PranitaDTammaMD

PubMed

• Molecular epidemiology of β-lactamases in ceftriaxone-resistant Enterobacterales bloodstream infections in the mid-Atlantic United States.
  Dariusz A Hareza, Yehudit Bergman, Emily Jacobs, Jennifer Lu, Nancy D Hanson
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2025-03-05
• Comparison of theefficacy and resistance development potential between cefiderocol and ceftolozane/tazobactam human simulated exposures against72-hour murine thigh inf...
  Aliaa Fouad, Samantha E Nicolau, Pranita D Tamma, Patricia J Simner, David P Nicolau
  Infectious Diseases. 2025-03-05
• The Effectiveness of Newer Beta-Lactams for the Treatment of Antimicrobial-Resistant Gram-Negative Meningitis.
  Alice J Hsu, Kathleen Chiotos, Emily L Heil, Ryan K Shields, Pranita D Tamma
  Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2025-02-20

Journal Articles

• Association of a Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use with Antibiotic Use and Hospital-Onset Clostridioides Difficile Infection Rates Among US Hospitals  
  Pranita D Tamma, Al Roy Ahn, Sara E Cosgrove, JAMA Network Open
• Integrating Bedside Nurses into Antibiotic Stewardship: A Practical Approach  
  Pranita D Tamma, Sara E Cosgrove, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
• How Frequently Are Hospitalized Patients Colonized with Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Already on Contact Precautions for Other Indications?  
  Pranita D Tamma, Sara E Cosgrove, Clare Rock, Lisa L Maragakis, Aaron M Milstone, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
• Cefepime Therapy for Cefepime-Susceptible Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase–Producing Enterobacteriaceae Bacteremia  
  Wang R, Cosgrove SE, Tschudin-Sutter S, Han JH, Turnbull AE, Hsu AJ, Avdic E, Carroll KC, & Tamma PD, Open Forum Infect Dis, 1/1/2016
• Addressing the Appropriateness of Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing in the United States: An Important First Step  
  Tamma PD & Cosgrove SE, JAMA, 1/1/2016
• Evaluation of Multiple Methods for the Detection of Gastrointestinal Colonization of Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms from Rectal Swabs  
  Simner PJ, Martin I, Opene B, Tamma PD, Carroll KC, & Milstone AM, J Clin Micro, 1/1/2016
• Sustained Impact of an Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention for Community-Acquired Pneumonia  
  Li DX, Ferrada M, Avdic E, Tamma PD, & Cosgrove SE, Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol, 1/1/2016
• Trends in Chlorhexidine Use in United States Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Results from a Follow-Up National Survey  
  Johnson J, Bracken R, Tamma PD, Aucott SW, Bearer C, Milstone AM, Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol, 1/1/2016
• Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter Complications in Children Receiving Outpatient Parenterally Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT)  
  Kovacich A, Tamma PD, Advani S, Popoola VO, Clantuoni E, Gosey L, Milstone AM, Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol, 1/1/2016
• A Clinical Decision Tree to Predict Whether a Bacteremic Patient is Infected With an ESBL-Producing Organism  
  Goodman K, Lessler J, Cosgrove SE, Harris AD, Lautenbach E, Han JH, Milstone AM, Masey C, & Tamma PD, Clin Infect Dis Clin Infect Dis, 1/1/2016
• Determining the optimal carbapenem MIC that distinguishes carbapenemase-producing and non-carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae  
  Tamma PD, Huang Y, Opene BN, & Simner, PJ, Antimicrob Ag Chemother, 1/1/2016
• Impact of toxigenic Clostridium difficile colonization on the risk of subsequent Clostridium difficile infection in ICU patients  
  Tschudin-Sutter S, Carroll KC, Tamma PD, Sudekum ML, Frei R, Widmer AF, Ellis BC, Bartlett J, Perl TM, Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol, 1/1/2015
• Risk Factors for Resistance to Beta-Lactam/Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors and Ertapenem in Bacteroides Species Bacteremia  
  Smith JM, Avdic E, Tamma PD, Zhang L, Carroll KC, Cosgrove SE, Antimicrob Ag Chemo, 1/1/2015
• Low-dose Gentamicin for Uncomplicated Enterococcus faecalis Bacteremia May be Nephrotoxic in Children  
  Ibrahim SL, Zhang L, Brady TM, Hsu AJ, Cosgrove SE, Tamma PD, Clin Infec Dis, 1/1/2015
• Carbapenem Therapy is Associated with Improved Survival Compared to Piperacillin-Tazobactam in Patients with ESBL Bacteremia  
  Tamma PD, Han JH, Rock C, Harris AD, Lautenbach E, Hsu AJ, Avdic E, Cosgrove SE, Clin Infec Dis, 1/1/2015
• The use of a combination antibiograms to assist with the selection of appropriate antimicrobial therapy for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections  
  Hsu AJ, Carroll KC, Milstone AM, Avdic E, Cosgrove SE, Vilasoa M, Tamma PD, Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol, 1/1/2015
• Antimicrobial Stewardship: A National Priority  
  Larru B, Tamma PD, Pediatr Rev, 1/1/2015
• Antibiotic Susceptibility of Common Pediatric Uropathogens in the United States  
  Tamma PD, Sklansky DJ, Palazzi DL, Swami S, Milstone AM, Clin Infect Dis, 1/1/2014
• Let the Games Begin: The Race to Optimize Antibiotic Use  
  Tamma PD & Cosgrove SE, Lancet Infect Dis, 1/1/2014
• Diagnosis and management of Clostridium difficile infection by pediatric infectious diseases clinicians  
  Sammons JS, Gerber JS, Tamma PD, Sandora TJ, Banerjee R, Beekman SE, Polgreen PM, Hersh AL, J Ped Infect Dis Soc, 1/1/2014
• Determining the Optimal Ceftriaxone MIC to Trigger ESBL Confirmatory Testing  
  Huang Y, Carroll KC, Cosgrove SE, Tamma PD, J Clin Micro, 1/1/2014
• Short Versus Prolonged Courses of Antibiotic Therapy for Children with Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bacteremia  
  Park SH, Milstone AM, Diener-West M, Nussenblatt V, Cosgrove SE, Tamma PD, J Antimicrob Chemother, 1/1/2014
• The Prediction of Complicated Clostridium difficile Infections in Children  
  Tschudin-Sutter S, Tamma PD, Milstone AM, Perl TM, Infect Control Hosp Epi, 1/1/2014
• Challenges in the Management of Infections due to Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae  
  Drekonja DM, Beekmann SE, Elliott S, Mukundan D, Polenakovik H, Rosenthal M, Tamma PD, Polgreen PM, Weissman SJ, Infect Control Hosp Epi, 1/1/2014
• Optimizing Therapy for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Bacteremia in Children  
  Tamma PD, Hsu AJ, Curr Op Infect Dis, 1/1/2014
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Books/Book Chapters

