Infectious Diseases

Deverick John Anderson, MD

Associate Professor
Campus mail Duke Box 102359, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 681-7483
Email address deverick.anderson@duke.edu

Hospital epidemiology, infection control, antibiotic stewardship, multidrug-resistant organisms, device-related infections, surgical site infections, catheter-associated bloodstream infections, cost of infections, infections in community hospitals

Education and Training

  • Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Duke University, 2004 - 2006
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Duke University, 2001 - 2004
  • M.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007
  • M.D., Duke University, 2001

Grants

Publications

Sheng, T, Wijayaratne, GB, Dabrera, TM, Drew, RJ, Nagahawatte, A, Bodinayake, CK, Kurukulasooriya, R, Østbye, T, Nagaro, KJ, De Silva, C, Ranawakaarachchi, H, Sudarshana, AT, Anderson, DJ, Woods, CW, and Tillekeratne, LG. "Point-prevalence study of antimicrobial use in public hospitals in southern Sri Lanka identifies opportunities for improving prescribing practices." Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 40, no. 2 (February 2019): 224-227.

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Chen, LF, Knelson, LP, Gergen, MF, Better, OM, Nicholson, BP, Woods, CW, Rutala, WA, Weber, DJ, Sexton, DJ, Anderson, DJ, and CDC Prevention Epicenters Program, . "A prospective study of transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs) between environmental sites and hospitalized patients-the TransFER study." Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 40, no. 1 (January 2019): 47-52.

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Meredith, HR, Andreani, V, Ma, HR, Lopatkin, AJ, Lee, AJ, Anderson, DJ, Batt, G, and You, L. "Applying ecological resistance and resilience to dissect bacterial antibiotic responses." Science Advances 4, no. 12 (December 5, 2018): eaau1873-null.

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Rutala, WA, Kanamori, H, Gergen, MF, Sickbert-Bennett, EE, Sexton, DJ, Anderson, DJ, Laux, J, Weber, DJ, and CDC Prevention Epicenters Program, . "Antimicrobial activity of a continuous visible light disinfection system." Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 39, no. 10 (October 2018): 1250-1253.

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Rutala, WA, Kanamori, H, Gergen, MF, Knelson, LP, Sickbert-Bennett, EE, Chen, LF, Anderson, DJ, Sexton, DJ, Weber, DJ, and the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program, . "Enhanced disinfection leads to reduction of microbial contamination and a decrease in patient colonization and infection." Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 39, no. 9 (September 2018): 1118-1121.

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Holland, TL, Raad, I, Boucher, HW, Anderson, DJ, Cosgrove, SE, Aycock, PS, Baddley, JW, Chaftari, A-M, Chow, S-C, Chu, VH, Carugati, M, Cook, P, Corey, GR, Crowley, AL, Daly, J, Gu, J, Hachem, R, Horton, J, Jenkins, TC, Levine, D, Miro, JM, Pericas, JM, Riska, P, Rubin, Z, Rupp, ME, Schrank, J, Sims, M, Wray, D, Zervos, M, Fowler, VG, and Staphylococcal Bacteremia Investigators, . "Effect of Algorithm-Based Therapy vs Usual Care on Clinical Success and Serious Adverse Events in Patients with Staphylococcal Bacteremia: A Randomized Clinical Trial." Jama 320, no. 12 (September 2018): 1249-1258.

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Rhee, C, Brown, SR, Jones, TM, O'Brien, C, Pande, A, Hamad, Y, Bulger, AL, Tobin, KA, Massaro, AF, Anderson, DJ, Warren, DK, Klompas, M, and CDC Prevention Epicenters Program, . "Variability in determining sepsis time zero and bundle compliance rates for the centers for medicare and medicaid services SEP-1 measure." Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 39, no. 8 (August 2018): 994-996.

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Baker, AW, Haridy, S, Salem, J, Ilieş, I, Ergai, AO, Samareh, A, Andrianas, N, Benneyan, JC, Sexton, DJ, and Anderson, DJ. "Performance of statistical process control methods for regional surgical site infection surveillance: a 10-year multicentre pilot study." Bmj Quality & Safety 27, no. 8 (August 2018): 600-610.

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Anderson, DJ, Moehring, RW, Weber, DJ, Lewis, SS, Chen, LF, Schwab, JC, Becherer, P, Blocker, M, Triplett, PF, Knelson, LP, Lokhnygina, Y, Rutala, WA, Sexton, DJ, and CDC Prevention Epicenters Program, . "Effectiveness of targeted enhanced terminal room disinfection on hospital-wide acquisition and infection with multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile: a secondary analysis of a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial with crossover design (BETR Disinfection)." The Lancet. Infectious Diseases 18, no. 8 (August 2018): 845-853.

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Seidelman, J, Baker, AW, Anderson, DJ, Sexton, DJ, and Lewis, SS. "Do Periarticular Joint Infections Present an Increase in Infection Risk?." Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 39, no. 7 (July 2018): 890-891. (Letter)

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