Publications

Kushner, Lauren E. MD; Kamens, Jennifer MD; Bertaina, Alice MD, PhD; Shyr, David MD; Gans, Hayley A. MD. Vaccine Associated Measles Complicated by Suspected Measles Inclusion Body Encephalitis in a Pediatric Leukemia Patient and Stem Cell Transplant Recipient: A Focus on Clinical Evolution and Management. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ():10.1097/INF.0000000000004299, February 21, 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004299

Willis ZI, Oliveira CR, Abzug MJ, Anosike BI, Ardura MI, Bio LL, et al. Guidance for prevention and management of COVID-19 in children and adolescents: A consensus statement from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Pediatric COVID-19 Therapies Taskforce. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2024 Feb 10:piad116. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piad116.

Kushner LE, Ristagno EH, Dong SW, Konold VJL, Fatemi Y, Stillwell TL, Wohrley JD, Sattler MM, Kalu IC, Boguniewicz J. Laying the Groundwork for a Fulfilling Career in Pediatric Infectious Diseases: The Transition from Fellowship to Faculty. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2023 Dec 16;12(12):627-633. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piad079

Bio LL, Hiroshima L, Schwenk HT, Green S. Successful enteral administration of crushed posaconazole delayed-release tablets in children. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024;71(2):e30782. doi: 10.1002/pbc.30782.

Zhang YW, Paturi S, Puckett LM, Scheinker D, Schwenk HT, Joerger TA. Suboptimal antimicrobial discharge prescriptions at a tertiary referral children's hospital. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023;3(1):e223. Published 2023 Dec 4. doi:10.1017/ash.2023.488

Nishiguchi JL, Bio LL, Cornell ST, Schwenk HT. Indication-driven order entry decreases stewardship and pharmacist interventions. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023;2:1-3. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.155.

Frymoyer A, Schwenk HT, Brockmeyer JM, Bio LL. Impact of model-informed precision dosing on achievement of vancomycin exposure targets in pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis. Pharmacotherapy. 2023;00:1-8. DOI: 10.1002/phar.2845

Bio LL, Weng I, Schwenk HT. Antifungal Stewardship in Practice: Insights from a Prospective Audit and Feedback Program. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023;1-5.

Yu D, Bio LL. Shedding light on amoxicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanate, and cephalexin dosing in children from a pharmacist’s perspective. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.  2022;11(12):594-602. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piac105.

Wolf JW, Abzug MK, Anosike BI, Vora SB, Waghmare A, Sue PK, Olivero RM, Oliveira CR, James SH, Morton TH, Maron GM, Young JL, Orscheln RC, Schwenk HT, Bio LL, et al. Updated Guidance on Use and Prioritization of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for Treatment of COVID-19 in Adolescents. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2022:11(5);177-185.

Schwenk HT, Bio LL. Hidden No More: Capturing the Full Picture of Prolonged Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis. Hosp Pediatr. 2022 Feb 1;12(2):e83-e85. 

Puckett LM, Newland JG, Girotto JE. Advancing pediatric antimicrobial stewardship: Has pharmacodynamic dosing for gram-negative infections taken effect? Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology. 2021;1(1):e61.

Joerger TA, Bio LL, Puckett LM, Schwenk HT. Leveraging antimicrobial stewardship programs in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology. 2021; 2(1):e41

Puckett LM, Bio L, Cornell S, et al. 159. Characterization of Suboptimal Discharge Antimicrobial Prescriptions and Effect of Inpatient Audit and Feedback on Quality of Antimicrobial Prescribing, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 8, Issue Supplement_1, November 2021, Page S190.

Puckett LM, Rajkotia P, Coppola L, et al. Impact of Direct From Blood Culture Identification of Pathogens Paired With Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions in a Pediatric Hospital. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther. 2021;26(8):802–808.

Chiotos K, Hayes M, Kimberlin DW, Jones SB, James SH, Pinninti SG, Yarbrough A, Abzug MJ, MacBrayne CE, Soma CL, Dulek DE, Vora SB, Waghmare A, Wolf J, Olivero R, Grapentine S, Wattier RL, Bio LL, et al. Multicenter interim guidance on use of antivirals for children with COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021:10(1); 34–48.

