Sarah Y ParkSummaryAffiliation: Community Health Division Country: USA Publications
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Clinicians' management of children and adolescents with acute pharyngitisSarah Y Park
Epidemiology Program Office, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pediatrics 117:1871-8. 2006..We surveyed pediatricians and family physicians to evaluate their management strategies for children and adolescents with acute pharyngitis and to assess the availability and use of diagnostic tests in office practice...
Impact of conjugate vaccine on transmission of antimicrobial-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae among Alaskan childrenSarah Y Park
From the Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:335-40. 2008..The impact of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) on transmission of antimicrobial-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important concern for countries considering PCV7 introduction...
Invasive pneumococcal infections among vaccinated children in the United StatesSarah Y Park
Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Pediatr 156:478-483.e2. 2010..We characterized a case series of US children in whom invasive pneumococcal infections developed despite vaccination...
Emergence of community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Hawaii, 2001-2003Concepcion F Estivariz
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Infect 54:349-57. 2007..We conducted a retrospective study to determine trends and characteristics of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in Hawaii...
Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the absence of vancomycin exposureCynthia J Whitener
The Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
Clin Infect Dis 38:1049-55. 2004..For clinical and public health reasons, it is essential that microbiology laboratories adequately test for vancomycin-resistance in S. aureus...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Hawaii, 2000-2002Fenfang Li
University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1205-10. 2005..05). Although MRSA isolates from adults demonstrated high resistance to most non-beta-lactams, most MRSA isolates from pediatric outpatients remained susceptible to most non-beta-lactams...
Isolate removal methods and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillanceFenfang Li
University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1552-7. 2005..Considering the ease of implementation and comparability of results, we recommend using the first isolate of a given species per patient to calculate susceptibility frequencies for S. aureus to oxacillin...
Leptospirosis on Oahu: an outbreak associated with flooding of a university campusKate Gaynor
Disease Outbreak Control Division, Hawaii State Department of Health, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:882-5. 2007..Health care providers should maintain a high level of suspicion for leptospirosis after flooding events, and local public health officials should promote leptospirosis awareness among flood-affected populations...
