Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections

LA Mermel, BM Farr, RJ Sherertz, II Raad… - Infection Control & …, 2001 - cambridge.org
These guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the American
College of Critical Care Medicine (for the Society of Critical Care Medicine), and the Society for …

Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

…, II Raad, BJA Rijnders, RJ Sherertz… - Clinical infectious …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Sherertz , … SherertzSherertz, David K. Warren, Clinical Practice Guidelines for the
Diagnosis and Management of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infection: 2009 Update by …

The role of chelators in preventing biofilm formation and catheter-related bloodstream infections

…, Y Jiang, R Sherertz, R Hachem - Current opinion in …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
It is suggested that the addition of chelators such as ethylenediamine-tetraacetic acid and
citrate to antimicrobial lock solutions provides an innovative and superior alternative to …

Vascular-access infections in hospitalized patients

AA Hampton, RJ Sherertz - Surgical Clinics of North America, 1988 - Elsevier
… When at least 105 organisms are removed, two-thirds of the catheters are associates with
positive blood cultures for the same organism (RJ Sherertz, unpublished data). …

Comparative Activities of Daptomycin, Linezolid, and Tigecycline against Catheter-Related Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Bacteremic Isolates Embedded in …

…, R Reitzel, G Chaiban, R Sherertz… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
In the setting of catheter-related bloodstream infections, intraluminal antibiotic lock therapy
could be useful for the salvage of vascular catheters. In this in vitro study, we investigated the …

Education of physicians-in-training can decrease the risk for vascular catheter infection

RJ Sherertz, EW Ely, DM Westbrook… - Annals of internal …, 2000 - acpjournals.org
Background: Procedure instruction for physicians-in-training is usually nonstandardized. The
authors observed that during insertion of central venous catheters (CVCs), few physicians …

Three-year experience with sonicated vascular catheter cultures in a clinical microbiology laboratory

RJ Sherertz, II Raad, A Belani, LC Koo… - Journal of Clinical …, 1990 - Am Soc Microbiol
Using a quantitative sonication method, we cultured 1,681 consecutive vascular catheters
submitted to a clinical microbiology laboratory in a 36-month period. A total of 46% of the …

Impact of air filtration on nosocomial Aspergillus infections: unique risk of bone marrow transplant recipients

RJ Sherertz, A Belani, BS Kramer, GJ Elfenbein… - The American journal of …, 1987 - Elsevier
… This equation had an r value of 0.52, which was higher than the r values obtained when
settle plate and Anderson sampler data were analyzed from any of the other locations cultured. …

Effect of a second-generation venous catheter impregnated with chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine on central catheter–related infections: a randomized, controlled …

…, D Giles, MA Pfaller, DG Maki, R Sherertz - Annals of internal …, 2005 - acpjournals.org
… Bassetti S , Hu J , D'Agostino RB , Sherertz RJ . Prolonged antimicrobial activity of a catheter
… Giles, MA Pfaller, DG Maki, R. Sherertz. Provision of study materials or patients: ME Rupp, …

A Cloud Adult: The Staphylococcus aureus-Virus Interaction Revisited

RJ Sherertz, DR Reagan, KD Hampton… - Annals of internal …, 1996 - acpjournals.org
Background: Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus is common among health care workers,
but outbreaks caused by such carriers are relatively uncommon. We previously reported …