Publications

Musuuza, J. S., McKinley, L., Keating, J. A., Obasi, C., Knobloch, M. J., Crnich, C., Evans, C. T., Evans, M. E., Livorsi, D., Morgan, D. J., Perencevich, E. N., Reisinger, H. S., Schweizer, M. L., Suda, K. J., Simbartl, L. A. & Safdar, N. (2019). Correlation of prevention practices with rates of health care-associatedClostridioides difficile infection. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 1-7. PMID: 31658933.

Singh, N., Nair, R., Goto, M., Carvour, M. L., Carnahan, R., Field, E. H., Lenert, P., Vaughan-Sarrazin, M., Schweizer, M. L. & Perencevich, E. N. (2019). Risk of Recurrent Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Joint Infection in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients-A Nationwide Cohort Study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6(11), ofz451. PMID: 31737738.

Feller, J., Lund, B. C., Perencevich, E. N., Alexander, B., Heintz, B., Beck, B., Nair, R., Goto, M. & Livorsi, D. J. (2019). Post-discharge oral antimicrobial use among hospitalized patients across an integrated national healthcare network. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. PMID: 31600582.

Suzuki, H., Perencevich, E. N., Alexander, B., Beck, B. E., Goto, M., Lund, B. C., Nair, R. & Livorsi, D. J. (2019). Inpatient Fluoroquinolone Stewardship Improves the Quantity and Quality of Fluoroquinolone-prescribing at Hospital Discharge: A Retrospective Analysis among 122 Veterans Health Administration Hospitals. Clinical Infectious Diseases. PMID: 31562815.

Kaldjian, L. C., Shinkunas, L. A., Reisinger, H. S., Polacco, M. A. & Perencevich, E. N. (2019). Attitudes about sickness presenteeism in medical training: Is there a hidden curriculum?. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 8, 149. PMID: 31508227.

Puig-Asensio, M., Braun, B. I., Seaman, A. T., Chitavi, S., Rasinski, K. A., Nair, R., Perencevich, E. N., Lawrence, J. C., Hartley, M. & Schweizer, M. L. (2019). Perceived Benefits and Challenges of Ebola Preparation Among Hospitals in Developed Countries: a systematic literature review. Clinical Infectious Diseases. DOI: doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz757.

Chang, N. N., Kates, A. E., Ward, M. A., Kiscaden, E. J., Reisinger, H. S., Perencevich, E. N. & Schweizer, M. L. (2019). Association between universal gloving and healthcare-associated infections: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 40(7), 755-760. PMID: 31099327.

Suzuki, H., Perencevich, E. N., Livorsi, D. J., Alexander, B., Beck, B. F., Richardson, K. K. & Goto, M. (2019). Attributable mortality due to fluoroquinolone and extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance in hospital-onset Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp bacteremia: A matched cohort study in 129 Veterans Health Administration medical centers. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 1-4. PMID: 31196237.

Baloh, J., Thom, K. A., Perencevich, E., Rock, C., Robinson, G., Ward, M., Herwaldt, L. & Reisinger, H. S. (2019). Hand hygiene before donning nonsterile gloves: Healthcareworkers' beliefs and practices. American Journal of Infection Control. PMID: 30616932.

Scherer, A. M., Reisinger, H. S., Goto, M., Goedken, C. C., Clore, G. S., Marra, A. R., Chasco, E. E., Evans, C. T., Rubin, M. A. & Perencevich, E. N. (2018). Testing a novel audit and feedback method for hand hygiene compliance: A multicenter quality improvement study. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 1-6. PMID: 30430974.

Livorsi, D. J., Goedken, C. C., Sauder, M., Vander Weg, M. W., Perencevich, E. N. & Reisinger, H. S. (2018). Evaluation of Barriers to Audit-and-Feedback Programs That Used Direct Observation of Hand Hygiene Compliance: A Qualitative Study. JAMA Network Open, 1(6), e183344. PMID: 30646239.

Werzen, A., Thom, K. A., Robinson, G. L., Li, S., Rock, C., Herwaldt, L. A., Diekema, D. J., Reisinger, H. S. & Perencevich, E. N. (2018). Comparing brief, covert, directly observed hand hygiene compliance monitoring to standard methods: A multicenter cohort study. American Journal of Infection Control, 47(3), 346-348. PMID: 30314747.

Perencevich, E. N., Malani, P. N. (2018). Treatment Algorithms for Staphylococcal Bacteremia: Improving Clinical Care and Enhancing Antimicrobial Stewardship. (Vols. 320). (12), pp. 1243-1244. JAMA. PMID: 30264099.

Fortis, S., O'Shea AMJ,, Beck, B. F., Nair, R., Goto, M., Kaboli, P. J., Perencevich, E. N., Reisinger, H. S. & Sarrazin, M. V. (2018). An automated computerized critical illness severity scoring system derived from APACHE III: modified APACHE. Journal of Critical Care, 48, 237-242. PMID: 30243204.

Nelson, R. E., Stevens, V. W., Jones, M., Khader, K., Schweizer, M. L., Perencevich, E. N., Rubin, M. A. & Samore, M. H. (2018). Attributable Cost and Length of Stay on Nosocomial Gram-Negative Bacteria Cultures. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 62(11). PMID: 30150480.

Livorsi, D. J., Chorazy, M. L., Schweizer, M. L., Balkenende, E. C., Blevins, A. E., Nair, R., Samore, M. H., Nelson, R. E., Khader, K. & Perencevich, E. N. (2018). A systematic review of the epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in the United States. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 7, 55. PMID: 29719718.

Pineles, L., Petruccelli, C., Perencevich, E. N., Roghmann, M. C., Gupta, K., Cadena, J., Baracco, G., Pfeiffer, C. D., Forrest, G., Bradley, S. F., Crnich, C., Reisinger, H. & Morgan, D. J. (2018). The impact of isolation on healthcare worker contact and compliance with infection control practices in nursing homes. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology,(1-5). PMID: 296061863.

Keating, J. A., Obasi, C., McKinley, L., Musuza, J., Knobloch, M., Crnich, C., Evans, C., Evans, M., Livorsi, D., Morgan, D. J., Perencevich, E., Reisinger, H. S., Schweizer, M. L., Suda, K. & Safdar, N. (2018). Building Implementation Science for Veterans Affairs Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention: VA Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Network (VHIN). Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology,(1-5). PMID: 29606169.

van Mourik, M. S., Perencevich, E. N., Gastmeier, P. & Bonten, M. J. (2018). Designing Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in the Era of Automation and Reporting Mandates. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 66(6), 970-976. PMID: 29514241.

Perencevich, E. N., Harris, A. D., Pfeiffer, C. D., Rubin, M. A., Hill, J. N., Baracco, G. J., Evans, M. E., Klutts, J. S., Streit, J. A., Nelson, R. E., Khader, K. & Reisinger, H. S. (2018). Establishing a Research Agenda for Preventing Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Acute-Care Settings in the Veterans Health Administration. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 39(2), 189-195. PMID: 29417927.

Livorsi, D. J., Evans, C. T., Morgan, D. J., Reisinger, H. S., Safdar, N., Suda, K. J. & Perencevich, E. N. (2018). Setting the Research Agenda for Preventing Infections From Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in the Veterans Health Administration. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 39(2), 186-188. PMID: 29417926.

Evans, C. T., Jump, R. L., Krein, S. L., Bradley, S. F., Crnich, C. J., Gupta, K., Perencevich, E. N., Vander Weg, M. W. & Morgan, D. J. (2018). Setting a Research Agenda in Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs) Outside of Acute Care Settings. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 39(2), 210-213. PMID: 29417921.

Livorsi, D. J., Linn, C. M., Alexander, B., Heintz, B. H., Tubbs, T. A. & Perencevich, E. N. (2018). The Value of Electronically Extracted Data for Auditing Outpatient Antimicrobial Prescribing. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 39(1), 64-70. PMID: 29283076.

