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Rates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia colonization and infection in relation to antibiotic cycling protocols.

Pakyz AL, Farr BM.

Epidemiol Infect. 2009 Dec;137(12):1679-83.PMID: 19874637 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

What works and what doesn't for the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection: dogma and data.

Farr BM, Jarvis WR.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 15;49(6):987-8; author reply 989-90. No abstract available. PMID: 19694537 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Searching many guidelines for how best to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus healthcare-associated spread and infection.

Farr BM, Jarvis WR.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Aug;30(8):808-9. No abstract available. PMID: 19591585 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Why we disagree with the analysis of Wenzel et al.

Farr BM, Jarvis WR.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 May;30(5):497-9; author reply 499-500. No abstract available. PMID: 19344270 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: misinterpretation and misrepresentation of active detection and isolation.

Farr BM, Jarvis WR.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Nov 1;47(9):1238-9; author reply 1239-40. No abstract available. PMID: 18831705 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by hospitals.

Salgado CD, Vos MC, Farr BM.

JAMA. 2008 Aug 6;300(5):503-4; author reply 504-5. No abstract available. PMID: 18677019 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Political versus epidemiological correctness.

Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 May;28(5):589-93. Epub 2007 Apr 18. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 17464920 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

What to think if the results of the National Institutes of Health randomized trial of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus control measures are negative (and other advice to young epidemiologists): a review and an au revoir.

Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Oct;27(10):1096-106. Epub 2006 Sep 18. Review.PMID: 17006818 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Doing the right thing (and figuring out what that is).

Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Oct;27(10):999-1003. Epub 2006 Sep 21. No abstract available. PMID: 17006804 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Another tale of two guidelines.

Muto CA, Jarvis WR, Farr BM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Sep 15;43(6):796-7;; author reply 797-8. No abstract available. PMID: 16912962 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Control of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.

Muto CA, Vos MC, Jarvis WR, Farr BM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Aug 1;43(3):387-8. No abstract available. PMID: 16804860 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cognitive effects of diarrhea, malnutrition, and Entamoeba histolytica infection on school age children in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Tarleton JL, Haque R, Mondal D, Shu J, Farr BM, Petri WA Jr.

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Mar;74(3):475-81.PMID: 16525109 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

What proportion of hospital patients colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus are identified by clinical microbiological cultures?

Salgado CD, Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Feb;27(2):116-21. Epub 2006 Feb 8.PMID: 16465626 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Entamoeba histolytica infection in children and protection from subsequent amebiasis.

Haque R, Mondal D, Duggal P, Kabir M, Roy S, Farr BM, Sack RB, Petri WA Jr.

Infect Immun. 2006 Feb;74(2):904-9.PMID: 16428733 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevention and control of antimicrobial-resistant infections in intensive care patients.

Salgado CD, O'Grady N, Farr BM.

Crit Care Med. 2005 Oct;33(10):2373-82. Review.PMID: 16215395 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Positive predictive value of a percutaneously drawn blood culture growing skin flora varies markedly by organism.

Geffers C, Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Jun;26(6):507-9. No abstract available. PMID: 16018422 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Has methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus stopped spreading in intensive care units?

Muto CA, Farr BM, Jarvis WR.

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Jul 15;41(2):269-70; author reply 270-1. No abstract available. PMID: 15983929 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk of transmission of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from patients colonized with MRSA.

Geffers C, Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Feb;26(2):114-5. No abstract available. PMID: 15756878 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Preventing nosocomial influenza by improving the vaccine acceptance rate of clinicians.

Salgado CD, Giannetta ET, Hayden FG, Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 Nov;25(11):923-8.PMID: 15566025 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevention and control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.

Farr BM.

Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2004 Aug;17(4):317-22. Review.PMID: 15241075 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Failure to develop vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus with oral vancomycin treatment of Clostridium difficile.

Salgado CD, Giannetta ET, Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 May;25(5):413-7.PMID: 15188848 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pro/con clinical debate: isolation precautions for all intensive care unit patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization are essential.

Farr BM, Bellingan G.

Crit Care. 2004 Jun;8(3):153-6. Epub 2004 Feb 19.PMID: 15153232 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Salgado CD, Farr BM.

JAMA. 2004 Apr 28;291(16):1960-1; author reply 1961. No abstract available. PMID: 15113812 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

For nosocomial vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infections: the ounce of prevention or the pound of cure?

Farr BM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Apr 15;38(8):1116-8. Epub 2004 Apr 5. No abstract available. PMID: 15095216 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The state of the science.

Farr BM.

Am J Infect Control. 2004 Apr;32(2):106-13. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 15057203 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Volume 25: An important milestone despite continuing infection control challenges.

Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 Jan;25(1):7-9. No abstract available. PMID: 14756212 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Influence of human leukocyte antigen class II alleles on susceptibility to Entamoeba histolytica infection in Bangladeshi children.

