Publications

Smoking cessation in tuberculosis patients and the risk of tuberculosis infection in child household contacts.

Author(s): Chu AL, Lecca LW, Calderón RI, Contreras CC, Yataco RM, Zhang Z, Becerra MC, Murray MB, Huang CCJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 34049397 May 2021

While previous studies have shown that cigarette smoking increases the infectiousness of tuberculosis patients, the impact of smoking cessation on…

Reduction in antibiotic prescribing attainable with a gonococcal vaccine.

Author(s): Kissler SM, Mitchell M, Grad YHJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 33786582 March 2021

We estimated the fraction of antibiotic prescribing in the US attributable to gonorrhea. Gonorrhea contributes to an outsized proportion of…

How to test SARS-CoV-2 vaccines ethically even after one is available.

Author(s): Eyal N, Lipsitch MJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 33639622 February 2021

Although vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 have now been found safe and efficacious, there remains an urgent global health need to test…

Antibiotic use and presumptive pathogens in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.

Author(s): Tedijanto C, Nevers M, Samore MH, Lipsitch MJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 33621326 February 2021

Empirical antibiotic use is common in the hospital. Here, we characterize patterns of antibiotic use, infectious diagnoses, and microbiological lab…

Leveraging Vaccines to Reduce Antibiotic Use and Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance: a WHO Action Framework.

Author(s): Vekemans J, Hasso-Agopsowicz M, Kang G, Hausdorff WP, Fiore A, Tayler E, Klemm EJ, Laxminarayan R, Srikantiah P, Friede M, Lipsitch MJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 33493317 January 2021

The growing burden of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) microbes constitutes a significant global threat. Vaccines are effective tools to prevent infections could…

SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics should inform policy

Author(s): Muge Cevik, Julia L Marcus, Caroline Buckee, Tara C SmithJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 32964919 September 2020

It is generally agreed that striking a balance between resuming economic and social activities and keeping the effective reproductive number…

The distribution and spread of susceptible and resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae across demographic groups in a major metropolitan center.

Author(s): Mortimer TD, Pathela P, Crawley A, Rakeman JL, Lin Y, Harris SR, Blank S, Schillinger JA, Grad YHJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 32829411 August 2020

Genomic epidemiology studies of gonorrhea in the United States have primarily focused on national surveillance for antibiotic resistance, and patterns…