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Deverick John Anderson

Deverick John Anderson

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases
deverick.anderson@duke.edu
Duke Box 102359, Durham, NC 27710
Hanes House Rm 164, Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710

Featured Works

Comparison of the burdens of hospital-onset, healthcare facility-associated Clostridium difficile Infection and of healthcare-associated infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community hospitals.

Journal article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · April 2011 Featured Publication We sought to determine the burden of nosocomial Clostridium difficile infection in comparison to other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in community hospitals participating in an infection control network. Our data suggest that C. difficile has repl ... Full text Link to item Cite

The network approach for prevention of healthcare-associated infections: long-term effect of participation in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network.

Journal article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · April 2011 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To describe the rates of several key outcomes and healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) among hospitals that participated in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network (DICON). DESIGN AND SETTING: Prospective, observational cohort study of pa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Emergence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in community hospitals throughout North Carolina: a harbinger of a wider problem in the United States?

Journal article Clin Infect Dis · July 15, 2009 Featured Publication Community-onset urinary tract infections due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli have become increasingly common worldwide but have been considered to be uncommon infections in the United States. We report the emergence and subse ... Full text Link to item Cite

Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals.

Journal article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · October 2008 Featured Publication Full text Link to item Cite

Seasonal variation in Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection on 4 continents.

Journal article J Infect Dis · March 1, 2008 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Klebsiella pneumoniae causes serious, life-threatening infections in humans in endemic and epidemic settings. The objective of this study was to determine whether the incidence of K. pneumoniae bloodstream infection (BSI) was higher during warm ... Full text Link to item Cite

Severe surgical site infection in community hospitals: epidemiology, key procedures, and the changing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Journal article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · September 2007 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To characterize the epidemiology of severe (ie, nonsuperficial) surgical site infection (SSI) in community hospitals. METHODS: SSI data were collected prospectively at 26 community hospitals in the southeastern United States. Two analyses were p ... Full text Link to item Cite