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  1. Impact of Changes in Urine Culture Ordering Practice on Antimicrobial Utilization in Intensive Care Units at an Academic Medical Center

    Article • Infection Control, January 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Surbhi Leekha

  2. Association of National Healthcare Safety Network–Defined Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections With Alternate Sources of Fever

    Article • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, June 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Surbhi Leekha

  3. Isolation Precautions for Visitors

    Article • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, April 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Surbhi Leekha

  4. Frequency and Predictors of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination and Reasons for Refusal Among Patients at a Large Tertiary Referral Hospital

    Article • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, March 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Surbhi Leekha

  5. Breast Mass in a 45-Year-Old Man

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Surbhi Leekha

  6. Risk Factors for Central-Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections: A Focus on Comorbid Conditions

    Article • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, January 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Surbhi Leekha

  7. Rapid Testing Using the Verigene Gram-Negative Blood Culture Nucleic Acid Test in Combination with Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention against Gram-Negative Bacteremia

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2014, ASM Journals

    Surbhi Leekha

  8. Successful implementation of a unit-based quality nurse to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, February 2014, Elsevier

    Surbhi Leekha

  9. Healthcare Personnel Attire in Non-Operating-Room Settings

    Article • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, February 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Surbhi Leekha

  10. Comparison of Total Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream Infections to Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections and Implications for Outcome Measures in Infection Control

    Article • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, September 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Surbhi Leekha

  11. Asymptomatic Clostridium difficile colonization in a tertiary care hospital: Admission prevalence and risk factors

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, May 2013, Elsevier

    Surbhi Leekha, DR Robert Orenstein

  12. Viral detection using a multiplex polymerase chain reaction–based assay in outpatients with upper respiratory infection

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, February 2013, Elsevier

    Surbhi Leekha, Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  13. The effect of terminal cleaning on environmental contamination rates of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, December 2012, Elsevier

    Surbhi Leekha

  14. Seasonality of staphylococcal infections

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, October 2012, Elsevier

    Surbhi Leekha

  15. Mycobacterium fortuitum prosthetic valve endocarditis: a case for the pathogenetic role of biofilms

    Article • Cardiovascular Pathology, July 2012, Elsevier

    Surbhi Leekha

  16. Culture Change and CLABSI Reduction: Achieving Success in a Medical Center with 10 Distinctively Different Intensive Care Units

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, June 2012, Elsevier

    Surbhi Leekha

  17. Transfer of multidrug-resistant bacteria to healthcare workers’ gloves and gowns after patient contact increases with environmental contamination*

    Article • Critical Care Medicine, April 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Surbhi Leekha

  18. Empiric antimicrobial therapy for Gram-negative sepsis: Back to the future*

    Article • Critical Care Medicine, August 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Surbhi Leekha

  19. General Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy

    Article • Mayo Clinic Proceedings, February 2011, Elsevier

    Surbhi Leekha

  20. Should National Standards for Reporting Surgical Site Infections Distinguish between Primary and Revision Orthopedic Surgeries?

    Article • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, May 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Surbhi Leekha

  21. Epidemiology and Control of Pertussis Outbreaks in a Tertiary Care Center and the Resource Consumption Associated With These Outbreaks

    Article • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, May 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Surbhi Leekha

  22. Duration of Influenza A Virus Shedding in Hospitalized Patients and Implications for Infection Control

    Article • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, September 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Surbhi Leekha

  23. Neurofibromatosis type I: Spinal neoplasia without symptoms

    Article • The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, September 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Surbhi Leekha