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| Guliz ErdemSummaryAffiliation: University of Hawaii Country: USA Publications
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Streptococcal emm types in Hawaii: a region with high incidence of acute rheumatic feverGuliz Erdem
Department of Pediatrics, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:13-6. 2009..The clinical epidemiology of group A streptococcal (GAS) infections in Hawaii seems different from that in the continental United States with frequent skin infections and endemically high rates of acute rheumatic fever (ARF)...- Higher rates of streptococcal colonization among children in the Pacific Rim Region correlates with higher rates of group A streptococcal disease and sequelaeG Erdem
Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, 96813, USA
Clin Microbiol Infect 16:452-5. 2010..These emm types were previously described among asymptomatic children suggesting a type-specific association with pharyngeal colonization... - A case report and literature review of group C streptococcal pneumoniaGuliz Erdem
Department of Pediatrics, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Hawaii Med J 68:85-7. 2009..Fourteen other reports of primary group C streptococcal pneumonia were reviewed... - Radiological findings of community-acquired methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus pediatric pneumonia in HawaiiGuliz Erdem
Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii, John A Burns School of Medicine, 1319 Punahou St, Room 755, Honolulu, HI 96826, USA
Pediatr Radiol 40:1768-73. 2010..Community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus (CA-SA) infections are common among pediatric patients in Hawaii... - Acute rheumatic fever in American SamoaGuliz Erdem
Department of Pediatrics, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:1158-9. 2007..Retrospective chart reviews were done showing possible delays in diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever... - Group A streptococcal isolates temporally associated with acute rheumatic fever in Hawaii: differences from the continental United StatesGuliz Erdem
Department of Pediatrics, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Clin Infect Dis 45:e20-4. 2007..The emm types of Streptococcus pyogenes that are associated with this nonsuppurative complication have, to our knowledge, not been previously reported in Hawaii... - Molecular epidemiologic comparison of 2 unusual clusters of group a streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis in HawaiiGuliz Erdem
John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96826, USA
Clin Infect Dis 40:1851-4. 2005..5%) of the isolates were considered to be uncommon in the continental United States. These findings suggest that unusual emm types might be responsible for invasive GAS infections in patients from Hawaii... - Erythromycin-resistant group a streptococcal isolates collected between 2000 and 2005 in Oahu, Hawaii, and their emm typesGuliz Erdem
Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine, 1319 Punahou Street, Room 755, Honolulu, HI 96826, USA
J Clin Microbiol 43:2497-9. 2005..Erythromycin resistance was low (3.1%). No isolate was clindamycin resistant. The prevalence of erythromycin resistance in group A streptococci remains low in Hawaii... - Characterization of a community cluster of group a streptococcal invasive disease in Maui, HawaiiGuliz Erdem
Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii, John A Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii
Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:677-9. 2004..The identification of uncommon emm types suggested that group A streptococcal sero-types in Hawaii are different from those in the continental United States and can result in serious disease... - Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis in HawaiiGuliz Erdem
Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96826, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 49:477-84. 2010..The clinical and laboratory findings and outcomes of methicillin-resistant (MRSA) and methicillin-susceptible (MSSA) Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis have not been studied in Hawaii... - Community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia among hospitalized children in HawaiiKyra A Len
Department of Pediatrics, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826, USA
Pediatr Pulmonol 45:898-905. 2010..We wanted to evaluate the clinical, laboratory findings, and outcomes of methicillin-resistant SA (MRSA) and methicillin-susceptible SA (MSSA) associated pneumonia admissions... - An insert in the covS gene distinguishes a pharyngeal and a blood isolate of Streptococcus pyogenes found in the same individualAlan F Garcia
University of Hawai i, John A Burns School of Medicine, Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, Honolulu, HI, USA
Microbiology 156:3085-95. 2010..These results, showing a pharyngeal and a blood isolate from a single individual differing by a simple insertion, provide evidence for the model that regulatory gene mutations allow S. pyogenes to invade different niches in the body... - Emergence of erythromycin- and clindamycin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes emm 90 strains in HawaiiIris Chen
Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826, USA
J Clin Microbiol 49:439-41. 2011..4b with the constitutive or inducible macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance phenotype (cMLS(B) or iMLS(B)). All isolates had the same pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern, suggesting clonal spread... - Placenta and cord blood mitochondrial DNA toxicity in HIV-infected women receiving nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors during pregnancyBruce Shiramizu
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawii, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 32:370-4. 2003..Further studies are needed to better understand the morbidity to infants and mothers treated with NRTI to prevent vertical transmission of HIV... - Intracranial hemorrhage in herpes simplex encephalitis: an unusual presentationGuliz Erdem
Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826, USA
Pediatr Neurol 27:221-3. 2002..Although large intracerebral hemorrhages are occasionally described with systemic herpes infection, this presentation is unusual beyond the infant period... - Sidebranch occlusion after coronary stenting with or without balloon predilation: direct versus conventional stentingTimur Timurkaynak
Gazi University Medical School, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey
J Invasive Cardiol 14:497-501. 2002..Randomized studies with larger patient populations should be conducted to compare this approach with conventional stenting...