Kevin W Garey

Publications

• Community Environmental Contamination of Toxigenic Clostridium Difficile
  Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28480289
• Effect of a Healthcare-system Respiratory Fluoroquinolone Restriction Program to Alter Utilization and Impact Rates of C. Difficile Infection
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Mar, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28348151
• Cadazolid for the Treatment of Clostridium Difficile
  Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs. Apr, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28286992
• Novel Antibiotics in Development to Treat Clostridium Difficile Infection
  Current Opinion in Gastroenterology. Jan, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28134686
• Association Between Health Literacy and 30-day Healthcare Use After Hospital Discharge in the Heart Failure Population
  Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy : RSAP. Oct, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 28277275
• A Multi-center Study of Fidaxomicin Use for Clostridium Difficile Infection
  SpringerPlus. 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27536508
• Ridinilazole: a Novel Therapy for Clostridium Difficile Infection
  International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. Aug, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27283730
• Benchmarking and Medication Error Rates
  American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Jun, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27208057
• A Novel Method for Imaging the Pharmacological Effects of Antibiotic Treatment on Clostridium Difficile
  Anaerobe. Aug, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27108094
• A Pilot Study to Assess Bacterial and Toxin Reduction in Patients with Clostridium Difficile Infection Given Fidaxomicin or Vancomycin
  Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials. Apr, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27071986
• Evaluating the Effects of Surotomycin Treatment on Clostridium Difficile Toxin A and B Production, Immune Response, and Morphological Changes
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Jun, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27021314
• Impact on Toxin Production and Cell Morphology in Clostridium Difficile by Ridinilazole (SMT19969), a Novel Treatment for C. Difficile Infection
  The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. May, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26895772
• Development and Validation of a Clostridium Difficile Health-related Quality-of-Life Questionnaire
  Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. Sep, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26796081
• Evaluating Pharmacy Leader Development Through the Seven Action Logics
  American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Jan, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26721538
• Oral Glutamine in Preventing Treatment-Related Mucositis in Adult Patients With Cancer: A Systematic Review
  Nutrition in Clinical Practice : Official Publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Apr, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26507188
• Assessment of Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities in a Large Metropolitan Area
  Journal of Pharmacy Practice. Jun, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 25312262
• Frequency of and Risk Factors for Medication Errors by Pharmacists During Order Verification in a Tertiary Care Medical Center
  American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Sep, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26294240
• In the Endemic Setting, Clostridium Difficile Ribotype 027 Is Virulent But Not Hypervirulent
  Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Nov, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26288985
• Age-Stratified Treatment Response Rates in Hospitalized Patients with Clostridium Difficile Infection Treated with Metronidazole
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Oct, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26195522
• Dispensing Inhalers to Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on Hospital Discharge: Effects on Prescription Filling and Readmission
  American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Jul, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26150570
• Innate Inflammatory Response and Immunopharmacologic Activity of Micafungin, Caspofungin, and Voriconazole Against Wild-type and FKS Mutant Candida Glabrata Isolates
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Sep, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26100700
• Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative Task Force Report: Improving Participation in a Survey on Hospital Pharmacy Practices in Texas
  American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Jun, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26025997
• Reply to Bauer and Goff
  Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Aug, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25944341
• Multiplex Real-Time PCR Method for Simultaneous Identification and Toxigenic Type Characterization of Clostridium Difficile From Stool Samples
  Annals of Laboratory Medicine. May, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25932438
• A Multi-Center Prospective Derivation and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Tool for Severe Clostridium Difficile Infection
  PloS One. 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25906284
• Identification of Toxemia in Patients with Clostridium Difficile Infection
  PloS One. 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25885671
• Expansion of Clinical Pharmacy Through Increased Use of Outpatient Pharmacists for Anticoagulation Services
  American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Apr, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25788511
• Evaluation of Portability and Cost of a Fluorescent PCR Ribotyping Protocol for Clostridium Difficile Epidemiology
  Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Apr, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25631804
• Echinocandin Use in Hospitalized Patients: a Multi-institutional Study
  The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. Apr, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25607510
• T2 Magnetic Resonance Assay for the Rapid Diagnosis of Candidemia in Whole Blood: a Clinical Trial
  Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Mar, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25586686
• Real-world Performance of a Microarray-based Rapid Diagnostic for Gram-positive Bloodstream Infections and Potential Utility for Antimicrobial Stewardship
  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. Jan, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25445120
• Agreement Among Measurements and Estimations of Glomerular Filtration in Children with Cancer
  Pediatric Blood & Cancer. Jan, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25263332
• Host Factors and Clinical Outcomes of Candida Colonization in Critically Ill Patients
  Mycopathologia. Feb, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25173925
• Healthcare Resource Utilization for Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection in a Large University Hospital in Houston, Texas
  PloS One. 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 25057871
• Education, Training, and Academic Experience of Newly Hired, First-time Pharmacy Faculty Members
  American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Jun, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24954932
• FKS Mutant Candida Glabrata: Risk Factors and Outcomes in Patients with Candidemia
  Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Sep, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24879785
• Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction Detection of Asymptomatic Clostridium Difficile Colonization and Rising C. Difficile-associated Disease Rates
  Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Jun, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24799643
• Clinical Practice Patterns in Hospitalized Patients at Risk for Invasive Candidiasis: Role of Antifungal Stewardship Programs in an Era of Rapid Diagnostics
  The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Jun, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24687545
• Investigation of Potentially Pathogenic Clostridium Difficile Contamination in Household Environs
  Anaerobe. Jun, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24657158
• Colonic Immunopathogenesis of Clostridium Difficile Infections
  Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Apr, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24477852
• A Blueprint for Transitioning Pharmacy Residents into Successful Clinical Faculty Members in Colleges and Schools of Pharmacy
  American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Nov, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24249862
• Comparison of the T2Dx Instrument with T2Candida Assay and Automated Blood Culture in the Detection of Candida Species Using Seeded Blood Samples
  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. Dec, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24135411
• Crofelemer for the Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea in Patients Living with HIV/AIDS
  HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.). 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23888120
• Use of Rifamycin Drugs and Development of Infection by Rifamycin-resistant Strains of Clostridium Difficile
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Jun, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23545528
• Impact of a Pharmacotherapy Alerting System on Medication Errors
  American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Jan, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23261900
• Physician Attitudes Toward the Use of Fecal Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection in a Metropolitan Area
  Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Apr, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23223589
• Treatment of Candida Famata Bloodstream Infections: Case Series and Review of the Literature
  The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Feb, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23085777
• Pilot of a Patient-centered Pharmacy Practice Model
  American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Nov, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 23111668
• Echinocandin Resistance in Candida Species: Mechanisms of Reduced Susceptibility and Therapeutic Approaches
  The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Jul-Aug, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22811350
• Inhibition of Biofilm Formation by Esomeprazole in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and Staphylococcus Aureus
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Aug, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22664967
• Evaluation of a Daptomycin Dose-optimization Protocol
  American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Jun, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22610031
• Impact of Prior Inappropriate Fluconazole Dosing on Isolation of Fluconazole-nonsusceptible Candida Species in Hospitalized Patients with Candidemia
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Jun, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22411611
• A Real-world Evaluation of Oral Vancomycin for Severe Clostridium Difficile Infection: Implications for Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
  Pharmacotherapy. Feb, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22392421
• Crofelemer for the Treatment of Secretory Diarrhea
  Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. Feb, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22149578
• Moderate to High Use of Opioid Analgesics Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Clostridium Difficile Infection
  The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. Apr, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 21934595
• Risk Factors for Vitamin D Deficiency in HIV-infected Patients in the South Central United States
  AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. May, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 21878055
• In Vitro Activity of Colistin or Sulbactam in Combination with Fosfomycin or Imipenem Against Clinical Isolates of Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii Producing OXA-23 Carbapenemases
  The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Jul, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 22299471
• Improving Patient Care Through Implementation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
  American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Nov, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 22058103
• A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Pilot Study to Assess the Ability of Rifaximin to Prevent Recurrent Diarrhoea in Patients with Clostridium Difficile Infection
  The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Dec, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21948965
• Clinical Outcomes of Patients Infected with Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii Treated with Single or Combination Antibiotic Therapy
  Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet Thangphaet. Jul, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21774295
• A Common Polymorphism in the Interleukin-8 Gene Promoter is Associated with an Increased Risk for Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection
  Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Dec, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 21058913
• Mathematical Modeling to Characterize the Inoculum Effect
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Nov, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20805390
• Clostridium Difficile Infection: an Emerging Epidemic with More Questions Than Answers
  Future Microbiology. Aug, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20722592
• Significant Publications on Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy in 2009
  American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Aug, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20651305
• Rifaximin: a Nonsystemic Rifamycin Antibiotic for Gastrointestinal Infections
  Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy. Jul, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20586560
• Impact of Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Bacteremia on Patient Outcomes
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Sep, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20585122
• Future Novel Therapeutic Agents for Clostridium Difficile Infection
  Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs. Jul, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20521993
• Clostridium Difficile Infection: Update on Emerging Antibiotic Treatment Options and Antibiotic Resistance
  Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy. May, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20455684
• Crofelemer, a Novel Agent for Treatment of Secretory Diarrhea
  The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. May, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20388859
• Symposium on Roles of and Cooperation Between Academic- and Practice-based Pharmacy Clinicians
  American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Feb, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20101067
• Prevalence, Resistance Mechanisms, and Susceptibility of Multidrug-resistant Bloodstream Isolates of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Mar, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20086165
• Clostridium Difficile-related Death Rates in Texas 1999-2005
  The Journal of Infection. Nov, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19735673
• Changing Clostridium Difficile Infection Testing and Treatment Trends at a Large Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital
  Pharmacy World & Science : PWS. Oct, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19657721
• WITHDRAWN: In Vitro Activity of Rifaximin and Rifampin Against Clinical Isolates of Clostridium Difficile in Houston, Texas
  Anaerobe. Feb, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19223017
• Impact of AmpC Overexpression on Outcomes of Patients with Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Bacteremia
  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. Mar, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19135330
• Increased Bacterial Adherence and Biomass in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Bacteria Exposed to Clarithromycin
  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. Jan, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 18990530
• Rifaximin in Treatment of Recurrent Clostridium Difficile-associated Diarrhea: an Uncontrolled Pilot Study
  Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. Jan, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 18385603
• Significant Publications on Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy in 2007
  American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Nov, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18997127
• Peripartum Clostridium Difficile Infection: Case Series and Review of the Literature
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Oct, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18639213
• Economic Benefit of Appropriate Timing of Vancomycin Prophylaxis in Patients Undergoing Cardiovascular Surgery
  Pharmacotherapy. Jun, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18503397
• Rifamycin Antibiotics for Treatment of Clostridium Difficile-associated Diarrhea
  The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Jun, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18430792
• Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Antimicrobial Individualization and Optimization Strategies
  Current Infectious Disease Reports. Mar, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18377809
• Outcomes of Bacteremia Due to Pseudomonas Aeruginosa with Reduced Susceptibility to Piperacillin-tazobactam: Implications on the Appropriateness of the Resistance Breakpoint
  Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Mar, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18279040
• Association of Interleukin-8 Polymorphism and Immunoglobulin G Anti-toxin A in Patients with Clostridium Difficile-associated Diarrhea
  Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology : the Official Clinical Practice Journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. Aug, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17618838
• Prevalence, Mechanisms, and Risk Factors of Carbapenem Resistance in Bloodstream Isolates of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. Jul, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17617302
• High- Versus Low-dose Fluconazole Therapy for Empiric Treatment of Suspected Invasive Candidiasis Among High-risk Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: a Cost-effectiveness Analysis
  Current Medical Research and Opinion. May, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17519072
• Pharmacist-managed Vaccination Program Increased Influenza Vaccination Rates in Cardiovascular Patients Enrolled in a Secondary Prevention Lipid Clinic
  Pharmacotherapy. May, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17461708
• Economic Analysis of Inadequate Fluconazole Therapy in Non-neutropenic Patients with Candidaemia: a Multi-institutional Study
  International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. May, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17341444
• Inadequacy of Fluconazole Dosing in Patients with Candidemia Based on Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Guidelines
  Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. Aug, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17286303
• Association of Fluconazole Area Under the Concentration-time Curve/MIC and Dose/MIC Ratios with Mortality in Nonneutropenic Patients with Candidemia
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Jan, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17101684
• Pharmacists' Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Antimicrobial Control Programs
  American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Dec, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 17158699
• Case-control Study of the Relationship Between MRSA Bacteremia with a Vancomycin MIC of 2 Microg/mL and Risk Factors, Costs, and Outcomes in Inpatients Undergoing Hemodialysis
  Clinical Therapeutics. Aug, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16982298
• Timing of Vancomycin Prophylaxis for Cardiac Surgery Patients and the Risk of Surgical Site Infections
  The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Sep, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16807254
• Time to Initiation of Fluconazole Therapy Impacts Mortality in Patients with Candidemia: a Multi-institutional Study
  Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Jul, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16758414
• Prevalence of Diarrhea at a University Hospital and Association with Modifiable Risk Factors
  The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Jun, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16684806
• Evaluation of Antifungals in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit: a Multi-institutional Study
  Mycoses. May, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16681815
• An Integrated Pharmacoeconomic Approach to Antimicrobial Formulary Decision-making
  American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Apr, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16595813
• Tolerance of Vancomycin for Surgical Prophylaxis in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery and Incidence of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus Colonization
  The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Mar, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16478809
• Treatment Failures Secondary to Drug Interactions with Divalent Cations and Fluoroquinolone
  Pharmacy World & Science : PWS. Apr, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15999916
• Rifaximin: a Nonabsorbable Rifamycin Antibiotic for Use in Nonsystemic Gastrointestinal Infections
  Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy. Apr, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15918778
• Effects of Six-week Clarithromycin Therapy in Corticosteroid-dependent Asthma: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Pilot Study
  Current Therapeutic Research, Clinical and Experimental. Jan, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 24936100
• Economic Consequences of Unused Medications in Houston, Texas
  The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Jul-Aug, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15138296
• Involvement of Immunization-certified Pharmacists with Immunization Activities
  The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Feb, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 14742755
• Markers of Inflammation in Exhaled Breath Condensate of Young Healthy Smokers
  Chest. Jan, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 14718416
• Comparative Toxicity and Concentrations of Intravitreal Amphotericin B Formulations in a Rabbit Model
  Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. May, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 12714650
• Tissue Reparative Effects of Macrolide Antibiotics in Chronic Inflammatory Sinopulmonary Diseases
  Chest. Jan, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 12527628
• Comparative Killing Rates of Gatifloxacin and Ciprofloxacin Against 14 Clinical Isolates: Impact of Bacterial Strain and Antibiotic Concentration
  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. Sep, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 12376032