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| Pablo YagupskySummaryAffiliation: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Country: Israel Publications
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Dissemination of Kingella kingae in the community and long-term persistence of invasive clonesPablo Yagupsky
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of Negev, Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:707-10. 2009..The dissemination of K. kingae in the community was studied in 2 ethnic groups living side-by-side in Southern Israel...- Kingella kingae: an emerging pathogen in young childrenPablo Yagupsky
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of Negev, Beer Sheva 84101, Israel
Pediatrics 127:557-65. 2011..K kingae is usually susceptible to ß-lactam antibiotics, and infections typically respond well to medical treatment, with the exception of cases of endocarditis... - Pharyngeal colonization by Kingella kingae in children with invasive diseasePablo Yagupsky
Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Negev, Beer Sheva, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:155-7. 2009.... 
Outbreak of Kingella kingae skeletal system infections in children in daycarePablo Yagupsky
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:526-32. 2006..The objective of this study is to describe the investigation of an outbreak of one culture-proven and two presumptive cases of Kingella kingae osteomyelitis detected within a 15-day period in a daycare center in Israel...- Epidemiology of invasive Kingella kingae infections in 2 distinct pediatric populations cohabiting in one geographic areaUri Amit
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:415-7. 2012..05). One K. kingae clone was overrepresented among isolates from Jewish children, suggesting that differences in bacterial pathogenicity may contribute to the morbidity excess detected in this population group... - Immune response to invasive Kingella kingae infections, age-related incidence of disease, and levels of antibody to outer-membrane proteinsAriela Slonim
Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Clin Infect Dis 37:521-7. 2003..Low incidence of disease and increasing antibody levels were found among older children, which probably represents cumulative experience with K. kingae antigens via colonization or infection... - Characterization and immunogenicity of Kingella kingae outer-membrane proteinsPablo Yagupsky
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84101, Israel
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 43:45-50. 2005..These results demonstrate that OMPs of K. kingae are highly conserved but suggest that some epitopes are polymorphic, resulting in a variable pattern of immune response... - Unsuspected Kingella kingae infections in afebrile children with mild skeletal symptoms: the importance of blood culturesPablo Yagupsky
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Centrer, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84101, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Eur J Pediatr 163:563-4. 2004 - Increasing incidence of nontyphi Salmonella bacteremia among children living in southern IsraelPablo Yagupsky
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Int J Infect Dis 6:94-7. 2002..To determine if the epidemiology of Salmonella gastroenteritis and childhood bacteremia among the two ethnic populations (Jews and Bedouins) living in southern Israel has changed in recent years... - Kingella kingae infections of the skeletal system in children: diagnosis and therapyPablo Yagupsky
Soroka University Medical Center, Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84101, Israel
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2:787-94. 2004..This review details the bacteriological features and detection methods of this pathogen, as well as the epidemiology, clinical presentation, treatment and prognosis of septic arthritis, osteomyelitis and diskitis caused by the organism... - The many faces of human-to-human transmission of brucellosis: congenital infection and outbreak of nosocomial disease related to an unrecognized clinical caseOded Mesner
Division of Neonatology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Clin Infect Dis 45:e135-40. 2007..Retrospective testing of serum samples obtained at the onset of disease were positive for Brucella antibodies, indicating that the disease could have been diagnosed earlier... 
Epidemiological features of invasive Kingella kingae infections and respiratory carriage of the organismPablo Yagupsky
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Clin Microbiol 40:4180-4. 2002..Viral infections and other yet-to-be-defined cofactors may play a role in the causation of invasive K. kingae infections...- Genotyping of invasive Kingella kingae isolates reveals predominant clones and association with specific clinical syndromesUri Amit
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Clin Infect Dis 55:1074-9. 2012..A study was conducted to determine the association of K. kingae genotypes with specific clinical syndromes and the temporal and geographic distribution of invasive clones... - Limitations of the standard agglutination test for detecting patients with Brucella melitensis bacteremiaAri A Shemesh
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11:1599-601. 2011..6%. Physicians working in regions endemic for brucellosis should be aware of the limitations of the SAT for detecting patients with the disease... - Lack of evidence of transmission of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among cystic fibrosis patients attending health camps at the Dead Sea, IsraelDavid Greenberg
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 6:531-4. 2004..Transmission of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among cystic fibrosis patients attending health camps has been reported previously... - Kingella kingae: from medical rarity to an emerging paediatric pathogenPablo Yagupsky
Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Lancet Infect Dis 4:358-67. 2004..To optimise the recovery of K kingae, inoculation of synovial fluid specimens into blood culture vials is strongly recommended... - Arthritis following stomatitis in a sixteen-month-old childPablo Yagupsky
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Pediatr Infect Dis J 22:573-4, 576-7. 2003 - Blood culture contamination in pediatric patients: young children and young doctorsMor Pavlovsky
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:611-4. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Patient's young age and lack of experience of the physician who draws the specimen increase the risk of blood culture contamination. These results strengthen the need to improve the technical skills of young physicians... - Kingella kingae: an emerging pediatric pathogenPablo Yagupsky
Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion, Israel
Adv Exp Med Biol 582:179-90. 2006 - Reduction of nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae after administration of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to toddlers attending day care centersRon Dagan
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva 84101, Israel
J Infect Dis 185:927-36. 2002..The rate of carriage of non-vaccine-type pneumococci (excluding serotype 6A) was higher in the pneumococcal-vaccine group than in the control group... - Selection of antibiotic-resistant pathogens in the communityPablo Yagupsky
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:974-6. 2006.... - Use of the BACTEC MYCO/F LYTIC medium for detection of Brucella melitensis bacteremiaPablo Yagupsky
Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84101, Israel
J Clin Microbiol 42:2207-8. 2004..4 +/- 46.7 h) was significantly longer than that with the combined comparator media (65.5 +/- 18.9 h, P = 0.004)... - Laboratory exposures to brucellae and implications for bioterrorismPablo Yagupsky
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1180-5. 2005..Inadvertent exposures to brucellae in the clinical laboratory indicate a widespread lack of preparedness to cope with eventual biologic threats involving use of the organism... - Bartholin's gland abscess caused by Brucella melitensisNeha Peled
Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel
J Clin Microbiol 42:917-8. 2004....