Goto, M., McDanel, J. S., Jones, M. M., Livorsi, D. J., Ohl, M. E., Beck, B. F., Richardson, K. K., Alexander, B. & Perencevich, E. N. (2017). Antimicrobial Nonsusceptibility of Gram-Negative Bloodstream Isolates, Veterans Health Administration System, United States, 2003-2013¹. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(11), 1815-1825. PMID: 29047423.

Goto, M., Schweizer, M. L., Vaughan-Sarrazin, M. S., Perencevich, E. N., Livorsi, D. J., Diekema, D. J., Richardson, K. K., Beck, B. F., Alexander, B. & Ohl, M. E. (2017). Association of Evidence-Based Care Processes With Mortality in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia at Veterans Health Administration Hospitals, 2003-2014. JAMA Internal Medicine, 177(10), 1489-1497. PMID: 28873140.

McDanel, J., Schweizer, M., Crabb, V., Nelson, R., Samore, M., Khader, K., Blevins, A. E., Diekema, D., Chiang, H. Y., Nair, R. & Perencevich, E. (2017). Incidence of Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella Infections in the United States: A Systematic Literature Review. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 38(10), 1209-1215. PMID: 28758612.

Livorsi, D., Linn, C., Alexander, B., Heintz, B., Tubbs, T. & Perencevich, E. (2017). Volume-adjusted antimicrobial prescribing rate: An automated method for identifying antimicrobial over-prescribers in ambulatory care. (Vols. 4). (Suppl 1), pp. S279. Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Branch-Elliman, W., Ripollone, J. E., O'Brien, W. J., Itani KMF,, Schweizer, M. L., Perencevich, E., Strymish, J. & Gupta, K. (2017). Risk of surgical site infection, acute kidney injury, and Clostridium difficile infection following antibiotic prophylaxis with vancomycin plus a beta-lactam versus either drug alone: A national propensity-score-adjusted retrospective cohort study. PLoS medicine, 14(7), e1002340. PMID: 28692690.

McDanel, J. S., Roghmann, M. C., Perencevich, E. N., Ohl, M. E., Goto, M., Livorsi, D. J., Jones, M., Albertson, J. P., Nair, R., O'Shea AMJ, & Schweizer, M. L. (2017). Comparative Effectiveness of Cefazolin Versus Nafcillin or Oxacillin for Treatment of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Infections Complicated by Bacteremia: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 65(1), 100-106. PMID: 28379314.

Carrel, M., Goto, M., Schweizer, M. L., David, M. Z., Livorsi, D. & Perencevich, E. N. (2017). Diffusion of clindamycin-resistant and erythromycin-resistant methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), potential ST398, in United States Veterans Health Administration Hospitals, 2003-2014. Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, 6, 55. PMID: 28593043.

Fitzpatrick, F., Perencevich, E. N. (2017). Putting contact precautions in their place. (Vols. 96). (2), pp. 99-100. The Journal of hospital infection. PMID: 28262434.

Blanco, N., Perencevich, E., Li, S. S., Morgan, D. J., Pineles, L., Johnson, J. K., Robinson, G., Anderson, D. J., Jacob, J. T., Maragakis, L. L. & Harris, A. D. (2017). Effect of meteorological factors and geographic location on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonization in the US. PloS one, 12(5), e0178254. PMID: 28558010.

Harris, A. D., Morgan, D. J., Pineles, L., Perencevich, E. N. & Barnes, S. L. (2017). Deconstructing the relative benefits of a universal glove and gown intervention on MRSA acquisition. The Journal of hospital infection, 96(1), 49-53. PMID: 28410760.

Chiang, H. Y., Perencevich, E. N., Nair, R., Nelson, R. E., Samore, M., Khader, K., Chorazy, M. L., Herwaldt, L. A., Blevins, A., Ward, M. A. & Schweizer, M. L. (2017). Incidence and Outcomes Associated With Infections Caused by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in the United States: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 38(2), 203-215. PMID: 27825401.

Ide, E., Bondar, S., Hockett-Sherlock, S., Schweizer, M., Naylor, J., Kane, K., Meade, R., Anderson, H., Uttech, C., Murphree, S., McKinley, L., Stampfli, C., Perencevich, E. & Crnich, C. (2017). A Multidisciplinary Evaluation of Staphylococcus aureus Screening, Decolonization and Patient Adherence to Pre-Operative Decolonization Procedures. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 4(Suppl1), S641-S642. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093%2Fofid%2Fofx163.1705.

Harris, A., Pineles, L. & Perencevich, E. (2016). Recognising the value of infection prevention and its role in addressing the antimicrobial resistance crisis. BMJ Quality & Safety. PMID: 28003479.

Livorsi, D. J., Goto, M., Carrel, M., Jones, M. M., McDanel, J., Nair, R., Alexander, B., Beck, B., Richardson, K. K. & Perencevich, E. N. (2016). Regional variations in fluoroquinolone non-susceptibility among Escherichia coli bloodstream infections within the Veterans Healthcare Administration. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control, 5, 38. PMID: 27777759.

Nelson, R. E., Schweizer, M. L., Perencevich, E. N., Nelson, S. D., Khader, K., Chiang, H. Y., Chorazy, M. L., Blevins, A., Ward, M. A. & Samore, M. H. (2016). Costs and Mortality Associated With Multidrug-Resistant Healthcare-Associated Acinetobacter Infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 37(10), 1212-8. PMID: 27406609.

Croft, L. D., Liquori, M. E., Ladd, J., Day, H. R., Pineles, L., Lamos, E. M., Mehrotra, P., Perencevich, E. N., Harris, A. D. & Morgan, D. J. (2016). Frequency of Adverse Events Before, During, and After Hospital Admission. Southern medical journal, 109(10), 631-635. PMID: 27706501.

McDanel, J. S., Perencevich, E. N., Storm, J., Diekema, D. J., Herwaldt, L., Johnson, J. K., Winokur, P. L. & Schweizer, M. L. (2016). Increased Mortality Rates Associated with Staphylococcus aureus and Influenza Co-infection, Maryland and Iowa, USA1. Emerg Infect Dis, 22(7), 1253-1256. PMID: 27315549.

Goto, M., O'Shea, A. M., Livorsi, D. J., McDanel, J. S., Jones, M. M., Richardson, K. K., beck, B. F., Alexander, B., Evans, M. E., Roselle, G. A., Kralovic, S. M. & Perencevich, E. N. (2016). The Effect of a Nationwide Infection Control Program Expansion on Hospital-Onset Gram-Negative Rod Bacteremia in 130 Veterans Health Administration Medical Centers: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. PMID: 27358355.

Livorsi, D. J., Heintz, B., Jacob, J. T., Krein, S. L., Morgan, D. J. & Perencevich, E. N. (2016). Audit and Feedback Processes Among Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs: A Survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 37(6), 704-6. PMID: 26961763.

Nelson, R. E., Stevens, V. W., Khader, K., Jones, M., Samore, M. H., Evans, M. E., Douglas Scott, 2nd, R., Slayton, R. B., Schweizer, M. L., Perencevich, E. L. & Rubin, M. A. (2016). Economic Analysis of Veterans Affairs Initiative to Prevent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections. Am J Prev Med, 50(5 Suppl 1), S58-65. PMID: 27102860.

Chang, N. N., Reisinger, H. S., Jesson, A. R., Schweizer, M. L., Morgan, D. J., Forrest, G. N. & Perencevich, E. N. (2016). Feasibility of monitoring compliance to the My 5 Moments and Entry/Exit hand hygiene methods in US hospitals. American journal of infection control. PMID: 27061257.

Livorsi, D., Comer, A. R., Matthias, M. S., Perencevich, E. N. & Bair, M. J. (2016). Barriers to guideline-concordant antibiotic use among inpatient physicians: A case vignette qualitative study. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 11(3), 174-80. PMID: 26443327.

Nair, R., Perencevich, E. N., Blevins, A. E., Goto, M., Nelson, R. E. & Schweizer, M. L. (2016). Clinical Effectiveness of Mupirocin for Preventing Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Nonsurgical Settings: A Meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis, 62(5), 618-30. PMID: 26503378.

