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Clinical features, outcomes, and costs of a conjunctivitis outbreak caused by the ST448 strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Zegans ME, Sanchez PA, Likosky DS, Allar RT, Martin M, Schwartzman JD, Pryor JH, Turco JH, Whitney CG.

Cornea. 2009 Jun;28(5):503-9.PMID: 19421049 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antibiotic resistance patterns in invasive group B streptococcal isolates.

Castor ML, Whitney CG, Como-Sabetti K, Facklam RR, Ferrieri P, Bartkus JM, Juni BA, Cieslak PR, Farley MM, Dumas NB, Schrag SJ, Lynfield R.

Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2008;2008:727505. Epub 2009 Feb 5.PMID: 19223967 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal meningitis.

Hsu HE, Shutt KA, Moore MR, Beall BW, Bennett NM, Craig AS, Farley MM, Jorgensen JH, Lexau CA, Petit S, Reingold A, Schaffner W, Thomas A, Whitney CG, Harrison LH.

N Engl J Med. 2009 Jan 15;360(3):244-56.PMID: 19144940 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

PCR-based quantitation and clonal diversity of the current prevalent invasive serogroup 6 pneumococcal serotype, 6C, in the United States in 1999 and 2006 to 2007.

Carvalho Mda G, Pimenta FC, Gertz RE Jr, Joshi HH, Trujillo AA, Keys LE, Findley J, Moura IS, Park IH, Hollingshead SK, Pilishvili T, Whitney CG, Nahm MH, Beall BW; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Team.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Mar;47(3):554-9. Epub 2008 Dec 30.PMID: 19116353 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

In vitro evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of ceftaroline against cephalosporin-resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

McGee L, Biek D, Ge Y, Klugman M, du Plessis M, Smith AM, Beall B, Whitney CG, Klugman KP.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Feb;53(2):552-6. Epub 2008 Nov 17.PMID: 19015339 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Community outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection: school-based cluster of neurologic disease associated with household transmission of respiratory illness.

Walter ND, Grant GB, Bandy U, Alexander NE, Winchell JM, Jordan HT, Sejvar JJ, Hicks LA, Gifford DR, Alexander NT, Thurman KA, Schwartz SB, Dennehy PH, Khetsuriani N, Fields BS, Dillon MT, Erdman DD, Whitney CG, Moore MR.

J Infect Dis. 2008 Nov 1;198(9):1365-74.PMID: 18808334 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Lessons learned from clinical trials evaluating pneumococcal conjugate vaccine efficacy against pneumonia and invasive disease.

Madhi SA, Whitney CG, Nohynek H.

Vaccine. 2008 Jun 16;26 Suppl 2:B9-B15. Review.PMID: 18793605 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on rates of community acquired pneumonia in children and adults.

Nelson JC, Jackson M, Yu O, Whitney CG, Bounds L, Bittner R, Zavitkovsky A, Jackson LA.

Vaccine. 2008 Sep 8;26(38):4947-54. Epub 2008 Jul 26.PMID: 18662735 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Optimising the use of conjugate vaccines to prevent disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b, Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Trotter CL, McVernon J, Ramsay ME, Whitney CG, Mulholland EK, Goldblatt D, Hombach J, Kieny MP; SAGE subgroup.

Vaccine. 2008 Aug 18;26(35):4434-45. Epub 2008 Jun 17. Review.PMID: 18617296 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Integrating host genomics with surveillance for invasive bacterial diseases.

Crawford DC, Zimmer SM, Morin CA, Messonnier NE, Lynfield R, Yi Q, Shephard C, Wong M, Rieder MJ, Livingston RJ, Nickerson DA, Whitney CG, Lingappa J.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jul;14(7):1138-40.PMID: 18598642 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Population snapshot of emergent Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A in the United States, 2005.

Moore MR, Gertz RE Jr, Woodbury RL, Barkocy-Gallagher GA, Schaffner W, Lexau C, Gershman K, Reingold A, Farley M, Harrison LH, Hadler JL, Bennett NM, Thomas AR, McGee L, Pilishvili T, Brueggemann AB, Whitney CG, Jorgensen JH, Beall B.

J Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 1;197(7):1016-27.PMID: 18419539 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

It's time for a change in practice: reducing antibiotic use can alter antibiotic resistance.

Friedman CR, Whitney CG.

J Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 15;197(8):1082-3. No abstract available. PMID: 18419526 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Changes in serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae strains in Cleveland: a quarter century of experience.

Jacobs MR, Good CE, Beall B, Bajaksouzian S, Windau AR, Whitney CG.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Mar;46(3):982-90. Epub 2008 Jan 30.PMID: 18234877 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Emergence of nonvaccine serotypes following introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: cause and effect?

Moore MR, Whitney CG.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jan 15;46(2):183-5. No abstract available. PMID: 18171248 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Uncovering pneumococcal disease burden in Bangladesh.

Flannery B, Whitney CG.

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Nov;77(5):793-4. No abstract available. PMID: 17984327 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on nasopharyngeal colonization among immunized and unimmunized children in a community-randomized trial.

O'Brien KL, Millar EV, Zell ER, Bronsdon M, Weatherholtz R, Reid R, Becenti J, Kvamme S, Whitney CG, Santosham M.

J Infect Dis. 2007 Oct 15;196(8):1211-20. Epub 2007 Sep 17.PMID: 17955440 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Incidence of pneumococcal disease due to non-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) serotypes in the United States during the era of widespread PCV7 vaccination, 1998-2004.

Hicks LA, Harrison LH, Flannery B, Hadler JL, Schaffner W, Craig AS, Jackson D, Thomas A, Beall B, Lynfield R, Reingold A, Farley MM, Whitney CG.

J Infect Dis. 2007 Nov 1;196(9):1346-54. Epub 2007 Oct 4.PMID: 17922399 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease among Navajo adults.

Watt JP, O'Brien KL, Benin AL, McCoy SI, Donaldson CM, Reid R, Schuchat A, Zell ER, Hochman M, Santosham M, Whitney CG.

Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Nov 1;166(9):1080-7. Epub 2007 Aug 9.PMID: 17693393 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Herd immunity and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: a quantitative model.

Haber M, Barskey A, Baughman W, Barker L, Whitney CG, Shaw KM, Orenstein W, Stephens DS.

Vaccine. 2007 Jul 20;25(29):5390-8. Epub 2007 May 22.PMID: 17583392 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An in vitro model to assess pneumococcal adherence to nasopharyngeal cells under competition conditions.

Rajam G, Jackson D, Pilishvili T, Whitney CG, Facklam RR, Carlone GM, Romero-Steiner S.

J Microbiol Methods. 2007 Aug;70(2):219-26. Epub 2007 Apr 24.PMID: 17512994 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Immunogenicity of varying dosages of 7-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine in seniors previously vaccinated with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.

Jackson LA, Neuzil KM, Nahm MH, Whitney CG, Yu O, Nelson JC, Starkovich PT, Dunstan M, Carste B, Shay DK, Baggs J, Carlone GM.

Vaccine. 2007 May 16;25(20):4029-37. Epub 2007 Mar 12.PMID: 17391816 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults.

Mandell LA, Wunderink RG, Anzueto A, Bartlett JG, Campbell GD, Dean NC, Dowell SF, File TM Jr, Musher DM, Niederman MS, Torres A, Whitney CG; Infectious Diseases Society of America; American Thoracic Society.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Mar 1;44 Suppl 2:S27-72. No abstract available. PMID: 17278083 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Increased rainfall is associated with increased risk for legionellosis.

Hicks LA, Rose CE Jr, Fields BS, Drees ML, Engel JP, Jenkins PR, Rouse BS, Blythe D, Khalifah AP, Feikin DR, Whitney CG.

Epidemiol Infect. 2007 Jul;135(5):811-7. Epub 2006 Nov 23.PMID: 17121693 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The International Infections in Pregnancy (IIP) study: variations in the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and distribution of morphotypes in vaginal smears among pregnant women.

Tolosa JE, Chaithongwongwatthana S, Daly S, Maw WW, Gaitán H, Lumbiganon P, Festin M, Chipato T, Sauvarin J, Goldenberg RL, Andrews WW, Whitney CG.

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Nov;195(5):1198-204.PMID: 17074543 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effectiveness of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease: a matched case-control study.

Whitney CG, Pilishvili T, Farley MM, Schaffner W, Craig AS, Lynfield R, Nyquist AC, Gershman KA, Vazquez M, Bennett NM, Reingold A, Thomas A, Glode MP, Zell ER, Jorgensen JH, Beall B, Schuchat A.

Lancet. 2006 Oct 28;368(9546):1495-502.PMID: 17071283 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Delivering pneumococcal vaccine to a high risk population: the Navajo experience.

Benin AL, Watt JP, O'Brien KL, Reid R, Zell ER, Katz S, Donaldson C, Schuchat A, Santosham M, Whitney CG.

Hum Vaccin. 2005 Mar-Apr;1(2):66-9. Epub 2005 Mar 25.PMID: 17038821 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A community outbreak of conjunctivitis caused by nontypeable Streptococcus pneumoniae in Minnesota.

Buck JM, Lexau C, Shapiro M, Glennen A, Boxrud DJ, Koziol B, Whitney CG, Beall B, Danila R, Lynfield R.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Oct;25(10):906-11.PMID: 17006286 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Adults with invasive pneumococcal disease: missed opportunities for vaccination.

Kyaw MH, Greene CM, Schaffner W, Ray SM, Shapiro M, Barrett NL, Gershman K, Craig AS, Roberson A, Zell ER, Schuchat A, Bennett NM, Whitney CG; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Program of the Emerging Infections Program Network.

Am J Prev Med. 2006 Oct;31(4):286-92. Epub 2006 Aug 22.PMID: 16979452 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Preventability of invasive pneumococcal disease and assessment of current polysaccharide vaccine recommendations for adults: United States, 2001-2003.

Greene CM, Kyaw MH, Ray SM, Schaffner W, Lynfield R, Barrett NL, Long C, Gershman K, Pilishvili T, Roberson A, Zell ER, Whitney CG, Bennett NM; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Program of the Emerging Infections Program Network.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Jul 15;43(2):141-50. Epub 2006 Jun 9.PMID: 16779739 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pneumococcal vaccination in developing countries.

Levine OS, O'Brien KL, Knoll M, Adegbola RA, Black S, Cherian T, Dagan R, Goldblatt D, Grange A, Greenwood B, Hennessy T, Klugman KP, Madhi SA, Mulholland K, Nohynek H, Santosham M, Saha SK, Scott JA, Sow S, Whitney CG, Cutts F.

Lancet. 2006 Jun 10;367(9526):1880-2. No abstract available. PMID: 16765742 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of community-wide conjugate pneumococcal vaccine use in infancy on nasopharyngeal carriage through 3 years of age: a cross-sectional study in a high-risk population.

Millar EV, O'Brien KL, Watt JP, Bronsdon MA, Dallas J, Whitney CG, Reid R, Santosham M.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Jul 1;43(1):8-15. Epub 2006 May 18.PMID: 16758412 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: evidence from the first 5 years of use in the United States incorporating herd effects.

Ray GT, Whitney CG, Fireman BH, Ciuryla V, Black SB.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Jun;25(6):494-501.PMID: 16732146 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Invasive pneumococcal disease among infants before and after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

Poehling KA, Talbot TR, Griffin MR, Craig AS, Whitney CG, Zell E, Lexau CA, Thomas AR, Harrison LH, Reingold AL, Hadler JL, Farley MM, Anderson BJ, Schaffner W.

JAMA. 2006 Apr 12;295(14):1668-74.PMID: 16609088 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Kyaw MH, Lynfield R, Schaffner W, Craig AS, Hadler J, Reingold A, Thomas AR, Harrison LH, Bennett NM, Farley MM, Facklam RR, Jorgensen JH, Besser J, Zell ER, Schuchat A, Whitney CG; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance of the Emerging Infections Program Network.

N Engl J Med. 2006 Apr 6;354(14):1455-63. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2006 Aug 10;355(6):638. PMID: 16598044 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence of first-step mutants among levofloxacin-susceptible invasive isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States.

Pletz MW, Shergill AP, McGee L, Beall B, Whitney CG, Klugman KP; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Team.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Apr;50(4):1561-3.PMID: 16569885 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pre- and postvaccination clonal compositions of invasive pneumococcal serotypes for isolates collected in the United States in 1999, 2001, and 2002.

Beall B, McEllistrem MC, Gertz RE Jr, Wedel S, Boxrud DJ, Gonzalez AL, Medina MJ, Pai R, Thompson TA, Harrison LH, McGee L, Whitney CG; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Team.

