Publications
2024
- Ciccone EJ, Hu D, Preisser JS, et al. Point-of-care C-reactive protein measurement by community health workers safely reduces antimicrobial use among children with respiratory illness in rural Uganda: A stepped wedge cluster randomized trial. PLoS Med. 2024;21(8):e1004416. Published 2024 Aug 19. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004416
- Schranz A J, Swartwood M, Ponder M, Boerneke R, Oosterwyk T, Perhac A, Farel CE, Kinlaw AC. Quantifying the Time to Administer Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy: A Missed Opportunity to Compensate for the Value of Infectious Diseases, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 79, Issue 2, 15 August 2024, Pages 348–350, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae262
- Zachary I Willis, Carlos R Oliveira, Mark J Abzug, Brenda I Anosike, Monica I Ardura, Laura L Bio, Juri Boguniewicz, Kathleen Chiotos, Kevin Downes, Steven P Grapentine, Adam L Hersh, Sarah M Heston, Diego R Hijano, W Charles Huskins, Scott H James, Sarah Jones, Christine R Lockowitz, Elizabeth C Lloyd, Christine MacBrayne, Gabriela M Maron, Molly Hayes McDonough, Christine M Miller, Theodore H Morton, Rosemary M Olivero, Rachel C Orscheln, Hayden T Schwenk, Prachi Singh, Vijaya L Soma, Paul K Sue, Surabhi B Vora, Mari M Nakamura, Joshua Wolf, Guidance for prevention and management of COVID-19 in children and adolescents: A consensus statement from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Pediatric COVID-19 Therapies Taskforce, Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2024, Pages 159–185, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piad116
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Barfield RK, Brown ML, Albrecht D,…Marx AH, et al, on behalf of the SERGE-45 Investigators. A Baker’s Dozen of Top Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention Publications in 2022. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 11, Issue 3, March 2024, ofad687, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad687.
- Zachary I Willis, Carlos R Oliveira, Mark J Abzug, Brenda I Anosike, Monica I Ardura, Laura L Bio, Juri Boguniewicz, Kathleen Chiotos, Kevin Downes, Steven P Grapentine, Adam L Hersh, Sarah M Heston, Diego R Hijano, W Charles Huskins, Scott H James, Sarah Jones, Christine R Lockowitz, Elizabeth C Lloyd, Christine MacBrayne, Gabriela M Maron, Molly Hayes McDonough, Christine M Miller, Theodore H Morton, Rosemary M Olivero, Rachel C Orscheln, Hayden T Schwenk, Prachi Singh, Vijaya L Soma, Paul K Sue, Surabhi B Vora, Mari M Nakamura, Joshua Wolf, Guidance for prevention and management of COVID-19 in children and adolescents: A consensus statement from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Pediatric COVID-19 Therapies Taskforce, Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2024, Pages 159–185, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piad116
2023
- Marx AH, Nowicki DN, Carlson RB, Schultz KM, Sickbert-Bennett E, Weber DJ. Bacille Calmette-Guérin preparation and intravesical administration to patients with bladder cancer: Risks to healthcare personnel and patients, and mitigation strategies. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Dec 11:1-6. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.259. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38073548.
- Marx A, McCue A, Perhac A. Retrospective Analysis of Vancomycin and Fidaxomicin Use for Clostridium Difficile Infections at University of North Carolina Medical Center. Poster presented at: Annual American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Conference; 2023 Dec 3-7; Anaheim, CA. [Poster at right]
ID Week 2023 Conference Research Posters
- Marx AH, Mavrogiorgos N, Barzin A. ‘I always feel like, somebody’s watching me’–Multimodal Antimicrobial Stewardship Supports Antibiotic Prescribing for Common Infections within the UNC Health Virtual Practice. Presented at IDWeek 2023, Boston, MA, October 2023.
- Doligalski C, Lachiewicz A, Friedland A, Snider C, Bowen A, Marx AH, Byku M, Bartelt LA. Dalbavancin for challenging left ventricular assist device driveline infections. Accepted for presentation at IDWeek 2023, Boston, MA, October 2023.
