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Robin L P Jump; Lucy A Jury; Danielle M Olds; Elie Saade; Brett Sitzlar; Brook Watts; Robert A Bonomo; Curtis J Donskey
Specialty care delivery: bringing infectious disease expertise to the residents of a veterans affairs long-term care facility.
Dennis Fertelli; Sirisha Kundrapu; Michelle M Nerandzic; Brett Sitzlar; Jennifer L Cadnum; Curtis J Donskey
Effectiveness of an electrochemically activated saline solution for disinfection of hospital equipment.
Dubert M Guerrero; Lucy A Jury; Michelle M Nerandzic; Suresh Ponnada; Philip C Carling; Curtis J Donskey
Beyond the Hawthorne effect: reduction of Clostridium difficile environmental contamination through active intervention to improve cleaning practices.

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2013: Robin L P Jump; Lucy A Jury; Danielle M Olds; Elie Saade; Brett Sitzlar; Brook Watts; Robert A Bonomo; Curtis J Donskey
Specialty care delivery: bringing infectious disease expertise to the residents of a veterans affairs long-term care facility.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2013;61(5):782-7.
2013: Dennis Fertelli; Sirisha Kundrapu; Michelle M Nerandzic; Brett Sitzlar; Jennifer L Cadnum; Curtis J Donskey
Effectiveness of an electrochemically activated saline solution for disinfection of hospital equipment.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2013;34(5):543-4.
2013: Dubert M Guerrero; Lucy A Jury; Michelle M Nerandzic; Suresh Ponnada; Philip C Carling; Curtis J Donskey
Beyond the Hawthorne effect: reduction of Clostridium difficile environmental contamination through active intervention to improve cleaning practices.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2013;34(5):524-6.
2013: Brett Sitzlar; Abhishek Deshpande; Dennis Fertelli; Sirisha Kundrapu; Ajay K Sethi; Curtis J Donskey
An environmental disinfection odyssey: evaluation of sequential interventions to improve disinfection of Clostridium difficile isolation rooms.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2013;34(5):459-65.
2013: Curtis J Donskey
Does improving surface cleaning and disinfection reduce health care-associated infections?
American journal of infection control 2013;41(5 Suppl):S12-9.
2013: Jennifer L Cadnum; Kelly N Hurless; Sirisha Kundrapu; Curtis J Donskey
Transfer of Clostridium difficile spores by nonsporicidal wipes and improperly used hypochlorite wipes: practice + product = perfection.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2013;34(4):441-2.
2013: Venkata C K Sunkesula; Abhishek Deshpande; Lucy A Jury; Sirisha Kundrapu; Ajay K Sethi; Curtis J Donskey
Potential for transmission of spores by patients awaiting laboratory testing to confirm suspected Clostridium difficile infection.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2013;34(3):306-8.
2013: Donald Dumford; Sirisha Kundrapu; Nuntra Suwantarat; Trina F Zabarsky; Hui Zhu; Vineet Bhasker; Paul Drawz; Curtis J Donskey
Outbreak of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli infections after transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy of the prostate.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2013;34(3):269-73.
2013: Emily P Peron; Amy A Hirsch; Robin L P Jump; Lucy A Jury; Curtis J Donskey
Another setting for stewardship: high rate of unnecessary antimicrobial use in a veterans affairs long-term care facility.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2013;61(2):289-90.
2013: Michelle M Nerandzic; Curtis J Donskey
Activate to eradicate: inhibition of Clostridium difficile spore outgrowth by the synergistic effects of osmotic activation and nisin.
PloS one 2013;8(1):e54740.
2012: Robin L P Jump; Lucy A Jury; Georgios Kypriotakis; Danielle M Olds; Emily P Peron; Nasim Seifi; Brook Watts; Robert A Bonomo; Paul E Drawz; Amy A Hirsch; Curtis J Donskey
Effective antimicrobial stewardship in a long-term care facility through an infectious disease consultation service: keeping a LID on antibiotic use.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2012;33(12):1185-92.
