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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Decline in invasive pneumococcal disease after the introduction of protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccine.
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N Engl J Med
|
2003
|
15.48
|
|
2
|
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in three communities.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2005
|
12.75
|
|
3
|
Sustained reductions in invasive pneumococcal disease in the era of conjugate vaccine.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2010
|
8.37
|
|
4
|
Burden of Clostridium difficile infection in the United States.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2015
|
8.17
|
|
5
|
Effect of introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2006
|
7.68
|
|
6
|
Incidence of pneumococcal disease due to non-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) serotypes in the United States during the era of widespread PCV7 vaccination, 1998-2004.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2007
|
6.45
|
|
7
|
Epidemiology of invasive group B streptococcal disease in the United States, 1999-2005.
|
JAMA
|
2008
|
6.13
|
|
8
|
Effectiveness of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease: a matched case-control study.
|
Lancet
|
2006
|
5.56
|
|
9
|
FoodNet estimate of the burden of illness caused by nontyphoidal Salmonella infections in the United States.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2004
|
5.53
|
|
10
|
The epidemiology of invasive group A streptococcal infection and potential vaccine implications: United States, 2000-2004.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2007
|
5.36
|
|
11
|
Changing epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease among older adults in the era of pediatric pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
|
JAMA
|
2005
|
5.29
|
|
12
|
Effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal meningitis.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2009
|
4.38
|
|
13
|
Epidemiology of invasive group a streptococcus disease in the United States, 1995-1999.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2002
|
4.08
|
|
14
|
Geographic diversity and temporal trends of antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States.
|
Nat Med
|
2003
|
3.54
|
|
15
|
Impact of childhood vaccination on racial disparities in invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections.
|
JAMA
|
2004
|
3.05
|
|
16
|
Bacterial meningitis in the United States, 1998-2007.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2011
|
2.99
|
|
17
|
Invasive pneumococcal disease among infants before and after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
|
JAMA
|
2006
|
2.93
|
|
18
|
Epidemiology of community-associated Clostridium difficile infection, 2009 through 2011.
|
JAMA Intern Med
|
2013
|
2.78
|
|
19
|
Increasing burden of invasive group B streptococcal disease in nonpregnant adults, 1990-2007.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2009
|
2.56
|
|
20
|
Population-based study of invasive disease due to beta-hemolytic streptococci of groups other than A and B.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2009
|
2.53
|
|
21
|
Invasive infections with Haemophilus influenzae serotype a containing an IS1016-bexA partial deletion: possible association with virulence.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2005
|
2.43
|
|
22
|
Association between use of statins and mortality among patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infections: a multistate study.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2011
|
1.91
|
|
23
|
Changes in incidence and antifungal drug resistance in candidemia: results from population-based laboratory surveillance in Atlanta and Baltimore, 2008-2011.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2012
|
1.91
|
|
24
|
Invasive Salmonella infections in the United States, FoodNet, 1996-1999: incidence, serotype distribution, and outcome.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2004
|
1.85
|
|
25
|
FKS mutations and elevated echinocandin MIC values among Candida glabrata isolates from U.S. population-based surveillance.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2010
|
1.79
|
|
26
|
Species identification and antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida bloodstream isolates from population-based surveillance studies in two U.S. cities from 2008 to 2011.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2012
|
1.68
|
|
27
|
Comparison of detection methods for heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus, with the population analysis profile method as the reference method.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2010
|
1.57
|
|
28
|
Hospitalizations and deaths due to Salmonella infections, FoodNet, 1996-1999.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2004
|
1.55
|
|
29
|
Characterization of genetic and phenotypic diversity of invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae.
|
Infect Immun
|
2005
|
1.53
|
|
30
|
Effectiveness of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children with sickle cell disease in the first decade of life.
