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| D M ZerrSummaryAffiliation: University of Washington Country: USA Publications
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Human herpesvirus 6: a clinical updateDanielle M Zerr
Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Herpes 13:20-4. 2006..In addition, diagnostics and antiviral treatment are reviewed...- Predictors of physician compliance with a published guideline on management of febrile infantsD M Zerr
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 18:232-8. 1999.... - Infection control policies and hospital-associated infections among surgical patients: variability and associations in a multicenter pediatric settingDanielle M Zerr
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pediatrics 115:e387-92. 2005..Hospital-associated infections are an important cause of patient morbidity and death. Little is known about the variability of infection rates and infection control practices among pediatric hospitals... - Nonfebrile illness seizures: a unique seizure category?Danielle M Zerr
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
Epilepsia 46:952-5. 2005..To describe the clinical characteristics of children with a first-time nonfebrile seizure in the setting of mild illness and to test the hypothesis that these seizures are associated with illness characterized by diarrhea... - A population-based study of primary human herpesvirus 6 infectionDanielle M Zerr
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
N Engl J Med 352:768-76. 2005..Serologic studies indicate that human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infects 90 percent of children by two years of age. Little is known about the acquisition, virologic course, and clinical manifestations of HHV-6 infection... - Polymerase chain reaction diagnosis of primary human herpesvirus-6 infection in the acute care settingDanielle M Zerr
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
J Pediatr 149:480-5. 2006.... - Human herpesvirus 6 and central nervous system disease in hematopoietic cell transplantationDanielle M Zerr
Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Clin Virol 37:S52-6. 2006..In addition, longitudinal observational studies have established a correlation between systemic HHV-6 reactivation and CNS dysfunction. Further research is needed to define optimal diagnostic, prevention, and treatment strategies... - Case report: primary human herpesvirus-6 associated with an afebrile seizure in a 3-week-old infantDanielle M Zerr
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Med Virol 66:384-7. 2002..This report provides additional evidence of the neuropathogenic potential of HHV-6... - Effect of antivirals on human herpesvirus 6 replication in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipientsDanielle M Zerr
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 34:309-17. 2002..Prospective studies are needed to define the spectrum of HHV-6-associated disease and to determine whether antiviral therapy offers clinical benefit... - Human herpesvirus 6 reactivation and encephalitis in allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipientsD M Zerr
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 33:763-71. 2001..Prospective studies to better define the relationship between HHV-6 reactivation and encephalitis in allogeneic BMT recipients are warranted... - Sensitive method for detection of human herpesviruses 6 and 7 in saliva collected in field studiesD M Zerr
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
J Clin Microbiol 38:1981-3. 2000..The sensitivity and specificity of this method even after prolonged drying of the specimens compared favorably to those of our traditional method of collecting and assaying saliva... - Clinical outcomes of human herpesvirus 6 reactivation after hematopoietic stem cell transplantationDanielle M Zerr
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Clin Infect Dis 40:932-40. 2005..Although human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is known to reactivate during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), the clinical significance of this finding is controversial... - Decreasing hospital-associated rotavirus infection: a multidisciplinary hand hygiene campaign in a children's hospitalDanielle M Zerr
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, and the Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle WA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 24:397-403. 2005..02 for all). CONCLUSION: Improving hand hygiene is an important goal for health care institutions. These data can be useful for development of interventions aimed at improving hand hygiene... - A trade-off analysis of routine newborn circumcisionD A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Pediatrics 105:246-9. 2000..The risks associated with newborn circumcision have not been as extensively evaluated as the benefits... - Providers' perceptions of an immunization registryD A Christakis
Division of General Pediatrics, University of Washington, Child Health Institute, Seattle 98103, USA
Am J Prev Med 17:147-50. 1999..To determine providers' perceptions of a statewide immunization registry... - Human herpesvirus 6 infection in febrile infants ninety days of age and youngerCarrie L Byington
