2016
Density, Serotype Diversity, and Fitness of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Upper Respiratory Tract Cocolonization With Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae
Lewnard JA, Huppert A, Givon-Lavi N, Pettigrew MM, Regev-Yochay G, Dagan R, Weinberger DM. Density, Serotype Diversity, and Fitness of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Upper Respiratory Tract Cocolonization With Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2016, 214: 1411-1420. PMID: 27540112, PMCID: PMC5079371, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNontypeable Haemophilus influenzaeNTHi colonizationPneumococcal serotypesChildren 2Haemophilus influenzaeStreptococcus pneumoniaeUpper respiratory tract carriageSerotype diversityComplex otitis mediaNasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriagePneumococcal conjugate vaccineImmune-evasive phenotypePneumococcal serotype diversityNTHi carriageConjugate vaccinePneumococcal carriageOtitis mediaStudy visitNeutrophil resistanceCapsular thicknessLogistic regressionDensity associationsCarriageSerotypesColonization density
2015
Epidemiological Markers for Interactions Among Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Staphylococcus aureus in Upper Respiratory Tract Carriage
Lewnard JA, Givon-Lavi N, Huppert A, Pettigrew MM, Regev-Yochay G, Dagan R, Weinberger DM. Epidemiological Markers for Interactions Among Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Staphylococcus aureus in Upper Respiratory Tract Carriage. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2015, 213: 1596-1605. PMID: 26704617, PMCID: PMC4837906, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv761.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCarrier StateChild, PreschoolFemaleHaemophilus InfectionsHaemophilus influenzaeHeptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate VaccineHumansInfantIsraelLongitudinal StudiesMalePneumococcal InfectionsRespiratory Tract InfectionsRisk FactorsStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusStreptococcus pneumoniaeVaccines, ConjugateConceptsPneumococcal serotype replacementH. influenzaeSerotype replacementS. pneumoniaeHaemophilus influenzaeStreptococcus pneumoniaePneumococcal conjugate vaccine trialUpper respiratory tract carriagePneumococcal vaccine introductionS. aureus carriageMonths of ageStaphylococcus aureusPCV7 recipientsAureus carriageVaccine introductionVaccine trialsCarriage patternsConfounding factorsClinical interventionsInfluenzaeEpidemiological markersBedouin childrenPneumoniaeCarriageS. aureus