Issue 9, March 05, 2012
Vol. 4, Issue: 9, 3/5/12
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- CDC Vital Signs
- Healthcare Associated Infections - Clostridium difficile
- *Clinical practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection in adults: 2010 update by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
Cohen SH, Gerding DN, Johnson S, Kelly CP, Loo VG, McDonald LC, Pepin J, et al.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 May;31(5):431-55.
- Mandatory MRSA & MSSA bacteraemia, and Clostridium difficile infection data (up to July - September 2011)
Health Protection Agency.
Q Epi Comment. 2012 .
- Short- and long-term attributable costs of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in nonsurgical inpatients
Dubberke ER, Reske KA, Olsen MA, McDonald LC, Fraser VJ.
Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Feb 15;46(4):497-504.
- Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in hospital stays, 2009
Lucado J, Gould C, Elixhauser A.
HCUP Statistical Brief no. 124. 2012 Jan .
- Clostridium difficile infection in Ohio hospitals and nursing homes during 2006
Campbell RJ, Giljahn L, Machesky K, Cibulskas-White K, Lane LM, Porter K, Paulson JO, et al.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Jun;30(6):526-33.
- Recommendations for surveillance of Clostridium difficile-associated disease
McDonald LC, Coignard B, Dubberke E, Song X, Horan T, Kutty PK.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Feb;28(2):140-5.
- Using electronic health information to risk-stratify rates of Clostridium difficile infection in US hospitals
Zilberberg MD, Tabak YP, Sievert DM, Derby KG, Johannes RS, Sun X, McDonald LC.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Jul;32(7):649-55.
- Time interval of increased risk for Clostridium difficile infection after exposure to antibiotics
Hensgens MP, Goorhuis A, Dekkers OM, Kuijper EJ.
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2012 Mar;67(3):742-8.
- An epidemic, toxin gene-variant strain of Clostridium difficile
McDonald LC, Killgore GE, Thompson A, Owens RC, Kazakova SV, Sambol SP, Johnson S, et al.
N Engl J Med. 2005 Dec 8;353(23):2433-41.
- *Clinical practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection in adults: 2010 update by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
- Healthcare Associated Infections - Clostridium difficile
- CDC Authored Publications
The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Prevalence of obesity and trends in the distribution of body mass index among US adults, 1999-2010
Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Kit BK, Ogden CL.
JAMA. 2012 Feb 1;307(5):491-7.
- Actions to control high blood pressure among hypertensive adults in Texas counties along the Mexico border: Texas BRFSS, 2007
Ayala C, Fang J, Escobedo L, Pan S, Balcazar HG, Wang G, Merritt R.
Public Health Rep. 2012 Mar-Apr;127(2):173-85.
- Prevalence of obesity and trends in the distribution of body mass index among US adults, 1999-2010
- Communicable Diseases
- Participant satisfaction with group and individual components of Adolescent Impact: a secondary prevention intervention for HIV-positive youth
LaGrange RD, Abramowitz S, Koenig LJ, Barnes W, Conner L, Moschel D.
AIDS Care. 2012 ;24(1):119-28.
- Female genital tract shedding of CXCR4-tropic HIV-1 is associated with a majority population of CXCR4-tropic HIV-1 in blood and declining CD4+ cell counts
Haaland R, Sullivan S, Evans-Strickfaden T, Lennox J, Hart C.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 Feb 28.
- Antivirals for treatment of influenza: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
Hsu J, Santesso N, Mustafa R, Brozek J, Chen YL, Hopkins JP, Cheung A, Hovhannisyan G, Ivanova L, Flottorp SA, Saeterdal I, Wong AD, Tian J, Uyeki TM, Akl EA, Alonso-Coello P, Smaill F, Schunemann HJ.
Ann Intern Med. 2012 Feb 27.
- Estimating age-specific influenza-related hospitalization rates during the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Davidson Co, TN
Jules A, Grijalva CG, Zhu Y, Talbot KH, Williams JV, Dupont WD, Edwards KM, Schaffner W, Shay DK, Griffin MR.
Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2012 Feb 23.
- The Program Science initiative: improving the planning, implementation and evaluation of HIV/STI prevention programmes
Aral SO, Blanchard JF.
Sex Transm Infect. 2012 Feb 22.
