RobertOrensteinDOFIDSA, FACP

PubMed

• Deep Sternal Wound Infection Caused bySpecies After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft.
  Cody A Cunningham, Thomas E Grys, Francis X Downey, Christopher F Saling, Robert Orenstein
  Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2024-06-01
• Managing Recurrent Vulvovaginal Candidiasis.
  Sandhya Nagarakanti, Leah Grant, Robert Orenstein
  Journal of Women's Health. 2024-02-01
• A Case of Sustained Viral Shedding of Mpox With Ocular Involvement Resulting in Vision Loss.
  Lisa J Speiser, Alex M Wonnaparhown, Janis Blair, Ami Shah, Dharmendra R Patel
  Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2024-01-01

Journal Articles

• TNF-Inhibitors and Infection.  
  Orenstein R, Matteson EL, Infect Med 2006; 23:99-114
• Infections related to TNF-Inhibitors.  
  Orenstein R, Expert Rev Dermatol 2006; 1(5): 757-769
• Opportunistic Infections associated with TNF-alpha Treatment.  
  Orenstein R, Matteson EL, Future Rheumatol 2007;2:567-576
• Opening your eyes to MRSA.  
  El Helou O, Orenstein R, Clin Surg Ophthalmol 2007;25:1
• Protecting patients from Clostridium difficile infection.  
  Orenstein R, Hospital E 2011;2;24-26
• Complications of antimicrobial therapy in the Urologic Patient .  
  Orenstein R, Wong ES, American Urological Association Update Series
• Doxycycline for Switch Therapy in Community Acquired Pneumonia.  
  LeGall-Salmon E and Orenstein R, Infect Dis Clin Pract 1999
• Molluscum contagiosum.  
  Bhatia A, Forman S, Orenstein R, Nunley JR, Rowe DR, e-Medicine 2001, 2008
• Preventing Antiviral Resistance, Ramifications - Richmond Academy of Medicine.  
  Orenstein R, Special Edition on Antimicrobial Resistance, 13(14) 9-10
• Hepatitis C-HIV Co-infection in Women. Symposia on GI Disorders in Women.  
  Orenstein R, J Am Osteo Assoc 2001; 101(12) S1-7
• Infectious Complications of TNF-alpha Inhibitors.  
  Orenstein, R, Mayo Clinic Department of Internal Medicine Newsletter
• Patient and Environmental Service Employee Satisfaction of Using Germicidal Bleach Wipes.  
  Aronhalt K, McManus J, Orenstein R, Faller R, Link M, Journal of Healthcare Quality 2012
• West Nile Infection 2003.  
  Orenstein, R, Mayo Clinic Department of Internal Medicine Newsletter
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Books/Book Chapters

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  Chapter: Chapter 46 - Providencia and Proteus 
  Orenstein R and Wong ESEditors: Yu, Victor.Williams and Wilkins
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  Chapter: Chapter 47 Morganella species 
  Orenstein R and Wong ESEditors: Yu, Victor.Williams and Wilkins
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  Page 615 - 627Orenstein REditors: Lang RS, Hensrud DD.Chicago: American Medical AssociationEdition 2,
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  Orenstein REditors: Ghosh A.Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Board Edition 9,
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  Chapter: Infectious diseases 
  Page 465 - 548Marshall WF, Virk A, Orenstein R, Wilson JW, Estes LLEditors: Habermann TM, Ghosh AK.Mayo Clinic Scientific Press, Rochester
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  N/AEditors: Temesgen ZT, Orenstein R, Goosby E, Amoroso A.AAHIVM IHL press
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  Chapter: Intra-abdominal infections 
  Orenstein REditors: Temesgen Z.Oxford University PressEdition 1,
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  Chapter: Diarrheal Syndromes 
  Orenstein REditors: Temesgen Z.Oxford University Press
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Abstracts/Posters

• Staged Approach to the reduction of C. difficile infection.
  Orenstein R, Thompson RL, Rosenblad M, Patel R, Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, San Diego, CA
• Sustained Elimination of C. difficile Infection.
  Orenstein R, Fedraw L. Aronhalt K, McManus J, Link M, Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Dallas, TX
• A simple pre-operative prediction tool for surgical site infection in vascular surgery.
  Leekha S, Thompson RL, Sampathkumar P, Lahr B, Duncan A, Orenstein R, 5th Decennial International Conference on Healthcare Associated Infections, SHEA, CDC, APIC, IDSA, Atlanta, Georgia
• Increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection and diarrhea in asymptomatically colonized patients.
  Leekha S, Aronhalt K, Shelerud M, Siska M, Kelly K, Sloan L, Patel R, Orenstein R, 5th Decennial International Conference on Healthcare Associated Infections, SHEA, CDC, APIC, IDSA, Atlanta, GA
• Patient and Environmental Services Employee Satisfaction and Tolerance using Germicidal Bleach Wipes for Room Cleaning to reduce transmission of C. difficile infections.
  Aronhalt K, McManus J, Orenstein R, Fedraw L, Grupa L, Annual Meeting of the Association of Practitioners in Infection Control (APIC)
• Clostridium difficile infection in the elderly: A Population-based study.
  Khanna S, Aronson S, Kammer, P, Orenstein R, Pardi D, Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, San Diego, CA
• Telephone notification of positive Clostridium difficile stool toxin results decreases time to ordering of metronidazole or vancomycin.
  Verdoorn BP, Orenstein R, Wilson JW, Estes LL, Wendt RF, Schleck CD, Harmsen WS, Nyre L, Patel R, Am Society for Microbiol Meeting
• The Spectrum of HCV-HIV Co-infection.
  Sterling RK, Orenstein R et al, American Society for Liver Diseases, Dallas, Texas
• Comparison between community acquired and hospital acquired Clostridium difficile infection: a population based study.
  Khanna S, Aronson S, Kammer PP, Orenstein R, Pardi D, Annual Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, San Diego, CA
• Clostridium difficile infection in children: a community based epidemiological study.
  Khanna S, Aronson S, Kammer PP, Orenstein R, Pardi D, Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, San Diego CA
• Asymptomatic Clostridium difficile colonization among hospitalized patients: prevalence and risk factors in a tertiary care center.
  Leekha S, Aronhalt KC, Shelerud M, Siska M, Sloan L, Patel R, Orenstein R, Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Philadelphia PA
• Histoplasmosis Infection in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis 1998-2007.
  T. C. Olson, T. Bongartz, C. S. Crowson, G. D. Roberts, R. Orenstein, E. L. Matteson, EULAR 2009
• Trends in vascular surgical site infections: lack of benefit from Surgical Care Improvement Project implementation.
  Leekha S, Thompson RL, Tafur AJ, Sampathkumar P, Orenstein R, Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, San Diego, CA
• The management of severe falciparum malaria.
  Orenstein R, and Smith JL, Scientific meeting of PA,WVA American College of Physicians, Hershey, PA
• Electronic Symptom Watch to track laboratory associated infections.
  Orenstein R. Miller V, Manahan J, Buchta W, Venier Y, Nyre L, Vetter E, Patel R, Griffith J, 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting, Washington DC
• Prevalence of tcdC Deletion positive Clostridium difficile and Correlation with Clinical Course and Outcome.
  Verdoorn BP, Orenstein R, Rosenblatt JE, Sloan LM, Schleck CD, Harmsen WS, Nyre L and Patel R., Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Orlando, FL
• The Lack of correlation between clinical and microbiological algorithms for detecting hypertoxin-producing Clostridium difficile.
  Verdoorn BP, Orenstein R, Wilson JW, Estes LL, Wendt RF, Schleck CD, Harmsen WS, Nyre L, Rosenblatt JE, Sloan LM and Patel R, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Orlando, FL
• Telephone notification of positive Clostridium diffficle stool toxin results decreases time to ordering of metronidazole or vancomycin.
  Verdoorn BP, Orenstein R, Wilson JW, Estes LL, Wendt RF, Schleck CD, Harmsen WS, Nyre L, Patel R, Am Society for Microbiol
• Achromobacter Xylosoxidans Bacteremia Acquired following Urodynamic Studies (UDS).
  Orenstein R, Lecy B, Thompson RL, 17th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Baltimore, MD
• HIV in Rural Amazonia.
  Orenstein R, Tsogas N, Stewart M, XIV International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain
• HCV-HIV Co-infection in Women: An Urban Clinic Experience.
  Tsogas N, Orenstein R, 9th Conference on Human Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Seattle,WA
• The Spectrum of Hepatitis C Virus in HIV co-infection: Stratification by Stage and Immune Function.
  Sterling RK, Orenstein R et al, Digestive Disease Week
• Hepatitis A Seroprevalence in an HIV clinic: Implications for Vaccine Strategies.
  Orenstein R, and Stewart M, 36th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Denver, Colorado
• Drug-induced hepatitis in the Era of HAART.
  Orenstein R, and Stewart M, 38th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, San Diego, CA
• Efficacy and Cost Effectiveness of Protective Devices to Reduce Needlestick Injuries in Healthcare Workers.
  Orenstein R, Karabaic M, Reynolds L, Redmond AL, Wong ES, 33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, New Orleans, LA
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Lectures

• Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind, Infectious Diseases. 
  American College of Physicians Annual Meeting
• How to use antibiotics effectively in the outpatient arena. 
  Primary Care Grand Rounds, McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA
• HIV in the Elderly. 
  Division of Geriatrics Grand Rounds, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA
• Acute Encephalopathies – Infections that make you nuts. 
  Minnesota Osteopathic Medical Society, Annual Spring Meeting 2007 Minneapolis, MN
• Infectious Disease Syndromes (Part 1, 2, 3). 
  17th Annual Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Board Review Mayo Clinic
• Urinary Tract Infection: when to treat and when not. 
  Annual Fall Meeting of Minnesota Osteopathic Medical Society
• HIV for the non-HIV specialist. 
  Annual Fall Meeting of Minnesota Osteopathic Medical Society
• Infectious Disease Pearls for Primary Care. 
  Annual Spring Meeting of Minnesota Osteopathic Medical Society
• A Novel H1N1 Influenza – the coming plague? 
  Annual Fall Meeting of Minnesota Osteopathic Medical Society
• Prevention of Influenza in healthcare workers. 
  Morbidity and Mortality Conference, Mayo Clinic, Department of Medicine
• Keeping an Eye Out for Emerging Infections. 
  Mayo Clinic’s Current Concepts of Primary Eye Care, Rochester, MN
• HIV: Presenting Syndromes. 
  23rd Annual Mayo Clinic Practice of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
• Healthcare Acquired Pneumonia. 
  Mayo Clinic, Update in Hospital Medicine, Tucson, AZ
• Infections in the Immunocompromised Traveler. 
  International Society of Travel Medicine, Boston, MA
• Preventing Clostridium difficile infection. 
  CDC/SHEA HAI Prevention Regional Training Program, San Francisco, CA (2010)
• Infectious Disease Pearls. 
  18th Annual Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Board Review, Mayo Clinic
• Clostridium difficile – More than a mere nuisance. 
  29th Annual Practice of Internal Medicine Mayo Clinic
• Insect borne diseases in the Upper Midwest. 
  Lake Region Healthcare Corporation Mayo Regional Visiting faculty Program, Fergus Falls, MN
• Antibiotic Resistance in Clinical Practice. 
  Annual North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants Conference, Myrtle Beach, NC
• Antibiotic Use in Year 2000. 
  Annual Meeting of Virginia Osteopathic Medical Association Williamsburg, VA
• Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy. 
  West Virginia AIDS 2000, Mid Atlantic AIDS Education and Training Grant, West Virginia University
• Infectious Complications of Biological Agents and TNF-alpha Inhibitors in Dermatology. 
  Education Foundation, Annual Meeting, Las Vegas
• New Antimicrobials 2007. 
  Selected Topics in Internal Medicine. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Kona, HW
• Clostridium difficile for the primary care physician. 
  Iowa Chapter American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians Annual meeting, Des Moines, IA
• What’s New in UTIs? 
  Minnesota Chapter, American College of Physicians Scientific Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
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