Search Results - "Varughese, Christy A."

Impact of a clinical guideline for prescribing antibiotics to inpatients reporting penicillin or cephalosporin allergy by Blumenthal, Kimberly G., MD, Shenoy, Erica S., MD, PhD, Varughese, Christy A., PharmD, Hurwitz, Shelley, PhD, Hooper, David C., MD, Banerji, Aleena, MD

“…Abstract Background Self-reported penicillin allergy infrequently reflects an inability to tolerate penicillins. Inpatients reporting penicillin allergy…”
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Effect of a Drug Allergy Educational Program and Antibiotic Prescribing Guideline on Inpatient Clinical Providers’ Antibiotic Prescribing Knowledge by Blumenthal, Kimberly G., MD, Shenoy, Erica S., MD, PhD, Hurwitz, Shelley, PhD, Varughese, Christy A., PharmD, Hooper, David C., MD, Banerji, Aleena, MD

“…Background Inpatient providers have varying levels of knowledge in managing patients with drug and/or penicillin (PCN) allergy. Objectives Our objectives were…”
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Adverse Drug Reactions Associated With Ceftaroline Use: A 2-Center Retrospective Cohort by Blumenthal, Kimberly G., MD, Kuhlen, James L., MD, Weil, Ana A., MD, MPH, Varughese, Christy A., PharmD, Kubiak, David W., PharmD, Banerji, Aleena, MD, Shenoy, Erica S., MD, PhD

“…Background Ceftaroline fosamil is a cephalosporin approved for treating skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), including those caused by…”
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High incidence of neutropenia in patients with prolonged ceftaroline exposure by Furtek, Kari J, Kubiak, David W, Barra, Megan, Varughese, Christy A, Ashbaugh, Cameron D, Koo, Sophia

“…We sought to determine the rate of incident neutropenia and identify potential clinical factors associated with incident neutropenia among patients treated…”
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Computing antimicrobial use/antimicrobial resistance ratios: A novel way to assess inpatient antimicrobial utilization using current National Healthcare Safety Network metrics by Santos, Carlos A. Q., Martinez, Ashley I., Won, Sarah Y., Varughese, Christy A., Tseng, Marion, Zhang, Huiyuan, Trick, William E.

“…ABSTRACT Background Current methods for benchmarking inpatient antimicrobial use (AU) could benefit from combining AU with antimicrobial resistance (AR)…”
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A Case of Linezolid Induced Toxicity by Tobias, Philip E., Varughese, Christy A., Hanson, Amy P., Gurnani, Payal K.

“…Adverse effects of linezolid are typically limited to diarrhea, nausea, and headache when shorter durations are used; however, as extended durations of…”
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Short-term risk of liver and renal injury in hospitalized patients using micafungin: a multicentre cohort study by Schneeweiss, Sebastian, Carver, Peggy L, Datta, Kausik, Galar, Alicia, Johnson, Melissa D, Johnson, Matthew G, Marty, Francisco M, Nagel, Jerod, Najdzinowicz, Maryann, Saul, Melissa, Shoham, Shmuel, Silveira, Fernanda P, Varughese, Christy A, Wilck, Marissa, Weatherby, Lisa, Auton, Tim, Walker, Alexander M

“…Although echinocandins are generally well tolerated, there is little information on the frequency with which renal and hepatic adverse effects occur during use…”
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Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs): The devil is in the details by Cunha, Cheston B., Varughese, Christy A., Mylonakis, Eleftherios

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Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea: A Refresher on Causes and Possible Prevention With Probiotics—Continuing Education Article by Varughese, Christy A., Vakil, Niyati H., Phillips, Kristy M.

“…Antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) describes any unexplained diarrhea associated with the use of an antibiotic. AAD also includes infection caused by…”
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Preceptor development: Responses to frequently asked questions from preceptors in academic hospitals by Phillips, Holly J, Dangler, Angela, Klem, Patrick M, Chu, Frank, Pon, Tiffany, Liewer, Susanne, Thompson Bastin, Melissa L, Halfpap, Joseph J, Fish, Jeffrey, Stun, Lucy, Varughese, Christy A

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Ceftaroline desensitization procedure in a pregnant patient with multiple drug allergies by Kuhlen, Jr, James L, Blumenthal, Kimberly G, Sokol, Caroline L, Balekian, Diana S, Weil, Ana A, Varughese, Christy A, Shenoy, Erica S, Banerji, Aleena

“…Validated skin testing is lacking for many drugs, including ceftaroline. The cross-reactivity between ceftaroline and other β-lactam antibiotics is unknown. We…”
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183. Impact of Revised Piperacillin/Tazobactam Clinical Breakpoints on Enterobacterales Isolates Identified in Blood Cultures by Moore, Nicholas M, Houlihan, Joyce H, Varughese, Christy A, Hodgson, Hayley A, Shankaran, Shivanjali, Won, Sarah Y, Hayden, Mary K

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2243. Patterns of Micafungin Prescribing in the Intensive Care Unit in an Observational Retrospective Cohort by Cozzi, Francesca E, Rodriguez, Raul, Herald, Fischer, Hodgson, Hayley A, Sansom, Sarah E, Shankaran, Shivanjali, Varughese, Christy A, Won, Sarah Y

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Initial Antibiotic Therapy and Survival among Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Patients with Multi-drug Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Bacteremia at a Large Academic Medical Center by Varughese, Christy A

“…Background: The incidence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Enterobacteriaceae is on the rise, and providing adequate empiric therapy is becoming increasingly…”
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Adverse drug reactions associated with ceftaroline use: A two-center retrospective cohort by Blumenthal, Kimberly G., Kuhlen, James L., Weil, Ana A., Varughese, Christy A., Kubiak, David W., Banerji, Aleena, Shenoy, Erica S.

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Impact of a Newly Implemented Antimicrobial Stewardship Program for Patients With Bloodstream Infections (BSI) in the Absence of Rapid Diagnostic Technology (RDT) by Cisneros, Enrique Cornejo, Morency-Potvin, Philippe, Wang, Sheila, Simms, Andrew, Nguyen, David C., Varughese, Christy A., Hanson, Amy, Singh, Kamaljit, Trenholme, Gordon M., Won, Sarah

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Survey of Inpatient Clinical Providers’ Antibiotic Prescribing Knowledge by Blumenthal, Kimberly G., Shenoy, Erica S., Hurwitz, Shelley, Varughese, Christy A., Hooper, David C., Banerji, Aleena

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