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pro vyhledávání: '"Kenneth A. Gershman"'
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 2, Pp 208-216 (2012)
Pneumococcal pneumonia was a complication during previous influenza pandemics but was not evident initially during pandemic (H1N1) 2009. During October 2009 in Denver, Colorado, USA, invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and pandemic (H1N1) 2009 peaked
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https://doaj.org/article/c60f2d20a09a4877b4b4f6ea6d99664b
Autor:
Pauline Terebuh, Lyn Finelli, William Schaffner, Allen S. Craig, Laurie Kamimoto, Patricia Ryan, Joseph S. Bresee, James A. Singleton, Gary L. Euler, Arthur Reingold, Peng-jun Lu, Ann Thomas, James L. Hadler, Monica M. Farley, Kenneth A. Gershman, Ruth Lynfield, Bernadette A. Albanese
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Public Health. 103:755-763
Objectives. We assessed telephone surveys as a novel surveillance method, comparing data obtained by telephone with existing national influenza surveillance systems, and evaluated the utility of telephone surveys. Methods. We used the 2007 Behavioral
Autor:
Rachel J. Gorwitz, Ghinwa Dumyati, Fernanda C. Lessa, Kenneth A. Gershman, Joelle Nadle, Scott K. Fridkin, William Schaffner, Yi Mu, Aaron S. DeVries, Gregory E. Fosheim, Susan M. Ray, Sandra N. Bulens
Publikováno v:
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 55:232-241
Background: The USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain, which initially emerged as a cause of community-associated infections, has recently become an important pathogen in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). However, it
Autor:
William Schaffner, Kenneth A. Gershman, Matthew D. Moore, Monica M. Farley, Bernard Beall, Joan Baumbach, Nancy M. Bennett, Anita Glennen, Ruth Lynfield, Lee H. Harrison, Lee M. Hampton, Ann Thomas, Susan Petit, Arthur Reingold, James H. Jorgensen, Elizabeth R. Zell
Publikováno v:
Journal of Infectious Diseases. 205:401-411
Background. Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) caused approximately 44000 US invasive pneumo-coccal disease (IPD) cases in 2008. Antibiotic nonsusceptibility complicates IPD treatment. Using penicillinsusceptibility breakpoints adopted in 2008,
Autor:
Robert E. Gertz, James L. Hadler, William Schaffner, Kenneth A. Gershman, Cynthia G. Whitney, Angela B. Brueggemann, Matthew R. Moore, Lee H. Harrison, Genevieve A Barkocy-Gallagher, Robyn L. Woodbury, Monica M. Farley, Arthur Reingold, James H. Jorgensen, Nancy M. Bennett, Lesley McGee, Catherine Lexau, Ann Thomas, Tamara Pilishvili, Bernard Beall
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 197:1016-1027
BACKGROUND: Serotype 19A invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) increased annually in the United States after the introduction of the 7-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV7). To understand this increase, we characterized serotype 19A isolates recovered during
Autor:
Anne Schuchat, Marietta Vázquez, Ruth Lynfield, Nancy M. Bennett, Ann-Christine Nyquist, Bernard Beall, James H. Jorgensen, Monica M. Farley, William Schaffner, Allen S. Craig, Arthur Reingold, Mary P. Glode, Ann Thomas, Cynthia G. Whitney, Elizabeth R. Zell, Kenneth A. Gershman, Tamar Pilishvili
Publikováno v:
The Lancet. 368:1495-1502
Summary Background When seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was introduced in the USA, many children were vaccinated on schedules that differed from those tested in clinical trials. Our aim was to assess the effectiveness of the vaccine again
Autor:
Robert T. Rolfs, Linda L. Dahlberg, Kenneth A. Gershman, Michael E. St. Louis, Katherine M. Stone, Raymond L. Ransom, Wilbert J. Newhall, Scott Schmid, Rebecca Bunnell, Carol E. Farshy
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 180:1624-1631
To better understand the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among female adolescents, a prospective 6-month cohort study was conducted at four teen clinics in a southeastern city. At enrollment, 260 (40%)
Publikováno v:
Pediatrics. 93:913-917
Objective. Dog bites cause an estimated 585 000 injuries resulting in the need formedical attention yearly and children are the most frequent victims. This study sought to determine dog-specific factors independently associated with a dog biting a no
Autor:
Arthur Reingold, Matthew D. Moore, Joan Baumbach, Ruth Lynfield, Lee H. Harrison, Kenneth A. Gershman, Ruth Link-Gelles, Gaston De Serres, Cynthia G. Whitney, Monica M. Farley, Susan Petit, Nancy M. Bennett, Bernard Beall, William Schaffner, Ann Thomas, Tamara Pilishvili
Publikováno v:
Vaccine. 30(27)
Background Case–control studies evaluating post-licensure effectiveness of conjugate vaccines can be laborious and costly. We applied an indirect cohort method to evaluate the effectiveness of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) agai
Autor:
Rana A. Hajjeh, Kenneth A. Gershman, Mark D. Lindsley, Ann Marie Bailey, Richard E. Hoffman, Elizabeth Lyon Hannah
Publikováno v:
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 32:e151-e153
We summarize the public health response after the identification of 2 cases of pneumonia caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis infection in Colorado residents. The response to these cases emphasizes the need for physicians to add fungal infection to the