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Keith M. Ramsey
Researcher at East Carolina University
Publications - 44
Citations - 1541
Keith M. Ramsey is an academic researcher from East Carolina University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus & Antigen. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 44 publications receiving 1495 citations. Previous affiliations of Keith M. Ramsey include Food and Drug Administration & Alabama Department of Public Health.
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Lymphokine-activated killer cell phenomenon. II. Precursor phenotype is serologically distinct from peripheral T lymphocytes, memory cytotoxic thymus-derived lymphocytes, and natural killer cells
Elizabeth A. Grimm,Keith M. Ramsey,Amitabha Mazumder,Debra J. Wilson,Julie Y. Djeu,Steven A. Rosenberg +5 more
TL;DR: While the cell(s) responsible for activation and expression of LAK activity have some common features with the classic T cell-mediated CTL and NK cell systems, the LAK precursor cells are clearly distinct as determined by phenotype analysis using monoclonal antibodies and complement, and at present must be classified as a “null” cell.
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Recommendations for metrics for multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare settings: SHEA/HICPAC Position paper
Adam L. Cohen,David P. Calfee,Scott K. Fridkin,Susan S. Huang,John A. Jernigan,Ebbing Lautenbach,Shannon Oriola,Keith M. Ramsey,Cassandra D. Salgado,Robert A. Weinstein +9 more
TL;DR: This document describes useful and practical metrics and surveillance considerations for measuring MDROs and the infections they cause in the practice of infection prevention and control in healthcare settings.
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Comparative Virulence and Immunogenicity of the Towne Strain and a Nonattenuated Strain of Cytomegalovirus
Gerald V. Quinnan,Mark Delery,Alain H. Rook,Winston R. Frederick,Jay S. Epstein,Jody Manischewitz,Lozannie Jackson,Keith M. Ramsey,Kamal Mittal,Stanley A. Plotkin,Maurice R. Hilleman +10 more
TL;DR: The Towne strain cytomegalovirus and a low-passage strain, Toledo-1, were compared for virulence and immunogenicity in healthy adult male subjects to determine the suitability of the Towne strains for vaccination.
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Active Surveillance Screening of MRSA and Eradication of the Carrier State Decreases Surgical-Site Infections Caused by MRSA
Walter E. Pofahl,Claudia E. Goettler,Keith M. Ramsey,M Kathy Cochran,Delores L. Nobles,Michael F. Rotondo +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the impact of best practices and active surveillance screening for MRSA on reduction of MRSA SSIs in a 761-bed tertiary care hospital.
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Operation Everest II: alterations in the immune system at high altitudes.
Richard T Meehan,Ulric Duncan,Laureen S. Neale,Gerald Taylor,H. G. Muchmore,Nan Scott,Keith M. Ramsey,Eric M. Smith,Paul B. Rock,Randall M. Goldblum,Charles Houston +10 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that T-cell activation is blunted during exposure to severe hypoxemia, whereas B-cell function and mucosal immunity are not, although the mechanism of alteredin vitro immune responsiveness after exposure to various environmental stressors has not been elucidated in humans.