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The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Publication Info

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Vol. 28, No. 11, November 2007
Issue Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/524177
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  1. Original Articles
    1. Free Access
      The Emerging Infectious Challenge of Clostridium difficile–Associated Disease in Massachusetts Hospitals: Clinical and Economic Consequences • (pp. 1219-1227)  Free Content
      Judith A. O’Brien , RN, Betsy J. Lahue , MPH, J. Jaime Caro , MDCM, David M. Davidson , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/522676
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/522676
    2. Free Access
      Infection Control Policies and Practices for Iowa Long‐Term Care Facility Residents With Clostridium difficile Infection • (pp. 1228-1232)  Free Content
      Laura K. Quinn , MPH, Yiyi Chen , MS, Loreen A. Herwaldt , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/520747
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/520747
    3. Free Access
      Changing Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile–Associated Disease in Children • (pp. 1233-1235)  Free Content
      Lacey Benson , BA, Xiaoyan Song , MD, PhD, Joseph Campos , MD, Nalini Singh , MD, MPH
      DOI: 10.1086/520732
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/520732
    4. Free Access
      Clostridium difficile–Associated Disease in Patients in a Small Rural Hospital • (pp. 1236-1239)  Free Content
      Jennifer L. Kuntz , MS, Joseph E. Cavanaugh , PhD, Laura K. Becker , MS, Melissa A. Ward , MS, Dianna M. Appelgate , MS, Loreen A. Herwaldt , MD, Philip M. Polgreen , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/521662
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/521662
    5. Free Access
      Increasing Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Colonization With Ceftazidime‐Resistant Gram‐Negative Bacteria Among Intensive Care Unit Patients • (pp. 1240-1246)  Free Content
      Kerri A. Thom , MD, Judith A. Johnson , PhD, Sandra M. Strauss , BS, M(ASCP), Jon P. Furuno , PhD, Eli N. Perencevich , MD, MS, Anthony D. Harris  MD, MPH
      DOI: 10.1086/522680
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/522680
    6. Free Access
      Epidemiologic, Clinical, and Economic Evaluation of an Outbreak of Clonal Multidrug‐Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infection in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit • (pp. 1247-1254)  Free Content
      Lisa S. Young , MD, Allison L. Sabel , MD, PhD, Connie S. Price , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/521660
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/521660
    7. Free Access
      Epidemiology of Multidrug‐Resistant Bacteria in Patients With Long Hospital Stays • (pp. 1255-1260)  Free Content
      Cagri Buke , MD, Laurence Armand‐Lefevre , PharmD, Isabelle Lolom , RT, Waafa Guerinot , RT, Claude Deblangy , RN, Raymond Ruimy , MD, PhD, Antoine Andremont , MD, PhD, Jean‐Christophe Lucet , MD, PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/522678
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/522678
    8. Free Access
      Impact of Contact and Droplet Precautions on the Incidence of Hospital‐Acquired Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection • (pp. 1261-1266)  Free Content
      Ed Mangini , RN, MPH, CIC, Sorana Segal‐Maurer , MD, Janice Burns , RN, CIC, Annette Avicolli , PharmD, Carl Urban , PhD, Noriel Mariano , MS, Louise Grenner , BA, Carl Rosenberg , PhD, James J. Rahal , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/521658
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/521658
    9. Free Access
      Determinants of Good Adherence to Hand Hygiene Among Healthcare Workers Who Have Extensive Exposure to Hand Hygiene Campaigns • (pp. 1267-1274)  Free Content
      Hugo Sax , MD, Ilker Uçkay , MD, Hervé Richet , MD, Benedetta Allegranzi , MD, Didier Pittet , MD, MS
      DOI: 10.1086/521663
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/521663
    10. Free Access
      Factors Associated With Critical‐Care Healthcare Workers’ Adherence to Recommended Barrier Precautions During the Toronto Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak • (pp. 1275-1283)  Free Content
      A. Shigayeva , MPH, K. Green , MSc, J. M. Raboud , PhD, B. Henry , MD, A. E. Simor , MD, M. Vearncombe , MD, D. Zoutman , MD, M. Loeb , MD, MSc, A. McGeer , MD, MSc, SARS Hospital Investigation Team
      DOI: 10.1086/521661
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/521661
    11. Free Access
      Healthcare Workers’ Knowledge and Attitudes About Pertussis and Pertussis Vaccination • (pp. 1284-1289)  Free Content
      William P. Goins , MD, William Schaffner , MD, Kathryn M. Edwards , MD, Thomas R. Talbot , MD, MPH
      DOI: 10.1086/521654
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/521654
    12. Free Access
      Skin, Soft Tissue, Bone, and Joint Infections in Hospitalized Patients: Epidemiology and Microbiological, Clinical, and Economic Outcomes • (pp. 1290-1298)  Free Content
      Benjamin A. Lipsky , MD, John A. Weigelt , MD, Vikas Gupta , PharmD, BCPS, Aaron Killian , PharmD, BCPS, Michael M. Peng , PhD, MPH
      DOI: 10.1086/520743
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/520743
    13. Free Access
      Case‐Control Study of Surgical Site Infections Associated With Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillators • (pp. 1299-1304)  Free Content
      Jonas Marschall , MD, Diane Hopkins‐Broyles , RN, Marilyn Jones , RN, Victoria J. Fraser , MD, David K. Warren , MD, MPH
      DOI: 10.1086/520744
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/520744
  2. Concise Communications
    1. Free Access
      Risk of Clostridium difficile–Associated Disease Among Patients Receiving Proton‐Pump Inhibitors in a Quebec Medical Intensive Care Unit • (pp. 1305-1307)  Free Content
      Mathieu Beaulieu , MSc, MBA, David Williamson  MSc, BCPS, Gilbert Pichette , MD, FRCP, Jean Lachaine , PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/521664
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/521664
    2. Free Access
      Outcome of Escherichia coli and/or Klebsiella Bloodstream Infection in Children With Central Venous Catheters • (pp. 1308-1310)  Free Content
      Jessica Buckley , MD, Susan E. Coffin , MD, MPH, Ebbing Lautenbach , MD, MSCE, Priya Prasad , MPH, Jaclyn Chu , MHS, Monika Goyal , MD, Theoklis E. Zaoutis , MD, MSCE
      DOI: 10.1086/521659
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/521659
    3. Free Access
      Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia Bloodstream Infection at an Outpatient Hematology and Oncology Practice • (pp. 1311-1313)  Free Content
      Karon Abe , PhD, Melissa Tobin D’Angelo , MD, MPH, Rebecca Sunenshine , MD, Judith Noble‐Wang , PhD, James Cope , MPH, Bette Jensen , MMSc, Arjun Srinivasan , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/522679
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/522679
    4. Free Access
      Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage at Hospital Admission • (pp. 1314-1317)  Free Content
      Irma Casas , MD, Nieves Sopena , MD, PhD, Maria Esteve , MD, PhD, Maria Dolores Quesada , MD, Isabel Andrés, Lourdes Matas , MD, PhD, Silvia Blanco , Biol, Maria Luisa Pedro‐Botet , MD, PhD, Montse Caraballo, Vicente Ausina , MD, PhD, Miquel Sabrià , MD, PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/520738
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/520738
  3. Letter to the Editor
    1. Free Access
      Control of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Tertiary Hospital with Low Background Endemicity: Evidence That Interventions Do Work • (pp. 1318-1319)  Free Content
      Arlo Upton , MBChB, Camilla McGuiness , BHSc, Peter Reed , DPhil, Sally A. Roberts , MBChB
      DOI: 10.1086/522677
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/522677