Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Bayesian modeling of the impact of antibiotic resistance on the efficiency of MRSA decolonization.

Author(s): Ojala F, Sater MRA, Miller LG, McKinnell JA, Hayden MK, Huang SS, Grad YH, Marttinen PJournal: PLoS Comput BiolPMID: 37883601 October 2023

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Colonization by MRSA increases the risk of infection…

Modelling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus decolonization: interactions between body sites and the impact of site-specific clearance.

Author(s): Poyraz O, Sater MRA, Miller LG, McKinnell JA, Huang SS, Grad YH, Marttinen PJournal: J R Soc InterfacePMID: 35702866 June 2022

Methicillin-resistant (MRSA) can colonize multiple body sites, and carriage is a risk factor for infection. Successful decolonization protocols reduce disease…

Post-discharge decolonization of patients harboring methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) USA300 strains: secondary analysis of the CLEAR Trial.

Author(s): Gussin GM, Heim L, Tjoa T, McKinnell JA, Miller LG, Gillen DL, Sater MRA, Grad YH, Singh RD, Huang SSJournal: Infect Control Hosp EpidemiolPMID: 34913422 December 2021

The CLEAR Trial recently found that decolonization reduced infections and hospitalizations in MRSA carriers in the year following hospital discharge.…

Modeling MRSA decolonization: Interactions between body sites and the impact of site-specific clearance

Author(s): Poyraz O, Sater MRA, Miller LG, McKinnell JA, Huang SS, Grad Y, Marttinen PJournal: medRxiv March 2021

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonizes multiple body sites, and carriage is an important risk factor for MRSA infection. Successful decolonization…

The impact of site-specific clearance on methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus decolonization

Author(s): Poyraz O, Sater MRA, Miller LG, McKinnell JA, Huang SS, Grad YJournal: medRxiv December 2020

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonizes multiple body sites, and carriage is an important risk factor for MRSA infection. Successful decolonization…