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Costi D. Sifri

Costi D. Sifri

Professor and Director, Hospital Epidemiology (UVA Hospital), Medicine- Infectious Diseases and International Health

Primary Location
Box 800473
Clinical Department Wing, Room 4521
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Primary Phone Number
Fax Number
434.924.1225

Bio & Overview

Our major research focuses on understanding the molecular epidemiology and clinical consequences of transmission of multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs) in the healthcare environment and interventions to interrupt transmission. We are also particularly interested in the contribution of horizontal gene transfer to the spread of resistance.

Academic Information

Department
Medicine- Infectious Diseases and International Health
Academic Title
Professor

Primary Education

  • MD, Medicine, University of Rochester, 1995
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1998
  • Clinical Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital, 2001
  • Research Fellowship, Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 2002

Other Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology

Other Affiliations

  • Professor, BIMS

Research Interests

Hospital epidemiology, immunocompromised infectious diseases, molecular pathogenesis and epidemiology, innate immunity

Selected Publications

2024

Cui, J., Heavey, J., Lin, L., Klein, E. Y., Madden, G. R., Sifri, C. D., . . . Prakash, B. A. (2024). Modeling relaxed policies for discontinuation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus contact precautions. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. doi:10.1017/ice.2024.23

2023

Ku, T. S. N., Al Mohajer, M., Newton, J. A., Wilson, M. H., Monsees, E., Hayden, M. K., . . . Vaughn, V. M. (2023). Improving antimicrobial use through better diagnosis: The relationship between diagnostic stewardship and antimicrobial stewardship. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 44(12), 1901-1908. doi:10.1017/ice.2023.156

Jones, J. M., Agarwal, A., Moorman, A. C., Hofmeister, M. G., Hulse, J. C., Meneveau, M. O., . . . Sifri, C. D. (2023). Donor-derived Transmission of Hepatitis A Virus Following Kidney Transplantation: Clinical Course of Two Cases From One Donor. TRANSPLANTATION DIRECT, 9(8). doi:10.1097/TXD.0000000000001506

2022

Bonatti, H. J. R., Roman, A. L., Krebs, E., Sifri, C. D., Hagspiel, K. D., Sawyer, R. G., & Pruett, T. L. (2023). Good Long-Term Outcome Following Liver Transplant in a Patient With Common Variable Immunodeficiency Syndrome Despite Multiple Infections and Recurrent Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia. EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, 21(1), 66-69. doi:10.6002/ect.2022.0067

Madden, G. R., Petri, W. A. J., Costa, D. V. S., Warren, C. A., Ma, J. Z., & Sifri, C. D. (2022). Validation of Clinical Risk Models for Clostridioides difficile-Attributable Outcomes. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 66(7). doi:10.1128/aac.00676-22

Eby, J. C., Richey, M. M., Sifri, C. D., & Schuch, J. Z. (2022). Influence of critically appraising exemption requests from healthcare personnel along a spectrum of influenza vaccine hesitancy. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 43(11), 1672-1678. doi:10.1017/ice.2021.513

Yau, J., Dann, J., Geyston, J., Hall, H. C., Pelletier, S., & Sifri, C. D. (2022). Eliminated routine postorthotopic liver transplant antibiotics in uncomplicated patients leads to equivalent safety outcomes.. Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE, 2(1), e13. doi:10.1017/ash.2021.239

2021

Hogan, J. I., Steiner, K. L., & Sifri, C. D. (2022). First report of sexually transmitted primary cytomegalovirus proctocolitis in a renal transplant recipient. TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 24(1). doi:10.1111/tid.13680

Qin, C. X., Moore, L. W., Anjan, S., Rahamimov, R., Sifri, C. D., Ali, N. M., . . . Segev, D. L. (2021). Risk of Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Adult Transplant Recipients. TRANSPLANTATION, 105(11), E265-E266. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000003907

VanderWerf, M., Bernard, J., Barta, D. T., Berg, J., Collins, T., Dowdy, M., . . . Wibberly, K. H. (2022). Pandemic Telemedicine Technology Response Plan and Technology Assessment Phase 2: Pandemic Action Plan Key Issues and Technology Solutions for Health Care Delivery Organizations in a Pandemic. TELEMEDICINE AND E-HEALTH, 28(4), 443-456. doi:10.1089/tmj.2021.0215

