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Preventing the spread of influenza A H1N1 2009 to health-care workers.

Mermel LA.

Lancet Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 3. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 19892599 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in Rhode Island.

Asad S, Sweeney J, Mermel LA.

Transfusion. 2009 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19761547 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization of house officers.

Barbosa AA, Chapin K, Mermel LA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Sep;30(9):912-4.PMID: 19642898 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Swine-origin influenza virus in young age groups.

Mermel LA.

Lancet. 2009 Jun 20;373(9681):2108-9. No abstract available. PMID: 19541030 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Mermel LA, Allon M, Bouza E, Craven DE, Flynn P, O'Grady NP, Raad II, Rijnders BJ, Sherertz RJ, Warren DK.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Jul 1;49(1):1-45. No abstract available. PMID: 19489710 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

In vitro activities of telavancin and vancomycin against biofilm-producing Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, and Enterococcus faecalis strains.

LaPlante KL, Mermel LA.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Jul;53(7):3166-9. Epub 2009 May 18.PMID: 19451302 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infection in HIV-infected patients.

Trinh TT, Short WR, Mermel LA.

J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic Ill). 2009 May-Jun;8(3):176-80. Epub 2009 May 7.PMID: 19423878 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Are there differences in hospital cost between patients with nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection and those with methicillin-susceptible S. aureus bloodstream infection?

Ben-David D, Novikov I, Mermel LA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 May;30(5):453-60.PMID: 19344266 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Does influenza transmission occur from asymptomatic infection or prior to symptom onset?

Patrozou E, Mermel LA.

Public Health Rep. 2009 Mar-Apr;124(2):193-6. Review.PMID: 19320359 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A cluster of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in hospital security guards.

Patrozou E, Reid K, Jefferson J, Mermel LA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Apr;30(4):386-8.PMID: 19236283 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antimicrobial central venous catheters in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Casey AL, Mermel LA, Nightingale P, Elliott TS.

Lancet Infect Dis. 2008 Dec;8(12):763-76. Review.PMID: 19022192 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Strategies to prevent clostridium difficile infections in acute care hospitals.

Dubberke ER, Gerding DN, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Fraser V, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S81-92. No abstract available. PMID: 18840091 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Strategies to prevent transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in acute care hospitals.

Calfee DP, Salgado CD, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Coffin SE, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S62-80. No abstract available. PMID: 18840090 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals.

Anderson DJ, Kaye KS, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S51-61. No abstract available. PMID: 18840089 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Strategies to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute care hospitals.

Lo E, Nicolle L, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S41-50. No abstract available. PMID: 18840088 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals.

Coffin SE, Klompas M, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S31-40. No abstract available. PMID: 18840087 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals.

Marschall J, Mermel LA, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S22-30. No abstract available. Erratum in: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Aug;30(8):815. PMID: 18840085 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals.

Yokoe DS, Mermel LA, Anderson DJ, Arias KM, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Podgorny K, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Classen D.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S12-21.PMID: 18840084 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Potential economic impact of hospital-acquired infections in uninsured patients: a preliminary investigation.

Thompson J, Jefferson J, Mermel LA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Aug;29(8):764-6.PMID: 18631117 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

What happens when autogenous bone drops out of the sterile field during orthopaedic trauma surgery.

Kang L, Mermel LA, Trafton PG.

J Orthop Trauma. 2008 Jul;22(6):430-1. No abstract available. PMID: 18594310 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Trial of alcohol-based hand gel in critical care units.

Mermel LA, Boyce JM, Voss A, Allegranzi B, Pittet D.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Jun;29(6):577-9; author reply 580-2. No abstract available. PMID: 18510471 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Knowledge and use of cumulative antimicrobial susceptibility data at a university teaching hospital.

Mermel LA, Jefferson J, Devolve J.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jun 1;46(11):1789. No abstract available. PMID: 18462115 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission: the possible importance of unrecognized health care worker carriage.

Ben-David D, Mermel LA, Parenteau S.

Am J Infect Control. 2008 Mar;36(2):93-7.PMID: 18313510 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Arterial catheters are not risk-free spigots.

Mermel LA.

Crit Care Med. 2008 Feb;36(2):620-2. No abstract available. PMID: 18216613 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevention of central venous catheter-related infections: what works other than impregnated or coated catheters?

Mermel LA.

J Hosp Infect. 2007 Jun;65 Suppl 2:30-3. Review.PMID: 17540238 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

In vitro activity of daptomycin and vancomycin lock solutions on staphylococcal biofilms in a central venous catheter model.

LaPlante KL, Mermel LA.

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2007 Aug;22(8):2239-46. Epub 2007 Apr 1.PMID: 17403700 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antimicrobial resistance of community-acquired bloodstream isolates of viridans group streptococci.

Yap RL, Mermel LA, Maglio J.

Infection. 2006 Dec;34(6):339-41.PMID: 17180589 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Microbial colonization of tourniquets used in orthopedic surgery.

Walsh EF, Ben-David D, Ritter M, Mechrefe A, Mermel LA, DiGiovanni C.

