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Overview

Curtis J. Donskey is affiliated with the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, and Microbiology.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics related to infection control, hospital epidemiology, and disease prevention. The main topics include:

  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Infection Control in Healthcare
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Nosocomial Infections in ICU
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection
  • Microscopic Colitis

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • American Journal of Infection Control
  • Pathogens and Immunity
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases

Regular collaborators in research are Jennifer L. Cadnum, Brigid Wilson, Annette Jencson, Sarah N. Redmond, and Heba Alhmidi.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Curtis J. Donskey include:

  • "Effectiveness of Ultraviolet-C Light and a High-Level Disinfection Cabinet for Decontamination of N95 Respirators," 2020, Pathogens and Immunity
  • "UV decontamination of personal protective equipment with idle laboratory biosafety cabinets during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Strategies to prevent Clostridioides difficile infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update," 2023, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • "It's not the heat, it's the humidity: Effectiveness of a rice cooker-steamer for decontamination of cloth and surgical face masks and N95 respirators," 2020, American Journal of Infection Control
  • "What are the sources of exposure in healthcare personnel with coronavirus disease 2019 infection?," 2020, American Journal of Infection Control

Best Publications

  • Transmission of SARS and MERS coronaviruses and influenza virus in healthcare settings: the possible role of dry surface contamination

    J.A. Otter;C. Donskey;S. Yezli;S. Douthwaite

  • Antimicrobial-Associated Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile Infection

    Robert C. Owens;Curtis J. Donskey;Robert P. Gaynes;Robert P. Gaynes;Vivian G. Loo

  • Effect of antibiotic therapy on the density of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in the stool of colonized patients.

    Curtis J. Donskey;Tanvir K. Chowdhry;Michelle T. Hecker;Claudia K. Hoyen

  • Asymptomatic carriers are a potential source for transmission of epidemic and nonepidemic Clostridium difficile strains among long-term care facility residents.

    Michelle M. Riggs;Ajay K. Sethi;Trina F. Zabarsky;Elizabeth C. Eckstein

  • Unnecessary use of antimicrobials in hospitalized patients: current patterns of misuse with an emphasis on the antianaerobic spectrum of activity

    Michelle T. Hecker;David C. Aron;Nilam P. Patel;Meghan K. Lehmann

  • Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter sp. Isolates from Military and Civilian Patients Treated at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center

    Kristine M. Hujer;Andrea M. Hujer;Edward A. Hulten;Saralee Bajaksouzian

  • Acquisition of nosocomial pathogens on hands after contact with environmental surfaces near hospitalized patients

    Anita Bhalla;Nicole J Pultz;Delores M Gries;Amy J Ray

  • The Role of the Intestinal Tract as a Reservoir and Source for Transmission of Nosocomial Pathogens

    Curtis J. Donskey

  • Community-associated Clostridium difficile infection and antibiotics: a meta-analysis

    Abhishek Deshpande;Vinay Pasupuleti;Priyaleela Thota;Chaitanya Pant

  • Persistence of Skin Contamination and Environmental Shedding of Clostridium difficile during and after Treatment of C. difficile Infection

    Ajay K. Sethi;Wafa N. Al‐Nassir;BS Michelle M. Nerandzic;BS Greg S. Bobulsky

  • Gene dosage and linezolid resistance in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis.

    S. H. Marshall;C. J. Donskey;R. Hutton-Thomas;R. A. Salata

  • Strategies to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update

    Erik R. Dubberke;Philip Carling;Ruth Carrico;Curtis J. Donskey

  • Does improving surface cleaning and disinfection reduce health care-associated infections?

    Curtis J. Donskey;Curtis J. Donskey

  • Reduction of Clostridium Difficile and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus contamination of environmental surfaces after an intervention to improve cleaning methods

    Brittany C Eckstein;Daniel A Adams;Elizabeth C Eckstein;Agam Rao

  • Contamination of Health Care Personnel During Removal of Personal Protective Equipment

    Myreen E. Tomas;Sirisha Kundrapu;Priyaleela Thota;Venkata C. K. Sunkesula

  • Vegetative Clostridium difficile Survives in Room Air on Moist Surfaces and in Gastric Contents with Reduced Acidity: a Potential Mechanism To Explain the Association between Proton Pump Inhibitors and C. difficile-Associated Diarrhea?

    Robin L. P. Jump;Michael J. Pultz;Curtis J. Donskey

  • Both Oral Metronidazole and Oral Vancomycin Promote Persistent Overgrowth of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci during Treatment of Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease

    Wafa N. Al-Nassir;Ajay K. Sethi;Yuejin Li;Michael J. Pultz

  • Evaluation of an automated ultraviolet radiation device for decontamination of Clostridium difficile and other healthcare-associated pathogens in hospital rooms

    Michelle M Nerandzic;Jennifer L Cadnum;Michael J Pultz;Curtis J Donskey

  • Genetic Linkage and Cotransfer of a Novel,vanB-Containing Transposon (Tn5382) and a Low-Affinity Penicillin-Binding Protein 5 Gene in a Clinical Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolate

    Lenore L. Carias;Lenore L. Carias;Susan D. Rudin;Curtis J. Donskey;Louis B. Rice;Louis B. Rice

  • Risk factors for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Abhishek Deshpande;Vinay Pasupuleti;Priyaleela Thota;Chaitanya Pant

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Bonomo
Robert A. Bonomo Case Western Reserve University
Matthew H. Samore
Matthew H. Samore University of Utah
Federico Perez
Federico Perez Case Western Reserve University
Louis B. Rice
Louis B. Rice Brown University
Dale N. Gerding
Dale N. Gerding Veterans Health Administration
Robert A. Salata
Robert A. Salata Case Western Reserve University
L. Clifford McDonald
L. Clifford McDonald Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Michael R. Jacobs
Michael R. Jacobs University Hospitals of Cleveland
David L. Paterson
David L. Paterson University of Queensland
Kristine M. Hujer
Kristine M. Hujer Case Western Reserve University

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