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Validating a 3-Point Prediction Rule for Surgical Site Infection after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.

Chen LF, Anderson DJ, Kaye KS, Sexton DJ.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Nov 13. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19911975 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Seasonal peaks in Escherichia coli infections: possible explanations and implications.

Freeman JT, Anderson DJ, Sexton DJ.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Oct;15(10):951-3.PMID: 19845705 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Empirical antimicrobial therapy for bloodstream infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: no better than a coin toss.

Herzke CA, Chen LF, Anderson DJ, Choi Y, Sexton DJ, Kaye KS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Nov;30(11):1057-61.PMID: 19803766 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Postoperative joint infections due to Propionibacterium species: a case-control study.

Kanafani ZA, Sexton DJ, Pien BC, Varkey J, Basmania C, Kaye KS.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 1;49(7):1083-5.PMID: 19725786 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Emerging evidence for seasonality of gram-negative bacterial infections.

Freeman J, Anderson D, Sexton DJ.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Aug;30(8):813-4. No abstract available. PMID: 19591590 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Specific inhibition of tissue kallikrein 1 with a human monoclonal antibody reveals a potential role in airway diseases.

Sexton DJ, Chen T, Martik D, Kuzmic P, Kuang G, Chen J, Nixon AE, Zuraw BL, Forteza RM, Abraham WM, Wood CR.

Biochem J. 2009 Aug 13;422(2):383-92.PMID: 19527222 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Emergence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in community hospitals throughout North Carolina: a harbinger of a wider problem in the United States?

Freeman JT, Sexton DJ, Anderson DJ.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Jul 15;49(2):e30-2.PMID: 19522654 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Patient-days: a better measure of incidence of occupational bloodborne exposures.

Chen LF, Sexton DJ, Kaye KS, Anderson DJ.

Am J Infect Control. 2009 Sep;37(7):534-40. Epub 2009 Jun 10.PMID: 19520459 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for gram-negative bacterial surgical site infection: do allergies to antibiotics increase risk?

Trinh JV, Chen LF, Sexton DJ, Anderson DJ.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 May;30(5):440-6.PMID: 19317629 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Selective inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase-14 blocks tumor growth, invasion, and angiogenesis.

Devy L, Huang L, Naa L, Yanamandra N, Pieters H, Frans N, Chang E, Tao Q, Vanhove M, Lejeune A, van Gool R, Sexton DJ, Kuang G, Rank D, Hogan S, Pazmany C, Ma YL, Schoonbroodt S, Nixon AE, Ladner RC, Hoet R, Henderikx P, Tenhoor C, Rabbani SA, Valentino ML, Wood CR, Dransfield DT.

Cancer Res. 2009 Feb 15;69(4):1517-26. Epub 2009 Feb 10.PMID: 19208838 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Scrub typhus and rickettsial diseases in international travelers: a review.

Hendershot EF, Sexton DJ.

Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2009 Jan;11(1):66-72.PMID: 19094827 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

The effect of surgical site infection on older operative patients.

Kaye KS, Anderson DJ, Sloane R, Chen LF, Choi Y, Link K, Sexton DJ, Schmader KE.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Jan;57(1):46-54.PMID: 19054183 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Current features of infective endocarditis in elderly patients: results of the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study.

Durante-Mangoni E, Bradley S, Selton-Suty C, Tripodi MF, Barsic B, Bouza E, Cabell CH, Ramos AI, Fowler V Jr, Hoen B, Koneçny P, Moreno A, Murdoch D, Pappas P, Sexton DJ, Spelman D, Tattevin P, Miró JM, van der Meer JT, Utili R; International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study Group.

Arch Intern Med. 2008 Oct 27;168(19):2095-103.PMID: 18955638 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Coagulase-negative staphylococcal prosthetic valve endocarditis--a contemporary update based on the International Collaboration on Endocarditis: prospective cohort study.

Chu VH, Miro JM, Hoen B, Cabell CH, Pappas PA, Jones P, Stryjewski ME, Anguera I, Braun S, Muñoz P, Commerford P, Tornos P, Francis J, Oyonarte M, Selton-Suty C, Morris AJ, Habib G, Almirante B, Sexton DJ, Corey GR, Fowler VG Jr; International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study Group.

Heart. 2009 Apr;95(7):570-6. Epub 2008 Oct 24.PMID: 18952633 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Infectious complications following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: an automated surveillance system for detecting postprocedure bacteremia.

Anderson DJ, Shimpi RA, McDonald JR, Branch MS, Kanafani ZA, Harger J, Ely TM, Sexton DJ, Kaye KS.

Am J Infect Control. 2008 Oct;36(8):592-4.PMID: 18926314 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Whither infection control in community hospitals? Musings about the near future.

Anderson DJ, Sexton DJ.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Nov;29(11):1071-3. No abstract available. PMID: 18847361 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Complex surgical site infections and the devilish details of risk adjustment: important implications for public reporting.

