Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Infectious Disease
Dr. Sara E. Cosgrove, MD
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Sara Cosgrove practices Infectious Disease. He went to medical school at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Sara E. Cosgrove is a published doctor. He published 79 publications, including: 'Ceftaroline in Combination With Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole for Salvage Therapy of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and Endocarditis.' Doctor Sara E. Cosgrove, MD accepts Medicare.
Publications
- Gut check: Clostridium difficile testing and treatment in the molecular testing era.
- Carbapenem Therapy Is Associated With Improved Survival Compared With Piperacillin-Tazobactam for Patients With Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Bacteremia.
- Guidance for the knowledge and skills required for antimicrobial stewardship leaders.
- High prevalence of reduced chlorhexidine susceptibility in organisms causing central line-associated bloodstream infections.
- Ceftaroline in Combination With Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole for Salvage Therapy of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and Endocarditis.
- Let the games begin: the race to optimise antibiotic use.
- Determining the Optimal Ceftriaxone MIC for Triggering Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Confirmatory Testing.
- Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group: Open for Business.
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia: overdiagnosis and treatment are common in medical and surgical intensive care units.
- High-Density Livestock Production and Molecularly Characterized MRSA Infections in Pennsylvania.
- Eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections: a national patient safety imperative.
- Can Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) Enhance Antimicrobial Stewardship Efforts in the Acute Care Setting?
- Multicenter study of high-dose daptomycin for treatment of enterococcal infections.
- Medical students' perceptions and knowledge about antimicrobial stewardship: how are we educating our future prescribers?
- High-Density Livestock Operations, Crop Field Application of Manure, and Risk of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection in Pennsylv...
- Less Is More: Combination Antibiotic Therapy for the Treatment of Gram-Negative Bacteremia in Pediatric Patients.
- A multicentre evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of high-dose daptomycin for the treatment of infective endocarditis.
- A call to action for antimicrobial stewardship in the emergency department: approaches and strategies.
- What is the Role of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Improving Outcomes of Patients with CAP?
- Outcomes of Children with Enterobacteriaceae Bacteremia with Reduced Susceptibility to Ceftriaxone: Do the Revised Breakpoints Translate to Improved Patient Outcomes?
- Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention on shortening the duration of therapy for community-acquired pneumonia.
- Evaluation of postprescription review and feedback as a method of promoting rational antimicrobial use: a multicenter intervention.
- Antimicrobial prescribing practices in response to different Clostridium difficile diagnostic methodologies.
- Strategies for improving antimicrobial use and the role of antimicrobial stewardship programs.
- High-dose daptomycin for treatment of complicated gram-positive infections: a large, multicenter, retrospective study.
- Ventilator-associated tracheitis in children: does antibiotic duration matter?
- Prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections: a journey toward eliminating preventable harm.
- Collaborative cohort study of an intervention to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit.
- Effect of accounting for multiple concurrent catheters on central line-associated bloodstream infection rates: practical data supporting a theoretical concern.
- Clinical practice guidelines by the infectious diseases society of america for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in adults and ch...
- Infection preventionist checklist to improve culture and reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections.
- Using evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated bloodstream infections.
- Monitoring and reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections: a national survey of state hospital associations.
- IV or not IV? Just one of the antibiotic questions in Whipple's disease.
- A balancing act: microbe versus muscle.
- Initial low-dose gentamicin for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis is nephrotoxic.
- Intraoperative fraction of inspired oxygen is a modifiable risk factor for surgical site infection after spinal surgery.
- Incidence of and preoperative risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and chest wound infection after cardiac surgery.
- Management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
- Outbreak of multidrug-resistant Serratia marcescens infection in a neonatal intensive care unit.
- Reduction of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in pediatric patients: experimentation and reality.
- Staphylococcus aureus colonization among healthcare workers at a tertiary care hospital.
- Optimizing therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
- Outbreak management and implications of a nosocomial norovirus outbreak.
- Impact of different methods of feedback to clinicians after postprescription antimicrobial review based on the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention's 12 Steps to...
- Development of evaluation modules for use in hospital disaster drills.
- Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter infection mortality rate and length of hospitalization.
- Epidemiology of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections among healthcare workers in an outpatient clinic.
- Evidence that prevention makes cents: Costs of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit.
- The relationship between antimicrobial resistance and patient outcomes: mortality, length of hospital stay, and health care costs.
- Increased catheter-related bloodstream infection rates after the introduction of a new mechanical valve intravenous access port.
- Influenza vaccination of healthcare workers and vaccine allocation for healthcare workers during vaccine shortages.
- Ability of physicians to diagnose and manage illness due to category A bioterrorism agents.
- The impact of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia on patient outcomes: mortality, length of stay, and hospital charges.
- Strategies for use of a limited influenza vaccine supply.
- An outbreak of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii associated with pulsatile lavage wound treatment.
- Enhanced identification of postoperative infections among inpatients.
- Effectiveness of hospital staff mass-casualty incident training methods: a systematic literature review.
- Training to hospital staff to respond to a mass casualty incident.
- Fluoroquinolones protective against cephalosporin resistance in gram-negative nosocomial pathogens.
- Studies of bloodstream infection outcomes: reading between the lines.
- The impact of antimicrobial resistance on health and economic outcomes.
- Adverse clinical and economic outcomes attributable to methicillin resistance among patients with Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection.
- Health and economic impact of surgical site infections diagnosed after hospital discharge.
- Comparison of mortality associated with methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a meta-analysis.
- Cases from the Osler Medical Service at Johns Hopkins University. Bartonella henselae infection of the liver and spleen.
- Health and economic outcomes of the emergence of third-generation cephalosporin resistance in Enterobacter species.
- Management and control strategies for community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
- Clinical and economic burden of antimicrobial resistance.
- Comparative effectiveness of nafcillin or cefazolin versus vancomycin in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
- Clinical outcomes of seasonal influenza and pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in pediatric inpatients.
- Raising standards while watching the bottom line: making a business case for infection control.
- Improving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance and reporting in intensive care units.
- Improving the assessment of vancomycin-resistant enterococci by routine screening.
- Daptomycin versus standard therapy for bacteremia and endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus.
- A multicenter intervention to prevent catheter-associated bloodstream infections.
- Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin.
- Outcomes with daptomycin versus standard therapy for osteoarticular infections associated with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.
Schools
Baylor University
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
John Hopkins Hospital
Doctors Specialties
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Infectious Disease
Accepted Insurances
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Blue Choice Network POS
- Blue Preferred PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Southern Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Delaware PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Geisinger Health Plan
- Choice Care PPO
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Options PPO
Education
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center -
Johns Hopkins University -
Baylor College of Medicine
Hospital
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
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