Loreen A. Herwaldt - Publications

Affiliations: 
Epidemiology University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 
Area:
Epidemiology

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2024 Dukes KC, Hockett Sherlock S, Racila AM, Herwaldt LA, Jacob J, Vijayan A, Kellogg J, Pegues D, Tolomeo PC, Cobb J, Fraer M, Bleasdale SC, Ward MA, Lindsey B, Schweizer ML. Implementing nasal povidone-iodine decolonization to reduce infections in hemodialysis units: a qualitative assessment. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 1-6. PMID 38779819 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2024.83  0.359
2023 Smith M, Herwaldt L. Nasal decolonization: What antimicrobials and antiseptics are most effective before surgery and in the ICU. American Journal of Infection Control. 51: A64-A71. PMID 37890955 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2023.02.004  0.322
2023 Dukes KC, Reisinger HS, Schweizer M, Ward MA, Chapin L, Ryken TC, Perl TM, Herwaldt LA. Examining barriers to implementing a surgical-site infection bundle. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 1-8. PMID 37493031 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.114  0.312
2021 Racila AM, O'Shea AMJ, Nair R, Dukes K, Herwaldt LA, Boyken L, Diekema D, Ward MA, Cobb J, Jacob J, Pegues D, Bleasdale S, Vijayan A, Mutneja A, Fraer M, et al. Using nasal povidone-iodine to prevent bloodstream infections and transmission of among haemodialysis patients: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised control trial protocol. Bmj Open. 11: e048830. PMID 34862278 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048830  0.306
2020 Marra AR, Perencevich EN, Nelson RE, Samore M, Khader K, Chiang HY, Chorazy ML, Herwaldt LA, Diekema DJ, Kuxhausen MF, Blevins A, Ward MA, McDanel JS, Nair R, Balkenende E, et al. Incidence and Outcomes Associated With Clostridium difficile Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Jama Network Open. 3: e1917597. PMID 31913488 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.17597  0.591
2019 Kobayashi T, Herwaldt L. Lemierre's syndrome: A re-emerging infection. Idcases. 19: e00668. PMID 31768313 DOI: 10.1016/J.Idcr.2019.E00668  0.423
2018 Werzen A, Thom KA, Robinson GL, Li S, Rock C, Herwaldt LA, Diekema DJ, Reisinger HS, Perencevich EN. Comparing brief, covert, directly observed hand hygiene compliance monitoring to standard methods: A multicenter cohort study. American Journal of Infection Control. PMID 30314747 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ajic.2018.08.015  0.325
2018 Hanson BM, Kates AE, O'Malley SM, Mills E, Herwaldt LA, Torner JC, Dawson JD, Farina SA, Klostermann C, Wu JY, Quick MK, Forshey BM, Smith TC. Staphylococcus aureus in the nose and throat of Iowan families. Epidemiology and Infection. 1-8. PMID 29932041 DOI: 10.1017/S0950268818001644  0.359
2018 Jacob JT, Herwaldt LA, Durso FT. Preventing healthcare-associated infections through human factors engineering. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. PMID 29846208 DOI: 10.1097/Qco.0000000000000463  0.363
2018 Abode-Iyamah KO, Chiang HY, Woodroffe RW, Park B, Jareczek FJ, Nagahama Y, Winslow N, Herwaldt LA, Greenlee JDW. Deep brain stimulation hardware-related infections: 10-year experience at a single institution. Journal of Neurosurgery. 1-10. PMID 29521584 DOI: 10.3171/2017.9.Jns1780  0.663
2018 Chiang H, Schweizer M, Ward M, Noiseux N, Greenlee J, Bashir M, Diekema D, Haleem A, Nair R, Herwaldt L. 2124. A Bundled Intervention Was Associated with Decreased Risk of Complex Staphylococcus aureus Surgical Site Infections among Patients Undergoing Clean Operative Procedures Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 5: S624-S625. DOI: 10.1093/Ofid/Ofy210.1780  0.623
2017 Pennathur PR, Herwaldt LA. Role of Human Factors Engineering in Infection Prevention: Gaps and Opportunities. Current Treatment Options in Infectious Diseases. 9: 230-249. PMID 32226329 DOI: 10.1007/S40506-017-0123-Y  0.399
2017 Burdsall DP, Gardner SE, Cox T, Schweizer M, Culp KR, Steelman VM, Herwaldt LA. Exploring inappropriate certified nursing assistant glove use in long-term care. American Journal of Infection Control. 45: 940-945. PMID 28863810 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ajic.2017.02.017  0.3
2017 Carling P, Herwaldt LA. The Iowa Disinfection Cleaning Project: Opportunities, Successes, and Challenges of a Structured Intervention Program in 56 Hospitals. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 38: 960-965. PMID 28756803 DOI: 10.1017/Ice.2017.109  0.339
2017 Abode-Iyamah KO, Chiang HY, Winslow N, Park B, Zanaty M, Dlouhy BJ, Flouty OE, Rasmussen ZD, Herwaldt LA, Greenlee JD. Risk factors for surgical site infections and assessment of vancomycin powder as a preventive measure in patients undergoing first-time cranioplasty. Journal of Neurosurgery. 1-9. PMID 28498056 DOI: 10.3171/2016.12.Jns161967  0.633
2016 Bailin S, Noiseux N, Pottinger JM, Johannsson B, Haleem A, Johnson S, Herwaldt LA. Screening Patients Undergoing Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty with Perioperative Urinalysis and the Effect of a Practice Change on Antimicrobial Use. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 1-6. PMID 27869063 DOI: 10.1017/Ice.2016.272  0.413
