How Clean Is the Linen at My Hospital? The Mucorales on Unclean Linen Discovery Study of Large United States Transplant and Cancer Centers

Authors: Sundermann, Alexander J., Clancy, Cornelius J., Pasculle, A. William, Liu, Guojun, Cumbie, Richard B., Driscoll, Eileen, Ayres, Ashley, Donahue, Lisa, Pergam, Steven A., Abbo, Lilian, Andes, David R., Chandrasekar, Pranatharthi, Galdys, Alison L., Hanson, Kimberly E., Marr, Kieren A., Mayer, Jeanmarie, Mehta, Seema, Morris, Michele I., Perfect, John, Revankar, Sanjay G., Smith, Becky, Swaminathan, Sankar, Thompson, George R., Varghese, Merin, Vazquez, Jose, Whimbey, Estella, Wingard, John R., Nguyen, M. Hong

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019 Mar 01. 68(5), 850-853.

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Automated data mining of the electronic health record for investigation of healthcare-associated outbreaks

Authors: Sundermann, Alexander J., Miller, James K., Marsh, Jane W., Saul, Melissa I., Shutt, Kathleen A., Pacey, Marissa, Mustapha, Mustapha M., Ayres, Ashley, Pasculle, A. William, Chen, Jieshi

Source: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 40(3):314-319

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Bronchoscope-associated clusters of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

Authors: Galdys, Alison L., Marsh, Jane W., Delgado, Edgar, Pasculle, A. William, Pacey, Marissa, Ayres, Ashley M., Metzger, Amy, Harrison, Lee H., Muto, Carlene A.

Source: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 40(1):40-46

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Cronobacter sakazakii Infection Associated with Feeding Extrinsically Contaminated Expressed Human Milk to a Premature Infant — Pennsylvania, 2016

Authors: Bowen, Anna, Wiesenfeld, Harold C., Kloesz, Jennifer L., Pasculle, A. William, Nowalk, Andrew J., Brink, LuAnn, Elliot, Elisa, Martin, Haley, Tarr, Cheryl L.

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2017 Jul . 66(28), 761-762.

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An off-the-shelf plasma-based material to prevent pacemaker pocket infection

Authors: Schwartzman, David, Pasculle, A. William, Ceceris, Kyra D., Smith, Jason D., Weiss, Lee E., Campbell, Phil G.

Source: In Biomaterials August 2015 60:1-8

Stewardship-Guided T2Candida Testing Shortens Time to Antifungal Treatment and Reduces Antifungal Usage Among Medical Intensive Care Unit Patients With Septic Shock.

Authors: O'Donnell, Matthew, Shields, Ryan K, Marini, Rachel V, Groetzinger, Lara M, Potoski, Brian A, Falcione, Bonnie A, Shah, Sunish, McCreary, Erin K, Clarke, Lloyd, Brant, Emily, McVerry, Bryan J, Liegey, Susan, Pasculle, A William, Clancy, Cornelius J, Nguyen, M Hong

Source: Open Forum Infectious Diseases; Nov2023, Vol. 10 Issue 11, p1-8, 8p

Subject Terms: INTENSIVE care patients, SEPTIC shock, MEDICAL care, CANDIDEMIA, INVASIVE candidiasis, INTENSIVE care units

Use of Multilocus Variable Number of Tandem Repeats Analysis Genotyping to Determine the Role of Asymptomatic Carriers in Clostridium difficile Transmission

Authors: Curry, Scott R., Muto, Carlene A., Schlackman, Jessica L., Pasculle, A. William, Shutt, Kathleen A., Marsh, Jane W., Harrison, Lee H.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2013 Oct . 57(8), 1094-1102.

Access URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit475

Lack of Seasonality in the Occurrence of Multidrug-Resistant Acinectobacter baumannii Complex

Authors: Fukuta, Yuriko, Clarke, Lloyd G., Shields, Ryan K., Wagener, Marilyn M., Pasculle, A. William, Doi, Yohei

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2012 Oct 01. 33(10), 1051-1052.