Kelesidis, T., Braykov, N., Uslan, D. Z., Morgan, D. J., Gandra, S., Johannsson, B., Schweizer, M. L., Weisenberg, S. A., Young, H., Cantey, J., Perencevich, E., Septimus, E., Srinivasan, A. & Laxminarayan, R. (2016). Indications and Types of Antibiotic Agents Used in 6 Acute Care Hospitals, 2009-2010: A Pragmatic Retrospective Observational Study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 37(1), 70-9. PMID: 26456803.

McDanel, J. S., Perencevich, E. N., Storm, J., Diekkema, D. J., Herwaldt, L., Johnson, J. K., Winokur, P. L. & Schweizer, M. L. (2016). Influenza-associated mortality among patients with Staphylococcus aureus respiratory cultures admitted to two academic medical centers. Emerg Infect Dis.

Livorsi, D. J., Perencevich, E. N. (2015). CAUTI Surveillance: Opportunity or Opportunity Cost?. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 36(11), 1335-6. PMID: 26477599.

Croft, L. D., Liquori, M., Ladd, J., Day, H., Pineles, L., Lamos, E., Arnold, R., Mehrotra, P., Fink, J. C., Langenberg, P., Simoni-Wastila, L., Perencevich, E., Harris, A. D. & Morgan, D. J. (2015). The Effect of Contact Precautions on Frequency of Hospital Adverse Events. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 36(11), 1268-74. PMID: 26278419.

Carrel, M., Perencevich, E. N. & David, M. Z. (2015). USA300 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, United States, 2000-2013. Emerging infectious diseases, 21(11), 1973-80. PMID: 26484389.

Livorsi, D., Comer, A., Matthias, M. S., Perencevich, E. N. & Bair, M. J. (2015). Factors Influencing Antibiotic-Prescribing Decisions Among Inpatient Physicians: A Qualitative Investigation. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 36(9), 1065-72. PMID: 26078017.

Nelson, R. E., Nelson, S. D., Khader, K., Perencevich, E. L., Schweizer, M. L., Rubin, M. A., Graves, N., Harbarth, S., Stevens, V. W. & Samore, M. H. (2015). The Magnitude of Time-Dependent Bias in the Estimation of Excess Length of Stay Attributable to Healthcare-Associated Infections. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 36(9), 1089-94. PMID: 26041436.

McDanel, J. S., Perencevich, E. N., Diekema, D. J., Herwaldt, L. A., Smith, T. C., Chrischilles, E. A., Dawson, J. D., Jiang, L., Goto, M. & Schweizer, M. L. (2015). Comparative effectiveness of beta-lactams versus vancomycin for treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections among 122 hospitals. Clin Infect Dis, 61(3), 361-7. PMID: 25900170.

Safdar, N., Perencevich, E. (2015). Crossing the quality chasm for Clostridium difficile infection prevention. BMJ quality & safety, 24(7), 409-11. PMID: 25979001.

Schweizer, M. L., Chiang, H. Y., Septimus, E., Moody, J., Braun, B., Hafner, J., Ward, M. A., Hickok, J., Perencevich, E. N., Diekema, D. J., Richards, C. L., Cavanaugh, J. E., Perlin, J. B. & Herwaldt, L. A. (2015). Association of a bundled intervention with surgical site infections among patients undergoing cardiac, hip, or knee surgery. JAMA, 313(21), 2162-71. PMID: 26034956.

Albertson, J., McDanel, J. S., Carnahan, R., Chrischilles, E., Perencevich, E. N., Goto, M., Jiang, L., Alexander, B. & Schweizer, M. L. (2015). Determination of risk factors for recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in a Veterans Affairs healthcare system population. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 36(5), 543-9. PMID: 25682861.

Lipsitch, M., Eyal, N., Halloran, M. E., Hernán, M. A., Longini, I. M., Perencevich, E. N. & Grais, R. F. (2015). Vaccine testing. Ebola and beyond. (Vols. 348). (6230), pp. 46-8. Science (New York, N.Y.). PMID: 25838371.

Waters, T. M., Daniels, M. J., Bazzoli, G. J., Perencevich, E., Dunton, N., Staggs, V. S., Potter, C., Fareed, N., Liu, M. & Shorr, R. I. (2015). Effect of Medicare's nonpayment for Hospital-Acquired Conditions: lessons for future policy. JAMA internal medicine, 175(3), 347-54. PMID: 25559166.

Pogorzelska-Maziarz, M., Herzig, C. T., Larson, E. L., Furuya, E. Y., Perencevich, E. N. & Stone, P. W. (2015). Implementation of antimicrobial stewardship policies in U.S. hospitals: findings from a national survey. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 36(3), 261-4. PMID: 25695166.

Polacco, M. A., Shinkunas, L., Perencevich, E. N., Kaldjian, L. C. & Reisinger, H. S. (2015). See one, do one, teach one: hand hygiene attitudes among medical students, interns, and faculty. American journal of infection control, 43(2), 159-61. PMID: 25637116.

Spierings, E. J., Spierings, P. T., Nabuurs-Franssen, M., Hopman, J., Perencevich, E. & Voss, A. (2015). A cross-sectional observational study about media and infection control practices: are photographic portrayals of healthcare workers setting a bad example?. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control, 4, 53. PMID: 26613018.

Dick, A. W., Perencevich, E. N., Pogorzelska-Maziarz, M., Zwanziger, J., Larson, E. L. & Stone, P. W. (2015). A decade of investment in infection prevention: a cost-effectiveness analysis. American journal of infection control, 43(1), 4-9. PMID: 25564117.

McDanel, J. S., Perencevich, E. N., Diekema, D. J., Winokur, P. L., Johnson, J. K., Herwaldt, L. A., Smith, T. C., Chrischilles, E. A., Dawson, J. D. & Schweizer, M. L. (2015). Association between microbial characteristics and poor outcomes among patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control, 4, 51. PMID: 26668737.

Eko, K. E., Forshey, B. M., Carrel, M., Schweizer, M. L., Perencevich, E. N. & Smith, T. C. (2015). Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization and infection isolates in a Veterans Affairs hospital. Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, 4, 10. PMID: 25838886.

Culpepper, W. J., Wallin, M. T., Magder, L. S., Perencevich, E., Royal, W., Bradham, D. D., Cutter, G. & Bever, C. T. (2015). VHA Multiple Sclerosis Surveillance Registry and its similarities to other contemporary multiple sclerosis cohorts. J Rhabil Res Dev, 52(3), 263-72. PMID: 26220064.

Edmond, M. B., Diekema, D. J. & Perencevich, E. N. (2014). Ebola virus disease and the need for new personal protective equipment. (Vols. 312). (23), pp. 2495-6. JAMA. PMID: 25350321.

Braykov, N. P., Morgan, D. J., Schweizer, M. L., Uslan, D. Z., Kelesidis, T., Weisenberg, S. A., Johannsson, B., Young, H., Cantey, J., Srinivasan, A., Perencevich, E., Septimus, E. & Laxminarayan, R. (2014). Assessment of empirical antibiotic therapy optimisation in six hospitals: an observational cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis, 14(12), 1220-7. PMID: 25455989.

Ohl, M. E., Richardson, K. K., Goto, M., Vaughan-Sarrazin, M., Schweizer, M. L. & Perencevich, E. N. (2014). HIV quality report cards: impact of case-mix adjustment and statistical methods. Clin Infect Dis, 59(8), 1160-7. PMID: 25034427.

Ohl, M. E., Richardson, K., Kaboli, P. J., Perencevich, E. N. & Vaughan-Sarrazin, M. (2014). Geographic access and use of infectious diseases specialty and general primary care services by veterans with HIV infection: implications for telehealth and shared care programs. J Rural Health, 30(4), 412-21. PMID: 24702698.

Yin, J., Reisinger, H. S., Vander Weg, M., Schweizer, M. L., Jesson, A., Morgan, D. J., Forrest, G., Graham, M., Pineles, L. & Perencevich, E. N. (2014). Establishing evidence-based criteria for directly observed hand hygiene compliance monitoring programs: a prospective, multicenter cohort study. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 35(9), 1163-8. PMID: 25111925.

