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Geraldine S. Hall
Researcher at Cleveland Clinic
Publications - 72
Citations - 5428
Geraldine S. Hall is an academic researcher from Cleveland Clinic. The author has contributed to research in topics: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus & Drug resistance. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 72 publications receiving 5069 citations. Previous affiliations of Geraldine S. Hall include Case Western Reserve University.
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Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacteria, Nocardiae, and Other Aerobic Actinomycetes
Gail L. Woods,Barbara A. Brown-Elliott,Patricia S. Conville,Edward Desmond,Geraldine S. Hall,Grace Lin,Gaby E. Pfyffer,John C. Ridderhof,Salman H. Siddiqi,Richard J. Wallace,Nancy G. Warren,Frank G. Witebsky +11 more
TL;DR: This standard includes susceptibility testing procedures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), clinically significant slowly and rapidly growing mycobacterial species, Nocardia spp.
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Multicenter Evaluation of the BDProbeTec ET System for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Urine Specimens, Female Endocervical Swabs, and Male Urethral Swabs
Barbara Van Der Pol,Dennis Ferrero,Linda Buck-Barrington,Edward W. Hook,Connie Lenderman,Thomas C. Quinn,Charlotte A. Gaydos,Judith Lovchik,Julius Schachter,Jeanne Moncada,Geraldine S. Hall,Marion J. Tuohy,Robert B. Jones +12 more
TL;DR: This amplified DNA system for simultaneous detection of chlamydial and gonococcal infections demonstrated superior sensitivity compared to chlamydia culture and has performance characteristics comparable to those of other commercially available nucleic acid-based assays for these organisms.
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Update to CDC's sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2006
C Del Rio,Geraldine S. Hall,Edward W. Hook,King K. Holmes,William L. H. Whittington,Franklyn N. Judson,E. L. Yee,Alesia Harvey,K. P. Kramer,David L. Trees,R. Ballard,Kimberly A. Workowski,Lori M. Newman,Stuart M. Berman,Hillard Weinstock +14 more
TL;DR: On the basis of the most recent evidence, CDC no longer recommends the use of fluoroquinolones for the treatment of gonococcal infections and associated conditions such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
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Risk factors for an outbreak of multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter nosocomial pneumonia among intubated patients.
Rola N. Husni,Lawrence S. Goldstein,Alejandro C. Arroliga,Geraldine S. Hall,Cynthia Fatica,James K. Stoller,Steven M. Gordon +6 more
TL;DR: The use of ceftazidime was associated with an increased risk of nosocomial pneumonia with resistant strains of Acinetobacter, and health-care workers need to improve compliance with hand-washing recommendations.
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Antimicrobial resistance in Cairo, Egypt 1999-2000: a survey of five hospitals.
TL;DR: Resistance to most relevant antimicrobials was commonplace among the Gram-negative bacilli; however, most remained susceptible to imipenem, calling for a nationwide surveillance programme to monitor microbial trends and antimicrobial resistance patterns in Egypt.