Publications 2009

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2009 Publications

October 2009

• John Baddley, Kieren Marr, David Andes, Thomas Walsh, Carol Kauffman, Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, James Ito, S. Balajee, Peter Pappas, Stephen Moser. Patterns of Susceptibility of Aspergillus Isolates Recovered Recovered from Patients Enrolled in the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network. Journal of Clinicla Microbiology Oct. 2009, Vol. 47, No. 10, p 3271-3275.
• M. Pfaller, D. Diekema, M Ghannoum, J. Rex, B. Alexander, D. Andes, S. Brown, V. Chaturvedi, A. Espinel-Ingroff, C. Fowler, E. Johnson, C. Knapp, M. Motyl, L. Ostrosky-Zeichner, D. Sheehan, T. Walsh. Wild-Type MIC Distribution Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Aspergillus fumigatus and Three Triazoles as Determined by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute Broth Microdilution Methods. Journal of Clinical Microbiology Oct. 2009, Vol. 47, No. 10, p 3142-3146.
• S. Balajee, R. Kano, J. Baddley, S. Moser, K. Marr, B. Alexander, D. Andes, D. Kontoyiannis, G. Perrone, S. Peterson, M. Brandt, P. Pappas, T. Chiller. Molecular Identification of Aspergillus Species Collected for the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network. Journal of Clinical Microbiology Oct. 2009, Vol 47, No. 10, p 3138-3141.

August 2009

• Clarissa Nobile, Jeniel Nett, Aaron Hernday, Oliver Homann, Jean-Sebastien Deneault, Andre Nantel, David Andes, Alexander Johnson, Aaron Mitchell. Biofilm Matrix Regulation by Candida albicans Zap1. PLOS Biology, Aug 2009; 7:307.

July 2009

• D. Andes, W. Craig, L. Nielsen, and H. Kristensen. In Vivo Pharmacodynamic Characterization of a Novel Plectasin Antibiotic, NZ2114, in a Murine Infection Model. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2009; 53(7): 3003-3009
• B. Spellberg, D. Andes, M. Perez, A. Anglim, H. Bonilla, G. Mathisen, T. Walsh, and A. Ibrahim. Safety and Outcomes of Open-Label Deferasirox Iron Chelation Therapy for Mucormycosis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2009; 53(7): 3122-3125
• Smith JA, Kauffman CA. Endemic fungal infections in patients receiving tumour necrosis factor-alpha inhibitor therapy. Drugs. 2009 Jul 30;69(11):1403-15. Review.

June 2009

• Greg A. Sommerville and Richard A. Proctor. At the Crossraods of Bacterial Metabolism and Virulence Factor Synthesis in Staphylococci. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, June 2009; 73(2): 233-248.

• Abad CL, Safdar N. The role of lactobacillus probiotics in the treatment or prevention of urogenital infections--a systematic review. J Chemother 21(3). 2009 Jun. pp243-252. DOI: 10.1179/joc.2009.21.3.243. PMID: 19567343.

April 2009

• A Al-Niaimi, N Safdar. Supplemental perioperative oxygen for reducing surgical site infection: a meta-analysis. J Eval Clin Pract 2009 (April); 15(2): 360-5
• Alison Freifeld, Laurie Proia, David Andes, Larry M. Baddour, Janis Blair, Brad Spellberg, Sandra Arnold, Arnold Lentnek, and L. Joseph Wheat. Voriconazole Use for Endemic Fungal Infections. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Vol. 53, No. 4, April 2009, pps. 1648-1651

February 2009

• Maki, D. Coming to Grips with Foodborne Infection — Peanut Butter, Peppers, and Nationwide Salmonella Outbreaks Perspective N Engl J Med Online Feb. 2009

January 2009

• David Andes, Andres Pascual, and Oscar Marchetti; Antifungal Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Established and Emerging Indication. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, Jan 2009, p24-34.

Chapters 2009

• Nasia Safdar. Antimicrobial catheters in the ICU: is the juice worth the squeeze? Crit Care 2009; 13(3)
• Adarsh Varma, Bret J. Spier, Patrick R. Pfau, and Nasia Safdar. A Case of Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Presenting with Associated Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura. WMJ. 2009; 108(9): 459-461.
• Mark Albanese, George Mejicano, George Xakellis, Patricia Kokotailo. Physician Practice Change II: Implications of the Integrated Systems Model (ISM) for the Future of Continuing Medical Education. Academic Medicine 2009; 84(8): 1056-1065.
• Mark Albanese, George Mejicano, George Xakellis, Patricia Kokotailo. Physician Practice Change I: A Critical Review and Description of an Integrated Systems Model
• Jeniel Nett, Alexander Lepak, Karen Marchillo, and David Andes. Time Course Global Gene Expression Analysis of an In Vivo Candida Biofilm. JID 2009; 200: 307-313.
• Peter Pappas, Carol Kauffman, David Andes, Daniel Benjamin, Jr., Thierry Calandra, John Edwards, Jr., Scott Filler, John Fisher, Bart-Jan Kullberg, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, Annette Reboli, John Rex, Thomas Walsh, and Jack Sobel. Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Candidiasis: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. CID 2009:48:503-535
• M. Rybak, B. Lomaestro, J. Rotschafer, R. Moellering, Jr., W. Craig, M. Billeter, J. Dalovisio and D. Levine. Therapeutic monitoring of vancomycin in adult patients: A consensus review of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists. Am J Health-Syst Pharm 2009; 66:82-98
• J. C. Rice, N. Safdar, and the AST Infectious Diseases Community of Practice. Urinary Tract infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. American Journal of Transplantation 2009; 9(Suppl 4): S267-S272.
• Carla J. Alvarado, Ashley G. Anderson, Dennis G. Maki. Microbiologic assessment of disposable sterile endoscopic sheaths to replace high-level disinfection in reprocessing: A prospective clinical trial with nasopharygoscopes. Am J Infect Control 2009,37: 408-13
• Scott Van Wart, David Andes, Paul Ambrose, Sujata Bhavnani. Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic modeling to support doripenem dose regimen optimization for critically ill patients. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2009; 63: 409-414
• Inhyung Lee, Jee-Hwan Oh, E. Schwab, Taylor Dagenais, David Andes, Nancy Keller. HdaA, a class 2 histone deacetylase of Aspergillus fumigatus, affects germination and secondary metabolite production. Fungal Genetics and Biology 2009; 46: 782-90
• J. Hsu, D.R. Andes, V. Knasinski, J. Pirsch, N. Safdar. Statins are associated with improved outcomes of bloodstream infection in solid-organ transplant recipients. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2009; 28: 1343-1351
• Carla J. Alvarado, PhD, Ashley G. Anderson, MD, and Dennis G. Maki, MD. Microbiologic assessment of disposable sterile endoscopic sheaths to replace high-level disinfection in reprocessing: A prospective clinical trial with nasopharygoscopes. Am J Infect Control 2009; 37: 408-413.
• Nasia Safdar,MD,Cybele L Abad, MD Shoba Narayan,MD, Daniel R Kaul, MD and Sanjay Saint MD, MPH. Keeping an Open Mind. NEngl J Med 2009;360:72-6