncbi Effect of antiviral chemoprophylaxis on adverse clinical outcomes associated with cytomegalovirus after liver transplantation
    Walter C Hellinger
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 4500 San Pablo Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
    Mayo Clin Proc 81:1029-33. 2006
    ..To assess t he association be tweencytomegalovirus (CMV) serology of donor and recipient and adverse outcomes afterliver transplantation in the era of effective antiviral chemoprophylaxis...
  6. ncbi Risk stratification and targeted antifungal prophylaxis for prevention of aspergillosis and other invasive mold infections after liver transplantation
    Walter C Hellinger
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
    Liver Transpl 11:656-62. 2005
    ..Antifungal prophylaxis given to high-risk recipients may provide cost-effective prevention of these infections...
  7. ncbi Association of cytomegalovirus infection and disease with recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation
    Wendelyn Bosch
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA
    Transplantation 93:723-8. 2012
    ..Cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been inconsistently associated with recurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) after liver transplant (LT)...
  8. ncbi Peritonitis after liver transplantation: Incidence, risk factors, microbiology profiles, and outcome
    Surakit Pungpapong
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
    Liver Transpl 12:1244-52. 2006
    ..In conclusion, PLT is a serious infectious complication of LT, associated with significant intra-abdominal pathology and reduced recipient and graft survival...
  9. ncbi Spectrum of pneumonia in the current era of liver transplantation and its effect on survival
    Javier F Aduen
    Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
    Mayo Clin Proc 80:1303-6. 2005
    ..To examine the frequency and microbial pattern of pneumonia and its effect on survival in the current era of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT)...
  10. ncbi A randomized, prospective, double-blinded evaluation of selective bowel decontamination in liver transplantation
    Walter C Hellinger
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
    Transplantation 73:1904-9. 2002
    ..CONCLUSION: Routine use of SBD in patients undergoing liver transplantation is not associated with significant benefit...
  11. ncbi Timing of antimicrobial prophylaxis and the risk of surgical site infections: results from the Trial to Reduce Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Errors
    James P Steinberg
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University Hospital Midtown, 550 Peachtree St NE, Rm 5 4403, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA
    Ann Surg 250:10-6. 2009
    ..The objective of this study is to determine the optimal timing for surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (AMP)...
  12. ncbi Outbreak of toxic anterior segment syndrome following cataract surgery associated with impurities in autoclave steam moisture
    Walter C Hellinger
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:294-8. 2006
    ..An outbreak of TASS was recognized at an outpatient surgical center and its affiliated hospital in December 2002...
  13. ncbi Aspergillosis related to long-term nasal corticosteroid use
    Robert L Bratton
    Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Fla 32224, USA
    Mayo Clin Proc 77:1353-7. 2002
    ..Surgical removal of solid masses of Aspergillus organisms followed by extended treatment with antifungal agents resulted in a favorable outcome...
  14. ncbi Primary bilateral parenchymal renal Aspergillus infection
    Scott W Lisson
    Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA
    Urology 60:345. 2002
    ..We report a previously healthy patient with bilateral, recurrent renal Aspergillus infection requiring left total and right partial nephrectomies to adequately manage his disease process...
  15. ncbi Recommended practices for cleaning and sterilizing intraocular surgical instruments
    Walter C Hellinger
    J Cataract Refract Surg 33:1095-100. 2007
  16. ncbi Transmission of West Nile virus from an organ donor to four transplant recipients
    Martha Iwamoto
    Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta 30333, USA
    N Engl J Med 348:2196-203. 2003
    ..Organ recipients receiving immunosuppressive drugs may be at high risk for severe disease after West Nile virus infection. Blood transfusion was the probable source of the West Nile virus viremia in the organ donor...