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List of most recent peer-reviewed publications can be found at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=claeys+kc
Claeys KC, Schlaffer K, Smith R, Hitchcock S, Jiang Y, Evans S, Johnson JK, Leekha S. Day at the Races: Comparing BioFire FilmArray Blood Culture ID Panels to Verigene Blood Culture in Gram-negative Bloodstream Infections using DOOR-MAT Analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Mar 27:ciab262. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab262. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33772269.
Claeys KC, Morgan DJ, Leekha S, Sullivan KV. Diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship with molecular respiratory testing across the SHEA Research Network. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Dec 3:1-4. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.1328. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33267918.
Claeys KC, Zhan M, Pineles L, Lydecker A, Clore G, Goto M, Leekha S, Linkin D, Evans CT, Trautner BW, Goetz MB, Baghdadi JD, Perencevich EN, Morgan DJ. Conditional reflex to urine culture: Evaluation of a diagnostic stewardship intervention within the Veterans’ Affairs and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Practice-Based Research Network. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Feb;42(2):176-181. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.400. Epub 2020 Aug 25. PMID: 32838829.
Bork JT, Claeys KC, Heil EL, Banoub M, Leekha S, Sorkin JD, Kleinberg M. A Propensity Score Matched Study of the Positive Impact of Infectious Diseases Consultation on Antimicrobial Appropriateness in Hospitalized Patients with Antimicrobial Stewardship Oversight. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 Jul 22;64(8):e00307-20. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00307-20. PMID: 32423952; PMCID: PMC7526803.
Claeys KC, Heil EL, Hitchcock S, Johnson JK, Leekha S. Management of Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections in the Era of Rapid Diagnostic Testing: Impact With and Without Antibiotic Stewardship. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Sep 12;7(10):ofaa427. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa427. PMID: 33134414; PMCID: PMC7585329.
Claeys KC, Blanco-Herrera N, Morgan DJ, Leekha SL, Sullivan KV. Advances and Challenges in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections: the Need for Diagnostic Stewardship. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2019 Mar 5;21(4):11. PMID: 30834993
Claeys KC, Schlaffer K, Heil EL, Leekha S, Johnson JK. Validation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Driven Verigene® Blood-Culture Gram-Negative Treatment Algorithm to Improve Appropriateness of Antibiotics. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Sep 15;5(10):ofy233. PMID: 30568975
Claeys KC, Heil EL, Pogue JM, Lephart PR, Johnson JK. The Verigene dilemma: gram-negative polymicrobial bloodstream infections and clinical decision making. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 Jun;91(2):144-146. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2018.01.012. Epub 2018 Feb 2. PMID: 29449043.