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Characterization of biofilms formed by Candida parapsilosis, C. metapsilosis, and C. orthopsilosis.

Lattif AA, K Mukherjee P, Chandra J, Swindell K, Lockhart SR, Diekema DJ, Pfaller MA, Ghannoum MA.

Int J Med Microbiol. 2009 Nov 19. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19932053 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Wild-type MIC Distributions and Epidemiological Cutoff Values (ECVs) for the Echinocandins and Candida spp.

Pfaller MA, Boyken L, Hollis RJ, Kroeger J, Messer SA, Tendolkar S, Jones RN, Turnidge J, Diekema DJ.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19923478 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Ethical issues in research involving infants.

Diekema DS.

Semin Perinatol. 2009 Dec;33(6):364-71.PMID: 19914520 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Iowa, USA.

Van De Griend P, Herwaldt LA, Alvis B, DeMartino M, Heilmann K, Doern G, Winokur P, Vonstein DD, Diekema D.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Oct;15(10):1582-9.PMID: 19861049 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Boldt v. Boldt: A pediatric ethics perspective.

Diekema DS.

J Clin Ethics. 2009 Fall;20(3):251-7.PMID: 19845198 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Integrating ethics and patient safety: the role of clinical ethics consultants in quality improvement.

Opel DJ, Brownstein D, Diekema DS, Wilfond BS, Pearlman RA.

J Clin Ethics. 2009 Fall;20(3):220-6. No abstract available. PMID: 19845192 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Screening of a large global Aspergillus fumigatus species complex collection by using a species-specific microsphere-based Luminex assay.

Etienne KA, Gade L, Lockhart SR, Diekema DJ, Messer SA, Pfaller MA, Balajee SA.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Dec;47(12):4171-2. Epub 2009 Sep 30.PMID: 19794043 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Activity of MGCD290, a Hos2 histone deacetylase inhibitor, in combination with azole antifungals against opportunistic fungal pathogens.

Pfaller MA, Messer SA, Georgopapadakou N, Martell LA, Besterman JM, Diekema DJ.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Dec;47(12):3797-804. Epub 2009 Sep 30.PMID: 19794038 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Candida albicans isolates from APECED patients show decreased susceptibility to miconazole.

Siikala E, Richardson M, Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ, Messer SA, Perheentupa J, Saxén H, Rautemaa R.

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2009 Dec;34(6):607-9. Epub 2009 Sep 11. No abstract available. PMID: 19748230 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Screening for Staphylococcus aureus carriage in pregnancy: usefulness of novel sampling and culture strategies.

Andrews JI, Fleener DK, Messer SA, Kroeger JS, Diekema DJ.

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Oct;201(4):396.e1-5. Epub 2009 Aug 28.PMID: 19716114 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

In vitro activity of seven systemically active antifungal agents against a large global collection of rare Candida species as determined by CLSI broth microdilution methods.

Diekema DJ, Messer SA, Boyken LB, Hollis RJ, Kroeger J, Tendolkar S, Pfaller MA.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Oct;47(10):3170-7. Epub 2009 Aug 26.PMID: 19710283 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

In vitro susceptibility of clinical isolates of Aspergillus spp. to anidulafungin, caspofungin, and micafungin: a head-to-head comparison using the CLSI M38-A2 broth microdilution method.

Pfaller MA, Boyken L, Hollis RJ, Kroeger J, Messer SA, Tendolkar S, Diekema DJ.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Oct;47(10):3323-5. Epub 2009 Aug 26.PMID: 19710267 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Wild-type MIC distribution and epidemiological cutoff values for Aspergillus fumigatus and three triazoles as determined by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute broth microdilution methods.

Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ, Ghannoum MA, Rex JH, Alexander BD, Andes D, Brown SD, Chaturvedi V, Espinel-Ingroff A, Fowler CL, Johnson EM, Knapp CC, Motyl MR, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Sheehan DJ, Walsh TJ; Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute Antifungal Testing Subcommittee.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Oct;47(10):3142-6. Epub 2009 Aug 19.PMID: 19692559 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Comparison of results of fluconazole and voriconazole disk diffusion testing for Candida spp. with results from a central reference laboratory in the ARTEMIS DISK Global Antifungal Surveillance Program.

Pfaller MA, Boyken L, Hollis RJ, Kroeger J, Messer SA, Tendolkar S, Diekema DJ; ARTEMIS DISK Global Antifungal Surveillance Group.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009 Sep;65(1):27-34.PMID: 19679232 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Variation in susceptibility of bloodstream isolates of Candida glabrata to fluconazole according to patient age and geographic location in the United States in 2001 to 2007.

Pfaller MA, Messer SA, Hollis RJ, Boyken L, Tendolkar S, Kroeger J, Diekema DJ.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Oct;47(10):3185-90. Epub 2009 Aug 5.PMID: 19656983 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Clinical report--Forgoing medically provided nutrition and hydration in children.

Diekema DS, Botkin JR; Committee on Bioethics; American Academy of Pediatrics.

Pediatrics. 2009 Aug;124(2):813-22. Epub 2009 Jul 27.PMID: 19651596 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Characterisation of organisational issues in paediatric clinical ethics consultation: a qualitative study.

Opel DJ, Wilfond BS, Brownstein D, Diekema DS, Pearlman RA.

J Med Ethics. 2009 Aug;35(8):477-82.PMID: 19644005 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

The curious case of Ashley X.

Kirschner KL, Diekema D, Lantos J, Kemp JD, Doyle E, Mukherjee D, Schalick WO 3rd.

PM R. 2009 Apr;1(4):371-8. No abstract available. PMID: 19627921 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization and colonization or infection at other body sites in patients on a burn trauma unit.

Reighard A, Diekema D, Wibbenmeyer L, Ward M, Herwaldt L.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Aug;30(8):721-6.PMID: 19580438 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Growth-attenuation therapy: principles for practice.

Allen DB, Kappy M, Diekema D, Fost N.

Pediatrics. 2009 Jun;123(6):1556-61. Review.PMID: 19482768 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Social marketing as a strategy to increase immunization rates.

Opel DJ, Diekema DS, Lee NR, Marcuse EK.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009 May;163(5):432-7.PMID: 19414689 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Initial treatment and outcome of Candida glabrata versus Candida albicans bloodstream infection.

Klevay MJ, Horn DL, Neofytos D, Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ; PATH Alliance.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009 Jun;64(2):152-7. Epub 2009 Apr 18.PMID: 19376667 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Adverse outcomes associated with Contact Precautions: a review of the literature.

Morgan DJ, Diekema DJ, Sepkowitz K, Perencevich EN.

Am J Infect Control. 2009 Mar;37(2):85-93. Review.PMID: 19249637 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identification of Candida nivariensis and Candida bracarensis in a large global collection of Candida glabrata isolates: comparison to the literature.

Lockhart SR, Messer SA, Gherna M, Bishop JA, Merz WG, Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Apr;47(4):1216-7. Epub 2009 Feb 4.PMID: 19193845 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Characterization of blaKPC-containing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates detected in different institutions in the Eastern USA.

Endimiani A, Hujer AM, Perez F, Bethel CR, Hujer KM, Kroeger J, Oethinger M, Paterson DL, Adams MD, Jacobs MR, Diekema DJ, Hall GS, Jenkins SG, Rice LB, Tenover FC, Bonomo RA.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2009 Mar;63(3):427-37. Epub 2009 Jan 20.PMID: 19155227 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain ST398 is present in midwestern U.S. swine and swine workers.

Smith TC, Male MJ, Harper AL, Kroeger JS, Tinkler GP, Moritz ED, Capuano AW, Herwaldt LA, Diekema DJ.