• Practical Healthcare Epidemiology 
  Chapter: Detecting and Limiting the Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens. 
  Tamma PD2016
• The Harriet Lane Handbook 
  Chapter: Chapter 17: Microbiology and Infectious Disease 
  Tamma PDLippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition 20th,2014
• Oski’s Pediatric Certification and Recertification Board Review: Infectious Diseases 
  Tamma PDLippincott Williams & Wilkins2011

Lectures

• Evaluating the Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions 
  Cali, Colombia - 1/1/2016
• The Use of Non-carbapenem Beta-lactams for the Treatment of ESBL Infections 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2016
• Double Coverage for Gram-Negative Infections: Why we do not need it. 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2016
• Antibiotic Stewardship in Clinical Practice and Barriers to its Success. 
  National Academy of Medicine, Mexico City, Mexico - 1/1/2016
• The State of Gram-Negative Resistance in the United States 
  Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2016
• The Epidemiology and Treatment of CRE Infections 
  Georgetown University School of Medicine, District of Columbia - 1/1/2016
• The Diagnosis of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae 
  Cali, Colombia - 1/1/2016
• Antimicrobial Stewardship and Its Impact on Gram-Negative Resistance 
  Cali, Colombia - 1/1/2016
• Utilization of non-carbapenem beta-lactams for directed treatment of ESBL infections. 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2016
• Stewardship in Clinical Practice: Institutional Activities & Barriers to Success 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2016
• MDROs in Immunocompromised Children: Rethinking Epidemiology and Empirical Therapies. 
  Baltimore, MD - 1/1/2016
• Discuss the Importance of Appropriately Defining the Exposures and Outcomes Central to Antibiotic Stewardship Research in the Inpatient Setting. 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2016
• Establishing Clinical Relevant Antibiotic Breakpoint Interpretive Criteria. 
  Silver Spring, MD - 1/1/2016
• Recent Publications all Stewards should be Aware of. 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2015
• Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance in Pediatric Patients. 
  Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO - 1/1/2015
• Outpatient Antimicrobial Use. 
  Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD - 1/1/2015
• Evaluating the Effect of Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions: How to Assess the Impact on Patient-Centered Outcomes? 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2015
• Clostridium difficile Infection Prevention in Hospitalized Children. 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2015
• The Diagnosis and Treatment of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae. 
  University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI - 1/1/2015
• The Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections in Children. 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2015
• The Use of Combination Antibiotic Therapy for the Treatment of Gram-Negative Infections. 
  St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN - 1/1/2015
• Zero Bacteremia: Myth or Reality? 
  Cali, Colombia - 1/1/2015
• Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship on Patient Safety. 
  Cali, Colombia - 1/1/2015
• Giving the Proper Dose: How The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute can Help. 
  Diego, CA - 1/1/2014
• Preventing Clostridium difficile Infection in the Intensive Care Unit. 
  Greensboro, NC - 1/1/2014
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