Search Results - "Roberts, Richard B."

Identification of a Novel Transposon (Tn6072) and a Truncated Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Element in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST239 by LIANG CHEN, MEDIAVILLA, José R, SMYTH, Davida S, CHAVDA, Kalyan D, IONESCU, Ramona, ROBERTS, Richard B, ASHLEY ROBINSON, D, KREISWIRTH, Barry N

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Medical Students' Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens in the Operating Room: 15 Years Later by Chen, Connie J., Gallagher, Rachel, Gerber, Linda M., Drusin, Lewis M., Roberts, Richard B.

“…We compared the rates of exposure to blood in the operating room among third‐year medical students during 2005‐2006 with the rates reported in a study…”
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Cost of Hospitalization for and Risk Factors Associated with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Infection and Colonization by Webb, Marcy, Riley, Lee W., Roberts, Richard B.

“…The increase in costs of hospitalization for patients with drug-resistant infection may be associated with drug resistance itself or with the severity of the…”
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CEPI - A global partnership by Roberts, Richard B

“…For the last two decades, we have witnessed a substantial number of new infectious-disease outbreaks and epidemics that have taken the lives of many…”
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The Salzburg Cornell Infectious Diseases Seminars - the first fourteen years (1996-2010) by Roberts, Richard B

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The Development of Vancomycin Resistance in a Patient with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection by Sieradzki, Krzysztof, Roberts, Richard B, Haber, Stuart W, Tomasz, Alexander

“…Over the past two decades, vancomycin has been considered the antibiotic of choice for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. Indeed,…”
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Studies of the continuing susceptibility of group A streptococcal strains to penicillin during eight decades by MACRIS, MICHELLE H, HARTMAN, NANCY, MURRAY, BERNADETTE, KLEIN, RENATE F, ROBERTS, RICHARD B, KAPLAN, EDWARD L, HORN, DAVID, ZABRISKIE, JOHN B

“…BACKGROUND.In view of the widespread use of penicillin for >50 years for the treatment of group A streptococcal infections, we examined the question of whether…”
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Molecular characterization and antibiotic susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus from a multidisciplinary hospital in Romania by Ionescu, Ramona, Mediavilla, José R, Chen, Liang, Grigorescu, Dan O, Idomir, Mihaela, Kreiswirth, Barry N, Roberts, Richard B

“…From 2004 to 2005, 60%-72% of invasive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Romanian hospitals were resistant to methicillin (methicillin-resistant S. aureus…”
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Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 12 New York Hospitals by Roberts, Richard B., de Lencastre, Alexandre, Eisner, William, Severina, Elena P., Shopsin, Bo, Kreiswirth, Barry N., Tomasz, Alexander

“…Consecutive single-patient methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates (270) from 12 hospitals (8217 beds) in metropolitan New York City were…”
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Heterogeneously Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis Strain Causing Recurrent Peritonitis in a Dialysis Patient during Vancomycin Therapy by SIERADZKI, K, ROBERTS, R. B, SERUR, D, HARGRAVE, J, TOMASZ, A

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Ribavirin disposition in high-risk patients for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome by Laskin, O L, Longstreth, J A, Hart, C C, Scavuzzo, D, Kalman, C M, Connor, J D, Roberts, R B

“…Ribavirin is a broad-spectrum antiviral drug that has in vitro activity against human immunodeficiency virus. To determine the kinetics of ribavirin, 17…”
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Topic: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci by Roberts, Richard B.

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Cost-effectiveness of infective endocarditis prophylaxis for mitral valve prolapse with or without a mitral regurgitant murmur by Devereux, Richard B., Frary, Cynthia J., Kramer-Fox, Randi, Roberts, Richard B., Ruchlin, Hirsch S.

“…To assess the cost-effectiveness of prevention of infective endocarditis (IE) and to calculate cost-effectiveness of currently recommended regimens in patients…”
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Practical approach to the identification of clinically relevant Enterococcus species by Willey, Barbara M, Jones, Ronald N, McGeer, Allison, Witte, Wolfgang, French, Gary, Roberts, Richard B, Jenkins, Stephen G, Nadler, Harriette, Low, Donald E

“…Enterococci have become important nosocomial pathogens, with Enterococcus faecalis and then Enterococcus faecium predominating. Because of the emergence of…”
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Impaired production of lymphokines and immune (gamma) interferon in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome by Murray, H W, Rubin, B Y, Masur, H, Roberts, R B

“…To examine the cellular immune defect that predisposes patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) to opportunistic infections, we tested T…”
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Recurrent peritonitis in a patient on dialysis and prophylactic vancomycin by Sieradzki, Krzysztof, Roberts, Richard B, Serur, David, Hargrave, Judie, Tomasz, Alexander

“…Sieradzki et al discuss the case of a female dialysis patient with recurrent peritonitis. Her dialysis-catheter site was contaminated by two different…”
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Antimicrobial Therapy of Experimental Enterococcal Endocarditis by Hook, 3rd, E W, Roberts, R B, Sande, M A

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Association of Penicillin-Resistant Pneumococci with Residence in a Pediatric Chronic Care Facility by Mannheimer, Sharon B., Riley, Lee W., Roberts, Richard B.

“…Risk factors for the acquisition of penicillin-resistant pneumococci (PRP) were analyzed at a university hospital in New York City. Patients with PRP and…”
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Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in metropolitan New York hospitals: case control study and molecular typing of resistant isolates by Roberts, R B, Tomasz, A, Corso, A, Hargrave, J, Severina, E

“…During the 4-month period from January to April, 1998, 476 patients with Streptococcus pneumoniae infections were detected in 12 metropolitan New York…”
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Patients at risk for AIDS-related opportunistic infections. Clinical manifestations and impaired gamma interferon production by Murray, H W, Hillman, J K, Rubin, B Y, Kelly, C D, Jacobs, J L, Tyler, L W, Donelly, D M, Carriero, S M, Godbold, J H, Roberts, R B

“…We studied 81 men (79 homosexuals and 2 drug abusers) with persistent lymphadenopathy to determine whether those at risk for AIDS-related opportunistic…”
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