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:996-9. 2002..The importance of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) as a pathogen in febrile infants </=90 days of age is unknown... - Variation in inpatient diagnostic testing and management of bronchiolitisDimitri A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pediatrics 115:878-84. 2005.... - Two nosocomial pertussis outbreaks and their associated costs - King County, Washington, 2004Henry C Baggett
Communicable Diseases, Epidemiology, and Immunization Section, Public Health, Seattle and King County, WA, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:537-43. 2007..One outbreak occurred at a 500-bed tertiary care hospital (hospital A), and the other occurred at a 250-bed pediatric hospital (hospital B)... - An outbreak of varicella with likely breakthrough disease in a population of pediatric cancer patientsAmanda L Adler
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:866-70. 2008..We describe an outbreak of varicella with likely breakthrough disease in a population of pediatric cancer patients in October 2004... - An outbreak of Salmonella serotype Saintpaul in a children's hospitalRena Bornemann
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 23:671-6. 2002..Strict sanitation measures must be ensured in formula preparation and delivery, and bacterial pathogens should be included in the differential diagnosis for nosocomial gastroenteritis... - Family saliva sharing behaviors and age of human herpesvirus-6B infectionMargaret P Rhoads
Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
J Infect 54:623-6. 2007..Transmission of human herpesvirus (HHV-6) type B is hypothesized to occur via saliva. We sought to determine whether behaviors promoting saliva sharing were associated with HHV-6B infection... - An investigation of Aspergillus cardiac surgical site infections in 3 pediatric patientsMatthew P Kronman
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Am J Infect Control 35:332-7. 2007..Within a 3-month period, 3 pediatric patients at our hospital developed Aspergillus surgical site infections after undergoing cardiac surgery... - Aminoglycoside-based triple-antibiotic therapy versus monotherapy for children with ruptured appendicitisAdam B Goldin
Department of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
Pediatrics 119:905-11. 2007.... - Hospital-based influenza vaccination of children: an opportunity to prevent subsequent hospitalizationDanielle M Zerr
Children s Research Institute, and Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Pediatrics 121:345-8. 2008..We performed this study to determine the frequency of previous hospitalization among children hospitalized with influenza... - Risk factors for surgical site infections after pediatric cardiovascular surgeryAmanda L Allpress
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:231-4. 2004..3 to 58.4) were independently associated with SSI. CONCLUSIONS: Age <1 month and longer duration of surgery were independently associated with hospitalized SSI after CV surgery in children... - Multiple viral respiratory pathogens in children with bronchiolitisHilary E Stempel
Seattle Children s Hospital Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Acta Paediatr 98:123-6. 2009..The aim of the study was to describe the frequency of viral pathogens and relative frequency of co-infections in nasal specimens obtained from young children with bronchiolitis receiving care at a children's hospital... - Prevalence and mechanisms of broad-spectrum beta-lactam resistance in Enterobacteriaceae: a children's hospital experienceXuan Qin
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology Laboratory, Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, NE, Seattle, WA 98105 0371, USA
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 52:3909-14. 2008..These data have important implications for empirical antimicrobial strategies targeting serious pediatric infections. Further study of this problem is warranted... - Frequent and prolonged shedding of bocavirus in young children attending daycareEmily T Martin
Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children s Research Institute, 1900 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Infect Dis 201:1625-32. 2010..Little is known about human bocavirus (HBoV) persistence and shedding and the association between HBoV detection and the onset and resolution of respiratory symptoms... - Infection control in paediatricsKlara M Posfay-Barbe
Children s Hospital of Geneva, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Lancet Infect Dis 8:19-31. 2008..We review the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant organisms and strategies to prevent health-care-associated infections in the paediatric setting... - Alcohol hand rub: a simple solution in search of championsDanielle M Zerr
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:502-3. 2005 - Use of 16S ribosomal DNA polymerase chain reaction to identify Haemophilus influenzae type b as the etiology of pericarditis in an infantCrystal Benson
Pediatr Infect Dis J 24:287-8. 2005