Urinary Tract Infection in Male Patients: Challenges in Management

Authors: Drekonja, Dimitri M.

Source: In Infectious Disease Clinics of North America June 2024 38(2):311-323

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Efficacy and Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Preventing Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection.

Authors: Drekonja, Dimitri M¹, Shaukat, Aasma², Huang, Yuan^3,4, Zhang, Jane H³, Reinink, Andrew R¹, Nugent, Sean¹, Dominitz, Jason A⁵, Davis-Karim, Anne⁶, Gerding, Dale N⁷, Kyriakides, Tassos C^3,4

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases. Jan2025, Vol. 80 Issue 1, p52-60. 9p.

Subject Terms: *ANTIBIOTICS, *DIARRHEA prevention, *FECAL microbiota transplantation, *PATIENT safety, *CLOSTRIDIUM diseases, *RESEARCH funding, *STATISTICAL sampling, *BLIND experiment, *TREATMENT effectiveness, *RANDOMIZED controlled trials, *REINFECTION, *PHARMACEUTICAL encapsulation

Organizational readiness assessment in acute and long-term care has important implications for antibiotic stewardship for asymptomatic bacteriuria

Authors: Goebel, Melanie C., Trautner, Barbara W., Wang, Yiqun, Van, John N., Dillon, Laura M., Patel, Payal K., Drekonja, Dimitri M., Graber, Christopher J., Shukla, Bhavarth S., Lichtenberger, Paola, Helfrich, Christian D., Sales, Anne, Grigoryan, Larissa

Source: In AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control November 2020 48(11):1322-1328

Cost-Effectiveness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis Strategies for Transrectal Prostate Biopsy in an Era of Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance

Authors: Lee, Kyueun, Drekonja, Dimitri M., Enns, Eva A.

Source: In Value in Health March 2018 21(3):310-317

Teamwork and safety climate affect antimicrobial stewardship for asymptomatic bacteriuria

Authors: Drekonja, Dimitri M., Grigoryan, Larissa, Lichtenberger, Paola, Graber, Christopher J., Patel, Payal K., Van, John N., Dillon, Laura M., Wang, Yiqun, Gauthier, Timothy P., Wiseman, Steve W.

Source: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 40(9):963-967

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The Erosion of Public Trust and SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines— More Action Is Needed

Authors: Nahum, Ari, Drekonja, Dimitri M, Alpern, Jonathan D

Source: Open forum infectious diseases. 8(2)

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Bacteriuria/Pyuria of Clinically Undetermined Significance (BPCUS): Common, but Currently Nameless

Authors: Johnson, James R., Drekonja, Dimitri M.

Source: American journal of medicine. 130(5):e201-e204

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Urine Cultures among Hospitalized Veterans: Casting Too Broad a Net?

Authors: Drekonja, Dimitri M., Gnadt, Christina, Kuskowski, Michael A., Johnson, James R.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2014 May 01. 35(5), 574-576.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/675829

Challenges in the Management of Infections due to Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae

Authors: Drekonja, Dimitri M., Beekmann, Susan E., Elliott, Sean, Mukundan, Deepa, Polenakovik, Hari, Rosenthal, Marnie E., Tamma, Pranita D., Polgreen, Philip M., Weissman, Scott J.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2014 Apr 01. 35(4), 437-439.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/675604

A survey of resident physicians' knowledge regarding urine testing and subsequent antimicrobial treatment

Authors: Drekonja, Dimitri M., Abbo, Lilian M., Kuskowski, Michael A., Gnadt, Christina, Shukla, Bhavarth, Johnson, James R.

Source: In AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control October 2013 41(10):892-896

Resident Physician Knowledge of Urine Testing and Treatment Over Four Years

Authors: Andrews, Shannon L., Abbo, Lilian M., Johnson, James R., Kuskowski, Michael A., Shukla, Bhavarth S., Drekonja, Dimitri M.

Source: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 39(5):616-618

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Use of a Computer Decision Support System and Antimicrobial Therapy Appropriateness

Authors: Filice, Gregory A., Drekonja, Dimitri M., Thurn, Joseph R., Rector, Thomas S., Hamann, Galen M., Masoud, Bobbie T., Leuck, Anne-Marie, Nordgaard, Curtis L., Eilertson, Meredith K., Johnson, James R.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2013 Jun 01. 34(6), 558-565.

Relation: Presented in part: 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America; Boston, Massachusetts; October 21, 2011.

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Antimicrobial Stewardship in Outpatient Settings: A Systematic Review

Authors: Drekonja, Dimitri M., Filice, Gregory A., Greer, Nancy, Olson, Andrew, MacDonald, Roderick, Rutks, Indulis, Wilt, Timothy J.

Source: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 36(2):142-152

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Unnecessary Antimicrobial Use in Patients with Current or Recent Clostridium difficile Infection

Authors: Shaughnessy, Megan K., Amundson, William H., Kuskowski, Michael A., DeCarolis, Douglas D., Johnson, James R., Drekonja, Dimitri M.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2013 Feb 01. 34(2), 109-116.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/669089

Vancomycin "Telephone"

Authors: Drekonja, Dimitri M., Drekonjar, Dimitri M.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2011 Jul . 53(2), 211-212.

Access URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir311

Rifampin plus Metronidazole for Clostridium difficile Infection

Authors: Drekonja, Dimitri M.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2010 Nov . 31(11), 1205-1205.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/657078

Clostridioides difficile infection in trials of short versus long duration of antimicrobials.

Authors: Drekonja, Dimitri M., Smith, Peyton

Source: Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology; 2024, Vol. 4 Issue 1, p1-3, 3p

Noninferiority of Linezolid for Skin and Bloodstream Infections

Authors: Drekonja, Dimitri M.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2009 Jul . 49(2), 312-313.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40308674

Capítulo 11 - Infecciones del tracto urinario

Authors: Drekonja, Dimitri M.

Source: In Un enfoque racional de las enfermedades infecciosas clínicas 2022:146-158

Chapter 11 - Urinary Tract Infections

Authors: Drekonja, Dimitri M.

Source: In A Rational Approach to Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022:146-158