2012: Sirisha Kundrapu; Ajay K Sethi; Venkata C K Sunkesula; Lucy A Jury; Curtis J Donskey
Utility of perirectal swab specimens for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012;55(11):1527-30.
2012: Sadao Jinno; Shelley Chang; Curtis J Donskey
A negative nares screen in combination with absence of clinical risk factors can be used to identify patients with very low likelihood of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a Veterans Affairs hospital.
American journal of infection control 2012;40(9):782-6.
2012: Sirisha Kundrapu; Brett M Sitzlar; Venkata Sunkesula; Lucy A Jury; Curtis J Donskey
Daily disinfection of high-touch surfaces in isolation rooms to reduce contamination of healthcare workers' hands.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2012;33(10):1039-42.
2012: Ajay K Sethi; Charles W Acher; Curtis J Donskey; Bruce Kirenga; Scott Mead; Achilles Katamba
Infection control knowledge, attitudes, and practices among healthcare workers at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2012;33(9):917-23.
2012: Michelle M Nerandzic; Farah Babakhani; Mark A Miller; Kathleen Mullane; Curtis J Donskey
Reduced acquisition and overgrowth of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and Candida species in patients treated with fidaxomicin versus vancomycin for Clostridium difficile infection.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012;55 Suppl 2():S121-6.
2012: Dubert M Guerrero; Sadao Jinno; Lucy A Jury; Michelle M Nerandzic; Shelley Chang; Curtis J Donskey
Acquisition of spores on gloved hands after contact with the skin of patients with Clostridium difficile infection and with environmental surfaces in their rooms.
American journal of infection control 2012;40(6):556-8.
2012: Sadao Jinno; Lucy A Jury; Sirisha Kundrapu; Michelle M Nerandzic; Dubert M Guerrero; Curtis J Donskey
Potential for transmission of Clostridium difficile by asymptomatic acute care patients and long-term care facility residents with prior C. difficile infection.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2012;33(6):638-9.
2012: Brett Sitzlar; Ravy K Vajravelu; Curtis J Donskey; Lucy Jury; Robin L P Jump
Environmental decontamination with ultraviolet radiation to prevent recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in 2 roommates in a long-term care Facility.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2012;33(5):534-6.
2012: Michelle M Nerandzic; Kevin E Eckart; Jennifer L Cadnum; Curtis J Donskey
Evaluation of a hand-held far-ultraviolet radiation device for decontamination of Clostridium difficile and other healthcare-associated pathogens.
BMC infectious diseases 2012;12():120.
2011: Dubert M Guerrero; Lucy A Jury; Michelle M Nerandzic; Jennifer C Cadnum; Christina Chou; Curtis J Donskey
Clinical and infection control implications of Clostridium difficile infection with negative enzyme immunoassay for toxin.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011;53(3):287-90.
2011: Federico Perez; Michael J Pultz; Andrea Endimiani; Robert A Bonomo; Curtis J Donskey
Effect of antibiotic treatment on establishment and elimination of intestinal colonization by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in mice.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2011;55(6):2585-9.
2011: Dubert M Guerrero; Michelle M Nerandzic; Lucy A Jury; Shelley Chang; Robin L P Jump; Curtis J Donskey
Clostridium difficile infection in a Department of Veterans Affairs long-term care facility.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2011;32(5):513-5.
2011: Michelle M Nerandzic; Curtis J Donskey
Effect of ceftobiprole treatment on growth of and toxin production by Clostridium difficile in cecal contents of mice.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2011;55(5):2174-7.
2011: Usha Stiefel; Jennifer L Cadnum; Brittany C Eckstein; Dubert M Guerrero; Mary Ann Tima; Curtis J Donskey
Contamination of hands with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus after contact with environmental surfaces and after contact with the skin of colonized patients.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2011;32(2):185-7.