- Fabricio J, Swartwood M, Oosterwyk T, Schranz A, Farel C, Mavrogiorgos N, Bowman M, Kinlaw A, Boerneke R. One Day Holiday: An Approach to Managing Daptomycin-Induced CK Elevations in OPAT. Poster presentation, Infectious Diseases Society of America Annual Meeting (IDWeek), October 2023.
- Hamilton C, Fabricio J, Wilson W, Riley I, Boyd J, Swartwood M, Olm-Shipman C, Willis Z. Improving Diagnostic Stewardship of Respiratory Culture Collection in the Pediatric ICU. Poster presentation, Infectious Diseases Society of America annual meeting (IDWeek), October 2023.
- Kane N, Rikard R, McCrory K, Marx AM. Administration of Crushed Posaconazole Delayed Release Tablets Failed to Achieve Therapeutic Levels. Accepted for presentation at IDWeek 2023, Boston, MA, October 2023.
- McCrary LM, Shah S, Slain D, Stoner BJ, Marx AH, Schranz AJ. Widespread emergence of infective endocarditis due to Serratia spp.: Results of a large multicenter cohort. Accepted for presentation at IDWeek 2023, Boston, MA, October 2023.
- Stromberg J, Mavrogiorgos N, Jones T, Marx A. Measuring the Impact of PCR-based MRSA Nares Screening on Vancomycin Use and Duration of Vancomycin Among Pneumonia Patients at an Academic Medical Center. Accepted for presentation at IDWeek 2023, Boston, MA, October 2023.
- Swartwood M, Schranz A J, Farel C, Mavrogiorgos N, Fabricio J, Bowman M C, Oosterwyk T M, Boerneke R. Early Intervention: Readmission Reduction Efforts in OPAT via Early Patient Contact. Poster presentation, Infectious Diseases Society of America annual meeting (IDWeek), October 2023.
- Ponder M, Boerneke R, Schranz A, Swartwood M, Farel C, Kinlaw A. Heterogeneous OPAT regimens within and across infection diagnoses: Day-level medication use patterns among 2072 OPAT patients. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023 Sep 29;3(Suppl 2):s43–4. doi: 10.1017/ash.2023.278. PMCID: PMC10594195.
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Spring Conference 2023 Posters:
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Rausch E, Vemuri K, Anderman TM, Daniels L, Fabricio J, Lachiewicz A, Marx A, Seña AC, van Duin D, Bartelt LA. Eravacycline Associated Hypofibrinogenemia: A Case Series of Transplant Patients With Mycobacterium Abscessus Infections and Review of Literature. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Dec 15;9(12):ofac591. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac591. Erratum in: Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Apr 11;10(4):ofad053. PMID: 36570967; PMCID: PMC9772872.
- Doughman D, Marx AH, Mavrogiorgos N. Shorter. Safer. Better. Pledge Campaign to Increase Uptake of Shortest Effective Durations of Antimicrobial Therapy, Open Forum Infect Dis, Volume 9, Issue Supplement_2, December 2022, ofac492.771, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac492.771.
- Ciccone EJ, Gutierrez-Ramirez AT, Kabugho L, Kibaba G, Mwebembezi F, Baguma E, Muhindo R, Boyce RM, Mulogo EM. Knowledge and perceptions of antibiotics among village health workers in southwestern Uganda. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Conference; 2022 October 31; Seattle, WA
- Mackow NA, Eiffert SR, Kinlaw AC, Kooken BW, Miller MB, Bartelt LA, Ciccone EJ. Clinical management changes after positive multiplex gastrointestinal pathogen panel testing for evaluation of diarrhea. IDWeek; 2022 October 22; Washington, DC, USA
- Ciccone EJ, Willis ZI. ED respiratory viral testing and antibiotic prescribing behavior. J Pediatr. 2022 Dec;251:220-224. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.08.057. PMID: 36464405.