Orthopedics. 2006 Aug;29(8):709-13.PMID: 16924865 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The growth of infection control, impact of ICHE, and challenges ahead.

Mermel LA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Mar;27(3):325. No abstract available. PMID: 16532429 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pandemic avian influenza.

Mermel LA.

Lancet Infect Dis. 2005 Nov;5(11):666-7. No abstract available. PMID: 16253881 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of a second-generation venous catheter impregnated with chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine on central catheter-related infections: a randomized, controlled trial.

Rupp ME, Lisco SJ, Lipsett PA, Perl TM, Keating K, Civetta JM, Mermel LA, Lee D, Dellinger EP, Donahoe M, Giles D, Pfaller MA, Maki DG, Sherertz R.

Ann Intern Med. 2005 Oct 18;143(8):570-80.PMID: 16230723 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in southern New England children.

Dietrich DW, Auld DB, Mermel LA.

Pediatrics. 2004 Apr;113(4):e347-52.PMID: 15060266 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

What happens when automated blood culture instrument detect growth but there are no technologists in the microbiology laboratory?

Savinelli T, Parenteau S, Mermel LA.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2004 Mar;48(3):173-4.PMID: 15023425 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pseudomonas surgical-site infections linked to a healthcare worker with onychomycosis.

Mermel LA, McKay M, Dempsey J, Parenteau S.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Oct;24(10):749-52.PMID: 14587936 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Micrococcus infection in patients receiving epoprostenol by continuous infusion.

Yap RL, Mermel LA.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003 Nov;22(11):704-5. Epub 2003 Oct 24. No abstract available. PMID: 14576986 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Intracerebral tuberculoma misdiagnosed as neurosarcoidosis.

Cortez K, Kottilil S, Mermel LA.

South Med J. 2003 May;96(5):494-6.PMID: 12911190 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk of cutaneous vaccinia from health care workers who receive smallpox vaccine.

Mermel LA.

JAMA. 2003 Feb 19;289(7):844-5 author reply 845. No abstract available. PMID: 12588263 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Dellinger EP, Gerberding JL, Heard SO, Maki DG, Masur H, McCormick RD, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph A, Weinstein RA; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Dec;23(12):759-69.PMID: 12517020 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

O'grady NP, Alexander M, Dellinger EP, Gerberding JL, Heard SO, Maki DG, Masur H, McCormick RD, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph A, Weinstein RA; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.

Am J Infect Control. 2002 Dec;30(8):476-89. Review.PMID: 12461511 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. The Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.

O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Dellinger EP, Gerberding JL, Heard SO, Maki DG, Masur H, McCormick RD, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph A, Weinstein RA.

Pediatrics. 2002 Nov;110(5):e51.PMID: 12415057 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Dellinger EP, Gerberding JL, Heard SO, Maki DG, Masur H, McCormick RD, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph A, Weinstein RA.

MMWR Recomm Rep. 2002 Aug 9;51(RR-10):1-29.PMID: 12233868 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Re: sutureless securement device reduces complications of peripherally inserted central venous catheters.

Mermel LA.

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2002 Aug;13(8):855. No abstract available. PMID: 12171992 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antimicrobial activity of a novel catheter lock solution.

Shah CB, Mittelman MW, Costerton JW, Parenteau S, Pelak M, Arsenault R, Mermel LA.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 Jun;46(6):1674-9.PMID: 12019075 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevention of intravascular catheter infections--insights and prospects for hemodialysis catheters.

Mermel LA.

Nephrologie. 2001;22(8):449-51. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 11811007 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Eradication of biofilm-forming Staphylococcus epidermidis (RP62A) by a combination of sodium salicylate and vancomycin.

Polonio RE, Mermel LA, Paquette GE, Sperry JF.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2001 Nov;45(11):3262-6.PMID: 11600396 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Mermel LA, Farr BM, Sherertz RJ, Raad II, O'Grady N, Harris JS, Craven DE; Infectious Diseases Society of America, American College of Critical Care Medicine, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

J Intraven Nurs. 2001 May-Jun;24(3):180-205. Review.PMID: 11530364 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Mermel LA, Farr BM, Sherertz RJ, Raad II, O'Grady N, Harris JS, Craven DE; Infectious Diseases Society of America; American College of Critical Care Medicine; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2001 Apr;22(4):222-42. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 11379714 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Mermel LA, Farr BM, Sherertz RJ, Raad II, O'Grady N, Harris JS, Craven DE; Infectious Diseases Society of America; American College of Critical Care Medicine; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

Clin Infect Dis. 2001 May 1;32(9):1249-72. Epub 2001 Apr 3. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 11303260 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

New technologies to prevent intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infections.

Mermel LA.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Mar-Apr;7(2):197-9. Review.PMID: 11294705 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

Mermel LA.

Ann Intern Med. 2000 Mar 7;132(5):391-402. Erratum in: Ann Intern Med 2000 Sep 5;133(5):395. PMID: 10691590 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article