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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

2007

Bradburn MJ, Deeks JJ, Berlin JA, Localio AR.  Much ado about nothing: a comparison of the performance of meta-analytical methods with rare events. Statistics in Medicine 2007 Jan 15; 26(1):53-77.

 

 

2006

Apter AJ, Kinman JL, Bilker WB, Herlim M, Margolis DJ, Lautenbach E, Hennessy S, Strom BL.  Is there cross-reactivity between penicillins and cephalosporins?  Investigation using a large electronic medical record database.  American Journal of Medicine April 2006; 119(4):354.e11-354.e20.


Sauer WH, Cappola AR, Berlin JA, Kimmel SE. Insulin sensitizing pharmacotherapy for prevention of myocardial infarction in patients with diabetes mellitus. American Journal of Cardiology 2006 Mar 1; 97(5):651-654.

 

Gasink LB, Fishman NO, Weiner MG, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Lautenbach E. Fluoroquinolone-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: assessment of risk factors and clinical impact. American Journal of Medicine 2006 Jun;119(6):526.e19-25.

 

Graham J, Bennett I, Holmes W, Gross R Medication beliefs as mediators of the health literacy-antiretroviral adherence relationship in HIV-infected individuals. AIDS and Behavior 2006 Oct 20; [Epub ahead of print]

 

Gross R, Yip B, Lo Re V III, Wood E, Alexander CS, Harrigan PR, Bangsberg DR, Montaner JSG, Hogg RS. A simple dynamic measure of antiretroviral adherence predicted failure to maintain HIV suppression. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2006; 194:1108-1114.

 

Halpern SD, Asch DA, Shaked A, Stock PG, Blumberg E. Inadequate Hepatitis B vaccination and post-exposure evaluation among transplant surgeons: prevalence, correlates, and implications. Annals of Surgery 2006 Aug; 244(2):305-309.

 

Hennessy S, Leonard C, Wang Y, Kimmel SE, Townsend RR, Wasserstein AG, Ten Have TR, Bilker WB. Effectiveness of a two-part educational intervention to improve hypertension control: a cluster-randomized trial. Pharmacotherapy 2006 Sep; 26(9):1342-1347.

 

Albrecht SJ, Fishman NO, Kitchen J, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Hoegg C, Samel C, Barbagallo S, Arentzen J, Lautenbach E. Reemergence of gram-negative health care-associated bloodstream infections. Archives of Internal Medicine 2006 Jun 26; 166(12):1289-1294.

 

Lautenbach E, Fishman NO, Metlay JP, Mao X, Bilker WB, Tolomeo P, Nachamkin I. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of fecal Escherichia coli isolates with decreased susceptibility to fluoroquinolones: Results from a large hospital-based surveillance initiative. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2006; 194:79-85.


Lautenbach E, Tolomeo P, Mao X, Fishman NO, Metlay JP, Bilker WB, Nachamkin I. Duration of outpatient fecal colonization due to Escherichia coli isolates with decreased susceptibility to fluoroquinolones: longitudinal study of patients recently discharged from the hospital. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2006 Nov; 50(11):3939-3943.

 

M’ikanatha NM, Rohn DD, Robertson C, Tan GT, Holmes JH, Kunselman AR, Polachek C, Lautenbach E. Use of the internet to enhance infectious disease surveillance and outbreak investigation. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism 2006; 4(3):293-300.

 

Mizuta M, Linkin DR, Nachamkin I, Fishman NO, Weiner MG, Sheridan A, Lautenbach E. Identification of optimal combinations for empirical dual antimicrobial therapy of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection: potential role of a Combination Antibiogram. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2006; 27: 413-415.

 

Lipworth AD, Hyle EP, Fishman NO, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Marr AM, Larosa LA, Kasbekar N, Lautenbach E.  Limiting the emergence of extended-spectrum B-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: influence of patient population characteristics on the response to antimicrobial formulary interventions. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2006 March; 27(3):279-286.

MacAdam H, Zaoutis TE, Gasink LB, Bilker WB, Lautenbach E. Investigating the association between antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance: impact of different methods of categorising prior antibiotic use.  International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2006 Oct; 28(4):325-332.

 

Hass DJ, Lewis JD.  Quality of manufacturer provided information on safety and efficacy claims for dietary supplements for colonic health. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2006 Aug; 15(8):578-586

 

Gupta G, Lautenbach E, Lewis JD. Incidence and risk factors for herpes zoster among patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2006 Dec; 4(12): 1483-1490.
 

Linkin DR, Paris S, Fishman NO, Metlay JP, Lautenbach E. Inaccurate communication in telephone calls to an antimicrobial stewardship program. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2006;  27:688-694.