Anderson DJ, Chen LF, Sexton DJ, Kaye KS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29(10):941-6.PMID: 18808342 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

What's new in Rocky Mountain spotted fever?

Chen LF, Sexton DJ.

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2008 Sep;22(3):415-32, vii-viii. Review.PMID: 18755382 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Poor functional status as a risk factor for surgical site infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Anderson DJ, Chen LF, Schmader KE, Sexton DJ, Choi Y, Link K, Sloane R, Kaye KS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Sep;29(9):832-9.PMID: 18665820 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Inappropriate therapy for staphylococcal infection is common and commonly fatal.

Anderson DJ, Sexton DJ.

Crit Care Med. 2008 Aug;36(8):2462-4. No abstract available. PMID: 18664804 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Treatment of TIPS/biliary fistula-related endotipsitis with a covered stent.

Suhocki PV, Smith AD, Tendler DA, Sexton DJ.

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2008 Jun;19(6):937-9. Epub 2008 Mar 17.PMID: 18503911 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The deadly toll of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in community hospitals.

Kaye KS, Anderson DJ, Choi Y, Link K, Thacker P, Sexton DJ.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 May 15;46(10):1568-77.PMID: 18419491 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals: time for a culture change.

Chen LF, Anderson DJ, Kaye KS, Sexton DJ.

Med J Aust. 2008 Jan 7;188(1):62-3; author reply 63-4. No abstract available. PMID: 18383601 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Obesity and mode of delivery in primigravid and multigravid women.

Lynch CM, Sexton DJ, Hession M, Morrison JJ.

Am J Perinatol. 2008 Mar;25(3):163-7. Epub 2008 Feb 25.PMID: 18300188 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Seasonal variation in Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection on 4 continents.

Anderson DJ, Richet H, Chen LF, Spelman DW, Hung YJ, Huang AT, Sexton DJ, Raoult D.

J Infect Dis. 2008 Mar 1;197(5):752-6.PMID: 18260762 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Surgical volume and the risk of surgical site infection in community hospitals: size matters.

Anderson DJ, Hartwig MG, Pappas T, Sexton DJ, Kanafani ZA, Auten G, Kaye KS.

Ann Surg. 2008 Feb;247(2):343-9.PMID: 18216543 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Surgical site infections after laparoscopic and open cholecystectomies in community hospitals .

Chen LF, Anderson DJ, Hartwig MG, Kaye KS, Sexton DJ.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Jan;29(1):92-4; author reply 94-5. No abstract available. PMID: 18171198 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Expression levels of mRNA for Rho A/Rho kinase and its role in isoprostane-induced vasoconstriction of human placental and maternal vessels.

Friel AM, Hynes PG, Sexton DJ, Smith TJ, Morrison JJ.

Reprod Sci. 2008 Feb;15(2):179-88. Epub 2007 Dec 18.PMID: 18089586 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The relationship between the initiation of antimicrobial therapy and the incidence of stroke in infective endocarditis: an analysis from the ICE Prospective Cohort Study (ICE-PCS).

Dickerman SA, Abrutyn E, Barsic B, Bouza E, Cecchi E, Moreno A, Doco-Lecompte T, Eisen DP, Fortes CQ, Fowler VG Jr, Lerakis S, Miro JM, Pappas P, Peterson GE, Rubinstein E, Sexton DJ, Suter F, Tornos P, Verhagen DW, Cabell CH; ICE Investigators.

Am Heart J. 2007 Dec;154(6):1086-94. Epub 2007 Sep 12.PMID: 18035080 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for surgical site infection complicating laminectomy.

Friedman ND, Sexton DJ, Connelly SM, Kaye KS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Sep;28(9):1060-5. Epub 2007 Jun 28.PMID: 17932827 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Severe surgical site infection in community hospitals: epidemiology, key procedures, and the changing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Anderson DJ, Sexton DJ, Kanafani ZA, Auten G, Kaye KS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Sep;28(9):1047-53. Epub 2007 Jul 12.PMID: 17932825 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in an intensive care nursery: potential for interinstitutional spread.

McDonald JR, Carriker CM, Pien BC, Trinh JV, Engemann JJ, Harrell LJ, Oden MA, Tanaka DT, Goldberg RN, Sexton DJ, Kaye KS.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007 Aug;26(8):678-83.PMID: 17848877 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Medical treatment of endocarditis.

Abrutyn E, Cabell CH, Fowler VG, Hoen B, Miro JM, Mestres CA, Sexton DJ, Corey GR.

Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2007 Jul;9(4):271-82.PMID: 17618546 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Echocardiographic risk stratification for early surgery with endocarditis: a cost-effectiveness analysis.

Liao L, Kong DF, Samad Z, Pappas PA, Jollis JG, Lin SS, Wang A, Fowler VG Jr, Chu VH, Sexton DJ, Corey GR, Cabell CH.

