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Enhancing time-series detection algorithms for automated biosurveillance.

Tokars JI, Burkom H, Xing J, English R, Bloom S, Cox K, Pavlin JA.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Apr;15(4):533-9.PMID: 19331728 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

NLP-based identification of pneumonia cases from free-text radiological reports.

Elkin PL, Froehling D, Wahner-Roedler D, Trusko B, Welsh G, Ma H, Asatryan AX, Tokars JI, Rosenbloom ST, Brown SH.

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008 Nov 6:172-6.PMID: 18998791 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Measurement of the impact of risk adjustment for central line-days on interpretation of central line-associated bloodstream infection rates.

Tokars JI, Klevens RM, Edwards JR, Horan TC.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Sep;28(9):1025-9. Epub 2007 Jul 19.PMID: 17932821 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Barriers to and facilitators of implementing an intervention to reduce the incidence of catheter-associated bloodstream infections.

Kidd KM, Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Giblin TB, Tokars JI, Cardo DM, Solomon SL; Prevention Epicenters Program.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Jan;28(1):103-5. No abstract available. PMID: 17301938 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A multicenter intervention to prevent catheter-associated bloodstream infections.

Warren DK, Cosgrove SE, Diekema DJ, Zuccotti G, Climo MW, Bolon MK, Tokars JI, Noskin GA, Wong ES, Sepkowitz KA, Herwaldt LA, Perl TM, Solomon SL, Fraser VJ; Prevention Epicenter Program.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Jul;27(7):662-9. Epub 2006 Jun 9.PMID: 16807839 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reducing dialysis associated bacteraemia, and recommendations for surveillance in the United Kingdom: prospective study.

George A, Tokars JI, Clutterbuck EJ, Bamford KB, Pusey C, Holmes AH.

BMJ. 2006 Jun 17;332(7555):1435.PMID: 16777887 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Sampling for collection of central line-day denominators in surveillance of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections.

Klevens RM, Tokars JI, Edwards J, Horan T; National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Apr;27(4):338-42. Epub 2006 Mar 28.PMID: 16622809 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Preventing catheter-associated bloodstream infections: a survey of policies for insertion and care of central venous catheters from hospitals in the prevention epicenter program.

Warren DK, Yokoe DS, Climo MW, Herwaldt LA, Noskin GA, Zuccotti G, Tokars JI, Perl TM, Fraser VJ.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Jan;27(1):8-13. Epub 2006 Jan 6.PMID: 16418980 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Guidance on public reporting of healthcare-associated infections: recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.

McKibben L, Horan TC, Tokars JI, Fowler G, Cardo DM, Pearson ML, Brennan PJ; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Jun;26(6):580-7. No abstract available. PMID: 16018435 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Why is an infection control program needed in the hemodialysis setting?

Arduino MJ, Tokars JI.

Nephrol News Issues. 2005 Jun;19(7):44, 46-9. Review.PMID: 16008023 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Electronic reporting of infections associated with hemodialysis.

Klevens RM, Tokars JI, Andrus M.

Nephrol News Issues. 2005 Jun;19(7):37-8, 43. Review.PMID: 16008022 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Methicillin-resistant-Staphylococcus aureus hospitalizations, United States.

Kuehnert MJ, Hill HA, Kupronis BA, Tokars JI, Solomon SL, Jernigan DB.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Jun;11(6):868-72. Erratum in: Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Sep;12(9):1472. PMID: 15963281 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Guidance on public reporting of healthcare-associated infections: recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.

McKibben L, Horan T, Tokars JI, Fowler G, Cardo DM, Pearson ML, Brennan PJ; Heathcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.

Am J Infect Control. 2005 May;33(4):217-26.PMID: 15877016 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

National surveillance of dialysis-associated diseases in the United States, 2002.

Finelli L, Miller JT, Tokars JI, Alter MJ, Arduino MJ.

Semin Dial. 2005 Jan-Feb;18(1):52-61.PMID: 15663766 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Enhanced identification of postoperative infections among inpatients.

Yokoe DS, Noskin GA, Cunnigham SM, Zuccotti G, Plaskett T, Fraser VJ, Olsen MA, Tokars JI, Solomon S, Perl TM, Cosgrove SE, Tilson RS, Greenbaum M, Hooper DC, Sands KE, Tully J, Herwaldt L, Diekema DJ, Wong ES, Climo M, Platt R.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Nov;10(11):1924-30.PMID: 15550201 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Computer algorithms to detect bloodstream infections.