McDanel, J. S., Ward, M. A., Leder, L., Schweizer, M. L., Dawson, J. D., Diekema, D. J., Smith, T. C., Chrischilles, E. A., Perencevich, E. N. & Herwaldt, L. A. (2014). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevention practices in hospitals throughout a rural state. American journal of infection control, 42(8), 868-73. PMID: 25087139.

Ellingson, K., Haas, J. P., Aiello, A. E., Kusek, L., Maragakis, L. L., Olmsted, R. N., Perencevich, E., Polgreen, P. M., Schweizer, M. L., Trexler, P., VanAmringe, M. & Yokoe, D. S. (2014). Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene. Infect Control hosp Epidemiol, 35(8), 937-60. PMID: 25026608.

Feazel, L. M., Malhotra, A., Perencevich, E. N., Kaboli, P., Diekema, D. J. & Schweizer, M. L. (2014). Effect of antibiotic stewardship programmes on Clostridium difficile incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Antimicrob Chemother, 69(7), 1748-54. PMID: 24633207.

Schweizer, M. L., Cullen, J. J., Perencevich, E. N. & Vaughan Sarrazin, M. S. (2014). Costs Associated With Surgical Site Infections in Veterans Affairs Hospitals. JAMA surgery, 149(6), 575-81. PMID: 24848779.

Formanek, M. B., Herwaldt, L. A., Perencevich, E. N. & Schweizer, M. L. (2014). Gentamicin/collagen sponge use may reduce the risk of surgical site infections for patients undergoing cardiac operations: a meta-analysis. Surg Infect (Larchmt), 15(3), 244-55. PMID: 24773201.

Ward, M. A., Schweizer, M. L., Polgreen, P. M., Gupta, K., Reisinger, H. S. & Perencevich, E. N. (2014). Automated and electronically assisted hand hygiene monitoring systems: a systematic review. Am J Infect Control, 42(5), 472-8. PMID: 24773785.

Perencevich, E. N., Skov, R. & Kluytmans, J. (2014). Identifying Livestock-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the United States. JAMA Intern Med, 174(5), 824-5. PMID: 24799012.

Reisinger, H. S., Perencevich, E. N., Morgan, D. J., Forrest, G. N., Shardell, M., Schweizer, M. L., Graham, M. M., Franciscus, C. L. & Vander Weg, M. W. (2014). Improving hand hygiene compliance with point-of-use reminder signs designed using theoretically grounded messages. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 35(5), 593-4. PMID: 24709734.

Lautenbach, E., Perencevich, E. N. (2014). Addressing the emergence and impact of multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms: a critical focus for the next decade. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 35(4), 333-5. PMID: 24602935.

Goto, M., Ohl, M. E., Schweizer, M. L. & Perencevich, E. N. (2014). Accuracy of administrative code data for the surveillance of healthcare-associated infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis, 58(5), 688-96. PMID: 24218103.

Pineles, L. L., Morgan, D. J., Limper, H. M., Weber, S. G., Thom, K. A., Perencevich, E. N., Harris, A. D. & Landon, E. M. (2014). Accuracy of a radiofrequency identification badge (RFID) system to monitor hand hygiene behavior during routine clinical activities. Am J Infect Control, 42(2), 144-7. PMID: 24355492.

Carrel, M., Schweizer, M. L., Sarrazin, M. V., Smith, T. C. & Perencevich, E. N. (2014). Residential proximity to large numbers of swine in feeding operations is associated with increased risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization at time of hospital admission in rural Iowa veterans. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 35(2), 190-3. PMID: 24442084.

Fisman, D., Patrozou, E., Carmeli, Y., Perencevich, E., Tuite, A. R. & Mermel, L. A. (2014). Geographical variability in the likelihood of bloodstream infections due to gram-negative bacteria: correlation with proximity to the equator and health care expenditure. PloS one, 9(12), e114548. PMID: 25521300.

Schweizer, M. L., Reisinger, H. S., Ohl, M., Formanek, M. B., Blevins, A., Ward, M. A. & Perencevich, E. N. (2014). Searching for an optimal hand hygiene bundle: a meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis, 58(2), 248-59. PMID: 24107409.

Voss, A., Kluytmans, J. & Perencevich, E. (2013). E anophelis outbreak in an intensive-care unit. Lancet (London, England), 382(9910), 2064. PMID: 24360381.

Reisinger, H. S., Yin, J., Radonovich, L., Knighton, V. T., Martinello, R. A., Hodgson, M. J. & Perencevich, E. (2013). Comprehensive survey of hand hygiene measurement and improvement practices in the Veterans Health Administration. American journal of infection control, 41(11), 989-93. PMID: 23932826.

Harris, A. D., Pineles, L., Belton, B., Johnson, J. K., Shardell, M., Loeb, M., Newhouse, R., Dembry, L., Braun, B., Perencevich, E. N., Hall, K. K., Morgan, D. J., Shahryar, S. K., Price, C. S., Gadbaw, J. J., Drees, M., Kett, D. H., Muñoz-Price, L. S., Jacob, J. T., Herwaldt, L. A., Sulis, C. A., Yokoe, D. S., Maragakis, L., Lissauer, M. E., Zervos, M. J., Warren, D. K., Carver, R. L., Anderson, D. J., Calfee, D. P., Bowling, J. E. & Safdar, N. (2013). Universal glove and gown use and acquisition of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the ICU: a randomized trial. JAMA, 310(15), 1571-80. PMID: 24097234.

Schweizer, M. L., Perencevich, E. N., Eber, M. R., Cai, X., Shardell, M. D., Brakov, N. & Laximinarayan, R. (2013). Optimizing Antimicrobial Prescribing: Are Clinicians Following National Trends in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infections Rather than Local Data When Treating MRSA Wound Infections?. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control, 2(1), 28. PMID: 24128420.

Shardell, M., Reich, N. & Perencevich, E. N. (2013). Back to the future with Sir Bradford Hill: Statistical analysis with hospital-acquired infections (Editorial). Int J Epidemiol, 42(5), 1509-10. PMID: 24038714.

Mehrotra, P., Croft, L., Day, H. R., Perencevich, E. N., Pineles, L., Harris, A. D., Weingart, S. N. & Morgan, D. J. (2013). Effects of contact precautions on patient perception of care and satisfaction: a prospective cohort study. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 34(10), 1087-93. PMID: 24018926.

Dixon-Woods, M., Perencevich, E. N. (2013). When counting central line infections counts. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 34(6), 555-7. PMID: 23651884.

Yin, J., Schweizer, M. L., Herwaldt, L. A., Pottinger, J. M. & Perencevich, E. N. (2013). Benefits of universal gloving on hospital-acquired infections in acute care pediatric units. Pediatrics, 131(5), e1515-20. PMID: 23610206.

Day, H. R., Perencevich, E. N., Harris, A. D., Gruber-Baldini, A. L., Himelhoch, S. S., Brown, C. H. & Morgan, D. J. (2013). Depression, anxiety, and moods of hospitalized patients under contact precautions. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 34(3), 251-8. PMID: 23388359.

Quezada Joaquin, N. M., Diekema, D. J., Perencevich, E. N., Bailey, G., Winokur, P. L. & Schweizer, M. L. (2013). Long-term risk for readmission, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection, and death among MRSA-colonized veterans. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 57(3), 1169-72. PMID: 23254427.

Ohl, M. E., Perencevich, E., McInnes, D. K., Kim, N., Rimland, D., Akgun, K., Fiellin, D. A., Skanderson, M., Wang, K. & Justice, A. (2013). Antiretroviral adherence among rural compared to urban veterans with HIV infection in the United States. AIDS and behavior, 17(1), 174-80. PMID: 23080359.

Ajao, A. O., Harris, A. D., Johnson, J. K., Roghmann, M. C., Perencevich, E. N., Schweizer, M. L., Zhan, M., Chen, W. H. & Furuno, J. P. (2013). Association between methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection may not differ by age group. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 34(1), 93-5. PMID: 23221199.