 

Lo Re III V, Frank I, Gross R, Dockter J, Linnen JM, Giachetti C, Tebas P, Stern J, Synnestvedt M, Localio AR, Kostman JR, Strom BL. Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes for Occult Hepatitis B virus infection among HIV-infected patients. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2006 Dec 7; [epub ahead of print]

 

Lo Re III V, Kostman JR, Gross R, Reddy KR, Mounzer K, Zemel BS Rennert H, Stieritz DD, Putt M, Frank I, Strom BL. Incidence and risk factors for weight loss during dual HIV/Hepatitis C virus therapy.

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2006 Dec 14; [epub ahead of print]

 

Bowe WP, Filip JC, DiRienzo JM, Volgina A, Margolis DJ. Inhibition of propionibacterium acnes by bacteriocin-like inhibitory substances (BLIS) produced by Streptococcus salivarius. Journal of Drugs in Dermatology Oct 2006; 5: 868-870. 

 

Metlay JP, Fishman NO, Joffe M, Edelstein PH. Impact of pediatric vaccination with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on the risk of bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia in adults. Vaccine 2006 Jan 23; 24(4):468-475. Epub 2005 Aug 15.

Walker AM, Langleben D, Korelitz JJ, Rich S, Rubin LJ, Strom BL. et al. Temporal trends and drug exposures in pulmonary hypertension: an American experience. American Heart Journal 2006 Sep; 152(3):521-526.

 

Zhang Y, Coogan PF, Palmer JR, Strom BL, Rosenberg L. Risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma nd use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Cancer Detection and Prevention 2006; 30:99-101.

 

 


2005
Berlin JA, Ghersi D. Preventing publication bias: registries and prospective meta-analysis. Chapter 3 In Rothstein H, Borenstein M, Sutton AJ (eds). Publication Bias in Meta-Analysis: Prevention, Assessment and Adjustments. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons; 2005. p. 35-48
 
Mikuls TR, Farrar JT, Bilker W, Fernandes S, Schumacher HR Jr, Saag KG. Gout epidemiology: results from the U.K. General Practice Research Database, 1990-1999. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2005; 64 (2):267-272.
 
Gross R, Zhang Y, Grossberg R. Medication refill logistics and refill adherence in HIV. Pharmacoepidemiology Drug Safety 2005; 14:789-793.
 
Halpern SD, Barton TD, Gross R, Hennessy S, Berlin JA, Strom BL. Epidemiologic studies of adverse effects of anti-retroviral drugs: how well is statistical power reported. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2005 Mar; 14(3):155-161.
 
Halpern SD, Asch DA, Shaked A, Stock PG, Blumberg E. Determinants of transplant surgeons’ willingness to provide organs for patients infected with HBV, HCV, and HIV. American Journal of Transplantation 2005; 5:1319-1325
 
Hyle EP, Lipworth AD, Zaoutis T, Nachamkin I, Fishman NO, Bilker WB, Mao X, Lautenbach E. Risk factors for increasing multidrug resistance among extended-spectrum beta-lacW:\CERTpublications.htmltamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2005; 40:1317-1324.
 
Hyle EP, Lipworth AD, Zaoutis T, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Lautenbach E. Impact of inadequate initial antimicrobial therapy on mortality in infections due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing-enterobacteriaceae: variability by site of infection. Archives of Internal Medicine 2005 Jun 27; 165(12):1375-1380.
 
Kersun LS, Propert KJ, Lautenbach E, Bunin N, DeMichele A. Early bacteremia in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients on oral antibiotic prophylaxis. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2005; 45:162-169.

Lautenbach E, Metlay JP, Bilker WB, Edelstein PH, Fishman NO. Association between fluoroquinolone resistance and mortality in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: the role of inadequate empirical antimicrobial therapy. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2005 Oct 1; 41(7):923-929. 
 
Lautenbach E, Harris AD, Perencevich EN, Nachamkin I, Tolomeo P, Metlay JP. Test characteristics of perirectal and rectal swab compared to stool sample for detection of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in the gastrointestinal tract. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2005; 49 (2):798-800.
 
Barton TD, Fishman NO, Weiner MG, LaRosa LA, Lautenbach E. High rate of coadministration of di- or tri-valent cation-containing compounds with oral fluoroquinolones: risk factors and potential implications. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2005 Jan; 26(1):93-99.

Viray M, Linkin D, Maslow JN, Stieritz DD, Carson LS, Bilker WB, Lautenbach E. Longitudinal trends in antimicrobial susceptibilities across long-term-care facilities: emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2005 Jan; 26(1):56-62.
 
Mikanatha N, Julian KG, Kunselman AR, Aber R, Rankin JT, Lautenbach E. Patients' request for and emergency physicians' prescription of antimicrobial prophylaxis for anthrax during the 2001 bioterrorism-related outbreak. BMC Public Health 2005 Jan 5; 5(1):2.
 
Aberra FN, Brensinger CM, Bilker WB, Lichtenstein GR, Lewis JD. Antibiotic use and the risk for flares of inflammatory bowel disease. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2005 May; 3(5):459-465.