2011: Lucy A Jury; Dubert M Guerrero; Christopher J Burant; Jennifer L Cadnum; Curtis J Donskey
Effectiveness of routine patient bathing to decrease the burden of spores on the skin of patients with Clostridium difficile infection.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2011;32(2):181-4.
2011: Steven F Greer; Ajay K Sethi; Michelle T Hecker; Brandy L McKinney; Donald M Dumford; Curtis J Donskey
Survey of patients' knowledge and opinions regarding the use of indwelling urinary catheters.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2011;32(2):174-6.
2011: Robin L P Jump; Yuejin Li; Michael J Pultz; Georgios Kypriotakis; Curtis J Donskey
Tigecycline exhibits inhibitory activity against Clostridium difficile in the colon of mice and does not promote growth or toxin production.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2011;55(2):546-9.
2011: Nicole L Werner; Michelle T Hecker; Ajay K Sethi; Curtis J Donskey
Unnecessary use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in hospitalized patients.
BMC infectious diseases 2011;11():187.
2010: Curtis J Donskey
Preventing transmission of Clostridium difficile: is the answer blowing in the wind?
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2010;50(11):1458-61.
2010: Shelley Chang; Ajay K Sethi; Usha Stiefel; Jennifer L Cadnum; Curtis J Donskey
Occurrence of skin and environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus before results of polymerase chain reaction at hospital admission become available.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2010;31(6):607-12.
2010: Lucy A Jury; Jennifer L Cadnum; Andrea Jennings-Sanders; Elizabeth C Eckstein; Shelley Chang; Curtis J Donskey
Evaluation of an alcohol-based power sanitizing system for decontamination of hospital rooms of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage.
American journal of infection control 2010;38(3):234-6.
2010: Federico Perez; Andrea Hujer; Edward A Hulten; Joel Fishbain; Kristine M Hujer; David Aron; Katherine Thweatt; Curtis J Donskey; Robert A Bonomo
Antibiotic resistance determinants in Acinetobacter spp and clinical outcomes in patients from a major military treatment facility.
American journal of infection control 2010;38(1):63-5.
2010: Michelle M Nerandzic; Curtis J Donskey
Triggering germination represents a novel strategy to enhance killing of Clostridium difficile spores.
PloS one 2010;5(8):e12285.
2010: Michelle M Nerandzic; Jennifer L Cadnum; Michael J Pultz; Curtis J Donskey
Evaluation of an automated ultraviolet radiation device for decontamination of Clostridium difficile and other healthcare-associated pathogens in hospital rooms.
BMC infectious diseases 2010;10():197.
2010: Ajay K Sethi; Wafa N Al-Nassir; Michelle M Nerandzic; Greg S Bobulsky; Curtis J Donskey
Persistence of skin contamination and environmental shedding of Clostridium difficile during and after treatment of C. difficile infection.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2010;31(1):21-7.
2009: Chester H Ho; Tova Johnson; Joan Miklacic; Curtis J Donskey
Is the use of low-pressure pulsatile lavage for pressure ulcer management associated with environmental contamination with Acinetobacter baumannii?
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2009;90(10):1723-6.
2009: Michelle M Nerandzic; Michael J Pultz; Curtis J Donskey
Examination of potential mechanisms to explain the association between proton pump inhibitors and Clostridium difficile infection.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2009;53(10):4133-7.
2009: Delores M Gries; Tamatha F Zemzars; Katy A Gibson; Elisa O'Hern; Meera Iyer; Mary Myers; Michael J Pultz; Yuejin Li; Curtis J Donskey
A pilot study to assess frequency of carriage and routes of acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus by healthy infants.
American journal of infection control 2009;37(7):598-600.
2009: Ann-Mari Tarkkanen; Tuula Heinonen; Rain Jõgi; Silja Mentula; Michel van der Rest; Curtis J Donskey; Tuomas Kemppainen; Konstantin Gurbanov; Carl Erik Nord
P1A recombinant beta-lactamase prevents emergence of antimicrobial resistance in gut microflora of healthy subjects during intravenous administration of ampicillin.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2009;53(6):2455-62.