2016 Chiang HY, Perencevich EN, Nair R, Nelson RE, Samore M, Khader K, Chorazy ML, Herwaldt LA, Blevins A, Ward MA, Schweizer ML. Incidence and Outcomes Associated With Infections Caused by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in the United States: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 1-13. PMID 27825401 DOI: 10.1017/Ice.2016.254  0.667
2016 Marra AR, Edmond MB, Ford BA, Herwaldt LA, Algwizani AR, Diekema DJ. Failure of Risk-Adjustment by Test Method for C. difficile Laboratory-Identified Event Reporting. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 1-3. PMID 27745553 DOI: 10.1017/Ice.2016.227  0.433
2016 Andes DR, Safdar N, Baddley JW, Alexander B, Brumble L, Freifeld A, Hadley S, Herwaldt L, Kauffman C, Lyon GM, Morrison V, Patterson T, Perl T, Walker R, Hess T, et al. The epidemiology and outcomes of invasive Candida infections among organ transplant recipients in the United States: results of the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET). Transplant Infectious Disease : An Official Journal of the Transplantation Society. PMID 27643395 DOI: 10.1111/Tid.12613  0.314
2016 Haleem A, Chiang HY, Vodela R, Behan A, Pottinger JM, Smucker J, Greenlee JD, Clark C, Herwaldt LA. Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infections Following Adult Spine Operations. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 1-10. PMID 27573067 DOI: 10.1017/Ice.2016.193  0.652
2016 McDanel JS, Perencevich EN, Storm J, Diekema DJ, Herwaldt L, Johnson JK, Winokur PL, Schweizer ML. Increased Mortality Rates Associated with Staphylococcus aureus and Influenza Co-infection, Maryland and Iowa, USA(1). Emerging Infectious Diseases. 22: 1253-1256. PMID 27315549 DOI: 10.3201/Eid2207.151319  0.406
2016 Shah NS, Greenberg JA, McNulty MC, Gregg KS, Riddell J, Mangino JE, Weber DM, Hebert CL, Marzec NS, Barron MA, Chaparro-Rojas F, Restrepo A, Hemmige V, Prasidthrathsint K, Cobb S, ... Herwaldt L, et al. Bacterial and viral co-infections complicating severe influenza: Incidence and impact among 507 U.S. patients, 2013-14. Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society For Clinical Virology. 80: 12-19. PMID 27130980 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jcv.2016.04.008  0.409
2016 Cummings D, Pierce R, Kaye KS, Price C, Herwaldt LA, Sreeramoju P, Murthy R, Milstone AM, Klein E, Maragakis LL, Eickhoff M, Sifakis F, Los J, Perl TM. Ventilator-Associated Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections Among Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patients in Six Healthcare Systems: Temporal Trends and Risk Factors Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 3. DOI: 10.1093/Ofid/Ofw172.284  0.446
2015 McDanel JS, Perencevich EN, Diekema DJ, Winokur PL, Johnson JK, Herwaldt LA, Smith TC, Chrischilles EA, Dawson JD, Schweizer ML. Association between microbial characteristics and poor outcomes among patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 4: 51. PMID 26668737 DOI: 10.1186/S13756-015-0092-1  0.477
2015 Schweizer ML, Chiang HY, Septimus E, Moody J, Braun B, Hafner J, Ward MA, Hickok J, Perencevich EN, Diekema DJ, Richards CL, Cavanaugh JE, Perlin JB, Herwaldt LA. Association of a bundled intervention with surgical site infections among patients undergoing cardiac, hip, or knee surgery. Jama. 313: 2162-71. PMID 26034956 DOI: 10.1001/Jama.2015.5387  0.642
2015 McDanel JS, Perencevich EN, Diekema DJ, Herwaldt LA, Smith TC, Chrischilles EA, Dawson JD, Jiang L, Goto M, Schweizer ML. Comparative Effectiveness of Beta-Lactams Versus Vancomycin for Treatment of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections Among 122 Hospitals. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 61: 361-7. PMID 25900170 DOI: 10.1093/Cid/Civ308  0.425
2015 Croft LD, Pottinger JM, Chiang HY, Ziebold CS, Weinstein SL, Herwaldt LA. Risk factors for surgical site infections after pediatric spine operations. Spine. 40: E112-9. PMID 25569528 DOI: 10.1097/Brs.0000000000000693  0.641
2015 Bailin S, Noiseux N, Pottinger J, Johannsson B, Haleem A, Johnson S, Herwaldt L. Antimicrobial prescribing for urinary tract infections in patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 4: P220. DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-4-S1-P220  0.45
2015 Chiang H, Abode-Iyamah K, Greenlee J, Herwaldt L. Topical vancomycin powder was not associated with decreased risk of surgical site infections (SSIs) after Craniotomies or Craniectomies (CRANI) Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection. 48: S57. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jmii.2015.02.121  0.662
2014 McDanel JS, Ward MA, Leder L, Schweizer ML, Dawson JD, Diekema DJ, Smith TC, Chrischilles EA, Perencevich EN, Herwaldt LA. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevention practices in hospitals throughout a rural state. American Journal of Infection Control. 42: 868-73. PMID 25087139 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ajic.2014.05.004  0.455
