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Tammy Bischoff
Researcher at VCU Medical Center
Publications - 4
Citations - 4453
Tammy Bischoff is an academic researcher from VCU Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Staphylococcal infections & Vancomycin. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 4136 citations.
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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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Nosocomial bloodstream infections in pediatric patients in United States hospitals: epidemiology, clinical features and susceptibilities.
Hilmar Wisplinghoff,Harald Seifert,Sandra M. Tallent,Tammy Bischoff,Richard P. Wenzel,Michael B. Edmond +5 more
TL;DR: Gram-positive pathogens predominated across all ages, and increasing antimicrobial resistance was observed in pediatric patients, and Nosocomial BSI occurred predominantly in very young and/or critically ill children.
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Vancomycin Susceptibility of Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Causing Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections
Sandra M. Tallent,Tammy Bischoff,Michael W. Climo,Michael W. Climo,Belinda Ostrowsky,Richard P. Wenzel,Michael B. Edmond +6 more
TL;DR: Nosocomial oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates were tested to determine the prevalence of vancomycin heteroresistance, and only one isolate exhibiting heterotypic resistance was detected.