Schweizer, M., Perencevich, E., McDanel, J., Carson, J., Formanek, M., Hafner, J., Braun, B. & Herwaldt, L. (2013). Effectiveness of a bundled intervention of decolonization and prophylaxis to decrease Gram positive surgical site infections after cardiac or orthopedic surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ, 346, f2743. PMID: 23766464.

Ohl, M., Lund, B., Belperio, P. S., Goetz, M. B., Rimland, D., Richardson, K., Justice, A., Perencevich, E. & Vaughan-Sarrazin, M. (2013). Rural residence and adoption of a novel HIV therapy in a national, equal-access healthcare system. AIDS Behav, 17(1), 250-9. PMID: 22205324.

Kumar, G., Falk, D. M., Bonello, R. S., Kahn, J. M., Perencevich, E. & Cram, P. (2013). The costs of critical care telemedicine programs: a systematic review and analysis. Chest, 143(1), 19-29. PMID: 22797291.

Morgan, D. J., Pineles, L., Shardell, M., Graham, M. M., Mohammadi, S., Forrest, G. N., Reisinger, H. S., Schweizer, M. L. & Perencevich, E. N. (2013). The effect of contact precautions on healthcare worker activity in acute care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 34(1), 69-73. PMID: 23221195.

Morgan, D. J., Pineles, L., Shardell, M., Young, A., Ellingson, K., Jernigan, J. A., Day, H. R., Thom, K. A., Harris, A. D. & Perencevich, E. N. (2012). Automated hand hygiene count devices may better measure compliance than human observation. Am J Infect Control, 40(10), 955-9. PMID: 22633134.

Huttner, B., Robicsek, A. A., Gervaz, P., Perencevich, E. N., Schiffer, E., Schrenzel, J. & Harbarth, S. (2012). Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage and MRSA surgical site infections in patients undergoing colorectal surgery: a cohort study in two centers. Surg Infect, 13(6), 401-5. PMID: 23240722.

Leekha, S., Diekema, D. J. & Perencevich, E. N. (2012). Seasonality of Staphylococcal Infections. Clin Microbiol Infect, 18(10), 927-33. PMID: 22958212.

Thom, K. A., Maragakis, L. L., Richards, K., Johnson, J. K., Roup, B., Lawson, P., Harris, A. D., Fuss, E. P., Pass, M. A., Blythe, D., Perencevich, E. N. & Wilson, L. (2012). Assessing the burden of Acinetobacter baumannii in Maryland: a statewide cross-sectional period prevalence survey. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 33(9), 883-8. PMID: 22869261.

Perencevich, E. N. (2012). Deconstructing the Veterans Affairs MRSA prevention bundle. Clin Infect Dis, 54(11), 1621-3. PMID: 22491329.

Morgan, D. J., Rogawski, E., Thom, K. A., Johnson, J. K., Perencevich, E. N., Shardell, M., Leekha, S. & Harris, A. D. (2012). Transfer of multidrug-resistant bacteria to healthcare workers' gloves and gowns after patient contact increases with environmental contamination. Crit Care Med, 40(4), 1045-51. PMID: 22202707.

Carnahan, R. M., Moores, K. G. & Perencevich, E. N. (2012). A systematic review of validated methods for identifying infection related to blood products, tissue grafts, or organ transplants using administrative data. Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, 21 Suppl 1, 213-21. PMID: 22262608.

Day, H. R., Perencevich, E. N., Harris, A. D., Gruber-Baldini, A. L., Himelhoch, S. S., Brown, C. H., Dotter, E. & Morgan, D. J. (2012). The association between contact precautions and delirium at a tertiary care center. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 33(1), 34-9. PMID: 22173520.

Dick, A., Liu, H., Zwanziger, J., Perencevich, E., Furuya, E. Y., Larson, E., Pogorzelska-Maziarz, M. & Stone, P. W. (2012). Long-term survival and healthcare utilization outcomes attributable to sepsis and pneumonia. BMC Health Serv Res, 12, 432. PMID: 23181764.

Kwon, S., Schweizer, M. L. & Perencevich, E. N. (2012). National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) Funding for Studies of Hospital-Associated Bacterial Pathogens: Are Funds Proportionate to Burden of Disease?. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control, 1(1), 5. PMID: 22958856.

Day, H. R., Perencevich, E. N., Harris, A. D., Himelhoch, S. S., Brown, C. H., Gruber-Baldini, A. L., Dotter, E. & Morgan, D. J. (2011). Do contact precautions cause depression? A two-year study at a tertiary care medical centre. J Hosp Infect, 79(2), 103-7. PMID: 21664000.

Pogorzelska, M., Stone, P. W., Furuya, E. Y., Perencevich, E. N., Larson, E. L., Goldmann, D. & Dick, A. (2011). Impact of the Ventilator Bundle of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Intensive Care Units. Int J Qual Health Care, 23(5), 538-44. PMID: 21821603.

Morgan, D. J., Okeke, I. N., Laxminarayan, R., Perencevich, E. N. & Weisenberg, S. (2011). Non-prescription antimicrobial use worldwide: a systematic review. Lancet Infect Dis, 11(9), 692-701. PMID: 21659004.

Kreisel, K. M., Stine, O. C., Johnson, J. K., Perencevich, E. N., Shardell, M. D., Lesse, A. J., Gordin, F. M., Climo, M. W. & Roghmann, M. C. (2011). USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and the risk of severe sepsis: is USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with more severe infections?. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 70(3), 285-90. PMID: 21558047.

Perencevich, E. N., Lautenbach, E. (2011). Infection prevention and comparative effectiveness research (Special Issue). (Vols. 305). (14), pp. 1482-3. JAMA. PMID: 21486981.

Day, H. R., Morgan, D. J., Himelhoch, S., Young, A. & Perencevich, E. N. (2011). Association between depression and contact precautions in veterans at hospital admission. Am J Infect Control, 39(2), 163-5. PMID: 21356434.

Schweizer, M. L., Furuno, J. P., Sakoulas, G., Johnson, J. K., Harris, A. D., Shardell, M. D., McGregor, J. C., Thom, K. A. & Perencevich, E. N. (2011). Increased mortality with accessory gene regulator (agr) dysfunction in Staphylococcus aureus among bacteremic patients. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 55(3), 1082-7. PMID: 21173172.

Mullins, C. D., Hsu, V. D., Cooke, C. E., Shelbaya, A., Wallace, A. E. & Perencevich, E. N. (2011). Rehospitalization rates among linezolid versus vancomycin users. Am J Pharm Benefits, 3(2), el-el3.

Schweizer, M. L., Eber, M. R., Laxminarayan, R., Furuno, J. P., Popovich, K. J., Hota, B., Rubin, M. A. & Perencevich, E. N. (2011). Validity of ICD-9-CM coding for identifying incident methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections: is MRSA infection coded as a chronic disease?. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 32(2), 148-54. PMID: 21460469.

Furuya, E. Y., Dick, A., Perencevich, E. N., Pogorzelska, M., Goldmann, D. & Stone, P. W. (2011). Reducing Healthcare Associated Infections by Implementing Bundled Care in ICUs. PLoS One, 6(1), e15452. PMID: 2126744.

Furuya, E. Y., Dick, A., Perencevich, E. N., Pogorzelska, M., Goldmann, D. & Stone, P. W. (2011). Central line bundle implementation in US intensive care units and impact on bloodstream infections. PloS One, 6(1), e15452. PMID: 21267440.

Schweizer, M. L., Furuno, J. P., Harris, A. D., Johnson, J. K., Shardell, M. D., McGregor, J. C., Thom, K. A., Cosgrove, S. E., Sakoulas, G. & Perencevich, E. N. (2011). Comparative effectiveness of nafcillin or cefazolin versus vancomycin in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. BMC Infect Dis, 11, 279. PMID: 22011388.

Ohl, M. E., Perencevich, E. (2011). Frequency of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing in urban vs. rural areas of the United States: results from a nationally-representative sample. BMC Public Health, 11, 681. PMID: 21884599.

