Published in Vaccine on March 10, 2009
Influenza enhances susceptibility to natural acquisition of and disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae in ferrets. J Infect Dis (2010) 2.77
Burden of acute otitis media on Canadian families. Can Fam Physician (2011) 1.46
Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on otitis media: a systematic review. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.33
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines and otitis media: an appraisal of the clinical trials. Int J Otolaryngol (2012) 1.03
Efficacy and effectiveness of extended-valency pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Korean J Pediatr (2014) 0.84
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation of the 10-Valent Pneumococcal Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae Protein D Conjugate Vaccine and 13-Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine in Japanese Children. Infect Dis Ther (2014) 0.79
The influence of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal colonization on the clinical outcome of the respiratory tract infections in preschool children. BMC Infect Dis (2015) 0.78
Cost-effectiveness of new pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in Turkey: a decision analytical model. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 0.77
Etiology of Acute Otitis Media in Children Less Than 5 Years of Age: A Pooled Analysis of 10 Similarly Designed Observational Studies. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2016) 0.75
A few years later. Update of the cost-effectiveness of infant pneumococcal vaccination in Dutch children. Hum Vaccin Immunother (2014) 0.75
Transactional sex is the driving force in the dynamics of HIV in Accra, Ghana. AIDS (2004) 3.87
Impact of emergency colectomy on survival of patients with fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis during an epidemic caused by a hypervirulent strain. Ann Surg (2007) 3.08
Changes in frequency and pathogens causing acute otitis media in 1995-2003. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2004) 3.03
New patterns in the otopathogens causing acute otitis media six to eight years after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2010) 2.53
Increasing risk of infectious complications after transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsies: time to reassess antimicrobial prophylaxis? Eur Urol (2012) 2.37
Prospective identification and treatment of children with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with group A streptococcal infection (PANDAS). Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2002) 1.90
Impact of a reduction in the use of high-risk antibiotics on the course of an epidemic of Clostridium difficile-associated disease caused by the hypervirulent NAP1/027 strain. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 1.87
Zanamivir prophylaxis: an effective strategy for the prevention of influenza types A and B within households. J Infect Dis (2002) 1.87
Meta-analysis of cephalosporin versus penicillin treatment of group A streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis in children. Pediatrics (2004) 1.82
Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals: a brewing storm. CMAJ (2004) 1.74
Does group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection increase risk for behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms in children? Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2004) 1.71
Clostridium difficile infections in a Canadian tertiary care hospital before and during a regional epidemic associated with the BI/NAP1/027 strain. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2008) 1.71
Meta-analysis of cephalosporins versus penicillin for treatment of group A streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis in adults. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 1.54
Nasopharyngeal bacterial interactions in children. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 1.50
Risk of Clostridium difficile infection after perioperative antibacterial prophylaxis before and during an outbreak of infection due to a hypervirulent strain. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.38
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
Reduced memory CD4+ T-cell generation in the circulation of young children may contribute to the otitis-prone condition. J Infect Dis (2011) 1.30
Real-time PCR quantification of genital shedding of herpes simplex virus (HSV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in women coinfected with HSV and HIV. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.26
Simultaneous assay for four bacterial species including Alloiococcus otitidis using multiplex-PCR in children with culture negative acute otitis media. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2010) 1.19
Breast-feeding is associated with a reduced frequency of acute otitis media and high serum antibody levels against NTHi and outer membrane protein vaccine antigen candidate P6. Pediatr Res (2009) 1.17
Impact of acyclovir on genital and plasma HIV-1 RNA, genital herpes simplex virus type 2 DNA, and ulcer healing among HIV-1-infected African women with herpes ulcers: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. J Infect Dis (2009) 1.14
Vaccine candidates PhtD and PhtE of Streptococcus pneumoniae are adhesins that elicit functional antibodies in humans. Vaccine (2012) 1.14
Impact of guideline-consistent therapy on outcome of patients with healthcare-associated and community-acquired pneumonia. J Antimicrob Chemother (2011) 1.13
Reduced serum IgG responses to pneumococcal antigens in otitis-prone children may be due to poor memory B-cell generation. J Infect Dis (2012) 1.11
N-fragment of edema factor as a candidate antigen for immunization against anthrax. Vaccine (2005) 1.09
