| The impact of surgical-site infections in the 1990s: attributable mortality, excess length of hospitalization, and extra costs KB Kirkland, JP Briggs, SL Trivette, WE Wilkinson, DJ Sexton Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 20 (11), 725-730, 1999 | 2267 | 1999 |
| The impact of surgical-site infections following orthopedic surgery at a community hospital and a university hospital adverse quality of life, excess length of stay, and extra cost JD Whitehouse, ND Friedman, KB Kirkland, WJ Richardson, DJ Sexton Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 23 (4), 183-189, 2002 | 1095 | 2002 |
| Catheter-related bacteremia and outcome of attempted catheter salvage in patients undergoing hemodialysis KA Marr, DJ Sexton, PJ Conlon, GR Corey, SJ Schwab, KB Kirkland Annals of internal medicine 127 (4), 275-280, 1997 | 712 | 1997 |
| Adverse effects of contact isolation KB Kirkland, JM Weinstein The Lancet 354 (9185), 1177-1178, 1999 | 317 | 1999 |
| Underresourced hospital infection control and prevention programs: penny wise, pound foolish? DJ Anderson, KB Kirkland, KS Kaye, PA Thacker, ZA Kanafani, G Auten, ... Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 28 (7), 767-773, 2007 | 255 | 2007 |
| Therapeutic delay and mortality in cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever KB Kirkland, WE Wilkinson, DJ Sexton Clinical Infectious Diseases 20 (5), 1118-1121, 1995 | 229 | 1995 |
| Hand contamination of anesthesia providers is an important risk factor for intraoperative bacterial transmission RW Loftus, MK Muffly, JR Brown, ML Beach, MD Koff, HL Corwin, ... Anesthesia & Analgesia 112 (1), 98-105, 2011 | 225 | 2011 |
| Patient Attitudes Toward the Use of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in the Treatment of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection JS Zipursky, TI Sidorsky, CA Freedman, MN Sidorsky, KB Kirkland Clinical Infectious Diseases 55 (12), 1652-1658, 2012 | 204 | 2012 |
| Immune responses in infants whose mothers received Tdap vaccine during pregnancy AJ Hardy-Fairbanks, SJ Pan, MD Decker, DR Johnson, DP Greenberg, ... The Pediatric infectious disease journal 32 (11), 1257-1260, 2013 | 197 | 2013 |
| A multistate outbreak of oyster-associated gastroenteritis: implications for interstate tracing of contaminated shellfish SF Dowell, C Groves, KB Kirkland, HG Cicirello, T Ando, Q Jin, ... Journal of Infectious Diseases 171 (6), 1497-1503, 1995 | 176 | 1995 |
| Infectious diseases consultation lowers mortality from Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia T Lahey, R Shah, J Gittzus, J Schwartzman, K Kirkland Medicine 88 (5), 263-267, 2009 | 172 | 2009 |
| Impact of a hospital-wide hand hygiene initiative on healthcare-associated infections: results of an interrupted time series KB Kirkland, KA Homa, RA Lasky, JA Ptak, EA Taylor, ME Splaine BMJ quality & safety 21 (12), 1019-1026, 2012 | 166 | 2012 |
| Erythema Migrans—like Rash Illness at a Camp in North Carolina: A New Tick-Borne Disease? KB Kirkland, TB Klimko, RA Meriwether, M Schriefer, M Levin, J Levine, ... Archives of internal medicine 157 (22), 2635-2641, 1997 | 148 | 1997 |
| Cost-effectiveness of preoperative nasal mupirocin treatment in preventing surgical site infection in patients undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasty: a cost-effectiveness … XF Courville, IM Tomek, KB Kirkland, M Birhle, SR Kantor, SRG Finlayson Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 33 (2), 152-159, 2012 | 132 | 2012 |
| Failure of cooking to prevent shellfish-associated viral gastroenteritis S McDonnell, KB Kirkland, WG Hlady, C Aristeguieta, RS Hopkins, ... Archives of Internal Medicine 157 (1), 111-116, 1997 | 130 | 1997 |
| Use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers as a risk factor for norovirus outbreaks in long-term care facilities in northern New England: December 2006 to March 2007 DD Blaney, ER Daly, KB Kirkland, JE Tongren, PT Kelso, EA Talbot American journal of infection control 39 (4), 296-301, 2011 | 111 | 2011 |
| The safety of immunizing with tetanus–diphtheria–acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) less than 2 years following previous tetanus vaccination: experience during a mass … EA Talbot, KH Brown, KB Kirkland, AL Baughman, SA Halperin, ... Vaccine 28 (50), 8001-8007, 2010 | 110 | 2010 |
| Taking off the gloves: toward a less dogmatic approach to the use of contact isolation KB Kirkland, RA Weinstein Clinical Infectious Diseases 48 (6), 766-771, 2009 | 91 | 2009 |
| Rocky Mountain spotted fever complicated by gangrene: report of six cases and review KB Kirkland, PK Marcom, DJ Sexton, JS Dumler, DH Walker Clinical infectious diseases 16 (5), 629-634, 1993 | 84 | 1993 |
| Steaming oysters does not prevent Norwalk-like gastroenteritis. KB Kirkland, RA Meriwether, JK Leiss, WR Mac Kenzie Public Health Reports 111 (6), 527, 1996 | 77 | 1996 |
