2016
Burden of Nursing Home-Onset Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States: Estimates of Incidence and Patient Outcomes
Hunter J, Mu Y, Dumyati G, Farley M, Winston L, Johnston H, Meek J, Perlmutter R, Holzbauer S, Beldavs Z, Phipps E, Dunn J, Cohen J, Avillan J, Stone N, Gerding D, McDonald L, Lessa F. Burden of Nursing Home-Onset Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States: Estimates of Incidence and Patient Outcomes. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2016, 3: ofv196. PMID: 26798767, PMCID: PMC4719744, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv196.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClostridium difficile infectionDifficile infectionPatient outcomesPopulation-based surveillanceAcute care settingAppropriate antibiotic useEstimates of incidenceMedian ageSubstantial morbidityPositive stoolsMedical recordsRisk factorsAdvanced ageAntibiotic useInfection preventionAntibiotic exposureHome residentsNational incidenceCare settingsPositive specimenNational estimatesIncidenceSpecimen collectionAgeStool
2015
Improving Accuracy of Influenza-Associated Hospitalization Rate Estimates - Volume 21, Number 9—September 2015 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Millman A, Reed C, Kirley P, Aragon D, Meek J, Farley M, Ryan P, Collins J, Lynfield R, Baumbach J, Zansky S, Bennett N, Fowler B, Thomas A, Lindegren M, Atkinson A, Finelli L, Chaves S. Improving Accuracy of Influenza-Associated Hospitalization Rate Estimates - Volume 21, Number 9—September 2015 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2015, 21: 1595-1601. PMID: 26292017, PMCID: PMC4550134, DOI: 10.3201/eid2109.141665.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYears of ageHospitalization ratesAdults 18Test sensitivityLaboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizationsNational population-based surveillance systemLaboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalizationsPopulation-based surveillance systemInfectious Diseases journal - CDCInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsDiagnostic test typeFluSurv-NETInfluenza hospitalizationsInfluenza seasonPatient ageAge groupsTranscription-PCRAgeHospitalizationDiagnostic test sensitivitySensitive testAdultsSurveillance systemChildrenYears
2010
Adult Hospitalizations for Laboratory-Positive Influenza during the 2005–2006 through 2007–2008 Seasons in the United States
Dao C, Kamimoto L, Nowell M, Reingold A, Gershman K, Meek J, Arnold K, Farley M, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Morin C, Baumbach J, Hancock E, Zansky S, Bennett N, Thomas A, Vandermeer M, Kirschke D, Schaffner W, Finelli L. Adult Hospitalizations for Laboratory-Positive Influenza during the 2005–2006 through 2007–2008 Seasons in the United States. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2010, 202: 881-888. PMID: 20677944, DOI: 10.1086/655904.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsInfluenza seasonEmerging Infections Program NetworkEmerging Infections Program sitesHospitalization discharge diagnosesInfections Program NetworkInfluenza-associated complicationsRate of hospitalizationLaboratory-positive casesAge-specific ratesTypes/subtypesAdult hospitalizationsHospitalization surveillanceClinical characteristicsInfluenza B.Discharge diagnosisMedical conditionsHospitalizationMetabolic diseasesIncreased circulationInfluenza virusOverall rateInfluenzaPredominant seasonsAge