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High mortality among patients with positive blood cultures at a children's hospital in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Schaffner J, Chochua S, Kourbatova EV, Barragan M, Wang YF, Blumberg HM, del Rio C, Walker HK, Leonard MK.

J Infect Dev Ctries. 2009 May 1;3(4):267-72.PMID: 19759489 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Impact of an antimicrobial utilization program on antimicrobial use at a large teaching hospital: a randomized controlled trial.

Camins BC, King MD, Wells JB, Googe HL, Patel M, Kourbatova EV, Blumberg HM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Oct;30(10):931-8.PMID: 19712032 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Over the Counter Availability of Antituberculosis Drugs in Tbilisi, Georgia in the Setting of a High Prevalence of MDR-TB.

Kobaidze K, Salakaia A, Blumberg HM.

Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis. 2009;2009:513609. Epub 2009 Jun 11.PMID: 19543538 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articlesFree article

A multicenter study on optimizing piperacillin-tazobactam use: lessons on why interventions fail.

Gaynes RP, Gould CV, Edwards J, Antoine TL, Blumberg HM, Desilva K, King M, Kraman A, Pack J, Ribner B, Seybold U, Steinberg J, Jernigan JA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Aug;30(8):794-6.PMID: 19530943 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Vitamin D for treatment and prevention of infectious diseases: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

Yamshchikov AV, Desai NS, Blumberg HM, Ziegler TR, Tangpricha V.

Endocr Pract. 2009 Jul-Aug;15(5):438-49. Review.PMID: 19491064 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Emergence of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300 as a cause of necrotising community-onset pneumonia.

Hidron AI, Low CE, Honig EG, Blumberg HM.

Lancet Infect Dis. 2009 Jun;9(6):384-92. Review.PMID: 19467478 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Vitamin D as Adjunctive Therapy in Refractory Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Case Report.

Yamshchikov AV, Oladele A, Leonard MK Jr, Blumberg HM, Ziegler TR, Tangpricha V.

South Med J. 2009 May 7. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19434014 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Alterations in vitamin D status and anti-microbial peptide levels in patients in the intensive care unit with sepsis.

Jeng L, Yamshchikov AV, Judd SE, Blumberg HM, Martin GS, Ziegler TR, Tangpricha V.

J Transl Med. 2009 Apr 23;7:28.PMID: 19389235 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection associated with contamination of a flexible bronchoscope.

DiazGranados CA, Jones MY, Kongphet-Tran T, White N, Shapiro M, Wang YF, Ray SM, Blumberg HM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Jun;30(6):550-5.PMID: 19379099 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Poor concordance between interferon-gamma release assays and tuberculin skin tests in diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection among HIV-infected individuals.

Talati NJ, Seybold U, Humphrey B, Aina A, Tapia J, Weinfurter P, Albalak R, Blumberg HM.

BMC Infect Dis. 2009 Feb 10;9:15.PMID: 19208218 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence and risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the Republic of Georgia: a population-based study.

Lomtadze N, Aspindzelashvili R, Janjgava M, Mirtskhulava V, Wright A, Blumberg HM, Salakaia A.

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2009 Jan;13(1):68-73.PMID: 19105881 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Needed: new and better tools to combat latent tuberculosis infection.

Blumberg HM.

Ann Intern Med. 2008 Nov 18;149(10):761-3. No abstract available. PMID: 19017594 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Emergence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of community origin in intensive care nurseries.

Seybold U, Halvosa JS, White N, Voris V, Ray SM, Blumberg HM.

Pediatrics. 2008 Nov;122(5):1039-46.PMID: 18977985 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clonal diversity in episodes with multiple coagulase-negative Staphylococcus bloodstream isolates suggesting frequent contamination.

Seybold U, Reichardt C, Halvosa JS, Blumberg HM.

Infection. 2009 Jun;37(3):256-60. Epub 2008 Oct 30.PMID: 18974928 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

High prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Georgia.

Mdivani N, Zangaladze E, Volkova N, Kourbatova E, Jibuti T, Shubladze N, Kutateladze T, Khechinashvili G, del Rio C, Salakaia A, Blumberg HM.

Int J Infect Dis. 2008 Nov;12(6):635-44. Epub 2008 Jun 2.PMID: 18514008 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence and risk factors for latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers in Georgia.

Mirtskhulava V, Kempker R, Shields KL, Leonard MK, Tsertsvadze T, del Rio C, Salakaia A, Blumberg HM.

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2008 May;12(5):513-9.PMID: 18419886 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A population-based investigation of invasive vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus infection in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, and predictors of mortality.

Camins BC, Farley MM, Jernigan JJ, Ray SM, Steinberg JP, Blumberg HM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Aug;28(8):983-91. Epub 2007 Jun 29.PMID: 17620248 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: are we learning from history or repeating it?

