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Clinical characteristics of children with complicated pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniaeTina Q Tan
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Sections of Northwestern University Medical School, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA
Pediatrics 110:1-6. 2002....
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines - implications for community antibiotic prescribingT Q Tan
Northwestern University Medical School, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children s Plaza, Box 20, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Curr Opin Microbiol 3:502-7. 2000..The development and licensing of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines that are safe and effective in the pediatric population is an important step in our ability to decrease the prevalence of pneumococcal disease seen...
Update on pneumococcal infections of the respiratory tractTina Q Tan
Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Semin Respir Infect 17:3-9. 2002..Widespread implementation of this vaccine in the childhood population may have a significant impact on the amount of systemic disease seen with this organism...
Pneumococcal facial cellulitis in childrenL B Givner
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 27157, USA
Pediatrics 106:E61. 2000..To review the epidemiology and clinical course of facial cellulitis attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae in children...
Group-specific antibody levels surrounding invasive pneumococcal illness in children infected with human immunodeficiency virusJ C King
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Infect Dis 181:1817-21. 2000..Heterologous, noninfecting group seroresponses were detected frequently (72%) in the paired serum samples from these 4 homologous group seroresponders...
Pneumococcal infections in children after transplantationG E Schutze
Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
Clin Infect Dis 33:16-21. 2001..The antimicrobial susceptibilities and outcome of infections with S. pneumoniae in patients who have undergone transplantation are similar to those in the general pediatric population...
Recurrent systemic pneumococcal disease in childrenEdward O Mason
Pediatric Infectious Disease Section, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:480-4. 2007..Recurrent systemic pneumococcal infection usually occurs in immunocompromised patients and patients with underlying conditions...
Pneumococcal endocarditis in childrenLaurence B Givner
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Clin Infect Dis 38:1273-8. 2004..Pneumococcal endocarditis in children is unusual but often has serious complications...
Decrease of invasive pneumococcal infections in children among 8 children's hospitals in the United States after the introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccineSheldon L Kaplan
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Sections of the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Pediatrics 113:443-9. 2004....
Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in the neonateJill A Hoffman
Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Pediatrics 112:1095-102. 2003..The aim of this study was to review the current epidemiology and clinical course of SPIN...
Antibiotic resistant infections due to Streptococcus pneumoniae: impact on therapeutic options and clinical outcomeTina Q Tan
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA
Curr Opin Infect Dis 16:271-7. 2003..Use of the conjugate pneumococcal vaccine has markedly decreased invasive pneumococcal disease in children under 5 years of age; however, its impact on decreasing antibiotic resistance is currently unknown...
Pneumococcal infections in childrenTina Q Tan
Northwestern University Medical School, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children's Plaza, Box 20, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Pediatr Ann 31:241-7. 2002
Invasive pneumococcal infections in children with aspleniaGordon E Schutze
Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:278-82. 2002..Asplenia is associated with an increased risk of infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Overwhelming infection can be fulminate and lead to a fatal outcome...
Update on the use of linezolid: a pediatric perspectiveTina Q Tan
Northwestern University and Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:955-6. 2004
The appropriate management of pharyngitis in children and adultsTina Q Tan
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 3:751-6. 2005..In some cases, the decision as to which patients to treat with antibiotics remains difficult. This article reviews some of the various causes of pharyngitis and the available therapeutic options...
Six year multicenter surveillance of invasive pneumococcal infections in childrenSheldon L Kaplan
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Sections, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:141-7. 2002..Monitor clinical and microbiologic features including antimicrobial susceptibility of invasive pneumococcal infections among children...

