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Limitations in using aspiration pneumonia as a quality measure.

Mascitti KB, Manaker S, Rohrbach J, Brennan PJ, Fishman NO.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Dec;30(12):1233-5. No abstract available. PMID: 19877817 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Risk factors and clinical impact of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae.

Gasink LB, Edelstein PH, Lautenbach E, Synnestvedt M, Fishman NO.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Dec;30(12):1180-5.PMID: 19860564 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Surveillance cultures for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: diagnostic yield of anatomic sites and comparison of provider- and patient-collected samples.

Lautenbach E, Nachamkin I, Hu B, Fishman NO, Tolomeo P, Prasad P, Bilker WB, Zaoutis TE.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Apr;30(4):380-2.PMID: 19239378 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for fluconazole-resistant Candida glabrata bloodstream infections.

Lee I, Fishman NO, Zaoutis TE, Morales KH, Weiner MG, Synnestvedt M, Nachamkin I, Lautenbach E.

Arch Intern Med. 2009 Feb 23;169(4):379-83.PMID: 19237722 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Stockpiling drugs for an avian influenza outbreak: examining the surge in oseltamivir prescriptions during heightened media coverage of the potential for a worldwide pandemic.

Gasink LB, Linkin DR, Fishman NO, Bilker WB, Weiner MG, Lautenbach E.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Apr;30(4):370-6.PMID: 19236284 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Gastrointestinal tract colonization with fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in hospitalized patients: changes over time in risk factors for resistance.

Lautenbach E, Metlay JP, Weiner MG, Bilker WB, Tolomeo P, Mao X, Nachamkin I, Fishman NO.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Jan;30(1):18-24.PMID: 19046057 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Socioeconomic risk factors for bacteraemic pneumococcal pneumonia in adults.

Flory JH, Joffe M, Fishman NO, Edelstein PH, Metlay JP.

Epidemiol Infect. 2009 May;137(5):717-26. Epub 2008 Oct 17.PMID: 18925988 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Treatment and outcomes for patients with bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia.

Berjohn CM, Fishman NO, Joffe MM, Edelstein PH, Metlay JP.

Medicine (Baltimore). 2008 May;87(3):160-6.PMID: 18520325 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of accessibility of influenza vaccination on the rate of childcare staff vaccination.

Lee I, Thompson S, Lautenbach E, Gasink LB, Watson B, Fishman NO, Chen Z, Linkin DR.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 May;29(5):465-7.PMID: 18419374 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Contact isolation for infection control in hospitalized patients: is patient satisfaction affected?

Gasink LB, Singer K, Fishman NO, Holmes WC, Weiner MG, Bilker WB, Lautenbach E.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Mar;29(3):275-8.PMID: 18205528 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical and microbiological outcomes of serious infections with multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms treated with tigecycline.

Anthony KB, Fishman NO, Linkin DR, Gasink LB, Edelstein PH, Lautenbach E.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Feb 15;46(4):567-70.PMID: 18199038 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Patient attitudes regarding participation in studies of antimicrobial resistance.

Tolomeo P, Wheeler M, Metlay JP, Armstrong K, Fishman NO, Bilker WB, Lautenbach E.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Feb;29(2):155-9.PMID: 18179371 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of automatic orders to discontinue vancomycin therapy on vancomycin use in an antimicrobial stewardship program.

Connor DM, Binkley S, Fishman NO, Gasink LB, Linkin D, Lautenbach E.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Dec;28(12):1408-10. Epub 2007 Nov 1.PMID: 17994524 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of communication errors during calls to an antimicrobial stewardship program.

Linkin DR, Fishman NO, Landis JR, Barton TD, Gluckman S, Kostman J, Metlay JP.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Dec;28(12):1374-81. Epub 2007 Nov 1.PMID: 17994518 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for and impact of infection or colonization with aztreonam-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Gasink LB, Fishman NO, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Lautenbach E.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Oct;28(10):1175-80. Epub 2007 Aug 3.PMID: 17828695 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of antimicrobial therapy orders circumventing an antimicrobial stewardship program: investigating the strategy of "stealth dosing".

LaRosa LA, Fishman NO, Lautenbach E, Koppel RJ, Morales KH, Linkin DR.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 May;28(5):551-6. Epub 2007 Mar 22.PMID: 17464914 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The future of Cash and Counseling: the framers' view.

Mahoney KJ, Fishman NW, Doty P, Squillace MR.

Health Serv Res. 2007 Feb;42(1 Pt 2):550-66.PMID: 17244297 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America guidelines for developing an institutional program to enhance antimicrobial stewardship.

