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Leonard A. Mermel, DO, ScM, AM (Hon), FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA is Professor of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Adjunct Clinical Professor, University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy and Medical Director of the Department of Epidemiology & Infection Control for the Lifespan Hospital System. Dr. Mermel was a Technical Expert Panel Member of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Patient Safety Monitoring System. He was 2005 President of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and 2014 SHEA Mentor Scholar Award recipient. He was 2016 recipient of The Milton W. Hamolsky Outstanding Physician Award from the Rhode Island Hospital Medical Staff Association. He was the 2021 SHEA Senior Scholarship Award recipient. He was the 2021 Rhode Island ACP Milton Hamolsky Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rhode Island Chapter of the American College of Physicians. He was past recipient of the Ralph A. Kinsella, Sr. Memorial Tribute Award from St. Louis University Hospitals, the SHEA Young Investigator Award, the Brown Medical School Department of Medicine Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Teaching, Brown Medical School Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Brown Medical School Certificate of Recognition for Exemplary Teaching. Dr. Mermel is also an elected member of Delta Omega, the Honorary Public Health Society. He has been repeatedly included as one of The Best of Rhode Island - Infectious Diseases Physician, Castle Connolly Top Doctors, Consumers’ Checkbook’s Top Doctors, US News & World Report Top Doctors, The Best Doctors in America, America’s Top Doctors, Guide to America’s Top Physicians, Marquis Top Doctors in America, America’s Most Honored Doctors, The Leading Physicians of the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Science & Engineering, and Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award. On his June 15, 2016 birthday, Dr. Mermel received a Senate Citation from the Rhode Island Senate, Certificate of Special Recognition from the Rhode Island Governor, and a Resolution was passed by the Rhode Island House of Representatives observing that day as ‘Dr. Leonard Alan Mermel Day’ in Rhode Island. Dr. Mermel is a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Guideline Development Group for the prevention of bloodstream infections and other infections associated with intravascular catheters. He has co-authored US guidelines dealing with prevention and management of intravascular catheter infections and co-authored 400 articles, textbook chapters, and abstracts dealing with infection control and infectious diseases. He is in the 2018 & 2019 Highly Cited Researchers List by Web of Science/Clarivate Analytics. In 2021, he was listed as a "World Expert” in the top 0.1% of scholars writing about bacteremia over the prior 10 years according to Expertscape. As of December 2023, his H-Index is 56, Sum of Times Cited is 29,619, and Sum of Times Cited in Patents is 906 according to Web of Science. Drs. Mermel and Classen developed the idea for the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals, a standard guidance used in the US and the basis for some National Patient Safety Goals. He is Co-Course Director of the Annual Fellows Course in Healthcare Epidemiology, Infection Prevention, and Antimicrobial Stewardship. He has lectured at the National Institutes of Health, Institute of Medicine, NASA Johnson Space Center, and internationally on infectious disease issues. His research focus has been the prevention of healthcare-associated infections.
| Mermel LA. "Association of Human Eastern Equine Encephalitis With Precipitation Levels in Massachusetts." JAMA Network Open, vol. 3, no. 1, 2020, pp. e1920261. |
| Mermel LA. "Sequential use of povidone-iodine and chlorhexidine for cutaneous antisepsis: A systematic review." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 41, no. 1, 2020, pp. 98-101. |
| Mermel LA. "Ban the handshake in winter?." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 40, no. 6, 2019, pp. 699-700. |
| Hoggard JG, Blair RD, Montero M, Moustafa MA, Newman J, Pergola PE, Saucier N, Wheeler CJ 3rd, Mermel LA, Ross JR, Beserab AD. "Clinical outcomes associated with the use of the NexSite hemodialysis catheter with new exit barrier technology: Results from a prospective, observational multi-center registry study." PLoS ONE, vol. 14, no. 10, 2019, pp. e0223285. |
| Willemsen I, Jefferson J, Mermel L, Kluytmans J. "Comparison of infection control practices in a Dutch and US hospital using the infection risk scan (IRIS) method." American journal of infection control, 2019. |
| Mermel, Leonard A. "Drawing blood cultures through intravascular catheters: Controversy and update." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 40, no. 4, 2019, pp. 457-459. |
| Mermel LA. "Drawing blood cultures through intravascular catheters: Controversy and update." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 40, no. 4, 2019, pp. 457-459. |
| Baskin KM, Mermel LA, Saad TF, Journeycake JM, Schaefer CM, Modi BP, Vrazas JI, Gore B, Drews BB, Doellman D, Kocoshis SA, Abu-Elmagd KM, Towbin RB, Venous Access: National Guideline and Registry Development (VANGUARD) Initiative Affected Persons Advisory Panel. "Evidence-Based Strategies and Recommendations for Preservation of Central Venous Access in Children." Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, vol. 43, no. 5, 2019, pp. 591-614. |
| Weiss ZF, Cunha CB, Chambers AB, Carr AV, Rochat C, Raglow-Defranco M, Parente DM, Angus A, Mermel LA, Sivaprasad L, Chapin K. "Opportunities Revealed for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Clinical Practice with Implementation of a Rapid Respiratory Multiplex Assay." Journal of clinical microbiology, vol. 57, no. 10, 2019. |
| Mermel LA. "Possible Fatal Ciguatera Fish Poisoning?." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 102, no. 7, 2019, pp. 56. |
| Mermel LA, Jefferson JA, Smit MA, Auld DB. "Prevention of hospital-acquired respiratory viral infections: Assessment of a multimodal intervention program." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 40, no. 3, 2019, pp. 362-364. |
| Choe YJ, Smit MA, Mermel LA. "Seasonality of respiratory viruses and bacterial pathogens." Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, vol. 8, 2019, pp. 125. |
| Mermel, Leonard A. "Sequential use of povidone-iodine and chlorhexidine for cutaneous antisepsis: A systematic review." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 41, no. 1, 2019, pp. 98-101. |
| de Grooth HJ, Timsit JF, Mermel L, Mimoz O, Buetti N, du Cheyron D, Oudemans-van Straaten HM, Parienti JJ, 3SITES, CLEAN and DRESSING groups. "Validity of surrogate endpoints assessing central venous catheter-related infection: evidence from individual- and study-level analyses." Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2019. |
| Timsit JF, Rupp M, Bouza E, Chopra V, Kärpänen T, Laupland K, Lisboa T, Mermel L, Mimoz O, Parienti JJ, Poulakou G, Souweine B, Zingg W. "A state of the art review on optimal practices to prevent, recognize, and manage complications associated with intravascular devices in the critically ill." Intensive care medicine, 2018. |
| Appaneal HJ, Caffrey AR, Jiang L, Dosa D, Mermel LA, LaPlante KL. "Antibiotic resistance rates for Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical respiratory and bloodstream isolates among the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System from 2009 to 2013." Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, vol. 90, no. 4, 2018, pp. 311-315. |
| Bhatt S, Mehta P, Chen C, Daines DA, Mermel LA, Chen HL, Kong MG. "Antimicrobial Efficacy and Safety of a Novel Gas Plasma-Activated Catheter Lock Solution." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2018. |
| Yousaf A, Baird GL, Mermel L. "Association of Infectious Disease Consultation with Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia at Low Risk for Endocarditis." Open Forum Infectious Diseases, vol. 5, no. 7, 2018, pp. ofy142. |
| Patel KM, Johnson JE, Reece R, Mermel LA. "Babesiosis-associated Splenic Rupture: Case Series From a Hyperendemic Region." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 69, no. 7, 2018, pp. 1212-1217. |
| Baskin KM, Durack JC, Abu-Elmagd K, Doellman D, Drews BB, Journeycake JM, Kocoshis SA, McLennan G, Rupp SM, Towbin RB, Wasse H, Mermel LA, Toomay SM, Camillus JC, Ahrar K, White SB. "Chronic Central Venous Access: From Research Consensus Panel to National Multistakeholder Initiative." Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, vol. 29, no. 4, 2018, pp. 461-469. |
| Mermel LA. "Eye protection for preventing transmission of respiratory viral infections to healthcare workers." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 39, no. 11, 2018, pp. 1387. |
| Chow EJ, Mermel LA. "More Than a Cold: Hospital-Acquired Respiratory Viral Infections, Sick Leave Policy, and A Need for Culture Change." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2018, pp. 1-2. |
| Levinson AT, Chapin KC, LeBlanc L, Mermel LA. "Peripheral arterial catheter colonization in cardiac surgical patients." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 39, no. 8, 2018, pp. 1008-1009. |
| Allon M, Brouwer-Maier DJ, Abreo K, Baskin KM, Bregel K, Chand DH, Easom AM, Mermel L, Mokrzycki MH, Patel PR, Roy-Chaudhury P, Shenoy S, Valentini RP, Wasse H. "Recommended Clinical Trial End Points for Dialysis Catheters." Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, vol. 13, no. 3, 2018, pp. 495-500. |
| Mermel LA. "The great influenza centennial-what have we learned about the epidemiology and prevention of transmission?." Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2018. |
| Alexandrou E, Ray-Barruel G, Carr PJ, Frost SA, Inwood S, Higgins N, Lin F, Alberto L, Mermel L, Rickard CM, OMG Study Group. "Use of Short Peripheral Intravenous Catheters: Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes Worldwide." Journal of Hospital Medicine, vol. 13, no. 5, 2018. |
| Chow EJ, Smit MA, Mermel LA. "Visitor screening and staff sick leave policies in US hospitals." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2018, pp. 1-3. |
| Morrill, Haley J., Morton, Jacob B., Caffrey, Aisling R., Jiang, Lan, Dosa, David, Mermel, Leonard A., LaPlante, Kerry L. "Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli Urinary Isolates in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, vol. 61, no. 5, 2017, pp. e02236-16. |
| Morrill HJ, Morton JB, Caffrey AR, Jiang L, Dosa D, Mermel LA, LaPlante KL. "Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli Urinary Isolates in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, vol. 61, no. 5, 2017. |
| Doberstein C, Noor A, Choi D, Smith J, Groh D, Mermel L, Doberstein C. "Cerebral Epidural Abscess Secondary to Blastomyces Masquerading as an Epidermoid Tumor." Open Forum Infectious Diseases, vol. 4, no. 3, 2017, pp. ofx112. |
| Luther MK, Mermel LA, LaPlante KL. "Comparison of linezolid and vancomycin lock solutions with and without heparin against biofilm-producing bacteria." American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy, vol. 74, no. 9, 2017, pp. e193-e201. |
| Jefferson, Julie, Mermel, Leonard A. "Coordination of Infection Control Activities at the Healthcare System Level: Survey Results." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 39, no. 01, 2017, pp. 121-122. |
| Mermel LA. "Do Patients Get Whacked When Hospitals Get HACed?." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 38, no. 2, 2017, pp. 249-250. |
| Smit, Michael A., Rasinski, Kenneth A., Braun, Barbara I., Kusek, Linda L., Milstone, Aaron M., Morgan, Daniel J., Mermel, Leonard A. "Ebola Preparedness Resources for Acute-Care Hospitals in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study of Costs, Benefits, and Challenges." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 38, no. 04, 2017, pp. 405-410. |
| Chow EJ, Mermel LA. "Hospital-Acquired Respiratory Viral Infections: Incidence, Morbidity, and Mortality in Pediatric and Adult Patients." Open Forum Infectious Diseases, vol. 4, no. 1, 2017, pp. ofx006. |
| Mermel LA. "My Mentor." WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin, vol. 116, no. 5, 2017, pp. 189. |
| Harris D, Cooper E, Vanner C, Mermel L. "Respiratory viral testing in laboratories serving acute care hospitals in Rhode Island." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 100, no. 9, 2017, pp. 29-30. |
