Publications Didier Pittet

 






pittet d, harbarth s. intensive care unit. in: hospital infections. brachman ps , bennett jv, eds, 5th ed. lippincott williams & wilkins, philadelphia; 2007.
pittet d, allegranzi b, sax h. hand hygiene. in: hospital infections. brachman ps , bennett jv, eds, 5th ed. lippincott williams & wilkins, philadelphia; 2007.
allegranzi b, longtin y, pittet d. infection control in healthcare setting. in: control of communicable diseases manual. heymann dl (ed), 19th ed. american public health association, washington, dc, usa. 2008.
sax h, pittet d. severe soft-tissue infections. in: oh s manual intensive care medicine. bersten a, sony n, oh t, eds. 6th ed. butterworth-heinemann (elsevier ltd), london, uk, chap 63, pp 731–737, 2009.
boyce j, pittet d. improving hand hygiene in healthcare settings. in: shea practical handbook healthcare epidemiologists. 3rd ed. lautenbach e, woeltje f, malani pn (eds). university of chicago press, 2010.


infection prevention global priority


pittet, d (2005). clean hands reduce burden of disease . lancet. 366 (9481): 185–7. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(05)66886-9. pmid 16023493. 
pittet, d; donaldson, l (2005). clean care safer care: worldwide priority . lancet. 366 (9493): 1246–7. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(05)67506-x. pmid 16214584. 
allegranzi, b; pittet, d (2007). healthcare-associated infection in developing countries: simple solutions meet complex challenges . infection control , hospital epidemiology. 28 (12): 1323–7. doi:10.1086/521656. pmid 17994510. 
allegranzi, b; pittet, d (2008). preventing infections acquired during health-care delivery . lancet. 372 (9651): 1719–20. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(08)61715-8. pmid 19013310. 
kilpatrick, c; pittet, d (2011). save lives: clean hands global annual campaign. call action: 5 may 2011 . infection. 39 (2): 93–5. doi:10.1007/s15010-011-0106-8. pmid 21484356. 


infection , infection prevention in low- , middle-income economies


allegranzi, b; sax, h; bengaly, l; richet, h; minta, dk; chraiti, mn; sokona, fm; gayet-ageron, a; et al. (2010). successful implementation of world health organization hand hygiene improvement strategy in referral hospital in mali, africa . infection control , hospital epidemiology. 31 (2): 133–41. doi:10.1086/649796. pmid 20017633. 
nthumba, pm; stepita-poenaru, e; poenaru, d; bird, p; allegranzi, b; pittet, d; harbarth, s (2010). cluster-randomized, crossover trial of efficacy of plain soap , water versus alcohol-based rub surgical hand preparation in rural hospital in kenya . british journal of surgery. 97 (11): 1621–8. doi:10.1002/bjs.7213. pmid 20878941. 
barrera, l; zingg, w; mendez, f; pittet, d (2011). effectiveness of hand hygiene promotion strategy using alcohol-based handrub in 6 intensive care units in colombia . american journal of infection control. 39 (8): 633–9. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.11.004. pmid 21636170. 
allegranzi, b; bagheri nejad, s; combescure, c; graafmans, w; attar, h; donaldson, l; pittet, d (2011). burden of endemic health-care-associated infection in developing countries: systematic review , meta-analysis . lancet. 377 (9761): 228–41. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(10)61458-4. pmid 21146207. 
bagheri nejad, s; allegranzi, b; syed, sb; ellis, b; pittet, d (2011). health-care-associated infection in africa: systematic review . bulletin of world health organization. 89 (10): 757–65. doi:10.2471/blt.11.088179. pmc 3209981 . pmid 22084514. 


