Browsing by Author "Kaye, Keith S"

An Integrated Clinical Microbiology Service Ensures Optimal Early Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection Reply

Herzke, Carrie; Chen, Luke F; Anderson, Deverick J; Choi, Yong; Sexton, Daniel J; Kaye, Keith S (INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 2010-09)

Hand hygiene noncompliance and the cost of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.

Cummings, Keith L; Anderson, Deverick J; Kaye, Keith S (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 2010-04)

BACKGROUND: Hand hygiene noncompliance is a major cause of nosocomial infection. Nosocomial infection cost data exist, but the effect of hand hygiene noncompliance is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To estimate methicillin-resistant ...

Variation in the type and frequency of postoperative invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections according to type of surgical procedure.

Anderson, Deverick J; Arduino, Jean Marie; Reed, Shelby D; Sexton, Daniel J; Kaye, Keith S; Grussemeyer, Chelsea A; Peter, Senaka A; ... (11 authors) (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 2010-07)

OBJECTIVE: To determine the epidemiological characteristics of postoperative invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection following 4 types of major surgical procedures.design. Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Eleven hospitals ...