| Mermel LA. "Short-term Peripheral Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections: A Systematic Review." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 65, no. 10, 2017, pp. 1757-1762. |
| Morrill HJ, Mermel LA, Baier RR, Alexander-Scott N, Dosa D, Kavoosifar S, Reece R, LaPlante KL. "Antimicrobial Stewardship in Rhode Island Long-Term Care Facilities: Current Standings and Future Opportunities." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 37, no. 8, 2016, pp. 979-82. |
| Pages J, Hazera P, Mégarbane B, du Cheyron D, Thuong M, Dutheil JJ, Valette X, Fournel F, Mermel LA, Mira JP, Daubin C, Parienti JJ, 3SITES Study Group. "Comparison of alcoholic chlorhexidine and povidone-iodine cutaneous antiseptics for the prevention of central venous catheter-related infection: a cohort and quasi-experimental multicenter study." Intensive care medicine, vol. 42, no. 9, 2016, pp. 1418-26. |
| Luther, M. K., Mermel, L. A., LaPlante, K. L. "Comparison of telavancin and vancomycin lock solutions in eradication of biofilm-producing staphylococci and enterococci from central venous catheters." American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy, vol. 73, no. 5, 2016, pp. 315-321. |
| Parienti JJ, du Cheyron D, Mermel LA, 3SITES Study Group. "Complications of Central Venous Catheterization." New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 374, no. 15, 2016, pp. 1491-2. |
| Ward, N. S., Hughes, B. L., Mermel, L. A. "Enterovirus D68 Infection in an Adult." American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, vol. 25, no. 2, 2016, pp. 178-180. |
| Cunha, Cheston B., Kassakian, Steven Z., Chan, Ryan, Tenover, Fred C., Ziakas, Panos, Chapin, Kimberle C., Mermel, Leonard A. "Screening of nursing home residents for colonization with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae admitted to acute care hospitals: Incidence and risk factors." American journal of infection control, vol. 44, no. 2, 2016, pp. 126-130. |
| Angione, Stephanie L., Leung, Joshua W., Croote, Derek, Tripathi, Anubhav, Mermel, Leonard A. "Single fluorophore melting curve analysis for detection of hypervirulent Clostridium difficile." Journal of Medical Microbiology, vol. 65, no. 1, 2016, pp. 62-70. |
| Alang N, Glavis-Bloom J, Alexander-Scott N, Mermel LA, Mileno MD. "Surveillance of Travel-Related Mosquito-borne Illness in Rhode Island." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 99, no. 7, 2016, pp. 22-3. |
| Hudepohl NJ, Cunha CB, Mermel LA. "Antibiotic Prescribing for Urinary Tract Infections in the Emergency Department Based on Local Antibiotic Resistance Patterns: Implications for Antimicrobial Stewardship." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 37, no. 3, 2015, pp. 359-360. |
| Cohen DM, Carino GP, Heffernan DS, Lueckel SN, Mazer J, Skierkowski D, Machan JT, Mermel LA, Levinson AT. "Arterial Catheter Use in the ICU: A National Survey of Antiseptic Technique and Perceived Infectious Risk." Critical care medicine, vol. 43, no. 11, 2015, pp. 2346-53. |
| Mermel LA. "Effectiveness of Minocycline/Rifampin vs Chlorhexidine/Silver Sulfadiazine-Impregnated Central Venous Catheters." Journal of the American College of Surgeons, vol. 221, no. 4, 2015, pp. 891-2. |
| Ravishankar S, Chapin K, Alexander-Scott N, Wills H, Merritt C, Jacobson M, Kleris R, Alhinai Z, Sediva I, Muratore C, Mermel L, Mangray S. "Enterovirus D68 and Panton-Valentine Leukocidin positive Staphylococcus aureus respiratory co-infection with fatal outcome." Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, vol. 19, no. 1, 2015, pp. 80-5. |
| Luther MK, Bilida S, Mermel LA, LaPlante KL. "Ethanol and Isopropyl Alcohol Exposure Increases Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis." Infectious diseases and therapy, vol. 4, no. 2, 2015, pp. 219-26. |
| Mermel, Leonard A. "Influenza Fever Restrictions for Healthcare Workers and Pandemic Planning: Time for Reappraisal." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 36, no. 10, 2015, pp. 1248. |
| Mermel, Leonard A., Parienti, Jean-Jacques. "Insertion Site for Central Venous Catheters." JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 175, no. 5, 2015, pp. 861. |
| Alexandrou, Evan, Ray-Barruel, Gillian, Carr, Peter J., Frost, Steven, Inwood, Sheila, Higgins, Niall, Lin, Frances, Alberto, Laura, Mermel, Leonard, Rickard, Claire M. "International prevalence of the use of peripheral intravenous catheters." Journal of Hospital Medicine, vol. 10, no. 8, 2015, pp. 530-533. |
| Parienti JJ, Mongardon N, Mégarbane B, Mira JP, Kalfon P, Gros A, Marqué S, Thuong M, Pottier V, Ramakers M, Savary B, Seguin A, Valette X, Terzi N, Sauneuf B, Cattoir V, Mermel LA, du Cheyron D, 3SITES Study Group. "Intravascular Complications of Central Venous Catheterization by Insertion Site." New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 373, no. 13, 2015, pp. 1220-9. |
| Parienti J-J, Mongardon N, Mégarbane B, Mira J-P, Kalfon P, Gros A, Marqué S, Thuong M, Pottier V, Ramakers M, Savary B, Seguin A, Valette X, Terzi N, Sauneuf B, Cattoir V, Mermel LA, du Cheyron D, for the 3SITES study Group. "Intravascular complications of central venous catheterization by insertion site." N Engl J Med, 2015. |
| Dai J, Leone A, Mermel L, Hwang K, Pareek G, Schiff S, Golijanin D, Renzulli JF 2nd. "Rectal swab culture-directed antimicrobial prophylaxis for prostate biopsy and risk of postprocedure infection: a cohort study." Urology, vol. 85, no. 1, 2015, pp. 8-14. |
| Classen, David C., Mermel, Leonard A. "Specialty Society Clinical Practice Guidelines." JAMA, vol. 314, no. 9, 2015, pp. 871. |
| Mermel, Leonard A. "The human–microbe metaorganism, evolution and extraterrestrial colonization." Future Microbiology, vol. 10, no. 8, 2015, pp. 1269-1270. |
| Mermel, Leonard. "Virulence profile: Leonard Mermel." Virulence, vol. 6, no. 6, 2015, pp. 658-660. |
| Yokoe DS, Anderson DJ, Berenholtz SM, Calfee DP, Dubberke ER, Ellingson KD, Gerding DN, Haas JP, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle LE, Salgado CD, Bryant K, Classen D, Crist K, Deloney VM, Fishman NO, Foster N, Goldmann DA, Humphreys E, Jernigan JA, Padberg J, Perl TM, Podgorny K, Septimus EJ, VanAmringe M, Weaver T, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Maragakis LL, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). "A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 updates." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 35, no. 8, 2014, pp. 967-77. |
| Yokoe DS, Anderson DJ, Berenholtz SM, Calfee DP, Dubberke ER, Ellingson KD, Gerding DN, Haas JP, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle LE, Salgado CD, Bryant K, Classen D, Crist K, Deloney VM, Fishman NO, Foster N, Goldmann DA, Humphreys E, Jernigan JA, Padberg J, Perl TM, Podgorny K, Septimus EJ, VanAmringe M, Weaver T, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Maragakis LL. "A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Updates." American journal of infection control, vol. 42, no. 8, 2014, pp. 820-8. |
| Yokoe DS, Anderson DJ, Berenholtz SM, Calfee DP, Dubberke ER, Ellingson KD, Gerding DN, Haas JP, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle LE, Salgado CD, Bryant K, Classen D, Crist K, Deloney VM, Fishman NO, Foster N, Goldmann DA, Humphreys E, Jernigan JA, Padberg J, Perl TM, Podgorny K, Septimus EJ, VanAmringe M, Weaver T, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Maragakis LL. "A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 updates." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 35 Suppl 2, 2014, pp. S21-31. |
| Angione SL, Sarma AA, Novikov A, Seward L, Fieber JH, Mermel LA, Tripathi A. "A novel subtyping assay for detection of Clostridium difficile virulence genes." The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD, vol. 16, no. 2, 2014, pp. 244-52. |
| Mermel, L. A., Alang, N. "Adverse effects associated with ethanol catheter lock solutions: a systematic review." Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol. 69, no. 10, 2014, pp. 2611-2619. |
| Zacharioudakis, I. M., Zervou, F. N., Arvanitis, M., Ziakas, P. D., Mermel, L. A., Mylonakis, E. "Antimicrobial Lock Solutions as a Method to Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 59, no. 12, 2014, pp. 1741-1749. |
| Mermel, L. A. "Catheter Tip Cultures: Are They Really Relegated to the Archives of Historical Medical Interest?." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 60, no. 6, 2014, pp. 975-975. |
| Kassakian SZ, Mermel LA. "Changing epidemiology of infections due to extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing bacteria." Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, vol. 3, no. 1, 2014, pp. 9. |
| Luther, M. K., Mermel, L. A., LaPlante, K. L. "Comparison of ML8-X10 (a prototype oil-in-water micro-emulsion based on a novel free fatty acid), taurolidine/citrate/heparin and vancomycin/heparin antimicrobial lock solutions in the eradication of biofilm-producing staphylococci from central venous catheters." Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol. 69, no. 12, 2014, pp. 3263-3267. |
| Mermel LA. "Diverse sources of C. difficile infection." New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 370, no. 2, 2014, pp. 182-3. |
| Fisman, David, Patrozou, Eleni, Carmeli, Yehuda, Perencevich, Eli, Tuite, Ashleigh R., Mermel, Leonard A. "Geographical Variability in the Likelihood of Bloodstream Infections Due to Gram-Negative Bacteria: Correlation with Proximity to the Equator and Health Care Expenditure." PLoS ONE, vol. 9, no. 12, 2014, pp. e114548. |
| Mermel, Leonard A. "Infection Control and Prevention Programs in Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems in the Time of Ebola and Enterovirus D68: The Challenge Before Us." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 36, no. 02, 2014, pp. 239. |
| Cohen D, Levinson A, Mazer J, Lueckel S, Carino G, Mermel L. "Insertion and use of arterial catheters: a survey of clinician antiseptic technique." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 97, no. 8, 2014, pp. 24-7. |
| Mermel, L. A., Bert, A., Chapin, K. C., LeBlanc, L. "Intraoperative Stopcock and Manifold Colonization of Newly Inserted Peripheral Intravenous Catheters." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 35, no. 9, 2014, pp. 1187-1189. |
| Jiang Y, Baier R, Morphis B, Mermel L, Viner-Brown S. "Rhode Island Clostridium difficile infection trends and laboratory ID events ranking." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 97, no. 6, 2014, pp. 60-3. |
| Marschall J, Mermel LA, Fakih M, Hadaway L, Kallen A, O'Grady NP, Pettis AM, Rupp ME, Sandora T, Maragakis LL, Yokoe DS. "Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 35 Suppl 2, 2014, pp. S89-107. |
| Marschall J, Mermel LA, Fakih M, Hadaway L, Kallen A, O'Grady NP, Pettis AM, Rupp ME, Sandora T, Maragakis LL, Yokoe DS, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. "Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 35, no. 7, 2014, pp. 753-71. |
| Mermel LA. "What is the evidence for intraluminal colonization of hemodialysis catheters?." Kidney International, vol. 86, no. 1, 2014, pp. 28-33. |
| Echenique IA, Chan PA, Chapin KC, Andrea SB, Fava JL, Mermel LA. "Clinical characteristics and outcomes in hospitalized patients with respiratory viral co-infection during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic." PLoS ONE, vol. 8, no. 4, 2013, pp. e60845. |
| Baier R, Morphis B, Marsella M, Mermel LA. "Clostridium difficile surveillance: a multicenter comparison of LabID events and use of standard definitions." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 34, no. 6, 2013, pp. 653-5. |
| Kowitt B, Jefferson J, Mermel LA. "Factors associated with hand hygiene compliance at a tertiary care teaching hospital." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 34, no. 11, 2013, pp. 1146-52. |
| Mermel LA. "Infection prevention and control during prolonged human space travel." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 56, no. 1, 2013, pp. 123-30. |
| Gordon LB, Waxman MJ, Ragsdale L, Mermel LA. "Overtreatment of presumed urinary tract infection in older women presenting to the emergency department." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 61, no. 5, 2013, pp. 788-92. |
| Mermel LA, Jefferson J, Blanchard K, Parenteau S, Mathis B, Chapin K, Machan JT. "Reducing Clostridium difficile incidence, colectomies, and mortality in the hospital setting: a successful multidisciplinary approach." The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, vol. 39, no. 7, 2013, pp. 298-305. |
| Karlik JB, Duron V, Mermel LA, Mazzaglia P. "Severe group a streptococcus surgical site infection after thyroid lobectomy." Surgical infections, vol. 14, no. 2, 2013, pp. 216-20. |
| Mermel L. "Testing, testing, testing--when will the madness stop?." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 96, no. 2, 2013, pp. 12. |
| LaPlante KL, Woodmansee S, Mermel LA. "Compatibility and stability of telavancin and vancomycin in heparin or sodium citrate lock solutions." American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy, vol. 69, no. 16, 2012, pp. 1405-9. |
| Novikov A, Lam MY, Mermel LA, Casey AL, Elliott TS, Nightingale P. "Impact of catheter antimicrobial coating on species-specific risk of catheter colonization: a meta-analysis." Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, vol. 1, no. 1, 2012, pp. 40. |
| Parienti JJ, du Cheyron D, Timsit JF, Traoré O, Kalfon P, Mimoz O, Mermel LA. "Meta-analysis of subclavian insertion and nontunneled central venous catheter-associated infection risk reduction in critically ill adults." Critical care medicine, vol. 40, no. 5, 2012, pp. 1627-34. |
| Mills J, Chapin K, Andrea S, Furtado G, Mermel L. "Community and nursing home residents with carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 32, no. 6, 2011, pp. 629-31. |
| Tomlinson D, Mermel LA, Ethier MC, Matlow A, Gillmeister B, Sung L. "Defining bloodstream infections related to central venous catheters in patients with cancer: a systematic review." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 53, no. 7, 2011, pp. 697-710. |
| Chan PA, Mermel LA, Andrea SB, McCulloh R, Mills JP, Echenique I, Leveen E, Rybak N, Cunha C, Machan JT, Healey TT, Chapin KC. "Distinguishing characteristics between pandemic 2009-2010 influenza A (H1N1) and other viruses in patients hospitalized with respiratory illness." PLoS ONE, vol. 6, no. 9, 2011, pp. e24734. |
| O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Burns LA, Dellinger EP, Garland J, Heard SO, Lipsett PA, Masur H, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph AG, Rupp ME, Saint S, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. "Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections." American journal of infection control, vol. 39, no. 4 Suppl 1, 2011, pp. S1-34. |
| O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Burns LA, Dellinger EP, Garland J, Heard SO, Lipsett PA, Masur H, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph AG, Rupp ME, Saint S, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). "Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 52, no. 9, 2011, pp. e162-93. |
| Hollenbeck B, Dupont I, Mermel LA. "How often is a work-up for Legionella pursued in patients with pneumonia? a retrospective study." BMC infectious diseases, vol. 11, 2011, pp. 237. |
| Kassakian SZ, Mermel LA, Jefferson JA, Parenteau SL, Machan JT. "Impact of chlorhexidine bathing on hospital-acquired infections among general medical patients." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 32, no. 3, 2011, pp. 238-43. |
| Mermel LA, Cartony JM, Covington P, Maxey G, Morse D. "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization at different body sites: a prospective, quantitative analysis." Journal of clinical microbiology, vol. 49, no. 3, 2011, pp. 1119-21. |
| Trinh TT, Chan PA, Edwards O, Hollenbeck B, Huang B, Burdick N, Jefferson JA, Mermel LA. "Peripheral venous catheter-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 32, no. 6, 2011, pp. 579-83. |
| Mermel LA, Machan JT, Parenteau S. "Seasonality of MRSA infections." PLoS ONE, vol. 6, no. 3, 2011, pp. e17925. |
| O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Burns LA, Dellinger EP, Garland J, Heard SO, Lipsett PA, Masur H, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph AG, Rupp ME, Saint S, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) (Appendix 1). "Summary of recommendations: Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 52, no. 9, 2011, pp. 1087-99. |
| Mermel LA. "What is the predominant source of intravascular catheter infections?." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 52, no. 2, 2011, pp. 211-2. |
| Walz JM, Avelar RL, Longtine KJ, Carter KL, Mermel LA, Heard SO, 5-FU Catheter Study Group. "Anti-infective external coating of central venous catheters: a randomized, noninferiority trial comparing 5-fluorouracil with chlorhexidine/silver sulfadiazine in preventing catheter colonization." Critical care medicine, vol. 38, no. 11, 2010, pp. 2095-102. |
| Parienti JJ, Dugué AE, Daurel C, Mira JP, Mégarbane B, Mermel LA, Daubin C, du Cheyron D, Members of the Cathedia Study Group. "Continuous renal replacement therapy may increase the risk of catheter infection." Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, vol. 5, no. 8, 2010, pp. 1489-96. |
| Wright SB, Ostrowsky B, Fishman N, Deloney VM, Mermel L, Perl TM. "Expanding roles of healthcare epidemiology and infection control in spite of limited resources and compensation." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 31, no. 2, 2010, pp. 127-32. |
| Mermel LA. "Healthcare-associated infections: what can be done to reduce risk to our patients?." Medicine and health, Rhode Island, vol. 93, no. 9, 2010, pp. 261-2. |
| Chan PA, Connell NT, Gabonay AM, Westley B, Larkin JM, LaRosa SP, Chapin K, Mermel L. "Oseltamivir-resistant 2009-2010 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in an immunocompromised patient." Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, vol. 16, no. 10, 2010, pp. 1576-8. |
| Mermel LA, Eells SJ, Acharya MK, Cartony JM, Dacus D, Fadem S, Gay EA, Gordon S, Lonks JR, Perl TM, McDougal LK, McGowan JE, Maxey G, Morse D, Tenover FC. "Quantitative analysis and molecular fingerprinting of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in different patient populations: a prospective, multicenter study." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 31, no. 6, 2010, pp. 592-7. |
| Patrozou E, Reid K, Jefferson J, Mermel LA. "A cluster of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in hospital security guards." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 30, no. 4, 2009, pp. 386-8. |
| Ben-David D, Novikov I, Mermel LA. "Are there differences in hospital cost between patients with nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection and those with methicillin-susceptible S. aureus bloodstream infection?." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 30, no. 5, 2009, pp. 453-60. |