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Mar;44(3):999-1017.PMID: 16517889 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Two outbreaks of severe respiratory disease in nursing homes associated with rhinovirus.

Hicks LA, Shepard CW, Britz PH, Erdman DD, Fischer M, Flannery BL, Peck AJ, Lu X, Thacker WL, Benson RF, Tondella ML, Moll ME, Whitney CG, Anderson LJ, Feikin DR.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Feb;54(2):284-9.PMID: 16460380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Bacterial meningitis among children with cochlear implants beyond 24 months after implantation.

Biernath KR, Reefhuis J, Whitney CG, Mann EA, Costa P, Eichwald J, Boyle C.

Pediatrics. 2006 Feb;117(2):284-9. Epub 2006 Jan 3.PMID: 16390918 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Changes in invasive Pneumococcal disease among HIV-infected adults living in the era of childhood pneumococcal immunization.

Flannery B, Heffernan RT, Harrison LH, Ray SM, Reingold AL, Hadler J, Schaffner W, Lynfield R, Thomas AR, Li J, Campsmith M, Whitney CG, Schuchat A.

Ann Intern Med. 2006 Jan 3;144(1):1-9.PMID: 16389249 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clonal association between Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 23A, circulating within the United States, and an internationally dispersed clone of serotype 23F.

Pai R, Gertz RE, Whitney CG, Beall B.

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Nov;43(11):5440-4.PMID: 16272467 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Postvaccine genetic structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A from children in the United States.

Pai R, Moore MR, Pilishvili T, Gertz RE, Whitney CG, Beall B; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Team.

J Infect Dis. 2005 Dec 1;192(11):1988-95. Epub 2005 Nov 1.PMID: 16267772 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Changing epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease among older adults in the era of pediatric pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

Lexau CA, Lynfield R, Danila R, Pilishvili T, Facklam R, Farley MM, Harrison LH, Schaffner W, Reingold A, Bennett NM, Hadler J, Cieslak PR, Whitney CG; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Team.

JAMA. 2005 Oct 26;294(16):2043-51.PMID: 16249418 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Could a single dose of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children be effective? Modeling the optimal age of vaccination.

Barzilay EJ, O'Brien KL, Kwok YS, Hoekstra RM, Zell ER, Reid R, Santosham M, Whitney CG, Feikin DR.

Vaccine. 2006 Feb 13;24(7):904-13. Epub 2005 Sep 12.PMID: 16203059 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Assessment of the safety of a third dose of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in the Vaccine Safety Datalink population.

Jackson LA, Nelson JC, Whitney CG, Neuzil KM, Benson P, Malais D, Baggs J, Mullooly J, Black S, Shay DK.

Vaccine. 2006 Jan 12;24(2):151-6. Epub 2005 Aug 10.PMID: 16122845 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of conjugate pneumococcal vaccines.

Whitney CG.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Aug;24(8):729-30. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 16094230 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Novel mechanism of resistance to oxazolidinones, macrolides, and chloramphenicol in ribosomal protein L4 of the pneumococcus.

Wolter N, Smith AM, Farrell DJ, Schaffner W, Moore M, Whitney CG, Jorgensen JH, Klugman KP.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Aug;49(8):3554-7.PMID: 16048983 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Increased prevalence of pediatric pneumococcal serotypes in elderly adults.

Feikin DR, Klugman KP, Facklam RR, Zell ER, Schuchat A, Whitney CG; Active Bacterial Core surveillance/Emerging Infections Program Network.

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Aug 15;41(4):481-7. Epub 2005 Jul 11.PMID: 16028155 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The influence of chronic illnesses on the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in adults.

Kyaw MH, Rose CE Jr, Fry AM, Singleton JA, Moore Z, Zell ER, Whitney CG; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Program of the Emerging Infections Program Network.

J Infect Dis. 2005 Aug 1;192(3):377-86. Epub 2005 Jun 23.PMID: 15995950 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Erythromycin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in children, 1999-2001.

McEllistrem MC, Adams JM, Shutt K, Sanza LT, Facklam RR, Whitney CG, Jorgensen JH, Harrison LH.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Jun;11(6):969-72.PMID: 15963300 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

New safety information for an old vaccine.

Whitney CG.

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Jun 15;40(12):1736-7. Epub 2005 May 6. No abstract available. PMID: 15909259 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles