Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, Duke University 2017 - 2020
  • M.D., Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine 2014
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine 2020
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Co-Chair - Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Stakeholder Group, 2020 to present
    Associate Medical Director - Antimicrobial Stewardship and Evaluation Team, 2020 to present
    Member, Medical Informatics, 2020 to present
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Infectious Disease Medicine
  • Medical Informatics
  • Medical epidemiology
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Yarrington ME, Wrenn RH, Spivey J, Shoff CJ, Maziarz EK, Spires SS, et al. Well-being tradeoffs: Effect of loosening overnight restrictions on antimicrobial starts. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Aug 16;1–3.
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    • Advani SD, Yarrington ME, Smith BA, Anderson DJ, Sexton DJ. Are we forgetting the "universal" in universal masking? Current challenges and future solutions. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Jun;42(6):784–5.
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    • Moehring RW, Yarrington ME, Davis AE, Dyer AP, Johnson MD, Jones TM, et al. Effects of a Collaborative, Community Hospital Network for Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Implementation. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Apr 27;
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    • Shoff CJ, Townsend ML, Tillekeratne LG, Schulteis RD, Yarrington ME, Turner NA, et al. Improved empiric antibiotic prescribing for acute cystitis with use of local urinary antibiogram and clinical decision support system. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Nov;41(11):1351–3.
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    • Yarrington ME, Anderson DJ, Dodds Ashley E, Jones T, Davis A, Johnson M, et al. Impact of FDA black box warning on fluoroquinolone and alternative antibiotic use in southeastern US hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Nov;40(11):1297–300.
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    • Yarrington ME, Moehring RW. Basic, Advanced, and Novel Metrics to Guide Antibiotic Use Assessments. Current Treatment Options in Infectious Diseases. 2019 Jun;11(2):145–60.
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    • Kelly SG, Yarrington M, Zembower TR, Sutton SH, Silkaitis C, Postelnick M, et al. Inappropriate Clostridium difficile Testing and Consequent Overtreatment and Inaccurate Publicly Reported Metrics. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Dec;37(12):1395–400.
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    • McBrayer SK, Yarrington M, Qian J, Feng G, Shanmugam M, Gandhi V, et al. Integrative gene expression profiling reveals G6PD-mediated resistance to RNA-directed nucleoside analogues in B-cell neoplasms. Plos One. 2012;7(7):e41455.
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    • Bellis AD, Peňalver-Bernabé B, Weiss MS, Yarrington ME, Barbolina MV, Pannier AK, et al. Cellular arrays for large-scale analysis of transcription factor activity. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2011 Feb;108(2):395–403.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Yarrington M, Moehring R, Anderson DJ, Wrenn R, Sarubbi C, Spivey J. Measuring Empiric Antibiotic Spectrum Patterns Across Space and Time. In: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. Cambridge University Press; 2020. p. s2–4.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Teaching Activities

  • Ambulatory Clinic Preceptor - Infectious Disease Fellowship

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