noma, disease of poverty


pittet, b; jaquinet, a; montandon, d (2001). clinical experience in treatment of noma sequelae . journal of craniofacial surgery. 12 (3): 273–83. doi:10.1097/00001665-200105000-00014. pmid 11358102. 
baratti-mayer, d; pittet, b; montandon, d; bolivar, i; bornand, je; hugonnet, s; jaquinet, a; schrenzel, j; et al. (2003). noma: infectious disease of unknown aetiology . lancet infectious diseases. 3 (7): 419–31. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(03)00670-4. pmid 12837347. 
baratti-mayer, d; pittet, b; montandon, d (2004). gesnoma (geneva study group on noma): state-of-the-art medical research humanitarian purposes . annales de chirurgie plastique et esthétique. 49 (3): 302–5. doi:10.1016/j.anplas.2004.04.005. pmid 15276261. 
huyghe, a; francois, p; charbonnier, y; tangomo-bento, m; bonetti, ej; paster, bj; bolivar, i; baratti-mayer, d; et al. (2008). novel microarray design strategy study complex bacterial communities . applied , environmental microbiology. 74 (6): 1876–85. doi:10.1128/aem.01722-07. pmc 2268287 . pmid 18203854. 


epidemiology, surveillance , international health


sax, h; pittet, d; swiss-noso, network (2002). interhospital differences in nosocomial infection rates: importance of case-mix adjustment . archives of internal medicine. 162 (21): 2437–42. doi:10.1001/archinte.162.21.2437. pmid 12437402. 
pittet, d; allegranzi, b; sax, h; bertinato, l; concia, e; cookson, b; fabry, j; richet, h; et al. (2005). considerations european strategy on health-care-associated infection, surveillance, , control . lancet infectious diseases. 5 (4): 242–50. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(05)70055-4. pmid 15792742. 
haustein, t; hollmeyer, h; hardiman, m; harbarth, s; pittet, d (2011). should event notified world health organization? reliability of international health regulations notification assessment process . bulletin of world health organization. 89 (4): 296–303. doi:10.2471/blt.10.083154. pmc 3066523 . pmid 21479094. 
haustein, t; gastmeier, p; holmes, a; lucet, jc; shannon, rp; pittet, d; harbarth, s (2011). use of benchmarking , public reporting infection control in 4 high-income countries . lancet infectious diseases. 11 (6): 471–81. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(10)70315-7. pmid 21616457. 
carlet, j; collignon, p; goldmann, d; goossens, h; gyssens, ic; harbarth, s; jarlier, v; levy, sb; et al. (2011). society s failure protect precious resource: antibiotics . lancet. 378 (9788): 369–71. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(11)60401-7. pmid 21477855. 


hand hygiene in healthcare


pittet, d; mourouga, p; perneger, tv (1999). compliance handwashing in teaching hospital. infection control program . annals of internal medicine. 130 (2): 126–30. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-130-2-199901190-00006. pmid 10068358. 
pittet, d; stéphan, f; hugonnet, s; akakpo, c; souweine, b; clergue, f (2003). hand-cleansing during postanesthesia care . anesthesiology. 99 (3): 530–5. doi:10.1097/00000542-200309000-00006. pmid 12960535. 
pittet, d; sax, h; hugonnet, s; harbarth, s (2004). cost implications of successful hand hygiene promotion . infection control , hospital epidemiology. 25 (3): 264–6. doi:10.1086/502389. pmid 15061421. 
pittet, d; simon, a; hugonnet, s; pessoa-silva, cl; sauvan, v; perneger, tv (2004). hand hygiene among physicians: performance, beliefs, , perceptions . annals of internal medicine. 141 (1): 1–8. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-1-200407060-00008. pmid 15238364. 
pittet, d (2005). clean hands reduce burden of disease . lancet. 366 (9481): 185–7. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(05)66886-9. pmid 16023493. 


hand hygiene , semmelweis


pittet, didier; boyce, john m (2001). hand hygiene , patient care: pursuing semmelweis legacy . lancet infectious diseases. 1 (1): 9–10. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(09)70295-6. 
pittet, didier (2004). crusade against puerperal fever . lancet. 363 (9417): 1331–1332. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(04)16022-4. 
pittet, d (2004). lowbury lecture: behaviour in infection control . journal of hospital infection. 58 (1): 1–13. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2004.06.002. pmid 15350707. 
stewardson, a; allegranzi, b; sax, h; kilpatrick, c; pittet, d (2011). future: rising semmelweis challenge in hand hygiene . future microbiology. 6 (8): 855–76. doi:10.2217/fmb.11.66. pmid 21861619. 
stewardson, a; pittet, d (2011). ignác semmelweis-celebrating flawed pioneer of patient safety . lancet. 378 (9785): 22–3. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(11)61007-6. pmid 21739646. 


