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Cluster of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in Illinois in 2012.

Tsai, Victoria; Pritzker, Bernard B; Diaz, Maureen H; Winchell, Jonas M; Hicks, Lauri A; Petrone, Brianna; Benitez, Alvaro; Wolff, Bernard J; Soyemi, Kenneth L.

J Clin Microbiol ; 51(11): 3889-92, 2013 Nov.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23966493

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Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae is an increasing problem worldwide but is not well documented in the United States. We report a cluster of macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae cases among a mother and two daughters.

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Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Drug Resistance, Bacterial , Family Health , Macrolides/pharmacology , Mycoplasma Infections/epidemiology , Mycoplasma Infections/microbiology , Mycoplasma pneumoniae/isolation & purification , Adult , Child , Female , Genotype , Humans , Illinois/epidemiology , Molecular Typing , Mycoplasma pneumoniae/drug effects , Point Mutation , RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics

Letter to the Editor in Response to "COVID-19 and the Correctional Environment: The American Prison as a Focal Point for Public Health".

Unruh, Larissa H; Dharmapuri, Sadhana; Soyemi, Kenneth L.

Am J Prev Med ; 59(2): e89-e90, 2020 08.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32690204

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Communicable Disease Control/organization & administration , Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control , Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control , Pandemics/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control , Prisons/organization & administration , Public Health , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Testing , Clinical Laboratory Techniques/methods , Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Female , Humans , Male , Needs Assessment , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Prisoners/statistics & numerical data , United States

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