Dukes Hamilton C, Sterling TR, Blumberg HM, Leonard M, McAuley J, Schlossberg D, Stout J, Huitt G.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Aug 1;45(3):338-42. Epub 2007 Jun 22.PMID: 17599311 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hematogenous osteomyelitis mimicking osteosarcoma due to Community Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Seybold U, Talati NJ, Kizilbash Q, Shah M, Blumberg HM, Franco-Paredes C.

Infection. 2007 Jun;35(3):190-3.PMID: 17565463 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms in evacuees after Hurricane Katrina.

Seybold U, White N, Wang YF, Halvosa JS, Blumberg HM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Jun;28(6):726-9. Epub 2007 Apr 20.PMID: 17520549 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reading the tea leaves or deciphering DNA microarrays: are certain methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones adapted to cause specific infections?

Seybold U, Blumberg HM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Feb 15;44(4):502-5. Epub 2007 Jan 16. No abstract available. PMID: 17243051 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for mortality among adult patients with newly diagnosed tuberculosis in Samara, Russia.

Kourbatova EV, Borodulin BE, Borodulina EA, del Rio C, Blumberg HM, Leonard MK Jr.

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2006 Nov;10(11):1224-30.PMID: 17131780 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding piperacillin-tazobactam prescribing practices: results from a multicenter study.

Antoine TL, Curtis AB, Blumberg HM, Desilva K, Fransua M, Gould CV, King M, Kraman AA, Pack J, Ribner B, Seybold U, Steinberg JP, Wells JB, Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Cardo D, Jernigan JA, Gaynes RP.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Nov;27(11):1274-7. Epub 2006 Oct 23.PMID: 17080393 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nosocomial tuberculosis in India.

Pai M, Kalantri S, Aggarwal AN, Menzies D, Blumberg HM.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Sep;12(9):1311-8. Review.PMID: 17073077 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Risk factors for mortality among patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis at an academic inner-city hospital in the US.

Kourbatova EV, Leonard MK Jr, Romero J, Kraft C, del Rio C, Blumberg HM.

Eur J Epidemiol. 2006;21(9):715-21. Epub 2006 Oct 27.PMID: 17072539 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Polymyxin B and doxycycline use in patients with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections in the intensive care unit.

Holloway KP, Rouphael NG, Wells JB, King MD, Blumberg HM.

Ann Pharmacother. 2006 Nov;40(11):1939-45. Epub 2006 Oct 3.PMID: 17018688 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Re: how many sputum specimens are necessary to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis.

Leonard MK Jr, Kourbatova E, Blumberg HM.

Am J Infect Control. 2006 Jun;34(5):328-9. No abstract available. PMID: 16765216 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Exposure to tuberculosis among newborns in a nursery: decision analysis for initiation of prophylaxis.

Berkowitz FE, Severens JL, Blumberg HM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Jun;27(6):604-11. Epub 2006 May 31.PMID: 16755481 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

High prevalence of hepatitis C virus but not HIV co-infection among patients with tuberculosis in Georgia.

Richards DC, Mikiashvili T, Parris JJ, Kourbatova EV, Wilson JC, Shubladze N, Tsertvadze T, Khechinashvili G, del Rio C, Blumberg HM.

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2006 Apr;10(4):396-401.PMID: 16602403 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

West Nile virus among hospitalized, febrile patients: a case for expanding diagnostic testing.

Whitney EA, Heilpern KL, Woods CW, Bahn CC, Franko EA, Del Rio C, Silk BJ, Ratcliff JJ, Bryant KA, Park MM, Watkins SJ, Caram LB, Blumberg HM, Berkelman RL.

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2006 Spring;6(1):42-9.PMID: 16584326 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA 300 clone as the predominant cause of skin and soft-tissue infections.

King MD, Humphrey BJ, Wang YF, Kourbatova EV, Ray SM, Blumberg HM.

Ann Intern Med. 2006 Mar 7;144(5):309-17.PMID: 16520471 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Increased efficiency in evaluating patients with suspected tuberculosis by use of a dedicated airborne infection isolation unit.

Leonard MK, Egan KB, Kourbatova E, White N, Parrott P, Del Rio C, Blumberg HM.

Am J Infect Control. 2006 Mar;34(2):69-72.PMID: 16490609 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 genotype as a major cause of health care-associated blood stream infections.

Seybold U, Kourbatova EV, Johnson JG, Halvosa SJ, Wang YF, King MD, Ray SM, Blumberg HM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Mar 1;42(5):647-56. Epub 2006 Jan 25.PMID: 16447110 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Controlling tuberculosis in the United States. Recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Taylor Z, Nolan CM, Blumberg HM; American Thoracic Society; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Infectious Diseases Society of America.

MMWR Recomm Rep. 2005 Nov 4;54(RR-12):1-81. Erratum in: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2005 Nov 18;54(45):1161. PMID: 16267499 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pre-event willingness to receive smallpox vaccine among physicians and public safety personnel.

Silk BJ, del Rio C, Ivansco LK, Wetterhall SF, Augustine JJ, Blumberg HM, Berkelman RL.

South Med J. 2005 Sep;98(9):876-82.PMID: 16217979 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA 300 clone as a cause of health care-associated infections among patients with prosthetic joint infections.

Kourbatova EV, Halvosa JS, King MD, Ray SM, White N, Blumberg HM.

Am J Infect Control. 2005 Sep;33(7):385-91.PMID: 16153484 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patients admitted to an urban hospital: emergence of community-associated MRSA nasal carriage.

Hidron AI, Kourbatova EV, Halvosa JS, Terrell BJ, McDougal LK, Tenover FC, Blumberg HM, King MD.

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Jul 15;41(2):159-66. Epub 2005 Jun 8.PMID: 15983910 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Update on the treatment of tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection.

Blumberg HM, Leonard MK Jr, Jasmer RM.

JAMA. 2005 Jun 8;293(22):2776-84. Erratum in: JAMA. 2005 Jul 13;294(2): 182. Dosage error in article text. PMID: 15941808 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

How many sputum specimens are necessary to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis?

Leonard MK, Osterholt D, Kourbatova EV, Del Rio C, Wang W, Blumberg HM.

Am J Infect Control. 2005 Feb;33(1):58-61.PMID: 15685138 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection: back to the beginning.

Blumberg HM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Dec 15;39(12):1772-5. Epub 2004 Nov 18. No abstract available. PMID: 15578398 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Case of Weil's disease in an inner-city hospital in the USA.

Shaukat A, Pohlel K, Rubin Z, Blumberg HM, Chow A.

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004 Oct;19(10):1221-2. No abstract available. PMID: 15377308 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Laryngeal histoplasmosis.

Wolf J, Blumberg HM, Leonard MK.

Am J Med Sci. 2004 Mar;327(3):160-2. Review.PMID: 15090756 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Furunculosis due to Mycobacterium mageritense associated with footbaths at a nail salon.

Gira AK, Reisenauer AH, Hammock L, Nadiminti U, Macy JT, Reeves A, Burnett C, Yakrus MA, Toney S, Jensen BJ, Blumberg HM, Caughman SW, Nolte FS.

J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Apr;42(4):1813-7.PMID: 15071058 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hospital water as a source of Mycobacterium avium complex isolates in respiratory specimens.

Tobin-D'Angelo MJ, Blass MA, del Rio C, Halvosa JS, Blumberg HM, Horsburgh CR Jr.

J Infect Dis. 2004 Jan 1;189(1):98-104. Epub 2003 Dec 23.PMID: 14702159 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the neonatal intensive care unit from a patient with community-acquired disease.

Eckhardt C, Halvosa JS, Ray SM, Blumberg HM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Jun;24(6):460-1.PMID: 12828327 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America: treatment of tuberculosis.

Blumberg HM, Burman WJ, Chaisson RE, Daley CL, Etkind SC, Friedman LN, Fujiwara P, Grzemska M, Hopewell PC, Iseman MD, Jasmer RM, Koppaka V, Menzies RI, O'Brien RJ, Reves RR, Reichman LB, Simone PM, Starke JR, Vernon AA; American Thoracic Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Infectious Diseases Society.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Feb 15;167(4):603-62. No abstract available. PMID: 12588714 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Short-course rifampin and pyrazinamide compared with isoniazid for latent tuberculosis infection: a multicenter clinical trial.

Jasmer RM, Saukkonen JJ, Blumberg HM, Daley CL, Bernardo J, Vittinghoff E, King MD, Kawamura LM, Hopewell PC; Short-Course Rifampin and Pyrazinamide for Tuberculosis Infection (SCRIPT) Study Investigators.

Ann Intern Med. 2002 Oct 15;137(8):640-7.PMID: 12379063 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Risk of tuberculin skin test conversion among health care workers: occupational versus community exposure and infection.

Larsen NM, Biddle CL, Sotir MJ, White N, Parrott P, Blumberg HM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Oct 1;35(7):796-801. Epub 2002 Sep 11.PMID: 12228815 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for methicillin-resistance among patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia at the time of hospital admission.

Rezende NA, Blumberg HM, Metzger BS, Larsen NM, Ray SM, McGowan JE Jr.

Am J Med Sci. 2002 Mar;323(3):117-23.PMID: 11908855 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Tuberculosis of the pancreas: report of two cases and review of the literature.

Franco-Paredes C, Leonard M, Jurado R, Blumberg HM, Smith RM.

Am J Med Sci. 2002 Jan;323(1):54-8. Review.PMID: 11814144 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles