2011
Behavioural 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
Molecular Epidemiology of Pediatric Pneumococcal Empyema from 2001 to 2007 in Utah
Byington CL, Hulten KG, Ampofo K, Sheng X, Pavia AT, Blaschke AJ, Pettigrew M, Korgenski K, Daly J, Mason EO. Molecular Epidemiology of Pediatric Pneumococcal Empyema from 2001 to 2007 in Utah. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2009, 48: 520-525. PMID: 20018815, PMCID: PMC2815589, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01200-09.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUtah childrenPCV-7Nonvaccine serotypesPneumococcal empyemaMolecular epidemiologyStreptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1Pneumococcal conjugate vaccineSerotype 1Sequence typesCommon sequence typesEmpyema ratesSerotype replacementConjugate vaccineSerotype switchReplacement diseasePPE casesEmpyemaChildrenSerotypesHigh rateEpidemiologyLicensureMLSTVaccineIncidence