BernardChiongCaminsMD

PubMed

• 181 citations
  Prevention and treatment of cancer-related infections, version 2.2016
  Lindsey R. Baden, Sankar Swaminathan, Michael Angarone, Gayle C. Blouin, Bernard C Camins
  Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2016-07-01
• 109 citations
  Effectiveness of measures to eradicate Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients with community-associated skin and soft-tissue infections: a randomized trial.
  Stephanie A. Fritz, Bernard C. Camins, Kimberly A. Eisenstein, Joseph M. Fritz, Emma K. Epplin
  Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2011-09-01
• 19 citations
  A population-based investigation of invasive vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus infection in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, and predictors of mortality.
  Bernard C. Camins, Monica M. Farley, John J Jernigan, Susan M Ray, James P. Steinberg
  Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2007-06-29

Journal Articles

• Improvement of Gram-Negative Susceptibility to Fluoroquinolones After Implementation of a Pre-Authorization Policy for Fluoroquinolone Use: A Decade-Long Experience  
  Rachael A Lee, Stephen A Moser, Craig J Hoesley, Todd P McCarty, Bernard C Camins, Morgan C Scully, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
• Impact of Infectious Disease Consultation on Clinical Management and Mortality in Patients with Candidemia  
  Joanna Zurko, Todd P McCarty, Bernard C Camins, J Martin Rodriguez, Rachael A Lee, Clinical Infectious Diseases
• Staphylococcus aureus Mupirocin and Chlorhexidine Resistance in Patients with Community-Onset Skin and Soft Tissue Infections  
  Fritz SA, Hogan P, Camins BC, Ainsworth A, Patrick C, Martin M, Krauss M, Rodriguez M, Burnham CA, Antimicrob Agents Chemother., 1/1/2013
• Prevention and Treatment of Hemodialysis Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections  
  Camins BC, Sem in Dial, 1/1/2013
• Acute Renal Insufficiency during Telavancin Therapy in Clinical Practice  
  Marcos LA, Camins BC, Ritchie DJ, Casabar E, Warren DK, J Antimicrob Chemother., 1/1/2012
• Deriving Measures of Intensive Care Unit Antimicrobial Use from Computerized Pharmacy Data: Methods, Validation and Overcoming Barriers  
  Schwartz, DN, Evans, RS, Camins BC, Khan YM, Lloyd JF, Shehab N, and Stevenson K, for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenter Program, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 1/1/2011
• The clinical impact of fluoroquinolone resistance in patients with E coli bacteremia  
  Camins BC, Marschall J, DeVader SR, Maker DE, Hoffman MW, Fraser VJ, J Hosp Med., 1/1/2011
• Effectiveness of measures to eradicate Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients with community-associated skin and soft-tissue infections: a randomized trial  
  Fritz SA, Camins BC, Eisenstein KA, Fritz JM, Epplin EK, Burnham CA, Dukes J, Storch GA, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol., 1/1/2011
• A Crossover Intervention Trial Evaluating the Efficacy of a Chlorhexidine-Impregnated Sponge (BIOPATCH®) to Reduce Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialy...  
  Camins BC, Richmond AM, Brown KL, Zimmerman HN, Coyne DA, Rothstein M, Fraser VJ, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 1/1/2010
• Prophylactic Antibiotic use in Aesthetic Surgery  
  Lane M, Young VL, Camins BC, Aesthet Surg J, 1/1/2010
• Successful treatment of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus pacemaker lead infective endocarditis with telavancin  
  Marcos LA, Camins BC, Antimicrob Agents Chemother., 1/1/2010
• Population-based Study of Invasive Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Infections and Predictors for Mortality  
  Camins BC, Farley MM, Jernigan JJ, Ray SM, Steinberg JP, Blumberg HM and the Georgia Emerging Infections Program, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 1/1/2007
• Meeting the JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals: Reducing the Risk of Health Care-Associated Infections by Complying with Current Centers for Disease Control and Preve...  
  Camins BC, Fraser VJ, Jt Comm J Qual Saf., 1/1/2005
• Acceptance of isoniazid therapy by healthcare workers after tuberculin skin conversion  
  Camins BC, Bock NN, Watkins DL, Blumberg, HM, JAMA, 1/1/1996
• Following polymer gelation by depolarized dynamic light scattering from optically and geometrically anisotropic latex particles  
  Camins BC, Russo PS, Langmuir, 1/1/1994
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Books/Book Chapters

• Antimicrobial Resistance: Modern Principles and Management Strategies 
  Chapter: Antimicrobial Cycling Strategies: What’s the Evidence? 
  Camins BC, Fraser VJTaylor & Francis Group, LLC, New York2008
• Patient Safety in Plastic Surgery 
  Chapter: Preventing Surgical Site Infections in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 
  Camins BC, Young VL, Watson MEQuality Medical Publishing, St. Louis, MO2008
• Washington Manual of Critical Care 
  Chapter: Community-Acquired Pneumonia. 
  Camins BCLipincott, Williams, and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA2007
• Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics 
  Chapter: Antimicrobials. 
  Ritchie DR, Camins BCLipincott, Williams, and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA2006
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Abstracts/Posters