Otoscopic signs of otitis media. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2011) 1.05
Phylogenetic relatedness and diversity of non-typable Haemophilus influenzae in the nasopharynx and middle ear fluid of children with acute otitis media. J Med Microbiol (2011) 1.05
Protective immunity against botulism provided by a single dose vaccination with an adenovirus-vectored vaccine. Vaccine (2007) 1.04
Metaanalysis of short course antibiotic treatment for group a streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2005) 1.01
Predominance of hepatitis C virus genotype 4 infection and rapid transmission between 1935 and 1965 in the Central African Republic. J Gen Virol (2009) 1.00
Prediction of complicated Clostridium difficile infection by pleural effusion and increased wall thickness on computed tomography. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 0.98
High incidence of invasive aspergillosis associated with intestinal graft-versus-host disease following nonmyeloablative transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant (2007) 0.98
Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in culture-negative middle ear fluids from children with acute otitis media by combination of multiplex PCR and multi-locus sequencing typing. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol (2010) 0.97
A tale of two countries: HIV among core groups in Togo. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2009) 0.97
Comparison of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid high dose with cefdinir in the treatment of acute otitis media. Drugs (2012) 0.96
Novel type of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing multidrug-resistant acute otitis media in children. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 0.96
Quality of the Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) antibody response induced by diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis/Hib combination vaccines. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2007) 0.96
Acellular pertussis vaccine safety and efficacy in children, adolescents and adults. Drugs (2005) 0.95
Dynamics of antibiotic prescribing for children. JAMA (2002) 0.94
When co-colonizing the nasopharynx haemophilus influenzae predominates over Streptococcus pneumoniae except serotype 19A strains to cause acute otitis media. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2012) 0.94
Mucosal vaccination with a multicomponent adenovirus-vectored vaccine protects against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in the lung. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol (2009) 0.93
Bactericidal antibody response against P6, protein D, and OMP26 of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae after acute otitis media in otitis-prone children. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol (2012) 0.93
Combination of eflornithine and melarsoprol for melarsoprol-resistant Gambian trypanosomiasis. Trop Med Int Health (2002) 0.93
Relative efficacy of different immunization schedules for the prevention of serogroup C meningococcal disease: a model-based evaluation. Vaccine (2006) 0.93
Nontypeable Streptococcus pneumoniae as an otopathogen. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2011) 0.93
Higher serum levels of interleukin 10 occur at onset of acute otitis media caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae compared to Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis. Laryngoscope (2013) 0.92
PcpA of Streptococcus pneumoniae mediates adherence to nasopharyngeal and lung epithelial cells and elicits functional antibodies in humans. Microbes Infect (2012) 0.91
Fluoroquinolones and risk for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 0.91
Cellular immune response in young children accounts for recurrent acute otitis media. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep (2013) 0.90
Characterization of full-length hepatitis C virus sequences for subtypes 1e, 1h and 1l, and a novel variant revealed Cameroon as an area in origin for genotype 1. J Gen Virol (2013) 0.90
The evidence base for cephalosporin superiority over penicillin in streptococcal pharyngitis. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2007) 0.90
Impact of respiratory viral infections on α-hemolytic streptococci and otopathogens in the nasopharynx of young children. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2013) 0.90
High seroprevalence of enterovirus infections in apes and old world monkeys. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 0.90
Detection and characterization of pediatric serum antibody to the OMP P5-homologous adhesin of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae during acute otitis media. Vaccine (2002) 0.89
CD4+ T-cell responses among adults and young children in response to Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae vaccine candidate protein antigens. Vaccine (2013) 0.88
Cost-effectiveness of a 3-dose pneumococcal conjugate vaccine program in the province of Quebec, Canada. Vaccine (2009) 0.88
Human parvovirus 4 infection, Cameroon. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 0.87
Streptococcus pneumoniae clonal complex 199: genetic diversity and tissue-specific virulence. PLoS One (2011) 0.87
The price of development: HIV infection in a semiurban community of Ghana. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2002) 0.87
Antibody in middle ear fluid of children originates predominantly from sera and nasopharyngeal secretions. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2012) 0.86
Protection against anthrax by needle-free mucosal immunization with human anthrax vaccine. Vaccine (2007) 0.86
