Description of Research Expertise:
Infection Control
Healthcare Epidemiology
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections
Selected Publications:
Asti L, Bartsch S, Umscheid C, Hamilton K, Nachamkin I, Lee B: The potential economic value of sputum culture use in patients with community-acquired pneumonia and healthcare-associated pneumonia Clin Microbiol Infect 25 (8): e1-1038e9,2019.
Lerman DT, Hamilton KW, Byrne D, Lee DF, Zeitler K, Claridge T, Gray J, Minamoto GY: The impact of infection among left ventricular assist device recipients on post-transplantation outcomes: A retrospective review Transpl Infect Dis 20 (6): e12995,2018.
Marras TK, Vinnard C, Zhang Q, Hamilton K, Adjemian J, Eagle G, Zhang R, Chou E, Olivier KN: Relative risk of all-cause mortality in patients With nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease in a US managed care population Respir Med 145 : 80-88,2018.
Chen AI, Bilker WB, Hamilton KW, O'Donnell JA, Nachamkin I: Blood culture utilization at an academic hospital: Addressing a gap in benchmarking Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39 (11): 1353-1359,2018.
Vinnard C, Mezochow A, Oakland H, Klingsberg R, Hansen-Flaschen J, Hamilton K: Assessing response to therapy for nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease: Quo vadis? Front Microbiol 9 : 2813,2018.
Luther VP, Shnekendorf R, Abbo LM, Advani S, Armstrong WS, Barsoumian AE, Beeler CB, Bystritsky R, Cherabuddi K, Cohen S, Hamilton KW, Ince D, Justo JA, Logan A, Lynch JB, Nori P, Ohl CA, Patel PK, Pottinger PS, Schwartz BS, Stack C, Zhou Y: Antimicrobial Stewardship Training for Infectious Diseases Fellows: Program Directors Identify a Curriculum Need Clin Infect Dis 67 (8): 1285-1287,2018.
Malhotra NR, Piazza M, DeMoor R, MClintock SS, Hamilton K, Sharma N, Osiemo B, Berger I, Hossain E, Borovskiy Y, Marcotte PJ, Maloney E, Smith LJ, Grady MS: Impact of reduced pre-incision antibiotic infusion time on surgical site infection rates: A retrospective cohort study Ann Surgery : Epub ahead of print,2018.
Malhotra NR, Piazza M, Demoor R, McClintock SD, Hamilton K, Sharma N, Osiemo B, Berger I, Hossain E, Borovskiy Y, Maloney E, Smith LJ, Grady MS: Impact of Reduced Preincision Antibiotic Infusion Time on Surgical Site Infection Rates: A Retrospective Cohort Study Ann Surg : 2018.
Huang Kuan-Hsiang G, Cluzet V, Hamilton K, Fadugba O: The Impact of Reported Beta-Lactam Allergy in Hospitalized Patients With Hematologic Malignancies Requiring Antibiotics Clin Infect Dis 67 (1): 27-33,2018.
Gaw CE, Hamilton KW, Gerber JS, Szymczak JE: Physician Perceptions Regarding Antimicrobial Use in End-of-Life Care Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39 (4): 383-390,2018.