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Control of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Hospital and an Intensive Care Unit by Hartstein, Alan I., Denny, Mark A., Morthland, Virginia H., LeMonte, Ann M., Pfaller, Michael A.

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Value of Molecular Epidemiologic Analysis in a Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Outbreak by Fang, Ferric C, McClelland, Michael, Guiney, Donald G, Jackson, Marguerite M, Hartstein, Alan I, Morthland, Virginia H, Davis, Charles E, McPherson, Diana C, Welsh, John

“…Objective.—To evaluate two molecular epidemiologic methods used in the analysis of a nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)…”
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Plasmid DNA analysis of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from blood and colonization cultures in very low birth weight neonates by Valvano, M A, Hartstein, A I, Morthland, V H, Dragoon, M E, Potter, S A, Reynolds, J W, Crosa, J H

“…We prospectively studied the course of colonization and sepsis with Staphylococcus epidermidis among 29 very low birth weight neonates undergoing prolonged…”
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Molecular epidemiology of Candida albicans colonization and fungemia in very low birthweight infants by Robinson, J L, Hartstein, A I, Meuser, R U, Morthland, V H, Dragoon, M E, Wenman, W M

“…This study investigated the relationship between colonization and fungemia. This was a prospective study involving surveillance cultures of the nares, base of…”
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The challenge of vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a clinical and epidemiologic study by Lam, S, Singer, C, Tucci, V, Morthland, V H, Pfaller, M A, Isenberg, H D

“…Vancomycin-resistant enterococci have been recovered with increasing frequency from hospitalized patients. Risk factors, mode of nosocomial transmission,…”
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Control of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Hospital and an Intensive Care Unit by Hartstein, Alan I., Denny, Mark A., Morthland, Virginia H., LeMonte, Ann M., Pfaller, Michael A.

“…Objective: To describe methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) control in a hospital, including a surgical intensive care unit (SICU) outbreak…”
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β-Lactam Enhancement of Aminoglycoside Activity under Conditions of Reduced pH and Oxygen Tension That May Exist in Infected Tissues by Bryant, Richard E., Fox, Kaye, Oh, George, Morthland, Virginia H.

“…Aminoglycoside activity is suppressed under conditions of low pH and oxygen tension that are likely to occur in infected tissues; the suppressive effects of…”
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Application of genomic DNA subtyping by pulsed field gel electrophoresis and restriction enzyme analysis of plasmid DNA to characterize methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from two nosocomial outbreaks by Branchini, M L, Morthland, V H, Tresoldi, A T, Von Nowakonsky, A, Dias, M B, Pfaller, M A

“…Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and restriction enzyme analysis of plasmid DNA (REAP) were applied to study the epidemiologic relationship among…”
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Plasmid DNA Fingerprinting of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Subspecies anitratus from Intubated and Mechanically Ventilated Patients by Hartstein, Alan I., Morthland, Virginia H., Rourke, J. William, Freeman, Joan, Garber, Susan, Sykes, Renee, Rashad, Abdel L.

“…Forty-three intubated and mechanically ventilated patients in five intensive care units (ICUs) of one hospital developed respiratory colonization or infection…”
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Molecular Epidemiology for Local Outbreaks of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): The Need for Several Methods by Sabria-Leal, Miquel, Morthland, Virginia H., Pedro-Botet, Maria L., Sopena, Nieves, Gimenez-Perez, Monserrat, Maria L. M. Branchini, Pfaller, Michael A.

“…Subtyping isolates may be useful for epidemiological studies of methicillin-resistant-Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreaks. Among subtyping methods,…”
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Plasmid DNA Fingerprinting of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Subspecies anitratus From Intubated and Mechanically Ventilated Patients by Hartstein, Alan I., Morthland, Virginia H., Rourke, J. William, Freeman, Joan, Garber, Susan, Sykes, Renee, Rashad, Abdel L.

“…Forty-three intubated and mechanically ventilated patients in five intensive care units (ICUs) of one hospital developed respiratory colonization or infection…”
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Molecular epidemiology of gastric colonization by Enterococcus faecalis in a surgical intensive care unit by Sabria-Leal, M, Pfaller, M A, Morthland, V H, Young, S A, Hollis, R J, Werkmeister, L, Kleiman-Wexler, R L, Ephgrave, K S

“…We applied restriction endonuclease analysis of genomic DNA using pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) to study gastric colonization with Enterococcus…”
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Plasmid DNA analysis, biotyping, and antimicrobic susceptibility as subtyping tests for Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella oxytoca by Hartstein, A I, Morthland, V H, Rourke, J W, Sykes, R, Rashad, A L

“…We compared plasmid DNA analysis, biotyping by Vitek, and disk diffusion antimicrobic susceptibility as subtyping tests of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella…”
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Nosocomial urinary tract infection: a prospective evaluation of 108 catheterized patients by Hartstein, A I, Garber, S B, Ward, T T, Jones, S R, Morthland, V H

“…This study describes the evaluation of 108 patients who had indwelling urethral catheters for acute medical and surgical indications. Patients were evaluated…”
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Reproducibility of Staphylococcus epidermidis plasmid profiles by Hartstein, A I, Morthland, V H, Rashad, A L

“…The plasmid profiles of six isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis were repetitively evaluated over an 8-month period. Each isolate was subcultured and stored…”
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Molecular epidemiology for local outbreaks of methicillin resistantStaphylococcus aureus (MRSA): The need for several methods by Sabria-Leal, Miquel, Morthland, Virginia H., Pedro-Botet, Maria L., Sopena, Nieves, Gimenez-Perez, Monserrat, Branchini, Maria L. M., Pfaller, Michael A.

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