- Participant satisfaction with group and individual components of Adolescent Impact: a secondary prevention intervention for HIV-positive youth
- Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
- A distinct lineage of influenza A virus from bats
Tong S, Li Y, Rivailler P, Conrardy C, Castillo DA, Chen LM, Recuenco S, Ellison JA, Davis CT, York IA, Turmelle AS, Moran D, Rogers S, Shi M, Tao Y, Weil MR, Tang K, Rowe LA, Sammons S, Xu X, Frace M, Lindblade KA, Cox NJ, Anderson LJ, Rupprecht CE, Donis RO.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Feb 27.
- A distinct lineage of influenza A virus from bats
- Entomology
- Saliva, salivary gland, and hemolymph collection from Ixodes scapularis ticks
Patton TG, Dietrich G, Brandt K, Dolan MC, Piesman J, Gilmore RD.
J Vis Exp. 2012 (60).
- Saliva, salivary gland, and hemolymph collection from Ixodes scapularis ticks
- Epidemiology and Surveillance
- Predicting US- and state-level cancer counts for the current calendar year: Part II: evaluation of spatiotemporal projection methods for incidence
Zhu L, Pickle LW, Ghosh K, Naishadham D, Portier K, Chen HS, Kim HJ, Zou Z, Cucinelli J, Kohler B, Edwards BK, King J, Feuer EJ, Jemal A.
Cancer. 2012 Feb 15;118(4):1100-9.
- Reduction in cadmium exposure in the United States population, 1988-2008: the contribution of declining smoking rates
Tellez-Plaza M, Navas-Acien A, Caldwell KL, Menke A, Muntner P, Guallar E.
Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Feb;120(2):204-9.
- Predicting US- and state-level cancer counts for the current calendar year: Part II: evaluation of spatiotemporal projection methods for incidence
- Food Safety
- Foodborne outbreaks of shigellosis in the USA, 1998-2008
Nygren BL, Schilling KA, Blanton EM, Silk BJ, Cole DJ, Mintz ED.
Epidemiol Infect. 2012 Feb 24:1-9.
- Foodborne outbreaks of shigellosis in the USA, 1998-2008
- Genetics and Genomics
- Atypical Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b strains harboring a lineage II-specific gene cassette
Lee S, Ward TJ, Graves LM, Wolf LA, Sperry K, Siletzky RM, Kathariou S.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Feb;78(3):660-7.
- Atypical Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b strains harboring a lineage II-specific gene cassette
- Global Health
- Global TravEpiNet: A national consortium of clinics providing care to international travelers--analysis of demographic characteristics, travel destinations, and pretravel healthcare of high-risk US international travelers, 2009-2011
LaRocque RC, Rao SR, Lee J, Ansdell V, Yates JA, Schwartz BS, Knouse M, Cahill J, Hagmann S, Vinetz J, Connor BA, Goad JA, Oladele A, Alvarez S, Stauffer W, Walker P, Kozarsky P, Franco-Paredes C, Dismukes R, Rosen J, Hynes NA, Jacquerioz F, McLellan S, Hale D, Sofarelli T, Schoenfeld D, Marano N, Brunette G, Jentes ES, Yanni E, Sotir MJ, Ryan ET, Global TravEpiNet Consortium.
Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Feb;54(4):455-462.
- Global TravEpiNet: A national consortium of clinics providing care to international travelers--analysis of demographic characteristics, travel destinations, and pretravel healthcare of high-risk US international travelers, 2009-2011
- Health Behavior and Risk
- A randomized trial of a behavioral intervention for black MSM: the DiSH study
Koblin BA, Bonner S, Powell B, Metralexis P, Egan JE, Patterson J, Xu G, Hoover DR, Goodman K, Chin J, Tieu HV, Spikes P.
AIDS. 2012 Feb 20;26(4):483-8.
- Correlates of bisexual behaviors among men who have sex with men in El Salvador
Kim EJ, Creswell J, Guardado ME, Shah N, Kim AA, Nieto AI, de Maria Hernandez-Ayala F, Monterroso E, Paz-Bailey G.
AIDS Behav. 2012 Feb 24.
- Associations between adverse childhood experiences, psychological distress, and adult alcohol problems
Strine TW, Dube SR, Edwards VJ, Prehn AW, Rasmussen S, Wagenfeld M, Dhingra S, Croft JB.