Wolf J, Abzug MJ, Wattier RL, Sue PK, Vora SB, Zachariah P, Schwenk HT, Goldman DL, Groves HE, Huskins WC, Chiotos K, Nakamura MM. Initial Guidance on Use of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for Treatment of COVID-19 in Children and Adolescents. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021; online ahead of print. PMID: 33388760.

Katz S, Banerjee, Schwenk H. Antibiotic Stewardship for the Neonatologist and Perinatologist. Clin Perinatol. 2021; 48(2):379–391. PMID: 34030820.

Woods-Hill CZ, Koontz DW, Voskertchian A, Bright Star Consensus Author Group, et al. Consensus Recommendations for Blood Culture Use in Critically Ill Children Using a Modified Delphi Approach. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2021; online ahead of print. PMID: 33899804.

Schwenk HT, Khan A, Kohlman K, Bertaina A, Cho S, Montoya JG, Contopoulos-Ioannidis DG. Toxoplasmosis in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Patients. Transplant Cell Ther. 2021; 27(4):292–300. PMID: 33840441.

Khan A, Schwenk HT, Kohlman K, Bertaina A, Cho S, Montoya JG, Contopoulos-Ioannidis D. Response to Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipient with Disseminated Toxoplasmosis: A Case Report. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021; online ahead of print. PMID: 33693793.

Contopoulos-Ioannidis DG, Cho SM, Bertaina A, Leung AN, Fischbein N, Lanzman B, Schwenk HT, Montoya JG. Toxoplasmosis Among 38,751 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review of Disease Prevalence and a Compilation of Imaging and Autopsy Findings. Transplantation. 2021; online ahead of print. PMID: 33654004.

Senchyna F, Hogan CA, Murugesan K, Moreno A, Ho DY, Subramanian A, Schwenk HT, Budvytiene I, Costa HA, Gombar S, Banaei N. Clinical Accuracy and Impact of Plasma Cell-Free DNA Fungal PCR Panel for Non-invasive Diagnosis of Fungal Infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2021; online ahead of print. PMID: 33606010.

Moss JD, Schwenk HT, Chen M, Gaskari S. Drug Shortage and Critical Medication Inventory Management at a Children’s Hospital During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther. 2021;26(1):21–25. PMID: 33424496.

Wolf J, Abzug MJ, Wattier RL, Sue PK, Vora SB, Zachariah P, Dulek DE, Waghmare A, Olivero R, Downes KJ, James SH, Pinninti SG, Yarbrough A, Aldrich ML, MacBrayne CE, Soma VL, Grapentine SP, Oliveira CR, Hayes M, Kimberlin DW, Jones SB, Bio LL, Morton TH, Hankins JS, Maron GM, Timberlake K, Young JL, Orscheln RC, Schwenk HT, Goldman DL, Groves HE, Huskins WC, Rajapakse NS, Lamb GS, Tribble AC, Lloyd EC, Hersh AL, Thorell EA, Ratner AJ, Chiotos K, Nakamura MM. Initial Guidance on Use of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Children and Adolescents. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 May 28;10(5):629–634. PMID: 33388767.

Schwenk HT, Kruger JF, Sacks LD, Wood MS, Qureshi L, Bio LL. Use of Prospective Audit and Feedback to Reduce Antibiotic Exposure in a Pediatric Cardiac ICU. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2021 Mar 1;22(3):e224–e232. PMID: 33258575.

Chiotos K, Hayes M, Kimberlin DW, Jones SB, James SH, Pinninti SG, Yarbrough A, Abzug MJ, MacBrayne CE, Soma VL, Dulek DE, Vora SB, Waghmare A, Wolf J, Olivero R, Grapentine S, Wattier RL, Bio L, Cross SJ, Dillman NO, Downes KJ, Oliveira CR, Timberlake K, Young J, Orscheln RC, Tamma PD, Schwenk HT, Zachariah P, Aldrich ML, Goldman DL, Groves HE, Rajapakse NS, Lamb GS, Tribble AC, Hersh AL, Thorell EA, Denison MR, Ratner AJ, Newland JG, Nakamura MM. Multicenter Interim Guidance on Use of Antivirals for Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019/Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Feb 13;10(1):34–48. PMID: 32918548.

Gerber JS, Jackson MA, Tamma PD, Zaoutis TE; Committee on Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Antibiotic Stewardship in Pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2021 Jan;147(1):e2020040295. PMID: 33372120.