Trick WE, Zagorski BM, Tokars JI, Vernon MO, Welbel SF, Wisniewski MF, Richards C, Weinstein RA.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Sep;10(9):1612-20.PMID: 15498164 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The changing face of surveillance for health care-associated infections.

Tokars JI, Richards C, Andrus M, Klevens M, Curtis A, Horan T, Jernigan J, Cardo D.

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Nov 1;39(9):1347-52. Epub 2004 Oct 6.PMID: 15494912 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Predictive value of blood cultures positive for coagulase-negative staphylococci: implications for patient care and health care quality assurance.

Tokars JI.

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Aug 1;39(3):333-41. Epub 2004 Jul 12.PMID: 15306999 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

National surveillance of dialysis-associated diseases in the United States, 2001.

Tokars JI, Finelli L, Alter MJ, Arduino MJ.

Semin Dial. 2004 Jul-Aug;17(4):310-9.PMID: 15250925 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients: getting some deserved attention.

Tokars JI.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Dec;23(12):713-5. No abstract available. PMID: 12517011 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Preventing bacterial infections and antimicrobial resistance in dialysis patients.

Berns JS, Tokars JI.

Am J Kidney Dis. 2002 Nov;40(5):886-98. Review.PMID: 12407632 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

New national surveillance system for hemodialysis-associated infections: initial results.

Tokars JI, Miller ER, Stein G.

Am J Infect Control. 2002 Aug;30(5):288-95.PMID: 12163863 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

National surveillance of dialysis-associated diseases in the United States, 2000.

Tokars JI, Frank M, Alter MJ, Arduino MJ.

Semin Dial. 2002 May-Jun;15(3):162-71.PMID: 12100454 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Feasibility of national surveillance of health-care-associated infections in home-care settings.

Manangan LP, Pearson ML, Tokars JI, Miller E, Jarvis WR.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Mar;8(3):233-6.PMID: 11927018 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Use and efficacy of tuberculosis infection control practices at hospitals with previous outbreaks of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

Tokars JI, McKinley GF, Otten J, Woodley C, Sordillo EM, Caldwell J, Liss CM, Gilligan ME, Diem L, Onorato IM, Jarvis WR.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2001 Jul;22(7):449-55.PMID: 11583215 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonization in patients at seven hemodialysis centers.

Tokars JI, Gehr T, Jarvis WR, Anderson J, Armistead N, Miller ER, Parrish J, Qaiyumi S, Arduino M, Holt SC, Tenover FC, Westbrook G, Light P.

Kidney Int. 2001 Oct;60(4):1511-6.PMID: 11576366 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Infection control in hemodialysis units.

Tokars JI, Arduino MJ, Alter MJ.

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2001 Sep;15(3):797-812, viii. Review.PMID: 11570142 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A prospective study of vascular access infections at seven outpatient hemodialysis centers.

Tokars JI, Light P, Anderson J, Miller ER, Parrish J, Armistead N, Jarvis WR, Gehr T.

Am J Kidney Dis. 2001 Jun;37(6):1232-40.PMID: 11382693 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Serratia liquefaciens bloodstream infections from contamination of epoetin alfa at a hemodialysis center.

Grohskopf LA, Roth VR, Feikin DR, Arduino MJ, Carson LA, Tokars JI, Holt SC, Jensen BJ, Hoffman RE, Jarvis WR.

N Engl J Med. 2001 May 17;344(20):1491-7.PMID: 11357151 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Infections due to antimicrobial-resistant pathogens in the dialysis unit.

Tokars JI.

Blood Purif. 2000;18(4):355-60. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 10965081 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Description of a new surveillance system for bloodstream and vascular access infections in outpatient hemodialysis centers.

Tokars JI.

Semin Dial. 2000 Mar-Apr;13(2):97-100.PMID: 10795112 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

National surveillance of dialysis-associated diseases in the United States, 1997.

Tokars JI, Miller ER, Alter MJ, Arduino MJ.

Semin Dial. 2000 Mar-Apr;13(2):75-85. No abstract available. PMID: 10795109 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventriculitis among patients in a neurosurgical intensive care unit.

Trick WE, Kioski CM, Howard KM, Cage GD, Tokars JI, Yen BM, Jarvis WR.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000 Mar;21(3):204-8.PMID: 10738991 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for radial artery harvest site infection following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Trick WE, Scheckler WE, Tokars JI, Jones KC, Smith EM, Reppen ML, Jarvis WR.

Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Feb;30(2):270-5.PMID: 10671327 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Enterobacter cloacae bloodstream infections traced to contaminated human albumin.

Wang SA, Tokars JI, Bianchine PJ, Carson LA, Arduino MJ, Smith AL, Hansen NC, Fitzgerald EA, Epstein JS, Jarvis WR.

Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Jan;30(1):35-40.PMID: 10619730 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Modifiable risk factors associated with deep sternal site infection after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Trick WE, Scheckler WE, Tokars JI, Jones KC, Reppen ML, Smith EM, Jarvis WR.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2000 Jan;119(1):108-14.PMID: 10612768 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Tuberculosis in hemodialysis patients in New Jersey: a statewide study.

Simon TA, Paul S, Wartenberg D, Tokars JI.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1999 Sep;20(9):607-9.PMID: 10501258 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prospective evaluation of risk factors for bloodstream infection in patients receiving home infusion therapy.

Tokars JI, Cookson ST, McArthur MA, Boyer CL, McGeer AJ, Jarvis WR.

Ann Intern Med. 1999 Sep 7;131(5):340-7.PMID: 10475886 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The prevalence of colonization with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus at a Veterans' Affairs institution.

Tokars JI, Satake S, Rimland D, Carson L, Miller ER, Killum E, Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Arduino MJ, Tenover FC, Marston B, Jarvis WR.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1999 Mar;20(3):171-5.PMID: 10100542 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Protective effect of hepatitis B vaccine in chronic hemodialysis patients.

Miller ER, Alter MJ, Tokars JI.

Am J Kidney Dis. 1999 Feb;33(2):356-60.PMID: 10023650 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A cluster of bloodstream infections and pyrogenic reactions among hemodialysis patients traced to dialysis machine waste-handling option units.

Jochimsen EM, Frenette C, Delorme M, Arduino M, Aguero S, Carson L, Ismaïl J, Lapierre S, Czyziw E, Tokars JI, Jarvis WR.

Am J Nephrol. 1998;18(6):485-9.PMID: 9845821 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The costs of healthcare worker respiratory protection and fit-testing programs.

Kellerman SE, Tokars JI, Jarvis WR.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1998 Sep;19(9):629-34.PMID: 9778158 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outbreak of sterile peritonitis among continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis patients.

Mangram AJ, Archibald LK, Hupert M, Tokars JI, Silver LC, Brennan P, Arduino M, Peterson S, Parks S, Raymond A, McCullough M, Jones M, Wasserstein A, Kobrin S, Jarvis WR.

Kidney Int. 1998 Oct;54(4):1367-71.PMID: 9767557 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Vancomycin use and antimicrobial resistance in hemodialysis centers.

Tokars JI.

Am J Kidney Dis. 1998 Sep;32(3):521-3. No abstract available. PMID: 9740174 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

National surveillance of dialysis associated diseases in the United States, 1995.

Tokars JI, Miller ER, Alter MJ, Arduino MJ.

ASAIO J. 1998 Jan-Feb;44(1):98-107.PMID: 9466509 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Study to determine the ability of clinical laboratories to detect antimicrobial-resistant Enterococcus spp. in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Cookson ST, Lopardo H, Marin M, Arduino R, Rial MJ, Altschuler M, Galanternik L, Swenson JM, Tokars JI, Jarvis WR.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1997 Oct;29(2):107-9.PMID: 9368087 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Secular trends in bloodstream infection caused by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in New Jersey hospitals, 1991 to 1995.

Tokars JI, Paul SM, Crane GL, Cetron MS, Finelli L, Jarvis WR.

Am J Infect Control. 1997 Oct;25(5):395-400.PMID: 9343623 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Tuberculin skin testing of ESRD patients.

Tokars JI, Miller B.

Am J Kidney Dis. 1997 Sep;30(3):456-7. No abstract available. PMID: 9292581 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The cost of selected tuberculosis control measures at hospitals with a history of Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreaks.

Kellerman S, Tokars JI, Jarvis WR.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1997 Aug;18(8):542-7.PMID: 9276234 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An outbreak of Enterobacter hormaechei infection and colonization in an intensive care nursery.

Wenger PN, Tokars JI, Brennan P, Samel C, Bland L, Miller M, Carson L, Arduino M, Edelstein P, Aguero S, Riddle C, O'Hara C, Jarvis W.

Clin Infect Dis. 1997 Jun;24(6):1243-4.PMID: 9195091 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles