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Richard P. Wenzel
Researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University
Publications - 435
Citations - 45794
Richard P. Wenzel is an academic researcher from Virginia Commonwealth University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Infection control & Health care. The author has an hindex of 103, co-authored 425 publications receiving 44403 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard P. Wenzel include University of Iowa & National Institutes of Health.
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Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in US Hospitals: Analysis of 24,179 Cases from a Prospective Nationwide Surveillance Study
Hilmar Wisplinghoff,Tammy Bischoff,Sandra M. Tallent,Harald Seifert,Richard P. Wenzel,Michael B. Edmond +5 more
TL;DR: The proportion of nosocomial BSIs due to antibiotic-resistant organisms is increasing in US hospitals, and in neutropenic patients, infections with Candida species, enterococci, and viridans group streptococci were significantly more common.
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The Natural History of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS): A Prospective Study
TL;DR: This prospective epidemiologic study of SIRS and related conditions provides the first evidence of a clinical progression from SirS to sepsis to severe sepsi and septic shock, and stepwise increases in mortality rates in the hierarchy.
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Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in United States Hospitals: A Three-Year Analysis
Michael B. Edmond,Sarah E. Wallace,Donna K. McClish,Michael A. Pfaller,Ronald N. Jones,Richard P. Wenzel +5 more
TL;DR: Concurrent surveillance for nosocomial bloodstream infections at 49 hospitals over a 3-year period detected >10,000 infections, and coagulase-negative staphylococci were the most common pathogens on all clinical services except obstetrics, where Escherichia coli was most common.
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Nosocomial bloodstream infection in critically ill patients. Excess length of stay, extra costs, and attributable mortality.
TL;DR: The attributable mortality from nosocomial bloodstream infection is high in critically ill patients and is associated with a doubling of the SICU stay, an excess length of hospital stay of 24 days in survivors, and a significant economic burden.
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Hospital-Acquired Candidemia: The Attributable Mortality and Excess Length of Stay
TL;DR: Candida bloodstream infections represented 10% of all nosocomial bloodstream infections in the period studied at the University Hospital; they are associated with a significant medical and economic burden well above that expected of the underlying diseases alone.