VanderWerf, M., Bernard, J., Barta, D. T., Berg, J., Collins, T., Dowdy, M., . . . Wibberly, K. H. (2022). Pandemic Action Plan Policy and Regulatory Summary Telehealth Policy and Regulatory Considerations During a Pandemic. TELEMEDICINE AND E-HEALTH, 28(4), 457-466. doi:10.1089/tmj.2021.0216

Barros, A. J., Sifri, C. D., Bell, T. D., Eby, J. C., & Enfield, K. B. (2021). Effectiveness of Elastomeric Half-Mask Respirators vs N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators During Simulated Resuscitation A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial. JAMA NETWORK OPEN, 4(3). doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1564

2020

Madden, G. R., Smith, D. C., Poulter, M. D., & Sifri, C. D. (2021). Propensity-Matched Cost of Clostridioides difficile Infection Overdiagnosis. OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 8(2). doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa630

Henderson, D. K., Dembry, L. -M., Sifri, C. D., Palmore, T. N., Dellinger, E. P., Yokoe, D. S., . . . Babcock, H. M. (2022). Management of healthcare personnel living with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus in US healthcare institutions. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 43(2), 147-155. doi:10.1017/ice.2020.458

Wiencek, J. R., Head, C. L., Sifri, C. D., & Parsons, A. S. (2020). Clinical Ordering Practices of the SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Test at a Large Academic Medical Center. OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 7(10). doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa406

Gossen, A., Mehring, B., Gunnell, B. S., Rheuban, K. S., Cattell-Gordon, D. C., Enfield, K. B., & Sifri, C. D. (2020). The Isolation Communication Management System A Telemedicine Platform to Care for Patients in a Biocontainment Unit. ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY, 17(6), 673-678. doi:10.1513/AnnalsATS.202003-261IP

Madden, G. R., Enfield, K. B., & Sifri, C. D. (2020). Patient Outcomes With Prevented vs Negative Clostridioides difficile Tests Using a Computerized Clinical Decision Support Tool. OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 7(4). doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa094

Mathers, A. J., Vegesana, K., German-Mesner, I., Ainsworth, J., Pannone, A., Crooke, D. W., . . . Eyre, D. W. (2020). Risk factors for Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) gene acquisition and clinical outcomes across multiple bacterial species. JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION, 104(4), 456-468. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2020.01.005

2019

Madden, G. R., & Sifri, C. D. (2019). Reduced Clostridioides difficile Tests Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Through a Diagnostic Stewardship Bundled Intervention. ANNALS OF TRANSPLANTATION, 24, 304-311. doi:10.12659/AOT.915168

Lewis, J. D., Barros, A. J., & Sifri, C. D. (2019). Comparison of risk factors and outcomes of daptomycin-susceptible and -nonsusceptible vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium infections in liver transplant recipients: A reply to Jorgenson et al. TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 21(1). doi:10.1111/tid.13028

Murphy, J., Sifri, C. D., Pruitt, R., Hornberger, M., Bonds, D., Blanton, J., . . . Wallace, R. M. (2019). Human Rabies - Virginia, 2017. MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT, 67(51-52), 1410-1414. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm675152a2

Brassinga, A. K. C., & Sifri, C. D. (2019). The Caenorhabditis elegans Model of Legionella Infection. LEGIONELLA, 2 EDITION, 1921, 371-397. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-9048-1_24

2018

Madden, G. R., Cox, H. L., Poulter, M. D., Lyman, J. A., Enfield, K. B., & Sifri, C. D. (2019). Cost Analysis of Computerized Clinical Decision Support and Trainee Financial Incentive for Clostridioides difficile Testing. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 40(2), 242-244. doi:10.1017/ice.2018.300

Madden, G. R., Poulter, M. D., & Sifri, C. D. (2019). PCR cycle threshold to assess a diagnostic stewardship intervention for C. difficile testing. JOURNAL OF INFECTION, 78(2), 161-162. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2018.09.013

Madden, G. R., Heon, B. E., & Sifri, C. D. (2018). Effect of copper-impregnated linens on multidrug-resistant organism acquisition and Clostridium difficile infection at a long-term acute-care hospital. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 39(11), 1384-1386. doi:10.1017/ice.2018.196

