2012
Evolving Picture of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Massachusetts Children
Yildirim I, Stevenson A, Hsu KK, Pelton SI. Evolving Picture of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Massachusetts Children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2012, 31: 1016-1021. PMID: 22673142, DOI: 10.1097/inf.0b013e3182615615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnti-Bacterial AgentsChildChild, PreschoolCluster AnalysisFemaleHeptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate VaccineHumansIncidenceInfantMaleMassachusettsMeningitis, PneumococcalMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMultilocus Sequence TypingPneumococcal VaccinesProspective StudiesSepsisSerotypingStreptococcus pneumoniaeConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseasePneumococcal conjugate vaccine serotypesPneumococcal conjugate vaccineIPD incidence ratesMassachusetts childrenPCV7 eraIPD casesPneumococcal diseaseConjugate vaccineVaccine serotypesSerotype 19AIncidence rateCases of IPDChildhood invasive pneumococcal diseaseHeptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccinePopulation-based surveillanceOverall IPD incidence ratesCeftriaxone-resistant isolatesYears of ageAntimicrobial susceptibility testingBacteremic pneumoniaPCV7 serotypesMultilocus sequence typingNonvaccine serotypesClinical presentation
2008
A Chryseobacterium meningosepticum outbreak observed in 3 clusters involving both neonatal and non-neonatal pediatric patients
Ceyhan M, Yıldırım I, Tekelı A, Yurdakok M, Us E, Altun B, Kutluk T, Cengiz AB, Gurbuz V, Barın C, Bagdat A, Cetınkaya D, Gur D, Tuncel O. A Chryseobacterium meningosepticum outbreak observed in 3 clusters involving both neonatal and non-neonatal pediatric patients. American Journal Of Infection Control 2008, 36: 453-457. PMID: 18675153, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.09.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnti-Bacterial AgentsChryseobacteriumCluster AnalysisCross InfectionDisease OutbreaksDNA FingerprintingDNA, BacterialEnvironmental MicrobiologyFemaleFlavobacteriaceae InfectionsGenotypeHandHealth PersonnelHospital UnitsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsRandom Amplified Polymorphic DNA TechniqueTurkeyConceptsNon-neonatal pediatric patientsHealth care workers' handsNeonatal intensive care unitTertiary health centerEnterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequence polymerase chain reactionIntensive care unitInfection control measuresMeningosepticum infectionOlder patientsPediatric patientsPremature infantsCare unitPediatric wardPolymerase chain reactionHand culturesHealth centersIndex patientsNosocomial infectionsAmbu bagPatientsEtiologic agentAntimicrobial treatmentPowdered infant formulaOutbreak investigationInfant formula