hand hygiene
dynamics of hand colonisation


pittet, d; dharan, s; touveneau, s; sauvan, v; perneger, tv (1999). bacterial contamination of hands of hospital staff during routine patient care . archives of internal medicine. 159 (8): 821–6. doi:10.1001/archinte.159.8.821. pmid 10219927. 
pittet, didier; kramer, axel (2002). alcohol-based hand gels , hand hygiene in hospitals . lancet. 360 (9344): 1511. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(02)11447-4. 
pessoa-silva, cl; dharan, s; hugonnet, s; touveneau, s; posfay-barbe, k; pfister, r; pittet, d (2004). dynamics of bacterial hand contamination during routine neonatal care . infection control , hospital epidemiology. 25 (3): 192–7. doi:10.1086/502376. pmid 15061408. 
pittet, d; allegranzi, b; sax, h; dharan, s; pessoa-silva, cl; donaldson, l; boyce, jm; global patient safety challenge, world alliance patient safety (2006). evidence-based model hand transmission during patient care , role of improved practices . lancet infectious diseases. 6 (10): 641–52. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(06)70600-4. pmid 17008173. 
rotter, m; sattar, s; dharan, s; allegranzi, b; mathai, e; pittet, d (2009). methods evaluate microbicidal activities of hand-rub , hand-wash agents . journal of hospital infection. 73 (3): 191–9. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2009.06.024. pmid 19729223. 


hand hygiene
alcohol-based handrubs universal gold standard


hugonnet, s; perneger, tv; pittet, d (2002). alcohol-based handrub improves compliance hand hygiene in intensive care units . archives of internal medicine. 162 (9): 1037–43. doi:10.1001/archinte.162.9.1037. pmid 11996615. 
kramer, a; rudolph, p; kampf, g; pittet, d (2002). limited efficacy of alcohol-based hand gels . lancet. 359 (9316): 1489–90. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(02)08426-x. pmid 11988252. 
ahmed, qa; memish, za; allegranzi, b; pittet, d; global patient safety challenge (2006). muslim health-care workers , alcohol-based handrubs . lancet. 367 (9515): 1025–7. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(06)68431-6. pmid 16564366. 
pittet, d; allegranzi, b; sax, h; chraiti, mn; griffiths, w; richet, h; world health organization global patient safety challenge alcohol-based handrub task force (2007). double-blind, randomized, crossover trial of 3 hand rub formulations: fast-track evaluation of tolerability , acceptability . infection control , hospital epidemiology. 28 (12): 1344–51. doi:10.1086/523272. pmid 17994514. 
widmer, af; rotter, m; voss, a; nthumba, p; allegranzi, b; boyce, j; pittet, d (2010). surgical hand preparation: state-of-the-art . journal of hospital infection. 74 (2): 112–22. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2009.06.020. pmid 19716627. 


hand hygiene guidelines


boyce, jm; pittet, d; healthcare infection control practices advisory committee; hicpac/shea/apic/idsa hand hygiene task force (2002). guideline hand hygiene in health-care settings. recommendations of healthcare infection control practices advisory committee , hicpac/shea/apic/idsa hand hygiene task force. society healthcare epidemiology of america/association professionals in infection control/infectious diseases society of america . mmwr. recommendations , reports. 51 (rr–16): 1–45, quiz ce1–4. pmid 12418624. 
pittet, didier; boyce, john m (2003). revolutionising hand hygiene in health-care settings: guidelines revisited . lancet infectious diseases. 3 (5): 269–70. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(03)00601-7. pmid 12726970. 
who guidelines hand hygiene in health care (advanced draft). world health organization, geneva, 2006
cookson, b; mathai, e; allegranzi, b; pessoa-silva, cl; bagheri nejad, s; schneider, a; tschopp, c; wendt, c; pittet, d (2009). comparison of national , subnational guidelines hand hygiene . journal of hospital infection. 72 (3): 202–10. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2009.03.022. pmid 19481295. 
who guidelines hand hygiene in health care (advanced draft). world health organization, geneva, 2009.


hand hygiene education


sax, h.; allegranzi, b.; uçkay, i.; larson, e.; boyce, j.; pittet, d. (2007). 5 moments hand hygiene : user-centred design approach understand, train, monitor , report hand hygiene . journal of hospital infection. 67 (1): 9–21. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2007.06.004. pmid 17719685. 
whitby, m.; pessoa-silva, c.l.; mclaws, m.-l.; allegranzi, b.; sax, h.; larson, e.; seto, w.h.; donaldson, l.; pittet, d. (2007). behavioural considerations hand hygiene practices: basic building blocks . journal of hospital infection. 65 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2006.09.026. pmid 17145101. 
allegranzi, b; memish, za; donaldson, l; pittet, d; world health organization global patient safety challenge task force on religious cultural aspects of hand hygiene; world alliance patient safety (2009). religion , culture: potential undercurrents influencing hand hygiene promotion in health care . american journal of infection control. 37 (1): 28–34. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2008.01.014. pmid 18834738. 
sax, h; allegranzi, b; chraïti, mn; boyce, j; larson, e; pittet, d (2009). world health organization hand hygiene observation method . american journal of infection control. 37 (10): 827–34. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2009.07.003. pmid 20004812. 
longtin, yves; sax, hugo; allegranzi, benedetta; schneider, franck; pittet, didier (2011). hand hygiene . new england journal of medicine. 364 (13): e24. doi:10.1056/nejmvcm0903599. pmid 21449775. 


patients partners in care


longtin, yves; sax, hugo; allegranzi, benedetta; hugonnet, stéphane; pittet, didier (2009). patients beliefs , perceptions of participation increase healthcare worker compliance hand hygiene . infection control , hospital epidemiology. 30 (9): 830–9. doi:10.1086/599118. pmid 19642899. 
longtin, y; akakpo, c; rutschmann, ot; pittet, d; sax, h (2009). evaluation of patients mask use after implementation of cough etiquette in emergency department . infection control , hospital epidemiology. 30 (9): 904–8. doi:10.1086/605471. pmid 19622049. 
longtin, yves; sax, hugo; leape, lucian l.; sheridan, susan e.; donaldson, liam; pittet, didier (2010). patient participation: current knowledge , applicability patient safety . mayo clinic proceedings. 85 (1): 53–62. doi:10.4065/mcp.2009.0248. pmc 2800278 . pmid 20042562. 
mcguckin, m; storr, j; longtin, y; allegranzi, b; pittet, d (2011). patient empowerment , multimodal hand hygiene promotion: win-win strategy . american journal of medical quality. 26 (1): 10–7. doi:10.1177/1062860610373138. pmid 20576998. 
pittet, d.; panesar, s.s.; wilson, k.; longtin, y.; morris, t.; allan, v.; storr, j.; cleary, k.; donaldson, l. (2011). involving patient ask hospital hand hygiene: national patient safety agency feasibility study . journal of hospital infection. 77 (4): 299–303. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2010.10.013. pmid 21236515. 


multimodal interventions reduce infections


pittet, didier; hugonnet, stéphane; harbarth, stephan; mourouga, philippe; sauvan, valérie; touveneau, sylvie; perneger, thomas v (2000). effectiveness of hospital-wide programme improve compliance hand hygiene . lancet. 356 (9238): 1307–12. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02814-2. pmid 11073019. 
eggimann, p; harbarth, s; constantin, mn; touveneau, s; chevrolet, jc; pittet, d (2000). impact of prevention strategy targeted @ vascular-access care on incidence of infections acquired in intensive care . lancet. 355 (9218): 1864–8. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02291-1. pmid 10866442. 
stephan, f.; sax, h.; wachsmuth, m.; hoffmeyer, p.; clergue, f.; pittet, d. (2006). reduction of urinary tract infection , antibiotic use after surgery: controlled, prospective, before-after intervention study . clinical infectious diseases. 42 (11): 1544–51. doi:10.1086/503837. pmid 16652311. 
pessoa-silva, c. l.; hugonnet, s.; pfister, r.; touveneau, s.; dharan, s.; posfay-barbe, k.; pittet, d. (2007). reduction of health care associated infection risk in neonates successful hand hygiene promotion . pediatrics. 120 (2): e382–90. doi:10.1542/peds.2006-3712. pmid 17664257. 
allegranzi, b; sax, h; bengaly, l; richet, h; minta, dk; chraiti, mn; sokona, fm; gayet-ageron, a; et al. (2010). successful implementation of world health organization hand hygiene improvement strategy in referral hospital in mali, africa . infection control , hospital epidemiology. 31 (2): 133–41. doi:10.1086/649796. pmid 20017633. 