2009: Shelley Chang; Ajay K Sethi; Brittany C Eckstein; Usha Stiefel; Jennifer L Cadnum; Curtis J Donskey
Skin and environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among carriers identified clinically versus through active surveillance.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009;48(10):1423-8.
2009: Victoria Lent; Elizabeth C Eckstein; Alan S Cameron; Rachel Budavich; Brittany C Eckstein; Curtis J Donskey
Evaluation of patient participation in a patient empowerment initiative to improve hand hygiene practices in a Veterans Affairs medical center.
American journal of infection control 2009;37(2):117-20.
2009: Donald M Dumford; Michelle M Nerandzic; Brittany C Eckstein; Curtis J Donskey
What is on that keyboard? Detecting hidden environmental reservoirs of Clostridium difficile during an outbreak associated with North American pulsed-field gel electrophoresis type 1 strains.
American journal of infection control 2009;37(1):15-9.
2009: Michelle M Nerandzic; Curtis J Donskey
Effective and reduced-cost modified selective medium for isolation of Clostridium difficile.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2009;47(2):397-400.
2009: Curtis J Donskey; Brittany C Eckstein
Images in clinical medicine. The hands give it away.
The New England journal of medicine 2009;360(3):e3.
2008: Floyd Trillis; Elizabeth C Eckstein; Rachel Budavich; Michael J Pultz; Curtis J Donskey
Contamination of hospital curtains with healthcare-associated pathogens.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2008;29(11):1074-6.
2008: Usha Stiefel; Michelle M Nerandzic; Pertti Koski; Curtis J Donskey
Orally administered beta-lactamase enzymes represent a novel strategy to prevent colonization by Clostridium difficile.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2008;62(5):1105-8.
2008: Trina F Zabarsky; Ajay K Sethi; Curtis J Donskey
Sustained reduction in inappropriate treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in a long-term care facility through an educational intervention.
American journal of infection control 2008;36(7):476-80.
2008: Michael J Pultz; Michelle M Nerandzic; Usha Stiefel; Curtis J Donskey
Emergence and acquisition of fluoroquinolone-resistant gram-negative bacilli in the intestinal tracts of mice treated with fluoroquinolone antimicrobial agents.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2008;52(9):3457-60.
2008: Wafa N Al-Nassir; Ajay K Sethi; Michelle M Nerandzic; Greg S Bobulsky; Robin L P Jump; Curtis J Donskey
Comparison of clinical and microbiological response to treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease with metronidazole and vancomycin.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2008;47(1):56-62.
2008: Wafa N Al-Nassir; Ajay K Sethi; Yuejin Li; Michael J Pultz; Michelle M Riggs; Curtis J Donskey
Both oral metronidazole and oral vancomycin promote persistent overgrowth of vancomycin-resistant enterococci during treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2008;52(7):2403-6.
2008: Michelle T Hecker; Michelle M Riggs; Claudia K Hoyen; Christina Lancioni; Curtis J Donskey
Recurrent infection with epidemic Clostridium difficile in a peripartum woman whose infant was asymptomatically colonized with the same strain.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2008;46(6):956-7.
2008: Greg S Bobulsky; Wafa N Al-Nassir; Michelle M Riggs; Ajay K Sethi; Curtis J Donskey
Clostridium difficile skin contamination in patients with C. difficile-associated disease.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2008;46(3):447-50.
2008: David L Paterson; Carlene A Muto; Magdaline Ndirangu; Peter K Linden; Brian A Potoski; Blair Capitano; Robert A Bonomo; David C Aron; Curtis J Donskey
Acquisition of rectal colonization by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus among intensive care unit patients treated with piperacillin-tazobactam versus those receiving cefepime-containing antibiotic regimens.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2008;52(2):465-9.
2008: Robert C Owens; Curtis J Donskey; Robert P Gaynes; Vivian G Loo; Carlene A Muto
Antimicrobial-associated risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2008;46 Suppl 1():S19-31.
