Chiagozie I Pickens
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Recent Articles
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Gao C, Morales-Nebreda L, Pickens C
Front Cell Infect Microbiol
. 2022 Sep;
12:934671.
PMID: 36061870
Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide and Gram-negative bacteria are a major cause of severe pneumonia. Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, the rise...
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Pickens C, Wunderink R
Lancet Respir Med
. 2022 May;
10(9):816-818.
PMID: 35617985
No abstract available.
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Pickens C, Wunderink R
Semin Respir Crit Care Med
. 2022 Feb;
43(2):304-309.
PMID: 35170002
Methicillin-resistant (MRSA) is a common cause of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). MRSA pneumonia is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Several virulence factors allow to become an...
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Peters A, Pickens C, Postelnick M, Zembower T, Qi C, Wunderink R
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2021 Aug;
43(9):1155-1161.
PMID: 34387183
Objective: To describe the epidemiology of (AB) pneumonia at our center, including the antibiotic exposure patterns of individual AB pneumonia cases and to investigate whether hospital-wide antibiotic consumption trends were...
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Pickens C, Qi C, Postelnick M, Paonessa J, Donnelly H, Wunderink R
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2021 Feb;
42(11):1385-1387.
PMID: 33517926
Vancomycin overuse is common, yet few data are available regarding how to improve stewardship of this antibiotic. We identify an association between use of a PCR assay to rule out...
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Paonessa J, Shah R, Pickens C, Lizza B, Donnelly H, Malczynski M, et al.
Chest
. 2019 Feb;
155(5):999-1007.
PMID: 30776365
Background: Guidelines recommend empirical vancomycin or linezolid for patients with suspected pneumonia at risk for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Unneeded vancomycin or linezolid use may unnecessarily alter host flora and...
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Pickens C, Wunderink R
Chest
. 2019 Jan;
156(1):163-171.
PMID: 30689983
In the face of emerging drug-resistant pathogens and a decrease in the development of new antimicrobial agents, antibiotic stewardship should be practiced in all critical care units. Antibiotic stewardship should...