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Angella Goetz

Researcher at University of Pittsburgh

Publications -  40
Citations -  2394

Angella Goetz is an academic researcher from University of Pittsburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bacteremia & Legionella pneumophila. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 40 publications receiving 2348 citations. Previous affiliations of Angella Goetz include United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and infection in patients on hemodialysis. Efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis.

Victor L. Yu, +6 more
- 10 Jul 1986 - 
TL;DR: The incidence of infection at the dialysis access site, skin, and soft tissue of patients on hemodialysis can be decreased by interventions directed at nasal carriage of S. aureus.
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LEGIONELLACEAE IN THE HOSPITAL WATER-SUPPLY: Epidemiological Link with Disease and Evaluation of a Method for Control of Nosocomial Legionnaires' Disease and Pittsburgh Pneumonia

Michele G. Best, +11 more
- 06 Aug 1983 - 
TL;DR: An epidemiological link was found between contamination of a hospital water-supply by Legionella pneumophila and by Pittsburgh pneumonia agent (PPA) and subsequent cases of nosocomial legionnaires' disease and Pittsburgh pneumonia.
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Risk of infection due to central venous catheters : Effect of site of placement and catheter type

Angella Goetz, +3 more
- 01 Nov 1998 - 
TL;DR: The data support an association between intravenous catheter contamination and insertion at a femoral site and the risk factors evaluated, although there was a trend for association with femoral location by Cox regression.
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Bacteremia in a Long-Term-Care Facility: A Five-Year Prospective Study of 163 Consecutive Episodes

R.R. Muder, +3 more
- 01 Mar 1992 - 
TL;DR: The clinical features, microbiological characteristics, and outcomes of 163 episodes of bacteremia occurring at a long-term care facility were evaluated in this paper, where the authors found that the rate of nosocomial bacteria increased from 0.20 to 0.36 cases/1,000 patient-days from 1985 to 1989.
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Prosthetic valve endocarditis resulting from nosocomial bacteremia. A prospective, multicenter study.

Guo-dong Fang, +11 more
- 01 Oct 1993 - 
TL;DR: A prospective, observational, multicenter study during a 3-year period in six university teaching hospitals with high-volume cardiac surgery to determine the incidence of endocarditis in bacteremic patients with an implanted heart valve and the risk factors for development of subsequent prosthetic valve end Carditis.