2014 Kline S, Highness M, Herwaldt LA, Perl TM. Variable screening and decolonization protocols for Staphylococcus aureus carriage prior to surgical procedures. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 35: 880-2. PMID 24915219 DOI: 10.1086/676866  0.388
2014 Formanek MB, Herwaldt LA, Perencevich EN, Schweizer ML. Gentamicin/collagen sponge use may reduce the risk of surgical site infections for patients undergoing cardiac operations: a meta-analysis. Surgical Infections. 15: 244-55. PMID 24773201 DOI: 10.1089/Sur.2012.209  0.447
2014 Kauffman CA, Freifeld AG, Andes DR, Baddley JW, Herwaldt L, Walker RC, Alexander BD, Anaissie EJ, Benedict K, Ito JI, Knapp KM, Lyon GM, Marr KA, Morrison VA, Park BJ, et al. Endemic fungal infections in solid organ and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients enrolled in the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET). Transplant Infectious Disease : An Official Journal of the Transplantation Society. 16: 213-24. PMID 24589027 DOI: 10.1111/Tid.12186  0.34
2014 Chiang HY, Herwaldt LA, Schweizer ML. Reply to "letter to the editor" by Baker and Chen regarding "Effectiveness of local vancomycin powder to decrease surgical site infections: a meta-analysis". The Spine Journal : Official Journal of the North American Spine Society. 14: 1367-8. PMID 24509003 DOI: 10.1016/J.Spinee.2014.02.002  0.638
2014 Chiang HY, Herwaldt LA, Blevins AE, Cho E, Schweizer ML. Effectiveness of local vancomycin powder to decrease surgical site infections: a meta-analysis. The Spine Journal : Official Journal of the North American Spine Society. 14: 397-407. PMID 24373682 DOI: 10.1016/J.Spinee.2013.10.012  0.672
2014 Chiang HY, Kamath AS, Pottinger JM, Greenlee JD, Howard MA, Cavanaugh JE, Herwaldt LA. Risk factors and outcomes associated with surgical site infections after craniotomy or craniectomy. Journal of Neurosurgery. 120: 509-21. PMID 24205908 DOI: 10.3171/2013.9.Jns13843  0.662
2014 Schweizer M, Nelson RE, Samore M, Nelson SD, Khader K, Slayton R, Jernigan J, Chiang H, Chorazy M, Herwaldt LA, Diekema DJ, Formanek M, Malhotra A, Blevins A, Ward M, et al. 1621US Costs and Outcomes Associated with Clostridium difficile Infections: a Systematic Literature Review, Meta-analysis, and Mathematical Model Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 1: S433-S433. DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-4-S1-O37  0.616
2014 Schweizer M, Chiang H, Septimus E, Moody J, Braun B, Hafner J, Ward M, Hickok J, Perencevich E, Diekema DJ, Richards C, Perlin J, Herwaldt LA. LB-9A Multicenter Intervention to Reduce Surgical Site Infections among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Operations and Total Joint Arthroplasty (STOP SSI Study) Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 1: S69-S69. DOI: 10.1093/Ofid/Ofu083.09  0.614
2013 Harris AD, Pineles L, Belton B, Johnson JK, Shardell M, Loeb M, Newhouse R, Dembry L, Braun B, Perencevich EN, Hall KK, Morgan DJ, Shahryar SK, Price CS, ... ... Herwaldt LA, et al. Universal glove and gown use and acquisition of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the ICU: a randomized trial. Jama. 310: 1571-80. PMID 24097234 DOI: 10.1097/Sa.0000000000000059  0.416
2013 Schweizer M, Perencevich E, McDanel J, Carson J, Formanek M, Hafner J, Braun B, Herwaldt L. Effectiveness of a bundled intervention of decolonization and prophylaxis to decrease Gram positive surgical site infections after cardiac or orthopedic surgery: Systematic review and meta-analysis Bmj (Online). 346. PMID 23766464 DOI: 10.1136/Bmj.F2743  0.516
2013 Savage MW, Pottinger JM, Chiang HY, Yohnke KR, Bowdler NC, Herwaldt LA. Surgical site infections and cellulitis after abdominal hysterectomy. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 209: 108.e1-10. PMID 23711665 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ajog.2013.05.043  0.676
2013 Smoot MK, Amendola A, Cramer E, Doyle C, Kregel KC, Chiang HY, Cavanaugh JE, Herwaldt LA. A cluster of exertional rhabdomyolysis affecting a Division I Football team. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine : Official Journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine. 23: 365-72. PMID 23657120 DOI: 10.1097/Jsm.0B013E3182914Fe2  0.568
2013 Yin J, Schweizer ML, Herwaldt LA, Pottinger JM, Perencevich EN. Benefits of universal gloving on hospital-acquired infections in acute care pediatric units. Pediatrics. 131: e1515-20. PMID 23610206 DOI: 10.1542/Peds.2012-3389  0.411
2013 Climo MW, Yokoe DS, Warren DK, Perl TM, Bolon M, Herwaldt LA, Weinstein RA, Sepkowitz KA, Jernigan JA, Sanogo K, Wong ES. Effect of daily chlorhexidine bathing on hospital-acquired infection. The New England Journal of Medicine. 368: 533-42. PMID 23388005 DOI: 10.1056/Nejmoa1113849  0.474
2013 Ammerlaan HS, Harbarth S, Buiting AG, Crook DW, Fitzpatrick F, Hanberger H, Herwaldt LA, van Keulen PH, Kluytmans JA, Kola A, Kuchenbecker RS, Lingaas E, Meessen N, Morris-Downes MM, Pottinger JM, et al. Secular trends in nosocomial bloodstream infections: antibiotic-resistant bacteria increase the total burden of infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 56: 798-805. PMID 23223600 DOI: 10.1093/Cid/Cis1006  0.488
