2017
Panel 4: Report of the Microbiology Panel
Barenkamp SJ, Chonmaitree T, Hakansson AP, Heikkinen T, King S, Nokso‐Koivisto J, Novotny LA, Patel JA, Pettigrew M, Swords WE. Panel 4: Report of the Microbiology Panel. Otolaryngology 2017, 156: s51-s62. PMID: 28372529, PMCID: PMC5490388, DOI: 10.1177/0194599816639028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOtitis mediaUpper respiratory tract infectionRespiratory tract infectionsAcute otitis mediaOtitis media casesRespiratory syncytial virusFuture treatment optionsTract infectionsBacterial coinfectionBacterial virulence determinantsBasic laboratory studiesSyncytial virusTreatment optionsAntibiotic treatmentEpidemiology of diseaseAnimal modelsPanel membersClinical practicePubMed databaseNational HarborVirulence determinantsChildrenInitial reviewBacteriologyDraft reviews
2006
Variation in the Presence of Neuraminidase Genes among Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates with Identical Sequence Types
Pettigrew MM, Fennie KP, York MP, Daniels J, Ghaffar F. Variation in the Presence of Neuraminidase Genes among Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates with Identical Sequence Types. Infection And Immunity 2006, 74: 3360-3365. PMID: 16714565, PMCID: PMC1479257, DOI: 10.1128/iai.01442-05.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPneumoniae isolatesSequence typesUpper respiratory tractNeuraminidase geneS. pneumoniae isolatesVirulence determinantsStreptococcus pneumoniae isolatesIdentical sequence typesYoung childrenAdditional virulence determinantsSialic acid-containing substratesCapsule typesMultilocus sequence typesOtitis mediaInvasive diseaseRespiratory tractCarriage isolatesPneumococcal clonesSame sequence typePneumococcal strainsImportant causeStreptococcus pneumoniaeMiddle earDifferent tissue sourcesPneumococcal neuraminidase