Eber, M. R., Shardell, M., Schweizer, M. L., Laxminarayan, R. & Perencevich, E. N. (2011). Seasonal and temperature-associated increases in gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infections among hospitalized patients. PloS One, 6(9), e25298. PMID: 21966489.

Morgan, D. J., Day, H. R., Harris, A. D., Furuno, J. P. & Perencevich, E. N. (2011). The impact of Contact Isolation on the quality of inpatient hospital care. PloS One, 6(7), e22190. PMID: 21811572.

Morgan, D. J., Day, H. R., Furuno, J. P., Young, A., Johnson, J. K., Bradham, D. D. & Perencevich, E. N. (2010). Improving efficiency in active surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus at hospital admission. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 31(12), 1230-5. PMID: 21028966.

Perencevich, E. N., Treise, D. M. (2010). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and the media. Infect Control Hosp Epidemial, 31 Suppl 1, S48-50. PMID: 20929370.

Kreisel, K. M., Johnson, J. K., Stine, O. C., Shardell, M. D., Perencevich, E. N., Lesse, A. J., Gordin, F. M., Climo, M. W. & Roghmann, M. C. (2010). Illicit drug use and risk for USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections with bacteremia. Emerg Infect Dis, 16(9), 1419-27. PMID: 20735927.

Perencevich, E. N., Diekema, D. J. (2010). Decline in invasive MRSA infection: where to go from here?. (Vols. 304). (6), pp. 687-9. JAMA. PMID: 20699464.

Harris, A. D., Furuno, J. P., Roghmann, M. C., Johnson, J. K., Conway, L. J., Venezia, R. A., Standiford, H. C., Schweizer, M. L., Hebden, J. N., Moore, A. C. & Perencevich, E. N. (2010). Targeted surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and its potential use to guide empiric antibiotic therapy. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 54(8), 3143-8. PMID: 20479207.

Schweizer, M. L., Furuno, J. P., Harris, A. D., Johnson, J. K., Shardell, M. D., McGregor, J. C., Thomas, K. A., Sakoulas, G. & Perencevich, E. N. (2010). Empiric Therapy for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia May Not Reduce In-Hospital Mortality. PLoS One, 5(7), e11432. PMID: 200625395.

(2010). Charting the course for the future of science in healthcare epidemiology: results of a survey of the membership of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 31(7), 669-75. PMID: 20482374.

Morgan, D. J., Liang, S. Y., Smith, C. L., Johnson, J. K., Harris, A. D., Furuno, J. P., Thom, K. A., Snyder, G. M., Day, H. R. & Perencevich, E. N. (2010). Frequent multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii contamination of gloves, gowns, and hands of healthcare workers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 31(7), 716-21. PMID: 20486855.

Kreisel, K., Roghmann, M. C., Shardell, M., Stine, O. C., Perencevich, E., Lesse, A., Gordin, F., Climo, M. & Johnson, J. K. (2010). Assessment of the 48-hour rule for identifying community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection complicated by bacteremia. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 31(6), 657-9. PMID: 20412012.

Song, X., Perencevich, E., Campos, J., Short, B. L. & Singh, N. (2010). Clinical and economic impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization or infection on neonates in intensive care units. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 31(2), 177-82. PMID: 20001732.

Eber, M. R., Laxminarayan, R., Perencevich, E. N. & Malani, A. (2010). Clinical and economic outcomes attributable to health care-associated sepsis and pneumonia. Archives of internal medicine, 170(4), 347-53. PMID: 20177037.

(2010). Enhancing patient safety by reducing healthcare-associated infections: the role of discovery and dissemination. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 31(2), 118-23. PMID: 20038249.

Schweizer, M. L., Furuno, J. P., Harris, A. D., Johnson, J. K., Shardell, M. D., McGregor, J. C., Thom, K. A., Sakoulas, G. & Perencevich, E. N. (2010). Empiric antibiotic therapy for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia may not reduce in-hospital mortality: a retrospective cohort study. PloS one, 5(7), e11432. PMID: 20625395.

Forrest, G. N., Kopack, A. M. & Perencevich, E. N. (2010). Statins in candidemia: clinical outcomes from a matched cohort study. BMC infectious diseases, 10, 152. PMID: 20525374.

Weber, S. G., Miller, R. R., Perencevich, E. N., Tolentino, J., Meltzer, D., Pitrak, D., McGregor, J. C., Sachs, G. A., Harris, A. D. & Furuno, J. P. (2009). Prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria isolated from older versus younger hospitalized adults: results of a two-centre study. J Antimicrob Chemother, 64(6), 1291-8. PMID: 19808237.

Hartley, D. M., Nelson, N. P. & Perencevich, E. N. (2009). Antiviral drugs for treatment of patients infected with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus. Emerging infectious diseases, 15(11), 1851-2. PMID: 19891884.

Morgan, D. J., Diekema, D. J., Sepkowitz, K. & Perencevich, E. N. (2009). Adverse outcomes associated with Contact Precautions: a review of the literature. AM J Infect Control, 37(2), 85-93. PMID: 19249637.

Treakle, A. M., Thom, K. A., Furuno, J. P., Strauss, S. M., Harris, A. D. & Perencevich, E. N. (2009). Bacterial contamination of health care workers' white coats. Am J Infect Control, 37(2), 101-5. PMID: 18834751.

Perencevich, E. N., Pittet, D. (2009). Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: thinking outside the checklist. JAMA, 301(12), 1285-7. PMID: 19318658.

Perencevich, E. N., McGregor, J. C., Shardell, M., Furuno, J. P., Harris, A. D., Morris, J. G., Fisman, D. N. & Johnson, J. A. (2008). Summer Peaks in the Incidences of Gram-Negative Bacterial Infection Among Hospitalized Patients. Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America, 29(12), 1124-31. PMID: 19031546.

Thom, K. A., Shardell, M. D., Osih, R. B., Schweizer, M. L., Furuno, J. P., Perencevich, E. N., McGregor, J. C. & Harris, A. D. (2008). Controlling for severity of illness in outcome studies involving infectious diseases: impact of measurement at different time points. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 29(11), 1048-53. PMID: 18817505.

Munivenkatappa, R. B., Papadimitriou, J. C., Drachenberg, C. B., Schweitzer, E. J., Thom, K. A., Perencevich, E. N., Haririan, A., Rasetto, F., Cooper, M., Campos, L., Barth, R. N., Bartlett, S. T. & Philosophe, B. (2008). The Maryland Aggregate Pathology Index (MAPI). A Deceased Donor Kidney Biopsy Scoring System for Predicting Graft Failure. Am J Transplant, 8(11), 2316-2324. PMID: 1880124.

Duke-Sylvester, S. m., Perencevich, E. n., Furuno, J. P., Real, L. A. & Gaff, H. D. (2008). Advancing epidemiological science through computational modeling. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 45, 385-401.

Maragakis, L. L., Perencevich, E. N. & Cosgrove, S. E. (2008). Clinical and economic burden of antimicrobial resistance. Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 6(5), 751-63. PMID: 18847410.

Schweizer, M. L., Furuno, J. P., Harris, A. D., McGregor, J. C., Thom, K. A., Johnson, J. K., Shardell, M. D. & Perencevich, E. N. (2008). Clinical utility of infection control documentation of prior methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization or infection for optimization of empirical antibiotic therapy. Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America, 29(10), 972-4. PMID: 18793097.

Perencevich, E. N., Thom, K. A. (2008). Commentary: preventing Clostridium difficile-associated disease: is it time to pay the piper?. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 29(9), 829-31. PMID: 18643747.

Furuno, J. P., Hebden, J. N., Standiford, H. C., Perencevich, E. N., Miller, R. R., Moore, A. C., Strauss, S. M. & Harris, A. D. (2008). Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii in a long-term acute care facility. American journal of infection control, 36(7), 468-71. PMID: 18786448.

Snyder, G. M., Thom, K. A., Furuno, J. P., Perencevich, E. N., Roghmann, M. C., Strauss, S. M., Netzer, G. & Harris, A. D. (2008). Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci on the gowns and gloves of healthcare workers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 29(7), 583-9. PMID: 18549314.

