Associate Professor, Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Infectious Disease
Dr. Curtis J. Donskey, MD
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Curtis Donskey practices Infectious Disease. He went to medical school at Medical College of Wisconsin. Medical College of Wisconsin is ranked 54 in research and 62 in primary care medicine Curtis J. Donskey is a published physician as well. He has 101 publications published. The latest was: Response to Prior and Fitzpatrick.
Publications
- Transmission of SARS and MERS coronaviruses and influenza virus in healthcare settings: the possible role of dry surface contamination.
- A Novel, Sporicidal Formulation of Ethanol for Glove Decontamination to Prevent Clostridium difficile Hand Contamination During Glove Removal.
- Response to Prior and Fitzpatrick.
- A Cumulative Spore Killing Approach: Synergistic Sporicidal Activity of Dilute Peracetic Acid and Ethanol at Low pH Against Clostridium difficile and Bacillus subtilis...
- Intestinal Carriage of Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms: Current Status of Surveillance Methods.
- Skin and Environmental Contamination in Patients Diagnosed With Clostridium difficile Infection but Not Meeting Clinical Criteria for Testing.
- Perception vs Reality: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage Among Healthcare Workers at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
- The Ebola Disinfection Booth: Evaluation of an Enclosed Ultraviolet Light Booth for Disinfection of Contaminated Personal Protective Equipment Prior to Removal.
- Tigecycline exhibits inhibitory activity against Clostridium difficile in the intestinal tract of hospitalised patients.
- Risk Factors for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
- Colonization versus carriage of Clostridium difficile.
- Clostridium difficile in the Long-Term Care Facility: Prevention and Management.
- Evaluation of a pulsed xenon ultraviolet disinfection system for reduction of healthcare-associated pathogens in hospital rooms.
- Efficacy of alcohol gel for removal of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from hands of colonized patients.
- Accuracy of loop-mediated isothermal amplification for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection: a systematic review.
- Comparison of hand hygiene monitoring using the 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene method versus a wash in-wash out method.
- Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients with Cystic Fibrosis.
- Evaluation of a sporicidal peracetic acid/hydrogen peroxide-based daily disinfectant cleaner.
- A Sensitive and Selective Culture Medium for Detection of Environmental Clostridium difficile without the Requirement for Anaerobic Culture Conditions.
- Infections caused by fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli following transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy of the prostate.
- Strategies to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update.
- Gastrointestinal Colonization With a Cephalosporinase-Producing Bacteroides Species Preserves Colonization Resistance Against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus and Clo...
- Pseudo-outbreak of Klebsiella oxytoca spontaneous bacterial peritonitis attributed to contamination of multidose vials of culture medium supplement.
- More cleaning, less screening: evaluation of the time required for monitoring versus performing environmental cleaning.
- A randomized trial of soap and water hand wash versus alcohol hand rub for removal of Clostridium difficile spores from hands of patients.
- Efficacy of dilute hypochlorite solutions and an electrochemically activated saline solution containing hypochlorous acid for disinfection of methicillin-resistant Sta...
- A Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) stewardship initiative improves adherence to practice guidelines for management of CDI.
- Utility of a Commercial Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay and a Clinical Prediction Rule for Detection of Asymptomatic Carriers of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile.
- Does Organic Material on Hospital Surfaces Reduce the Effectiveness of Hypochlorite and UV Radiation for Disinfection of Clostridium difficile?
- Evaluation of a commercial real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of environmental contamination with Clostridium difficile.
- Modification of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Based on Rectal Culture Results to Prevent Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Escherichia coli Infections after Prostate Biopsy.
- Utility of an Adenosine Triphosphate Bioluminescence Assay to Evaluate Disinfection of Clostridium difficile Isolation Rooms.
- Comparison of Perirectal versus Rectal Swabs for Detection of Asymptomatic Carriers of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile.
- Asymptomatic carriage of toxigenic Clostridium difficile by hospitalized patients.
- Does improving surface cleaning and disinfection reduce health care-associated infections?
- Easily Modified Factors Contribute to Delays in Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection: A Cohort Study and Intervention.
- Appropriateness of Empiric Therapy in Patients with Suspected Clostridium Difficile Infection.
- Effectiveness of an electrochemically activated saline solution for disinfection of hospital equipment.
- Beyond the Hawthorne Effect: Reduction of Clostridium difficile Environmental Contamination through Active Intervention to Improve Cleaning Practices.
- An Environmental Disinfection Odyssey: Evaluation of Sequential Interventions to Improve Disinfection of Clostridium difficile Isolation Rooms.
- Community-associated Clostridium difficile infection and antibiotics: a meta-analysis.
- Specialty Care Delivery: Bringing Infectious Disease Expertise to the Residents of a Veterans Affairs Long-Term Care Facility.
- Transfer of Clostridium difficile Spores by Nonsporicidal Wipes and Improperly Used Hypochlorite Wipes: Practice + Product = Perfection.
- Clostridium difficile Infection in the Hospitalized Pediatric Population: Increasing Trend in Disease Incidence.
- Potential for Transmission of Spores by Patients Awaiting Laboratory Testing to Confirm Suspected Clostridium difficile Infection.
- Outbreak of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Escherichia coli Infections after Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy of the Prostate.
- Another setting for stewardship: high rate of unnecessary antimicrobial use in a veterans affairs long-term care facility.
- Activate to Eradicate: Inhibition of Clostridium difficile Spore Outgrowth by the Synergistic Effects of Osmotic Activation and Nisin.
- Utility of perirectal swab specimens for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection.
- Effective Antimicrobial Stewardship in a Long-Term Care Facility through an Infectious Disease Consultation Service: Keeping a LID on Antibiotic Use.
- Reduced Acquisition and Overgrowth of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and Candida Species in Patients Treated With Fidaxomicin Versus Vancomycin for Clostridium diffi...
- Potential for transmission of Clostridium difficile by asymptomatic acute care patients and long-term care facility residents with prior C. difficile infection.
- Environmental Decontamination with Ultraviolet Radiation to Prevent Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection in 2 Roommates in a Long-Term Care Facility.
- High proportion of false-positive Clostridium difficile enzyme immunoassays for toxin A and B in pediatric patients.
- Evaluation of Stethoscopes as Vectors of Clostridium difficile and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
- Acquisition of spores on gloved hands after contact with the skin of patients with Clostridium difficile infection and with environmental surfaces in their rooms.
- Clinical and Infection Control Implications of Clostridium difficile Infection With Negative Enzyme Immunoassay for Toxin.
- Unnecessary Use of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics in Hospitalized Patients.
- Clostridium difficile Infection in a Department of Veterans Affairs long-term care facility.
- Effect of Ceftobiprole Treatment on Growth of and Toxin Production by Clostridium difficile in Cecal Contents of Mice.
- Effect of Antibiotic Treatment on Establishment and Elimination of Intestinal Colonization with KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Mice.
- Tigecycline exhibits inhibitory activity against Clostridium difficile in the colon of mice and does not promote growth or toxin production.
- Survey of Patients' Knowledge and Opinions regarding the Use of Indwelling Urinary Catheters.
- Effectiveness of Routine Patient Bathing to Decrease the Burden of Spores on the Skin of Patients with Clostridium difficile Infection.
- Contamination of Hands with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus after Contact with Environmental Surfaces and after Contact with the Skin of Colonized Patients.
- Occurrence of skin and environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus before results of polymerase chain reaction at hospital admission b...
- Preventing transmission of Clostridium difficile: is the answer blowing in the wind?
- Multihospital outbreak of Clostridium difficile infection, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
- Evaluation of an alcohol-based power sanitizing system for decontamination of hospital rooms of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage.
- Antibiotic resistance determinants in Acinetobacter spp and clinical outcomes in patients from a major military treatment facility.
- Persistence of skin contamination and environmental shedding of Clostridium difficile during and after treatment of C. difficile infection.
- Triggering germination represents a novel strategy to enhance killing of Clostridium difficile spores.
- Examination of potential mechanisms to explain the association between proton pump inhibitors and Clostridium difficile infection.
- Is the use of low-pressure pulsatile lavage for pressure ulcer management associated with environmental contamination with Acinetobacter baumannii?
- A pilot study to assess frequency of carriage and routes of acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus by healthy infants.
- P1A recombinant beta-lactamase prevents emergence of antimicrobial resistance in gut microflora of healthy subjects during intravenous administration of ampicillin.
- Skin and environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among carriers identified clinically versus through active surveillance.
- Evaluation of patient participation in a patient empowerment initiative to improve hand hygiene practices in a Veterans Affairs medical center.
- Effective and reduced-cost modified selective medium for isolation of Clostridium difficile.
- What is on that keyboard? Detecting hidden environmental reservoirs of Clostridium difficile during an outbreak associated with North American pulsed-field gel electro...
- Images in clinical medicine. The hands give it away.
- Skin and environmental contamination with vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in patients receiving oral metronidazole or oral vancomycin treatment for Clostridium diffic...
- Contamination of hospital curtains with healthcare-associated pathogens.
- Emergence and acquisition of fluoroquinolone-resistant gram-negative bacilli in the intestinal tracts of mice treated with fluoroquinolone antimicrobial agents.
- Sustained reduction in inappropriate treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in a long-term care facility through an educational intervention.
- Both oral metronidazole and oral vancomycin promote persistent overgrowth of vancomycin-resistant enterococci during treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated dise...
- Comparison of clinical and microbiological response to treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease with metronidazole and vancomycin.
- Recurrent infection with epidemic Clostridium difficile in a peripartum woman whose infant was asymptomatically colonized with the same strain.
- Acquisition of rectal colonization by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus among intensive care unit patients treated with piperacillin-tazobactam versus those receiving ...
- Clostridium difficile skin contamination in patients with C. difficile-associated disease.
- Antimicrobial-associated risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection.
- Asymptomatic carriers are a potential source for transmission of epidemic and nonepidemic Clostridium difficile strains among long-term care facility residents.
- Effects of imipenem-cilastatin, ertapenem, piperacillin-tazobactam, and ceftriaxone treatments on persistence of intestinal colonization by extended-spectrum-beta-lact...
- Vegetative Clostridium difficile survives in room air on moist surfaces and in gastric contents with reduced acidity: a potential mechanism to explain the association ...
- Effect of fluoroquinolone treatment on growth of and toxin production by epidemic and nonepidemic clostridium difficile strains in the cecal contents of mice.
- Effect of carbapenem administration on establishment of intestinal colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci and Klebsiella pneumoniae in mice.
- Analysis of antibiotic resistance genes in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter sp. isolates from military and civilian patients treated at the Walter Reed Army Medical C...
- Suppression of gastric acid production by proton pump inhibitor treatment facilitates colonization of the large intestine by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. and...
- In vitro killing of nosocomial pathogens by acid and acidified nitrite.
- Antibiotic regimens and intestinal colonization with antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacilli.
Schools
Medical College of Wisconsin
Doctors Specialties
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Infectious Disease
Accepted Insurances
Education
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Case Western Reserve University - University Hospitals -
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island -
Medical College of Wisconsin
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