 

Lewis JD, Bilker WB, Weinstein RB, Strom BL.  The relationship between time since registration and measured incidence rates in the General Practice Research Database.  Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2005;14 (7): 443-451.
 
Levy RM, Leyden JJ, Margolis DJ. Colonisation rates of streptococcus pyogenes and staphylococcus aureus in the oropharynx of a young adult population. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2005; 11:153-155.
 
Margolis DJ, Bowe W, Hoffstad O, Berlin JA. Antibiotic treatment of acne may be associated with upper respiratory tract infections. Archives of Dermatology 2005; 141:1132-1136.
 

Aspinall, SL, Berlin JA, Zhang Z, Metlay JP. Facility-level variation in antibiotic prescriptions for veterans with upper respiratory infections. Clinical Therapeutics 2005; 27:258-262.

Metlay JP, Cohen A, Polsky D, Hennessy S. Medication safety among older adults: home based practice patterns. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2005 Jun; 53(6):976-982.

 

Long CB, Shah SS, Lautenbach E, Coffin SE, Tabbutt S, Gaynor JW, Bell LM. Postoperative mediastinitis in children: epidemiology, microbiology, and risk factors for Gram-negative pathogens. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2005 Apr; 24(4):315-319.
 
Shah SS, Lautenbach E, Long CB, Tabbut S, Gaynor JW, Bilker WB, Bell LM. Staphylococcus aureus as a risk factor for bloodstream infection in children with post-operative mediastinitis. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2005 Sept; 24(9):834-837.
 

Coogan PF, Palmer JR, Strom BL, Rosenberg L. Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and the risk of breast cancer. American Journal of Epidemiology 2005; 162:835-838.

 

Zhang Y, Coogan PF, Palmer JR, Strom BL, Rosenberg L. Use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and risk of breast cancer: the case-control surveillance study revisited. American Journal of Epidemiology 2005; 162:165-170.

 

Coogan PF, Zhang Y, Palmer JR, Strom BL, Rosenberg L. Cimetidine and other Histamine2-receptor antagonist use in relation to risk of breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 2005; 14:1012-15.

 

Zaoutis TE, Goyal M, Chu JM, Susan E. Coffin SE, Bell LM, Nachamkin I, McGowan KL, Bilker WB, Lautenbach E. Risk factors for and outcomes of bloodstream infection caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species in children. Pediatrics 2005 Apr; 115(4):942-949.
 


2004
Apter AJ, Kinman JL, Bilker WB, Herlim M, Margolis DJ, Lautenbach E, Hennessy S, Strom BL. Represcription of penicillin after allergic-like events. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2004; 113:764-770.
 
Schmid CH, Stark PC, Berlin JA, Landais P, Lau J. Meta-regression frequently finds associations between heterogeneous treatment effects and study-level, but not patient-level factors. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2004; 57:683-697.
 
Berlin JA, Ghersi D. Prospective meta-analysis in dentistry. Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice 2004; 4:59-64.
 
Lo Re III V, Gasink L, Kostman JR, Leonard D, Gross R. Natural history of low-level HIV viremia on antiretroviral therapy. AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2004; 18:436-442.
 
Grossberg R, Zhang Y, Gross R. A time-to-prescription-refill measure of antiretroviral adherence predicted changes in viral load in HIV. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2004; 57(10):1107-1110.
 

Hennessy S, Bilker W, Knauss J, Kimmel S, Margolis D, Morrison M, Reynolds R, Glasser D, Strom B. Comparative cardiac safety of low-dose thioridazine and low-dose haloperidol. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2004; 58: 81-87. Available from: http://www.cceb.med.upenn.edu/hennessy/cv.html.

 

Mikanatha NM, Welliver DP, Rohn DD, Julian KG, Lautenbach E. Use of the web by state and territorial health departments to promote infectious disease reporting [research letter]. Journal of the American Medical Association 2004; 291 (9):1069-1070.

 

Lewis JD, Aberra FN, Lichtenstein GR, Bilker WB, Brensinger C, Strom BL.  Seasonal variation in flares of inflammatory bowel disease.  Gastroenterology 2004; 126(3):665-673.


Mikuls TR, MacLean CH, Olivieri J, Patino F, Allison JJ, Farrar J, Bilker WB, Saag KG. Quality of care indicators for gout management. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2004 March; 50(3):937-943.
 
Lautenbach E, Strom BL, W:\CERTpublications.htmlNachamkin I, Bilker WB, Marr AM, Larosa LA, Fishman NO. Longitudinal trends in fluoroquinolone resistance among enterobacteriaceae isolates from inpatients and outpatients, 1989-2000: differences in the emergence and epidemiology of resistance across organisms. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2004; 38:655-662.
 
Lautenbach E, Gould CV, Larosa LA, Marr AM, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Fishman NO. Emergence of resistance to chloramphenicol among vancomycin-resistant enterococcal (VRE) bloodstream isolates. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2004; 23:200-203.
 
