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Ethanol lock technique: review of the literature.

Maiefski M, Rupp ME, Hermsen ED.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Nov;30(11):1096-108.PMID: 19803767 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Comparison of the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease and Cockcroft-Gault equations for dosing antimicrobials.

Hermsen ED, Maiefski M, Florescu MC, Qiu F, Rupp ME.

Pharmacotherapy. 2009 Jun;29(6):649-55.PMID: 19476418 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Initial low-dose gentamicin for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis is nephrotoxic.

Cosgrove SE, Vigliani GA, Fowler VG Jr, Abrutyn E, Corey GR, Levine DP, Rupp ME, Chambers HF, Karchmer AW, Boucher HW.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Mar 15;48(6):713-21.PMID: 19207079 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Incidence of and preoperative risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and chest wound infection after cardiac surgery.

Kanafani ZA, Arduino JM, Muhlbaier LH, Kaye KS, Allen KB, Carmeli Y, Corey GR, Cosgrove SE, Fraser TG, Harris AD, Karchmer AW, Lautenbach E, Rupp ME, Peterson ED, Straus WL, Fowler VG Jr.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Mar;30(3):242-8.PMID: 19199534 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Coagulase-negative staphylococcal infections.

Rogers KL, Fey PD, Rupp ME.

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2009 Mar;23(1):73-98. Review.PMID: 19135917 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Improving cleaning of the environment surrounding patients in 36 acute care hospitals.

Carling PC, Parry MM, Rupp ME, Po JL, Dick B, Von Beheren S; Healthcare Environmental Hygiene Study Group.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Nov;29(11):1035-41.PMID: 18851687 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The presence of icaADBC is detrimental to the colonization of human skin by Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Rogers KL, Rupp ME, Fey PD.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 Oct;74(19):6155-7. Epub 2008 Aug 8.PMID: 18689520 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pharmacoeconomic analysis of microbiologic techniques for differentiating staphylococci directly from blood culture bottles.

Hermsen ED, Shull SS, Klepser DG, Iwen PC, Armbrust A, Garrett J, Freifeld AG, Rupp ME.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Sep;46(9):2924-9. Epub 2008 Jul 9.PMID: 18614649 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Improvement in prescribing habits and economic outcomes associated with the introduction of a standardized approach for surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis.

Hermsen ED, Smith Shull S, Puumala SE, Rupp ME.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 May;29(5):457-61.PMID: 18419372 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Infection control experience in a cooperative care center for transplant patients.

Nusair A, Jourdan D, Medcalf S, Marion N, Iwen PC, Fey PD, Reed E, Langnas A, Rupp ME.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 May;29(5):424-9.PMID: 18419364 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Routine sampling of air for fungi does not predict risk of invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients.

Rupp ME, Iwen PC, Tyner LK, Marion N, Reed E, Anderson JR.

J Hosp Infect. 2008 Mar;68(3):270-1. Epub 2008 Jan 15. No abstract available. PMID: 18226417 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of the more-potent antibiotics quinupristin-dalfopristin and linezolid on outcome measure of patients with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus bacteremia.

Erlandson KM, Sun J, Iwen PC, Rupp ME.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jan 1;46(1):30-6.PMID: 18171210 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prospective, controlled, cross-over trial of alcohol-based hand gel in critical care units .

Rupp ME, Fitzgerald T, Puumala S, Anderson JR, Craig R, Iwen PC, Jourdan D, Keuchel J, Marion N, Peterson D, Sholtz L, Smith V.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Jan;29(1):8-15.PMID: 18171181 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Staphylococcus epidermidis saeR is an effector of anaerobic growth and a mediator of acute inflammation.

Handke LD, Rogers KL, Olson ME, Somerville GA, Jerrells TJ, Rupp ME, Dunman PM, Fey PD.

Infect Immun. 2008 Jan;76(1):141-52. Epub 2007 Oct 22.PMID: 17954724 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Phase II, randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a polyclonal anti-Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharide immune globulin in treatment of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

Rupp ME, Holley HP Jr, Lutz J, Dicpinigaitis PV, Woods CW, Levine DP, Veney N, Fowler VG Jr.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 Dec;51(12):4249-54. Epub 2007 Sep 24.PMID: 17893153 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

SigmaB and SarA independently regulate polysaccharide intercellular adhesin production in Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Handke LD, Slater SR, Conlon KM, O'Donnell ST, Olson ME, Bryant KA, Rupp ME, O'Gara JP, Fey PD.

Can J Microbiol. 2007 Jan;53(1):82-91.PMID: 17496953 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outbreak of bloodstream infection temporally associated with the use of an intravascular needleless valve.

