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Daniel John Sexton

Daniel John Sexton

Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases
sexto002@mc.duke.edu
Duke Box 102359, Durham, NC 27710
Hanes House--Trent Drive, Room 164, 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 Work 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 Work 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 Work 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