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Two Cases of Newly Characterized Neisseria Species, Brazil.

Authors: Mustapha, Mustapha M.¹, mmm147@pitt.edu, Lemos, Ana Paula S.², Griffith, Marissa P.¹, Evans, Daniel R.¹, Marx, Ramon³, Coltro, Elizabeth S. F.⁴, Siebra, Christian A.⁵, Timm, Loeci⁶, Ribeiro, Hamilton⁷, Monteiro, Alessandro³, Pasculle, A. William¹, Marsh, Jane W.¹, Van Tyne, Daria¹, Harrison, Lee H.¹, Sacchi, Claudio T.²

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Feb2020, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p366-369, 4p

High Frequency of Rifampin Resistance Identified in an Epidemic Clostridium difficile Clone from a Large Teaching Hospital

Authors: Curry, Scott R., Marsh, Jane W., Shutt, Kathleen A., Muto, Carlene A., O'Leary, Mary M., Saul, Melissa I., Pasculle, A. William, Harrison, Lee H.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2009 Feb . 48(4), 425-429.

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Determination of Risk Factors Associated With Isolation of Linezolid‐Resistant Strains of Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococcus

Authors: Pogue, Jason M., Paterson, David L., Pasculle, A. William, Potoski, Brian A.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2007 Dec 01. 28(12), 1382-1388.

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A Large Outbreak of Clostridium difficile ‐Associated Disease With an Unexpected Proportion of Deaths and Colectomies at a Teaching Hospital Following Increased Fluoroquinolone Use

Authors: Muto, Carlene A., Pokrywka, Marian, Shutt, Kathleen, Mendelsohn, Aaron B., Nouri, Kathy, Posey, Kathy, Roberts, Terri, Croyle, Karen, Krystofiak, Sharon, Patel‐Brown, Sujata, Pasculle, A. William, Paterson, David L., Saul, Melissa, Harrison, Lee H.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2005 Mar . 26(3), 273-280.

Relation: Dr. Muto, Ms. Pokrywka, Ms. Nouri, Ms. Posey, Ms. Roberts, Ms. Croyle, and Ms. Krystofiak are from the Division of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, and Dr. Pasculle is from the Division of Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Presbyterian Campus, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Muto, Ms. Shutt, Ms. Patel‐Brown, Dr. Paterson, and Dr. Harrison are from the Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Mendelsohn is from the Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Pasculle is also from the Department of Pathology and Ms. Saul is from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Address reprint requests to Carlene A. Muto, MD, MS, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC‐P), 1215 Kaufmann Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. mutoca@msx.upmc.edu Supported in part by a Research Career Award (K24 AI52788 to Dr. Harrison) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The authors thank Susan Sambol for assistance with molecular subtyping of outbreak isolates, and Kim Coley for providing the antimicrobial utilization data.

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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic ultrasound endoscope reprocessing: Variables impacting contamination risk

Authors: Ayres, Ashley M., Wozniak, Julia, O’Neil, Jose, Stewart, Kimberly, Leger, John St., Pasculle, A. William, Lewis, Casey, McGrath, Kevin, Slivka, Adam, Snyder, Graham M

Source: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology; September 2023, Vol. 44 Issue: 9 p1485-1489, 5p

The effect of multifunctional polymer-based gels on wound healing in full thickness bacteria-contaminated mouse skin wound models

Authors: Yates, Cecelia C., Whaley, Diana, Babu, Ranjith, Zhang, Jianying, Krishna, Priya, Beckman, Eric, Pasculle, A. William, Wells, Alan

Source: In Biomaterials 2007 28(27):3977-3986

Environmental contamination of postmortem blood cultures detected by whole-genome sequencing surveillance

Authors: Sundermann, Alexander J., Griffith, Marissa, Rangachar Srinivasa, Vatsala, Ereifej, Deena, Waggle, Kady, Van Tyne, Daria, Snyder, Graham M., Pasculle, A. William, Bartholow, Tanner, Pless, Lora, Harrison, Lee H.

