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Burton DC, Edwards JR, Horan TC, Jernigan JA, Fridkin SK.

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Hidron AI, Edwards JR, Patel J, Horan TC, Sievert DM, Pollock DA, Fridkin SK; National Healthcare Safety Network Team; Participating National Healthcare Safety Network Facilities.

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Cohen AL, Calfee D, Fridkin SK, Huang SS, Jernigan JA, Lautenbach E, Oriola S, Ramsey KM, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.

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Gorwitz R, Fridkin SK, Workowski KA.

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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Jan;29(1):25-30.PMID: 18171183 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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JAMA. 2007 Oct 17;298(15):1763-71.PMID: 17940231 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

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Rodriguez D, Park BJ, Almirante B, Cuenca-Estrella M, Planes AM, Mensa J, Gimenez M, Saballs P, Fridkin SK, Rodriguez-Tudela JL, Pahissa A; Barcelona Candidemia Project Study Group.

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Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Dec;12(12):1991-3.PMID: 17326962 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

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Merz LR, Warren DK, Kollef MH, Fridkin SK, Fraser VJ.

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Clark T, Huhn GD, Conover C, Cali S, Arduino MJ, Hajjeh R, Brandt ME, Fridkin SK.

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Burwell LA, Kaufman D, Blakely J, Stoll BJ, Fridkin SK.

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Multistate outbreak of Fusarium keratitis associated with use of a contact lens solution.

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JAMA. 2006 Aug 23;296(8):953-63.PMID: 16926355 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Epidemiology of community-onset candidemia in Connecticut and Maryland.

Sofair AN, Lyon GM, Huie-White S, Reiss E, Harrison LH, Sanza LT, Arthington-Skaggs BA, Fridkin SK.

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Changing incidence of Candida bloodstream infections among NICU patients in the United States: 1995-2004.

Fridkin SK, Kaufman D, Edwards JR, Shetty S, Horan T.

Pediatrics. 2006 May;117(5):1680-7.PMID: 16651324 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evaluation of amphotericin B interpretive breakpoints for Candida bloodstream isolates by correlation with therapeutic outcome.

Park BJ, Arthington-Skaggs BA, Hajjeh RA, Iqbal N, Ciblak MA, Lee-Yang W, Hairston MD, Phelan M, Plikaytis BD, Sofair AN, Harrison LH, Fridkin SK, Warnock DW.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Apr;50(4):1287-92.PMID: 16569842 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in the United States, 2001-2002.

Kuehnert MJ, Kruszon-Moran D, Hill HA, McQuillan G, McAllister SK, Fosheim G, McDougal LK, Chaitram J, Jensen B, Fridkin SK, Killgore G, Tenover FC.

J Infect Dis. 2006 Jan 15;193(2):172-9. Epub 2005 Dec 15.PMID: 16362880 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The changing face of fungal infections in health care settings.

Fridkin SK.

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Fridkin SK.

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Shetty SS, Harrison LH, Hajjeh RA, Taylor T, Mirza SA, Schmidt AB, Sanza LT, Shutt KA, Fridkin SK.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Jul;24(7):601-4.PMID: 15999000 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Apr;43(4):1829-35.PMID: 15815004 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in three communities.

Fridkin SK, Hageman JC, Morrison M, Sanza LT, Como-Sabetti K, Jernigan JA, Harriman K, Harrison LH, Lynfield R, Farley MM; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Program of the Emerging Infections Program Network.

N Engl J Med. 2005 Apr 7;352(14):1436-44. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2005 Jun 2;352(22):2362. PMID: 15814879 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Management of inpatients colonized or infected with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in hospitals in the United States.

Sunenshine RH, Liedtke LA, Fridkin SK, Strausbaugh LJ; Infectious Diseases Society of America Emerging Infections Network.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Feb;26(2):138-43.PMID: 15756883 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cycling empirical antimicrobial agents to prevent emergence of antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative bacteria among intensive care unit patients.

Warren DK, Hill HA, Merz LR, Kollef MH, Hayden MK, Fraser VJ, Fridkin SK.

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J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Oct;42(10):4468-72.PMID: 15472295 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a Memphis, Tennessee Children's Hospital.

Buckingham SC, McDougal LK, Cathey LD, Comeaux K, Craig AS, Fridkin SK, Tenover FC.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2004 Jul;23(7):619-24.PMID: 15247599 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the absence of vancomycin exposure.

Whitener CJ, Park SY, Browne FA, Parent LJ, Julian K, Bozdogan B, Appelbaum PC, Chaitram J, Weigel LM, Jernigan J, McDougal LK, Tenover FC, Fridkin SK.

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Apr 15;38(8):1049-55. Epub 2004 Mar 24.PMID: 15095205 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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Hawley LA, Fridkin SK, Whitney CG.

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Tenover FC, Raney PM, Williams PP, Rasheed JK, Biddle JW, Oliver A, Fridkin SK, Jevitt L, McGowan JE Jr; Project ICARE.

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Antimicrobial proficiency testing of National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System hospital laboratories.

Hageman JC, Fridkin SK, Mohammed JM, Steward CD, Gaynes RP, Tenover FC; National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System Hospitals.

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Fridkin SK.

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Zagorski BM, Trick WE, Schwartz DN, Wisniewski MF, Hershow RC, Fridkin SK, Weinstein RA.

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Temporal changes in prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in 23 US hospitals.

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Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in a home health-care patient.

Hageman JC, Pegues DA, Jepson C, Bell RL, Guinan M, Ward KW, Cohen MD, Hindler JA, Tenover FC, McAllister SK, Kellum ME, Fridkin SK.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Nov-Dec;7(6):1023-5.PMID: 11747733 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax: the first 10 cases reported in the United States.

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