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Health Care-Associated Pneumonia: Perception versus Reality.

Kollef MH.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 13. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 19911939 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Bench-to-bedside review: Understanding the impact of resistance and virulence factors on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the intensive care unit.

Skrupky LP, Micek ST, Kollef MH.

Crit Care. 2009 Oct 8;13(5):222. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19889197 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Epidemiology and outcomes of hospitalizations with complicated skin and skin-structure infections: implications of healthcare-associated infection risk factors.

Zilberberg MD, Shorr AF, Micek ST, Hoban AP, Pham V, Doherty JA, Ramsey AM, Kollef MH.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Dec;30(12):1203-10.PMID: 19848604 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Candidemia on presentation to the hospital: development and validation of a risk score.

Shorr AF, Tabak YP, Johannes RS, Sun X, Spalding J, Kollef MH.

Crit Care. 2009 Sep 29;13(5):R156. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19788756 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Clinical practice improvement initiatives: don't be satisfied with the early results.

Kollef MH.

Chest. 2009 Aug;136(2):335-8. No abstract available. PMID: 19666754 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The management of severe sepsis and septic shock.

Morrell MR, Micek ST, Kollef MH.

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2009 Sep;23(3):485-501. Review.PMID: 19665079 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Preface. Infections in the intensive care unit.

Kollef MH, Micek ST.

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2009 Sep;23(3):xiii-xiv. No abstract available. PMID: 19665077 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clostridium difficile-associated disease and mortality among the elderly critically ill.

Zilberberg MD, Shorr AF, Micek ST, Doherty JA, Kollef MH.

Crit Care Med. 2009 Sep;37(9):2583-9.PMID: 19623053 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Non-invasive stroke volume measurement and passive leg raising predict volume responsiveness in medical ICU patients: an observational cohort study.

Thiel SW, Kollef MH, Isakow W.

Crit Care. 2009;13(4):R111. Epub 2009 Jul 8.PMID: 19586543 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Epidemiology and outcomes of clostridium difficile-associated disease among patients on prolonged acute mechanical ventilation.

Zilberberg MD, Nathanson BH, Sadigov S, Higgins TL, Kollef MH, Shorr AF.

Chest. 2009 Sep;136(3):752-8. Epub 2009 May 22.PMID: 19465510 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The importance of fluid management in acute lung injury secondary to septic shock.

Murphy CV, Schramm GE, Doherty JA, Reichley RM, Gajic O, Afessa B, Micek ST, Kollef MH.

Chest. 2009 Jul;136(1):102-9. Epub 2009 Mar 24.PMID: 19318675 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Health-care-associated pneumonia: not just a US phenomenon.

Kollef MH.

Chest. 2009 Mar;135(3):594-6. No abstract available. PMID: 19265082 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hospital-wide impact of a standardized order set for the management of bacteremic severe sepsis.

Thiel SW, Asghar MF, Micek ST, Reichley RM, Doherty JA, Kollef MH.

Crit Care Med. 2009 Mar;37(3):819-24.PMID: 19237883 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The alphabet soup of pneumonia: CAP, HAP, HCAP, NHAP, and VAP.

Anand N, Kollef MH.

Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Feb;30(1):3-9. Epub 2009 Feb 6. Review.PMID: 19199181 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Healthcare-associated pneumonia.

Kollef MH.

Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Feb;30(1):1-2. Epub 2009 Feb 6. No abstract available. PMID: 19199180 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antimicrobial stewardship in the intensive care unit: advances and obstacles.

Lawrence KL, Kollef MH.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Mar 15;179(6):434-8. Epub 2009 Jan 8.PMID: 19136370 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Growth in the incidence of hospitalizations with resistant infections in elderly people in the United States: 2000 to 2006.

Zilberberg MD, Shorr AF, Kollef MH.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Dec;56(12):2356-8. No abstract available. PMID: 19093942 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Increase in Clostridium difficile-related hospitalizations among infants in the United States, 2000-2005.

Zilberberg MD, Shorr AF, Kollef MH.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008 Dec;27(12):1111-3.PMID: 19068517 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Implementing quality improvements in the intensive care unit: ventilator bundle as an example.

Zilberberg MD, Shorr AF, Kollef MH.

Crit Care Med. 2009 Jan;37(1):305-9. Review.PMID: 19050626 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prediction of infection due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria by select risk factors for health care-associated pneumonia.

Shorr AF, Zilberberg MD, Micek ST, Kollef MH.

Arch Intern Med. 2008 Nov 10;168(20):2205-10.PMID: 19001196 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Growth and geographic variation in hospitalizations with resistant infections, United States, 2000-2005.

Zilberberg MD, Shorr AF, Kollef MH.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Nov;14(11):1756-8.PMID: 18976563 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Diagnostic implications of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 in BAL fluid of patients with pulmonary infiltrates in the ICU.

Anand NJ, Zuick S, Klesney-Tait J, Kollef MH.

Chest. 2009 Mar;135(3):641-7. Epub 2008 Oct 10.PMID: 18849395 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Treatment-related risk factors for hospital mortality in Candida bloodstream infections.

Labelle AJ, Micek ST, Roubinian N, Kollef MH.

Crit Care Med. 2008 Nov;36(11):2967-72.PMID: 18824910 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Health care-associated infection (HAI): a critical appraisal of the emerging threat-proceedings of the HAI Summit.

Kollef MH, Napolitano LM, Solomkin JS, Wunderink RG, Bae IG, Fowler VG, Balk RA, Stevens DL, Rahal JJ, Shorr AF, Linden PK, Micek ST.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 1;47 Suppl 2:S55-99; quiz S100-1. Review.PMID: 18778223 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Broad-spectrum antimicrobials and the treatment of serious bacterial infections: getting it right up front.

Kollef MH.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Sep 15;47 Suppl 1:S3-13. Review.PMID: 18713047 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Update on the appropriate use of meropenem for the treatment of serious bacterial infections.

Kollef MH.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Sep 15;47 Suppl 1:S1-2. No abstract available. PMID: 18713044 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Secular trends in candidemia-related hospitalization in the United States, 2000-2005.

Zilberberg MD, Shorr AF, Kollef MH.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29(10):978-80.PMID: 18715153 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Silver-coated endotracheal tubes and incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia: the NASCENT randomized trial.

Kollef MH, Afessa B, Anzueto A, Veremakis C, Kerr KM, Margolis BD, Craven DE, Roberts PR, Arroliga AC, Hubmayr RD, Restrepo MI, Auger WR, Schinner R; NASCENT Investigation Group.

JAMA. 2008 Aug 20;300(7):805-13.PMID: 18714060 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A 50-year-old woman with abdominal pain and respiratory failure 3 months after kidney transplantation.

Morrell MR, Dallas J, Kollef MH.

Chest. 2008 Aug;134(2):442-6. No abstract available. PMID: 18682465 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Predictors of 30-day mortality and hospital costs in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia attributed to potentially antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria.

Kollef KE, Schramm GE, Wills AR, Reichley RM, Micek ST, Kollef MH.

Chest. 2008 Aug;134(2):281-7.PMID: 18682456 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antimicrobial therapy escalation and hospital mortality among patients with health-care-associated pneumonia: a single-center experience.

Zilberberg MD, Shorr AF, Micek ST, Mody SH, Kollef MH.

Chest. 2008 Nov;134(5):963-8. Epub 2008 Jul 18.PMID: 18641103 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Health care-associated pneumonia: identification and initial management in the ED.

Abrahamian FM, Deblieux PM, Emerman CL, Kollef MH, Kupersmith E, Leeper KV Jr, Paterson DL, Shorr AF.

Am J Emerg Med. 2008 Jul;26(6 Suppl):1-11. Review.PMID: 18603170 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Probiotics in the intensive care unit: why controversies and confusion abound.

Morrow LE, Kollef MH.

Crit Care. 2008;12(3):160. Epub 2008 Jun 24.PMID: 18598379 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Inappropriate therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: resource utilization and cost implications.

Shorr AF, Micek ST, Kollef MH.

Crit Care Med. 2008 Aug;36(8):2335-40.PMID: 18596624 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP): a critical appraisal to improve identification, management, and outcomes--proceedings of the HCAP Summit.

Kollef MH, Morrow LE, Baughman RP, Craven DE, McGowan JE Jr, Micek ST, Niederman MS, Ost D, Paterson DL, Segreti J.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 15;46 Suppl 4:S296-334; quiz 335-8.PMID: 18429676 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Increase in adult Clostridium difficile-related hospitalizations and case-fatality rate, United States, 2000-2005.

Zilberberg MD, Shorr AF, Kollef MH.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jun;14(6):929-31.PMID: 18507904 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Rubinstein E, Kollef MH, Nathwani D.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jun 1;46 Suppl 5:S378-85. Review.PMID: 18462093 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevention of VAP: the whole is more than the sum of its parts.

Lisboa T, Kollef MH, Rello J.

Intensive Care Med. 2008 Jun;34(6):985-7. Epub 2008 Apr 17. No abstract available. PMID: 18418570 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The importance of early treatment with doxycycline in human ehrlichiosis.

Hamburg BJ, Storch GA, Micek ST, Kollef MH.

Medicine (Baltimore). 2008 Mar;87(2):53-60.PMID: 18344803 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Open access to infectious disease case-based learning on the Internet.

Kollef MH.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Feb 1;46(3):480; author reply 480. No abstract available. PMID: 18181752 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Optimizing therapy for MRSA pneumonia.

Skrupky LP, Micek ST, Kollef MH.

Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Dec;28(6):615-23. Review.PMID: 18095225 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Correctly scoring infections: CSI in the ICU.

Kollef MH.

Crit Care Med. 2007 Nov;35(11):2641-3. No abstract available. PMID: 18075370 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Attitudes of respiratory therapists and nurses about measures to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia: a multicenter, cross-sectional survey study.

Kaynar AM, Mathew JJ, Hudlin MM, Gingras DJ, Ritz RH, Jackson MR, Kacmarek RM, Kollef MH.

Respir Care. 2007 Dec;52(12):1687-94.PMID: 18028558 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The modified APACHE II score outperforms Curb65 pneumonia severity score as a predictor of 30-day mortality in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia.

Kollef KE, Reichley RM, Micek ST, Kollef MH.

Chest. 2008 Feb;133(2):363-9. Epub 2007 Oct 20.PMID: 17951615 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Limitations of vancomycin in the management of resistant staphylococcal infections.

Kollef MH.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Sep 15;45 Suppl 3:S191-5. Review.PMID: 17712746 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Bugging the bugs: novel approaches in the strategic management of resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.

Kollef MH.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Sep 15;45 Suppl 3:S163-4. No abstract available. PMID: 17712741 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A retrospective analysis of possible renal toxicity associated with vancomycin in patients with health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia.

Jeffres MN, Isakow W, Doherty JA, Micek ST, Kollef MH.

Clin Ther. 2007 Jun;29(6):1107-15.PMID: 17692725 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Health care-associated pneumonia and community-acquired pneumonia: a single-center experience.

Micek ST, Kollef KE, Reichley RM, Roubinian N, Kollef MH.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 Oct;51(10):3568-73. Epub 2007 Aug 6.PMID: 17682100 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Probiotics for preventing and treating nosocomial infections: review of current evidence and recommendations.

Isakow W, Morrow LE, Kollef MH.

Chest. 2007 Jul;132(1):286-94. Review.PMID: 17625089 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Analysis of 30-day mortality for clostridium difficile-associated disease in the ICU setting.

Kenneally C, Rosini JM, Skrupky LP, Doherty JA, Hollands JM, Martinez E, McKinzie WE, Murphy T, Smith JR, Micek ST, Kollef MH.

Chest. 2007 Aug;132(2):418-24. Epub 2007 Jun 15. Erratum in: Chest. 2007 Nov;132(5):1721. McKenzie, Wendi [corrected to McKinzie, Wendi E]. PMID: 17573523 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article