2013 Formanek M, Herwaldt L, Schweizer M. P028: Examining the relationship between fluoroquinolone use and Clostridium difficile infections (CDI): a meta-analysis Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 2. DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-2-S1-P28  0.469
2013 Herwaldt L, Bailin S, Johannsson B, Noiseux N, Haleem A, Johnson S. P198: Antimicrobial treatment for urinary tract infection (UTI) among patients having total hip (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA) Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 2. DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-2-S1-P198  0.304
2013 Harris KI, Perencevich EN, Rosenthal GE, Herwaldt LA. Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: A growing worldwide problem Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 21: 285-288. DOI: 10.1097/Ipc.0B013E31828Bbb1A  0.487
2012 Schweizer M, Ward M, Cobb S, McDanel J, Leder L, Wibbenmeyer L, Latenser B, Diekema D, Herwaldt L. The epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on a burn trauma unit. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 33: 1118-25. PMID 23041810 DOI: 10.1086/668032  0.447
2012 Beekmann SE, Diekema DJ, Huskins WC, Herwaldt L, Boyce JM, Sherertz RJ, Polgreen PM. Diagnosing and reporting of central line-associated bloodstream infections. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 33: 875-82. PMID 22869260 DOI: 10.1086/667379  0.382
2012 Schweizer ML, Herwaldt LA. Surgical site infections and their prevention. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 25: 378-84. PMID 22691686 DOI: 10.1097/Qco.0B013E32835532F7  0.404
2012 Johannsson B, Johnson SJ, Ernst EJ, Beekmann SE, Herwaldt L, Diekema DJ, Polgreen PM. Antimicrobial therapy for bloodstream infection due to methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in an era of increasing methicillin resistance: opportunities for antimicrobial stewardship. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 46: 904-5. PMID 22669794 DOI: 10.1345/Aph.1Q406  0.465
2012 Welsh CA, Flanagan ME, Hoke SC, Doebbeling BN, Herwaldt L. Reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs): lessons learned from a national collaborative of regional HAI programs. American Journal of Infection Control. 40: 29-34. PMID 21775022 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ajic.2011.02.017  0.367
2012 Ward MM, Clabaugh G, Evans TC, Herwaldt L. A successful, voluntary, multicomponent statewide effort to reduce health care-associated infections American Journal of Medical Quality. 27: 66-73. PMID 21551323 DOI: 10.1177/1062860611405506  0.351
2011 Park BJ, Pappas PG, Wannemuehler KA, Alexander BD, Anaissie EJ, Andes DR, Baddley JW, Brown JM, Brumble LM, Freifeld AG, Hadley S, Herwaldt L, Ito JI, Kauffman CA, Lyon GM, et al. Invasive non-Aspergillus mold infections in transplant recipients, United States, 2001-2006. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 17: 1855-64. PMID 22000355 DOI: 10.3201/Eid1710.110087  0.371
2011 Diekema D, Johannsson B, Herwaldt L, Beekmann S, Jernigan J, Kallen A, Berrios-Torres S, Polgreen P. Current practice in Staphylococcus aureus screening and decolonization. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 32: 1042-4. PMID 21931258 DOI: 10.1086/661917  0.34
2011 Kuntz JL, Chrischilles EA, Pendergast JF, Herwaldt LA, Polgreen PM. Incidence of and risk factors for community-associated Clostridium difficile infection: a nested case-control study. Bmc Infectious Diseases. 11: 194. PMID 21762504 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-194  0.348
2011 Chiang HY, Steelman VM, Pottinger JM, Schlueter AJ, Diekema DJ, Greenlee JD, Howard MA, Herwaldt LA. Clinical significance of positive cranial bone flap cultures and associated risk of surgical site infection after craniotomies or craniectomies. Journal of Neurosurgery. 114: 1746-54. PMID 21375380 DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.Jns10782  0.627
2010 Pappas PG, Alexander BD, Andes DR, Hadley S, Kauffman CA, Freifeld A, Anaissie EJ, Brumble LM, Herwaldt L, Ito J, Kontoyiannis DP, Lyon GM, Marr KA, Morrison VA, Park BJ, et al. Invasive fungal infections among organ transplant recipients: results of the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET). Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 50: 1101-11. PMID 20218876 DOI: 10.1086/651262  0.349
2010 Wibbenmeyer L, Williams I, Ward M, Xiao X, Light T, Latenser B, Lewis R, Kealey GP, Herwaldt L. Risk factors for acquiring vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on a burn surgery step-down unit. Journal of Burn Care & Research : Official Publication of the American Burn Association. 31: 269-79. PMID 20182380 DOI: 10.1097/Bcr.0B013E3181D0F479  0.543
2009 Van De Griend P, Herwaldt LA, Alvis B, DeMartino M, Heilmann K, Doern G, Winokur P, Vonstein DD, Diekema D. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Iowa, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 15: 1582-9. PMID 19861049 DOI: 10.3201/Eid1510.080877  0.469
2009 Reighard A, Diekema D, Wibbenmeyer L, Ward M, Herwaldt L. Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization and colonization or infection at other body sites in patients on a burn trauma unit. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 30: 721-6. PMID 19580438 DOI: 10.1086/598681  0.447
2009 Wibbenmeyer L, Appelgate D, Williams I, Light T, Latenser B, Lewis R, Kealey GP, Chen Y, Onwuameze O, Herwaldt L. Effectiveness of universal screening for vancomycin-resistant enterococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on admission to a burn-trauma step-down unit. Journal of Burn Care & Research : Official Publication of the American Burn Association. 30: 648-56. PMID 19506499 DOI: 10.1097/Bcr.0B013E3181Abff7E  0.522
2009 Bolon MK, Hooper D, Stevenson KB, Greenbaum M, Olsen MA, Herwaldt L, Noskin GA, Fraser VJ, Climo M, Khan Y, Vostok J, Yokoe DS. Improved surveillance for surgical site infections after orthopedic implantation procedures: Extending applications for automated data Clinical Infectious Diseases. 48: 1223-1229. PMID 19335165 DOI: 10.1086/597584  0.362
2009 Smith TC, Male MJ, Harper AL, Kroeger JS, Tinkler GP, Moritz ED, Capuano AW, Herwaldt LA, Diekema DJ. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain ST398 is present in midwestern U.S. swine and swine workers. Plos One. 4: e4258. PMID 19145257 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0004258  0.385
2008 Schulz-Stübner S, Pottinger JM, Coffin SA, Herwaldt LA. Nosocomial infections and infection control in regional anesthesia Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 52: 1144-1157. PMID 18840117 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01712.x  0.344
2008 Wibbenmeyer LA, Kealey GP, Latenser BA, Diekema DJ, Williams IM, Coffman SL, Winokur PL, Kroeger JS, Lewis RW, Herwaldt LA. Emergence of the USA300 strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a burn-trauma unit. Journal of Burn Care & Research : Official Publication of the American Burn Association. 29: 790-7. PMID 18695604 DOI: 10.1097/Bcr.0B013E3181848B8F  0.46
2007 Herwaldt LA, Appelgate D, Kuntz J, Chen Y, Pottinger JM. Infection control resources in Iowa. American Journal of Infection Control. 35: 662-5. PMID 18063131 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ajic.2007.01.014  0.424
2007 Kuntz JL, Cavanaugh JE, Becker LK, Ward MA, Appelgate DM, Herwaldt LA, Polgreen PM. Clostridium difficile-associated disease in patients in a small rural hospital. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 28: 1236-9. PMID 17926273 DOI: 10.1086/521662  0.332
2007 Quinn LK, Chen Y, Herwaldt LA. Infection control policies and practices for Iowa long-term care facility residents with Clostridium difficile infection. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 28: 1228-32. PMID 17926271 DOI: 10.1086/520747  0.404
2007 Polgreen PM, Chen YY, Cavanaugh JE, Ward M, Coffman S, Hornick DB, Diekema DJ, Herwaldt LA. An outbreak of severe Clostridium difficile-associated disease possibly related to inappropriate antimicrobial therapy for community-acquired pneumonia. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 28: 212-4. PMID 17265406 DOI: 10.1086/512174  0.444
2007 Huang SS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Pottinger JM, Herwaldt LA, Zembower TR, Noskin GA, Cosgrove SE, Perl TM, Curtis AB, Tokars JL, Diekema DJ, Jernigan JA, Hinrichsen VL, Yokoe DS, Platt R, et al. Improving the assessment of vancomycin-resistant enterococci by routine screening. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 195: 339-46. PMID 17205471 DOI: 10.1086/510624  0.415
2007 Huang SS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Warren DK, Fraser VJ, Climo MW, Wong ES, Cosgrove SE, Perl TM, Pottinger JM, Herwaldt LA, Jernigan JA, Tokars JL, Diekema DJ, Hinrichsen VL, Yokoe DS, et al. Improving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance and reporting in intensive care units. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 195: 330-8. PMID 17205470 DOI: 10.1086/510622  0.443
2006 Herwaldt LA, Cullen JJ, Scholz D, French P, Zimmerman MB, Pfaller MA, Wenzel RP, Perl TM. A prospective study of outcomes, healthcare resource utilization, and costs associated with postoperative nosocomial infections. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 27: 1291-8. PMID 17152025 DOI: 10.1086/509827  0.376
2006 Sigurdardottir B, Berg JV, Hu J, Alamu J, McNutt LA, Diekema DJ, Herwaldt LA. Descriptive epidemiology and case-control study of patients colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 27: 913-9. PMID 16941315 DOI: 10.1086/507278  0.701
2006 Warren DK, Cosgrove SE, Diekema DJ, Zuccotti G, Climo MW, Bolon MK, Tokars JI, Noskin GA, Wong ES, Sepkowitz KA, Herwaldt LA, Perl TM, Solomon SL, Fraser VJ. A multicenter intervention to prevent catheter-associated bloodstream infections. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 27: 662-9. PMID 16807839 DOI: 10.1086/506184  0.398
2006 Wibbenmeyer L, Danks R, Faucher L, Amelon M, Latenser B, Kealey GP, Herwaldt LA. Prospective analysis of nosocomial infection rates, antibiotic use, and patterns of resistance in a burn population. Journal of Burn Care & Research : Official Publication of the American Burn Association. 27: 152-60. PMID 16566558 DOI: 10.1097/01.Bcr.0000203359.32756.F7  0.518
2006 Polgreen PM, Beekmann SE, Chen YY, Doern GV, Pfaller MA, Brueggemann AB, Herwaldt LA, Diekema DJ. Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a rural state. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 27: 252-6. PMID 16532412 DOI: 10.1086/501537  0.452
2006 Polgreen PM, Diekema DJ, Vandeberg J, Wiblin RT, Chen YY, David S, Rasmus D, Gerdts N, Ross A, Katz L, Herwaldt LA. Risk factors for groin wound infection after femoral artery catheterization: a case-control study. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 27: 34-7. PMID 16418984 DOI: 10.1086/500001  0.395
2006 Warren DK, Yokoe DS, Climo MW, Herwaldt LA, Noskin GA, Zuccotti G, Tokars JI, Perl TM, Fraser VJ. Preventing catheter-associated bloodstream infections: a survey of policies for insertion and care of central venous catheters from hospitals in the prevention epicenter program. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 27: 8-13. PMID 16418980 DOI: 10.1086/499151  0.358
2006 Wibbenmeyer L, Applegate D, Kuntz J, Ward M, Vande Berg J, Herwaldt L. Factors for Colonization with Methicillin-Resistant S. Aureus (MRSA) or Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) on a Burn and Wound Unit (BWU) Journal of Burn Care & Research. 27: S94. DOI: 10.1097/01253092-200603001-00092  0.409
2005 Kreman T, Hu J, Pottinger J, Herwaldt LA. Survey of long-term-care facilities in Iowa for policies and practices regarding residents with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 26: 811-5. PMID 16276955 DOI: 10.1086/502498  0.407
2005 Sohn S, Climo M, Diekema D, Fraser V, Herwaldt L, Marino S, Noskin G, Perl T, Song X, Tokars J, Warren D, Wong E, Yokoe DS, Zembower T, Sepkowitz KA, et al. Varying rates of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea at prevention epicenter hospitals. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 26: 676-9. PMID 16156322 DOI: 10.1086/502601  0.329
2005 Ernst EJ, Raley G, Herwaldt LA, Diekema DJ. Importance of control group selection for evaluating antimicrobial use as a risk factor for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 26: 634-7. PMID 16092744 DOI: 10.1086/502593  0.416
2004 Polgreen PM, Herwaldt LA. Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and Nosocomial Infections: Implications for Prevention. Current Infectious Disease Reports. 6: 435-441. PMID 15538980 DOI: 10.1007/S11908-004-0062-X  0.511
2004 Herwaldt LA, Cullen JJ, French P, Hu J, Pfaller MA, Wenzel RP, Perl TM. Preoperative risk factors for nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 25: 481-4. PMID 15242196 DOI: 10.1086/502426  0.489
2004 Diekema DJ, Lee K, Raney P, Herwaldt LA, Doern GV, Tenover FC. Accuracy and appropriateness of antimicrobial susceptibility test reporting for bacteria isolated from blood cultures. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 42: 2258-60. PMID 15131206 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.42.5.2258-2260.2004  0.34
2003 Climo M, Diekema D, Warren DK, Herwaldt LA, Perl TM, Peterson L, Plaskett T, Price C, Sepkowitz K, Solomon S, Tokars J, Fraser VJ, Wong E. Prevalence of the use of central venous access devices within and outside of the intensive care unit: results of a survey among hospitals in the prevention epicenter program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 24: 942-5. PMID 14700410 DOI: 10.1086/502163  0.311
2003 Herwaldt LA. Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and surgical-site infections. Surgery. 134: S2-9. PMID 14647027 DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(03)00390-8  0.517
2003 Gudlaugsson O, Gillespie S, Lee K, Vande Berg J, Hu J, Messer S, Herwaldt L, Pfaller M, Diekema D. Attributable mortality of nosocomial candidemia, revisited. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 37: 1172-7. PMID 14557960 DOI: 10.1086/378745  0.339
2003 Herwaldt LA, Boyken LD, Coffman S, Hochstetler L, Flanigan MJ. Sources of Staphylococcus aureus for patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Peritoneal Dialysis International : Journal of the International Society For Peritoneal Dialysis. 23: 237-41. PMID 12938823 DOI: 10.1177/089686080302300304  0.341
2003 Nambiar S, Herwaldt LA, Singh N. Outbreak of invasive disease caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in neonates and prevalence in the neonatal intensive care unit. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine : a Journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. 4: 220-6. PMID 12749656 DOI: 10.1097/01.Pcc.0000059736.20597.75  0.387
2003 Banbury MK, Herwaldt LA, Perl TM. Improved prevention strategies for reducing the risk of postoperative wound infection Surgery. 134: A1. DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(03)00597-X  0.427
2002 Herwaldt LA, Pottinger JM, Coffman S, Tjaden J. Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Veterans Administration Medical Center. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 23: 502-5. PMID 12269446 DOI: 10.1086/502096  0.418
2002 Perl TM, Cullen JJ, Wenzel RP, Zimmerman MB, Pfaller MA, Sheppard D, Twombley J, French PP, Herwaldt LA. Intranasal mupirocin to prevent postoperative Staphylococcus aureus infections. The New England Journal of Medicine. 346: 1871-7. PMID 12063371 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa003069  0.426
2002 Diekema DJ, Messer SA, Brueggemann AB, Coffman SL, Doern GV, Herwaldt LA, Pfaller MA. Epidemiology of candidemia: 3-Year results from the emerging infections and the epidemiology of Iowa organisms study Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 40: 1298-1302. PMID 11923348 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.40.4.1298-1302.2002  0.387
2002 Weber S, Herwaldt LA, Mcnutt LA, Rhomberg P, Vaudaux P, Pfaller MA, Perl TM. An outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric cardiothoracic surgery unit. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 23: 77-81. PMID 11893152 DOI: 10.1086/502010  0.461
2000 Berrouane YF, McNutt LA, Buschelman BJ, Rhomberg PR, Sanford MD, Hollis RJ, Pfaller MA, Herwaldt LA. Outbreak of severe Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections caused by a contaminated drain in a Whirlpool Bathtub Clinical Infectious Diseases. 31: 1331-1337. PMID 11095998 DOI: 10.1086/317501  0.427
1999 Herwaldt LA. Control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the hospital setting American Journal of Medicine. 106. PMID 10348059 DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(98)00350-7  0.517
1999 Wendt C, Messer SA, Hollis RJ, Pfaller MA, Wenzel RP, Herwaldt LA. Recurrent gram-negative bacteremia: Incidence and clinical patterns Clinical Infectious Diseases. 28: 611-617. PMID 10194087 DOI: 10.1086/515152  0.385
1999 Wendt C, Messer SA, Hollis RJ, Pfaller MA, Wenzel RP, Herwaldt LA. Molecular epidemiology of gram-negative bacteremia Clinical Infectious Diseases. 28: 605-610. PMID 10194086 DOI: 10.1086/515151  0.392
1999 Perl TM, Krüger WA, Houston A, Boyken LD, Pfaller MA, Herwaldt LA. Investigation of suspected nosocomial clusters of staphylococcus Haemolyticus infections Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 20: 128-131. PMID 10064218 DOI: 10.1086/501599  0.366
1999 Berrouane YF, Herwaldt LA, Pfaller MA. Trends in antifungal use and epidemiology of nosocomial yeast infections in a University Hospital Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 37: 531-537. PMID 9986807 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.37.3.531-537.1999  0.458
1998 Wendt C, Messer SA, Hollis RJ, Pfaller MA, Herwaldt LA. Epidemiology of polyclonal gram-negative bacteremia Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 32: 9-13. PMID 9791751 DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(98)00066-2  0.342
1998 Herwaldt LA. Reduction of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and infection in dialysis patients Journal of Hospital Infection. 40. PMID 9777529 DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(98)90200-6  0.406
1998 Herwaldt LA, Smith SD, Carter CD. Infection Control in the Outpatient Setting Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 19: 41-74. PMID 9475349 DOI: 10.1086/647706  0.401
1998 Herwaldt LA, Swartzendruber SK, Edmond MB, Embrey RP, Wilkerson KR, Wenzel RP, Perl TM. The Epidemiology of Hemorrhage Related to Cardiothoracic Operations Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 19: 9-16. PMID 9475343 DOI: 10.2307/30141350  0.323
1997 Diekema DJ, Barr J, Boyken LD, Buschelman BJ, Jones RN, Pfaller MA, Herwaldt LA. A Cluster of Serious Escherichia coli Infections in a Neonatal Intensive-Care Unit Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 18: 774-776. PMID 9397375 DOI: 10.2307/30141324  0.398
1997 Pfaller MA, Herwaldt LA. The clinical microbiology laboratory and infection control: Emerging pathogens, antimicrobial resistance, and new technology Clinical Infectious Diseases. 25: 858-870. PMID 9356802 DOI: 10.1086/515557  0.452
1997 Pottinger JM, Herwaldt LA, Perl TM. Basics of Surveillance - An Overview Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 18: 513-527. PMID 9247837 DOI: 10.2307/30141194  0.393
1997 Weber S, Pfaller MA, Herwaldt LA. Role of molecular epidemiology in infection control Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 11: 257-278. PMID 9187946 DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70355-X  0.395
1997 Wagenvoort JHT, Gelissen LLGJ, Timpert H, Herwaldt LA. Ethical aspects in infection control. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 18: 304-305. PMID 9154470 DOI: 10.1086/647615  0.4
1996 Fernandes AP, Perl TM, Herwaldt LA. Staphylococcus cohnii: a case report on an unusual pathogen Clinical Performance and Quality Health Care. 4: 107-109. PMID 10172625  0.321
1996 Boelaert JR, Van Landuyt HW, Gordts BZ, De Baere YA, Messer SA, Herwaldt LA. Nasal and cutaneous carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in hemodialysis patients: The effect of nasal mupirocin Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 17: 809-811. PMID 8985768 DOI: 10.1086/647241  0.397
