2014
Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized patients.
Fridkin S, Baggs J, Fagan R, Magill S, Pollack LA, Malpiedi P, Slayton R, Khader K, Rubin MA, Jones M, Samore MH, Dumyati G, Dodds-Ashley E, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Jernigan J, Shehab N, Herrera R, McDonald L, Schneider A, Srinivasan A. Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized patients. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2014, 63: 194-200. PMID: 24598596, PMCID: PMC4584728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClostridium difficile infectionAntibiotic prescribingAntibiotic useIncidence of CDIInpatient antibiotic useDays of therapyNational administrative databaseBroad-spectrum antibioticsHealth care providersAntibiotic-resistant infectionsHospitalized patientsSurgical wardsDifficile infectionImproved prescribingAdministrative databasesAntibiotic exposureIncorrect prescribingPrescribingPatientsHospitalPatient recordsPatient safetyU.S. hospitalsAntibiotic resistanceAntibiotics
2013
Selection of Neighborhood Controls for a Population-Based Lyme Disease Case-Control Study by Using a Commercial Marketing Database
Connally NP, Yousey-Hindes K, Meek J. Selection of Neighborhood Controls for a Population-Based Lyme Disease Case-Control Study by Using a Commercial Marketing Database. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2013, 178: 276-279. PMID: 23696105, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws464.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEffect of the 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic on Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia
Fleming-Dutra KE, Taylor T, Link-Gelles R, Garg S, Jhung MA, Finelli L, Jain S, Shay D, Chaves SS, Baumbach J, Hancock EB, Beall B, Bennett N, Zansky S, Petit S, Yousey-Hindes K, Farley MM, Gershman K, Harrison LH, Ryan P, Lexau C, Lynfield R, Reingold A, Schaffner W, Thomas A, Moore MR. Effect of the 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic on Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2013, 207: 1135-1143. PMID: 23303809, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedChildChild, PreschoolConfidence IntervalsDatabases, FactualFemaleHospitalizationHumansInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioPandemicsPneumonia, PneumococcalPoisson DistributionPopulation SurveillanceRisk FactorsSeasonsSeverity of Illness IndexStreptococcus pneumoniaeUnited StatesYoung Adult