Dellit TH, Owens RC, McGowan JE Jr, Gerding DN, Weinstein RA, Burke JP, Huskins WC, Paterson DL, Fishman NO, Carpenter CF, Brennan PJ, Billeter M, Hooton TM; Infectious Diseases Society of America; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Jan 15;44(2):159-77. Epub 2006 Dec 13. No abstract available. PMID: 17173212 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of mannitol salt agar, CHROMagar Staph aureus and CHROMagar MRSA for detection of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from nasal swab specimens.

Han Z, Lautenbach E, Fishman N, Nachamkin I.

J Med Microbiol. 2007 Jan;56(Pt 1):43-6.PMID: 17172515 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Duration of outpatient fecal colonization due to Escherichia coli Isolates with decreased susceptibility to fluoroquinolones: longitudinal study of patients recently discharged from the hospital.

Lautenbach E, Tolomeo P, Mao X, Fishman NO, Metlay JP, Bilker WB, Nachamkin I.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Nov;50(11):3939-43. Epub 2006 Sep 18.PMID: 16982789 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Macrolide resistance in adults with bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia.

Metlay JP, Fishman NO, Joffe MM, Kallan MJ, Chittams JL, Edelstein PH.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Aug;12(8):1223-30.PMID: 16965701 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Imipenem resistance among pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates: risk factors for infection and impact of resistance on clinical and economic outcomes.

Lautenbach E, Weiner MG, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Sheridan A, Fishman NO.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Sep;27(9):893-900. Epub 2006 Aug 21.PMID: 16941312 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An uncommon presentation of an uncommon disease: leprosy in a heart transplant recipient.

Gasink LB, Seymour C, Blumberg EA, Goldberg LR, Fishman NO.

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2006 Jul;25(7):854-6. Epub 2006 Jun 5. Review.PMID: 16818130 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antimicrobial stewardship.

Fishman N.

Am J Infect Control. 2006 Jun;34(5 Suppl 1):S55-63; discussion S64-73.PMID: 16813983 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Inaccurate communications in telephone calls to an antimicrobial stewardship program.

Linkin DR, Paris S, Fishman NO, Metlay JP, Lautenbach E.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Jul;27(7):688-94. Epub 2006 Jun 22.PMID: 16807843 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of unit-specific and hospital-wide antibiograms: potential implications for selection of empirical antimicrobial therapy.

Binkley S, Fishman NO, LaRosa LA, Marr AM, Nachamkin I, Wordell D, Bilker WB, Lautenbach E.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Jul;27(7):682-7. Epub 2006 Jun 20.PMID: 16807842 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reemergence of gram-negative health care-associated bloodstream infections.

Albrecht SJ, Fishman NO, Kitchen J, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Hoegg C, Samel C, Barbagallo S, Arentzen J, Lautenbach E.

Arch Intern Med. 2006 Jun 26;166(12):1289-94.PMID: 16801511 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Fluoroquinolone-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: assessment of risk factors and clinical impact.

Gasink LB, Fishman NO, Weiner MG, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Lautenbach E.

Am J Med. 2006 Jun;119(6):526.e19-25.PMID: 16750968 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of fecal Escherichia coli isolates with decreased susceptibility to fluoroquinolones: results from a large hospital-based surveillance initiative.

Lautenbach E, Fishman NO, Metlay JP, Mao X, Bilker WB, Tolomeo P, Nachamkin I.

J Infect Dis. 2006 Jul 1;194(1):79-85. Epub 2006 May 31.PMID: 16741885 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antimicrobial stewardship.

Fishman N.

Am J Med. 2006 Jun;119(6 Suppl 1):S53-61; discussion S62-70. Review.PMID: 16735152 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identification of optimal combinations for empirical dual antimicrobial therapy of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection: potential role of a Combination Antibiogram.

Mizuta M, Linkin DR, Nachamkin I, Fishman NO, Weiner MG, Sheridan A, Lautenbach E.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Apr;27(4):413-5. Epub 2006 Mar 17.PMID: 16622822 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Limiting the emergence of extended-spectrum Beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae: influence of patient population characteristics on the response to antimicrobial formulary interventions.

Lipworth AD, Hyle EP, Fishman NO, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Marr AM, Larosa LA, Kasbekar N, Lautenbach E.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Mar;27(3):279-86. Epub 2006 Feb 23.PMID: 16532416 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Coadministration of oral levofloxacin with agents that impair its absorption: potential impact on emergence of resistance.