Gerber JS, Jackson MA, Tamma PD, Zaoutis TE; AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Policy Statement: Antibiotic Stewardship in Pediatrics. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 May 28;10(5):641–649. PMID: 33595086.

Kociolek LK, Crews JD, Schwenk HT. Recent advances in Clostridioides difficile infection epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment in children. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2021; online ahead of print. PMID: 34232137.

Wang ME, Felder K, Newland JG, Hersh AL, Rajapakse NS, Willis ZI, Banerjee R, Gerber JS, Schwenk HT, Vaz LE. Pediatric antimicrobial stewardship practices at discharge: A national survey. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021; online ahead of print. PMID: 34269167.

Seddik T, Rabsatt LA, Mueller C, Bassett H, Contopoulos-Ioannidis D, Bio LL, Anderson VD, Schwenk HT. Reducing piperacillin/tazobactam use for pediatric perforated appendicitis. J Surg Res. 2020 Dec 16;260:141–148.

Bio LL. Otitis media and otitis externa. In: Arcangelo V, Peterson A, eds. Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice. 5^th edition, 4^th edition, and 3^rd edition.

Schwenk HT, Kruger JF, Sacks LD, Wood MS, Qureshi L, Bio LL. Use of prospective audit and feedback to reduce antibiotic exposure in a pediatric cardiac ICU. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020.

Schwenk HT, Bio LL, Kruger JF, Banaei N. Clinical impact of clostridium difficile PCR cycle threshold-predicted toxin reporting in pediatric patients. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020 Feb 28;9(1):44–50. Epub November 2018.

Chiotos K, Hayes M, Kimberlin DW, Jones SB, James SH, Pinninti SG, Yarbrough A, Abzug MJ, MacBrayne CE, Soma VL, Dulek DE, Vora SB, Waghmare A, Wolf J, Olivero R, Grapentine S, Wattier RL, Bio L, Cross SJ, Dillman NO, Downes KJ, Timberlake K, Young J, Orscheln RC, Tamma PD, Schwenk HT, Zachariah P, Aldrich M, Goldman DL, Groves HE, Lamb GS, Tribble AC, Hersh AL, Thorell EA, Denison MR, Ratner AJ, Newland JG, Nakamura MM. Multicenter initial guidance on use of antivirals for children with COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2020 Apr 22;piaa045.

Stromberg TL, Robison AD, Kruger JF, Bentley JP, Schwenk HT. Inpatient Observation after Transition from Intravenous to Oral Antibiotics. Hospital Pediatrics. 2020; 10(7):591–599. PMID: 32532795.

Rosenthal A, Gans H, Schwenk HT. A 10-Month-Old Female With Complicated Mastoiditis Due to Fusobacterium necrophorum: A Case Report and Literature Review. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2020; 9:399–401. PMID: 32531061.

Eguiguren L, Newland JG, Kronman MP, Hersh AL, Gerber JS, Lee GM, Schwenk HT. The current state of antifungal stewardship among pediatric antimicrobial stewardship programs. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2020; 41(11):1279–1284. PMID: 32662383.

Frymoyer A, Schwenk HT, Zorn Y, Bio L, Moss JD, Chasmawala B, Faulkenberry J, Goswami S, Keizer RJ, Ghaskari S. Model-Informed Precision Dosing of Vancomycin in Hospitalized Children: Implementation and Adoption at an Academic Children’s Hospital. Front Pharmacol. 2020; 11:551. PMID: 32411000.

Bio LL, Schwenk HT, Chen SF, Conlon S, Gallo A, Bonham CA, Gans HA. Standardization of post-operative antimicrobials reduced exposure while maintaining good outcomes in pediatric liver transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 30:e13538. PMID: 33252820.

Bio LL, Schwenk HS, Wise R, Jack Y, Qureshi L, Sutherland S. Identification of acute kidney injury in pediatric cystic fibrosis patients. Pediatric Pulmonology. 2019;54(S2):S284.

Colletti AA, Wang E, Marquez JL, Schwenk HT, Yeverino C, Sharek PJ, Caruso TJ. A Multifaceted Quality Improvement Project Improves Intraoperative Redosing of Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis During Pediatric Surgery. Paediatric Anesthesia. 2019; epub ahead of print.

Hogan CA, Schwenk HT. Dipylidium caninum Infection. New England Journal of Medicine. 2019; 380:e39.

