Alison Lew
PharmD, BCIDP
Rotations
Antimicrobial Stewardship, General ID Consult, Immunocompromised ID Consult
Education
PharmD: Northeastern University
Residency Training
PGY-1: Temple University Hospital
PGY-2: University of Michigan Health System
Practice Interests
Antimicrobial stewardship, gram negative resistance, beta-lactam allergy evaluation and optimization
Professional Affiliation
Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP)
Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
Recent Publications
Lew AK, Salam ME, Gross AE, Wang SK, McGuire E, Pettit NN, Pisano J, Nguyen CT. A Multicenter Retrospective Study Evaluating Intravenous to Oral Antibiotic Stepdown for Uncomplicated Streptococcal Bacteremia. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Jun 28;11(7):ofae361. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae361. PMID: 38975249; PMCID: PMC11227220.
Pettit NN, Lew AK, Nguyen CT, Bell E, Lehmann CJ, Pisano J. Fidaxomicin versus oral vancomycin for Clostridioides difficile infection among patients at high risk for recurrence based on real-world experience. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Oct 4:1-7. doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.145. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39363592.
Nguyen CT, Lew AK, Pettit NN, Pisano J, Reynolds LF. Microbiology of infection-related complications after transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy. Can Urol Assoc J. 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.8553. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38466864.
Nguyen CT, Baccile R, Brown AM, Lew AK, Pisano J, Pettit NN. When is vancomycin prophylaxis necessary? Risk factors for MRSA surgical site infection. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024 Jan 25;4(1):e10. doi: 10.1017/ash.2024.7. PMID: 38415081; PMCID: PMC10897724.
Nelson A, Baur JW, Lew AK, Pettit NN, Nguyen CT. Rethinking Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Low-Risk Head and Neck Procedures. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2024 Apr;133(4):458-461. doi: 10.1177/00034894231222690. Epub 2024 Jan 6. PMID: 38183237.
Pettit NN, Nguyen CT, Lew AK, Pisano J. Impact of the sequential implementation of a pharmacy-driven methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal-swab ordering policy and vancomycin 72-hour restriction protocol on standardized antibiotic administration ratio (SAAR) data for antibiotics used for resistant gram-positive infections. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2023:1-5.
Pettit NN, Pisano J, Nguyen CT, Lew AK, Hazra A, Sherer R, Mullane KM. Remdesivir Use in the Setting of Severe Renal Impairment: A Theoretical Concern or Real Risk? Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 6;73(11):e3990-e3995. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1851.
Pettit NN, Nguyen CT, Lew AK, Bhagat PH, Nelson A, Olson G, Ridgway JP, Pho MT, Pagkas-Bather J. Reducing the use of empiric antibiotic therapy in COVID-19 on hospital admission. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 2;21(1):516.
Nguyen CT, Olson G, Pho MT, Lew AK, Pitrak D, Saltzman J, Hazra A, Pursell K, Pettit NN. Automatic ID consultation for Inpatients with COVID-19: Point, Counterpoint, and a Single-center Experience. Open Forum Infectious Dis. 2020 doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa318
Lew AK, Crass RL, Eschenauer G. Evolution of equations for estimating renal function and their application to the dosing of new antimicrobials. Ann Pharmacother. 2020;54(5):496-503.