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Eimear Kitt, MBBCh BAO

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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
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Department: Pediatrics
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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42 The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland , 2009.
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33 University of Pennsylvania, 2022.
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Selected Publications

176 Eimear Kitt, Molly Hayes, Lance Ballester, Kgotlaetsile B Sewawa, Unami Mulale, Loeto Mazhani, Tonya Arscott-Mills, Susan E Coffin, Andrew P Steenhoff: Assessing antibiotic utilization among pediatric patients in Gaborone, Botswana. SAGE Open Medicine 10: doi.org/10.1177/2050312122110443, June 2022.

141 Kitt E, Brennan L, Harrison C, Hei H, Paul E, Satchell L, Wilson KB, Smathers S, Handy L, Coffin SE.: Dodging the bundle-Persistent healthcare-associated rhinovirus infection throughout the pandemic. Am J Infect Control 50(10): 1140-1144, May 2022.

137 Kanneganti M, Xu Y, Huang YS, Kitt E, Fisher BT, Abt PL, Rand EB, Schaubel DE, Bittermann T.: Center Variability in Acute Rejection and Biliary Complications After Pediatric Liver Transplantation. Liver Transpl 28(3): 454-465, March 2022.

285 Marques AD, Sherrill-Mix S, Everett JK, Reddy S, Hokama P, Roche AM, Hwang Y, Glascock A, Whiteside SA, Graham-Wooten J, Khatib LA, Fitzgerald AS, Moustafa AM, Bianco C, Rajagopal S, Helton J, Deming R, Denu L, Ahmed A, Kitt E, Coffin SE, Newbern C, Mell JC, Planet PJ, Badjatia N, Richards B, Wang ZX, Cannuscio CC, Strelau KM, Jaskowiak-Barr A, Cressman L, Loughrey S, Ganguly A, Feldman MD, Collman RG, Rodino KG, Kelly BJ, Bushman FD.: SARS-CoV-2 Variants Associated with Vaccine Breakthrough in the Delaware Valley through Summer 2021. mBio 13(2): e0378821, Feb 2022.

195 Eimear Kitt, Molly Hayes, Morgan Congdon, Lance Ballester, Kgotlaetsile B. Sewawa, Unami Mulale, Loeto Mazhani, Tonya Arscott-Mills, Andrew P. Steenhoff, Susan E. Coffin: Risk factors for mortality in a hospitalized neonatal cohort Factors for Mortality in a Hospitalized Neonatal Cohort in Botswana. BMJ Open Page: In press, 2022.

f1 Chiotos K, D'Arinzo L, Kitt E, Ross R, Gerber JS.: Quantifying Empiric Antibiotic Use in US Children's Hospitals. Hosp Pediatr Page: doi: 10.1542, Dec 2021 Notes: epub.

296 Marques AD, Sherrill-Mix S, Everett J, Reddy S, Hokama P, Roche AM, Hwang Y, Glascock A, Whiteside SA, Graham-Wooten J, Khatib LA, Fitzgerald AS, Moustafa AM, Bianco C, Rajagopal S, Helton J, Deming R, Denu L, Ahmed A, Kitt E, Coffin SE, Newbern C, Mell JC, Planet PJ, Badjatia N, Richards B, Wang ZX, Cannuscio CC, Strelau KM, Jaskowiak-Barr A, Cressman L, Loughrey S, Ganguly A, Feldman MD, Collman RG, Rodino KG, Kelly BJ, Bushman FD.: SARS-CoV-2 variants associated with vaccine breakthrough in the Delaware Valley through summer 2021. medRxiv Page: doi: 10.1101, Nov 2021 Notes: epub.

1c9 Kitt E, Davis, DH, Kerman, C, Sammons JS, Handy, LK, Gallagher E, O’Callaghan K, Harris R, Coffin SE, Bell, LM Chiotos K: The utility of paired upper and lower respiratory tract sampling for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing in patients with artificial airways. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Page: doi: 10.1017, May 2021 Notes: epub.

137 Eimear Kitt, Sharon Burt, Susan M Price, Lauren Satchell, Paul A Offit, Julia S Sammons, Susan E Coffin: Implementation of a Mandatory Influenza Program: A 10 year experience. Clinical Infectious Diseases 73(2): e290-e296, June 2020.

db Sarah Geoghegan, MBBCh BAO; Eimear Kitt, MBBCh BAO, FAAP; and Paul A . Offit, MD: Influenza Vaccination in Healthcare Workers. IDSE December 2019.

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