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Susan M. Ray
Researcher at Emory University
Publications - 116
Citations - 9796
Susan M. Ray is an academic researcher from Emory University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus & Tuberculosis. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 105 publications receiving 8508 citations. Previous affiliations of Susan M. Ray include Veterans Health Administration & Grady Memorial Hospital.
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Multistate point-prevalence survey of health care-associated infections.
Shelley S. Magill,Jonathan R. Edwards,Wendy Bamberg,Zintars G. Beldavs,Ghinwa Dumyati,Marion A. Kainer,Ruth Lynfield,Meghan Maloney,Joelle Nadle,Susan M. Ray,Deborah L. Thompson,Lucy E. Wilson,Scott K. Fridkin +12 more
TL;DR: Results of this multistate prevalence survey of health care-associated infections indicate that public health surveillance and prevention activities should continue to address C. difficile infections.
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Emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA 300 clone as the predominant cause of skin and soft-tissue infections.
Mark D. King,Bianca J. Humphrey,Yun F. Wang,Ekaterina V. Kourbatova,Susan M. Ray,Henry M. Blumberg +5 more
TL;DR: This study evaluated nonoutbreak community-acquired S. aureus skin and soft-tissue infections in patients in a large urban setting who were receiving care at a large hospital and its affiliated clinics in urban Atlanta, Georgia.
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Emergence of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 Genotype as a Major Cause of Health Care—Associated Blood Stream Infections
Ulrich Seybold,Ulrich Seybold,Ekaterina V. Kourbatova,James G. Johnson,Sue J. Halvosa,Yun F. Wang,Yun F. Wang,Mark D. King,Mark D. King,Susan M. Ray,Susan M. Ray,Henry M. Blumberg,Henry M. Blumberg +12 more
TL;DR: The MRSA USA300 genotype is the predominant cause of community-associated MRSA infections in Atlanta, GA as discussed by the authors, accounting for 28% of health care-associated and 20% of nosocomial MRSA BSIs.
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National burden of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, United States, 2011.
Raymund Dantes,Yi Mu,Ruth Belflower,Deborah Aragon,Ghinwa Dumyati,Lee H. Harrison,Fernanda C. Lessa,Ruth Lynfield,Joelle Nadle,Susan Petit,Susan M. Ray,William Schaffner,John M. Townes,Scott K. Fridkin +13 more
TL;DR: An estimated 30,800 fewer invasive MRSA infections occurred in the United States in 2011 compared with 2005; in 2011 fewer infections occurred among patients during hospitalization than among persons in the community without recent health care exposures.
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Vital Signs: Epidemiology and Recent Trends in Methicillin-Resistant and in Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections — United States
Athena P. Kourtis,Kelly M Hatfield,James Baggs,Mu Y,Isaac See,Erin Epson,Joelle Nadle,Marion A. Kainer,Ghinwa Dumyati,Sue Petit,Susan M. Ray,Ham D,Capers C,Ewing H,Nicole Coffin,L. C. McDonald,John A. Jernigan,Denise M. Cardo +17 more
TL;DR: To reduce the incidence of S. aureus bloodstream infections in the United States, health care facilities should take steps to fully implement CDC recommendations for prevention of device- and procedure-associated infections and for interruption of transmission.