Physicians

Department / Division
Medicine / Medicine-Infectious Diseases

Address
DUMC 102359
Durham, NC 27710

Hanes House, Room 165
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-668-7630

Office Telephone
919-684-4596

Fax Telephone
919-681-7494

Training

• MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 2001

Residency

• Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 2001-2004

Fellowship

• Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, 2004-2006

Other Training

• MPH, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 2007

Clinical Interests
Multidrug resistant organisms, hospital epidemiology, infection control, hospital-acquired infections including catheter-related, bloodstream, surgical-site infections

Research Interests
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

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has a working relationship (i.e. consulting, research, and/or educational services) with the companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.

• Merck & Co. USA (not assoc'd with Merck KGaA)
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• UpToDate, Inc.

Representative Publications
Anderson, DJ; Miller, BA; Chen, LF; Adcock, LH; Cook, E; Cromer, AL; Louis, S; Thacker, PA; Sexton, DJ. The network approach for prevention of healthcare-associated infections: long-term effect of participation in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2011;32:315-322. (2011) Abstract

Miller, BA; Chen, LF; Sexton, DJ; Anderson, DJ. Comparison of the burdens of hospital-onset, healthcare facility-associated Clostridium difficile Infection and of healthcare-associated infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community hospitals. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2011;32:387-390. (2011) Abstract

Freeman, JT; Sexton, DJ; Anderson, DJ. Emergence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in community hospitals throughout North Carolina: a harbinger of a wider problem in the United States?. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2009;49:e30-e32. (2009) Abstract

Anderson, DJ; Kaye, KS; Classen, D; Arias, KM; Podgorny, K; Burstin, H; Calfee, DP; Coffin, SE; Dubberke, ER; Fraser, V; Gerding, DN; Griffin, FA; Gross, P; Klompas, M; Lo, E; Marschall, J; Mermel, LA; Nicolle, L; Pegues, DA; Perl, TM; Saint, S; Salgado, CD; Weinstein, RA; Wise, R; Yokoe, DS. Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2008;29 Suppl 1:S51-S61. (2008) Abstract

Anderson, DJ; Richet, H; Chen, LF; Spelman, DW; Hung, YJ; Huang, AT; Sexton, DJ; Raoult, D. Seasonal variation in Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection on 4 continents. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2008;197:752-756. (2008) Abstract

Anderson, DJ; Sexton, DJ; Kanafani, ZA; Auten, G; Kaye, KS. Severe surgical site infection in community hospitals: epidemiology, key procedures, and the changing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2007;28:1047-1053. (2007) Abstract