PLoS One. 2008;4(1):e4258. Epub 2008 Jan 23.PMID: 19145257 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A global evaluation of voriconazole activity tested against recent clinical isolates of Candida spp.

Diekema DJ, Messer SA, Hollis RJ, Boyken L, Tendolkar S, Kroeger J, Jones RN, Pfaller MA.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009 Feb;63(2):233-6. Epub 2008 Dec 12.PMID: 19070452 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identification and Susceptibility Profile of Candida fermentati from a worldwide collection of Candida guilliermondii clinical isolates.

Lockhart SR, Messer SA, Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Jan;47(1):242-4. Epub 2008 Nov 26.PMID: 19036938 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Results from the ARTEMIS DISK Global Antifungal Surveillance Study, 1997 to 2007: 10.5-year analysis of susceptibilities of noncandidal yeast species to fluconazole and voriconazole determined by CLSI standardized disk diffusion testing.

Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ, Gibbs DL, Newell VA, Bijie H, Dzierzanowska D, Klimko NN, Letscher-Bru V, Lisalova M, Muehlethaler K, Rennison C, Zaidi M; Global Antifungal Surveillance Group.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Jan;47(1):117-23. Epub 2008 Nov 12.PMID: 19005141 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Nonmenstrual toxic shock syndrome due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Andrews JI, Shamshirsaz AA, Diekema DJ.

Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Oct;112(4):933-8. No abstract available. PMID: 18827138 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Rationale for reading fluconazole MICs at 24 hours rather than 48 hours when testing Candida spp. by the CLSI M27-A2 standard method.

Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Rex JH, Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ, Alexander BD, Andes D, Brown SD, Chaturvedi V, Ghannoum MA, Knapp CC, Sheehan DJ, Walsh TJ.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Nov;52(11):4175-7. Epub 2008 Sep 22.PMID: 18809944 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Validation of 24-hour fluconazole MIC readings versus the CLSI 48-hour broth microdilution reference method: results from a global Candida antifungal surveillance program.

Pfaller MA, Boyken LB, Hollis RJ, Kroeger J, Messer SA, Tendolkar S, Diekema DJ.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Nov;46(11):3585-90. Epub 2008 Sep 10.PMID: 18784314 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The research and family liaison: enhancing informed consent.

Salas HS, Aziz Z, Villareale N, Diekema DS.

IRB. 2008 Jul-Aug;30(4):1-8. No abstract available. PMID: 18767318 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Development of a prediction rule for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus carriage in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center population.

Riedel S, Von Stein D, Richardson K, Page J, Miller S, Winokur P, Diekema D.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29(10):969-71.PMID: 18702599 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Emergence of the USA300 strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a burn-trauma unit.

Wibbenmeyer LA, Kealey GP, Latenser BA, Diekema DJ, Williams IM, Coffman SL, Winokur PL, Kroeger JS, Lewis RW 2nd, Herwaldt LA.

J Burn Care Res. 2008 Sep-Oct;29(5):790-7.PMID: 18695604 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A critique of criteria for evaluating vaccines for inclusion in mandatory school immunization programs.

Opel DJ, Diekema DS, Marcuse EK.

Pediatrics. 2008 Aug;122(2):e504-10. Review.PMID: 18676536 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

In vivo pharmacodynamic target investigation for micafungin against Candida albicans and C. glabrata in a neutropenic murine candidiasis model.

Andes DR, Diekema DJ, Pfaller MA, Marchillo K, Bohrmueller J.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Oct;52(10):3497-503. Epub 2008 Jul 14.PMID: 18625768 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Molecular phylogenetic analysis of a geographically and temporally matched set of Candida albicans isolates from humans and nonmigratory wildlife in central Illinois.

Wrobel L, Whittington JK, Pujol C, Oh SH, Ruiz MO, Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ, Soll DR, Hoyer LL.

Eukaryot Cell. 2008 Sep;7(9):1475-86. Epub 2008 Jul 11.PMID: 18621922 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Benefits and drawbacks of universal surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Diekema D.

Ann Intern Med. 2008 Jul 1;149(1):67; author reply 68-9. No abstract available. PMID: 18591646 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Correlation of MIC with outcome for Candida species tested against caspofungin, anidulafungin, and micafungin: analysis and proposal for interpretive MIC breakpoints.

Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Rex JH, Alexander BD, Andes D, Brown SD, Chaturvedi V, Ghannoum MA, Knapp CC, Sheehan DJ, Walsh TJ.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Aug;46(8):2620-9. Epub 2008 Jun 25.PMID: 18579718 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The role of family liaisons in research ethics consultations.

Salas HS, Aziz Z, Diekema DS.

Am J Bioeth. 2008 Mar;8(3):27-8; discussion W4-6. No abstract available. PMID: 18570096 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Geographic distribution and antifungal susceptibility of the newly described species Candida orthopsilosis and Candida metapsilosis in comparison to the closely related species Candida parapsilosis.

Lockhart SR, Messer SA, Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Aug;46(8):2659-64. Epub 2008 Jun 18.PMID: 18562582 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

In vitro survey of triazole cross-resistance among more than 700 clinical isolates of Aspergillus species.

Pfaller MA, Messer SA, Boyken L, Rice C, Tendolkar S, Hollis RJ, Diekema DJ.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Aug;46(8):2568-72. Epub 2008 Jun 18.PMID: 18562581 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Public health, ethics, and state compulsion.

Diekema DS.

J Public Health Manag Pract. 2008 Jul-Aug;14(4):332-4. No abstract available. PMID: 18552642 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical evaluation of the Sensititre YeastOne colorimetric antifungal panel for antifungal susceptibility testing of the echinocandins anidulafungin, caspofungin, and micafungin.

Pfaller MA, Chaturvedi V, Diekema DJ, Ghannoum MA, Holliday NM, Killian SB, Knapp CC, Messer SA, Miskov A, Ramani R.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Jul;46(7):2155-9. Epub 2008 May 7.PMID: 18463213 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Strain-relatedness of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from patients with repeated infection.

Huang SS, Diekema DJ, Warren DK, Zuccotti G, Winokur PL, Tendolkar S, Boyken L, Datta R, Jones RM, Ward MA, Aubrey T, Onderdonk AB, Garcia C, Platt R.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 15;46(8):1241-7.PMID: 18444862 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Preventing MRSA infections: finding it is not enough.

Diekema DJ, Climo M.

JAMA. 2008 Mar 12;299(10):1190-2. No abstract available. PMID: 18334697 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Geographic and temporal trends in isolation and antifungal susceptibility of Candida parapsilosis: a global assessment from the ARTEMIS DISK Antifungal Surveillance Program, 2001 to 2005.

Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ, Gibbs DL, Newell VA, Ng KP, Colombo A, Finquelievich J, Barnes R, Wadula J; Global Antifungal Surveillance Group.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Mar;46(3):842-9. Epub 2008 Jan 16.PMID: 18199791 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Selection of a surrogate agent (fluconazole or voriconazole) for initial susceptibility testing of posaconazole against Candida spp.: results from a global antifungal surveillance program.

Pfaller MA, Messer SA, Boyken L, Tendolkar S, Hollis RJ, Diekema DJ.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Feb;46(2):551-9. Epub 2007 Dec 19.PMID: 18094129 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Candida krusei, a multidrug-resistant opportunistic fungal pathogen: geographic and temporal trends from the ARTEMIS DISK Antifungal Surveillance Program, 2001 to 2005.

Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ, Gibbs DL, Newell VA, Nagy E, Dobiasova S, Rinaldi M, Barton R, Veselov A; Global Antifungal Surveillance Group.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Feb;46(2):515-21. Epub 2007 Dec 12.PMID: 18077633 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article