L
Latania K. Logan
Researcher at Rush University Medical Center
Publications - 65
Citations - 2211
Latania K. Logan is an academic researcher from Rush University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Intensive care & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 61 publications receiving 1641 citations. Previous affiliations of Latania K. Logan include Children's Memorial Hospital & Case Western Reserve University.
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The Epidemiology of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae: The Impact and Evolution of a Global Menace.
TL;DR: The evolution of CRE is discussed, with a focus on the epidemiology of the CPE pandemic; risk factors for colonization and infection with the most common transmissible CPE worldwide, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae are reviewed; and strategies used to halt the striking spread of these deadly pathogens are presented.
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Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae: an emerging problem in children.
TL;DR: This review provides a brief overview of CRE, with a focus on CRE infections in children, and highlights available data on the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, carbapenemase types, risk factors, treatment, and outcomes of these multi-drug resistant infections in the pediatric population.
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Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Children: Old Foe, Emerging Threat
TL;DR: This analysis provides a brief summary of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in children, with a focus on recent clinical and molecular data regarding colonization and infection in nonoutbreak settings.
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Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing and Third-Generation Cephalosporin-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Children: Trends in the United States, 1999–2011
Latania K. Logan,Latania K. Logan,Nikolay P. Braykov,Robert A. Weinstein,Ramanan Laxminarayan,Ramanan Laxminarayan,Ramanan Laxminarayan +6 more
TL;DR: Rates of G3CR and ESBL infections in children are increasing in both inpatient and ambulatory settings nationally, and the identification of host factors and exposures leading to infection in children is essential.
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Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Children, United States, 1999-2012.
Latania K. Logan,John P. Renschler,Sumanth Gandra,Robert A. Weinstein,Ramanan Laxminarayan,Prevention Epicenters Program +5 more
TL;DR: Infection rates have increased in all age groups and settings nationally and the number of cases has increased across the country.