Am J Health Behav. 2012 Mar;36(3):408-23.
- Regular use of a home blood pressure monitor by hypertensive adults - HealthStyles, 2005 and 2008
Ayala C, Tong X, Keenan NL.
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2012 Mar;14(3):172-7.
- The association of depression, risky sexual behaviours and herpes simplex virus type 2 in adults in NHANES, 2005-2008
Pratt LA, Xu F, McQuillan GM, Robitz R.
Sex Transm Infect. 2012 Feb;88(1):40-4.
- A randomized trial of a behavioral intervention for black MSM: the DiSH study
- Healthcare Economics
- Integrated HIV testing, malaria, and diarrhea prevention campaign in Kenya: modeled health impact and cost-effectiveness
Kahn JG, Muraguri N, Harris B, Lugada E, Clasen T, Grabowsky M, Mermin J, Shariff S.
PLoS One. 2012 ;7(2):e31316.
- Integrated HIV testing, malaria, and diarrhea prevention campaign in Kenya: modeled health impact and cost-effectiveness
- Immunity and Immunization
- Persistence of hepatitis A vaccine induced seropositivity in infants and young children by maternal antibody status: 10-year follow-up
Sharapov UM, Bulkow LR, Negus SE, Spradling PR, Homan C, Drobeniuc J, Bruce M, Kamili S, Hu DJ, McMahon BJ.
Hepatology. 2012 Feb 28.
- Support for seasonal influenza vaccination requirements among US healthcare personnel
Maurer J, Harris KM, Black CL, Euler GL.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Mar;33(3):213-21.
- Novel genetic variation identified at fixed loci in ORF62 of the Oka varicella vaccine and in a case of vaccine-associated herpes zoster
Quinlivan ML, Jensen NJ, Radford KW, Schmid DS.
J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Feb 29.
- Building on success--potential to improve coverage of multiple health interventions through integrated delivery with routine childhood vaccination
Anand A, Luman ET, O'Connor PM.
J Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;205 Suppl 1:S28-39.
- Impact of integration of hygiene kit distribution with routine immunizations on infant vaccine coverage and water treatment and handwashing practices of Kenyan mothers
Briere EC, Ryman TK, Cartwright E, Russo ET, Wannemuehler KA, Nygren BL, Kola S, Sadumah I, Ochieng C, Watkins ML, Quick R.
J Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;205 Suppl 1:S56-64.
- Building on success: should other health services be integrated into the immunization platform?
Luman ET, Dietz V, Andrus JK, Binkin N.
J Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;205 Suppl 1:NP.
- Integration of routine vaccination and hygiene interventions: a comparison of 2 strategies in Kenya
Ryman TK, Briere EC, Cartwright E, Schlanger K, Wannemuehler KA, Russo ET, Kola S, Sadumah I, Nygren BL, Ochieng C, Quick R, Watkins ML.
J Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;205 Suppl 1:S65-76.
- Adherence to expanded influenza immunization recommendations among primary care providers
O'Leary ST, Crane LA, Wortley P, Daley MF, Hurley LP, Dong F, Stokley S, Babbel CI, Seewald L, Gahm C, Dickinson LM, Kempe A.
J Pediatr. 2012 Mar;160(3):480-486 e1.
- Prenatal care providers and influenza prevention and treatment: lessons from the field
Mersereau PW, Layton CM, Smith LR, Kendrick JS, Mitchell EW, Amoozegar JB, Williams JL.
Matern Child Health J. 2012 Feb;16(2):479-85.
- Bridging the gap between data and public health needs. In the heat of a signal: responding to a vaccine safety signal for febrile seizures after 2010-11 influenza vaccine in young children, United States
Broder KR, Martin DB, Vellozzi C.
Vaccine. 2012 Mar 2;30(11):2032-4.
- Febrile seizures after 2010-2011 influenza vaccine in young children, United States: a vaccine safety signal from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
Leroy Z, Broder K, Menschik D, Shimabukuro T, Martin D.
Vaccine. 2012 Mar 2;30(11):2020-3.
- Persistence of hepatitis A vaccine induced seropositivity in infants and young children by maternal antibody status: 10-year follow-up
- Injury and Violence
- Is spinal cord injury a new emerging risk factor for stroke?
Kuklina EV, Kryscio RJ.
Neurology. 2012 Feb 29.
- Is spinal cord injury a new emerging risk factor for stroke?
- Laboratory Sciences
- Defective calcium inactivation causes long QT in obese insulin-resistant rat
Lin YC, Huang J, Kan H, Castranova V, Frisbee JC, Yu HG.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2012 Feb;302(4):H1013-22.
- Development and certification of a standard reference material for vitamin D metabolites in human serum
Phinney KW, Bedner M, Tai SS, Vamathevan VV, Sander LC, Sharpless KE, Wise SA, Yen JH, Schleicher RL, Chaudhary-Webb M, Pfeiffer CM, Betz JM, Coates PM, Picciano MF.
Anal Chem. 2012 Jan 17;84(2):956-62.
- A message from the laboratory community to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel IV
Vesper HW, Wilson PW, Rifai N.
Clin Chem. 2012 Mar;58(3):523-7.
- A real-time PCR assay for HPV52 detection and viral load quantification
Onyekwuluje JM, Steinau M, Swan DC, Unger ER.
Clin Lab. 2012 ;58(1-2):61-6.
- Development of a novel genus-specific real-time PCR assay for detection and differentiation of Bartonella species and genotypes
Diaz MH, Bai Y, Malania L, Winchell JM, Kosoy MY.
J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Feb 29.
- Systemic immune cell response in rats after pulmonary exposure to manganese-containing particles collected from welding aerosols
Antonini JM, Zeidler-Erdely PC, Young SH, Roberts JR, Erdely A.
J Immunotoxicol. 2012 Feb 28.
- Defective calcium inactivation causes long QT in obese insulin-resistant rat
- Maternal and Child Health
- Improving adolescent health through interventions targeted to parents and other caregivers: a recommendation
Community Preventive Services Task Force.
Am J Prev Med. 2012 Mar;42(3):327-8.
- Efficient linking of birth certificate and newborn screening databases for laboratory investigation of congenital cytomegalovirus infection and preterm birth: Florida, 2008
DePasquale JM, Freeman K, Amin MM, Park S, Rivers S, Hopkins R, Cannon MJ, Dy B, Dollard SC.
Matern Child Health J. 2012 Feb;16(2):486-94.
- Improving adolescent health through interventions targeted to parents and other caregivers: a recommendation
- Military Medicine and Health
- Characteristics of suicides among US Army active duty personnel in 17 US states from 2005 to 2007
Logan J, Skopp NA, Karch D, Reger MA, Gahm GA.
Am J Public Health. 2012 ;102(S1):S40-S44.
- Characteristics of suicides among US Army active duty personnel in 17 US states from 2005 to 2007
- Mining
- An analysis of reservoir conditions and responses in longwall panel overburden during mining and its effect on gob gas well performance
Schatzel SJ, Karacan C?, Dougherty H, Goodman GV.
Eng Geol. 2012 ;127:65-74.
- An analysis of reservoir conditions and responses in longwall panel overburden during mining and its effect on gob gas well performance
- Nutritional Sciences
- Consumption of added sugar among U.S. children and adolescents, 2005-2000
Ervin RB, Kit BK, Carroll MD, Ogden CL.
NCHS Data Brief. 2012 Feb(87).
- Consumption of added sugar among U.S. children and adolescents, 2005-2000
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Shift work and the incidence of injury among police officers
Violanti JM, Fekedulegn D, Andrew ME, Charles LE, Hartley TA, Vila B, Burchfiel CM.
Am J Ind Med. 2012 Mar;55(3):217-27.
- Musculoskeletal symptoms and associated risk factors in a large sample of Chinese workers in Henan province of China
Yu S, Lu ML, Gu G, Zhou W, He L, Wang S.
Am J Ind Med. 2012 Mar;55(3):281-93.
- Police officers' chemical exposures in a drug vault
Fent KW, Durgam S, West C, Gibbins J, Smith J, Niemeier M.
Evid Tech Mag. 2012 ;10(1):16-21.
- Guidelines for determining probability of causation under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; revision of guidelines on non-radiogenic cancers. Final rule
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HH.
Fed Regist. 2012 Feb 6;77(24):5711-4.
- The identification of a sensitizing component used in the manufacturing of an ink ribbon
Anderson SE, Tapp L, Durgam S, Meade BJ, Jackson LG, Cohen DE.
