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Joseph M Mylotte

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Mylotte J
J Am Med Dir Assoc . 2023 Aug; 24(11):1619-1628. PMID: 37572691
One approach for improving antibiotic prescribing in nursing homes is evaluating appropriateness of initiating antibiotic therapy. However, determining appropriateness has been a challenge. To investigate this problem literature review identified...
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Mylotte J
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol . 2022 Mar; 44(1):82-87. PMID: 35232503
Objective: To update a 2005 review of nursing home-associated bloodstream infection (NHABSI) regarding sources, organisms, antibiotic resistance, and outcome. Methods: A scoping review of studies of NHABSI identified by searching...
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Mylotte J
Drugs Aging . 2020 Nov; 38(1):29-41. PMID: 33174126
The overdiagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) in nursing home residents that results in unnecessary antibiotic treatment has been recognized for more than 2 decades. This has resulted in the...
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Mylotte J
Am J Infect Control . 2020 Aug; 49(3):366-374. PMID: 32791257
Until recently, there was no national surveillance system for monitoring infection occurrence in long-term care facilities (LTCF) in the United States. As a result, there are no national benchmarks for...
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Mylotte J
J Am Med Dir Assoc . 2020 Feb; 21(3):315-321. PMID: 32061505
This is the second of 2 parts of a narrative review of nursing home-associated pneumonia (NHAP) that deals with etiology and treatment in the nursing home. In the 1980s and...
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Mylotte J
J Am Med Dir Assoc . 2019 Sep; 21(1):41-45. PMID: 31537482
Recently, there have been several publications advocating for an expansive role for nursing homes (NHs) in the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC). The rationale for this effort is the problem of...
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Mylotte J
J Am Med Dir Assoc . 2019 Jun; 21(3):308-314. PMID: 31178286
Pneumonia is 1 of the 3 most common infections identified in nursing home residents and is associated with the highest mortality of any infection in this setting. In regard to...
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Scannapieco F, Mylotte J
J Periodontol . 2018 Mar; 67 Suppl 10S:1114-1122. PMID: 29539792
Bacterial pneumonia is a prevalent and costly infection that is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients of all ages. The continuing emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (e.g., penicillin-resistant...
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Mylotte J
J Am Geriatr Soc . 2017 Dec; 66(3):590-594. PMID: 29266355
This article is an evaluation of the literature on oral hygiene as a risk factor for nursing home-associated pneumonia (NHAP) and with interventions to improve oral hygiene and reduce the...
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Mylotte J
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol . 2017 Nov; 38(12):1512-1513. PMID: 29151392
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