Efficacy and safety of besifloxacin ophthalmic suspension 0.6% in children and adolescents with bacterial conjunctivitis: a post hoc, subgroup analysis of three randomized, double-masked, parallel-group, multicenter clinical trials. Paediatr Drugs (2010) 0.86
Higher dosages of azithromycin are more effective in treatment of group A streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 0.86
A comparison of 2 white blood cell count devices to aid judicious antibiotic prescribing. Clin Pediatr (Phila) (2008) 0.86
Effect of intermittent interleukin-2 therapy on CD4+ T-cell counts following antiretroviral cessation in patients with HIV. AIDS (2012) 0.86
Clinical significance of serum S100A12 in acute otitis media in young children. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2012) 0.85
Relationship with original pathogen in recurrence of acute otitis media after completion of amoxicillin/clavulanate: bacterial relapse or new pathogen. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2013) 0.85
Economic analysis of the 1992-1993 mass immunization campaign against serogroup C meningococcal disease in Quebec. Vaccine (2002) 0.85
Seven-year follow-up of vaccine response in extremely premature infants. Pediatrics (2002) 0.85
White blood cell count can aid judicious antibiotic prescribing in acute upper respiratory infections in children. Clin Pediatr (Phila) (2003) 0.84
Clinical utility and prognostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage galactomannan in patients with hematologic malignancies. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2010) 0.84
Optimizing antibacterial therapy for community-acquired respiratory tract infections in children in an era of bacterial resistance. Clin Pediatr (Phila) (2004) 0.83
Immunogenicity and safety of human papillomavirus-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine coadministered with tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine and/or meningococcal conjugate vaccine to healthy girls 11 to 18 years of age: results from a randomized open trial. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2011) 0.82
Periodical antibiotic treatment for the control of gonococcal and chlamydial infections among sex workers in Benin and Ghana: a cluster-randomized placebo-controlled trial. Sex Transm Dis (2012) 0.82
Blood soluble human leukocyte antigen G levels are associated with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in Beninese commercial sex workers. Hum Immunol (2009) 0.82
Emerging Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains Colonizing the Nasopharynx in Children After 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination in Comparison to the 7-valent Era, 2006-2015. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2016) 0.82
The impact of syphilis, HIV-1, and HIV-2 on pregnancy outcome in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Sex Transm Dis (2002) 0.81
Dual orientation of the outer membrane lipoprotein P6 of nontypeable haemophilus influenzae. J Bacteriol (2013) 0.81
Vaccine candidate P6 of nontypable Haemophilus influenzae is not a transmembrane protein based on protein structural analysis. Vaccine (2011) 0.80
Lower nasopharyngeal epithelial cell repair and diminished innate inflammation responses contribute to the onset of acute otitis media in otitis-prone children. Med Microbiol Immunol (2013) 0.80
The origins of AIDS: from patient zero to ground zero. J Epidemiol Community Health (2013) 0.80
The Indian Ocean paradox revisited: HIV and sexually transmitted infections in the Comoros. Int J STD AIDS (2007) 0.80
Group A streptococcal vaccines. JAMA (2004) 0.79
The host immune dynamics of pneumococcal colonization: implications for novel vaccine development. Hum Vaccin Immunother (2014) 0.79
A new complementing cell line for replication-incompetent E1-deleted adenovirus propagation. Cytotechnology (2006) 0.79
A single-centre 10-year experience with Candida bloodstream infections. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol (2009) 0.79
Otitis-prone Children Have Immunologic Deficiencies in Naturally Acquired Nasopharyngeal Mucosal Antibody Response after Streptococcus pneumoniae Colonization. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2016) 0.78
Transcriptome signature in young children with acute otitis media due to non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae. Int Immunol (2013) 0.78
A simple scoring system to improve clinical assessment of acute otitis media. Clin Pediatr (Phila) (2011) 0.78
Symptomatic relapse of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis in children. Clin Pediatr (Phila) (2007) 0.78
Interchangeability of 2 diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccines in infancy. Pediatrics (2002) 0.78
Clostridium difficile infection in the intensive care unit. J Intensive Care Med (2009) 0.78
Osteopathic manipulation to prevent otitis media--does it work? Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2003) 0.77
Synchrony in serum antibody response to conserved proteins of Streptococcus pneumoniae in young children. Hum Vaccin Immunother (2015) 0.77
A randomized comparative study of levofloxacin versus amoxicillin/clavulanate for treatment of infants and young children with recurrent or persistent acute otitis media. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2008) 0.77
Adherence of Streptococcus pyogenes to human epithelial cells is modulated by Haemophilus influenzae. Scand J Infect Dis (2009) 0.76
Lack of consistent relationship between quantity of aluminum in diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccines and rates of extensive swelling reactions. Vaccine (2002) 0.76
Corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy in severe blastomycosis-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome in an immunosuppressed patient. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 0.76