Duggal P, Haque R, Roy S, Mondal D, Sack RB, Farr BM, Beaty TH, Petri WA Jr.

J Infect Dis. 2004 Feb 1;189(3):520-6. Epub 2004 Jan 20.PMID: 14745711 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Catheters, microbes, time, and gold standards.

Farr BM.

Ann Intern Med. 2004 Jan 6;140(1):62-4. No abstract available. PMID: 14706975 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of acute diarrhea with emphasis on Entamoeba histolytica infections in preschool children in an urban slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Haque R, Mondal D, Kirkpatrick BD, Akther S, Farr BM, Sack RB, Petri WA Jr.

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Oct;69(4):398-405.PMID: 14640500 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Outcomes associated with vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a meta-analysis.

Salgado CD, Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Sep;24(9):690-8.PMID: 14510253 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

SHEA guideline for preventing nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus.

LeDell K, Muto CA, Jarvis WR, Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Sep;24(9):639-41. No abstract available. PMID: 14510243 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A pseudo-outbreak of nosocomial infections associated with the introduction of an antibiotic management programme.

Calfee DP, Brooks J, Zirk NM, Giannetta ET, Scheld WM, Farr BM.

J Hosp Infect. 2003 Sep;55(1):26-32.PMID: 14505606 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ultraviolet light disinfection of hospital water for preventing nosocomial Legionella infection: a 13-year follow-up.

Hall KK, Giannetta ET, Getchell-White SI, Durbin LJ, Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Aug;24(8):580-3.PMID: 12940578 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Three, if by air.

Sepkowitz KA, Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Jul;24(7):470-1. No abstract available. PMID: 12887232 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Control of endemic vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus among inpatients at a university hospital.

Calfee DP, Giannetta ET, Durbin LJ, Germanson TP, Farr BM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Aug 1;37(3):326-32. Epub 2003 Jul 14.PMID: 12884155 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among household contacts of individuals with nosocomially acquired MRSA.

Calfee DP, Durbin LJ, Germanson TP, Toney DM, Smith EB, Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Jun;24(6):422-6.PMID: 12828318 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

SHEA guideline for preventing nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and enterococcus.

Muto CA, Jernigan JA, Ostrowsky BE, Richet HM, Jarvis WR, Boyce JM, Farr BM; SHEA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 May;24(5):362-86. Review.PMID: 12785411 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a meta-analysis of prevalence and risk factors.

Salgado CD, Farr BM, Calfee DP.

Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jan 15;36(2):131-9. Epub 2003 Jan 3.PMID: 12522744 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Isoniazid-resistant cavitary tuberculosis in a physician following isoniazid prophylaxis.

Karchmer TB, Phipps JD, Giannetta ET, Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Oct;23(10):622-5.PMID: 12400895 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Innate and acquired resistance to amebiasis in bangladeshi children.

Haque R, Duggal P, Ali IM, Hossain MB, Mondal D, Sack RB, Farr BM, Beaty TH, Petri WA Jr.

J Infect Dis. 2002 Aug 15;186(4):547-52. Epub 2002 Jul 19.PMID: 12195383 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cost-effectiveness of perirectal surveillance cultures for controlling vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus.

Muto CA, Giannetta ET, Durbin LJ, Simonton BM, Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Aug;23(8):429-35.PMID: 12186207 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Infection control and cost control in the era of managed care.

Calfee DP, Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Jul;23(7):407-10. No abstract available. PMID: 12138983 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cost-effectiveness of active surveillance cultures and contact/droplet precautions for control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Karchmer TB, Durbin LJ, Simonton BM, Farr BM.

J Hosp Infect. 2002 Jun;51(2):126-32.PMID: 12090800 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Low rate of false-positive results with use of a rapid HIV test.

Salgado CD, Flanagan HL, Haverstick DM, Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Jun;23(6):335-7.PMID: 12083238 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mupirocin to prevent S. aureus infections.

Farr BM.

N Engl J Med. 2002 Jun 13;346(24):1905-6. No abstract available. PMID: 12063377 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Duration of colonization with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus.

Byers KE, Anglim AM, Anneski CJ, Farr BM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Apr;23(4):207-11.PMID: 12002235 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of four antiseptic preparations for skin in the prevention of contamination of percutaneously drawn blood cultures: a randomized trial.

Calfee DP, Farr BM.

J Clin Microbiol. 2002 May;40(5):1660-5.PMID: 11980938 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Diagnostic tests for healthcare epidemiology.

Farr BM.

Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2001 Aug;14(4):443-7. Review.PMID: 11964863 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Influenza in the acute hospital setting.

Salgado CD, Farr BM, Hall KK, Hayden FG.

Lancet Infect Dis. 2002 Mar;2(3):145-55. Review. Erratum in: Lancet Infect Dis 2002 Jun;2(6):383. PMID: 11944184 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Would active surveillance cultures help control healthcare-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections?

Farr BM, Jarvis WR.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Feb;23(2):65-8. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 11893150 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles