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| Adam L CohenSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pediatric head and neck infections: results of a national survey of otolaryngologists in the United StatesAdam L Cohen
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 39:468-73. 2010..The objective of this investigation is to describe clinical characteristics of pediatric MRSA head and neck infections in the United States and how they are treated...
Etiology of a suspected measles outbreak: preceding measles reduction activities in PakistanAdam L Cohen
Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 19:591-4. 2009..To characterize patients with suspected measles, determine the magnitude of the outbreak in selected areas, and perform laboratory testing on patients with suspected measles to confirm the etiology of the outbreak...- Outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream and central nervous system infections after interventional pain management proceduresAdam L Cohen
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin J Pain 24:374-80. 2008..To determine the cause of an outbreak of Serratia marcescens infections in patients after interventional pain management procedures at an outpatient pain clinic... - Rapid diagnostic tests for dengue and leptospirosis: antibody detection is insensitive at presentationAdam L Cohen
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Trop Med Int Health 12:47-51. 2007..To determine the performance of rapid diagnostic tests for dengue and leptospirosis that rely on detecting antibodies that may not be produced when patients present for medical treatment... - Toxic shock associated with Clostridium sordellii and Clostridium perfringens after medical and spontaneous abortionAdam L Cohen
Prevention and Response Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Obstet Gynecol 110:1027-33. 2007..To better understand the risk of fatal toxic shock caused by Clostridium sordellii in women who had a recent medical abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol... 
Methamphetamine use and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infectionsAdam L Cohen
Respiratory Diseases Brabch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 13:1707-13. 2007..10, 95% confidence interval 1.55-16.79). MRSA caused most SSTIs in this population. Transmission of MRSA may be occurring among methamphetamine users in this community...- National surveillance of emergency department visits for outpatient adverse drug events in children and adolescentsAdam L Cohen
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Pediatr 152:416-21. 2008..To describe the national scope and magnitude of outpatient adverse drug events (ADEs) that lead to emergency department (ED) visits in children and adolescents... - Recommendations for metrics for multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare settings: SHEA/HICPAC Position paper Adam L Cohen
Divisions of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:901-13. 2008 - Impact of locally-produced, ceramic cookstoves on respiratory disease in children in rural western KenyaEric M Foote
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 88:132-7. 2013..60, 95% CI: 0.24-1.48), and severe pneumonia (0.3% versus 0.6%, RR 0.66, 95% CI: 0.17-2.62). Upesi jiko use did not result in significantly lower pneumonia rates. Further research on the health impact of improved cookstoves is warranted... - Sentinel versus population-based surveillance of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine effectivenessLee M Hampton
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
Bull World Health Organ 90:568-77. 2012.... - An assessment of the screening method to evaluate vaccine effectiveness: the case of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the United StatesAdam L Cohen
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e41785. 2012..The screening method yields estimates of VE that are highly dependent on the time period during which it is used and the choice of outcome. The method should be used cautiously to evaluate VE of PCVs... - Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia complex among ventilated pediatric patients linked to hospital sinksCynthia A Lucero
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Infect Control 39:775-8. 2011..Hospital tap water used during oral and tracheostomy care was identified as the most likely mechanism for transmission... - Skin disorders among construction workers following Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita: an outbreak investigation in New Orleans, LouisianaRebecca Noe
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Arch Dermatol 143:1393-8. 2007.... - Increasing blood culture use at US hospital emergency department visits, 2001 to 2004Linda F McCaig
Ambulatory Care Statistics Branch, Division of Health Care Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Ann Emerg Med 50:42-8, 48.e1-2. 2007..We describe emergency department (ED) visits in which patients had blood cultured and examine changes in blood culture use... - Prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease among HIV-infected adults in the era of childhood pneumococcal immunizationAdam L Cohen
Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, USA
AIDS 24:2253-62. 2010..We evaluated IPD among HIV-infected adults over a 10-year period in the US to identify opportunities for prevention of IPD among HIV-infected adults... - A strategy to increase adoption of locally-produced, ceramic cookstoves in rural Kenyan householdsBenjamin J Silk
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Scientific Education and Professional Development Program Office, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
BMC Public Health 12:359. 2012.... - Integrating pneumonia prevention and treatment interventions with immunization services in resource-poor countriesAdam L Cohen
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Bull World Health Organ 90:289-94. 2012.... - Adverse events from cough and cold medications in childrenMelissa K Schaefer
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatrics 121:783-7. 2008..Nationally representative morbidity data could be useful for targeting age-appropriate safety interventions... - Revisiting pneumococcal carriage by use of broth enrichment and PCR techniques for enhanced detection of carriage and serotypesMaria da Gloria Carvalho
Streptococcus Laboratory, Respiratory Disease Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, Mailstop C02, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
J Clin Microbiol 48:1611-8. 2010..A PCR-based approach that employed a broth enrichment step appeared to best enhance the detection of mixed serotypes and low-density pneumococcal carriage... - Household transmission of pandemic (H1N1) 2009, San Antonio, Texas, USA, April-May 2009Oliver W Morgan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Mailstop C12, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 16:631-7. 2010..Early in the outbreak, household transmission primarily occurred from children to other household members and was lower than the transmission rate for seasonal influenza... - A systematic review and critical evaluation of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type B disease burden studies in Asia from the last decade: lessons learned for invasive bacterial disease surveillanceSharmila Shetty
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:653-61. 2010..When poorly conducted, studies can underestimate disease burden and lead to inappropriate decisions about vaccine introduction... - Global use of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccineLinda R Ojo
Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS C 23, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Vaccine 28:7117-22. 2010..Additional efforts are still needed to increase vaccine adoption in lower middle income countries [20/31 (65%) by the end of 2009]... - Are language barriers associated with serious medical events in hospitalized pediatric patients?Adam L Cohen
Child Health Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pediatrics 116:575-9. 2005..The objective of this study was to determine whether hospitalized pediatric patients whose families have language barriers are more likely to incur serious medical errors than patients whose families do not have language barriers... - Primary language of parent is associated with disparities in pediatric preventive careAdam L Cohen
Department of Pediatrics, Child Health Institute, and Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
J Pediatr 148:254-8. 2006..To determine whether infants of parents whose primary language is not English are less likely to receive recommended preventive care than infants of parents whose primary language is English... - Economic analysis of prevaccination serotesting compared with presumptive immunization for polio, diphtheria, and tetanus in internationally adopted and immigrant infantsAdam L Cohen
Child Health Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pediatrics 117:1650-5. 2006.... - Stimulant medications and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorderAdam L Cohen
N Engl J Med 354:2294-5. 2006 - Compliance with guidelines for the medical care of first urinary tract infections in infants: a population-based studyAdam L Cohen
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, 6200 NE 74th St, Suite 210, Seattle, WA 98115 8160, USA
Pediatrics 115:1474-8. 2005..No population-based studies have examined the degree to which practice parameters are followed for urinary tract infections in infants...