Lucar, A. N., Knicely, D. H., & Sifri, C. D. (2018). Late post-kidney transplant Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome. TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 20(6). doi:10.1111/tid.12975

Madden, G. R., Poulter, M. D., & Sifri, C. D. (2018). Diagnostic stewardship and the 2017 update of the IDSA-SHEA Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection. DIAGNOSIS, 5(3), 119-125. doi:10.1515/dx-2018-0012

Madden, G. R., & Sifri, C. D. (2018). Antimicrobial Resistance to Agents Used for Staphylococcus aureus Decolonization: Is There a Reason for Concern?. CURRENT INFECTIOUS DISEASE REPORTS, 20(8). doi:10.1007/s11908-018-0630-0

Cain, S. M., Enfield, K. B., Giannetta, E. T., Sifri, C. D., & Lewis, J. D. (2018). Septic arthritis due to oral streptococci following intra-articular injection: A case series. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 46(11), 1301-1303. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2018.04.227

Madden, G. R., Mesner, I. G., Cox, H. L., Mathers, A. J., Lyman, J. A., Sifri, C. D., & Enfield, K. B. (2018). Reduced Clostridium difficile Tests and Laboratory-Identified Events With a Computerized Clinical Decision Support Tool and Financial Incentive. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 39(6), 737-740. doi:10.1017/ice.2018.53

Mathers, A. J., Vegesana, K., Mesner, I. G., Barry, K. E., Pannone, A., Baumann, J., . . . Sifri, C. D. (2018). Intensive Care Unit Wastewater Interventions to Prevent Transmission of Multispecies Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 67(2), 171-178. doi:10.1093/cid/ciy052

Madden, G. R., Weinstein, R. A., & Sifri, C. D. (2018). Diagnostic Stewardship for Healthcare-Associated Infections: Opportunities and Challenges to Safely Reduce Test Use. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 39(2), 214-218. doi:10.1017/ice.2017.278

2017

Grabowski, M. E., Kang, H., Wells, K. M., Sifri, C. D., Mathers, A. J., & Lobo, J. M. (2017). Provider Role in Transmission of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 38(11), 1329-1334. doi:10.1017/ice.2017.216

Cheruvanky, A., Stoesser, N., Sheppard, A. E., Crook, D. W., Hoffman, P. S., Weddle, E., . . . Mathers, A. J. (2017). Enhanced Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase Expression from a Novel Tn4401 Deletion. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 61(6). doi:10.1128/AAC.00025-17

Mathers, A. J., Stoesser, N., Chai, W., Carroll, J., Barry, K., Cherunvanky, A., . . . Sheppard, A. E. (2017). Chromosomal Integration of the Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase Gene, blaKPC, in Klebsiella Species Is Elusive but Not Rare. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 61(3). doi:10.1128/AAC.01823-16

Contreras, G., Diaz, L., Rios, R., Reyes, K. C., Kamboj, M., Lewis, J., . . . Arias, C. (2017). A Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Approach to Predict Daptomycin (DAP) Susceptibility of Enterococcus faecium. Open forum infectious diseases, 4(Suppl 1), S602.

Cain, S., Sifri, C. D., & Lewis, J. (2017). Septic Arthritis due to Oral Streptococcal Species Following Intra-articular Injection: A Case Series and Retrospective Chart Review. Open forum infectious diseases, 4(Suppl 1), S94.

Sartelli, M., Kluger, Y., Ansaloni, L., Carlet, J., Brink, A., Hardcastle, T. C., . . . Catena, F. (2017). A Global Declaration on Appropriate Use of Antimicrobial Agents across the Surgical Pathway. SURGICAL INFECTIONS, 18(8), 846-853. doi:10.1089/sur.2017.219

Sartelli, M., Labricciosa, F. M., Barbadoro, P., Pagani, L., Ansaloni, L., Brink, A. J., . . . Catena, F. (2017). The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery: defining a model for antimicrobial stewardship-results from an international cross-sectional survey. WORLD JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY SURGERY, 12. doi:10.1186/s13017-017-0145-2

Bonatti, H. J. R., Sadik, K. W., Krebs, E. D., Sifri, C. D., Pruett, T. L., & Sawyer, R. G. (2017). Clostridium difficile-Associated Colitis Post-Transplant Is Not Associated with Elevation of Tacrolimus Concentrations. SURGICAL INFECTIONS, 18(6), 689-693. doi:10.1089/sur.2016.180