|
Pediatrics
|
2008
|
1.51
|
|
31
|
Invasive group A streptococcal disease: risk factors for adults.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2003
|
1.48
|
|
32
|
Racial disparities in invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections, 1998-2009.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2014
|
1.47
|
|
33
|
Trends in incidence and antimicrobial resistance of early-onset sepsis: population-based surveillance in San Francisco and Atlanta.
|
Pediatrics
|
2002
|
1.47
|
|
34
|
Prevention of antibiotic-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae with conjugate vaccines.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2011
|
1.42
|
|
35
|
Invasive listeriosis in the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), 2004-2009: further targeted prevention needed for higher-risk groups.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2012
|
1.34
|
|
36
|
Identification of superantigen genes speM, ssa, and smeZ in invasive strains of beta-hemolytic group C and G streptococci recovered from humans.
|
FEMS Microbiol Lett
|
2003
|
1.34
|
|
37
|
Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in the incidence of bacteremic pneumonia among US adults.
|
Am J Public Health
|
2010
|
1.33
|
|
38
|
Capsule gene analysis of invasive Haemophilus influenzae: accuracy of serotyping and prevalence of IS1016 among nontypeable isolates.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2007
|
1.33
|
|
39
|
Prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease among HIV-infected adults in the era of childhood pneumococcal immunization.
|
AIDS
|
2010
|
1.32
|
|
40
|
NAP1 strain type predicts outcomes from Clostridium difficile infection.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2014
|
1.31
|
|
41
|
Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease among high-risk adults since the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for children.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2012
|
1.26
|
|
42
|
Risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease in children in the era of conjugate vaccine use.
|
Pediatrics
|
2010
|
1.26
|
|
43
|
Antibiotic resistance patterns in invasive group B streptococcal isolates.
|
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol
|
2009
|
1.25
|
|
44
|
Incidence of macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae after introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: population-based assessment.
|
Lancet
|
2005
|
1.23
|
|
45
|
Genetic relationships deduced from emm and multilocus sequence typing of invasive Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis and S. canis recovered from isolates collected in the United States.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2009
|
1.20
|
|
46
|
Revisiting the need for vaccine prevention of late-onset neonatal group B streptococcal disease: a multistate, population-based analysis.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2008
|
1.19
|
|
47
|
Genotype-specific carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in Georgia counties with hyper- and hyposporadic rates of meningococcal disease.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2002
|
1.16
|
|
48
|
Geographic variation in invasive pneumococcal disease following pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in the United States.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2011
|
1.15
|
|
49
|
Risk factors for pediatric invasive group A streptococcal disease.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.15
|
|
50
|
Classical and latent class analysis evaluation of sputum polymerase chain reaction and urine antigen testing for diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in adults.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2003
|
1.13
|
|
51
|
Decline in Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Vaccine Serotypes After the Introduction of the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Children in Atlanta, Georgia.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2015
|
1.12
|
|
52
|
Association of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) USA300 genotype with mortality in MRSA bacteremia.
|
J Infect
|
2010
|
1.12
|
|
53
|
Complications and associated bacterial coinfections among children hospitalized with seasonal or pandemic influenza, United States, 2003-2010.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2013
|
1.11
|
|
54
|
Pneumococcal carriage and invasive disease in children before introduction of the 13-valent conjugate vaccine: comparison with the era before 7-valent conjugate vaccine.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2013
|
1.10
|
|
55
|
Genetic analysis of the capsule locus of Haemophilus influenzae serotype f.
|
Infect Immun
|
2003
|
1.07
|
|
56
|
Increase in rates of hospitalization due to laboratory-confirmed influenza among children and adults during the 2009-10 influenza pandemic.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2012
|
1.06
|
|
57
|
Complete sequence of the cap locus of Haemophilus influenzae serotype b and nonencapsulated b capsule-negative variants.
|
Infect Immun
|
2003
|
1.05
|
|
58
|
Effect of nucleic acid amplification testing on population-based incidence rates of Clostridium difficile infection.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2013
|
1.03
|
|
59
|
Reduced influenza antiviral treatment among children and adults hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza infection in the year after the 2009 pandemic.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2012
|
1.02
|
|
60
|
Clostridium difficile infection among children across diverse US geographic locations.
|
Pediatrics
|
2014
|
1.01
|
|
61
|
Population-based surveillance for Yersinia enterocolitica infections in FoodNet sites, 1996-1999: higher risk of disease in infants and minority populations.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2004
|
1.00
|
|
62
|
Seasonal and 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection during pregnancy: a population-based study of hospitalized cases.
|
Am J Obstet Gynecol
|
2011
|
0.99
|
|
63
|
A population-based investigation of invasive vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus infection in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, and predictors of mortality.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2007
|
0.99
|
|
64
|
Infection with community-onset Staphylococcus aureus and influenza virus in hospitalized children.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2009
|
0.97
|
|
65
|
Invasive pneumococcal pneumonia and respiratory virus co-infections.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2012
|
0.97
|
|
66
|
Geographic and temporal trends in antimicrobial nonsusceptibility in Streptococcus pneumoniae in the post-vaccine era in the United States.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2013
|
0.96
|
|
67
|
Use of surveillance data to estimate the effectiveness of the 7-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine in children less than 5 years of age over a 9 year period.
|
Vaccine
|
2012
|
0.92
|
|
68
|
The burden of influenza hospitalizations in infants from 2003 to 2012, United States.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2014
|
0.91
|
|
69
|
Effect of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic on invasive pneumococcal pneumonia.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2013
|
0.90
|
|
70
|
Recurrent invasive pneumococcal disease: a population-based assessment.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2003
|
0.89
|
|
71
|
Association between antimicrobial resistance among pneumococcal isolates and burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in the community.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2002
|
0.89
|
|
72
|
An assessment of the screening method to evaluate vaccine effectiveness: the case of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the United States.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
0.89
|
|
73
|
Association of IS1016 with the hia adhesin gene and biotypes V and I in invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae.
|
Infect Immun
|
2008
|
0.88
|
|
74
|
Lack of heteroresistance among Staphylococcus aureus isolates with vancomycin MICs of 2 micrograms per milliliter by automated testing.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2009
|
0.87
|
|
75
|
Evaluation of serum bactericidal antibody assays for Haemophilus influenzae serotype a.
|
Clin Vaccine Immunol
|
2010
|
0.85
|
|
76
|
Invasive Haemophilus influenzae in the United States, 1999-2008: epidemiology and outcomes.
|
J Infect
|
2012
|
0.84
|
|
77
|
Cultivation of an Adaptive Domestic Network for Surveillance and Evaluation of Emerging Infections.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2015
|
0.83
|
|
78
|
Socioeconomic and racial disparities of pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease after the introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2014
|
0.83
|
|
79
|
Higher pneumococcal disease vaccination rates needed to protect more at-risk US adults.
|
Postgrad Med
|
2009
|
0.82
|
|
80
|
Invasive infection with multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium definitive type 104 among HIV-infected adults.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2005
|
0.81
|
|
81
|
Twenty Years of Active Bacterial Core Surveillance.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2015
|
0.81
|
|
82
|
Improving Accuracy of Influenza-Associated Hospitalization Rate Estimates.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2015
|
0.79
|
|
83
|
Training in Infectious Disease Epidemiology through the Emerging Infections Program Sites.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2015
|
0.79
|
|
84
|
Haemophilus influenzae type b carriage among young children in metropolitan Atlanta in the context of vaccine shortage and booster dose deferral.
|
Clin Vaccine Immunol
|
2011
|
0.79
|
|
85
|
Child, household, and caregiver characteristics associated with hospitalization for influenza among children 6-59 months of age: an emerging infections program study.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2014
|
0.77
|
|
86
|
Effectiveness of nonadjuvanted monovalent influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccines for preventing reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction-confirmed pandemic influenza hospitalizations: case-control study of children and adults at 10 US influenza surveillance network sites.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2013
|
0.76
|