Rupp ME, Sholtz LA, Jourdan DR, Marion ND, Tyner LK, Fey PD, Iwen PC, Anderson JR.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Jun 1;44(11):1408-14. Epub 2007 Apr 16.PMID: 17479934 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Designing a biocontainment unit to care for patients with serious communicable diseases: a consensus statement.

Smith PW, Anderson AO, Christopher GW, Cieslak TJ, Devreede GJ, Fosdick GA, Greiner CB, Hauser JM, Hinrichs SH, Huebner KD, Iwen PC, Jourdan DR, Kortepeter MG, Landon VP, Lenaghan PA, Leopold RE, Marklund LA, Martin JW, Medcalf SJ, Mussack RJ, Neal RH, Ribner BS, Richmond JY, Rogge C, Daly LA, Roselle GA, Rupp ME, Sambol AR, Schaefer JE, Sibley J, Streifel AJ, Essen SG, Warfield KL.

Biosecur Bioterror. 2006;4(4):351-65.PMID: 17238819 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Daptomycin versus standard therapy for bacteremia and endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus.

Fowler VG Jr, Boucher HW, Corey GR, Abrutyn E, Karchmer AW, Rupp ME, Levine DP, Chambers HF, Tally FP, Vigliani GA, Cabell CH, Link AS, DeMeyer I, Filler SG, Zervos M, Cook P, Parsonnet J, Bernstein JM, Price CS, Forrest GN, Fätkenheuer G, Gareca M, Rehm SJ, Brodt HR, Tice A, Cosgrove SE; S. aureus Endocarditis and Bacteremia Study Group.

N Engl J Med. 2006 Aug 17;355(7):653-65.PMID: 16914701 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Adherence of Staphylococcus epidermidis to biomaterials is augmented by PIA.

Olson ME, Garvin KL, Fey PD, Rupp ME.

Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006 Oct;451:21-4.PMID: 16906069 [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

Public disclosure of healthcare-associated infections: the role of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

Wong ES, Rupp ME, Mermel L, Perl TM, Bradley S, Ramsey KM, Ostrowsky B, Valenti AJ, Jernigan JA, Voss A, Tapper ML.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Feb;26(2):210-2. No abstract available. PMID: 15756894 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of silver-coated urinary catheters: efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and antimicrobial resistance.

Rupp ME, Fitzgerald T, Marion N, Helget V, Puumala S, Anderson JR, Fey PD.

Am J Infect Control. 2004 Dec;32(8):445-50.PMID: 15573050 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of once-daily dosing vs. multiple daily dosing of tobramycin on enzyme markers of nephrotoxicity.

Olsen KM, Rudis MI, Rebuck JA, Hara J, Gelmont D, Mehdian R, Nelson C, Rupp ME.

Crit Care Med. 2004 Aug;32(8):1678-82.PMID: 15286543 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Need for a reliable system to measure body temperature.

Rupp ME, Heermann J, Uphoff ME.

Am J Infect Control. 2004 May;32(3):184. No abstract available. PMID: 15160688 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Genetic and phenotypic analysis of biofilm phenotypic variation in multiple Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates.

Handke LD, Conlon KM, Slater SR, Elbaruni S, Fitzpatrick F, Humphreys H, Giles WP, Rupp ME, Fey PD, O'Gara JP.

J Med Microbiol. 2004 May;53(Pt 5):367-74.PMID: 15096544 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Molecular epidemiology in the public health and hospital environments.

Fey PD, Rupp ME.

Clin Lab Med. 2003 Dec;23(4):885-901. Review.PMID: 14711097 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Monsel's solution: a potential vector for nosocomial infection?

Rupp ME, Medcalf SJ, Fey PD, Handke LD, Marion ND.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Feb;24(2):142-4.PMID: 12602700 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae: considerations for diagnosis, prevention and drug treatment.

Rupp ME, Fey PD.

Drugs. 2003;63(4):353-65. Review.PMID: 12558458 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparative molecular analysis of community- or hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Fey PD, Saïd-Salim B, Rupp ME, Hinrichs SH, Boxrud DJ, Davis CC, Kreiswirth BN, Schlievert PM.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2003 Jan;47(1):196-203.PMID: 12499191 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Delayed diagnosis of osseous blastomycosis in two patients following environmental exposure in nonendemic areas.

Veligandla SR, Hinrichs SH, Rupp ME, Lien EA, Neff JR, Iwen PC.

Am J Clin Pathol. 2002 Oct;118(4):536-41. Review.PMID: 12375640 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Characterization of plasmids carrying CMY-2 from expanded-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Salmonella strains isolated in the United States between 1996 and 1998.