Furuno, J. P., Schweizer, M. L., McGregor, J. C. & Perencevich, E. N. (2008). Economics of infection control surveillance technology: cost-effective or just cost?. American journal of infection control, 36(3 Suppl), S12-7. PMID: 18374206.

Lautenbach, E., Santana, E., Lee, A., Tolomeo, P., Black, N., Babson, A., Perencevich, E. N., Harris, A. D., Smith, C. A. & Maslow, J. (2008). Efficient recovery of fluoroquinolone-susceptible and fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli strains from frozen samples. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 29(4), 367-9. PMID: 18279070.

Kaye, K. S., Harris, A. D., McDonald, J. R., Strausbaugh, L. J. & Perencevich, E. (2008). Measuring acceptable treatment failure rates for community-acquired pneumonia: potential for reducing duration of treatment and antimicrobial resistance. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 29(2), 137-42. PMID: 18171306.

Thom, K. A., Schweizer, M. L., Osih, R. B., McGregor, J. C., Furuno, J. P., Perencevich, E. N. & Harris, A. D. (2008). Impact of empiric antimicrobial therapy on outcomes in patients with Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia: a cohort study. BMC infectious diseases, 8, 116. PMID: 18793400.

Harris, A. D., Perencevich, E. N., Johnson, J. K., Paterson, D. L., Morris, J. G., Strauss, S. M. & Johnson, J. J. (2007). Patient-to-Patient Transmission is Important in Extended Spectrum beta-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Acquisition. Clin Infect Dis, 45(10), 1347-1350. PMID: 17968833.

Thom, K. A., Johnson, J. A., Strauss, S. M., Furuno, J. P., Perencevich, E. N. & Harris, A. D. (2007). Increasing prevalence of gastrointestinal colonization with ceftazidime-resistant gram-negative bacteria among intensive care unit patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(11), 1240-6. PMID: 17926274.

Shardell, M., Harris, A. D., El-Kamary, S. S., Furuno, J. P., Miller, R. R. & Perencevich, E. N. (2007). Statistical analysis and application of quasi experiments to antimicrobial resistance intervention studies. Clin Infect Dis, 45(7), 901-7. PMID: 17806059.

McGregor, J. C., Rich, S. E., Harris, A. D., Perencevich, E. N., Osih, R., Lodise, T. P., Miller, R. R. & Furuno, J. P. (2007). A systematic review of the methods used to assess the association between appropriate antibiotic therapy and mortality in bacteremic patients. Clin Infect Dis, 45(3), 329-37. PMID: 17599310.

Green, H. P., Johnson, J. A., Furuno, J. P., Strauss, S. M., Perencevich, E. N., Lautenbach, E., Lee, D. & Harris, A. D. (2007). Impact of freezing on the future utility of archived surveillance culture specimens. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(7), 886-8. PMID: 17564997.

Wright, M. O., Furuno, J. P., Venezia, R. A., Johnson, J. K., Standiford, H. C., Hebden, J. N., Hill, J., Hartley, D. M., Harris, A. D. & Perencevich, E. N. (2007). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and colonization among hospitalized prisoners. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(7), 877-9. PMID: 17564994.

Schweitzer, E. J., Perencevich, E. N. & Bartlett, S. T. (2007). Estimated Benefits of Transplantation of Kidneys from Donors at Increased Risk for HIV or Hepatitis C Infection. Am J Transplant, 7(6), 1515-1525. PMID: 17511680.

Furuno, J. P., Harris, A. D., Wright, M. O., Hartley, D. M., McGregor, J. C., Gaff, H. D., Hebden, J. N., Standiford, H. C. & Perencevich, E. N. (2007). Value of performing active surveillance cultures on intensive care unit discharge for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(6), 666-70. PMID: 17520538.

Osih, R. B., McGregor, J. C., Rich, S. E., Moore, A. C., Furuno, J. P., Perencevich, E. N. & Harris, A. D. (2007). Impact of empiric antibiotic therapy on outcomes in patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 51(3), 839-44. PMID: 17194829.

Zuckerman, I. H., Perencevich, E. N. & Harris, A. D. (2007). Concurrent acute illness and comorbid conditions poorly predict antibiotic use in upper respiratory tract infections: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC infectious diseases, 7, 47. PMID: 17537245.

Perencevich, E. N., Stone, P. W., Wright, S. B., Carmeli, Y., Fisman, D. N. & Cosgrove, S. E. (2007). Raising standards while watching the bottom line: making a business case for infection control. (Vols. 28). pp. 1121-22. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. PMID: 17933084.

McGregor, J. C., Harris, A. D., Furuno, J. P., Bradham, D. D. & Perencevich, E. N. (2007). Relative influence of antibiotic therapy attributes on physician choice in treating acute uncomplicated pyelonephritis. Med Decis Making, 27(4), 387-94. PMID: 17585004.

Savel, R. H., Goldstein, E. B., Perencevich, E. N. & Angood, P. B. (2007). The iCritical care podcast: a novel medium for critical care communication and education. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 14(1), 94-9. PMID: 17068348.

McGregor, J. C., Perencevich, E. N., Furuno, J. P., Langenberg, P., Flannery, K., Zhu, J., Fink, J. C., Bradham, D. D. & Harris, A. D. (2006). Comorbidity risk-adjustment measures were developed and validated for studies of antibiotic-resistant infections. J Clin Epidemiol, 59(12), 1266-73. PMID: 17098569.

Johnson, J. K., Perencevich, E. N., Lincalis, D. P. & Venezia, R. A. (2006). Dog bite transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to a human. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(7), 762-3. PMID: 16807855.

Furuno, J. P., McGregor, J. C., Harris, A. D., Johnson, J. A., Johnson, J. K., Langenberg, P., Venezia, R. A., Finkelstein, J., Smith, D. L., Strauss, S. M. & Perencevich, E. N. (2006). Identifying groups at high risk for carriage of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Archives of internal medicine, 166(5), 580-5. PMID: 16534047.

Hartley, D. M., Furuno, J. P., Wright, M. O., Smith, D. L. & Perencevich, E. N. (2006). The role of institutional epidemiologic weight in guiding infection surveillance and control in community and hospital populations. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(2), 170-4. PMID: 16465633.

McGregor, J. C., Weekes, E., Forrest, G. N., Standiford, H. C., Perencevich, E. N., Furuno, J. P. & Harris, A. D. (2006). Impact of a computerized clinical decision support system on reducing inappropriate antimicrobial use: a randomized controlled trial. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 13(4), 378-84. PMID: 16622162.

Furuno, J. P., Metlay, J. P., Harnett, J. P., Wilson, J., Langenberg, P., McGregor, J. C., Zhu, J. & Perencevich, E. N. (2006). Population antibiotic susceptibility for Streptococcus pneumoniae and treatment outcomes in common respiratory tract infections. Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, 15(1), 1-9. PMID: 16136615.

Harris, A. D., McGregor, J. C., Perencevich, E. N., Furuno, J. P., Zhu, J., Peterson, D. E. & Finkelstein, J. (2006). The use and interpretation of quasi-experimental studies in medical informatics. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 13(1), 16-23. PMID: 16221933.

Whitcomb, B. W., Pradhan, E. K., Pittas, A. G., Roghmann, M. C. & Perencevich, E. N. (2005). Impact of admission hyperglycemia on hospital mortality in various intensive care unit populations. Critical care medicine, 33(12), 2772-7. PMID: 16352959.

Perencevich, E. N., Harris, A. D., Kaye, K. S., Bradham, D. D., Fisman, D. N., Liedtke, L. A. & Strausbaugh, L. J. (2005). Physicians' acceptable treatment failure rates in antibiotic therapy for coagulase-negative staphylococcal catheter-associated bacteremia: implications for reducing treatment duration. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 41(12), 1734-41. PMID: 16288397.