2007: Michelle M Riggs; Ajay K Sethi; Trina F Zabarsky; Elizabeth C Eckstein; Robin L P Jump; Curtis J Donskey
Asymptomatic carriers are a potential source for transmission of epidemic and nonepidemic Clostridium difficile strains among long-term care facility residents.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2007;45(8):992-8.
2007: Daniel A Adams; Michelle M Riggs; Curtis J Donskey
Effect of fluoroquinolone treatment on growth of and toxin production by epidemic and nonepidemic clostridium difficile strains in the cecal contents of mice.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2007;51(8):2674-8.
2007: Robin L P Jump; Michael J Pultz; Curtis J Donskey
Vegetative Clostridium difficile survives in room air on moist surfaces and in gastric contents with reduced acidity: a potential mechanism to explain the association between proton pump inhibitors and C. difficile-associated diarrhea?
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2007;51(8):2883-7.
2007: Michael J Pultz; Curtis J Donskey
Effects of imipenem-cilastatin, ertapenem, piperacillin-tazobactam, and ceftriaxone treatments on persistence of intestinal colonization by extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in mice.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2007;51(8):3044-5.
2007: Janet E Stout; Robert R Muder; Sue Mietzner; Marilyn M Wagener; Mary Beth Perri; Kathleen DeRoos; Dona Goodrich; William Arnold; Theresa Williamson; Ola Ruark; Christine Treadway; Elizabeth C Eckstein; Debra Marshall; Mary Ellen Rafferty; Kathleen Sarro; Joann Page; Robert Jenkins; Gina Oda; Kathleen J Shimoda; Marcus Zervos; Marvin Bittner; Sharon L Camhi; Anand P Panwalker; Curtis J Donskey; Minh-Hong Nguyen; Mark Holodniy; Victor L Yu
Role of environmental surveillance in determining the risk of hospital-acquired legionellosis: a national surveillance study with clinical correlations.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2007;28(7):818-24.
2007: Anita Bhalla; David C Aron; Curtis J Donskey
Staphylococcus aureus intestinal colonization is associated with increased frequency of S. aureus on skin of hospitalized patients.
BMC infectious diseases 2007;7():105.
2007: Brittany C Eckstein; Daniel A Adams; Elizabeth C Eckstein; Agam Rao; Ajay K Sethi; Gopala K Yadavalli; Curtis J Donskey
Reduction of Clostridium Difficile and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus contamination of environmental surfaces after an intervention to improve cleaning methods.
BMC infectious diseases 2007;7():61.
2007: Usha Stiefel; Nicole J Pultz; Curtis J Donskey
Effect of carbapenem administration on establishment of intestinal colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci and Klebsiella pneumoniae in mice.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2007;51(1):372-5.
2006: Kristine M Hujer; Andrea Hujer; Edward A Hulten; Saralee Bajaksouzian; Jennifer M Adams; Curtis J Donskey; David J Ecker; Christian Massire; Mark W Eshoo; Rangarajan Sampath; Jodi M Thomson; Philip N Rather; David Craft; Joel Fishbain; Allesa J Ewell; Michael R Jacobs; David L Paterson; Robert A Bonomo
Analysis of antibiotic resistance genes in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter sp. isolates from military and civilian patients treated at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2006;50(12):4114-23.
2006: Agam Rao; Robin L P Jump; Nicole J Pultz; Michael J Pultz; Curtis J Donskey
In vitro killing of nosocomial pathogens by acid and acidified nitrite.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2006;50(11):3901-4.
2006: Usha Stiefel; Agam Rao; Michael J Pultz; Robin L P Jump; David C Aron; Curtis J Donskey
Suppression of gastric acid production by proton pump inhibitor treatment facilitates colonization of the large intestine by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. and Klebsiella pneumoniae in clindamycin-treated mice.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2006;50(11):3905-7.