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Wang ME, Felder K, Newland JG, Hersh AL, Rajapakse NS, Willis ZI, Banerjee R, Gerber JS, Schwenk HT, Vaz LE. Pediatric antimicrobial stewardship practices at discharge: A national survey. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Nov;43(11):1686-1688. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.283. Epub 2021 Jul 16. PMID: 34269167.
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Seidelman JL, Moehring RW, Weber DJ, Anderson DJ, Lewis SS. The impact of patient-reported penicillin or cephalosporin allergy on surgical site infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Jul;43(7):829-833. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.232. Epub 2021 Jun 9. PMID: 34105449.\
- Hamilton C, Stancill L, Wilson W, Thomas M, Olm-Shipman C, Boyd J, Willis ZI. Diagnostic Stewardship of Respiratory Cultures in the Pediatric ICU: A Quality Improvement Approach. Poster presentation, 12th Annual International Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2022.
- Rausch E and Wilson W. Efficacy of Non–Carbapenem Antibiotics for the Treatment of Ceftriaxone–Resistant Enterobacterales. Poster presentation, 25th Annual Making a Difference in Infectious Diseases Conference, Orlando, FL, May 2022.
- Sathitakorn O, Jantarathaneewat K, Weber DJ, Warren DK, Nanthapisal S, Rutjanawech S, Apisarnthanarak P, Apisarnthanarak A. The feasibility of procalcitonin and CPIS score to reduce inappropriate antibiotics use among severe-critically ill COVID-19 pneumonia patients: A pilot study. Am J Infect Control. 2022 May;50(5):581-584. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.01.030.
- Ponder M, Kinlaw A, Daniels L, Norris A, Alby K. April 2022, SHEA Spring conference: Susceptibility reporting and antibiotic prescribing for UTIs in the inpatient setting: A nudge toward stewardship. Poster presentation, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Spring Conference, April 2022.
- Spicer JO, Armstrong WS, Schwartz BS, et al.: The IDSA Antimicrobial Stewardship Curriculum Workgroup. Evaluation of the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Core Antimicrobial Stewardship Curriculum for Infectious Diseases Fellows. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Mar 23;(ciab600). doi:10.1093/cid/ciab600
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Wolf J, Abzug MJ, Anosike BI, Vora SB, Waghmare A, Sue PK, Olivero RM, Oliveira CR, James SH, Morton TH, Maron GM, Young JL, Orscheln RC, Schwenk HT, Bio LL, Willis ZI, Lloyd EC, Hersh AL, Huskins CW, Soma VL, Ratner AJ, Hayes M, Downes K, Chiotos K, Grapentine SP, Wattier RL, Lamb GS, Zachariah P, Nakamura MM. Updated Guidance on Use and Prioritization of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for Treatment of COVID-19 in Adolescents. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2022 Feb 2:piab124. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piab124. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35107571; PMCID: PMC8903349.
- Sathitakorn O, Jantarathaneewat K, Weber DJ, Warren DK, Nanthapisal S, Rutjanawech S, Apisarnthanarak P, Apisarnthanarak A. The feasibility of procalcitonin and CPIS score to reduce inappropriate antibiotics use among severe-critically ill COVID-19 pneumonia patients: A pilot study. Am J Infect Control. 2022 Feb 11:S0196-6553(22)00066-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.01.030. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35158008; PMCID: PMC8837478.
- Willis ZI, de St. Maurice A. Covid-19 control measures and common paediatric infections. BMJ 2022;376:n3093. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n3093.
- Vaz LE, Felder KK, Newland JG, Hersh AL, Rajapakse NS, Willis ZI, Banerjee R, Gerber JS, Schwenk HT, Wang ME. A National Survey of Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy Practices. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Dec 23:piab127. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piab127. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34939654.
- Ciccone EJ, Kabugho L, Baguma E, Muhindo R, Juliano JJ, Mulogo E, Boyce RM. Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Guide Case Management of and Improve Antibiotic Stewardship for Pediatric Acute Respiratory Illnesses in Resource-Constrained Settings: a Prospective Cohort Study in Southwestern Uganda. Microbiol Spectr. 2021 Dec 22;9(3):e0169421. doi: 10.1128/Spectrum.01694-21. Epub 2021 Nov 24. PMID: 34817224; PMCID: PMC8612158.
