Lizzie Johnson Harrell

Journal article Antimicrob Agents Chemother · March 2009 Featured Work Of 176 urine isolates from female students positive for Escherichia coli, 29.6% were trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistant and none were nitrofurantoin resistant. Among students with a history of urinary tract infection (UTI) (n = 119), resistance to cip ... Full text Link to item Cite

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in an intensive care nursery: potential for interinstitutional spread.

Journal article Pediatr Infect Dis J · August 2007 Featured Work BACKGROUND: After surveillance surveys documented the absence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in our intensive care nursery, an outbreak of MRSA infection occurred there during a 7-month period in 2005. METHODS: Control measures inclu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Genetic relatedness of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from paired blood and respiratory specimens.

Journal article J Clin Microbiol · June 2007 Featured Work To assess the relatedness of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates recovered concurrently from blood and respiratory tract specimens from patients with pneumonia, we analyzed 24 paired isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), serotyping, and antimi ... Full text Link to item Cite

National survey on the susceptibility of Bacteroides fragilis group: report and analysis of trends in the United States from 1997 to 2004.

Journal article Antimicrob Agents Chemother · May 2007 Featured Work The susceptibility trends for the species of the Bacteroides fragilis group against various antibiotics from 1997 to 2004 were determined by using data for 5,225 isolates referred by 10 medical centers. The antibiotic test panel included ertapenem, imipene ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictors of mortality in patients with bloodstream infection due to ceftazidime-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Journal article Antimicrob Agents Chemother · May 2006 Featured Work Bloodstream infection (BSI) due to multidrug-resistant Klebsiella is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of in-hospital mortality among patients with BSI due to ceftazidime-resistant (CAZ- ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical profile and strain relatedness of recurrent enterococcal bacteremia.

Journal article Scand J Infect Dis · 2005 Featured Work We defined the molecular epidemiology of recurrent enterococcal bacteremia using pulsed field gel electrophoresis. We identified 27 patients, comprising 60 episodes; strain relatedness was demonstrated in 8 patients with isolates separated by up to 6 y. Ca ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sequential emergence of antibiotic resistance in enterococcal bloodstream isolates over 25 years.

Journal article Antimicrob Agents Chemother · November 2002 Featured Work We determined the antibiotic susceptibilities of 1,785 enterococcal bloodstream isolates collected over 25 years. Antibiotic resistance emerged at a greater rate in Enterococcus faecium than in other enterococcal species, and E. faecium isolates became pro ... Full text Link to item Cite