Gould CV, Fishman NO, Nachamkin I, Lautenbach E. Chloramphenicol resistance in vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteremia: impact of prior fluoroquinolone use? Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2004; 25:138-145.
 
Linkin DR, Fishman NO, Patel JB, Merrill JD, Lautenbach E. Risk factors for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing enterobacteriaceae in a neonatal intensive care unit. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2004; 25:781-783.
 
Metlay JP, Branas CB, Fishman NO. Hospital- reported pneumococcal susceptibility to penicillin. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2004; 10(1):54-59.

Papasavvas E, Kostman JR, Mounzer K, Grant RM, Gross R, Gallo C, Azzoni L, Foulkes A, Thiel B, Pistilli M, Mackiewicz A, Shull J, Montaner LJ. Randomized, controlled trial of therapy interruption in chronic HIV-1 infection. PLoS Medicine 2004 Dec; 1(3):e64.
 
Strom BL, Schinnar R. Participants and refusers in a telephone interview about hormone replacement therapy were equally likely to be taking it.  Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2004; 57:624-626.
 


2003
Everett WW, Coffin SE, Zaoutis T, Halpern SD, Strom BL. Smallpox vaccination: a national survey of emergency health care providers. Academic Emergency Medicine 2003; 10(6):606-611.
 
Everett WW, Zaoutis T, Halpern SD, Strom BL, Coffin SE. Pre-event vaccination against smallpox: a survey of pediatric emergency healthcare providers. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2004; 23(4):332-337.
 

Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Berlin JA, Townsend RR, Asch DA. Physicians' preferences for placebo-controlled vs. active-controlled trials of new antihypertensive drugs. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2003; 56: 109-115.

 

Halpern SD. Evaluating preference effects in partially unblinded, randomized clinical trials. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2003; 56:109-115.

 

Halpern SD, Karlawish JHT, Casarret D, Berlin JA, Townsend RR, Asch DA. Hypertensive patients’ willingness to participate in placebo-controlled trials: Implications for recruitment efficiency. American Heart Journal 2003; 146: 985-992.

 

Hennessy S, Bilker WB, Weber A, Zhou L, Brensinger C, Wang Y, Strom BL. Retrospective drug utilization review, prescribing errors, and clinical outcomes. Journal of the American Medical Association 2003; 290:1494-1499.
 
Hennessy S, Bilker WB, Weber A, Strom BL. Descriptive analyses of the integrity of a US Medicaid claims database. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:103-111.
 
Lautenbach E, Larosa LA, Kasbekar N, Peng HP, Maniglia RJ, Fishman NO. Fluoroquinolone utilization in the emergency departments of academic medical centers: prevalence of, and risk factors for, inappropriate use. Archives of Internal Medicine 2003; 163:601-605.
 
M’ikanatha NM, Lautenbach E, Kunselman AR, Julian KG, Southwell BG, Allswede M, Rankin JT, Aber RC. Sources of bioterrorism information among emergency physicians during the 2001 anthrax outbreak. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science 2003; 1(4):259-265.
 
Lautenbach E, Larosa LA, Marr AM, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Fishman NO. Changes in the prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in response to antimicrobial formulary interventions: impact of progressive restrictions on use of vancomycin and third generation cephalosporins. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003; 36:440-446. W:\CERTpublications.html
 
Hagen EA, Lautenbach E, Olthoff K, Blumberg EA. Low prevalence of colonization with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in patients awaiting liver transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation 2003 Jul; 3(7):902-905.
 
M'ikanatha N, Southwell B, Lautenbach E. Automated laboratory reporting of infectious diseases in a climate of bioterrorism. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2003; 9:1053-1057.
 
Levy RM, Huang EY, Roling D, Leyden JJ, Margolis DJ. Effects of antibiotics on the oro-pharyngeal flora in patients with acne. Archives of Dermatology 2003; 139:467-471.

Prins C, Kerdel FA, Padilla RS, Hunziker T, Chimenti S, Viard I, Mauri DN, Flynn K, Trent J, Margolis DJ, Saurat JH, and French LE, for the TEN-IVIG Study Group. Treatment of toxic epidermal necrolysis with high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin:  Multicentre retrospective analysis of 48 consecutive cases.  Archives of Dermatology 2003; 139: 26-32.

 

McGovern PC, Lautenbach E, Brennan PJ, Lustig RA, Fishman NO. Risk factors for postcraniotomy surgical site infection after 1,3-bis (2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (Gliadel) wafer placement.  Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003; 36:759-765.

 

Metlay JP, Strom BL, Asch DA. Prior antimicrobial drug exposure: a risk factor for trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole-resistant urinary tract infections. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2003; 51:963-970.
 
Metlay JP, Hardy C, Strom BL. Agreement between patient self-report and a Veterans Affairs national database for identifying recent exposures to antibiotics. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:9-15.
 
Metlay JP, Fine MJ. Testing strategies in the initial management of patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Annals of Internal Medicine 2003; 138(2):109-118.