Furuno, J. P., Perencevich, E. N., Johnson, J. A., Wright, M. O., McGregor, J. C., Morris, J. G., Strauss, S. M., Roghman, M. C., Nemoy, L. L., Standiford, H. C., Hebden, J. N. & Harris, A. D. (2005). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci co-colonization. Emerging infectious diseases, 11(10), 1539-44. PMID: 16318693.

Harris, A. D., Lautenbach, E. & Perencevich, E. (2005). A systematic review of quasi-experimental study designs in the fields of infection control and antibiotic resistance. Clin Infect Dis, 41(1), 77-82. PMID: 15937766.

Perencevich, E. N., Hartley, D. M. (2005). Of models and methods: our analytic armamentarium applied to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 26(7), 594-7. PMID: 16092738.

Nemoy, L. L., Kotetishvili, M., Tigno, J., Keefer-Norris, A., Harris, A. D., Perencevich, E. N., Johnson, J. A., Torpey, D., Sulakvelidze, A., Morris, J. G. & Stine, O. C. (2005). Multilocus sequence typing versus pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for characterization of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolates. Journal of clinical microbiology, 43(4), 1776-81. PMID: 15814998.

Harris, A. D., Carmeli, Y., Samore, M. H., Kaye, K. S. & Perencevich, E. (2005). Impact of severity of illness bias and control group misclassification bias in case-control studies of antimicrobial-resistant organisms. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 26(4), 342-5. PMID: 15865268.

Kim, P. W., Perl, T. M., Keelaghan, E. F., Langenberg, P., Perencevich, E. N., Harris, A. D., Song, X. & Roghmann, M. C. (2005). Risk of mortality with a bloodstream infection is higher in the less severely ill at admission. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 171(6), 616-20. PMID: 15591469.

McGregor, J. C., Kim, P. W., Perencevich, E. N., Bradham, D. D., Furuno, J. P., Kaye, K. S., Fink, J. C., Langenberg, P., Roghmann, M. C. & Harris, A. D. (2005). Utility of the Chronic Disease Score and Charlson Comorbidity Index as comorbidity measures for use in epidemiologic studies of antibiotic-resistant organisms. American journal of epidemiology, 161(5), 483-93. PMID: 15718484.

Chan-Tack, K. M., Perencevich, E. N. (2005). Was this the demise of the food critic?. Clin Infect Dis, 40(5), 718, 7545. PMID: 15726750.

Lautenbach, E., Harris, A. D., Perencevich, E. N., Nachamkin, I., Tolomeo, P. & Metlay, J. P. (2005). Test characteristics of perirectal and rectal swab compared to stool sample for detection of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in the gastrointestinal tract. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(2), 798-800. PMID: 15673772.

Chan-Tack, K. M., Nemoy, L. L. & Perencevich, E. N. (2005). Central venous catheter-associated fungemia secondary to mucormycosis. Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 37(11-12), 925-7. PMID: 16308234.

Furuno, J. P., Harris, A. D., Wright, M. O., McGregor, J. C., Venezia, R. A., Zhu, J. & Perencevich, E. N. (2004). Prediction rules to identify patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci upon hospital admission. Am J Infect Control, 32(8), 436-40. PMID: 15573048.

Harris, A. D., Bradham, D. D., Baumgarten, M., Zuckerman, I. H., Fink, J. C. & Perencevich, E. N. (2004). The use and interpretation of quasi-experimental studies in infectious diseases. Clin Infect Dis, 38(11), 1586-91. PMID: 15156447.

Wright, M. O., Perencevich, E. N., Novak, C., Hebden, J. N., Standiford, H. C. & Harris, A. D. (2004). Preliminary assessment of an automated surveillance system for infection control. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 25(4), 325-32. PMID: 15108731.

Perencevich, E. N., Fisman, D. N., Lipsitch, M., Harris, A. D., Morris, J. G. & Smith, D. L. (2004). Projected benefits of active surveillance for vancomycin-resistant enterococci in intensive care units. Clin Infect Dis, 38(8), 1108-15. PMID: 15095215.

Smith, D. L., Dushoff, J., Perencevich, E. N., Harris, A. D. & Levin, S. A. (2004). Persistent colonization and the spread of antibiotic resistance in nosocomial pathogens: resistance is a regional problem. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 101(10), 3709-14. PMID: 14985511.

Perencevich, E. N., Kaye, K. S., Strausbaugh, L. J., Fisman, D. N. & Harris, A. D. (2004). Acceptable rates of treatment failure in osteomyelitis involving the diabetic foot: a survey of infectious diseases consultants. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 38(4), 476-82. PMID: 14765338.

Wright, M. O., Hebden, J. N., Harris, A. D., Shanholtz, C. B., Standiford, H. C., Furuno, J. P. & Perencevich, E. N. (2004). Aggressive control measures for resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the impact on acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a medical intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 25(2), 167-8. PMID: 14994945.

Harris, A. D., Nemoy, L., Johnson, J. A., Martin-Carnahan, A., Smith, D. L., Standiford, H. & Perencevich, E. N. (2004). Co-carriage rates of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria among a cohort of intensive care unit patients: implications for an active surveillance program. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 25(2), 105-8. PMID: 14994933.

Kim, P. W., Harris, A. D., Roghmann, M. C., Morris, J. G., Strinivasan, A. & Perencevich, E. N. (2003). Epidemiological risk factors for isolation of ceftriaxone-resistant versus -susceptible citrobacter freundii in hospitalized patients. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 47(9), 2882-7. PMID: 12936989.

McCusker, M. E., Harris, A. D., Perencevich, E. & Roghmann, M. C. (2003). Fluoroquinolone use and Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea. Emerging infectious diseases, 9(6), 730-3. PMID: 12781017.

Smith, D. L., Johnson, J. A., Harris, A. d., Furuno, J. P., Perencevich, E. N. & Morris, J. G. (2003). Assessing risks for a pre-emergent pathogen: virginiamycin use and the emergence of streptogramin resistance in Enterococcus faecium. Lancet Infect Dis, 3(4), 241-249. PMID: 12679267.

Kim, P. W., Roghmann, M. C., Perencevich, E. N. & Harris, A. D. (2003). Rates of hand disinfection associated with glove use, patient isolation, and changes between exposure to various body sites. American journal of infection control, 31(2), 97-103. PMID: 12665743.

Perencevich, E. N., Sands, K. E., Cosgrove, S. E., Guadagnoli, E., Meara, E. & Platt, R. (2003). Health and economic impact of surgical site infections diagnosed after hospital discharge. Emerging infectious diseases, 9(2), 196-203. PMID: 12603990.

Cosgrove, S. E., Sakoulas, G., Perencevich, E. N., Schwaber, M. J., Karchmer, A. W. & Carmeli, Y. (2003). Comparison of mortality associated with methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a meta-analysis. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 36(1), 53-9. PMID: 12491202.

Harris, A. D., Samore, M. H., Lipsitch, M., Kaye, K. S., Perencevich, E. & Carmeli, Y. (2002). Control-group selection importance in studies of antimicrobial resistance: examples applied to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococci, and Escherichia coli. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 34(12), 1558-63. PMID: 12032889.

Harris, A. D., Perencevich, E., Roghmann, M. C., Morris, G., Kaye, K. S. & Johnson, J. A. (2002). Risk factors for piperacillin-tazobactam-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa among hospitalized patients. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 46(3), 854-8. PMID: 11850272.

Perencevich, E. N., Wong, M. D. & Harris, A. D. (2001). National and Regional Assessment of the Antibacterial Soap Market: A Step Toward Determining the Impact of Prevalent Antibacterials. Am J Infect Control, 29(5), 281-3. PMID: 11584251.

Perencevich, E. N., Weller, P. F., Samore, M. H. & Harris, A. D. (2001). Benefits of Negative Penicillin Skin Test Results Persist During Subsequent Hospital Admissions. Clin Infect Dis, 32, 317-19. PMID: 11170927.

Perencevich, E. N. (2000). Excess shock and mortality in Staphylococcus aureus related to methicillin resistance (Letter). Clin Infect Dis, 31(5), 1311-3. PMID: 11073776.