Pia S Pannaraj

Summary

Affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi An unusual case of chronic soft-tissue infection and more in a young infant
    Pia S Pannaraj
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 17:4, 46-9. 2006
  2. ncbi Infective pyomyositis and myositis in children in the era of community-acquired, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
    Pia S Pannaraj
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 43:953-60. 2006
  3. ncbi Group B Streptococcus bacteremia elicits beta C protein-specific IgMand IgG in humans
    Pia S Pannaraj
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    J Infect Dis 195:353-6. 2007
  4. ncbi Alpha C protein-specific immunity in humans with group B streptococcal colonization and invasive disease
    Pia S Pannaraj
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Vaccine 26:502-8. 2008
  5. ncbi Group B streptococcal conjugate vaccines elicit functional antibodies independent of strain O-acetylation
    Pia S Pannaraj
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX, United States
    Vaccine 27:4452-6. 2009
  6. ncbi An unusual cause of sepsis and meningitis in a neonate
    Veronica K Goytia
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 17:187, 225-7. 2006
  7. ncbi Failure to diagnose Kawasaki disease at the extremes of the pediatric age range
    Pia S Pannaraj
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:789-91. 2004

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi An unusual case of chronic soft-tissue infection and more in a young infant
    Pia S Pannaraj
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 17:4, 46-9. 2006
  2. ncbi Infective pyomyositis and myositis in children in the era of community-acquired, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
    Pia S Pannaraj
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 43:953-60. 2006
    ..The increase appears to correlate with the emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)...
  3. ncbi Group B Streptococcus bacteremia elicits beta C protein-specific IgMand IgG in humans
    Pia S Pannaraj
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    J Infect Dis 195:353-6. 2007
    ..Serum from 3 women with beta C GBS bacteremia had significantly higher levels of IgM (6.0) and IgG (52.9) (P=.01 and 0.01, respectively). Invasive disease but not colonization elicits beta C-specific IgM and IgG...
  4. ncbi Alpha C protein-specific immunity in humans with group B streptococcal colonization and invasive disease
    Pia S Pannaraj
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Vaccine 26:502-8. 2008
    ..In vitro killing of alpha C-expressing GBS correlated with total alpha C-specific antibody concentration. Invasive disease but not colonization elicits alpha C-specific IgM and IgG in adults...
  5. ncbi Group B streptococcal conjugate vaccines elicit functional antibodies independent of strain O-acetylation
    Pia S Pannaraj
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX, United States
    Vaccine 27:4452-6. 2009
    ..Thus, presence of O-acetyl groups on the GBS CPS is not essential for functional antibodies to be elicited by GBS glycoconjugate vaccines...
  6. ncbi An unusual cause of sepsis and meningitis in a neonate
    Veronica K Goytia
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 17:187, 225-7. 2006
  7. ncbi Failure to diagnose Kawasaki disease at the extremes of the pediatric age range
    Pia S Pannaraj
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:789-91. 2004
    ..Failure to consider the diagnosis at the extremes of the pediatric age range puts children at risk because coronary artery abnormalities occur more often in young infants and adolescents with Kawasaki disease...