 

Strom BL, Schinnar R, Apter A, Margolis D, Lautenbach E, Hennessy S, Bilker W. Absence of cross-reactivity between sulfonamide antibiotics and sulfonamide nonantibiotics. New England Journal of Medicine 2003; 249(17): 1628-1635.

 


2002
Bisson GP, Fishman NO, Patel JB, Edelstein PH, Lautenbach E. Extended-spectrum ß-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species (ESBL-EK): risk factors for colonization and impact of antimicrobial formulary interventions on colonization prevalence. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2002; 23(5):254-260.
 
Gross R, Bilker WB, Friedman HM, Coyne JC, Strom BL. Provider inaccuracy in assessing adherence and outcomes with newly initiated antiretroviral therapy. AIDS 2002 Sept 6; 16(13):1835-1837.

Halpern SD, Karlawish JHT, Berlin JA. The continuing unethical conduct of underpowered clinical trials. Journal of the American Medical Association July 17, 2002; 288(3):358-362.

 

Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid organ transplantation for HIV-infected patients. New England Journal of Medicine 2002; 347:284-287.

 

Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Berlin JA, Asch DA.  A randomized trial of $5 versus $10 monetary incentives, envelope size, and candy to increase physician response rates to mailed questionnaires. Medical Care 2002; 40:834-839.

 

Hennessy S, Bilker WB, Knauss JS, Margolis DJ, Kimmel SE, Reynolds RF, Glasser DB, Morrison MF, Strom BL. Cardiac arrest and ventricular arrhythmia in patients taking antipsychotic drugs: cohort study using administrative data.  British Medical Journal 2002; 325:1070-1072.


Lautenbach E, Fishman NO, Bilker WB, Castiglioni A, Metlay JP, Edelstein PH, Strom BL. Risk factors for fluoroquinolone resistance in nosocomial Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae infections. Archives of Internal Medicine 2002; 162:2469-2477.
 

Lewis JD, Bilker WB, Brensinger C, Farrar JT, Strom BL. Hospitalization and mortality rates from peptic ulcer disease and GI bleeding in the 1990s: relationship to sales of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acid suppression medications. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2002; 97(10):2540-2549.

 

Localio AR, Berlin JA, Ten Have TR. Confounding due to cluster in multicenter studies: causes and cures. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 2002; 3:195-210.

Margolis DJ, Knauss J, Bilker W. Does hormone replacement therapy prevent pressure ulcers or venous leg ulcers? The Lancet 2002; 359: 675-7.

 

Metlay JP, Shea JA, CrossW:\CERTpublications.htmlette LB, Asch DA. Tensions in antibiotic prescribing: pitting social concerns against the interests of individual patients. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2002; 17:87-94.
 
Metlay JP, Shea JA, Asch DA. Antibiotic prescribing decisions of generalists and infectious disease specialists: thresholds for adopting new drug therapies. Medical Decision Making 2002; 22:498-505.
 
Metlay JP. Update on community-acquired pneumonia: impact of antibiotic resistance on clinical outcomes. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 2002; 15(2):163-167.
 
Metlay JP, Singer DE. Outcomes in lower respiratory tract infections and the impact of antimicrobial drug resistance. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2002; 8 Suppl 2:1-11.
 
Joellenbeck LM, Zwanziger LL, Durch JS, Strom BL (eds). The anthrax vaccine: is it safe? Does it work? National Academy Press, 2002.


 
2001
Alessandrini EA, Shaw KN, Bilker WB, Schwartz DF, Bell LM. Effects of Medicaid managed care on quality: childhood immunizations. Pediatrics 2001; 107(6):1335-1342.
 
Alessandrini EA, Shaw KN, Bilker WB, Perry K, Baker MD, Schwartz DF. Effects of Medicaid managed care on health care use: infant emergency department and ambulatory services. Pediatrics 2001; 108(1):103-110.
 
Gross R, Bilker WB, Friedman HM, Strom BL. Effect of adherence to newly initiated antiretroviral therapy on plasma viral load. AIDS 2001; 15:2109-2117.
 
Gross R, Morgan AS, Kinky DE, Weiner M, Gibson GA, Fishman NO. Impact of a hospital-based antimicrobial management program on clinical and economic outcomes. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2001; 33:289-295.
 
Lautenbach E, Strom BL, Bilker WB, Patel JB, Edelstein PH, Fishman NO. Epidemiologic investigation of fluoroquinolone resistance in infections due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2001; 33(8):1288-1294.
 
Lautenbach E, Patel JB, Bilker WB, Edelstein PH, Fishman NO. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: risk factors for infection and impact of resistance on outcomes. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2001; 32(8):1162-1171.
 
Localio AR, Berlin JA, Ten Have TR, Kimmel SE. Adjustments for center in multi-center studies: an overview. Annals of Internal Medicine 2001; 135:112-123.

