Arya Zandvakili (graduating 2025)
Zandvakili A, Kobayashi T, Seligman K, Parsons MG, Ford B, Bayon R, Herwaldt LA. A 58-Year-Old Male With a Chronic Sore Throat. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Sep 11;77(5):792-794. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad043. PMID: 37696670
Nirmal Muthukumarasamy (graduating 2024)
Muthukumarasamy N, Suzuki H. Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics, Treatment and Outcome of Mucormycosis during COVID-19 Pandemic in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) System. IDWeek 2023, Boston. Manuscript in development.
Andrew Simms (graduated 2024)
Simms AJ, Kobayashi T, Schwartzhoff PV, Sekar P. Prosthetic hip infection due to <i>Campylobacter jejuni</i>. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Mar 10;15(3):e248240. doi:10.1136/bcr-2021-248240. PMID: 35272991; PMCID: PMC8915350.
Michael Olthoff (graduated 2023)
Olthoff M, Kobayashi T, Parsons M, Ford B, Prasidthrathsint K, Non L, Salinas J, Diekema D and Ince D. Impact of metagenomic next-generation sequencing on clinical decision-making at an academic medical center, a retrospective study, Iowa, 2020–2022. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology, 2024; 4, e39, 1-4.
Joseph Tholany (graduated 2022)
Tholany, J, Kobayashi, T, Marra, AR, Schweizer, ML, Samuelson, RJ, Suzuki, H. Impact of infectious diseases consultation on the outcome of patients with enteroccoal bacteremia: a systemic literature review and meta-analysis. OFJD, ofac200, epublished April 12, 2022; https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac200
Matthew Smith (graduated 2022)
Smith M, Kobayashi T, Sekar P. Antibody testing to distinguish between histoplasmosis and blastomycosis. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 May 31;14(5):e243587. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-243587.
Livorsi, DJ, Nair, R, Dysangco, A, Aylward, A, Alexander, B, Smith, MW, Kouba, S, Perencevich, EN. Using audit-and-feedback to improve antimicrobial-prescribing in Emergency Departments: a multicenter quasi-experimental study in the Veterans Health Administration. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, ofab186, April 14, 2021.
Smith, M. W., Carrel, M., & Goto, M. (2023). County-level spatiotemporal distribution of fluoroquinolone-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in outpatient settings of the Veterans’ Health Administration, 2000–2017. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 44(9), 1497-1499
Carrel, M., Shi, Q., Clore, G. S., Hasegawa, S., Smith, M., Perencevich, E. N., & Goto, M. (2024). Assessing the potential for improved predictive capacity of antimicrobial resistance in outpatient Staphylococcus aureus isolates using seasonal and spatial antibiograms. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 13(1), 1-6.
Smith, M. & Herwaldt, L (2023). Nasal decolonization: What antimicrobials and antiseptics are most effective before surgery and in the ICU. American Journal of Infection Control. 51(11), A64-A71.
Smith, M., Crnich, C., Donskey, C., Evans, C. T., Evans, M., Goto, M., ... & Perencevich, E. N. (2024). Research agenda for transmission prevention within the Veterans Health Administration, 2024–2028. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1-10.
Smith, M. W., O’Shea, A. M., & Wray, C. M. (2023). Health Care and Climate Change—Telemedicine’s Role in Environmental Stewardship. JAMA network open, 6(1), e2253794-e2253794
Smith, M. W., Hernandez, L. V., Lee, P., Martinello, R. A., Singh, H., & Sherman, J. D. (2024). Single-Use vs. Reusable Duodenoscopes: How Infection Knowledge Gaps Are Driving Environmental Harm and What Can Be Done. Gastroenterology, S0016-5085
Fernando Casado Castillo (graduated 2021)
Casado-Castillo F, Kobayashi T, Sekar P, Streit J, Molano De Pena I. Prosthetic hip infection due to Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis. IDCases. 2021 May 23;25:e01170. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01170.
Kobayashi T, Trannel A, Holley SA, Alsuhaibani M, Abosi OJ, Jenn KE, Meacham H, Sheeler LL, Etienne W, Dains A, Casado F, Kukla ME, Ward E, Ford B, Edmond MB, Wellington M, Diekema DJ, Salinas JL. COVID-19 Serial Testing among Hospitalized Patients in a Midwest Tertiary Medical Center, July-September 2020. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 26:ciaa1630. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1630. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33103196
Edin Pujagic (graduated 2021)
Kobayashi, T, Bogdanic, F, Pujagic, E, Goto, M. Isolated Splenic Abscess due to Salmonella Berta in a Healthy Adult. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Apr 7;13(4). pii: e235318. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-235318
Htay Phyu (graduated 2020)
Phyu, H, Edmond, MB, Kobayashi, T. Metronidazole-Induced Encephalopathy ID Cases. 2019 Sep 7; 18:e00639 doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00639. eCollection 2019. PMID 31692663
Phyu, H, Kobayashi, T., Rastogi, P, Cho, C. Vancomycin-induced linear Immunogloblulin A bullous dermatosis. BMJ Case Reports, Dec 2019, 12(12) e233281: DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-233281 PMID 31822537
Phyu H, Kobayashi T, Ford, B, Molano, I. Splenic abscess as a rare presentation of blastomycosis. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Feb 13; 13(2). Pii: e234062. Doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-234062 PMID 32060116
Takaaki Kobayashi (graduated 2020)
Kobayashi T, Trannel A, Holley SA, Alsuhaibani M, Abosi OJ, Jenn KE, Meacham H, Sheeler LL, Etienne W, Dains A, Casado F, Kukla ME, Ward E, Ford B, Edmond MB, Wellington M, Diekema DJ, Salinas JL. COVID-19 Serial Testing among Hospitalized Patients in a Midwest Tertiary Medical Center, July-September 2020. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 26:ciaa1630. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1630. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33103196
Kobayashi T, Amram AL, Gehrs K, Diekema D, Barker J. A 52-Year-Old Man With Uveitis and Altered Mental Status. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Mar 1;72(5):873-875. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa051.PMID: 33667312
Kobayashi T, Salinas JL, Ten Eyck P, Chen B, Ando T, Inagaki K, Alsuhaibani M, Auwaerter PG, Molano I, Diekema DJ. Palliative care consultation in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Palliat Med. 2021 Apr;35(4):785-792. doi: 10.1177/0269216321999574. Epub 2021 Mar 24.PMID: 33757367
Kobayashi T, Marra AR, Schweizer ML, Ten Eyck P, Wu C, Alzunitan M, Salinas JL, Siegel M, Farmakiotis D, Auwaerter PG, Healy HS, Diekema DJ. Impact of Infectious Disease Consultation in Patients With Candidemia: A Retrospective Study, Systematic Literature Review, and Meta-analysis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 3;7(9):ofaa270. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa270. eCollection 2020 Sep.PMID: 32904995
Kobayashi T, Beck B, Miller A, Polgreen P, O'Shea AMJ, Ohl ME. Positive Predictive Values of 2 Algorithms for Identifying Patients with Intravenous Drug Use-Associated Endocarditis Using Administrative Data. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 1;7(6):ofaa201. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa201. eCollection 2020 Jun.PMID: 32607386
Kobayashi T, Jenn KE, Bowdler N, Malloy R, Holley S, Izakovic T, Kukla ME, Abosi O, Dains A, Meacham H, Diekema DJ, Edmond MB, Salinas JL. Reduction in abdominal hysterectomy surgical site infection rates after the addition of anaerobic antimicrobial prophylaxis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Dec;41(12):1469-1471. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.386. Epub 2020 Aug 28.PMID: 32856576
