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Improving cross-sectoral and cross-jurisdictional coordination for public health emergency legal preparedness.

Bullard CH, Hogan RD, Penn MS, Ferris J, Cleland J, Stier D, Davis RM, Allan S, Van de Putte L, Caine V, Besser RE, Gravely S.

J Law Med Ethics. 2008 Spring;36(1 Suppl):57-63. No abstract available. PMID: 18315754 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of a child care educational intervention on parent knowledge about appropriate antibiotic use.

Croft DR, Knobloch MJ, Chyou PH, Ellen DV, Janette C, Davis JP, Besser RE, Belongia EA.

WMJ. 2007 Apr;106(2):78-84.PMID: 17479824 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinicians' management of children and adolescents with acute pharyngitis.

Park SY, Gerber MA, Tanz RR, Hickner JM, Galliher JM, Chuang I, Besser RE.

Pediatrics. 2006 Jun;117(6):1871-8.PMID: 16740825 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Reducing Legionella colonization in water systems with monochloramine.

Flannery B, Gelling LB, Vugia DJ, Weintraub JM, Salerno JJ, Conroy MJ, Stevens VA, Rose CE, Moore MR, Fields BS, Besser RE.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Apr;12(4):588-96.PMID: 16704806 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Raynaud phenomena and migraine in two children: inclusion within a family of related disorders.

Besser RE, Stern CM.

Acta Paediatr. 2005 Dec;94(12):1860-2.PMID: 16421056 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Introduction of monochloramine into a municipal water system: impact on colonization of buildings by Legionella spp.

Moore MR, Pryor M, Fields B, Lucas C, Phelan M, Besser RE.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2006 Jan;72(1):378-83.PMID: 16391067 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Knowledge, attitudes, and reported practices among obstetrician-gynecologists in the USA regarding antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections.

Chamany S, Schulkin J, Rose CE Jr, Riley LE, Besser RE.

Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Mar;13(1):17-24.PMID: 16040323 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Impact of statewide program to promote appropriate antimicrobial drug use.

Belongia EA, Knobloch MJ, Kieke BA, Davis JP, Janette C, Besser RE.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Jun;11(6):912-20.PMID: 15963287 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clinician knowledge and beliefs after statewide program to promote appropriate antimicrobial drug use.

Kiang KM, Kieke BA, Como-Sabetti K, Lynfield R, Besser RE, Belongia EA.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Jun;11(6):904-11.PMID: 15963286 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Demand for prophylaxis after bioterrorism-related anthrax cases, 2001.

Belongia EA, Kieke B, Lynfield R, Davis JP, Besser RE.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Jan;11(1):42-8.PMID: 15705321 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Responding to detection of aerosolized Bacillus anthracis by autonomous detection systems in the workplace.

Meehan PJ, Rosenstein NE, Gillen M, Meyer RF, Kiefer MJ, Deitchman S, Besser RE, Ehrenberg RL, Edwards KM, Martinez KF.

MMWR Recomm Rep. 2004 Jun 4;53(RR-7):1-12.PMID: 15179360 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Promoting appropriate antibiotic use for pediatric patients: a social ecological framework.

Weissman J, Besser RE.

Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2004 Jan;15(1):41-51. Review.PMID: 15175994 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antimicrobial prescribing for otitis externa in children.

McCoy SI, Zell ER, Besser RE.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2004 Feb;23(2):181-3.PMID: 14872192 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Consumer attitudes and use of antibiotics.

Vanden Eng J, Marcus R, Hadler JL, Imhoff B, Vugia DJ, Cieslak PR, Zell E, Deneen V, McCombs KG, Zansky SM, Hawkins MA, Besser RE.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Sep;9(9):1128-35.PMID: 14519251 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antimicrobial drug prescription in ambulatory care settings, United States, 1992-2000.

McCaig LF, Besser RE, Hughes JM.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Apr;9(4):432-7. Erratum in: Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 May;9(5):609. PMID: 12702222 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antimicrobial prescribing in the United States: good news, bad news.

Besser RE.

Ann Intern Med. 2003 Apr 1;138(7):605-6. No abstract available. PMID: 12667034 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Legionnaires' disease outbreak in an automobile engine manufacturing plant.

Fry AM, Rutman M, Allan T, Scaife H, Salehi E, Benson R, Fields B, Nowicki S, Parrish MK, Carpenter J, Brown E, Lucas C, Horgan T, Koch E, Besser RE.

J Infect Dis. 2003 Mar 15;187(6):1015-8. Epub 2003 Feb 27.PMID: 12660949 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Promoting the appropriate use of oral antibiotics: there is some very good news.

Bauchner H, Besser RE.

Pediatrics. 2003 Mar;111(3):668-70. No abstract available. PMID: 12612251 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Trends in legionnaires disease, 1980-1998: declining mortality and new patterns of diagnosis.

Benin AL, Benson RF, Besser RE.

Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Nov 1;35(9):1039-46. Epub 2002 Oct 14.PMID: 12384836 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Legionella and Legionnaires' disease: 25 years of investigation.

Fields BS, Benson RF, Besser RE.

Clin Microbiol Rev. 2002 Jul;15(3):506-26. Review.PMID: 12097254 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Trends in antimicrobial prescribing rates for children and adolescents.

McCaig LF, Besser RE, Hughes JM.

JAMA. 2002 Jun 19;287(23):3096-102.PMID: 12069672 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antibiotic use and upper respiratory infections: a survey of knowledge, attitudes, and experience in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Belongia EA, Naimi TS, Gale CM, Besser RE.

Prev Med. 2002 Mar;34(3):346-52.PMID: 11902851 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An outbreak of travel-associated Legionnaires disease and Pontiac fever: the need for enhanced surveillance of travel-associated legionellosis in the United States.

Benin AL, Benson RF, Arnold KE, Fiore AE, Cook PG, Williams LK, Fields B, Besser RE.

J Infect Dis. 2002 Jan 15;185(2):237-43. Epub 2001 Dec 18.PMID: 11807698 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Group A streptococcal puerperal sepsis preceded by positive surveillance cultures.

Stefonek KR, Maerz LL, Nielsen MP, Besser RE, Cieslak PR.

Obstet Gynecol. 2001 Nov;98(5 Pt 1):846-8.PMID: 11704180 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for positive mantoux tuberculin skin tests in children in San Diego, California: evidence for boosting and possible foodborne transmission.

Besser RE, Pakiz B, Schulte JM, Alvarado S, Zell ER, Kenyon TA, Onorato IM.

Pediatrics. 2001 Aug;108(2):305-10.PMID: 11483792 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of short-course, high-dose amoxicillin therapy on resistant pneumococcal carriage: a randomized trial.

Schrag SJ, Peña C, Fernández J, Sánchez J, Gómez V, Pérez E, Feris JM, Besser RE.

JAMA. 2001 Jul 4;286(1):49-56.PMID: 11434826 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of uncomplicated acute bronchitis: background.

Gonzales R, Bartlett JG, Besser RE, Cooper RJ, Hickner JM, Hoffman JR, Sande MA; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ann Emerg Med. 2001 Jun;37(6):720-7.PMID: 11385346 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute pharyngitis in adults: background.

Cooper RJ, Hoffman JR, Bartlett JG, Besser RE, Gonzales R, Hickner JM, Sande MA; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ann Emerg Med. 2001 Jun;37(6):711-9.PMID: 11385345 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute rhinosinusitis in adults: background.

Hickner JM, Bartlett JG, Besser RE, Gonzales R, Hoffman JR, Sande MA; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ann Emerg Med. 2001 Jun;37(6):703-10.PMID: 11385344 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of nonspecific upper respiratory tract infections in adults: background.

Gonzales R, Bartlett JG, Besser RE, Hickner JM, Hoffman JR, Sande MA; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ann Emerg Med. 2001 Jun;37(6):698-702.PMID: 11385343 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of acute respiratory tract infections in adults: background, specific aims, and methods.

Gonzales R, Bartlett JG, Besser RE, Cooper RJ, Hickner JM, Hoffman JR, Sande MA.

Ann Emerg Med. 2001 Jun;37(6):690-7.PMID: 11385342 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of uncomplicated acute bronchitis: background.

Gonzales R, Bartlett JG, Besser RE, Cooper RJ, Hickner JM, Hoffman JR, Sande MA; American Academy of Family Physicians; American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine; Centers for Disease Control; Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Ann Intern Med. 2001 Mar 20;134(6):521-9.PMID: 11255532 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute pharyngitis in adults: background.

Cooper RJ, Hoffman JR, Bartlett JG, Besser RE, Gonzales R, Hickner JM, Sande MA; American Academy of Family Physicians; American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine; Centers for Disease Control.

Ann Intern Med. 2001 Mar 20;134(6):509-17.PMID: 11255530 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute rhinosinusitis in adults: background.

Hickner JM, Bartlett JG, Besser RE, Gonzales R, Hoffman JR, Sande MA; American Academy of Family Physicians; American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Mediciine; Centers for Disease Control; Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Ann Intern Med. 2001 Mar 20;134(6):498-505.PMID: 11255528 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of nonspecific upper respiratory tract infections in adults: background.

Gonzales R, Bartlett JG, Besser RE, Hickner JM, Hoffman JR, Sande MA; American Academy of Family Physicians; Infectious Diseases Society of America; Centers for Disease Control; American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine.

Ann Intern Med. 2001 Mar 20;134(6):490-4.PMID: 11255526 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of acute respiratory tract infections in adults: background, specific aims, and methods.

Gonzales R, Bartlett JG, Besser RE, Cooper RJ, Hickner JM, Hoffman JR, Sande MA.

Ann Intern Med. 2001 Mar 20;134(6):479-86.PMID: 11255524 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Azithromycin prophylaxis during a hospital outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.

Hyde TB, Gilbert M, Schwartz SB, Zell ER, Watt JP, Thacker WL, Talkington DF, Besser RE.

J Infect Dis. 2001 Mar 15;183(6):907-12. Epub 2001 Feb 21.PMID: 11237807 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Lack of association between Kawasaki syndrome and Chlamydia pneumoniae infection: an investigation of a Kawasaki syndrome cluster in San Diego County.

Schrag SJ, Besser RE, Olson C, Burns JC, Arguin PM, Gimenez-Sanchez F, Stevens VA, Pruckler JM, Fields BS, Belay ED, Ginsberg M, Dowell SF.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2000 Jan;19(1):17-22.PMID: 10643845 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Escherichia coli O157:H7 gastroenteritis and the hemolytic uremic syndrome: an emerging infectious disease.

Besser RE, Griffin PM, Slutsker L.

Annu Rev Med. 1999;50:355-67. Review.PMID: 10073283 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Tuberculosis screening at 2 San Diego high schools with high-risk populations.

Pong AL, Anders BJ, Moser KS, Starkey M, Gassmann A, Besser RE.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1998 Jul;152(7):646-50.PMID: 9667535 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Passive surveillance for Kawasaki disease in San Diego County.

Bronstein DE, Besser RE, Burns JC.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1997 Nov;16(11):1015-8.PMID: 9384331 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of diarrhea on the humoral response to oral polio vaccination.

Myaux JA, Unicomb L, Besser RE, Modlin JF, Uzma A, Islam AM, Santosham M.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1996 Mar;15(3):204-9.PMID: 8852907 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An outbreak of cholera from food served on an international aircraft.

Eberhart-Phillips J, Besser RE, Tormey MP, Koo D, Feikin D, Araneta MR, Wells J, Kilman L, Rutherford GW, Griffin PM, Baron R, Mascola L.

Epidemiol Infect. 1996 Feb;116(1):9-13. Erratum in: Epidemiol Infect 1997 Feb;118(1):79. PMID: 8626007 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Prevention of cholera transmission: rapid evaluation of the quality of municipal water in Trujillo, Peru]

Besser RE, Moscoso Rojas B, Cabanillas Angulo O, González Venero L, Minaya León P, Rodríguez Pajares M, Saldaña Sevilla W, Seminario Carrasco JL, Highsmith AK, Tauxe RV.

Bol Oficina Sanit Panam. 1995 Sep;119(3):189-94. Spanish. PMID: 7576185 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diagnosis and treatment of cholera in the United States. Are we prepared?

Besser RE, Feikin DR, Eberhart-Phillips JE, Mascola L, Griffin PM.

JAMA. 1994 Oct 19;272(15):1203-5.PMID: 7933349 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Fate of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in apple cider with and without preservatives.

Zhao T, Doyle MP, Besser RE.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1993 Aug;59(8):2526-30.PMID: 8368839 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

An outbreak of diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome from Escherichia coli O157:H7 in fresh-pressed apple cider.

Besser RE, Lett SM, Weber JT, Doyle MP, Barrett TJ, Wells JG, Griffin PM.

JAMA. 1993 May 5;269(17):2217-20.PMID: 8474200 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles