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Tacconelli E, Cataldo M, Dancer S, de Angelis G, Falcone M, Frank U, et al.
Clin Microbiol Infect . 2013 Dec; 20 Suppl 1:1-55. PMID: 24329732
Healthcare-associated infections due to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. These evidence-based guidelines have been produced after a systematic review of published studies...
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Yokoe D, Christiansen C, Johnson R, Sands K, Livingston J, Shtatland E, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis . 2001 Dec; 7(5):837-41. PMID: 11747696
We screened automated ambulatory medical records, hospital and emergency room claims, and pharmacy records of 2,826 health maintenance organization (HMO) members who gave birth over a 30-month period. Full-text ambulatory...
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Platt R, Yokoe D, Sands K
Emerg Infect Dis . 2001 Apr; 7(2):212-6. PMID: 11294709
Automated data, especially from pharmacy and administrative claims, are available for much of the U.S. population and might substantially improve both inpatient and postdischarge surveillance for surgical site infections complicating...
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Subramanyan G, Yokoe D, Sharnprapai S, Nardell E, McCray E, Platt R
Emerg Infect Dis . 1999 Dec; 5(6):788-91. PMID: 10603212
We used automated pharmacy dispensing data to characterize tuberculosis (TB) management for 45 health maintenance organization (HMO) members. Pharmacy records distinguished patients treated in HMOs from those treated elsewhere. For...
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Yokoe D, Subramanyan G, Nardell E, Sharnprapai S, McCray E, Platt R
Emerg Infect Dis . 1999 Dec; 5(6):779-87. PMID: 10603211
Data collected by health maintenance organizations (HMOs), which provide care for an increasing number of persons with tuberculosis (TB), may be used to complement traditional TB surveillance. We evaluated the...
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Subramanyan G, Yokoe D, Sharnprapai S, Tang Y, Platt R
Public Health Rep . 1999 May; 114(1):91-3. PMID: 9925178
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Yokoe D, Anderson J, Chambers R, Connor M, Finberg R, Hopkins C, et al.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol . 1998 Oct; 19(9):657-60. PMID: 9778164
Objective: To compare a surveillance definition of noso comial bloodstream infections requiring only microbiology data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) current definition. Setting: Six teaching hospitals....
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Yokoe D, Shapiro M, Simchen E, Platt R
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol . 1998 Jun; 19(5):317-22. PMID: 9613691
Objective: To assess the utility of postoperative antibiotic exposure as an indicator of postoperative infection after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Design: We determined an optimal antibiotic exposure threshold by...
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Fridkin S, Yokoe D, Whitney C, Onderdonk A, Hooper D
J Clin Microbiol . 1998 May; 36(4):965-70. PMID: 9542917
In 1996, the dominant (43%) strain of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE; type A) at Massachusetts General Hospital was identified at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). To characterize the epidemiology of infection...
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Yokoe D, Platt R
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol . 1994 Nov; 15(11):717-23. PMID: 7852729
Conventional methods of surveillance for surgical site infections are resource intensive, thus creating an incentive to develop simpler alternatives. Antibiotic exposure may serve as a satisfactory marker for a physician's...