Lewis, J. D., Enfield, K. B., Perl, T. M., & Sifri, C. D. (2017). Preparedness planning and care of patients under investigation for or with Ebola virus disease: A survey of physicians in North America. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 45(1), 65-68. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.09.013

2016

Bonatti, H., Sifri, C. D., Larcher, C., Schneeberger, S., Kotton, C., & Geltner, C. (2017). Use of Cidofovir for Cytomegalovirus Disease Refractory to Ganciclovir in Solid Organ Recipients. SURGICAL INFECTIONS, 18(2), 128-136. doi:10.1089/sur.2015.266

Sifri, C. (2016). Microbes in transplantation: Rising to the challenges of resistance.. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 22(S1), 57. doi:10.1002/lt.24656

Sifri, C. D., Burke, G. H., & Enfield, K. B. (2016). Reduced health care-associated infections in an acute care community hospital using a combination of self-disinfecting copper-impregnated composite hard surfaces and linens. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 44(12), 1565-1571. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.07.007

Singh, N., Sifri, C. D., Silveira, F. P., Miller, R., Gregg, K. S., Huprikar, S., . . . Sun, H. Y. (2017). Unique characteristics of cryptococcosis identified after death in patients with liver cirrhosis: comparison with concurrent cohort diagnosed antemortem. MEDICAL MYCOLOGY, 55(3), 278-284. doi:10.1093/mmy/myw079

Hazard, R., Enfield, K. B., Low, D. J., Giannetta, E. T., & Sifri, C. D. (2016). Hidden Reservoir: An Outbreak of Tuberculosis in Hospital Employees with No Patient Contact. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 37(9), 1111-1113. doi:10.1017/ice.2016.126

Sheppard, A. E., Stoesser, N., Wilson, D. J., Sebra, R., Kasarskis, A., Anson, L. W., . . . Mathers, A. J. (2016). Nested Russian Doll-Like Genetic Mobility Drives Rapid Dissemination of the Carbapenem Resistance Gene blaKPC. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 60(6), 3767-3778. doi:10.1128/AAC.00464-16

Lewis, J. D., & Sifri, C. D. (2016). Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Donor-Derived Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation. CURRENT INFECTIOUS DISEASE REPORTS, 18(6). doi:10.1007/s11908-016-0526-9

Lewis, J. D., Enfield, K. B., Cox, H. L., Mathers, A. J., & Sifri, C. D. (2016). A single-center experience with infections due to daptomycin-nonsusceptible Enterococcus faecium in liver transplant recipients. TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 18(3), 341-353. doi:10.1111/tid.12523

Shukla, B. S., Shelburne, S., Reyes, K., Kamboj, M., Lewis, J. D., Rincon, S. L., . . . Arias, C. A. (2016). Influence of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration in Clinical Outcomes of Enterococcus faecium Bacteremia Treated With Daptomycin: Is it Time to Change the Breakpoint?. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 62(12), 1514-1520. doi:10.1093/cid/ciw173

2015

Sheppard, A., Stoesser, N., Wilson, D., Sebra, R., Kasarskis, A., Anson, L., . . . the Modernising Medical Microbiology (MMM) Informatics Group. (2015). Nested Russian Doll-like Genetic Mobility Drives Rapid Dissemination of the Carbapenem Resistance Gene blaKPC. doi:10.1101/033522

Singh, N., Sifri, C. D., Silveira, F. P., Miller, R., Gregg, K. S., Huprikar, S., . . . Sun, H. Y. (2015). Cryptococcosis in Patients With Cirrhosis of the Liver and Posttransplant Outcomes. TRANSPLANTATION, 99(10), 2132-2141. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000000690

Lewis, J. D., Enfield, K. B., & Sifri, C. D. (2015). Hepatitis B in healthcare workers: Transmission events and guidance for management. WORLD JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY, 7(3), 488-497. doi:10.4254/wjh.v7.i3.488

Lewis, J. D., Enfield, K. B., Mathers, A. J., Giannetta, E. T., & Sifri, C. D. (2015). The Limits of Serial Surveillance Cultures in Predicting Clearance of Colonization with Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 36(7), 835-837. doi:10.1017/ice.2015.57

