Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Resident, Internal Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2008 - 2011
  • M.D., University of Virginia 2008
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine 2015 - 2019
  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine 2013 - 2015
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Model-Driven Surveillance and Intervention Evaluation in Highly Stochastic Healthcare Settings awarded by Washington State University 2017 - 2020
  • Epicenter IV: Harvard Pilgrim-UCI Center for HAI Prevention (CLUSTER and Sepsis) awarded by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. 2016 - 2020
  • The Impact of Multi-Drug Resistant Gram Negative Infections in Community Hospitals awarded by Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014 - 2016
  • A Four-arm Prospective, Multicenter Study to Assess the Clinical Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Feasibility of Enhanced Room Disinfection with Chlorine and UV light Using Clinical and Microbiologic Outcomes awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011 - 2016
  • Evaluation of the Efficacy of Personal Protective Equipment and Antiseptic Impregnated Clothing in Reducing Exposure of Health Care Personnel to Acquisition and Transmission of Viral and Bacterial Pat awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015 - 2016
  • Cohort Study of Patients at Risk for Clostridium difficile Infection awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011 - 2012
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Advani, Sonali D., Becky A. Smith, Sarah S. Lewis, Deverick J. Anderson, and Daniel J. Sexton. “Universal masking in hospitals in the COVID-19 era: Is it time to consider shielding?” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 41, no. 9 (September 2020): 1066–67. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.179.
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    • Baker, Arthur W., Jason E. Stout, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton, Becky Smith, Rebekah W. Moehring, Kirk Huslage, Christopher J. Hostler, and Sarah S. Lewis. “Tap Water Avoidance Decreases Rates of Hospital-Onset Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria.” Clin Infect Dis, August 23, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1237.
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    • Lewis, Sarah S., Becky A. Smith, Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, Jessica Seidelman, Cameron Wolfe, Allan B. Kirk, Gavin Martin, et al. “Early experience with universal preprocedural testing for SARS-CoV-2 in a relatively low-prevalence area.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, August 3, 2020, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.398.
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    • Ling, Dorothy, Jessica Seidelman, Elizabeth Dodds-Ashley, Sarah Lewis, Rebekah W. Moehring, Deverick J. Anderson, and Sonali Advani. “Navigating reflex urine culture practices in community hospitals: Need for a validated approach.” Am J Infect Control, July 4, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.06.218.
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    • Seidelman, Jessica L., Sarah S. Lewis, Sonali D. Advani, Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, Carol Epling, Matthew Case, Kristen Said, et al. “Universal masking is an effective strategy to flatten the severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) healthcare worker epidemiologic curve.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, June 25, 2020, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.313.
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    • Schwartz, A., M. Stiegel, N. Greeson, A. Vogel, W. Thomann, M. Brown, G. D. Sempowski, et al. “Decontamination and Reuse of N95 Respirators with Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor to Address Worldwide Personal Protective Equipment Shortages During the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic.” Applied Biosafety 25, no. 2 (June 1, 2020): 67–70. https://doi.org/10.1177/1535676020919932.
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    • Baker, Arthur W., Eileen K. Maziarz, Sarah S. Lewis, Jason E. Stout, Deverick J. Anderson, Peter K. Smith, Jacob N. Schroder, et al. “Invasive Mycobacterium abscessus Complex Infection after Cardiac Surgery: Epidemiology, Management, and Clinical Outcomes.” Clin Infect Dis, March 5, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa215.
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    • Turner, Nicholas A., Becky A. Smith, and Sarah S. Lewis. “Novel and emerging sources of Clostridioides difficile infection.” Plos Pathog 15, no. 12 (December 2019): e1008125. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008125.
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    • Seidelman, Jessica L., Becky Smith, Brittain Wood, Linda Adcock, Barry Shelton, Kirk Huslage, Art Baker, et al. “Shifting surgical site infection denominators and implications for National Health Safety Network reporting.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 40, no. 11 (November 2019): 1316–17. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2019.255.
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    • Seidelman, Jessica L., Becky Smith, Christopher Shoff, Arthur W. Baker, Sarah S. Lewis, Deverick J. Anderson, and Daniel J. Sexton. “Serious superficial incisional surgical site infections (SSISSIs): A proposed surveillance definition.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 40, no. 11 (November 2019): 1258–59. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2019.174.
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    • Turner, Nicholas A., Steven C. Grambow, Christopher W. Woods, Vance G. Fowler, Rebekah W. Moehring, Deverick J. Anderson, and Sarah S. Lewis. “Epidemiologic Trends in Clostridioides difficile Infections in a Regional Community Hospital Network.” Jama Netw Open 2, no. 10 (October 2, 2019): e1914149. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.14149.