1996 Meier PA, Carter CD, Wallace SE, Hollis RJ, Pfaller MA, Herwaldt LA. A prolonged outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the burn unit of a tertiary medical center Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 17: 798-802. PMID 8985766 DOI: 10.1017/S0195941700003520  0.475
1996 Herwaldt LA. Ethical aspects of infection control Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America. 17: 108-113. PMID 8835447 DOI: 10.1086/647254  0.406
1996 Herwaldt LA, Geiss M, Kao C, Pfaller MA. The positive predictive value of isolating coagulase-negative staphylococci from blood cultures Clinical Infectious Diseases. 22: 14-20. PMID 8824959 DOI: 10.1093/Clinids/22.1.14  0.434
1995 Herwaldt LA. An introduction to practical healthcare epidemiology Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America. 16: 98-100. PMID 7759826 DOI: 10.1086/647064  0.394
1995 Kluytmans J, van Leeuwen W, Goessens W, Hollis R, Messer S, Herwaldt L, Bruining H, Heck M, Rost J, van Leeuwen N. Food-initiated outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus analyzed by pheno- and genotyping. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 33: 1121-1128. DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.33.5.1121-1128.1995  0.394
1994 Ena J, Boelaert JR, Boyken LD, Van Landuyt HW, Godard CA, Herwaldt LA. Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus infections in patients on hemodialysis Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America. 15: 78-81. PMID 8201238 DOI: 10.1086/646865  0.49
1994 Sader HS, Perl TM, Hollis RJ, Divishek D, Herwaldt LA, Jones RN. Nosocomial transmission of Serratia odorifera biogroup. 2: Case report demonstration by macrorestriction analysis of chromosomal DNA using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America. 15: 390-393. PMID 8083504 DOI: 10.1086/646936  0.352
1994 Birnbaum D, Herwaldt L, Low DE, Noble M, Pfaller M, Sherertz R, Chow AW. Efficacy of microbial identification system for epidemiologic typing of coagulase-negative staphylococci. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 32: 2113-2119. DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.32.9.2113-2119.1994  0.441
1993 Herwaldt LA. Staphylococcusaureus nasal carriage: Role in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-associated infections Peritoneal Dialysis International. 13. PMID 8399593 DOI: 10.1177/089686089301302S74  0.423
1993 Boelaert JR, Daneels RF, Schurgers ML, Matthys EG, De Baere YA, Gheyle DW, Van Landuyt HW, Gordts BZ, Godard CA, Herwaldt LA. Nasal mupirocin ointment decreases the incidence of staphylococcus aureus bacteraemias in haemodialysis patients Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 8: 235-239. PMID 8385291 DOI: 10.1093/Oxfordjournals.Ndt.A092438  0.408
1992 Herwaldt L, Boyken L, Pfaller M. In vitro selection of resistance to vancomycin in bloodstream isolates of Staphylococcus haemolyticus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases : Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology. 10: 1007-12. PMID 1802693 DOI: 10.1007/Bf01984921  0.312
1992 Doebbeling BN, Pfaller MA, Hollis RJ, Boyken LD, Pignatari AC, Herwaldt LA, Wenzel RP. Restriction endonuclease analysis of Staphylococcus aureus plasmid DNA from three continents European Journal of Clinical Microbiology &Amp; Infectious Diseases. 11: 4-8. PMID 1563382 DOI: 10.1007/Bf01971263  0.33
1992 Herwaldt LA, Hollis RJ, Boyken LD, Pfaller MA. Molecular epidemiology of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from immunocompromised patients Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America. 13: 86-92. PMID 1541809 DOI: 10.1086/646478  0.349
1991 Herwaldt LA. Pertussis in Adults: What Physicians Need to Know Archives of Internal Medicine. 151: 1510-1512. PMID 1872655 DOI: 10.1001/Archinte.1991.00400080026004  0.341
1990 Herwaldt LA, Boyken LD, Pfaller MA. Biotyping of coagulase-negative staphylococci: 108 Isolates from nosocomial bloodstream infections Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 13: 461-466. PMID 2279378 DOI: 10.1016/0732-8893(90)90077-9  0.365
1990 Doebbeling BN, Feilmeier ML, Herwaldt LA. Pertussis in an adult man infected with the human immunodeficiency virus Journal of Infectious Diseases. 161: 1296-1298. PMID 2189011 DOI: 10.1093/Infdis/161.6.1296  0.353
1990 Pignatari A, Pfaller M, Hollis R, Sesso R, Leme I, Herwaldt L. Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 28: 1898-1902. DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.28.9.1898-1902.1990  0.408
1988 Pfaller MA, Herwaldt LA. Laboratory, clinical, and epidemiological aspects of coagulase-negative staphylococci Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 1: 281-299. PMID 3058297 DOI: 10.1128/Cmr.1.3.281  0.38
1984 Khabbaz RF, Arnow PM, Highsmith AK, Herwaldt LA, Chou T, Jarvis WR, Lerche NW, Allen JR. Pseudomonas fluorescens bacteremia from blood transfusion The American Journal of Medicine. 76: 62-68. PMID 6419604 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(84)90751-4  0.303
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