Heart. 2008 May;94(5):e18. Epub 2007 Jun 17.PMID: 17575328 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Underresourced hospital infection control and prevention programs: penny wise, pound foolish?

Anderson DJ, Kirkland KB, Kaye KS, Thacker PA 2nd, Kanafani ZA, Auten G, Sexton DJ.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Jul;28(7):767-73. Epub 2007 May 31.PMID: 17564977 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Discovery and characterization of human antibody inhibitors of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A.

Chen T, Hogan S, Conley G, Pazmany C, Wu QL, McNeil GL, Bassill G, Macintyre AN, Martik D, Nixon AE, Sexton DJ.

Biol Chem. 2007 May;388(5):507-12.PMID: 17516846 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

THG113.31, a specific PGF2alpha receptor antagonist, induces human myometrial relaxation and BKCa channel activation.

Doheny HC, O'Reilly MJ, Sexton DJ, Morrison JJ.

Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2007 Mar 16;5:10.PMID: 17367527 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Gender differences in infective endocarditis: pre- and co-morbid conditions lead to different management and outcomes in female patients.

Aksoy O, Meyer LT, Cabell CH, Kourany WM, Pappas PA, Sexton DJ.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2007;39(2):101-7.PMID: 17366025 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identification of an ADAMTS-4 cleavage motif using phage display leads to the development of fluorogenic peptide substrates and reveals matrilin-3 as a novel substrate.

Hills R, Mazzarella R, Fok K, Liu M, Nemirovskiy O, Leone J, Zack MD, Arner EC, Viswanathan M, Abujoub A, Muruganandam A, Sexton DJ, Bassill GJ, Sato AK, Malfait AM, Tortorella MD.

J Biol Chem. 2007 Apr 13;282(15):11101-9. Epub 2007 Feb 20.PMID: 17311924 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Early surgery in patients with infective endocarditis: a propensity score analysis.

Aksoy O, Sexton DJ, Wang A, Pappas PA, Kourany W, Chu V, Fowler VG Jr, Woods CW, Engemann JJ, Corey GR, Harding T, Cabell CH.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Feb 1;44(3):364-72. Epub 2007 Jan 2.PMID: 17205442 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Carbapenems for surgical prophylaxis?

Sexton DJ.

N Engl J Med. 2006 Dec 21;355(25):2693-5. No abstract available. PMID: 17182996 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Sample preparation for MALDI mass spectrometry using an elastomeric device reversibly sealed on the MALDI target.

Chen X, Murawski A, Kuang G, Sexton DJ, Galbraith W.

Anal Chem. 2006 Sep 1;78(17):6160-8.PMID: 16944898 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for 1-year mortality after postoperative mediastinitis.

Karra R, McDermott L, Connelly S, Smith P, Sexton DJ, Kaye KS.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Sep;132(3):537-43.PMID: 16935107 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Influence of diabetes mellitus on the clinical manifestations and prognosis of infective endocarditis: a report from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Merged Database.

Kourany WM, Miro JM, Moreno A, Corey GR, Pappas PA, Abrutyn E, Hoen B, Habib G, Fowler VG Jr, Sexton DJ, Olaison L, Cabell CH, ICE MD Investigators.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2006;38(8):613-9.PMID: 16857604 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Rho A/Rho kinase: human umbilical artery mRNA expression in normal and pre eclamptic pregnancies and functional role in isoprostane-induced vasoconstriction.

Friel AM, Sexton DJ, O'reilly MW, Smith TJ, Morrison JJ.

Reproduction. 2006 Jul;132(1):169-76.PMID: 16816342 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Acute hearing loss and rickettsial diseases.

Sexton DJ.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 May 15;42(10):1506. No abstract available. PMID: 16619175 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia after isolation from urine.

Anderson DJ, Kaye KS, Sexton DJ.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 May 15;42(10):1504-5. No abstract available. PMID: 16619173 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diagnosis and management of tickborne rickettsial diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichioses, and anaplasmosis--United States: a practical guide for physicians and other health-care and public health professionals.

Chapman AS, Bakken JS, Folk SM, Paddock CD, Bloch KC, Krusell A, Sexton DJ, Buckingham SC, Marshall GS, Storch GA, Dasch GA, McQuiston JH, Swerdlow DL, Dumler SJ, Nicholson WL, Walker DH, Eremeeva ME, Ohl CA; Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases Working Group; CDC.

MMWR Recomm Rep. 2006 Mar 31;55(RR-4):1-27.PMID: 16572105 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Risk factors for surgical site infections in older people.

Kaye KS, Sloane R, Sexton DJ, Schmader KA.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Mar;54(3):391-6.PMID: 16551304 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Favorable impact of an infection control network on nosocomial infection rates in community hospitals.

Kaye KS, Engemann JJ, Fulmer EM, Clark CC, Noga EM, Sexton DJ.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Mar;27(3):228-32. Epub 2006 Feb 28.PMID: 16532408 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles