Failure To Control an Outbreak of Multidrug‐Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in a Long‐Term‐Care Facility: Emergence and Ongoing Transmission of a Fluoroquinolone‐Resistant Strain

Authors: MDRSP Working Group, Carter, Rosalind J., Sorenson, Genevieve, Heffernan, Richard, Kiehlbauch, Julia A., Kornblum, John S., Leggiadro, Robert J., Nixon, Lucia J., Wertheim, William A., Whitney, Cynthia G., Layton, Marcelle

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2005 Mar . 26(3), 248-255.

Relation: Drs. Carter and Layton and Mr. Heffernan are from the Bureau of Communicable Disease and Dr. Kornblum is from the Public Health Laboratory, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York. Ms. Sorenson and Dr. Nixon are from St. Elizabeth Ann’s Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Staten Island, New York. Dr. Kiehlbauch is from the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York. Dr. Leggiadro is from St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Staten Island, New York. Dr. Wertheim is from the State University of New York at Stonybrook, Stonybrook, New York. Dr. Carter is also from the Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Applied Public Health Training, State Branch, Epidemiology Program Office, and Dr. Whitney is from the Respiratory Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. Others who contributed to this study include Anne Labowitz, Stephen Cato, Debra Cook, and Andrea Young (New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene); Alexander Tomasz (Rockefeller Institute, New York); and Virginia Kopetz (St. Vincents Medical Center, New York). Address reprint requests to Marcelle Layton, MD, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 125 Worth Street, Box 22A, New York, NY 10013. mlayton@health.nyc.gov The authors thank Pedro Bonilla, Mary King, Shafia Hyder, Phyllis Fleckenstein, and Marie Teng Wong, Bureau of Laboratories, New York City Department of Health (NYCDOH), Anna May Lee and George Hannett ,Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), and Deeptha Nedunchezian and Barbara Lee Pearlmutter, Sisters of Charity Healthcare System, for technical assistance with processing specimens; John Elliott, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for assistance with susceptibility testing and pulsed‐field gel electrophoresis; Benjamin Mojica (NYCDOH), Stan Kondracki, Guthrie Birkhead, David Ackman, Dale Morse (NYSDOH), and Robert Breiman, Marty Cetron, and Jay Butler (CDC) for useful advice on managing the outbreak; Cortnie Lowe (NYCDOH) and William MacKenzie (CDC) for helpful comments on the manuscript; and the residents and staff of the long‐term–care facility for their cooperation. Presented in part at the 37th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy; September 28‐October 1, 1997; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Increasing Antibiotic Resistance in Shigella spp. from Infected New York City Residents, New York, USA.

Authors: Murray, Kenya^1,2, Reddy, Vasudha², Kornblum, John S.², Waechter, HaeNa², Chicaiza, Ludwin F.², Rubinstein, Inessa², Balter, Sharon², Greene, Sharon K.², Braunstein, Sarah L.², Rakeman, Jennifer L.², Dentinger, Catherine M.^2,3, cdentinger@cdc.gov

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Feb2017, Vol. 23 Issue 2, p332-335, 4p, 2 Charts

Failure to Control an Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniaein a Long-Term–Care Facility Emergence and Ongoing Transmission of a Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Strain

Authors: Carter, Rosalind J., Sorenson, Genevieve, Heffernan, Richard, Kiehlbauch, Julia A., Kornblum, John S., Leggiadro, Robert J., Nixon, Lucia J., Wertheim, William A., Whitney, Cynthia G., Layton, Marcelle

Source: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology; March 2005, Vol. 26 Issue: 3 p248-255, 8p

THE USE OF COMBINATION SUBTYPING IN THE FORENSIC EVALUATION OF A THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL WITH GONORRHEA

Authors: DeMattia, Amy, Kornblum, John S., Hoffman-Rosenfeld, Jamie, Trees, David L., Tumpey, Abbigail J., Laraque, Danielle

Source: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; May 2006, Vol. 25 Issue: 5 p461-463, 3p