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    • Seidelman, Jessica L., Richard J. Wallace, Elena Iakhiaeva, Ravikiran Vasireddy, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Celeste McKnight, Luke F. Chen, Terry Smith, and Sarah S. Lewis. “Mycobacterium avium pseudo-outbreak associated with an outpatient bronchoscopy clinic: Lessons for reprocessing.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 40, no. 1 (January 2019): 106–8. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.298.
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    • Lewis, Sarah S., Becky A. Smith, Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett, and David J. Weber. “Water as a source for colonization and infection with multidrug-resistant pathogens: Focus on sinks.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39, no. 12 (December 2018): 1463–66. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.273.
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    • Seidelman, Jessica, and Sarah S. Lewis. “Neurosurgical Device-Related Infections.” Infect Dis Clin North Am 32, no. 4 (December 2018): 861–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2018.06.006.
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    • Anderson, Deverick J., Rebekah W. Moehring, David J. Weber, Sarah S. Lewis, Luke F. Chen, J Conrad Schwab, Paul Becherer, et al. “Effectiveness of targeted enhanced terminal room disinfection on hospital-wide acquisition and infection with multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile: a secondary analysis of a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial with crossover design (BETR Disinfection).” Lancet Infect Dis 18, no. 8 (August 2018): 845–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30278-0.
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    • Philo, Sarah E., Benjamin D. Anderson, Sylvia F. Costa, Nancy Henshaw, Sarah S. Lewis, John M. Reynolds, Jayanthi Jayakumar, Yvonne C. F. Su, and Gregory C. Gray. “Adenovirus Type 21 Outbreak Among Lung Transplant Patients at a Large Tertiary Care Hospital.” Open Forum Infect Dis 5, no. 8 (August 2018): ofy188. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy188.
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    • Seidelman, Jessica, Arthur W. Baker, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton, and Sarah S. Lewis. “Do Periarticular Joint Infections Present an Increase in Infection Risk?” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39, no. 7 (July 2018): 890–91. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.80.
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    • “Do Periarticular Joint Injections Present an Increase in Infection Risk? – CORRIGENDUM.” Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 39, no. 07 (July 2018): 892–892. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.108.
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    • Hostler, Christopher J., Rebekah W. Moehring, Elizabeth S Dodds Ashley, Melissa Johnson, Angelina Davis, Sarah S. Lewis, Daniel J. Sexton, Deverick J. Anderson, and Deverick J. CDC Prevention Epicenters Program. “Feasibility and Value of Developing a Regional Antibiogram for Community Hospitals.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39, no. 6 (June 2018): 718–22. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.71.
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    • Moehring, Rebekah W., Elizabeth S. Dodds Ashley, Xinru Ren, Yuliya Lokhnygina, Arthur W. Baker, Travis M. Jones, Sarah S. Lewis, Daniel J. Sexton, Deverick J. Anderson, and Deverick J. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenters Program. “Denominator Matters in Estimating Antimicrobial Use: A Comparison of Days Present and Patient Days.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39, no. 5 (May 2018): 612–15. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.54.
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    • Seidelman, Jessica L., Sarah S. Lewis, Kirk Huslage, Nancy Strittholt, Sheila Vereen, Chris Sova, Bonnie Taylor, et al. “To Be a CLABSI or Not to Be a CLABSI-That is the Question: The Epidemiology of BSI in a Large ECMO Population.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39, no. 3 (March 2018): 362–65. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2017.320.
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    • Anderson, Deverick J., Lauren P. Knelson, Rebekah W. Moehring, Sarah S. Lewis, David J. Weber, Luke F. Chen, Patricia F. Triplett, et al. “Implementation Lessons Learned From the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room (BETR) Disinfection Study: Process and Perceptions of Enhanced Disinfection with Ultraviolet Disinfection Devices.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39, no. 2 (February 2018): 157–63. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2017.268.
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    • Knelson, Lauren P., Gemila K. Ramadanovic, Luke F. Chen, Rebekah W. Moehring, Sarah S. Lewis, William A. Rutala, David J. Weber, Daniel J. Sexton, Deverick J. Anderson, and Deverick J. CDC Prevention EpiCenters Program. “Self-monitoring by Environmental Services May Not Accurately Measure Thoroughness of Hospital Room Cleaning.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 38, no. 11 (November 2017): 1371–73. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2017.205.
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    • Anderson, Deverick J., Rachel Addison, Yuliya Lokhnygina, Bobby Warren, Batu Sharma-Kuinkel, Laura J. Rojas, Susan D. Rudin, et al. “The Antimicrobial Scrub Contamination and Transmission (ASCOT) Trial: A Three-Arm, Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial With Crossover Design to Determine the Efficacy of Antimicrobial-Impregnated Scrubs in Preventing Healthcare Provider Contamination.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 38, no. 10 (October 2017): 1147–54. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2017.181.
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    • Seidelman, Jessica, Kristen V. Dicks, Michael J. Durkin, Arthur W. Baker, Rebekah W. Moehring, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton, Luke F. Chen, and Sarah S. Lewis. “Using Clinical Scenarios to Understand Preventability of Clostridium difficile Infections by Inpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Programs.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 38, no. 6 (June 2017): 747–49. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2017.32.
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    • Baker, Arthur W., Sarah S. Lewis, Barbara D. Alexander, Luke F. Chen, Richard J. Wallace, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Pamela J. Isaacs, et al. “Two-Phase Hospital-Associated Outbreak of Mycobacterium abscessus: Investigation and Mitigation.” Clin Infect Dis 64, no. 7 (April 1, 2017): 902–11. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw877.
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    • Anderson, Deverick J., Luke F. Chen, David J. Weber, Rebekah W. Moehring, Sarah S. Lewis, Patricia F. Triplett, Michael Blocker, et al. “Enhanced terminal room disinfection and acquisition and infection caused by multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile (the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room Disinfection study): a cluster-randomised, multicentre, crossover study.” Lancet 389, no. 10071 (February 25, 2017): 805–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31588-4.
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    • Anderson, Deverick J., Leoncio Flavio Rojas, Shera Watson, Lauren P. Knelson, Sohayla Pruitt, Sarah S. Lewis, Rebekah W. Moehring, et al. “Identification of novel risk factors for community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection using spatial statistics and geographic information system analyses.” Plos One 12, no. 5 (2017): e0176285. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176285.
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    • Dicks, Kristen V., Deverick J. Anderson, Arthur W. Baker, Daniel J. Sexton, and Sarah S. Lewis. “Clinical Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization Related to Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections in Community Hospitals.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 38, no. 1 (January 2017): 31–38. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2016.230.
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    • Dicks, Kristen V., Eric Lofgren, Sarah S. Lewis, Rebekah W. Moehring, Daniel J. Sexton, and Deverick J. Anderson. “A Multicenter Pragmatic Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing in Community Hospital Intensive Care Units.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 37, no. 7 (July 2016): 791–97. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2016.23.
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    • Baker, Arthur W., Kristen V. Dicks, Michael J. Durkin, David J. Weber, Sarah S. Lewis, Rebekah W. Moehring, Luke F. Chen, Daniel J. Sexton, and Deverick J. Anderson. “Epidemiology of Surgical Site Infection in a Community Hospital Network.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 37, no. 5 (May 2016): 519–26. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2016.13.
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    • Boggan, Joel C., Arthur W. Baker, Sarah S. Lewis, Kristen V. Dicks, Michael J. Durkin, Rebekah W. Moehring, Luke F. Chen, Lauren P. Knelson, Donald D. Hegland, and Deverick J. Anderson. “An Automated Surveillance Strategy to Identify Infectious Complications After Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Procedures.” Open Forum Infect Dis 2, no. 4 (December 2015): ofv128. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv128.
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    • Dicks, Kristen V., Arthur W. Baker, Michael J. Durkin, Deverick J. Anderson, Rebekah W. Moehring, Luke F. Chen, Daniel J. Sexton, David J. Weber, and Sarah S. Lewis. “Short Operative Duration and Surgical Site Infection Risk in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Procedures.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 36, no. 12 (December 2015): 1431–36. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.222.
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    • Durkin, Michael J., Kristen V. Dicks, Arthur W. Baker, Sarah S. Lewis, Rebekah W. Moehring, Luke F. Chen, Daniel J. Sexton, and Deverick J. Anderson. “Seasonal Variation of Common Surgical Site Infections: Does Season Matter?” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 36, no. 9 (September 2015): 1011–16. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.121.
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    • Durkin, Michael J., Kristen V. Dicks, Arthur W. Baker, Rebekah W. Moehring, Luke F. Chen, Daniel J. Sexton, Sarah S. Lewis, and Deverick J. Anderson. “Postoperative infection in spine surgery: does the month matter?” J Neurosurg Spine 23, no. 1 (July 2015): 128–34. https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.10.SPINE14559.
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    • Dicks, Kristen V., Arthur W. Baker, Michael J. Durkin, Sarah S. Lewis, Rebekah W. Moehring, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton, and Luke F. Chen. “The potential impact of excluding funguria from the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 36, no. 4 (April 2015): 467–69. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2014.72.
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    • Lewis, Sarah S., Kristen V. Dicks, Luke F. Chen, Michael P. Bolognesi, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton, and Rebekah W. Moehring. “Delay in diagnosis of invasive surgical site infections following knee arthroplasty versus hip arthroplasty.” Clin Infect Dis 60, no. 7 (April 1, 2015): 990–96. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu975.
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    • Durkin, Michael J., Arthur W. Baker, Kristen V. Dicks, Sarah S. Lewis, Luke F. Chen, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton, and Rebekah W. Moehring. “A comparison between National Healthcare Safety Network laboratory-identified event reporting versus traditional surveillance for Clostridium difficile infection.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 36, no. 2 (February 2015): 125–31. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2014.42.
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    • Lewis, Sarah S., Vanessa J. Walker, Mi Suk Lee, Luke Chen, Rebekah W. Moehring, Christopher E. Cox, Daniel J. Sexton, and Deverick J. Anderson. “Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia in community hospitals.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 35, no. 12 (December 2014): 1452–57. https://doi.org/10.1086/678594.
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    • Baker, Arthur W., Michael J. Durkin, Kristen V. Dicks, Sarah S. Lewis, Rebekah W. Moehring, Luke F. Chen, Daniel J. Sexton, and Deverick J. Anderson. “Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection surveillance: National Healthcare Safety Network's laboratory-identified event reporting versus traditional laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection surveillance.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 35, no. 10 (October 2014): 1286–89. https://doi.org/10.1086/678071.
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    • Lewis, Sarah S., Gary M. Cox, and Jason E. Stout. “Clinical utility of indium 111-labeled white blood cell scintigraphy for evaluation of suspected infection.” Open Forum Infect Dis 1, no. 2 (September 2014): ofu089. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofu089.
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    • Thaden, Joshua T., Sarah S. Lewis, Kevin C. Hazen, Kirk Huslage, Vance G. Fowler, Rebekah W. Moehring, Luke F. Chen, et al. “Rising rates of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae in community hospitals: a mixed-methods review of epidemiology and microbiology practices in a network of community hospitals in the southeastern United States.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 35, no. 8 (August 2014): 978–83. https://doi.org/10.1086/677157.
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    • Dicks, Kristen V., Sarah S. Lewis, Michael J. Durkin, Arthur W. Baker, Rebekah W. Moehring, Luke F. Chen, Daniel J. Sexton, and Deverick J. Anderson. “Surveying the surveillance: surgical site infections excluded by the January 2013 updated surveillance definitions.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 35, no. 5 (May 2014): 570–73. https://doi.org/10.1086/675837.
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    • Moehring, Rebekah W., Sarah S. Lewis, Pamela J. Isaacs, Wiley A. Schell, Wayne R. Thomann, Mary M. Althaus, Kevin C. Hazen, et al. “Outbreak of bacteremia due to Burkholderia contaminans linked to intravenous fentanyl from an institutional compounding pharmacy.” Jama Intern Med 174, no. 4 (April 2014): 606–12. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13768.
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    • Lewis, Sarah S., Rebekah W. Moehring, Luke F. Chen, Daniel J. Sexton, and Deverick J. Anderson. “Assessing the relative burden of hospital-acquired infections in a network of community hospitals.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 34, no. 11 (November 2013): 1229–30. https://doi.org/10.1086/673443.
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    • Lewis, Sarah S., Lauren P. Knelson, Rebekah W. Moehring, Luke F. Chen, Daniel J. Sexton, and Deverick J. Anderson. “Comparison of non-intensive care unit (ICU) versus ICU rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in community hospitals.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 34, no. 7 (July 2013): 744–47. https://doi.org/10.1086/671000.
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    • Lewis, Sarah S., Rebekah W. Moehring, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton, and Luke F. Chen. “Increasing rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in academic hospitals: a result of active surveillance?” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 34, no. 1 (January 2013): 105–6. https://doi.org/10.1086/668797.
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    • Lewis, Sarah S., and Daniel J. Sexton. “Metastatic complications of bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients.” Semin Dial 26, no. 1 (January 2013): 47–53. https://doi.org/10.1111/sdi.12031.
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    • Lewis, Sarah S., and Deverick J. Anderson. “Treatment of Clostridium difficile infection: recent trial results.” Clin Investig (Lond) 3, no. 9 (2013): 875–86. https://doi.org/10.4155/cli.13.72.
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