Green, M., Covington, S., Taranto, S., Wolfe, C., Bell, W., Biggins, S. W., . . . Kaul, D. (2015). Donor-Derived Transmission Events in 2013: A Report of the Organ Procurement Transplant Network Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee. TRANSPLANTATION, 99(2), 282-287. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000000584

Mathers, A. J., Stoesser, N., Sheppard, A. E., Pankhurst, L., Giess, A., Yeh, A. J., . . . Sifri, C. D. (2015). Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase (KPC)-Producing K-pneumoniae at a Single Institution: Insights into Endemicity from Whole-Genome Sequencing. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 59(3), 1661-1668. doi:10.1128/AAC.04292-14

2014

Enfield, K., Sifri, C. D., Enfield, E., Lewis, J., Quatrara, B., Giannetta, E., . . . Rea, K. (2014). 852Housewide use of Chlorehexidine Bathing to reduce Healthcare Associated Infections. Open forum infectious diseases, 1(Suppl 1), S244.

Lewis, J., Enfield, K., Mathers, A., Giannetta, E., & Sifri, C. D. (2014). 364Utility of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Surveillance Cultures in Predicting Clearance of Colonization. Open forum infectious diseases, 1(Suppl 1), S143.

Sun, H. -Y., Alexander, B. D., Huprikar, S., Forrest, G. N., Bruno, D., Lyon, G. M., . . . Singh, N. (2015). Predictors of Immune Reconstitution Syndrome in Organ Transplant Recipients With Cryptococcosis: Implications for the Management of Immunosuppression. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 60(1), 36-44. doi:10.1093/cid/ciu711

Cresce, N. D., McManus, K. A., Sifri, C. D., & Wilson, B. B. (2014). Encephalopathy despite thiamine repletion during alcohol withdrawal. CLEVELAND CLINIC JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 81(6), 350-352. doi:10.3949/ccjm.81a.13103

Taha, M., Kalab, M., Yi, Q. -L., Landry, C., Greco-Stewart, V., Brassinga, A. K., . . . Ramirez-Arcos, S. (2014). Biofilm-forming skin microflora bacteria are resistant to the bactericidal action of disinfectants used during blood donation. TRANSFUSION, 54(11), 2974-2982. doi:10.1111/trf.12728

Enfield, K. B., Huq, N. N., Gosseling, M. F., Low, D. J., Hazen, K. C., Toney, D. M., . . . Sifri, C. D. (2014). Control of Simultaneous Outbreaks of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae and Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infection in an Intensive Care Unit Using Interventions Promoted in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012 Carbapenemase-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Toolkit. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 35(7), 810-817. doi:10.1086/676857

Mathers, A. J., Poulter, M., Dirks, D., Carroll, J., Sifri, C. D., & Hazen, K. C. (2014). Clinical Microbiology Costs for Methods of Active Surveillance for Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 35(4), 350-355. doi:10.1086/675603

Gordon, E. J., Mullee, J., Beauvais, N., Warren, E., Theodoropoulos, N., McNatt, G., . . . Ison, M. G. (2014). Education and informed consent about increased risk donor kidneys: a national survey of non-physician transplant providers. TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 16(2), 251-260. doi:10.1111/tid.12199

2013

Adler, A., Khabra, E., Chmelnitsky, I., Giakkoupi, P., Vatopoulos, A., Mathers, A. J., . . . Carmeli, Y. (2014). Development and validation of a multiplex PCR assay for identification of the epidemic ST-258/512 KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clone. DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 78(1), 12-15. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.10.003

Lewis, J. D., Bishop, M., Heon, B., Mathers, A. J., Enfield, K. B., & Sifri, C. D. (2013). Admission Surveillance for Carbapenamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae at a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 34(8), 832-834. doi:10.1086/671263

Hodgson, S. D., Greco-Stewart, V., Jimenez, C. S., Sifri, C. D., Brassinga, A. K. C., & Ramirez-Arcos, S. (2014). Enhanced pathogenicity of biofilm-negative Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from platelet preparations. TRANSFUSION, 54(2), 461-470. doi:10.1111/trf.12308

Heysell, S. K., Thomas, T. A., Sifri, C. D., Rehm, P. K., & Houpt, E. R. (2013). 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for tuberculosis diagnosis and management: a case series. BMC PULMONARY MEDICINE, 13. doi:10.1186/1471-2466-13-14

