2017
Surveillance of pneumococcal colonization and invasive pneumococcal disease reveals shift in prevalent carriage serotypes in Massachusetts’ children to relatively low invasiveness
Yildirim I, Little BA, Finkelstein J, Lee G, Hanage WP, Shea K, Pelton SI, T, Health H. Surveillance of pneumococcal colonization and invasive pneumococcal disease reveals shift in prevalent carriage serotypes in Massachusetts’ children to relatively low invasiveness. Vaccine 2017, 35: 4002-4009. PMID: 28645717, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.05.077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseasePneumococcal conjugate vaccineInvasive disease potentialPneumococcal diseaseLow invasive capacityInvasive capacityPCV13 eraCommon serotypesIncidence of IPDNasopharyngeal colonization ratePost-vaccine eraDisease potentialCarriage serotypesPCV eraConjugate vaccineNasopharyngeal carriageCarriage prevalencePneumococcal colonizationEnhanced surveillanceDynamic epidemiologyAge groupsSerotype 3Serotype XOlder childrenLow invasiveness
2008
LINEZOLID-INDUCED REVERSIBLE BICYTOPENIA IN A 4-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS BACTEREMIA
Tavil B, Balci Y, Yıldırım I, Tavil Y, Secmeer G, Ceyhan M, Tuncer M. LINEZOLID-INDUCED REVERSIBLE BICYTOPENIA IN A 4-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS BACTEREMIA. Pediatric Hematology And Oncology 2008, 25: 67-71. PMID: 18231956, DOI: 10.1080/08880010701703628.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusWhite blood cell countLinezolid therapyPlatelet countBlood culturesMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremiaDiagnosis of tetralogyUnnecessary laboratory investigationsStaphylococcus aureus bacteremiaAcute phase reactantsBlood cell countProgressive bicytopeniaAureus bacteremiaHemoglobin levelsInfective endocarditisPhase reactantsSide effectsCell countGeneral conditionTherapyOld boyBicytopeniaCytopeniasStaphylococcus aureusLinezolid