Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Deciphering the Impact of Bystander Selection for Antibiotic Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Author(s): Olesen SWJournal: J Infect DisPMID: 30957162 March 2020

The challenges facing clinical and public health management of gonorrhea are mounting. The number of gonorrhea cases in the United…

Response to comment on ‘The distribution of antibiotic use and its association with antibiotic resistance’.

Author(s): Olesen SW, Lipsitch M, Grad YHJournal: ElifePMID: 31050649 August 2019

We are writing to reply to the comment by Pouwels et al., 2019 about our recent study (Olesen et al.,…

Levels of outpatient prescribing for four major antibiotic classes and rates of septicemia hospitalization in adults in different US states – a statistical analysis.

Author(s): Goldstein E, Olesen SW, Karaca Z, Steiner CA, Viboud C, Lipsitch MJournal: BMC Public HealthPMID: 31426780 August 2019

Rates of sepsis/septicemia hospitalization in the US have risen significantly during recent years. Antibiotic resistance and use may contribute to…

The distribution of antibiotic use and its association with antibiotic resistance.

Author(s): Olesen SW, Barnett ML, MacFadden DR, Brownstein JS, Hernández-Díaz S, Lipsitch M, Grad YHJournal: ElifePMID: 30560781 December 2018

Antibiotic use is a primary driver of antibiotic resistance. However, antibiotic use can be distributed in different ways in a…

Estimating the proportion of bystander selection for antibiotic resistance among potentially pathogenic bacterial flora.

Author(s): Tedijanto C, Olesen SW, Grad YH, Lipsitch MJournal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S APMID: 30559213 December 2018

Bystander selection-the selective pressure for resistance exerted by antibiotics on microbes that are not the target pathogen of treatment-is critical…

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Antimicrobial Drug Use, United States, 2014-2015.

Author(s): Olesen SW, Grad YHJournal: Emerg Infect DisPMID: 30334733 November 2018

Using a US nationwide survey, we measured disparities in antimicrobial drug acquisition by race/ethnicity for 2014-2015. White persons reported twice…

Azithromycin susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and seasonal macrolide use.

Author(s): Olesen SW, Torrone EA, Papp JR, Kirkcaldy RD, Lipsitch M, Grad YHJournal: J Infect DisPMID: 30239814 September 2018

Rising azithromycin nonsusceptibility among Neisseria gonorrhoeae threatens current treatment recommendations, but the cause of this rise is not well understood.…

Trends in outpatient antibiotic use and prescribing practice among US older adults, 2011-15: observational study.

Author(s): Olesen SW, Barnett ML, MacFadden DR, Lipsitch M, Grad YHJournal: BMJPMID: 30054353 July 2018

To identify temporal trends in outpatient antibiotic use and antibiotic prescribing practice among older adults in a high income country.

Multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae: implications for future treatment strategies.

Author(s): MacFadden DR, Lipsitch M, Olesen SW, Grad YJournal: Lancet Infect DisPMID: 29856349 June 2018