Published in Pediatrics on September 01, 2005
Continued impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on carriage in young children. Pediatrics (2009) 3.32
Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A in children, South Korea. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 2.74
Pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide structure predicts serotype prevalence. PLoS Pathog (2009) 2.69
Changing trends in antimicrobial resistance and serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Asian countries: an Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens (ANSORP) study. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 2.65
Population genomics of post-vaccine changes in pneumococcal epidemiology. Nat Genet (2013) 2.63
Serotype-specific changes in invasive pneumococcal disease after pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction: a pooled analysis of multiple surveillance sites. PLoS Med (2013) 2.54
Association of serotype with risk of death due to pneumococcal pneumonia: a meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 2.50
Increase in the prevalence of the newly discovered pneumococcal serotype 6C in the nasopharynx after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. J Infect Dis (2009) 2.36
T(H)17-based vaccine design for prevention of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization. Cell Host Microbe (2011) 2.30
Biochemical, genetic, and serological characterization of two capsule subtypes among Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 20 strains: discovery of a new pneumococcal serotype. J Biol Chem (2012) 1.90
The blp bacteriocins of Streptococcus pneumoniae mediate intraspecies competition both in vitro and in vivo. Infect Immun (2006) 1.75
Evidence that pneumococcal serotype replacement in Massachusetts following conjugate vaccination is now complete. Epidemics (2010) 1.72
The evolutionary consequences of blood-stage vaccination on the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi. PLoS Biol (2012) 1.61
Comprehensive identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with beta-lactam resistance within pneumococcal mosaic genes. PLoS Genet (2014) 1.56
Impact of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccination program on carriage among children in Norway. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2010) 1.54
Association of the pneumococcal pilus with certain capsular serotypes but not with increased virulence. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.51
Detection of 11 common viral and bacterial pathogens causing community-acquired pneumonia or sepsis in asymptomatic patients by using a multiplex reverse transcription-PCR assay with manual (enzyme hybridization) or automated (electronic microarray) detection. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.51
Dynamic models of pneumococcal carriage and the impact of the Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease. BMC Infect Dis (2010) 1.41
Pneumococcal carriage and antibiotic resistance in young children before 13-valent conjugate vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2012) 1.41
Between-strain competition in acquisition and clearance of pneumococcal carriage--epidemiologic evidence from a longitudinal study of day-care children. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 1.38
Serotype specific invasive capacity and persistent reduction in invasive pneumococcal disease. Vaccine (2010) 1.37
Pre-vaccination nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage in a Nigerian population: epidemiology and population biology. PLoS One (2012) 1.37
Serum antibody response to five Streptococcus pneumoniae proteins during acute otitis media in otitis-prone and non-otitis-prone children. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2011) 1.34
Pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in the United States in the era of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Clin Microbiol Rev (2012) 1.31
What is the mechanism for persistent coexistence of drug-susceptible and drug-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae? J R Soc Interface (2009) 1.30
From Quellung to multiplex PCR, and back when needed, in pneumococcal serotyping. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 1.30
Carried pneumococci in Massachusetts children: the contribution of clonal expansion and serotype switching. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2011) 1.28
Impact of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination on Streptococcus pneumoniae Carriage in Young Children in Massachusetts. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc (2013) 1.27
Meningococcal factor H binding proteins in epidemic strains from Africa: implications for vaccine development. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 1.27
Clonal replacement among 19A Streptococcus pneumoniae in Massachusetts, prior to 13 valent conjugate vaccination. Vaccine (2011) 1.22
Vaccine-induced pathogen strain replacement: what are the mechanisms? J R Soc Interface (2008) 1.18
Nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage of children attending day care centers in Korea: comparison between children immunized with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and non-immunized. J Korean Med Sci (2011) 1.13
Re-emergence of the type 1 pilus among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Massachusetts, USA. Vaccine (2010) 1.12
Epidemiology and risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus colonization in children in the post-PCV7 era. BMC Infect Dis (2009) 1.11
Vaccine-type human papillomavirus and evidence of herd protection after vaccine introduction. Pediatrics (2012) 1.10
Prediction of serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease in unvaccinated and vaccinated populations. Epidemiology (2011) 1.09
Effect of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae--Alaska, 2008-2012. J Infect Dis (2013) 1.07
Sequential multiplex PCR assay for determining capsular serotypes of colonizing S. pneumoniae. BMC Infect Dis (2011) 1.06
Immunization of mice with single PspA fragments induces antibodies capable of mediating complement deposition on different pneumococcal strains and cross-protection. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2010) 1.06
PspK of Streptococcus pneumoniae increases adherence to epithelial cells and enhances nasopharyngeal colonization. Infect Immun (2012) 1.06
Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage following reduced doses of a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and a 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine booster. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2010) 1.04
Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other respiratory bacterial pathogens in low and lower-middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One (2014) 1.04
Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains colonizing children attending day-care centers in Norway. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.03
Complete genome sequence of a serotype 11A, ST62 Streptococcus pneumoniae invasive isolate. BMC Microbiol (2011) 1.03
Phenotypic and genotypic characteristic of invasive pneumococcal isolates from both children and adult patients from a multicenter surveillance in China 2005-2011. PLoS One (2013) 1.02
Serotype competence and penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 0.99
Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae in an urban slum community. J Infect (2008) 0.98
Clonal evolution leading to maintenance of antibiotic resistance rates among colonizing Pneumococci in the PCV7 era in Portugal. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 0.98
Temporal trends of antimicrobial resistance and clonality of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Finland, 2002 to 2006. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 0.97
Surface charge of Streptococcus pneumoniae predicts serotype distribution. Infect Immun (2013) 0.96
Antibiotic-resistant invasive pneumococcal clones in Italy. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 0.96
Upgrading antibiotic use within a class: tradeoff between resistance and treatment success. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 0.96
Impact of capsular switch on invasive pneumococcal disease incidence in a vaccinated population. PLoS One (2008) 0.95
Detection and serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae from nasopharyngeal samples by PCR-based multiplex assay. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 0.94
Carriage burden, multiple colonization and antibiotic pressure promote emergence of resistant vaccine escape pneumococci. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2015) 0.93
Indirect effect of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal carriage in newborns in rural Gambia: a randomised controlled trial. PLoS One (2012) 0.91
Outbreaks of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage in day care cohorts in Finland - implications for elimination of transmission. BMC Infect Dis (2009) 0.91
Pneumococcal serotypes causing pediatric meningitis in Turkey: application of a new technology in the investigation of cases negative by conventional culture. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2010) 0.90
Protein carriers of conjugate vaccines: characteristics, development, and clinical trials. Hum Vaccin Immunother (2013) 0.89
Allergic airway inflammation and susceptibility to pneumococcal pneumonia in a murine model with real-time in vivo evaluation. Clin Exp Immunol (2009) 0.89
Genetic diversity of PspA types among nasopharyngeal isolates collected during an ongoing surveillance study of children in Brazil. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 0.89
Pathogen diversity and hidden regimes of apparent competition. Am Nat (2012) 0.89
Comparison of the serological responses to Moraxella catarrhalis immunoglobulin D-binding outer membrane protein and the ubiquitous surface proteins A1 and A2. Infect Immun (2006) 0.87
Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae Cause Acute Otitis Media in the Chinchilla That Is Enhanced by Pneumococcal Surface Protein K. Open Forum Infect Dis (2014) 0.87
Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage in the Gaza strip. PLoS One (2012) 0.87