Carattoli A, Tosini F, Giles WP, Rupp ME, Hinrichs SH, Angulo FJ, Barrett TJ, Fey PD.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 May;46(5):1269-72.PMID: 11959555 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Utilization of the internal transcribed spacer regions as molecular targets to detect and identify human fungal pathogens.

Iwen PC, Hinrichs SH, Rupp ME.

Med Mycol. 2002 Feb;40(1):87-109. Review.PMID: 11860017 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Rupp ME, Marion N, Fey PD, Bolam DL, Iwen PC, Overfelt CM, Chapman L.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2001 May;22(5):301-3.PMID: 11428442 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

In vivo models to evaluate adhesion and biofilm formation by Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Rupp ME, Fey PD.

Methods Enzymol. 2001;336:206-15. No abstract available. PMID: 11398400 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The intercellular adhesin locus ica is present in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from bacteremic patients with infected and uninfected prosthetic joints.

Fowler VG Jr, Fey PD, Reller LB, Chamis AL, Corey GR, Rupp ME.

Med Microbiol Immunol. 2001 Apr;189(3):127-31.PMID: 11388609 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of LY333328 against vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a rat central venous catheter-associated infection model.

Rupp ME, Fey PD, Longo GM.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2001 May;47(5):705-7.PMID: 11328790 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Characterization of the importance of Staphylococcus epidermidis autolysin and polysaccharide intercellular adhesin in the pathogenesis of intravascular catheter-associated infection in a rat model.

Rupp ME, Fey PD, Heilmann C, Götz F.

J Infect Dis. 2001 Apr 1;183(7):1038-42. Epub 2001 Mar 1.PMID: 11237828 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Arthralgias and myalgias related to quinupristin-dalfopristin administration.

Olsen KM, Rebuck JA, Rupp ME.

Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Feb 15;32(4):e83-6. Epub 2001 Feb 6.PMID: 11181142 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Infection control issues of enteral feeding systems.

Marion ND, Rupp ME.

Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2000 Sep;3(5):363-6. Review.PMID: 11151080 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Characterization of an outbreak due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a pediatric intensive care unit transplant population.

Rebuck JA, Olsen KM, Fey PD, Langnas AN, Rupp ME.

Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Dec;31(6):1368-72. Epub 2000 Nov 10.PMID: 11096004 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevalence of non-O157:H7 shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in diarrheal stool samples from Nebraska.

Fey PD, Wickert RS, Rupp ME, Safranek TJ, Hinrichs SH.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2000 Sep-Oct;6(5):530-3. Erratum in: Emerg Infect Dis 2001 May-Jun;7(3):491. PMID: 10998385 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

In vitro activities of parenteral beta-lactam antimicrobials against TEM-10-, TEM-26- and SHV-5-derived extended-spectrum beta-lactamases expressed in an isogenic Escherichia coli host.

Rebuck JA, Olsen KM, Fey PD, Bergman KL, Rupp ME.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2000 Sep;46(3):461-4.PMID: 10980175 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Ceftriaxone-resistant salmonella infection acquired by a child from cattle.

Fey PD, Safranek TJ, Rupp ME, Dunne EF, Ribot E, Iwen PC, Bradford PA, Angulo FJ, Hinrichs SH.

N Engl J Med. 2000 Apr 27;342(17):1242-9.PMID: 10781620 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antimicrobial effects of lidocaine in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

Olsen KM, Peddicord TE, Campbell GD, Rupp ME.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2000 Feb;45(2):217-9.PMID: 10660504 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evaluation of the revised MicroScan dried overnight gram-positive identification panel to identify Enterococcus species.

Iwen PC, Rupp ME, Schreckenberger PC, Hinrichs SH.

J Clin Microbiol. 1999 Nov;37(11):3756-8.PMID: 10523594 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Bacteremia due to motile Enterococcus species: clinical features and outcomes.

Ratanasuwan W, Iwen PC, Hinrichs SH, Rupp ME.

Clin Infect Dis. 1999 May;28(5):1175-7. No abstract available. PMID: 10452665 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Model of Staphylococcus aureus central venous catheter-associated infection in rats.

Ulphani JS, Rupp ME.

Lab Anim Sci. 1999 Jun;49(3):283-7.PMID: 10403443 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ischemia induces a selective biphasic response in brain mitochondrial mRNA levels.

Bruckner BA, Otal MP, Rupp ME, O'Brien TA, Hauswirth WW, Stacpoole PW.

Neuroreport. 1999 May 14;10(7):1593-8.PMID: 10380987 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Characterization of the relationship between polysaccharide intercellular adhesin and hemagglutination in Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Fey PD, Ulphani JS, Götz F, Heilmann C, Mack D, Rupp ME.

J Infect Dis. 1999 Jun;179(6):1561-4.PMID: 10228083 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles