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| Christopher R BradenSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis and eggs: a national epidemic in the United StatesChristopher R Braden
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 43:512-7. 2006..Since 1996, the incidence of SE infection in humans has decreased greatly, although many cases and outbreaks due to SE contaminated eggs continue to occur...
Multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium and Saintpaul infections associated with unpasteurized orange juice--United States, 2005Seema Jain
Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, Division of Foodborne, Bacterial, and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 48:1065-71. 2009..We investigated a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella infection to determine the magnitude of the outbreak and to identify risk factors for infection...- Added epidemiologic value to tuberculosis prevention and control of the investigation of clustered genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolatesScott J N McNabb
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Epidemiol 160:589-97. 2004..Cluster investigations will play a crucial role in predicting recent tuberculosis transmission more accurately, as we move toward tuberculosis elimination in the United States... 
National Tuberculosis Genotyping and Surveillance Network: design and methodsJack T Crawford
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1192-6. 2002..In two related databases, we compiled the results of routine contact investigations and the results of investigations of the relationships of patients who had isolates with matching genotypes. We describe the methods used in the study...- DNA fngerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: lessons learned and implications for the futureScott J N McNabb
Centers for Disesase Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1314-9. 2002..Although challenges and limitations to the use of DNA fingerprinting exist, the widespread implementation of the technique into routine TB prevention and control practices appears scientifically justified... - Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in a sentinel surveillance populationBarbara A Ellis
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1197-209. 2002..Molecular characterization of TB isolates permitted risk correlates for clusters and specific genotypes to be described and provided information regarding cluster dynamics over time... - DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from epidemiologically linked case pairsDiane E Bennett
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1224-9. 2002..Foreign-born persons with TB may have been infected previously in high-prevalence countries; screening and preventive measures recommended by the Institute of Medicine could prevent TB reactivation in these cases... - Quality assessment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotyping in a large laboratory networkChristopher R Braden
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1210-5. 2002..We evaluated reasons for mismatching. We also evaluated the reproducibility of spoligotyping using a test panel of 13 isolates; a discrepancy of 1 in 91 results was noted... - Multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium associated with pet rodentsStephen J Swanson
Epidemic Intelligence Service Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
N Engl J Med 356:21-8. 2007..We conducted an investigation to determine whether human cases of salmonella could be linked to this rodent-borne strain... - National outbreak of Acanthamoeba keratitis associated with use of a contact lens solution, United StatesJennifer R Verani
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 15:1236-42. 2009..Premarket standardized testing of contact lens solutions for activity against Acanthamoeba spp. is warranted... - Lexicon, definitions, and conceptual framework for public health surveillanceH Irene Hall
National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30329 1902, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 61:10-4. 2012..quot;.. - Implications of the introduction of cholera to HaitiScott F Dowell
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 17:1299-300. 2011..Piarroux et al. make good use of this information, along with their own careful field investigations, to trace the epidemic to its beginning and propose an explanation for its origins... - Invasive Enterobacter sakazakii disease in infantsAnna B Bowen
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 12:1185-9. 2006..Formula samples associated with 15 (68%) of 22 cases yielded E. sakazakii; in 13 cases, clinical and formula strains were indistinguishable. Further clarification of clinical risk factors and improved powdered formula safety is needed... - Outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157 infections at multiple county agricultural fairs: a hazard of mixing cattle, concession stands and childrenJohn A Crump
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Epidemiol Infect 131:1055-62. 2003..Agricultural fair attendance is a risk factor for E. coli O157 infection in the United States and may contribute to the summer peak in incidence. Measures are needed to reduce transmission of enteric pathogens at agricultural fairs... - Botulism in 4 adults following cosmetic injections with an unlicensed, highly concentrated botulinum preparationDaniel S Chertow
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
JAMA 296:2476-9. 2006..On November 27, 2004, 4 suspected botulism case-patients with a link to cosmetic botulinum toxin injections were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... - A prospective, multicenter study of laboratory cross-contamination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis culturesRobert M Jasmer
San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, California 94110, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1260-3. 2002..Laboratory cross-contamination accounted for 2% of the positive cultures. Cross-contamination should be a concern when an isolate matches the genotype of another sample processed during the same period... - Estimated costs of false laboratory diagnoses of tuberculosis in three patientsJill M Northrup
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1264-70. 2002.... - Monitoring of stool microbiota in subjects with diarrhea indicates distortions in compositionVolker Mai
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Rm 934 B MSTF, 10 S Pine St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Clin Microbiol 44:4550-2. 2006..Compared with healthy controls, the microbiota profiles in diarrhea cases more frequently exhibited decreased diversity and strong bands indicating the overgrowth of selected bacteria or bacterial groups... - Clinical utility of multiple stool ova and parasite examinations in low-prevalence patient populationsJon P Furuno
Clin Infect Dis 43:795-6. 2006 - ListeriosisChristopher R Braden
Pediatr Infect Dis J 22:745-6. 2003