Streptococcus pneumoniae clonal complex 199: genetic diversity and tissue-specific virulence. PLoS One (2011) 0.87
Spectrum of pneumococcal serotype 11A variants results from incomplete loss of capsule O-acetylation. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 0.86
Decline in pneumococcal meningitis after the introduction of the heptavalent-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in northern France. Arch Dis Child (2007) 0.85
Issues and challenges in the development of pneumococcal protein vaccines. Expert Rev Vaccines (2012) 0.85
Serogroup distribution and antimicrobial resistance of nasopharyngeal isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae among Beijing children with upper respiratory infections (2000-2005). Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2008) 0.85
Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b carriage in Chinese children aged 12-18 months in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infect Dis (2016) 0.84
Initial effects of the National PCV7 Childhood Immunization Program on adult invasive pneumococcal disease in Israel. PLoS One (2014) 0.82
A comparison of conventional and molecular microbiology in detecting differences in pneumococcal colonization in healthy children and children with upper respiratory illness. Eur J Pediatr (2010) 0.81
Influence of asthma epidemiology on the risk for other diseases. Allergy Asthma Immunol Res (2012) 0.81
Do community-level predictors of pneumococcal carriage continue to play a role in the conjugate vaccine era? Epidemiol Infect (2013) 0.80
Stability of the pneumococcal population structure in Massachusetts as PCV13 was introduced. BMC Infect Dis (2015) 0.79
Population genomic datasets describing the post-vaccine evolutionary epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Sci Data (2015) 0.79
Risk of invasive pneumococcal disease varies by neighbourhood characteristics: implications for prevention policies. Epidemiol Infect (2012) 0.78
Serological criteria and carriage measurement for evaluation of new pneumococcal vaccines. Hum Vaccin Immunother (2015) 0.78
MicroRNA-155 is required for clearance of Streptococcus pneumoniae from the nasopharynx. Infect Immun (2014) 0.78
Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C: an intra- and interclonal complex comparison. J Bacteriol (2011) 0.77
Interaction of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and the use of individual antibiotics among children on nasopharyngeal colonization with erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2009) 0.76
Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae as a cause of chronic adenoiditis. IDCases (2016) 0.76
Mapping of epitopes recognized by antibodies induced by immunization of mice with PspA and PspC. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2014) 0.76
L-rhamnose is often an important part of immunodominant epitope for pneumococcal serotype 23F polysaccharide antibodies in human sera immunized with PPV23. PLoS One (2013) 0.75
A current and historical perspective on disparities in US childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccine adherence and in rates of invasive pneumococcal disease: Considerations for the routinely-recommended, pediatric PCV dosing schedule in the United States. Hum Vaccin Immunother (2015) 0.75
Nasopharyngeal Bacterial Carriage in the Conjugate Vaccine Era with a Focus on Pneumococci. J Immunol Res (2015) 0.75
Changes in the Serotype Distribution among Antibiotic Resistant Carriage Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates in Children after the Introduction of the Extended-Valency Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine. J Korean Med Sci (2017) 0.75
Strain Level Streptococcus Colonization Patterns during the First Year of Life. Front Microbiol (2017) 0.75
Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection. N Engl J Med (2013) 13.05
The prevalence and geographic distribution of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in the United States. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (2007) 6.19
Incidence of hospitalized rhabdomyolysis in patients treated with lipid-lowering drugs. JAMA (2004) 5.25
Prescription drug use in pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2004) 4.92
Maternal age and other predictors of newborn blood pressure. J Pediatr (2004) 4.78
Effect of nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med (2012) 4.19
Design of a national distributed health data network. Ann Intern Med (2009) 4.09
Emergence of 19A as virulent and multidrug resistant Pneumococcus in Massachusetts following universal immunization of infants with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2007) 3.99
Maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy and risk of recurrent wheeze in children at 3 y of age. Am J Clin Nutr (2007) 3.89
Direct health care costs of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in US children and adults. Gastroenterology (2008) 3.79
Use of automated ambulatory-care encounter records for detection of acute illness clusters, including potential bioterrorism events. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 3.79
