2023
The Impact of Rapid Drug Susceptibility Tests on Gonorrhea Burden and the Life Span of Antibiotic Treatments: A Modeling Study Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States
Yaesoubi R, Xi Q, Hsu K, Gift T, St. Cyr S, Rönn M, Salomon J, Grad Y. The Impact of Rapid Drug Susceptibility Tests on Gonorrhea Burden and the Life Span of Antibiotic Treatments: A Modeling Study Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2023, 193: 17-25. PMID: 37625444, PMCID: PMC10773484, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwad175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRapid drug susceptibility testDrug susceptibility testGonorrhea casesSusceptibility testsFirst-line treatmentBurden of gonorrheaGonococcal infectionGonorrhoea transmissionAntibiotic treatmentPatient outcomesIndividualized treatmentLife spanDrug susceptibilityCare testRapid pointEffective life spanAntibiotic resistanceAntibioticsTest specificityGonorrheaMenCiprofloxacinTreatmentCorrect ascertainmentLong-term impact
2019
Predicting the Impact of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccines on Antimicrobial Resistance
Kaufhold S, Yaesoubi R, Pitzer VE. Predicting the Impact of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccines on Antimicrobial Resistance. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2019, 68: s96-s104. PMID: 30845324, PMCID: PMC6405272, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy1108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic carriersAntimicrobial-resistant infectionsProportion of casesTyphoid-endemic settingsTyphoid infectionVaccination coverageResistant infectionsFuture vaccination campaignsOne-way sensitivity analysesTyphoid Conjugate VaccineTransmission dynamic modelSalmonella enterica serovar TyphiEmpiric prescribingConjugate vaccineEnterica serovar TyphiIntroduction of typhoidTreatment strategiesVaccination campaignTotal casesHealth outcomesNumber of casesRate of recoveryInfectionResistant strainsTotal number