2020
Urinary Tract Infections With Extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Bacteria: Case-control Study.
Amin O, Prestel C, Gonzalez MD, Lyon T, Shane A, Jaggi P, Tippett A, Yildirim I. Urinary Tract Infections With Extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Bacteria: Case-control Study. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2020, 39: 211-216. PMID: 32032306, DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002531.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary tract infectionESBL-producing bacteriaCase-control studyRisk factorsTract infectionsPrior intensive care unit admissionIntensive care unit admissionPediatric urinary tract infectionCause of UTIClinical signs/symptomsCare unit admissionIndependent risk factorYear of diagnosisΒ-lactamase-producing bacteriaSigns/symptomsCommon bacterial infectionsSpectrum β-lactamasesRational antimicrobial useESBL casesESBL-UTIUnit admissionUnderlying comorbiditiesPrior hospitalizationEmpirical therapyPediatric patients
2015
Vaccination, Underlying Comorbidities, and Risk of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
Yildirim I, Shea KM, Little BA, Silverio AL, Pelton SI. Vaccination, Underlying Comorbidities, and Risk of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease. Pediatrics 2015, 135: 495-503. PMID: 25647674, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-2426.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBacterial CapsulesChildChild, PreschoolComorbidityFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIncidenceInfantMaleMassachusettsPneumococcal InfectionsPneumococcal VaccinesPopulation SurveillancePrognosisRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsStreptococcus pneumoniaeVaccinationVaccines, ConjugateConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseasePneumococcal diseaseUnderlying conditionOutcomes of IPDPrevention of IPDChildhood invasive pneumococcal diseasePneumococcal vaccination statusPolysaccharide pneumococcal vaccineYear of diagnosisPrimary care providersCase fatality rateChronic respiratory diseasesImmunocompromising conditionsIPD diagnosisUnderlying comorbiditiesImmunization PracticesIPD casesPneumococcal vaccineVaccination statusConjugate vaccineMassachusetts childrenClinical presentationSerotype distributionHigher hospitalizationClinical data