2018
Gastrointestinal Microbiota Disruption and Risk of Colonization With Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Intensive Care Unit Patients
Pettigrew MM, Gent JF, Kong Y, Halpin AL, Pineles L, Harris AD, Johnson JK. Gastrointestinal Microbiota Disruption and Risk of Colonization With Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Intensive Care Unit Patients. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018, 69: 604-613. PMID: 30383203, PMCID: PMC6669284, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy936.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosaIntensive care unit patientsCare unit patientsPiperacillin-tazobactamUnit patientsICU patientsMarker of riskMaryland Medical CenterRisk of colonizationRibosomal RNA gene sequencingRNA gene sequencingAdmission swabCRPA infectionPseudomonas aeruginosaICU admissionPatient characteristicsMicrobiota disruptionMedical CenterGastrointestinal tractAdditional swabsAntimicrobial exposureLower riskEvaluated associationsPatientsProtective role
2011
Multiple chlamydia infection among young women: comparing the role of individual- and neighbourhood-level measures of socioeconomic status
Biello KB, Pettigrew MM, Niccolai LM. Multiple chlamydia infection among young women: comparing the role of individual- and neighbourhood-level measures of socioeconomic status. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2011, 87: 560. PMID: 21940727, PMCID: PMC3438508, DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050185.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndividual-level socioeconomic statusChlamydia diagnosisYoung womenSocioeconomic statusChlamydia infectionNeighborhood-level socioeconomic statusIndividual-level SESNeighborhood socioeconomic statusHigh burdenNeighborhood-level povertyMultiple infectionsSocioeconomic disparitiesDiagnosisNeighborhood-level measuresWomenInfectionHigh-poverty areasLow-poverty areasValid measureBurdenIndividual-level measuresStatusUseful measureIndividual-level variablesChlamydiaBehavioural sources of repeat Chlamydia trachomatis infections: importance of different sex partners
Niccolai LM, Livingston KA, Laufer AS, Pettigrew MM. Behavioural sources of repeat Chlamydia trachomatis infections: importance of different sex partners. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2011, 87: 248. PMID: 21212380, PMCID: PMC5438152, DOI: 10.1136/sti.2010.045484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChlamydia trachomatis infectionRepeat infectionsNew sex partnerTrachomatis infectionSex partnersC. trachomatisRepeat Chlamydia trachomatis infectionsPopulation attributable risk percentageC. trachomatis infectionCumulative incidenceDifferent-sex partnersRisk percentageYounger ageInfectionBehavioral surveyBaselineDifferent genotypesTrachomatisWomenMolecular methodsGenotypesPatientsFollowIncidence
2009
Comparison of Sexual Partnership Characteristics and Associations with Inconsistent Condom Use among a Sample of Adolescents and Adult Women Diagnosed with Chlamydia trachomatis
Foulkes HB, Pettigrew MM, Livingston KA, Niccolai LM. Comparison of Sexual Partnership Characteristics and Associations with Inconsistent Condom Use among a Sample of Adolescents and Adult Women Diagnosed with Chlamydia trachomatis. Journal Of Women's Health 2009, 18: 393-399. PMID: 19245304, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.0840.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInconsistent condom useCondom useSexual partnershipsPrevalent chlamydia infectionSexual partnership characteristicsPartner age differenceChlamydia infectionMain partnershipsChlamydia trachomatisAdult womenPrevention effortsSexual relationshipsAdolescent femalesPartnership durationFemale adolescentsPartnership characteristicsSample of adolescentsShort durationAdolescentsInfectionWomenDurationType of partner