nosocomial bloodstream infection


pittet, d.; tarara, d.; wenzel, r. p. (1994). nosocomial bloodstream infection in critically iii patients: excess length of stay, costs, , attributable mortality . jama: journal of american medical association. 271 (20): 1598. doi:10.1001/jama.1994.03510440058033. 
pittet, d; wenzel, rp (1995). nosocomial bloodstream infections. secular trends in rates, mortality, , contribution total hospital deaths . archives of internal medicine. 155 (11): 1177–84. doi:10.1001/archinte.1995.00430110089009. pmid 7763123. 
pittet, didier; li, ning; woolson, robert f.; wenzel, richard p. (1997). microbiological factors influencing outcome of nosocomial bloodstream infections: 6‐year validated, population‐based model . clinical infectious diseases. 24 (6): 1068–78. doi:10.1086/513640. jstor 4460006. pmid 9195059. 
hugonnet, s; sax, h; eggimann, p; chevrolet, jc; pittet, d (2004). nosocomial bloodstream infection , clinical sepsis . emerging infectious diseases. 10 (1): 76–81. doi:10.3201/eid1001.030407. pmc 3322756 . pmid 15078600. 
hugonnet, stéphane; harbarth, stephan; ferrière, karin; ricou, bara; suter, peter; pittet, didier (2003). bacteremic sepsis in intensive care: temporal trends in incidence, organ dysfunction, , prognosis . critical care medicine. 31 (2): 390–4. doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000045026.81584.6f. pmid 12576941. 


catheter-associated infections


widmer, a. f.; pittet, d. (1992). optimal duration of therapy catheter-related staphylococcus aureus bacteremia . clinical infectious diseases. 14 (6): 1259–60. doi:10.1093/clinids/14.6.1259. pmid 1623083. 
eggimann, p; harbarth, s; constantin, mn; touveneau, s; chevrolet, jc; pittet, d (2000). impact of prevention strategy targeted @ vascular-access care on incidence of infections acquired in intensive care . lancet. 355 (9218): 1864–8. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02291-1. pmid 10866442. 
eggimann, p; hugonnet, s; sax, h; harbarth, s; chevrolet, jc; pittet, d (2005). long-term reduction of vascular access-associated bloodstream infection . annals of internal medicine. 142 (10): 875–6. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-142-10-200505170-00025. pmid 15897546. 
zingg, w.; sax, h.; inan, c.; cartier, v.; diby, m.; clergue, f.; pittet, d.; walder, b. (2009). hospital-wide surveillance of catheter-related bloodstream infection: expected unexpected . journal of hospital infection. 73 (1): 41–6. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2009.05.015. pmid 19646788. 
perencevich, e. n.; pittet, d. (2009). preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: thinking outside checklist . jama: journal of american medical association. 301 (12): 1285–7. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.420. pmid 19318658. 


ventilator-associated pneumonia


fischer, joachim e; janousek, martin; nadal, david; fanconi, sergio (1998). diagnostic techniques ventilator-associated pneumonia . lancet. 352 (9133): 1066. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(05)60107-9. 
pittet, didier; bonten, marc jm (2000). towards invasive diagnostic techniques standard management of ventilator-associated pneumonia . lancet. 356 (9233): 874. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02675-1. pmid 11036890. 
pittet, d; eggimann, p; rubinovitch, b (2001). prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia oral decontamination: sdd study? . american journal of respiratory , critical care medicine. 164 (3): 338–9. doi:10.1164/ajrccm.164.3.2105072b. pmid 11500329. 
hugonnet, stephane; eggimann, philippe; borst, francois; maricot, patrice; chevrolet, jean‐claude; pittet, didier (2004). impact of ventilator‐associated pneumonia on resource utilization , patient outcome • . infection control , hospital epidemiology. 25 (12): 1090–6. doi:10.1086/502349. pmid 15636298. 
kollef, m; pittet, d; sánchez garcía, m; chastre, j; fagon, jy; bonten, m; hyzy, r; fleming, tr; et al. (2006). randomized double-blind trial of iseganan in prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia . american journal of respiratory , critical care medicine. 173 (1): 91–7. doi:10.1164/rccm.200504-656oc. pmid 16192451. 
uc kay, i.; ahmed, q. a.; sax, h.; pittet, d. (2008). ventilator-associated pneumonia quality indicator patient safety? . clinical infectious diseases. 46 (4): 557–63. doi:10.1086/526534. pmid 18199039. 
pittet, d; zingg, w (2010). reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia: when process control allows outcome improvement , benchmarking . critical care medicine. 38 (3): 983–4. doi:10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181c8fd0c. pmid 20168154. 


infections in critically ill


pittet, d; thiévent, b; wenzel, rp; li, n; auckenthaler, r; suter, pm (1996). bedside prediction of mortality bacteremic sepsis. dynamic analysis of icu patients . american journal of respiratory , critical care medicine. 153 (2): 684–93. doi:10.1164/ajrccm.153.2.8564118. pmid 8564118. 
harbarth, s; holeckova, k; froidevaux, c; pittet, d; ricou, b; grau, ge; vadas, l; pugin, j; geneva sepsis, network (2001). diagnostic value of procalcitonin, interleukin-6, , interleukin-8 in critically ill patients admitted suspected sepsis . american journal of respiratory , critical care medicine. 164 (3): 396–402. doi:10.1164/ajrccm.164.3.2009052. pmid 11500339. 
hugonnet, s; eggimann, p; sax, h; touveneau, s; chevrolet, jc; pittet, d (2002). intensive care unit-acquired infections: postdischarge surveillance useful? . critical care medicine. 30 (12): 2636–8. doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000038277.14860.83 (inactive 2017-01-16). pmid 12483051. 
eggimann, p; harbarth, s; ricou, b; hugonnet, s; ferriere, k; suter, p; pittet, d (2003). acute respiratory distress syndrome after bacteremic sepsis not increase mortality . american journal of respiratory , critical care medicine. 167 (9): 1210–4. doi:10.1164/rccm.200210-1196oc. pmid 12615616. 
hugonnet, s; chevrolet, jc; pittet, d (2007). effect of workload on infection risk in critically ill patients . critical care medicine. 35 (1): 76–81. doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000251125.08629.3f. pmid 17095946. 
hugonnet, s; villaveces, a; pittet, d (2007). nurse staffing level , nosocomial infections: empirical evaluation of case-crossover , case-time-control designs . american journal of epidemiology. 165 (11): 1321–7. doi:10.1093/aje/kwm041. pmid 17400571. 


systemic inflammatory response syndrome (sirs), sepsis, severe sepsis , cascades


pittet, d; rangel-frausto, s; li, n; tarara, d; costigan, m; rempe, l; jebson, p; wenzel, rp (1995). systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, severe sepsis , septic shock: incidence, morbidities , outcomes in surgical icu patients . intensive care medicine. 21 (4): 302–9. doi:10.1007/bf01705408. pmid 7650252. 
rangel-frausto, m. s.; pittet, d.; costigan, m.; hwang, t.; davis, c. s.; wenzel, r. p. (1995). natural history of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (sirs) prospective study . jama: journal of american medical association. 273 (2): 117–23. doi:10.1001/jama.1995.03520260039030. pmid 7799491. 
rangel‐frausto, m. sigfrido; pittet, didier; hwang, ,taekyu; woolson, robert f.; wenzel, richard p. (1998). dynamics of disease progression in sepsis: markov modeling describing natural history , impact of effective antisepsis agents . clinical infectious diseases. 27 (1): 185–90. doi:10.1086/514630. pmid 9675475. 
pittet, d; harbarth, s; suter, pm; reinhart, k; leighton, a; barker, c; macdonald, f; abraham, e (1999). impact of immunomodulating therapy on morbidity in patients severe sepsis . american journal of respiratory , critical care medicine. 160 (3): 852–7. doi:10.1164/ajrccm.160.3.9809033. pmid 10471608. 
harbarth, s; garbino, j; pugin, j; romand, ja; lew, d; pittet, d (2003). inappropriate initial antimicrobial therapy , effect on survival in clinical trial of immunomodulating therapy severe sepsis . american journal of medicine. 115 (7): 529–35. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.07.005. pmid 14599631. 


