2020
The burden of respiratory syncytial virus infections among children with sickle cell disease
Rostad CA, Maillis AN, Lai K, Bakshi N, Jerris RC, Lane PA, Yee ME, Yildirim I. The burden of respiratory syncytial virus infections among children with sickle cell disease. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2020, 68: e28759. PMID: 33034160, PMCID: PMC8246443, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28759.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory syncytial virusSickle cell diseaseRespiratory viral panelRSV-positive casesRSV infectionAnnual incidenceHospitalization ratesCell diseaseBurden of RSVPediatric lower respiratory tract infectionsLaboratory-confirmed RSV infectionRespiratory syncytial virus infectionRSV-related hospitalization rateLower respiratory tract infectionsRSV positive testRSV-negative childrenRSV-negative patientsAcute chest syndromeSyncytial virus infectionRespiratory tract infectionsAverage annual incidenceMultivariate logistic regressionConfidence intervalsCase-control studyOutcome of childrenMicrobiology and radiographic features of osteomyelitis in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease
Kao CM, Yee ME, Maillis A, Lai K, Bakshi N, Rostad BS, Jerris RC, Lane PA, Yildirim I. Microbiology and radiographic features of osteomyelitis in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2020, 67: e28517. PMID: 32710705, PMCID: PMC8369475, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSickle cell diseaseMethicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureusMagnetic resonance imagingAntibiotic treatmentOperative culturesCell diseaseLarge tertiary pediatric centerPrescribed antibiotic treatmentTertiary pediatric centerCulture-positive casesKey presenting symptomsChildren ages 6Bone painMicrobiologic etiologyPresenting symptomPediatric centersBone infarctsMedical chartsMicrobiologic findingsRadiographic featuresImaging featuresOsteomyelitisProbable osteomyelitisDiagnostic codingTissue debridement
2019
Incidence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae infections in children with sickle cell disease
Yee ME, Bakshi N, Graciaa SH, Lane PA, Jerris RC, Wang YF, Yildirim I. Incidence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae infections in children with sickle cell disease. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2019, 66: e27642. PMID: 30724001, PMCID: PMC6472970, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.27642.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSickle cell diseaseComprehensive clinical databaseInfluenzae infectionAntibiotic prophylaxisInfluenzae diseaseInvasive infectionsCell diseaseInvasive Haemophilus influenzae infectionsPediatric tertiary care centerHaemophilus influenzae type bLarge pediatric tertiary care centerUniversal antibiotic prophylaxisSterile body fluid culturesTertiary care centerHaemophilus influenzae infectionsBody fluid culturesInfluenzae type bYears of ageDistribution of serotypesNonvaccine serotypesClinical featuresOverall incidenceCare centerFluid cultureIncidence rate
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