2006: Curtis J Donskey
Antibiotic regimens and intestinal colonization with antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacilli.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2006;43 Suppl 2():S62-9.
2006: David L Paterson; Usha Stiefel; Curtis J Donskey
Effect of a selective decontamination of the digestive tract regimen including parenteral cefepime on establishment of intestinal colonization with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. and Klebsiella pneumoniae in mice.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2006;50(7):2537-40.
2006: Nicole J Pultz; Satu Vesterlund; Arthur C Ouwehand; Curtis J Donskey
Adhesion of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus to human intestinal mucus.
Current microbiology 2006;52(3):221-4.
2006: Nicole J Pultz; Lansing C Hoskins; Curtis J Donskey
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci may obtain nutritional support by scavenging carbohydrate fragments generated during mucin degradation by the anaerobic microbiota of the colon.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) 2006;12(1):63-7.
2005: Usha Stiefel; Jaana Harmoinen; Pertti Koski; Susanna Kääriäinen; Nina Wickstrand; Kai Lindevall; Nicole J Pultz; Robert A Bonomo; Marion S Helfand; Curtis J Donskey
Orally administered recombinant metallo-beta-lactamase preserves colonization resistance of piperacillin-tazobactam-treated mice.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2005;49(12):5190-1.
2005: Delores M Gries; Nicole J Pultz; Curtis J Donskey
Growth in cecal mucus facilitates colonization of the mouse intestinal tract by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2005;192(9):1621-7.
2005: Nicole J Pultz; Curtis J Donskey
Effect of antibiotic treatment on growth of and toxin production by Clostridium difficile in the cecal contents of mice.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2005;49(8):3529-32.
2005: Nicole J Pultz; Usha Stiefel; Curtis J Donskey
Effects of daptomycin, linezolid, and vancomycin on establishment of intestinal colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci and extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in mice.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2005;49(8):3513-6.
2005: Lisa Arfons; Amy J Ray; Curtis J Donskey
Clostridium difficile infection among health care workers receiving antibiotic therapy.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2005;40(9):1384-5.
2005: Nicole J Pultz; Usha Stiefel; Suja Subramanyan; Marion S Helfand; Curtis J Donskey
Mechanisms by which anaerobic microbiota inhibit the establishment in mice of intestinal colonization by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2005;191(6):949-56.
2005: Nicole J Pultz; Nathan Shankar; Arto S Baghdayan; Curtis J Donskey
Enterococcal surface protein Esp does not facilitate intestinal colonization or translocation of Enterococcus faecalis in clindamycin-treated mice.
FEMS microbiology letters 2005;242(2):217-9.
2005: Nicole J Pultz; Usha Stiefel; Mahmoud Ghannoum; Marion S Helfand; Curtis J Donskey
Effect of parenteral antibiotic administration on establishment of intestinal colonization by Candida glabrata in adult mice.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2005;49(1):438-40.
2004: Nicole J Pultz; Claudia K Hoyen; Curtis J Donskey
Inhibition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by an in vitro continuous-flow culture containing human stool microflora.
FEMS microbiology letters 2004;241(2):201-5.
2004: Curtis J Donskey
The role of the intestinal tract as a reservoir and source for transmission of nosocomial pathogens.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2004;39(2):219-26.
2004: Toni L Poole; Kenneth J Genovese; Todd R. Callaway; Kenneth M Bischoff; Curtis J Donskey; David J Nisbet
Competitive exclusion of a glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium in the presence of vancomycin but not equivalent concentrations of tylosin or gentamicin.
Poultry science 2004;83(7):1099-105.
2004: Usha Stiefel; Nicole J Pultz; Marion S Helfand; Curtis J Donskey
Efficacy of oral ramoplanin for inhibition of intestinal colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci in mice.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2004;48(6):2144-8.
2004: Usha Stiefel; David L Paterson; Nicole J Pultz; Steven M Gordon; David C Aron; Curtis J Donskey
Effect of the increasing use of piperacillin/tazobactam on the incidence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in four academic medical centers.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2004;25(5):380-3.