Mathers, A. J., Carroll, J., Sifri, C. D., & Hazen, K. C. (2013). Modified Hodge Test versus Indirect Carbapenemase Test: Prospective Evaluation of a Phenotypic Assay for Detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase (KPC) in Enterobacteriaceae. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 51(4), 1291-1293. doi:10.1128/JCM.03240-12

Ramirez-Arcos, S. M., Taha, M., Sifri, C., & Brassinga, A. K. (2013). BIOFILM-FORMING SKIN FLORA BACTERIA ARE RESISTANT TO THE KILLING ACTION OF DONOR SKIN DISINFECTION. VOX SANGUINIS, 105, 111-112. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

Day, S. R., Sifri, C. D., & Hoffman, P. S. (2013). Infection of nonphagocytic host cells by legionella.. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 954, 463-478. doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-161-5_28

Brassinga, A. K. C., & Sifri, C. D. (2013). The Caenorhabditis elegans model of Legionella infection.. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 954, 439-461. doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-161-5_27

Mathers, A. J., Hazen, K. C., Carroll, J., Yeh, A. J., Cox, H. L., Bonomo, R. A., & Sifri, C. D. (2013). First Clinical Cases of OXA-48-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in the United States: the "Menace" Arrives in the New World (vol 51, pg 680, 2013). JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 51(4), 1352. doi:10.1128/JCM.00221-13

2012

Gardenier, J. C., Sawyer, R. G., Sifri, C. D., Brayman, K., Wispelway, B., & Bonatti, H. (2012). Peritonitis Caused by Haemophilus parainfluenzae, Leifsonia aquatica, and Gordonia spp. in a Patient Undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis. SURGICAL INFECTIONS, 13(6), 409-412. doi:10.1089/sur.2011.009

Mathers, A. J., Hazen, K. C., Carroll, J., Yeh, A. J., Cox, H. L., Bonomo, R. A., & Sifri, C. D. (2013). First Clinical Cases of OXA-48-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in the United States: the "Menace" Arrives in the New World. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 51(2), 680-683. doi:10.1128/JCM.02580-12

Day, S. R., Moore, C. M., Kundzins, J. R., & Sifri, C. D. (2012). Community-associated and healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus virulence toward Caenorhabditis elegans compared. VIRULENCE, 3(7), 576-582. doi:10.4161/viru.22120

Enfield, K. B., Sharapov, U., Hall, K. K., Leiner, J., Berg, C. L., Xia, G. -L., . . . Sifri, C. D. (2013). Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus From an Orthopedic Surgeon With a High Viral Load. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 56(2), 218-224. doi:10.1093/cid/cis869

Day, S. R., & Sifri, C. D. (2012). Intoxication vs. infection A decade of studying Burkholderia pseudomallei virulence in a simple infection model. VIRULENCE, 3(6), 471-473. doi:10.4161/viru.22540

Sifri, C. D., & Ison, M. G. (2012). Highly resistant bacteria and donor-derived infections: treading in uncharted territory. TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 14(3), 223-228. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3062.2012.00752.x

Bonatti, H., Sifri, C., & Sawyer, R. G. (2012). Successful Liver Transplantation from Donor with Plesiomonas shigelloides Sepsis after Freshwater Drowning: Case Report and Review of Literature on Gram-Negative Bacterial Aspiration during Drowning and Utilization of Organs from Bacteremic Donors. SURGICAL INFECTIONS, 13(2), 114-120. doi:10.1089/sur.2010.018

Baker, A. W., Enfield, K., Mehring, B., Turner, J. C., & Sifri, C. D. (2012). Local influenza-like illness surveillance at a university health system during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 40(7), 606-610. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2011.12.009

Bonatti, H., Barroso, L. F. I. I., Sawyer, R. G., Kotton, C. N., & Sifri, C. D. (2012). Cryptosporidium enteritis in solid organ transplant recipients: multicenter retrospective evaluation of 10 cases reveals an association with elevated tacrolimus concentrations. TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 14(6), 635-648. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3062.2012.00719.x

Taha, M., Greco-Stewart, V., Greco, C., Brown, E. E., Brassinga, A., Sifri, C. D., & Ramirez-Arcos, S. (2012). Biofilm-Positive Staphylococcus epidermidis is Resistant to Donor Skin Disinfection. TRANSFUSION, 52, 44A. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

