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Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: epidemiology, recognition and managementMukesh Patel
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Drugs 69:693-716. 2009..Empirical antibacterial therapy should include an MRSA-active agent, particularly in areas where CA-MRSA is endemic...
Active surveillance to determine the impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization on patients in intensive care units of a Veterans Affairs Medical CenterMukesh Patel
Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:503-9. 2008..We sought to describe the impact of MRSA colonization on patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)...
Dissemination of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary care hospitalMukesh Patel
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 0006, USA
South Med J 101:40-5. 2008..The epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was investigated at a tertiary care hospital, and relationship was made between the clinical and genetic definitions of community- and healthcare-associated MRSA...
USA300 genotype community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of surgical site infectionsMukesh Patel
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, THT 229, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294 0006, USA
J Clin Microbiol 45:3431-3. 2007..CA-MRSA has become a prominent cause of SSI at our institution...
Prevalence of inducible clindamycin resistance among community- and hospital-associated Staphylococcus aureus isolatesMukesh Patel
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, THT 229, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294 0006, USA
J Clin Microbiol 44:2481-4. 2006..Due to the low prevalence of MLSBi among CA-MRSA isolates, clindamycin remains a useful option for outpatient therapy...
Nosocomial spread of Enterococcus faecium resistant to vancomycin and linezolid in a tertiary care medical centerThomas E Dobbs
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 South 19th St, 35249, USA
J Clin Microbiol 44:3368-70. 2006..Epidemiologic investigation and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns indicated a clonal outbreak related to nosocomial spread...
Association of fluconazole pharmacodynamics with mortality in patients with candidemiaJohn W Baddley
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294 0006, USA
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 52:3022-8. 2008..In addition, similar MICs were obtained using a 24- or 48-h MIC endpoint determination, thus providing the opportunity to assess earlier the impact of isolate susceptibility on therapy...
Initial management of candidemia at an academic medical center: evaluation of the IDSA guidelinesMukesh Patel
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0006, USA
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 52:29-34. 2005..Further studies should be performed to validate newer guidelines in a clinical setting at other institutions...
Utility of real-time antifungal susceptibility testing for fluconazole in the treatment of candidemiaJohn W Baddley
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 50:119-24. 2004..Routine susceptibility testing as an adjunct to the treatment of candidemia has significant potential and warrants further study...
Candida infective endocarditisJ W Baddley
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 0006, USA
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 27:519-29. 2008..Indications for surgical intervention are different and mortality is increased. Newer antifungal treatment options are increasingly used. Large, multi-center studies are needed to help better define Candida IE...
Decision-making capacity for research participation among individuals in the CATIE schizophrenia trialScott Stroup
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
Schizophr Res 80:1-8. 2005....