Source: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology; December 2023, Vol. 44 Issue: 12 p2103-2105, 3p

Whole-Genome Sequencing Surveillance and Machine Learning of the Electronic Health Record for Enhanced Healthcare Outbreak Detection.

Authors: Sundermann, Alexander J, Chen, Jieshi, Kumar, Praveen, Ayres, Ashley M, Cho, Shu Ting, Ezeonwuka, Chinelo, Griffith, Marissa P, Miller, James K, Mustapha, Mustapha M, Pasculle, A William, Saul, Melissa I, Shutt, Kathleen A, Srinivasa, Vatsala, Waggle, Kady, Snyder, Daniel J, Cooper, Vaughn S, Tyne, Daria Van, Snyder, Graham M, Marsh, Jane W, Dubrawski, Artur

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases; Aug2022, Vol. 75 Issue 3, p476-482, 7p

Subject Terms: PUBLIC health surveillance, SEQUENCE analysis, CROSS infection, MACHINE learning, TERTIARY care, DATABASE management, EPIDEMICS, INFECTIOUS disease transmission, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, ELECTRONIC health records, ALGORITHMS

Remediation of Mucorales-contaminated Healthcare Linens at a Laundry Facility Following an Investigation of a Case Cluster of Hospital-acquired Mucormycosis.

Authors: Sundermann, Alexander J, Clancy, Cornelius J, Pasculle, A William, Liu, Guojun, Cheng, Shaoji, Cumbie, Richard B, Driscoll, Eileen, Ayres, Ashley, Donahue, Lisa, Buck, Michael, Streifel, Andrew, Muto, Carlene A, Nguyen, M Hong

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 4/15/2022, Vol. 74 Issue 8, p1401-1407, 7p

Subject Terms: HOSPITAL laundries, BUILT environment, CROSS infection, MYCOSES, HEALTH facility design & construction, STERILIZATION (Disinfection), BEDDING, MICROBIAL contamination, MICROBIAL sensitivity tests

Molecular Epidemiology, Natural History, and Long-Term Outcomes of Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacterales Colonization and Infections Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

Authors: Nguyen, M Hong, Shields, Ryan K, Chen, Liang, Pasculle, A William, Hao, Binghua, Cheng, Shaoji, Sun, Jonathan, Kline, Ellen G, Kreiswirth, Barry N, Clancy, Cornelius J

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 2/1/2022, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p395-406, 12p

Subject Terms: HOST-bacteria relationships, KLEBSIELLA, SEQUENCE analysis, LUNG transplantation, ENTEROBACTERIACEAE diseases, REINFECTION, RECTUM, CEPHALOSPORINS, MULTIDRUG resistance, SMALL intestine, GENOMES, MOLECULAR epidemiology, LIVER transplantation, BODY mass index, TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc., LONGITUDINAL method

Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections from a Contaminated Gastroscope Detected by Whole Genome Sequencing Surveillance.

Authors: Sundermann, Alexander J, Chen, Jieshi, Miller, James K, Saul, Melissa I, Shutt, Kathleen A, Griffith, Marissa P, Mustapha, Mustapha M, Ezeonwuka, Chinelo, Waggle, Kady, Srinivasa, Vatsala, Kumar, Praveen, Pasculle, A William, Ayres, Ashley M, Snyder, Graham M, Cooper, Vaughn S, Tyne, Daria Van, Marsh, Jane W, Dubrawski, Artur W, Harrison, Lee H

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases; Aug2021, Vol. 73 Issue 3, pe638-e642, 5p

Subject Terms: PUBLIC health surveillance, BACTERIAL contamination, MACHINE learning, EPIDEMICS, PSEUDOMONAS diseases, GENOMES, INFECTIOUS disease transmission, ELECTRONIC health records, GASTROSCOPY, ALGORITHMS

Preface

Authors: Ismail, Nahed, Snyder, James W., Pasculle, A. William

Source: Clinics in laboratory medicine. 37(2):ix-x

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