- Marx AH, Browder SE, Liu J, Swartwood M, Mavrogiorgos N. Development of an Analytics Dashboard to Monitor Antimicrobial Selection
and Duration for Pneumonia. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 8, Issue Supplement_1, November 2021, Page S177, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab466.330 - Ly WJ, Brown EE, Pedretti Z, Auten J, Wilson WS. Evaluation of early de-escalation of empiric antimicrobial therapy in acute leukemia patients with febrile neutropenia at a large academic medical center. J Oncol Pharm Pract 2021. doi: 10.1177/10781552211067776
- Assimon MM, Pun PH, Wang LC, Al-Khatib SM, Brookhart MA, Weber DJ, Winkelmayer WC, Flythe JE. Analysis of Respiratory Fluoroquinolones and the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death Among Patients Receiving Hemodialysis. JAMA Cardiol. 2021 Oct 20. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.4234. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34668928.
- Katawethiwong P, Apisarnthanarak A, Jantarathaneewat K, Weber DJ, Warren DK, Suwantarat N. Effectiveness of a vancomycin dosing protocol guided by area under the concentration-time curve to minimal inhibitory concentration (AUC/MIC) with multidisciplinary team support to improve hospital-wide adherence to a vancomycin dosing protocol: A pilot study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Jul 12:1-6. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.296. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34247663.
- Apisarnthanarak A, Weber DJ. Strategy to limit multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii transmission in a cohort coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) critical care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Jun 24:1-2. doi: http://10.1017/ice.2021.289
- Willis ZI, de St Maurice A. A Piece of the Puzzle: The Role of Molecular Testing in Antimicrobial Stewardship. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Jun 15:piab037. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piab037.
- Seidelman JL, Moehring RW, Weber DJ, Anderson DJ, Lewis SS. The impact of patient-reported penicillin or cephalosporin allergy on surgical site infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Jun 9:1-5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.232
- Ross RK, Gerber JS, Willis ZI, Hersh AL, Kinlaw AC. Outpatient Fluoroquinolone Use in Children, 2000-2018. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 May 28;10(5):576-585. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piaa156.
- Jantarathaneewat K, Apisarnthanarak A, Limvorapitak W, Weber DJ, Montakantikul P. Pharmacist-Driven Antibiotic Stewardship Program in Febrile Neutropenic Patients: A Single Site Prospective Study in Thailand. Antibiotics (Basel). 2021 Apr 17;10(4):456. doi: http://10.3390/antibiotics10040456
- Luther VP, Shnekendorf R, Logan A, et al.: The IDSA Antimicrobial Stewardship Curriculum Workgroup. Investing in the Future: A Role for Professional Societies to Prepare the Next Generation of Healthcare Leaders through Curriculum Development and Dissemination. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021;(ciab244). doi:10.1093/cid/ciab244
- Garner L, Ngo Susan, Kaplan JB, Wilson WS, and McKinzie CJ. Evaluation of posaconazole dosing in children and young adults: a single-center review. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther. 2021;26(8):834-840. doi: 10.5863/1551-6776-26.8.834
- Garcia Reeves AB, Trogdon JG, Stearns SC, Lewis JW, Weber DJ, Weinberger M. Are Rates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridioides difficile Associated With Quality and Clinical Outcomes in US Acute Care Hospitals? Am J Med Qual. 2021 Mar-Apr 01;36(2):90-98. doi: http://10.1177/1062860620942310
- Garcia Reeves AB, Stearns SC, Trogdon JG, Lewis JW, Weber DJ, Weinberger M. Impact of California’s mandate for antimicrobial stewardship programs on rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridioides difficile infection in acute-care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Mar;42(3):298-304. doi: http://10.1017/ice.2020.446
- Daniels LM, Weber DJ. Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing at hospital discharge: A systematic review. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Jan;42(1):96-99.