 

Margolis DJ, Kantor J, Santanna J, Strom BL, Berlin JA.  Effectiveness of platelet releasate for the treatment of diabetic neuropathic foot ulcers.  Diabetes Care 2001; 24: 483-488.

 

Kantor J, Margolis DJ. Treatment options for diabetic neuropathic foot ulcers: a cost-effective analysis. DermatologicSsurgery 2001; 27:347-351.

 

Strom BL. Data validity issues in using claims data. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2001; 10: 389-392.


 
2000
Papasavvas E, Ortiz GM, Gross R, Sun J, Moore EC, Heymann JJ, Moonis M, Sandberg JK, Drohan LA, Gallagher B, Shull J, Nixon DF, Kostman JR, Montaner LJ. Enhancement of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-specific CD4 and CD8 T cell responses in chronically infected persons after temporary treatment interruption. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2000; 182(3):766-775.

Margolis DJ, Crombleholme T, Herlyn M. Clinical protocol: phase I trial to evaluate the safety of H5.020CMV.PDGF-b for the treatment of a diabetic insensate foot ulcer. Wound Repair and Regeneration 2000; 8: 480-493.

 

 


Abstracts, Letters, Editorials, Commentaries, Books, Book Chapters, Issue Briefs:
 
2006

Apter AJ, Strom BL. Reacting to antibiotic allergies. LDI Issue Brief 2006: 11 (7): 1-4.

 

Gross R, Bilker WB, Chapman J, Coyne JC, Friedman HM,Strom BL. High level, but not low level HIV breakthrough on Efavirenz-based regimens associated with poor adherence. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2006; 15: S69-70.

 

Lewis JD, Schinnar R, Bilker WB, Wang X, Strom BL. Validation studies of the health improvement network (THIN) database for pharmacoepidemiology research. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2006; 15: S233-234.

 

Lo Re V, Kostman J, Gross R, Reddy R, Putt M, Frank I, Strom B. Incidence and risk factors for weight loss during dual HIV/Hepatitis C Virus Therapy. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2006; 15: S68.

 

Margolis, DJ. Antibiotics, Acne, and Upper Respiratory Tract Infections. LDI Issue Brief February 2006; 2(4):1-4.

Margolis DJ.  Antibiotic use in acne associated with respiratory tract infection. “Spotlight on Research" section of the NIAMS Web site (http://www.niams.nih.gov/ne/index.htm). http://www.niams.nih.gov/ne/highlights/spotlight/2006/acne_infection.htm

 

Meropol SB, Glick HA, Asch DA. Alternative strategies for diagnosis and treatment of pediatric acute Otitis Media. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2006; 15: S299.

 

M'ikanatha N. How elephants can promote appropriate antibiotics use. (Book Review) Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/160/8/860; August 2006, p. 860.

 

 

2005

Halpern SD, Karlawish JH, Berlin JA.  Re: “Ethics and sample size.” Letter to the Editor. American Journal of Epidemiology 2005; 162:195-196.


Hass DJ, Lewis JD. Quality of data provided to physicians by dietary supplement manufacturers in support of safety and efficacy claims. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2005; 14:S9.
 
Metlay, JP, Kinman JL, Crossette L. Physician attitudes and practice patterns concerning outpatient antibiotic use for older adults. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2005; 14:S88-89.
 

Committee on Smallpox Vaccination Program Implementation, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Baciu A, Anason AP, Stratton K, Strom B (eds). The Smallpox Vaccination Program: Public Health in an Age of Terrorism. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2005. 

 


2004
Apter AJ, Kinman JL, Bilker WB, Herlim M, Margolis DJ, Lautenbach E, Hennessy S, Strom BL. Re-prescription of penicillin in patients who have had allergic-like reactions: investigation using a large electronic medical record. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2004; 113:S67.
 
Apter AJ, Kinman JL, Bilker WB, Herlim M, Margolis DJ, Lautenbach E, Hennessy S, Strom BL. Is there cross-reactivity between penicillins and cephalosporins? Investigation using a large electronic medical record database. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2004; 13:S18. (Abstract No. 035)
 
Dine CJ, Localio AR, Cary M, Hines J, Graziani A, Gross R. Day of hospitalization and inpatient HIV medication errors. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2004; 13:S116. (Abstract No. 230)
 
Halpern SD, Abrutyn EA, Strom BL. Infective endocarditis. In: Loeb M, Smaill F, Smieja M, eds. Evidence-based infectious diseases. London: BMJ Books, 2004.

 

Kimmel SE, Berlin JA, Reilly M, Jaskowiak J, Kishel L, Chittams J, Strom BL. The effects of nonselective non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications on the risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction and their interaction with aspirin. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2004; 43:985-990.


Lautenbach E. Epidemiological methods in infection control. Chapter 5 In: Lautenbach E, Woeltje K, eds. Practical handbook for healthcare epidemiologists. 2nd ed. Thorofare, NJ: Slack, Inc. 2004.
 