A generalized linear mixed models approach for detecting incident clusters of disease in small areas, with an application to biological terrorism. Am J Epidemiol (2004) 3.71
Continued impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on carriage in young children. Pediatrics (2009) 3.32
Distributed health data networks: a practical and preferred approach to multi-institutional evaluations of comparative effectiveness, safety, and quality of care. Med Care (2010) 3.29
Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection after previous infection or colonization. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 3.24
Timing of solid food introduction and risk of obesity in preschool-aged children. Pediatrics (2011) 2.99
Predictors of change in physical activity during and after pregnancy: Project Viva. Am J Prev Med (2007) 2.98
Breast-feeding and risk for childhood obesity: does maternal diabetes or obesity status matter? Diabetes Care (2006) 2.93
Developing the Sentinel System--a national resource for evidence development. N Engl J Med (2011) 2.93
Maternal gestational weight gain and offspring weight in adolescence. Obstet Gynecol (2008) 2.90
Racial/ethnic differences in early-life risk factors for childhood obesity. Pediatrics (2010) 2.73
Differential effects of pneumococcal vaccines against serotypes 6A and 6C. J Infect Dis (2008) 2.70
Population genomics of post-vaccine changes in pneumococcal epidemiology. Nat Genet (2013) 2.63
Short sleep duration in infancy and risk of childhood overweight. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2008) 2.61
Use of antidepressant medications during pregnancy: a multisite study. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2007) 2.61
Decreasing prevalence of obesity among young children in Massachusetts from 2004 to 2008. Pediatrics (2012) 2.58
Impact of routine intensive care unit surveillance cultures and resultant barrier precautions on hospital-wide methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis (2006) 2.57
Racial/ethnic variation in asthma status and management practices among children in managed medicaid. Pediatrics (2002) 2.54
Intrauterine exposure to gestational diabetes, child adiposity, and blood pressure. Am J Hypertens (2008) 2.50
Adverse events in the neonatal intensive care unit: development, testing, and findings of an NICU-focused trigger tool to identify harm in North American NICUs. Pediatrics (2006) 2.46
Health and economic impact of surgical site infections diagnosed after hospital discharge. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 2.45
Automated identification of acute hepatitis B using electronic medical record data to facilitate public health surveillance. PLoS One (2008) 2.45
Electronic Support for Public Health: validated case finding and reporting for notifiable diseases using electronic medical data. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2008) 2.44
Intussusception risk after rotavirus vaccination in U.S. infants. N Engl J Med (2014) 2.41
Increase in the prevalence of the newly discovered pneumococcal serotype 6C in the nasopharynx after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. J Infect Dis (2009) 2.36
Effect of increased cost-sharing on oral hypoglycemic use in five managed care organizations: how much is too much? Med Care (2005) 2.33
Is size the next big thing in epidemiology? Epidemiology (2013) 2.31
Trends in overweight from 1980 through 2001 among preschool-aged children enrolled in a health maintenance organization. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2006) 2.31
Weight status in the first 6 months of life and obesity at 3 years of age. Pediatrics (2009) 2.30
Voluntary anonymous reporting of medical errors for neonatal intensive care. Pediatrics (2004) 2.28
Multivariate scan statistics for disease surveillance. Stat Med (2007) 2.27
HIV-1 viral escape in infancy followed by emergence of a variant-specific CTL response. J Immunol (2005) 2.24
Low frequency of treatment of osteoporosis among postmenopausal women following a fracture. Arch Intern Med (2003) 2.19
Risk of acquiring antibiotic-resistant bacteria from prior room occupants. Arch Intern Med (2006) 2.17
Objective surveillance definitions for ventilator-associated pneumonia. Crit Care Med (2012) 2.17
Effect of a pediatric hospitalist system on housestaff education and experience. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2002) 2.15
Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae as a pathogen in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2009) 2.12
Randomized controlled trial to improve primary care to prevent and manage childhood obesity: the High Five for Kids study. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2011) 2.12
Crossing growth percentiles in infancy and risk of obesity in childhood. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2011) 2.11
Association of consumption of fried food away from home with body mass index and diet quality in older children and adolescents. Pediatrics (2005) 2.09
Risks of congenital malformations and perinatal events among infants exposed to antidepressant medications during pregnancy. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2007) 2.09