Kobayashi T, Meacham H, Alsuhaibani M, Holley S, Marra AR, Edmond MB, Diekema DJ, Hartley PG, Salinas JL. Occupational tuberculosis exposures and conversion rates can guide deimplementation of annual tuberculosis skin test screening. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Jan;42(1):123-124. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.205. Epub 2020 Jun 2.PMID: 32484119
Kobayashi T, Clore GS, Kukla ME, Alzunitan M, Kritzman J, Abosi O, Puig-Asensio M, Marra AR, Diekema DJ, Edmond MB, Salinas JL. Insertion site inflammation was associated with central-line-associated bloodstream infections at a tertiary-care center, 2015-2018. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Mar;42(3):348-350. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.445. Epub 2020 Oct 9.PMID: 33032671
Kobayashi T, Ford B, Fujita N, Appenheimer AB. Ocular Actinomycosis Mimicking Meningioma. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 May 19;7(6):ofaa170. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa170. eCollection 2020 Jun.PMID: 32529000
Kobayashi T, Lawler E, Samra H, Ford B, Sekar P. Prosthetic Finger Joint Infection Due to Aspergillus terreus. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 13;8(1):ofaa614. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa614. eCollection 2021 Jan.PMID: 33511236
Kobayashi T, Ando T, Streit J, Sekar P. Current Evidence on Oral Antibiotics for Infective Endocarditis: A Narrative Review. Cardiol Ther. 2019 Dec;8(2):167-177. doi: 10.1007/s40119-019-00148-4. Epub 2019 Sep 18.PMID: 31535282
Sammantha Kouba (graduated 2020)
Kouba SJ, Kobayashi T, Blount RJ, Herwaldt L. Atrial flutter as a rare manifestation of leptospirosis. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Aug 26:13(8)e237693 PMID 32847893
Kouba S, Kobayashi T, Meier J, Sekar, P. Osseous blastomycosis mimicking malignancy. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Aug 25;13(8):e237688 PMID 32843470
Livorsi, DJ, Nair, R, Dysangco, A, Aylward, A, Alexander, B, Smith, MW, Kouba, S, Perencevich, EN. Using audit-and-feedback to improve antimicrobial-prescribing in Emergency Departments: a multicenter quasi-experimental study in the Veterans Health Administration. Open Forum
Hiroyuki Suzuki (graduated 2019)
Suzuki H, Perencevich EN, Livorsi DJ, Alexander B, Beck BF, Richardson KK, Goto M. Attributable mortality due to fluoroquinolone and extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance in hospital-onset Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp bacteremia: A matched cohort study in 129 Veterans Health Administration medical centers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Aug;40(8):928-931.
Suzuki H, Perencevich EN, Alexander B, Beck BF, Goto M, Lund BC, Nair R, and Livorsi DJ. Inpatient Fluoroquinolone Stewardship Improves the Quantity and Quality of Fluoroquinolone-prescribing at Hospital Discharge: A Retrospective Analysis among 122 Veterans Health Administration Hospitals. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 22;71(5):1232-1239.
Suzuki H, Perencevich EN, Nair R, Livorsi DJ, Goto M. Excess Length of Acute Inpatient Stay Attributable to Acquisition of Hospital-Onset Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infection with and without Antibiotic Resistance: A Multistate Model Analysis. Antibiotics 2020, 9(2), 96
Suzuki H, Clore G, Perencevich EN, Hockett-Sherlock S, Goto M, Nair R, Branch-Elliman W, Richardson K, Gupta K, Beck BF, Alexander B, Balkenende E, Schweizer ML. Development of a Fully Automated Surgical Site Infection Detection Algorithm for Use in Cardiac and Orthopedic Surgery Research. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Feb 23;1-6.
Suzuki H, Perencevich EN, Goto M, Nair R, Puig-Asensio M, Ernst E, Livorsi DJ. A Comprehensive Assessment of Carbapenem Use across 90 Veterans Health Administration Hospitals with Defined Stewardship Strategies for Carbapenems. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2021 Feb 1;dkab008.