• Risk Factors for Central Venous Catheter -Related Candidemia: A Case-Control Study.
  Bodily M, McMullen K, Russo T, Camins BC, ID Week, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2012
• Risk Factors for Prosthetic Joint Infection After Hip or Knee Arthroplasty Procedures.
  Camins BC, Huynh JH, Chen JW, Bogavalli, MK, Clohisy JC, Fraser VJ, 48th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Vancouver, BC, 10/1/2010
• Computer-Assisted Surveillance of Anti-Gram Positive Antimicrobial Use at a Tertiary Care Center.
  Camins BC, Klaus JO, Ritchie DJ, Reichley RM, Muhammud N, Chung KE, Casabar E, 48th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Vancouver, BC, 10/1/2010
• Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Efficacy of Three Different Decolonization Regimens in Patients with Community-associated Skin Infections and colonized with...
  Camins BC, Fritz JA, Epplin E, Dukes J, Orscheln RC, Storch GA, Mullins ME, MD3, Wessman BT, and Fritz SA, 5th Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections, Atlanta, GA, 3/1/2010
• The Prevalence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Colonization in Patients Presenting with Community-Acquired Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.
  Camins BC, Fritz SA, Epplin EK, Nyazee HA, Fancher VE, Wessman B, Mullins M, Fraser VJ, 47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Philadelphia, PA, 10/1/2009
• Infectious Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Continuous Venovenous Hemodialysis (CVVHD).
  Camins BC, Tate T, Vijayan A, Fraser VJ, 18th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, San Diego, CA, 3/1/2009
• Sites of Community-Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Patients Presenting with Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.
  Fritz SA, Fritz JM, Mitchell K, Storch GA, Orscheln RC, Wessman B, Mullins M, and Camins BC, 46th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Washington, DC, 10/1/2008
• The Attributable Cost of Bloodstream Infections in Surgical Patients.
  Guth RM, Merz LR, Woeltje KF, Camins BC, Olsen MA, Fraser VJ, 44th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 10/1/2006
• Risk Factors for the Development of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant E. coli Bloodstream Infection.
  Camins BC, Maker DE, DeVader SL, Fraser VJ, 44th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 10/1/2006
• Your Hands Touch Many Lives: A Hand Hygiene Compliance Improvement Campaign.
  Carroll C, Camins B, 33rd Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology, Tampa, FL, 6/1/2006
• Prevalence of Clostridium difficile Environmental Contamination and Strain Variability in Multiple Healthcare Facilities.
  Dubberke ER, Reske KA, Noble-Wang J, Thompson A, Killgore G, Mayfield J, Camins BC, Woeltje KF, McDonald JR, McDonald LC, FraserVJ, 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Chicago, IL, 3/1/2006
• The attributable cost of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections.
  Guth RM, Merz LR, Woeltje KF, Camins BC, Olsen MA, Georgantopoulos P, Coopersmith CM,, Kollef MH, Fraser VJ, 16th Annual Meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 3/1/2006
• Mortality of Patients with E. coli Bacteremia and the Impact of Fluoroquinolone Resistance.
  Camins BC, Lines SR, Hoffman M, Fraser VJ, 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Chicago, IL, 3/1/2006
• Determining Temporal Associations between Quinolone Prescriptions and Quinolone Resistance in Escherichia coli at the Hospital Level.
  Georgantopoulos P, Brown KL, Fraser VJ, Camins BC, 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Chicago, IL, 3/1/2006
• A Validation of Administrative Data in an Intensive Care Unit Setting.
  Jones RM, Merz LR, Olsen MA, Woeltje KF, Camins BC, Fraser VJ, 43rd Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, San Francisco, CA, 10/1/2005
• Healthcare Worker’s (HCW) Knowledge and Beliefs on Contact Isolation Precautions (BJC Health Care).
  Carroll, C, Apoorva, S, Camins, B, Jones, M, 32nd Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology, Baltimore, MD, 6/1/2005
• Risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus colonization in oncology patients at a large tertiary care center.
  Roan F, Warren DK, Jones RM, Mayfield JL, Camins BC, Fraser, VJ, 15th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Los Angeles, CA, 4/1/2005
• Five-Year Secular Trends in Hospital-Related Primary Bloodstream Infections in Ten Midwestern Hospitals (BJC Healthcare).
  Camins BC, Jones M, Nihill D, Warren DK, Woeltje KF, and Fraser VJ, 15th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Los Angeles, CA, 4/1/2005
• Population-based Study of Invasive Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Infections and Predictors for Mortality.
  Camins BC, Farley MM, Jernigan JJ, Ray SM, Steinberg JP, Blumberg HM and the Georgia Emerging Infections Program. Emory Univ., Grady Mem. Hosp.,VAMC, and CDC, Atlanta, GA, 41st Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Boston, MA, 9/1/2004
• The Impact of an Antibiotic Utilization Program on Antibiotic Use in a Teaching Hospital—A Randomized Trial.
  Camins BC, Wells JB, Googe HL, Patel M, Blumberg HM, King MD, 41st Annual Meeting of Infectious Diseases Society of America, San Diego, CA, 10/1/2003
• Population-based Investigation of Invasive Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Infections in Metropolitan Atlanta.
  Camins BC, Farley MM, Halvosa JS, Jernigan JJ, Ray SM, Steinberg JP, Baughman W, Blumberg HM. Emory University, Grady Health System, Atlanta VAMC, and CDC, Atlanta, Ge..., 39th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, San Francisco, CA, 10/1/2001
• Poor acceptance and tolerability of post exposure prophylaxis following occupational exposures among healthcare workers at an urban medical center.
  Sanchez M, del Rio C, Wittkamp M, Camins B, Larsen N, Gordon W, Hunter M, Blumberg HM, 4th Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and Healthcare-Associated Infections, Atlanta, GA, 3/1/2000
• Acceptance and adherence of health care workers with isoniazid preventive therapy.
  Camins BC, Bock NN, Watkins DL, Blumberg HM, Southern Section, American Federation for Clinical Research Annual Meeting; American Federation for Clinical Research, New Orleans, LA, 2/1/1995
• The Epidemiology of Neutropenic Patients with Invasive Candidiasis using Electronic Data.
  Kuo EJ, Puzniak LA, Reichley RM, Doherty J, Camins BC, 21st Congrex of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Milan, Italy
• A Description of Antifungal Use at a Tertiary Care Centre using only Electronic Data.
  Kuo EJ, Puzniak LA, Reichley RM, Doherty J, Camins BC, 49th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Boston, MA
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Lectures

• “Proper Antibiotic in Preventing Surgical Site Infections" 
  New York, NY - 4/1/2013
• “The Epidemiology of Community-Associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) and Methods for Eradication" 
  Birmingham, AL - 1/1/2013
• “Infectious Diseases Urgencies in the Hospital" 
  Saint Louis, MO - 1/1/2013
• “Antimicrobial Stewardship in the 21st Century" 
  Saint Louis, MO - 11/1/2012
• “Interventions to Prevent Bloodstream Infections Among Hemodialysis Patients” 
  St. Louis, MO - 11/1/2012
• “ Preventing Surgical Site Infections” 
  New Orleans, LA - 10/1/2012
• “The Pathogenesis of Osteomyelitis" 
  St. Louis, MO - 10/1/2012
• Eradication Strategies for CA-MRSA. 
  Christian Northeast Hospital, Saint Louis, MO - 9/1/2012
• Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Community Hospitals. 
  Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, Saint Peters, MO - 7/1/2012
• “Preventing SSI in Uncommonly Performed Procedures" 
  Rayong, Thailand - 7/1/2012
• “Use of Medical Informatics in Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs" 
  Rayong, Thailand - 7/1/2012
• “Preventing Hemodialysis-Related Bloodstream Infections” 
  Rayong, Thailand - 7/1/2012
• “Community-Associated MRSA Infections” 
  Rayong, Thailand - 7/1/2012
• “ Streamlining the Peri-operative Processes” 
  Vancouver, BC, Canada - 5/1/2012
• “22 year old male world traveler presents with fevers and tender lymphadenopathy” 
  Saint Louis, MO - 3/1/2012
• “Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Treatment of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections" 
  WUSM, St. Louis, MO - 11/1/2011
• “Infectious Diseases Emergencies”. 
  Saint Louis, MO - 6/1/2011
• “Preventing Surgical Site Infections: Sage Advice to Surgical Trainees.” 
  Monterey, CA - 5/1/2011
• “ Top 10 Must Do’s to Prevent Surgical Site Infections”. 
  Monterey, CA - 5/1/2011
• “69 yo with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia who presents with a two-month history of fevers, coughs, and dyspnea." 
  St. Louis, MO - 3/1/2011
• “Preventing Hemodialysis Bloodstream Infections” 
  St. Louis, MO - 3/1/2011
• “ To Screen OR Not To Screen for MRSA.” 
  St. Louis, MO - 11/1/2010
• “Preventing Surgical Site Infections.” 
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 10/1/2010
• “Antibiotic Usage-What’s Proven, What’s Voodoo.” 
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 10/1/2010
• “Improving Patient Safety in Aesthetic Surgery.” 
  Washington, DC - 4/1/2010
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Other

• “Quick Tips on Preventing Surgical Site Infections" 
  Camins BC, A Webinar Presented by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  http://www.alissarothstein.com/ASAPS/ASAPS_webinar0213.html
  3/1/2013