Incidence of outpatient visits and hospitalizations related to influenza in infants and young children. Pediatrics (2004) 2.08
Healthcare utilization and cost of pneumococcal disease in the United States. Vaccine (2011) 2.03
Estimation of the period prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease among nine health plans using computerized diagnoses and outpatient pharmacy dispensings. Inflamm Bowel Dis (2007) 2.03
Calibration of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire in early pregnancy. Ann Epidemiol (2004) 2.01
Preparing medical students for the continual improvement of health and health care: Abraham Flexner and the new "public interest". Acad Med (2010) 2.00
Central line bundle implementation in US intensive care units and impact on bloodstream infections. PLoS One (2011) 1.99
Diversity and antibiotic resistance among nonvaccine serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage isolates in the post-heptavalent conjugate vaccine era. J Infect Dis (2006) 1.99
Associations of physical activity and inactivity before and during pregnancy with glucose tolerance. Obstet Gynecol (2006) 1.98
Immunogenicity, immunologic memory, and safety following measles revaccination in HIV-infected children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy. J Infect Dis (2012) 1.98
Improving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance and reporting in intensive care units. J Infect Dis (2006) 1.97
Developmental origins of childhood overweight: potential public health impact. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2008) 1.96
Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2012) 1.93
Infant feeding and childhood cognition at ages 3 and 7 years: Effects of breastfeeding duration and exclusivity. JAMA Pediatr (2013) 1.92
Modeling community- and individual-level effects of child-care center attendance on pneumococcal carriage. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 1.91
The impact of prescribing safety alerts for elderly persons in an electronic medical record: an interrupted time series evaluation. Arch Intern Med (2006) 1.91
Antibiotic treatment of children with sore throat. JAMA (2005) 1.90
Family dinner and adolescent overweight. Obes Res (2005) 1.87
Comparing drug effectiveness at health plans: the ethics of cluster randomized trials. Hastings Cent Rep (2008) 1.86
FDA drug prescribing warnings: is the black box half empty or half full? Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2006) 1.83
Rapid and reproducible surveillance for ventilator-associated pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.81
Correlates of participation in a pediatric primary care-based obesity prevention intervention. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2010) 1.81
Medical education for a healthier population: reflections on the Flexner Report from a public health perspective. Acad Med (2010) 1.80
Impact of an environmental cleaning intervention on the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci on surfaces in intensive care unit rooms. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 1.78
The effect of hospital volume of pediatric appendectomies on the misdiagnosis of appendicitis in children. Pediatrics (2004) 1.76
Host-derived sialic acid is incorporated into Haemophilus influenzae lipopolysaccharide and is a major virulence factor in experimental otitis media. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2003) 1.75
Reporting surgical site infections following total hip and knee arthroplasty: impact of limiting surveillance to the operative hospital. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 1.75
Use of prescription medications with a potential for fetal harm among pregnant women. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2006) 1.73
Effects of race, insurance status, and hospital volume on perforated appendicitis in children. Pediatrics (2005) 1.73
Relationship of pulmonary artery catheter use to mortality and resource utilization in patients with severe sepsis. Crit Care Med (2003) 1.72
Perinatal predictors of atopic dermatitis occurring in the first six months of life. Pediatrics (2004) 1.72
Evidence that pneumococcal serotype replacement in Massachusetts following conjugate vaccination is now complete. Epidemics (2010) 1.72
Reduction in antibiotic use among US children, 1996-2000. Pediatrics (2003) 1.71
Cord blood leptin and adiponectin as predictors of adiposity in children at 3 years of age: a prospective cohort study. Pediatrics (2009) 1.70
Multicenter evaluation of a novel surveillance paradigm for complications of mechanical ventilation. PLoS One (2011) 1.70
Otitis media and its consequences: beyond the earache. Lancet Infect Dis (2010) 1.68
Changing serotypes causing childhood invasive pneumococcal disease: Massachusetts, 2001-2007. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2010) 1.67
Reducing warfarin medication interactions: an interrupted time series evaluation. Arch Intern Med (2006) 1.67
Real-time vaccine safety surveillance for the early detection of adverse events. Med Care (2007) 1.66