Quain RD, Barton TD, Fishman NO, Weiner MG, Lautenbach E.

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2005 Oct;26(4):327-30.PMID: 16154325 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association between fluoroquinolone resistance and mortality in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: the role of inadequate empirical antimicrobial therapy.

Lautenbach E, Metlay JP, Bilker WB, Edelstein PH, Fishman NO.

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Oct 1;41(7):923-9. Epub 2005 Aug 24.PMID: 16142655 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of pediatric vaccination with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on the risk of bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia in adults.

Metlay JP, Fishman NO, Joffe M, Edelstein PH.

Vaccine. 2006 Jan 23;24(4):468-75. Epub 2005 Aug 15.PMID: 16125826 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for increasing multidrug resistance among extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species.

Hyle EP, Lipworth AD, Zaoutis TE, Nachamkin I, Fishman NO, Bilker WB, Mao X, Lautenbach E.

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 May 1;40(9):1317-24. Epub 2005 Mar 30.PMID: 15825035 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

High rate of coadministration of di- or tri-valent cation-containing compounds with oral fluoroquinolones: risk factors and potential implications.

Barton TD, Fishman NO, Weiner MG, LaRosa LA, Lautenbach E.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Jan;26(1):93-9.PMID: 15693415 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Strategies for use of a limited influenza vaccine supply.

Cosgrove SE, Fishman NO, Talbot TR, Woeltje KF, Schaffner W, Fraser VJ, McMillan JA, Perl TM.

JAMA. 2005 Jan 12;293(2):229-32. No abstract available. PMID: 15644550 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Linkin DR, Fishman NO, Patel JB, Merrill JD, Lautenbach E.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 Sep;25(9):781-3.PMID: 15484805 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Costs of false-positive cultures from central catheters.

Barton T, Mizuta M, Fishman N.

Ann Intern Med. 2004 Jul 20;141(2):162. No abstract available. PMID: 15262677 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hospital-reported pneumococcal susceptibility to penicillin.

Metlay JP, Branas CC, Fishman NO.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Jan;10(1):54-9.PMID: 15078597 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Emergence of resistance to chloramphenicol among vancomycin-resistant enterococcal (VRE) bloodstream isolates.

Lautenbach E, Gould CV, LaRosa LA, Marr AM, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Fishman NO.

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2004 Feb;23(2):200-3.PMID: 15013047 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Chloramphenicol resistance in vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteremia: impact of prior fluoroquinolone use?

Gould CV, Fishman NO, Nachamkin I, Lautenbach E.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 Feb;25(2):138-45.PMID: 14994940 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Longitudinal trends in fluoroquinolone resistance among Enterobacteriaceae isolates from inpatients and outpatients, 1989-2000: differences in the emergence and epidemiology of resistance across organisms.

Lautenbach E, Strom BL, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Marr AM, Larosa LA, Fishman NO.

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Mar 1;38(5):655-62. Epub 2004 Feb 17.PMID: 14986249 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Recurrent catheter-related Rhodotorula rubra infection.

Lo Re V, Fishman NO, Nachamkin I.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2003 Aug;9(8):897-900.PMID: 14616717 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for postcraniotomy surgical site infection after 1,3-bis (2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (Gliadel) wafer placement.

McGovern PC, Lautenbach E, Brennan PJ, Lustig RA, Fishman NO.

Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Mar 15;36(6):759-65. Epub 2003 Mar 6.PMID: 12627360 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Fluoroquinolone utilization in the emergency departments of academic medical centers: prevalence of, and risk factors for, inappropriate use.

Lautenbach E, Larosa LA, Kasbekar N, Peng HP, Maniglia RJ, Fishman NO.

Arch Intern Med. 2003 Mar 10;163(5):601-5.PMID: 12622607 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Ciprofloxacin versus tobramycin for neutropenic fevers.

Linkin DR, Fishman N.

Ann Intern Med. 2003 Mar 4;138(5):435-6; author reply 436. No abstract available. PMID: 12614102 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Changes in the prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in response to antimicrobial formulary interventions: impact of progressive restrictions on use of vancomycin and third-generation cephalosporins.

Lautenbach E, LaRosa LA, Marr AM, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Fishman NO.

Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Feb 15;36(4):440-6. Epub 2003 Jan 24.PMID: 12567301 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for fluoroquinolone resistance in nosocomial Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae infections.

Lautenbach E, Fishman NO, Bilker WB, Castiglioni A, Metlay JP, Edelstein PH, Strom BL.

Arch Intern Med. 2002 Nov 25;162(21):2469-77.PMID: 12437407 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article