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Incidence of pneumococcal disease due to non-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) serotypes in the United States during the era of widespread PCV7 vaccination, 1998-2004Lauri A Hicks
Respiratory Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 196:1346-54. 2007..The benefits may be offset by increases in disease due to serotypes not included in the vaccine (hereafter, "nonvaccine serotypes"). We evaluated the effect of PCV7 on incidence of disease due to nonvaccine serotypes...
Outpatient antibiotic prescribing and nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States, 1996-2003Lauri A Hicks
Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 53:631-9. 2011..We evaluated the relationship between antibiotic prescribing and nonsusceptibility among invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) isolates...
Provider knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding obstetric and postsurgical gynecologic infections due to group A Streptococcus and other infectious agentsChris A Van Beneden
Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 2007:90189. 2007....
Surveillance for waterborne disease and outbreaks associated with recreational water use and other aquatic facility-associated health events--United States, 2005-2006Jonathan S Yoder
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 57:1-29. 2008..In addition, data are collected on individual cases of recreational water-associated illnesses and infections and health events occurring at aquatic facilities but not directly related to water exposure...
Surveillance for waterborne disease and outbreaks associated with drinking water and water not intended for drinking--United States, 2005-2006Jonathan Yoder
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 57:39-62. 2008..This surveillance system is the primary source of data concerning the scope and effects of waterborne disease in the United States...
Two outbreaks of severe respiratory disease in nursing homes associated with rhinovirusLauri A Hicks
Respiratory Diseases Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:284-9. 2006..To characterize illness and identify the etiology for two nursing home outbreaks of respiratory illness...
Community outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection: school-based cluster of neurologic disease associated with household transmission of respiratory illnessNicholas D Walter
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Infect Dis 198:1365-74. 2008..We investigated an outbreak of severe neurologic disease and pneumonia that occurred among students at 4 schools in Rhode Island...
Comparison of laboratory diagnostic procedures for detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in community outbreaksKathleen A Thurman
Respiratory Diseases Branch, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Infect Dis 48:1244-9. 2009..A more definitive methodology for reliable detection of M. pneumoniae is needed to identify outbreaks and to prevent potentially fatal extrapulmonary complications...
A large, travel-associated outbreak of legionellosis among hotel guests: utility of the urine antigen assay in confirming Pontiac feverLaurence J Burnsed
Communicable Disease Div, Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma City, OK 73117 1299, USA
Clin Infect Dis 44:222-8. 2007..An investigation was conducted to identify the source and evaluate the utility of the Legionella urine antigen assay and serologic testing for the identification of Pontiac fever...
