Physician

Infectious Disease

Dr. Alan I. Hartstein, MD

Doctor Alan I. Hartstein, MD works in the field of Infectious Disease. He attended University of Illinois College of Medicine. Alan I. Hartstein is a published MD as well. He has 45 publications published. The latest was: Use of an estimation method to derive an appropriate denominator to calculate central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infection rates. He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.

Publications

Comparison of early-onset neonatal sepsis caused by Escherichia coli and group B Streptococcus.
Acinetobacter outbreaks, 1977-2000.
The future of primary care--the community responds.
Decrease in expenditures and selected nosocomial infections following implementation of an antimicrobial-prescribing improvement program.
Use of an estimation method to derive an appropriate denominator to calculate central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infection rates.
Increased bloodstream infection rates in surgical patients associated with variation from recommended use and care following implementation of a needleless device.
Characterization of DFA-negative, probe-positive Neisseria gonorrhoeae by pulsed field gel electrophoresis.
Evaluation of the acceptability of a needleless vascular-access system by nurses.
DNA typing and control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at two affiliated hospitals.
Typing of sequential bacterial isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Plasmid DNA analysis, biotyping, and antimicrobic susceptibility as subtyping tests for Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella oxytoca.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): a briefing for acute care hospitals and nursing facilities. The AHA Technical Panel on Infections Within Hospitals.
Value of molecular epidemiologic analysis in a nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak.
Assessment of bacterial cross-transmission as a cause of infections in patients in intensive care units.
Control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a hospital and an intensive care unit.
Improved understanding and control of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: are we overdoing it?
In vivo stability and discriminatory power of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus typing by restriction endonuclease analysis of plasmid DNA compared with thos...
Chemoprophylaxis in cardiac and orthopedic surgery: comparison of cephalothin and cephapirin.
Anaerobic bacterial infection and xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis: a case report.
The annual chest roentgenogram for the control of tuberculosis in hospital employees: recent changes and their implications.
Observations relating to an inter-hospital outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: role of antimicrobial therapy in infection control.
Nontuberculous mycobacterial peritonitis associated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
Campylobacter jejuni-associated hemolytic-uremic syndrome in a mother and daughter.
Nosocomial urinary tract infection: a prospective evaluation of 108 catheterized patients.
Rubella screening and immunization of health care personnel: critical appraisal of a voluntary program.
Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis. Development of rifampin resistance during vancomycin and rifampin therapy.
Imipenem/cilastatin in acute pulmonary exacerbations of cystic fibrosis.
Oral ciprofloxacin in refractory gram-negative bacillary infections.
Antimicrobic susceptibility and plasmid profile analysis as identity tests for multiple blood isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci.
Analysis of the causative pathogens in uncomplicated CAPD-associated peritonitis: duration of therapy, relapses, and prognosis.
Effects of antacids and dialysate dwell times on multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of oral ciprofloxacin in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
Plasmid DNA analysis of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from blood and colonization cultures in very low birth weight neonates.
Multiple intensive care unit outbreak of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus subspecies anitratus respiratory infection and colonization associated with contaminated, reusable...
Pharmacokinetics of fluconazole in cerebrospinal fluid and serum in human coccidioidal meningitis.
Restriction enzyme analysis of plasmid DNA and bacteriophage typing of paired Staphylococcus aureus blood culture isolates.
Plasmid DNA fingerprinting of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus subspecies anitratus from intubated and mechanically ventilated patients.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Reproducibility of Staphylococcus epidermidis plasmid profiles.
Ciprofloxacin and plasmids in staphylococci.
Recurrent Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
Comparison of pharmacological and antimicrobial properties of cefadroxil and cephalexin.
Prophylactic antibiotics and the insertion of permanent transvenous cardiac pacemakers.
Molecular epidemiology of Candida albicans colonization and fungemia in very low birthweight infants.
Mycobacterium abscessus infection in solid organ transplant recipients: report of three cases and review of the literature.

Schools

University of Illinois At Chicago College of Medicine
Michael Reese Hospital Med Center
Or Health Science University Hospital

Doctors Specialties

Infectious Disease Medicine
Infectious Disease

Accepted Insurances

Education

Oregon Health & Science University
University of Illinois College of Medicine

Hospital

Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System

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