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Infectious Diseases
Infectious diseases are responsible for a wide variety of illnesses that are generally caused by four specific mechanisms: fungal, bacterial, parasitic, and viral. Some infectious diseases can be passed from person to person, while some are transmitted through contact. For example, COVID-19 and seasonal influenza (flu) are typically transmitted through airborne droplets (coughing, sneezing) from someone who already has the illness. Lyme disease is caused by a parasite and can only be transmitted by a bite from a tick carrying that parasite. Many infectious diseases can be prevented with vaccines, and others with simple measures such as regular handwashing.
VA health services researchers look at various aspects of infectious disease, including prevention of transmission in VA facilities; improving Veterans’ overall health to promote resistance to infection; and curbing the overuse of antibiotics.
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Citations
(5 of more than 33 INFECTIOUS DISEASES focused publications)
- Tholany J, Suzuki H, Livorsi DJ, Perencevich EN, Goto M. The association of infectious diseases consultation and 30-day mortality rates among veterans with enterococcal bacteraemia: a propensity score-matched retrospective cohort study. Clinical Microbiology and Infection : The Official Publication of The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 2023 Mar 12.
- Bhimraj A, Morgan RL, Shumaker AH, Baden L, Cheng VCC, Edwards KM, Gallagher JC, Gandhi RT, Muller WJ, Nakamura MM, O'Horo JC, Shafer RW, Shoham S, Murad MH, Mustafa RA, Sultan S, Falck-Ytter Y. Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2022 Sep 5.
- Graber CJ, Simon AR, Zhang Y, Goetz MB, Jones MM, Butler JM, Chou AF, Glassman PA. Performance of infectious diseases specialists, hospitalists, and other internal medicine physicians in antimicrobial case-based scenarios: Potential impact of antimicrobial stewardship programs at 16 Veterans' Affairs medical centers. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 2023 Mar 1; 44(3):400-405.
- Hasegawa S, Kakiuchi S, Tholany J, Kobayashi T, Marra AR, Schweizer ML, Samuelson RJ, Suzuki H. Impact of infectious diseases consultation among patients with infections caused by gram-negative rod bacteria: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Infectious diseases (London, England). 2022 Aug 1; 54(8):618-621.
- Lynch JB, Davitkov P, Anderson DJ, Bhimraj A, Cheng VC, Guzman-Cottrill J, Dhindsa J, Duggal A, Jain MK, Lee GM, Liang SY, McGeer A, Varghese J, Lavergne V, Murad MH, Mustafa RA, Sultan S, Falck-Ytter Y, Morgan RL. Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on Infection Prevention for Healthcare Personnel Caring for Patients with Suspected or Known COVID-19. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2021 Nov 15.
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Studies
( 5 of more than 8 INFECTIOUS DISEASES focused projects
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IIR 16-025
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Less is More: Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria |
Trautner, Barbara |
2018-02-01 |
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SDR 18-148
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Improving Colonoscopy Quality for Colorectal Cancer Screening in the National VA Healthcare System |
Gawron, Andrew |
2018-02-01 |
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CRE 12-313
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Cognitive Support Informatics for Antimicrobial Stewardship |
Glassman, Peter |
2013-12-01 |
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CDP 13-004
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Comparative Effectiveness of Strategies to Control S. Aureus Infections (CDA 11-215) |
Schweizer-Looby, Marin |
2013-05-01 |
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CDP 13-003
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Using Economics and Epidemiology to Evaluate MRSA Decolonization in the VA (CDA 11-210) |
Nelson, Richard |
2013-03-01 |
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