Lautenbach E, Woeltje K. Practical handbook for healthcare epidemiologists. 2nd ed. Official publication of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Thorofare, NJ: Slack Inc. 2004.
 
Gould C, Lautenbach E. Meningitis and encephalitis. In: Loeb M, Smaill F, Smieja M, editors, Evidence-based infectious diseases. London: BMJ Books; 2004.

 

Lewis JD, Bilker WB, Weinstein RB, Strom BL.  Measuring incidence rates using GPRD: how soon after registration do incidence rates reach baseline levels? (Abstract #459). Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2004; 13: S230.

 

Lewis JD, Localio AR, Kimmel SE, Farrar JT, Metz DC, Nessel LC, Brensinger C, Strom BL. Frequency of use influences recall of NSAID exposure (Abstract #5). Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Safety 2004; 13: S3.

 

Kimmel SE, Berlin JA, Oslin DW, Weinstein RB, Kinman JL, Sauer WH, Lewis JD.  The effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on the risk of myocardial infarction in a cohort of patients with depression (Abstract #12). Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2004; 13: S6.

 

Linkin DR, Brennan PJ. Infection control and patient safety. Chapter 25. In: Lautenbach E, Woeltje K. (Ed). A Practical Handbook for Healthcare Epidemiologists (2nd edition). Thorofare, NJ: Slack, Inc. 2004.  pp. 297-304.


Finch RG, Metlay JP, Davey PG, Baker LJ. Educational interventions to improve antibiotic use in the community: report from the International Forum on Antibiotic Resistance (IFAR) colloquium, 2002. Lancet Infectious Diseases 2004; 4(1):44-53. 
 
Strom BL. Potential for conflict of interest in the evaluation of suspected adverse drug reactions: a counterpoint. Journal of the American Medical Association 2004; 292 (21):2643-2646. (Commentary)
 


2003
Apter AJ, Kinman J, Bilker WB, Herlim M, Sallen A, Strom BL. Incidence of events consistent with hypersensitivity reactions to penicillin in a large electronic medical record database. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2003; 111(2):S257.

 

Sauer WH, Berlin JA, Kimmel SE.  Thiazolidinedione use and prevention of myocardial infarction in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.  Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:S108. 

 

Zaoutis TE, Everett WW, Halpern SD, Strom BL, Kim J, Coffin SE. Pre-event vaccination against smallpox: a survey of pediatric emergency health care providers. Pediatric Research 2003; 53:455A. (Abstract No. 573).
 
Zaoutis T, Greves M, Lautenbach E, Coffin S. Risk factors for disseminated candidiasis in children with candidemia. In: Program and Abstracts of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Arlington, VA. (Presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Arlington, VA, April 2003).
 
Everett WW, Strom BL. Smallpox vaccination: from policy to implementation. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12 (Suppl 1):S187-S188 (Abstract No. 372).
 
Everett WW, Coffin SE, Zaoutis T, Halpern SD, Strom BL. Smallpox vaccination: a national survey of emergency healthcare providers. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12 (Suppl 1):S188 (Abstract No. 373).
 
Farrar JT, Mikuls TR, Saag KG, Bilker W, Fernandes S, Strom BL. Issues in the determination of disease prevalence from medical record databases: cumulative incidence in chronic diseases such as gout. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:S172.


Mikuls TR, Farrar JT, Bilker WB, Fernandes S, Saag KG. The treatment of asymptomatic hyperuricemia: results from the population-based General Practice Research Database (GPRD). Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:S116.
 
Mikuls TR, Farrar JT, Bilker WB, Fernandes S, Saag KG. Gout epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology: results from the General Practice Research Database (GPRD). Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:S116.
 

Gross R, Strom BL. Toward Improved adverse event/suspected adverse drug reaction reporting. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety March 2003; 12(2):89-91. (Editorial)


Gross R, Bilker W, Hennessy S, Farrar J, Strom B. Accuracy of days supply vs. pills dispensed in Medicaid data. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:S161.

 

Halpern SD.  Evaluating preference effects in partially unblended, randomized clinical drug trials.  Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:S188-189.


Hennessy S, Strom BL. The ineffectiveness of retrospective drug utilization review. LDI Issue Brief 2003; 9(1):1-4.
 
Lautenbach E, Strom BL, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Marr AM, Larosa LA, Fishman NO. Fluoroquinolone resistance in Enterobacteriaceae: significant differences in longitudinal trends across organisms and inpatient and outpatient settings. In: Program and Abstracts of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Arlington, Virginia, April 5-8, 2003.
 
Marr AM, LaRosa LA, Lautenbach E, VanBerkom DL, Fishman NO. Evaluation of the appropriate use of vancomycin for surgical would prophylaxis. In: Program and Abstracts of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Arlington, VA. (Presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Arlington, VA, April 2003).
 
Marr AM, LaRosa LA, Lautenbach E, VanBerkom DL, Fishman NO. Evaluation of the appropriate use of vancomycin for empiric or directed therapy according to antimicrobial management program guidelines. In: Program and Abstracts of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Arlington, VA. (Presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Arlington, VA, April 2003).
 
