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Kent B. Crossley
Researcher at University of Minnesota
Publications - 95
Citations - 4963
Kent B. Crossley is an academic researcher from University of Minnesota. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Osteoarthritis. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 80 publications receiving 4777 citations. Previous affiliations of Kent B. Crossley include Veterans Health Administration & University of Illinois at Chicago.
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An Outbreak of Infections Caused by Strains of Staphylococcus aureus Resistant to Methicillin and Aminoglycosides. I. Clinical Studies
TL;DR: Stains of Staphylococcus aureus resistant to methicillin and multiple aminoglycosides, (designated MARS) were recovered from 108 inpatients with nosocomial infections at a hospital in the midwestern United States, and recovered from the burn wounds of 64%; 32% of the patients with burns had MARS bacteremia.
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Extra charges and prolongation of stay attributable to nosocomial infections: A prospective interhospital comparison
TL;DR: The economic consequences of nosocomial infection in three hospitals that differed in size, administrative characteristics and patients' economic status were influenced more by site of infection than by differences among hospitals, and their magnitude emphasizes the need for continued preventive efforts.
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Development of Minimum Criteria for the Initiation of Antibiotics in Residents of Long-Term–Care Facilities: Results of a Consensus Conference
Mark Loeb,David W. Bentley,Suzanne F. Bradley,Kent B. Crossley,Richard Garibaldi,Nelson Gantz,Allison McGeer,Robert R. Muder,Joseph M. Mylotte,Lindsay E. Nicolle,Brenda A. Nurse,Shirley Paton,Andrew E. Simor,Philip W. Smith,Larry J. Strausbaugh +14 more
TL;DR: Criteria for initiating antibiotics for skin and soft-tissue infections, respiratory infections, urinary infections, and fever where the focus of infection is unknown were developed.
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Methylene Blue - a Therapeutic Dye for All Seasons?
Mark Wainwright,Kent B. Crossley +1 more
TL;DR: Since it was first synthesised in 1876, Methylene Blue has found uses in many different areas of clinical medicine, ranging from dementia to cancer chemotherapy, and these are being applied in various antimicrobial fields, especially that of blood disinfection.
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Surveillance Definitions of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities: Revisiting the McGeer Criteria
Nimalie D. Stone,Muhammad Salman Ashraf,Jennifer Ann Marie Calder,Christopher J. Crnich,Kent B. Crossley,Paul J. Drinka,Carolyn V. Gould,Manisha Juthani-Mehta,Ebbing Lautenbach,Mark Loeb,Taranisia MacCannell,Preeti N. Malani,Lona Mody,Joseph M. Mylotte,Lindsay E. Nicolle,Mary Claire Roghmann,Steven J. Schweon,Andrew E. Simor,Philip W. Smith,Kurt B. Stevenson,Suzanne F. Bradley +20 more
TL;DR: Infection surveillance definitions for long-term care facilities (ie, the McGeer Criteria) have not been updated since 1991 are modified on the basis of a structured review of the literature.