2011

Over, B., Heusser, R., McCallum, N., Schulthess, B., Kupferschmied, P., Gaiani, J. M., . . . Meier, P. S. (2011). LytR-CpsA-Psr proteins in Staphylococcus aureus display partial functional redundancy and the deletion of all three severely impairs septum placement and cell separation. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS, 320(2), 142-151. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02303.x

Tessier, J., & Sifri, C. D. (2011). Epidemiology and prevention of bacterial infections in patients with hematologic malignancies.. Infectious disorders drug targets, 11(1), 11-17. doi:10.2174/187152611794407728

Das, S., Owen, K. A., Ly, K. T., Park, D., Black, S. G., Wilson, J. M., . . . Casanova, J. E. (2011). Brain angiogenesis inhibitor 1 (BAI1) is a pattern recognition receptor that mediates macrophage binding and engulfment of Gram-negative bacteria. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 108(5), 2136-2141. doi:10.1073/pnas.1014775108

Mathers, A. J., Cox, H. L., Kitchel, B., Bonatti, H., Brassinga, A. K. C., Carroll, J., . . . Sifri, C. D. (2011). Molecular Dissection of an Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Reveals Intergenus KPC Carbapenemase Transmission through a Promiscuous Plasmid. MBIO, 2(6). doi:10.1128/mBio.00204-11

2010

Sun, H. -Y., Alexander, B. D., Lortholary, O., Dromer, F., Forrest, G. N., Lyon, G. M., . . . Singh, N. (2010). Unrecognized Pretransplant and Donor-Derived Cryptococcal Disease in Organ Transplant Recipients. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 51(9), 1062-1069. doi:10.1086/656584

Sun, H. -Y., Alexander, B. D., Lortholary, O., Dromer, F., Forrest, G. N., Lyon, G. M., . . . Singh, N. (2010). Cutaneous cryptococcosis in solid organ transplant recipients. MEDICAL MYCOLOGY, 48(6), 785-791. doi:10.3109/13693780903496617

Tchouaffi-Nana, F., Ballard, T. E., Cary, C. H., Macdonald, T. L., Sifri, C. D., & Hoffman, P. S. (2010). Nitazoxanide Inhibits Biofilm Formation by Staphylococcus epidermidis by Blocking Accumulation on Surfaces. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 54(7), 2767-2774. doi:10.1128/AAC.00901-09

Sifri, C. D., Sun, H. -Y., Cacciarelli, T. V., Wispelwey, B., Pruett, T. L., & Singh, N. (2010). Pretransplant Cryptococcosis and Outcome After Liver Transplantation. LIVER TRANSPLANTATION, 16(4), 499-502. doi:10.1002/lt.22024

Osawa, R., Alexander, B. D., Lortholary, O., Dromer, F., Forrest, G. N., Lyon, G. M., . . . Singh, N. (2010). Identifying Predictors of Central Nervous System Disease in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients With Cryptococcosis. TRANSPLANTATION, 89(1), 69-74. doi:10.1097/TP.0b013e3181bcda41

Sadykov, M. R., Mattes, T. A., Luong, T. T., Zhu, Y., Day, S. R., Sifri, C. D., . . . Somerville, G. A. (2010). Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle-Dependent Synthesis of Staphylococcus aureus Type 5 and 8 Capsular Polysaccharides. JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 192(5), 1459-1462. doi:10.1128/JB.01377-09

Osawa, R., Alexander, B. D., Forrest, G. N., Lyon, G. M., Somani, J., del Busto, R., . . . Singh, N. (2010). Geographic differences in disease expression of cryptococcosis in solid organ transplant recipients in the United States. ANNALS OF TRANSPLANTATION, 15(4), 77-83. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

Tholpady, S. S., Sifri, C. D., Sawyer, R. G., Hazen, K. C., Pruett, T. L., & Bonatti, H. (2010). Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides blood stream infection following liver transplantation. ANNALS OF TRANSPLANTATION, 15(1), 61-66. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

Dahman, M., Krell, R., Brayman, K., Sawyer, R. G., Cathro, H. P., Hagspiel, K. D., . . . Bonatti, H. J. R. (2010). Simultaneous Clostridium difficile-associated colitis and late-onset intestinal cytomegalovirus disease in a renal transplant recipient. ANNALS OF TRANSPLANTATION, 15(4), 72-76. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/