Woods-Hill CZ, Koontz DW, King AF, Voskertchian A, Colantuoni EA, Miller MR, Fackler C, Bonafide CP, Milstone AM, Xie A, BrightSTAR Authorship Group. Practices, Perceptions, and Attitudes in the Evaluation of Critically Ill Children for Bacteremia: A National Survey. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2019; epub ahead of print.

Newland JG, Gerber JS, Kronman MP, Meredith G, SHARPS Collaborative. Sharing Antimicrobial Reports for Pediatric Stewardship (SHARPS): A Quality Improvement Collaborative. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2018; 15:124–128.

Mediratta R, Schwenk HT, Rao A, Chitkara R. Index of Suspicion: Liver Failure and Rash in a 6-Week-Old Girl. Pediatrics in Review. 2018; 39:315.

Bio L, Kruger J, Lee B, Wood M, Schwenk HT. Predictors of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Recommendation Disagreement. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2018; 39:806–813.

Caruso T, Schwenk HT, Marquez J, Wood M, Shaffer J, Chen K, Wang E, Cahn J, Loh L, Sharek P. Postoperative Care Bundle Reduces Surgical Site Infections in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgeries. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2018; 000:1–8. 

Chappell-Campbell L, Schwenk HT, Capdarest-Arest N, Schroeder A. Reporting and Categorization of Blood Culture Contaminants in Infants and Young Children: A Scoping Review. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2018; epub ahead of print.

Schwenk HT, Bio L, Kruger J, Banaei N. Clinical Impact of Clostridium difficile PCR Cycle Threshold-Predicted Toxin Reporting in Pediatric Patients. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2018; epub ahead of print.

Holt RL, Kann D, Rassbach CE, Schwenk HT, Ritter JM, Rota PA, Elbers J. Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: The Foothold in Undervaccination. Journal of Pediatrics. 2016; 179:259–262.

Caruso TJ, Wang E, Schwenk HT, Scheinker D, Yeverino C, Tweedy M, Maheru M, Sharek PJ. A Quality Improvement Initiative to Optimize Dosing of Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis. Pediatric Anesthesia. 2017; 27:702–710.

Cherry JD, Wendorf K, Bregman B, Schwenk HT, et al. An Observational Study of Severe Pertussis in 100 Infants ≤ 120 Days of Age. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2017; 37:202–205.

ACCP Pediatric Self-Assessment Program (PedSAP). 2016 Book 3: Pediatric Critical Care Interactive Case Author.

Festa N, Park KT, Schwenk HT. Anchoring Bias as a Limiting Factor in High-Value Care: A Case of Fever of Unknown Origin in a Hospitalized Child. Hospital Pediatrics. 2016; 6:699–701.

Nagata J, Charville G, Klotz J, Wickremasinghe W, Kann D, Schwenk H, Longhurst C. Bordetella petrii sinusitis in an immunocompromised adolescent. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2015;34:458. 

Itoh M, Kann D, Schwenk H, Gans H. Fever and Renal Failure in a Child with DiGeorge Syndrome and Tetralogy of Fallot. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2015;4:373–375. 

Schwenk H, Lightdale J, Arnold J, Goldmann D, Weitzman E. Coping with College and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Implications for Clinical Guidance and Support. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2014;20:1618–1627.

Schwenk H, Vo P, Moffitt K, Kehoe E, Blume B, Sharma T, Khatwa U. Allograft-Transmitted Histoplasma capsulatum Infection in a Solid Organ Transplant Recipient. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2013;2:270–273.

Schwenk H, Graham D, Sharma T, Sandora T. National Use of Vancomycin for Pediatric Clostridium difficile Infection is Increasing and Associated with Specific Patient Characteristics. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2013;57:4307–4313.

Schwenk H, Ramirez-Avala L, Sheu S, Wuthrich C, Waugh J, Was A, DeGirolami U, Burchett S, Koralnik I, Ahmed A. Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in HIV-Infected Children: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2013;33:e99–105.

Bio LL, Perez ME, Gallagher JG, MacDougall CM. Comparison of linezolid and daptomycin for vancomycin-resistant enterococci bacteremia. Infect Dis Clin Pract. 2011;19: 343–347.

Gallagher JC, Perez ME, Marino EA, LoCastro LG, et al. Daptomycin therapy for vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteremia: A retrospective case series of 30 patients. Pharmacotherapy. 2009;29(7):792–799.