2012
Virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C in experimental otitis media
Sabharwal V, Figueira M, Pelton SI, Pettigrew MM. Virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C in experimental otitis media. Microbes And Infection 2012, 14: 712-718. PMID: 22414497, PMCID: PMC3382049, DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.02.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute otitis mediaExperimental otitis mediaPneumococcal conjugate vaccineOtitis mediaSerotype 6CInvasive pneumococcal diseaseOverall carriage rateLow-density infectionsMiddle ear infectionStreptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6CReplacement serotypesPneumococcal diseaseVaccine serotypesConjugate vaccineNonvaccine serotypesCarriage rateEar infectionsNasopharyngeal colonizationChinchilla modelStreptococcus pneumoniaeHost defenseSerotypesDisease potentialInfectionDisease
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