2004: Usha Stiefel; Nicole J Pultz; Marion S Helfand; Curtis J Donskey
Increased susceptibility to vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus intestinal colonization persists after completion of anti-anaerobic antibiotic treatment in mice.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2004;25(5):373-9.
2004: Michael E Hume; Toni L Poole; Nicole J Pultz; Jennifer A Hanrahan; Curtis J Donskey
Inhibition of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus by continuous-flow cultures of human stool microflora with and without anaerobic gas supplementation.
Current microbiology 2004;48(5):364-7.
2004: Louis B Rice; Rebecca Hutton-Thomas; Viera Lakticova; Marion S Helfand; Curtis J Donskey
Beta-lactam antibiotics and gastrointestinal colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2004;189(6):1113-8.
2004: Anita Bhalla; Nicole J Pultz; Delores M Gries; Amy J Ray; Elizabeth C Eckstein; David C Aron; Curtis J Donskey
Acquisition of nosocomial pathogens on hands after contact with environmental surfaces near hospitalized patients.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2004;25(2):164-7.
2004: Curtis J Donskey; Marion S Helfand; Nicole J Pultz; Louis B Rice
Effect of parenteral fluoroquinolone administration on persistence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in the mouse gastrointestinal tract.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2004;48(1):326-8.
2004: Jaana Harmoinen; Silja Mentula; Matti Heikkilä; Michel van der Rest; Päivi J Rajala-Schultz; Curtis J Donskey; Rafael Frias; Pertti Koski; Nina Wickstrand; Hannele Jousimies-Somer; Elias Westermarck; Kai Lindevall
Orally administered targeted recombinant Beta-lactamase prevents ampicillin-induced selective pressure on the gut microbiota: a novel approach to reducing antimicrobial resistance.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2004;48(1):75-9.
2003: Usha Stiefel; Nicole J Pultz; Jaana Harmoinen; Pertti Koski; Kai Lindevall; Marion S Helfand; Curtis J Donskey
Oral administration of beta-lactamase preserves colonization resistance of piperacillin-treated mice.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2003;188(10):1605-9.
2003: Claudia K Hoyen; Nicole J Pultz; David L Paterson; David C Aron; Curtis J Donskey
Effect of parenteral antibiotic administration on establishment of intestinal colonization in mice by Klebsiella pneumoniae strains producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2003;47(11):3610-2.
2003: Amy J Ray; Nicole J Pultz; Anita Bhalla; David C Aron; Curtis J Donskey
Coexistence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and Staphylococcus aureus in the intestinal tracts of hospitalized patients.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2003;37(7):875-81.
2003: Anita Bhalla; Nicole J Pultz; Amy J Ray; Claudia K Hoyen; Elizabeth C Eckstein; Curtis J Donskey
Antianaerobic antibiotic therapy promotes overgrowth of antibiotic-resistant, gram-negative bacilli and vancomycin-resistant enterococci in the stool of colonized patients.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2003;24(9):644-9.
2003: Curtis J Donskey; Andrea Hujer; Sarbani M Das; Nicole J Pultz; Robert A Bonomo; Louis B Rice
Use of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis for analysis of the stool microbiota of hospitalized patients.
Journal of microbiological methods 2003;54(2):249-56.
2003: Michael E Hume; Leon F Kubena; Tom Edrington; Curtis J Donskey; Randle W Moore; Steven C Ricke; D J Nisbet
Poultry digestive microflora biodiversity as indicated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.
Poultry science 2003;82(7):1100-7.
2003: Richard A Mayer; Rula C Geha; Marion S Helfand; Claudia K Hoyen; Robert A Salata; Curtis J Donskey
Role of fecal incontinence in contamination of the environment with vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
American journal of infection control 2003;31(4):221-5.
2003: Michelle T Hecker; David C Aron; Nilam P Patel; Meghan K Lehmann; Curtis J Donskey
Unnecessary use of antimicrobials in hospitalized patients: current patterns of misuse with an emphasis on the antianaerobic spectrum of activity.
Archives of internal medicine 2003;163(8):972-8.
2003: Curtis J Donskey; Amy J Ray; Claudia K Hoyen; Peter D Fuldauer; David C Aron; Ann Salvator; Robert A Bonomo
Colonization and infection with multiple nosocomial pathogens among patients colonized with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2003;24(4):242-5.
2003: Robert A Bonomo; Curtis J Donskey; Jeffery L Blumer; Andrea Hujer; Claudia K Hoyenm; Michael R Jacobs; Christopher Curtis Whalen; Robert A Salata
Cefotaxime-resistant bacteria colonizing older people admitted to an acute care hospital.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2003;51(4):519-22.
2003: Amy J Ray; Curtis J Donskey
Clostridium difficile infection and concurrent vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus stool colonization in a health care worker: case report and review of the literature.
American journal of infection control 2003;31(1):54-6.
2002: Steven H Marshall; Curtis J Donskey; Rebecca Hutton-Thomas; Robert A Salata; Louis B Rice
Gene dosage and linezolid resistance in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2002;46(10):3334-6.
2002: Amy J Ray; Claudia K Hoyen; Sarbani M Das; Elizabeth C Eckstein; Curtis J Donskey
Undetected vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus stool colonization in a Veterans Affairs Hospital using a Clostridium difficile-focused surveillance strategy.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2002;23(8):474-7.
2002: Curtis J Donskey; Claudia K Hoyen; Sarbani M Das; Marion S Helfand; Michelle T Hecker
Recurrence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus stool colonization during antibiotic therapy.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2002;23(8):436-40.
2002: Amy J Ray; Claudia K Hoyen; Elizabeth C Eckstein; Curtis J Donskey
Improving healthcare workers' compliance with hand hygiene: is a picture worth a thousand words?
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2002;23(8):418-9.
2002: Amy J Ray; Claudia K Hoyen; Trina F Taub; Elizabeth C Eckstein; Curtis J Donskey
Nosocomial transmission of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from surfaces.
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2002;287(11):1400-1.
2001: Curtis J Donskey; M E Hume; T R Callaway; Sarbani M Das; Claudia K Hoyen; Louis B Rice
Inhibition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci by an in vitro continuous-flow competitive exclusion culture containing human stool flora.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2001;184(12):1624-7.
2001: Curtis J Donskey; Claudia K Hoyen; Sarbani M Das; S Farmer; M Dery; Robert A Bonomo
Effect of oral Bacillus coagulans administration on the density of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in the stool of colonized mice.
Letters in applied microbiology 2001;33(1):84-8.
2000: Curtis J Donskey; T K Chowdhry; M T Hecker; Claudia K Hoyen; Jennifer A Hanrahan; Andrea Hujer; Rebecca Hutton-Thomas; Christopher Curtis Whalen; Robert A Bonomo; Louis B Rice
Effect of antibiotic therapy on the density of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in the stool of colonized patients.
The New England journal of medicine 2000;343(26):1925-32.
2000: Curtis J Donskey; Jennifer A Hanrahan; RA Hutton; Louis B Rice
Effect of parenteral antibiotic administration on the establishment of colonization with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in the mouse gastrointestinal tract.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2000;181(5):1830-3.
1999: Curtis J Donskey; John R Schreiber; Michael R Jacobs; R Shekar; Robert A Salata; S Gordon; Christopher Curtis Whalen; F Smith; Louis B Rice
A polyclonal outbreak of predominantly VanB vancomycin-resistant enterococci in northeast Ohio. Northeast Ohio Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Surveillance Program.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 1999;29(3):573-9.
1999: Curtis J Donskey; Jennifer A Hanrahan; RA Hutton; Louis B Rice
Effect of parenteral antibiotic administration on persistence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in the mouse gastrointestinal tract.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1999;180(2):384-90.