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David P. Calfee

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR  Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Overview

Gender Male
E-mail david.calfee@mountsinai.org
Education and Training M.S., University of Virginia
  M.D., West Virginia University School of Medicine
  B.A., West Virginia University
  Fellowship, University of Virginia
  Residency, University of Virginia
  Internship, University of Virginia

Training

Education and Training M.S., University of Virginia
  M.D., West Virginia University School of Medicine
  B.A., West Virginia University
  Fellowship, University of Virginia
  Residency, University of Virginia
  Internship, University of Virginia

Research

Prevention and treatment of healthcare-acquired infections, antibiotic resistance, and hospital epidemiology/infection control

Publications

Morgan DJ, Weisenberg SA, Augenbraun M, Calfee DP, Currie BP, Furuya EY, Holzman RG, Montecalvo MA, Phillips M, Polsky B, Sepkowitz K. Multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in New York City - 10 years into the epidemic. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2009; 30(2): 196-197.


Patel G, Huprikar S, Factor SH, Jenkins SG, Calfee DP. Outcomes of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infection and the impact of antimicrobial and adjunctive therapies. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008; 29(12): 1099-1106.


Calfee DP, Salgado CD, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Coffin SE, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS. Strategies to prevent transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in acute care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008; 29(S1): S62-S80.


Cohen AL, Calfee DP, Fridkin SK, Huang SS, Jernigan JA, Lautenbach E, Oriola S, Ramsey KM, Salgado SD, Weinstein RA. Recommendations for metrics for multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare settings: SHEA/HICPAC position paper. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008; 29(10): 901-913.


Calfee DP, Jenkins SG. Use of active surveillance cultures to detect asymptomatic colonization with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae among intensive care unit patients. Infection Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008; 29(10): 966-968.


Calfee DP. Clostridium difficile: A reemerging pathogen. Geriatrics 2008; 63(9): 10-14, 21.


Calfee DP, Kornblum J, Jenkins SG. A pseudo-outbreak of Bordetella bronchiseptica infections associated with contaminated rabbit blood used as a microbiology culture medium supplement. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007; 28: 758-760.


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