J Immunotoxicol. 2012 Mar 1.
- Occupational noise exposure assessment using O*NET and its application to a study of hearing loss in the US general population
Choi YH, Hu H, Tak S, Mukherjee B, Park SK.
Occup Environ Med. 2012 Mar;69(3):176-83.
- Shift work and the incidence of injury among police officers
- Parasitic Diseases
- The impact of neurocysticercosis in California: a review of hospitalized cases
Croker C, Redelings M, Reporter R, Sorvillo F, Mascola L, Wilkins P.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 Jan;6(1):e1480.
- A multicenter evaluation of diagnostic tools to define endpoints for programs to eliminate bancroftian filariasis
Gass K, Beau de Rochars MV, Boakye D, Bradley M, Fischer PU, Gyapong J, Itoh M, Ituaso-Conway N, Joseph H, Kyelem D, Laney SJ, Legrand AM, Liyanage TS, Melrose W, Mohammed K, Pilotte N, Ottesen EA, Plichart C, Ramaiah K, Rao RU, Talbot J, Weil GJ, Williams SA, Won KY, Lammie P.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 Jan;6(1):e1479.
- A field trial of alternative targeted screening strategies for Chagas disease in Arequipa, Peru
Hunter GC, Borrini-Mayori K, Ancca Juarez J, Castillo Neyra R, Verastegui MR, Malaga Chavez FS, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Cordova Benzaquen E, Naquira C, Gilman RH, Bern C, Levy MZ.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 Jan;6(1):e1468.
- The impact of neurocysticercosis in California: a review of hospitalized cases
- Public Health Leadership and Management
- Integrating climate change adaptation into public health practice: using adaptive management to increase adaptive capacity and build resilience
Hess JJ, McDowell JZ, Luber G.
Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Feb;120(2):171-9.
- Integrating climate change adaptation into public health practice: using adaptive management to increase adaptive capacity and build resilience
- Zoonoses
- Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus in ticks from imported livestock, Egypt
Chisholm K, Dueger E, Fahmy NT, Samaha HA, Zayed A, Abdel-Dayem M, Villinski JT.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Jan;18(1):181-2.
- Climatic controls on West Nile virus and Sindbis virus transmission and outbreaks in South Africa
Uejio CK, Kemp A, Comrie AC.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2012 Feb;12(2):117-25.
- A West Nile virus CD4 T cell epitope improves the immunogenicity of dengue virus serotype 2 vaccines
Hughes HR, Crill WD, Davis BS, Chang GJ.
Virology. 2012 Mar 15;424(2):129-37.
- Four multistate outbreaks of human Salmonella infections associated with live poultry contact, United States, 2009
Loharikar A, Briere E, Schwensohn C, Weninger S, Wagendorf J, Scheftel J, Garvey A, Warren K, Villamil E, Rudroff JA, Kurkjian K, Levine S, Colby K, Morrison B, May A, Anderson S, Daly E, Marsden-Haug N, Erdman MM, Gomez T, Rhorer A, Castleman J, Adams JK, Theobald L, Lafon P, Trees E, Mitchell J, Sotir MJ, Behravesh CB.
Zoonoses Public Health. 2012 Feb 28.
- Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus in ticks from imported livestock, Egypt
- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
- MMWR in the Media
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and associated health-care resource use - North Carolina, 2007 and 2009
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Mar 2;61(8):143-6.
- Exposure to nitrogen dioxide in an indoor ice arena - New Hampshire, 2011
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Mar 2;61(8):139-42.
- HIV infection and HIV-associated behaviors among injecting drug users - 20 cities, United States, 2009
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Mar 2;61(8):133-8.
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and associated health-care resource use - North Carolina, 2007 and 2009
- Health Disparities
- State-level variations in racial disparities in life expectancy
Bharmal N, Tseng CH, Kaplan R, Wong MD.
Health Serv Res. 2012 Feb;47(1 Pt 2):544-55.
- State-level variations in racial disparities in life expectancy
- Nutritional Sciences
- Consumption of added sugar among U.S. children and adolescents, 2005-2000
Ervin RB, Kit BK, Carroll MD, Ogden CL.
NCHS Data Brief. 2012 Feb(87).
- Consumption of added sugar among U.S. children and adolescents, 2005-2000
- MMWR in the Media
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