| Mermel LA, Allon M, Bouza E, Craven DE, Flynn P, O'Grady NP, Raad II, Rijnders BJ, Sherertz RJ, Warren DK. "Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 49, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-45. |
| Trinh TT, Short WR, Mermel LA. "Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infection in HIV-infected patients." Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (Chicago, Ill. : 2002), vol. 8, no. 3, 2009, pp. 176-80. |
| Patrozou E, Mermel LA. "Does influenza transmission occur from asymptomatic infection or prior to symptom onset?." public health reports, vol. 124, no. 2, 2009, pp. 193-6. |
| LaPlante KL, Mermel LA. "In vitro activities of telavancin and vancomycin against biofilm-producing Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, and Enterococcus faecalis strains." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, vol. 53, no. 7, 2009, pp. 3166-9. |
| Barbosa AA, Chapin K, Mermel LA. "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization of house officers." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 30, no. 9, 2009, pp. 912-4. |
| Mermel LA. "Preventing the spread of influenza A H1N1 2009 to health-care workers." The Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 9, no. 12, 2009, pp. 723-4. |
| Mermel LA. "Swine-origin influenza virus in young age groups." The Lancet, vol. 373, no. 9681, 2009, pp. 2108-9. |
| Asad S, Sweeney J, Mermel LA. "Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in Rhode Island." Transfusion, vol. 49, no. 12, 2009, pp. 2564-73. |
| Yokoe DS, Mermel LA, Anderson DJ, Arias KM, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Podgorny K, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Classen D. "A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 29 Suppl 1, 2008, pp. S12-21. |
| Casey AL, Mermel LA, Nightingale P, Elliott TS. "Antimicrobial central venous catheters in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis." The Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 8, no. 12, 2008, pp. 763-76. |
| Mermel LA. "Arterial catheters are not risk-free spigots." Critical care medicine, vol. 36, no. 2, 2008, pp. 620-2. |
| Mermel LA, Jefferson J, Devolve J. "Knowledge and use of cumulative antimicrobial susceptibility data at a university teaching hospital." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 46, no. 11, 2008, pp. 1789. |
| Ben-David D, Mermel LA, Parenteau S. "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission: the possible importance of unrecognized health care worker carriage." American journal of infection control, vol. 36, no. 2, 2008, pp. 93-7. |
| Thompson J, Jefferson J, Mermel LA. "Potential economic impact of hospital-acquired infections in uninsured patients: a preliminary investigation." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 29, no. 8, 2008, pp. 764-6. |
| Lo E, Nicolle L, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS. "Strategies to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute care hospitals." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 29 Suppl 1, 2008, pp. S41-50. |
| Marschall J, Mermel LA, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS. "Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 29 Suppl 1, 2008, pp. S22-30. |
| Dubberke ER, Gerding DN, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Fraser V, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS. "Strategies to prevent clostridium difficile infections in acute care hospitals." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 29 Suppl 1, 2008, pp. S81-92. |
| Anderson DJ, Kaye KS, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS. "Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 29 Suppl 1, 2008, pp. S51-61. |
| 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." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 29 Suppl 1, 2008, pp. S62-80. |
| Coffin SE, Klompas M, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS. "Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 29 Suppl 1, 2008, pp. S31-40. |
| Mermel LA, Boyce JM, Voss A, Allegranzi B, Pittet D. "Trial of alcohol-based hand gel in critical care units." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 29, no. 6, 2008, pp. 577-9; author reply 580-2. |
| Kang L, Mermel LA, Trafton PG. "What happens when autogenous bone drops out of the sterile field during orthopaedic trauma surgery." Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, vol. 22, no. 6, 2008, pp. 430-1. |
| LaPlante KL, Mermel LA. "In vitro activity of daptomycin and vancomycin lock solutions on staphylococcal biofilms in a central venous catheter model." Nephrol. Dial. Transplant., vol. 22, no. 8, 2007, pp. 2239-46. |
| Mermel LA. "Prevention of central venous catheter-related infections: what works other than impregnated or coated catheters?." The Journal of hospital infection, vol. 65 Suppl 2, 2007, pp. 30-3. |
| Yap RL, Mermel LA, Maglio J. "Antimicrobial resistance of community-acquired bloodstream isolates of viridans group streptococci." Infection, vol. 34, no. 6, 2006, pp. 339-41. |
| Walsh EF, Ben-David D, Ritter M, Mechrefe A, Mermel LA, DiGiovanni C. "Microbial colonization of tourniquets used in orthopedic surgery." Orthopedics, vol. 29, no. 8, 2006, pp. 709-13. |
| Mermel LA. "The growth of infection control, impact of ICHE, and challenges ahead." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 27, no. 3, 2006, pp. 325. |
| Rupp ME, Lisco SJ, Lipsett PA, Perl TM, Keating K, Civetta JM, Mermel LA, Lee D, Dellinger EP, Donahoe M, Giles D, Pfaller MA, Maki DG, Sherertz R. "Effect of a second-generation venous catheter impregnated with chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine on central catheter-related infections: a randomized, controlled trial." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 143, no. 8, 2005, pp. 570-80. |
| Mermel LA. "Pandemic avian influenza." The Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 5, no. 11, 2005, pp. 666-7. |
| Wong ES, Rupp ME, Mermel L, Perl TM, Bradley S, Ramsey KM, Ostrowsky B, Valenti AJ, Jernigan JA, Voss A, Tapper ML. "Public disclosure of healthcare-associated infections: the role of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 26, no. 2, 2005, pp. 210-2. |
| Dietrich DW, Auld DB, Mermel LA. "Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in southern New England children." Pediatrics, vol. 113, no. 4, 2004, pp. e347-52. |
| Savinelli T, Parenteau S, Mermel LA. "What happens when automated blood culture instrument detect growth but there are no technologists in the microbiology laboratory?." Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, vol. 48, no. 3, 2004, pp. 173-4. |
| Mermel L. "Infections related to central venous catheters in US intensive-care units." The Lancet, vol. 361, no. 9368, 2003, pp. 1562. |
| Cortez K, Kottilil S, Mermel LA. "Intracerebral tuberculoma misdiagnosed as neurosarcoidosis." Southern Medical Journal, vol. 96, no. 5, 2003, pp. 494-6. |
| Yap RL, Mermel LA. "Micrococcus infection in patients receiving epoprostenol by continuous infusion." European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 22, no. 11, 2003, pp. 704-5. |
| Mermel LA, McKay M, Dempsey J, Parenteau S. "Pseudomonas surgical-site infections linked to a healthcare worker with onychomycosis." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 24, no. 10, 2003, pp. 749-52. |
| Mermel LA. "Risk of cutaneous vaccinia from health care workers who receive smallpox vaccine." JAMA, vol. 289, no. 7, 2003, pp. 844-5 author reply 845. |
| Shah CB, Mittelman MW, Costerton JW, Parenteau S, Pelak M, Arsenault R, Mermel LA. "Antimicrobial activity of a novel catheter lock solution." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, vol. 46, no. 6, 2002, pp. 1674-9. |
| O'grady NP, Alexander M, Dellinger EP, Gerberding JL, Heard SO, Maki DG, Masur H, McCormick RD, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph A, Weinstein RA, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. "Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections." American journal of infection control, vol. 30, no. 8, 2002, pp. 476-89. |
| O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Dellinger EP, Gerberding JL, Heard SO, Maki DG, Masur H, McCormick RD, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph A, Weinstein RA, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. "Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 23, no. 12, 2002, pp. 759-69. |
| O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Dellinger EP, Gerberding JL, Heard SO, Maki DG, Masur H, McCormick RD, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph A, Weinstein RA. "Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports, vol. 51, no. RR-10, 2002, pp. 1-29. |
| O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Dellinger EP, Gerberding JL, Heard SO, Maki DG, Masur H, McCormick RD, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph A, Weinstein RA. "Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. The Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S." Pediatrics, vol. 110, no. 5, 2002, pp. e51. |
| Mermel LA. "Re: sutureless securement device reduces complications of peripherally inserted central venous catheters." Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, vol. 13, no. 8, 2002, pp. 855. |
| Polonio RE, Mermel LA, Paquette GE, Sperry JF. "Eradication of biofilm-forming Staphylococcus epidermidis (RP62A) by a combination of sodium salicylate and vancomycin." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, vol. 45, no. 11, 2001, pp. 3262-6. |
| Mermel LA, Farr BM, Sherertz RJ, Raad II, O'Grady N, Harris JS, Craven DE, Infectious Diseases Society of America., American College of Critical Care Medicine., Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. "Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 32, no. 9, 2001, pp. 1249-72. |
| Mermel LA, Farr BM, Sherertz RJ, Raad II, O'Grady N, Harris JS, Craven DE, Infectious Diseases Society of America, American College of Critical Care Medicine, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. "Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections." Journal of intravenous nursing : the official publication of the Intravenous Nurses Society, vol. 24, no. 3, 2001, pp. 180-205. |
| Mermel LA, Farr BM, Sherertz RJ, Raad II, O'Grady N, Harris JS, Craven DE, Infectious Diseases Society of America., American College of Critical Care Medicine., Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. "Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 22, no. 4, 2001, pp. 222-42. |
| Mermel LA. "New technologies to prevent intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infections." Emerging infectious diseases, vol. 7, no. 2, 2001, pp. 197-9. |
| Mermel LA. "Prevention of intravascular catheter infections--insights and prospects for hemodialysis catheters." Nephrologie, vol. 22, no. 8, 2001, pp. 449-51. |
| Mermel LA. "Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 132, no. 5, 2000, pp. 391-402. |
| Tung GA, Yim JW, Mermel LA, Philip L, Rogg JM. "Spinal epidural abscess: correlation between MRI findings and outcome." Neuroradiology, vol. 41, no. 12, 1999, pp. 904-9. |
| Gaissert HA, Breuer CK, Weissburg A, Mermel L. "Surgical management of necrotizing Candida esophagitis." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, vol. 67, no. 1, 1999, pp. 231-3. |
| Mermel L. "Adverse reactions due to Aquavene." Journal of biomedical materials research, vol. 42, no. 2, 1998, pp. 339-40. |
| Mermel L. "Central venous catheter-related infections and their prevention: is there enough evidence to recommend tunneling for short-term use?." Critical care medicine, vol. 26, no. 8, 1998, pp. 1315-6. |
| Binder WD, Mermel LA. "Leptospirosis in an urban setting: case report and review of an emerging infectious disease." The Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 16, no. 6, 1998, pp. 851-6. |
| Mermel LA. "Reducing risks with bacteriostatic flush solutions." Nursing, vol. 28, no. 8, 1998, pp. 32. |
| Mermel LA. "Defining intravascular catheter-related infections: a plea for uniformity." Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.), vol. 13, no. 4 Suppl, 1997, pp. 2S-4S. |
| Mermel L. "Midline catheters: the final chapter." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 126, no. 4, 1997, pp. 334. |
| Mermel LA, Josephson SL, Dempsey J, Parenteau S, Perry C, Magill N. "Outbreak of Shigella sonnei in a clinical microbiology laboratory." Journal of clinical microbiology, vol. 35, no. 12, 1997, pp. 3163-5. |
| Maki DG, Stolz SM, Wheeler S, Mermel LA. "Prevention of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection by use of an antiseptic-impregnated catheter. A randomized, controlled trial." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 127, no. 4, 1997, pp. 257-66. |
