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Edward Septimus

Harvard University · US
Area of research
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · Infectious Diseases
Research interest
Research interests include Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Nosocomial Infections in ICU, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus.
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13,664
works
295
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Recent publications

Letter to the editor regarding the article: The efficacy of an alcohol-based nasal antiseptic versus mupirocin or iodophor for preventing surgical site infections: A meta-analysis.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Improving Sepsis Outcomes in the Era of Pay-for-Performance and Electronic Quality Measures: A Joint IDSA/ACEP/PIDS/SHEA/SHM/SIDP Position Paper
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2023cited by 30position: middledoi
Executive Summary: A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute-Care Hospitals: 2022 Updates
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2023cited by 23position: middledoi
Introduction to <i>A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections In Acute-Care Hospitals: 2022 Updates</i>
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2023cited by 13position: middledoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Comparative Risk of Myocarditis/Pericarditis Following Second Doses of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Coronavirus Vaccines.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2022cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Ultrashort course antibiotics for suspected pneumonia with preserved oxygenation.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2022cited by 0position: contributordoi
The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Healthcare-Associated Infections
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021cited by 294position: middledoi
Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Trends of Patients With Sepsis and Opioid-Related Hospitalizations in U.S. Hospitals*
Critical Care Medicine 2021cited by 27position: middledoi
Infectious Diseases Society of America Position Paper: Recommended Revisions to the National Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Early Management Bundle (SEP-1) Sepsis Quality Measure
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020cited by 202position: middledoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Inhaled amikacin adjunctive to intravenous standard-of-care antibiotics in mechanically ventilated patients with Gram-negative pneumonia (INHALE): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3, superiority trial.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2020cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Empirical Anti-MRSA vs Standard Antibiotic Therapy and Risk of 30-Day Mortality in Patients Hospitalized for Pneumonia.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2020cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of It is time to define antimicrobial never events.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2019cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Screening of Clostridioides difficile carriers in an urban academic medical center: Understanding implications of disease.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2019cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Association Between Alcohol Use Disorders and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2019cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Excess antibiotic treatment duration and adverse events in patients hospitalized with pneumonia: A multihospital cohort study.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2019cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2019cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Evaluation and management of penicillin allergy: A review.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2019cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Association of Duration and Type of Surgical Prophylaxis With Antimicrobial-Associated Adverse Events.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2019cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Clinical practice guideline for the management of asymptomatic bacteriuria: 2019 update by the infectious diseases society of americaa.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2019cited by 0position: contributordoi
Antimicrobial Resistance
Medical Clinics of North America 2018cited by 246position: firstdoi
Antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention—leveraging the synergy: A position paper update
American Journal of Infection Control 2018cited by 65position: middledoi
Incidence and Trends of Sepsis in US Hospitals Using Clinical vs Claims Data, 2009-2014
JAMA 2017cited by 1,857position: middledoi
Sepsis National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measure (SEP-1): Multistakeholder Work Group Recommendations for Appropriate Antibiotics for the Treatment of Sepsis
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017cited by 41position: firstdoi
Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2016cited by 2,943position: middledoi
Executive Summary: Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2016cited by 387position: middledoi
A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Updates
American Journal of Infection Control 2014cited by 163position: middledoi
A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Updates
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2014cited by 134position: middledoi
Assessment of empirical antibiotic therapy optimisation in six hospitals: an observational cohort study
The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2014cited by 129position: middledoi
A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Updates
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2014cited by 79position: middledoi
Targeted versus Universal Decolonization to Prevent ICU Infection
New England Journal of Medicine 2013cited by 776position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

— · 13 papers (2019–2025)Sara E. Cosgrove · University of Baltimore5 papers (2016–2023)Michael Klompas · Harvard University5 papers (2013–2023)Chanu Rhee · Harvard University4 papers (2017–2023)Sameer S. Kadri · National Institutes of Health Clinical Center4 papers (2017–2023)Arjun Srinivasan · Joint Commission3 papers (2014–2016)Neil O. Fishman · California University of Pennsylvania3 papers (2016–2017)— · 3 papers (2013–2021)Pamela A. Lipsett · Johns Hopkins University3 papers (2013–2016)Audrey N. Schuetz · Mayo Clinic2 papers (2016–2016)Yngve Falck–Ytter · VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System2 papers (2016–2016)Melinda M. Neuhauser · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention2 papers (2016–2016)Gregory J. Moran · Olive View-UCLA Medical Center2 papers (2016–2016)Christopher Ohl · Wake Forest University2 papers (2016–2016)Larissa May · University of Illinois Chicago2 papers (2016–2016)Daniel A Sweeney · University of California System2 papers (2020–2023)David N. Gilbert · Oregon Health & Science University2 papers (2020–2023)Jason G. Newland · Nationwide Children's Hospital2 papers (2016–2016)Susan K. Seo · Weill Cornell Medicine2 papers (2016–2016)Timothy H. Dellit · University of Washington Medical Center2 papers (2016–2016)