infections due candida spp.


pittet, d; monod, m; filthuth, i; frenk, e; suter, pm; auckenthaler, r (1991). contour-clamped homogeneous electric field gel electrophoresis powerful epidemiologic tool in yeast infections . american journal of medicine. 91 (3b): 256s–263s. doi:10.1016/0002-9343(91)90378-b. pmid 1928173. 
pittet, d; monod, m; suter, pm; frenk, e; auckenthaler, r (1994). candida colonization , subsequent infections in critically ill surgical patients . annals of surgery. 220 (6): 751–8. doi:10.1097/00000658-199412000-00008. pmc 1234477 . pmid 7986142. 
garbino, j; lew, dp; romand, ja; hugonnet, s; auckenthaler, r; pittet, d (2002). prevention of severe candida infections in nonneutropenic, high-risk, critically ill patients: randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in patients treated selective digestive decontamination . intensive care medicine. 28 (12): 1708–17. doi:10.1007/s00134-002-1540-y. pmid 12447512. 
garbino, j; kolarova, l; rohner, p; lew, d; pichna, p; pittet, d (2002). secular trends of candidemia on 12 years in adult patients @ tertiary care hospital . medicine. 81 (6): 425–33. doi:10.1097/00005792-200211000-00003. pmid 12441899. 
eggimann, p; garbino, j; pittet, d (2003). epidemiology of candida species infections in critically ill non-immunosuppressed patients . lancet infectious diseases. 3 (11): 685–702. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(03)00801-6. pmid 14592598. 
eggimann, p; garbino, j; pittet, d (2003). management of candida species infections in critically ill patients . lancet infectious diseases. 3 (12): 772–85. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(03)00831-4. pmid 14652203. 


epidemiology of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus


harbarth, s; rutschmann, o; sudre, p; pittet, d (1998). impact of methicillin resistance on outcome of patients bacteremia caused staphylococcus aureus . archives of internal medicine. 158 (2): 182–9. doi:10.1001/archinte.158.2.182. pmid 9448557. 
harbarth, s; françois, p; shrenzel, j; fankhauser-rodriguez, c; hugonnet, s; koessler, t; huyghe, a; pittet, d (2005). community-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, switzerland . emerging infectious diseases. 11 (6): 962–5. doi:10.3201/eid1106.041308. pmc 3367580 . pmid 15963298. 
harbarth, s; sax, h; fankhauser-rodriguez, c; schrenzel, j; agostinho, a; pittet, d (2006). evaluating probability of unknown carriage of mrsa @ hospital admission . american journal of medicine. 119 (3): 275.e15–23. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.04.042. pmid 16490475. 
de angelis, g; francois, p; lee, a; schrenzel, j; renzi, g; girard, m; pittet, d; harbarth, s (2011). molecular , epidemiological evaluation of strain replacement in patients harboring gentamicin-resistant mrsa . journal of clinical microbiology. 49 (11): 3880–4. doi:10.1128/jcm.01061-11. pmc 3209128 . pmid 21918027. 
lee, a. s.; macedo-vinas, m.; francois, p.; renzi, g.; schrenzel, j.; vernaz, n.; pittet, d.; harbarth, s. (2011). impact of combined low-level mupirocin , genotypic chlorhexidine resistance on persistent methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus carriage after decolonization therapy: case-control study . clinical infectious diseases. 52 (12): 1422–30. doi:10.1093/cid/cir233. pmid 21628482. 


control of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus


harbarth, s; dharan, s; liassine, n; herrault, p; auckenthaler, r; pittet, d (1999). randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial evaluate efficacy of mupirocin eradicating carriage of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus . antimicrobial agents , chemotherapy. 43 (6): 1412–6. pmc 89288 . pmid 10348762. 
boyce, j; cookson, b; christiansen, k; hori, s; vuopiovarkila, j; kocagoz, s; oztop, a; vandenbrouckegrauls, c; et al. (2005). meticillin-resistant . lancet infectious diseases. 5 (10): 653–63. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(05)70243-7. pmid 16183520. 
harbarth, stephan; masuet-aumatell, cristina; schrenzel, jacques; francois, patrice; akakpo, christophe; renzi, gesuele; pugin, jerome; ricou, bara; pittet, didier (2006). evaluation of rapid screening , pre-emptive contact isolation detecting , controlling methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in critical care: interventional cohort study . critical care. 10 (1): r25. doi:10.1186/cc3982. pmc 1550853 . pmid 16469125. 
harbarth, s.; fankhauser, c.; schrenzel, j.; christenson, j.; gervaz, p.; bandiera-clerc, c.; renzi, g.; vernaz, n.; et al. (2008). universal screening methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus @ hospital admission , nosocomial infection in surgical patients . jama: journal of american medical association. 299 (10): 1149–57. doi:10.1001/jama.299.10.1149. pmid 18334690. 
murthy, a.; de angelis, g.; pittet, d.; schrenzel, j.; uckay, i.; harbarth, s. (2010). cost-effectiveness of universal mrsa screening on admission surgery . clinical microbiology , infection. 16 (12): 1747–53. doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03220.x. pmid 20331684. 


paediatric infection control


pessoa-silva, cl; hugonnet, s; pfister, r; touveneau, s; dharan, s; posfay-barbe, k; pittet, d (2007). reduction of health care associated infection risk in neonates successful hand hygiene promotion . pediatrics. 120 (2): e382–90. doi:10.1542/peds.2006-3712. pmid 17664257. 
posfay-barbe, km; zerr, dm; pittet, d (2008). infection control in paediatrics . lancet infectious diseases. 8 (1): 19–31. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(07)70310-9. pmid 18156087. 
zingg, w; posfay-barbe, km; pittet, d (2008). healthcare-associated infections in neonates . current opinion in infectious diseases. 21 (3): 228–34. doi:10.1097/qco.0b013e3282fcec5f. pmid 18448966. 
longtin, y; troillet, n; touveneau, s; boillat, n; rimensberger, p; dharan, s; gervaix, a; pittet, d; harbarth, s (2010). pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in pediatric intensive care unit linked humanitarian organization residential center . pediatric infectious disease journal. 29 (3): 233–7. doi:10.1097/inf.0b013e3181bc24fb. pmid 19940801. 
zingg, walter; posfay‐barbe, klara m.; pfister, riccardo e.; touveneau, sylvie; pittet, didier (2011). individualized catheter surveillance among neonates: prospective, 8‐year, single‐center experience . infection control , hospital epidemiology. 32 (1): 42–9. doi:10.1086/657634. pmid 21121817. 


bone , foreign body infections


pittet, d; wyssa, b; herter-clavel, c; kursteiner, k; vaucher, j; lew, pd (1999). outcome of diabetic foot infections treated conservatively: retrospective cohort study long-term follow-up . archives of internal medicine. 159 (8): 851–6. doi:10.1001/archinte.159.8.851. pmid 10219931. 
pittet, b; montandon, d; pittet, d (2005). infection in breast implants . lancet infectious diseases. 5 (2): 94–106. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(05)01281-8. pmid 15680779. 
uçkay, i; harbarth, s; peter, r; lew, d; hoffmeyer, p; pittet, d (2010). preventing surgical site infections . expert review of anti-infective therapy. 8 (6): 657–70. doi:10.1586/eri.10.41. pmid 20521894. 
uçkay, i; harbarth, s; ferry, t; lübbeke, a; emonet, s; hoffmeyer, p; pittet, d (2011). meticillin resistance in orthopaedic coagulase-negative staphylococcal infections . journal of hospital infection. 79 (3): 248–53. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2011.06.014. pmid 21955452. 
uçkay, i; lübbeke, a; harbarth, s; emonet, s; tovmirzaeva, l; agostinho, a; longtin, y; peter, r; et al. (2012). low risk despite high endemicity of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections following elective total joint arthroplasty: 12-year experience . annals of medicine. 44 (4): 360–8. doi:10.3109/07853890.2010.550932. pmid 21352084. 
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