IDM MPH Journal Club

Authors:  Laura Dytrt & Nefertiti Wade
Carvour, M.L., Wiler, S.L., Ryan, K.L., et al.  Predictors of Clostridium difficile infection and predictive impact of probiotic use in a diverse hospital-wide cohort.  Amer. J. Infection Control.  47:2-8, 2019.
Reviewers:  Sarah Sullivan & Andrew Whaley

Authors:  Briana Edison & Kelsey Simon
Pelzer, P.T., Mutayoba, B., Cobelens, F.G.J.  BCG vaccination protects against infection with Mycobactyerium tuberculosis ascertained by tuberculin skin testing.  J. Infection  77:335-340, 2018.
Reviewers:  Cheyenne Annarumo & Rachel Jaffe

Authors:  Inngide Osirus & Quinn Solomon
Yasmin, M., Hage, H.E., Obeid, R., et al.  Epidemiology of blood stream infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a tertiary care hospital in New York.  Amer. J. Infect. Control.  44:41-46, 2016.
Reviewers:  Elizabeth Piccoli & Abigail Rubio

Authors:  Sarah Sullivan & Andrew Whaley
Shi, T., Li, T., Li, J., et al.  Genetic diversity of drug resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in local area of Soutwest China:  a retrospective study.  BMC Infect. Dis.  18:565, 2018.
Reviewers:  Monica Nelson & Dzigbordi Kamasa-Quashie