B E Ostrowsky

Summary

Affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Control of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus in health care facilities in a region
    B E Ostrowsky
    Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
    N Engl J Med 344:1427-33. 2001
  2. ncbi Serratia marcescens bacteremia traced to an infused narcotic
    Belinda E Ostrowsky
    Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
    N Engl J Med 346:1529-37. 2002
  3. ncbi Evaluation of a successful vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus prevention intervention in a community of health care facilities
    A H Sohn
    Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Am J Infect Control 29:53-7. 2001
  4. ncbi SHEA guideline for preventing nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and enterococcus
    Carlene A Muto
    Division of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, UPMC-P, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 24:362-86. 2003

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Publications4

  1. ncbi Control of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus in health care facilities in a region
    B E Ostrowsky
    Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
    N Engl J Med 344:1427-33. 2001
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  2. ncbi Serratia marcescens bacteremia traced to an infused narcotic
    Belinda E Ostrowsky
    Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
    N Engl J Med 346:1529-37. 2002
    ..From June 30, 1998, through March 21, 1999, several patients in the surgical intensive care unit of a hospital acquired Serratia marcescens bacteremia. We investigated this outbreak...
  3. ncbi Evaluation of a successful vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus prevention intervention in a community of health care facilities
    A H Sohn
    Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Am J Infect Control 29:53-7. 2001
    ....
  4. ncbi SHEA guideline for preventing nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and enterococcus
    Carlene A Muto
    Division of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, UPMC-P, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 24:362-86. 2003
    ..CONCLUSION: Active surveillance cultures are essential to identify the reservoir for spread of MRSA and VRE infections and make control possible using the CDC's long-recommended contact precautions...