Timothy J Whitman

Summary

Affiliation: Naval Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Chlorhexidine gluconate reduces transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 among Marine recruits
    Timothy J Whitman
    Infectious Diseases Service, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20889, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33:809-16. 2012
  2. ncbi An outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in U.S. Marines deployed to Liberia
    Timothy J Whitman
    Infectious Diseases Department, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:258-65. 2010
  3. ncbi Chlorhexidine-impregnated cloths to prevent skin and soft-tissue infection in Marine recruits: a cluster-randomized, double-blind, controlled effectiveness trial
    Timothy J Whitman
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:1207-15. 2010
  4. ncbi Marine recruit adherence in a skin and soft tissue infection prevention trial: implications for recruit research and public health application
    Carey D Schlett
    Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Building 28, Suite 201, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
    Mil Med 177:1335-42. 2012
  5. ncbi Rickettsia parkeri infection after tick bite, Virginia
    Timothy J Whitman
    US Navy Infectious Diseases Department, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20889, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 13:334-6. 2007
  6. ncbi Infection control challenges related to war wound infections in the ICU setting
    Timothy J Whitman
    J Trauma 62:S53. 2007
  7. ncbi Occupational transmission of Acinetobacter baumannii from a United States serviceman wounded in Iraq to a health care worker
    Timothy J Whitman
    Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 47:439-43. 2008

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Chlorhexidine gluconate reduces transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 among Marine recruits
    Timothy J Whitman
    Infectious Diseases Service, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20889, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33:809-16. 2012
    ..Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) is used to reduce MRSA colonization and infection. The impact of CHG on the molecular epidemiology of MRSA is not known...
  2. ncbi An outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in U.S. Marines deployed to Liberia
    Timothy J Whitman
    Infectious Diseases Department, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:258-65. 2010
    ..It is essential that all international travelers make malaria prevention measures a priority, especially when embarking to regions of the world with high transmission intensity such as west Africa....
  3. ncbi Chlorhexidine-impregnated cloths to prevent skin and soft-tissue infection in Marine recruits: a cluster-randomized, double-blind, controlled effectiveness trial
    Timothy J Whitman
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:1207-15. 2010
    ..Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) causes skin and soft-tissue infection (SSTI) in military recruits...
  4. ncbi Marine recruit adherence in a skin and soft tissue infection prevention trial: implications for recruit research and public health application
    Carey D Schlett
    Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Building 28, Suite 201, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
    Mil Med 177:1335-42. 2012
    ..Understanding adherence and its determinants is needed to optimize prevention strategies that require self-administration. Future efforts should address barriers to adherence with prevention strategies in recruit training settings...
  5. ncbi Rickettsia parkeri infection after tick bite, Virginia
    Timothy J Whitman
    US Navy Infectious Diseases Department, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20889, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 13:334-6. 2007
    ..Rickettsia parkeri was detected and isolated from the eschar. This report represents the second documented case of R. parkeri rickettsiosis in a US serviceman in eastern Virginia...
  6. ncbi Infection control challenges related to war wound infections in the ICU setting
    Timothy J Whitman
    J Trauma 62:S53. 2007
  7. ncbi Occupational transmission of Acinetobacter baumannii from a United States serviceman wounded in Iraq to a health care worker
    Timothy J Whitman
    Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 47:439-43. 2008
    ..baumannii pneumonia to determine whether a link existed between her illness and A. baumannii-infected patients in a military treatment facility who had been entrusted to her care...