| Whitney CG, Hofmann J, Pruckler JM, Benson RF, Fields BS, Bandyopadhyay U, Donnally EF, Giorgio-Almonte C, Mermel LA, Boland S, Matyas BT, Breiman RF. "The role of arbitrarily primed PCR in identifying the source of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease." Journal of clinical microbiology, vol. 35, no. 7, 1997, pp. 1800-4. |
| Mermel LA. "Bacteriology, safety and prevention of infection associated with continuous intravenous infusions." Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis, vol. 7 Suppl 1, 1996, pp. S45-51. |
| Keller DW, Hajjeh R, DeMaria A, Fields BS, Pruckler JM, Benson RS, Kludt PE Lett SM, Mermel LA, Giorgio C, Breiman RF. "Community outbreak of Legionnaires' disease: an investigation confirming the potential for cooling towers to transmit Legionella species." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 22, no. 2, 1996, pp. 257-61. |
| Salloway S, Mermel LA, Seamans M, Aspinall GO, Nam Shin JE, Kurjanczyk LA, Penner JL. "Miller-Fisher syndrome associated with Campylobacter jejuni bearing lipopolysaccharide molecules that mimic human ganglioside GD3." Infection and Immunity, vol. 64, no. 8, 1996, pp. 2945-9. |
| Mermel LA, Josephson SL, Giorgio CH, Dempsey J, Parenteau S. "Association of Legionnaires' disease with construction: contamination of potable water?." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 16, no. 2, 1995, pp. 76-81. |
| Pruckler JM, Mermel LA, Benson RF, Giorgio C, Cassiday PK, Breiman RF, Whitney CG, Fields BS. "Comparison of Legionella pneumophila isolates by arbitrarily primed PCR and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis: analysis from seven epidemic investigations." Journal of clinical microbiology, vol. 33, no. 11, 1995, pp. 2872-5. |
| Boyce JM, Mermel LA, Zervos MJ, Rice LB, Potter-Bynoe G, Giorgio C, Medeiros AA. "Controlling vancomycin-resistant enterococci." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 16, no. 11, 1995, pp. 634-7. |
| Mermel LA, Parenteau S, Tow SM. "The risk of midline catheterization in hospitalized patients. A prospective study." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 123, no. 11, 1995, pp. 841-4. |
| Spitalnic SJ, Woolard RH, Mermel LA. "The significance of changing needles when inoculating blood cultures: a meta-analysis." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 21, no. 5, 1995, pp. 1103-6. |
| Maki DG, Stolz SS, Wheeler S, Mermel LA. "A prospective, randomized trial of gauze and two polyurethane dressings for site care of pulmonary artery catheters: implications for catheter management." Critical care medicine, vol. 22, no. 11, 1994, pp. 1729-37. |
| Mermel LA, Josephson SL, Giorgio C. "A pseudo-epidemic involving bone allografts." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 15, no. 12, 1994, pp. 757-8. |
| Mermel L. "Choice of disinfectants in obtaining blood cultures." The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol. 13, no. 5, 1994, pp. 425-6. |
| Mermel LA, Maki DG. "Infectious complications of Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheters. Pathogenesis, epidemiology, prevention, and management." Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 149, no. 4 Pt 1, 1994, pp. 1020-36. |
| Thorisdottir AS, Carias LL, Marshall SH, Green M, Zervos MJ, Giorgio C, Mermel LA, Boyce JM, Medeiros AA, Fraimow H. "IS6770, an enterococcal insertion-like sequence useful for determining the clonal relationship of clinical enterococcal isolates." The Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 170, no. 6, 1994, pp. 1539-48. |
| Mermel LA, Maki DG. "Detection of bacteremia in adults: consequences of culturing an inadequate volume of blood." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 119, no. 4, 1993, pp. 270-2. |
| Mermel LA. "Intravascular catheters impregnated with benzalkonium chloride." Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol. 32, no. 6, 1993, pp. 905-6. |
| Mermel LA, Stolz SM, Maki DG. "Surface antimicrobial activity of heparin-bonded and antiseptic-impregnated vascular catheters." The Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 167, no. 4, 1993, pp. 920-4. |
| Mermel L, Sanchez de Mora D, Sutter RW, Pallansch MA. "Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis." New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 329, no. 11, 1993, pp. 810-1. |
| Mermel LA. "Hepatitis C after needlestick injuries." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 116, no. 4, 1992, pp. 346. |
| Mermel LA, Spiegel CA. "Nosocomial sepsis due to Serratia odorifera biovar 1." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 14, no. 1, 1992, pp. 208-10. |
| Mermel LA, McCormick RD, Springman SR, Maki DG. "The pathogenesis and epidemiology of catheter-related infection with pulmonary artery Swan-Ganz catheters: a prospective study utilizing molecular subtyping." The American Journal of Medicine, vol. 91, no. 3B, 1991, pp. 197S-205S. |
| Mermel LA, Maki DG. "Bacterial pneumonia in solid organ transplantation." Seminars in respiratory infections, vol. 5, no. 1, 1990, pp. 10-29. |
| Mermel LA. "Cutaneous leishmaniasis--chiclero ulcer in a Wisconsin native." Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, vol. 23, no. 6 Pt 1, 1990, pp. 1178-9. |
| Mermel LA, Osborn TG. "Clostridium difficile associated reactive arthritis in an HLA-B27 positive female: report and literature review." The Journal of Rheumatology, vol. 16, no. 1, 1989, pp. 133-5. |
| Mermel LA, Maki DG. "Epidemic bloodstream infections from hemodynamic pressure monitoring: signs of the times." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 10, no. 2, 1989, pp. 47-53. |
| Mermel LA, Doro JM, Kabadi UM. "Acute psychosis in a patient receiving trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole intravenously." J. Clin. Psychiatry, vol. 47, no. 5, 1986, pp. 269-70. |
| Mermel L, Guchhait RB, Bourgeois JG, Bueding E. "Biogenic amine metabolism in Biomphalaria glabrata-II. Monoamine oxidase activity." Comparative biochemistry and physiology. C: Comparative pharmacology, vol. 69, no. 2, 1981, pp. 227-34. |
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | DO | Des Moines University |
| 1980 | MS | The Johns Hopkins University |
| 1978 | BA | University of Colorado |