Aberra FN, Brensinger CM, Bilker WB, Strom BL, Lichtenstein GR, Lewis JD. Antibiotic use and the risk for flares of inflammatory bowel disease. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:S125.
 
Linkin DL, Fishman NO. Ciprofloxacin versus tobramycin for neutropenic fevers. Annals of Internal Medicine 2003; 138 (5):435-436. (Letter)
 
Linkin DR, Paris S, Fishman NO, Metlay JP, Lautenbach E. The epidemiology of inaccurate communications during antimicrobial management interactions. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:S88.
 
Linkin DR, Paris S, Fishman NO, Metlay JP, Lautenbach E. Communication errors during antimicrobial management telephone interactions. In: Program and Abstracts of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Arlington, VA. (Presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Arlington, VA, April 2003).
 
M'ikanatha N, Welliver D, Rohn D, Rankin J, Lautenbach E. Impact of the web on enhancing infectious disease reporting and bioterrorism preparedness: current capabilities and future promise. In: Program and Abstracts of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Arlington, Virginia, April 5-8 2003.
 
M'ikanatha NM, Lautenbach E, Kunselman AR, Southwell B, Allswede M, Rankin JT, Aber R. Public health preparedness and antimicrobial utilization among emergency department physicians during the 2001 bioterrorism anthrax outbreak. In: Program and Abstracts of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Arlington, Virginia, April 5-8 2003.
 
Metlay JP, Kinman JL. Failure to validate pneumococcal pneumonia diagnoses in the General Practice Research Database. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:S163-164.
 
Strom BL. Committee on Smallpox Vaccination Program Implementation. Institute of Medicine 2003; http://www.iom.edu/IOM/IOMHome.nsf/Pages/Smallpox+Vaccination

 

Strom BL. Introduction to the FDA Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:S150.

Strom BL, Schinnar R, Apter AJ, Margolis DJ, Lautenbach E, Hennessy S, Bilker WB, Pettitt D.  Lack of specific cross-reactivity between sulfonamide antibiotics and subsequent sulfonamide non-antibiotics.  Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:S123.

 

Strom BL.  Introduction to the FDA drug safety and risk management advisory committee.  Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:S150. 

 

Kimmel SE, Berlin JA, Reilly M, Jaskowiak J, Kishel L, Strom BL.  Nonfatal myocardial infarction risk among users of aspirin and nonselective non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications.  Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:S72. 

 

Strom BL, Schinnar R, Apter AJ, Margolis DJ, Lautenbach E, Hennessy S, Bilker WB, Pettitt D.  Lack of specific cross-reactivity between sulfonamide antibiotics and subsequent sulfonamide non-antibiotics.  Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2003; 12:S123.

 


2002

Berlin J, Santanna J, Schmid C, Szczech M, Feldman H. Anti-lymphocyte antibody induction therapy study group. Individual patient versus group-level data meta-regressions for the investigation of treatment effect modifiers: ecological bias rears its ugly head. Statistics in Medicine 2002; 21(3):371-387.


Gross R. Adherence in HIV Drug therapy. LDI Issue Brief 2002; 8(3):1-4.
 
Lautenbach E, Fishman NO, Metlay JP, Bilker WB, Edelstein PH, Strom BL. Fluoroquinolone (FQ) resistance is independently associated with increased mortality in nosocomial Escherichia coli (EC) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) infections. In: Program and Abstracts of the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2002.
 
Lautenbach E, Gould CV, Larosa LA, Marr AM, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Fishman NO. Emergence and epidemiology of resistance to Chloramphenicol (C) among Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal (VRE) bloodstream isolates. In: Program and Abstracts of the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2002.
 
Metlay JP. Tensions in antibiotic prescribing. LDI Issue Brief 2002; 7(7):1-4.
 
Moellering RC, Craig W, Edmond M, Farrell DJ, Ferraro MJ, File TM, Klein J, Lonks J, Metlay JP, Sahm D, Talbot GH. Clinical and public health implications of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. Journal of Chemotherapy 2002; 14(S3):42-56.

 
2001

Gross R. Proactive Surveillance Symposium: the direction and needs of drug safety in the 21st century. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2001; 10:189. Editorial

 

Hennessy S, Strom BL. Statins and fracture risk [editorial].  Journal of the American Medical Association 2001; 285:1888-1889.

 

Metlay JP, Shea JA, Asch DA. How do physicians balance individual and social concerns in their use of antibiotics? Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2001; 16(S1):209.
 
Strom BL.  When data conflict with practice: rethinking the use of prophylactic antibiotics before dental treatment.  LDI Issue Brief March 2001; 2(6):1-4.
 

2000
Metlay JP, Strom BL, Asch DA . Antimicrobial drug risk factors for drug resistant urinary tract infections. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2000; 31:213.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




 
 
 
 
 
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