Publications

Analysis of multiple bacterial species and antibiotic classes reveals large variation in the association between seasonal antibiotic use and resistance.

Author(s): Sun DS, Kissler SM, Kanjilal S, Olesen SW, Lipsitch M, Grad YHJournal: PLoS BiolPMID: 35263322 March 2022

Understanding how antibiotic use drives resistance is crucial for guiding effective strategies to limit the spread of resistance, but the…

Viral dynamics of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection and applications to diagnostic and public health strategies.

Author(s): Kissler SM, Fauver JR, Mack C, Olesen SW, Tai C, Shiue KY, Kalinich CC, Jednak S, Ott IM, Vogels CBF, Wohlgemuth J, Weisberger J, DiFiori J, Anderson DJ, Mancell J, Ho DD, Grubaugh ND, Grad YHJournal: PLoS BiolPMID: 34252080 July 2021

SARS-CoV-2 infections are characterized by viral proliferation and clearance phases and can be followed by low-level persistent viral RNA shedding.…

Viral dynamics of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection

Author(s): Kissler SM, Fauver JR, Mack C, Olesen SW, Tai C, Shiue KY, Kalinich C, Jednak S, Ott I, Vogels C, Wohlgemuth J, Weisberger J, DiFiori J, Anderson DJ, Mancell J, Ho D, Grubaugh ND, Grad YHJournal: medRxiv June 2021

SARS-CoV-2 infections are characterized by viral proliferation and clearance phases and can be followed by low-level viral RNA shedding. The…

Large variation in the association between seasonal antibiotic use and resistance across multiple bacterial species and antibiotic classes

Author(s): Sun DS, Kissler SM, Kanjilal S, Olesen SW, Lipsitch M, Grad YHJournal: medRxiv December 2020

Understanding how antibiotic use drives resistance is crucial for guiding effective strategies to limit the spread of resistance, but the…

The role of “spillover” in antibiotic resistance.

Author(s): Olesen SW, Lipsitch M, Grad YHJournal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S APMID: 33139558 November 2020

Antibiotic use is a key driver of antibiotic resistance. Understanding the quantitative association between antibiotic use and resulting resistance is…

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…