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Microcolonies in fluoroquinolone agar proportion susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an indicator of drug resistance by Blackman, A., May, S., Devasia, R. A., Maruri, F., Stratton, C., Sterling, T. R.

“…Microcolony growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on agar proportion susceptibility testing is neither well-defined nor previously reported with fluoroquinolone…”
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Outbreaks of Respiratory Illness Mistakenly Attributed to Pertussis—New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Tennessee, 2004-2006 by Kirkland, KB, Talbot, EA, Lasky, RA, McLellan, RK, Montero, JT, Barry, MA, McCarthy, TA, Gunn, JE, Pendarvis, JL, Han, LL, Devasia, RA, Edwards, KM, Jones, TF, Kretsinger, K, Tondella, ML, Tatti, KM, Brown, KH, Slade, BA, Wu, K-H, Lu, X, Patel, M

“…Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly infectious, nationally notifiable respiratory disease associated with prolonged cough illness and paroxysms of…”
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Antimicrobial use and outcomes in patients with multidrug-resistant and pansusceptible Salmonella Newport infections, 2002-2003 by Devasia, Rose A, Varma, Jay K, Whichard, Jean, Gettner, Sonya, Cronquist, Alicia B, Hurd, Sharon, Segler, Suzanne, Smith, Kirk, Hoefer, Dina, Shiferaw, Beletshachew, Angulo, Frederick J, Jones, Timothy F

“…Multidrug-resistant Salmonella Newport with decreased susceptibility to ceftriaxone (MDR-AmpC) is becoming increasingly common in its food animal reservoirs…”
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Fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an assessment of MGIT 960, MODS and nitrate reductase assay and fluoroquinolone cross-resistance by Devasia, Rose A., Blackman, Amondrea, May, Carolyn, Eden, Svetlana, Smith, Teresa, Hooper, Nancy, Maruri, Fernanda, Stratton, Charles, Shintani, Ayumi, Sterling, Timothy R.

“…Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the sensitivity, specificity and time to results of mycobacterial growth indicator tube (MGIT) 960, microscopic…”
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Response to emerging infection leading to outbreak of linezolid-resistant enterococci by KAINER, M.A, DEVASIA, R.A, JONES, T.F, SIMMONS, B.P, MELTON, K, CHOW, S, BROYLES, J, MOORE, K.L, CRAIG, A.S, SCHAFFNER, W

“…Linezolid was approved in 2000 for treatment of gram-positive coccal infections. We performed a case-control study during a hospital outbreak of…”
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Compliance with azithromycin versus erythromycin in the setting of a pertussis outbreak by Devasia, Rose A, Jones, Timothy F, Collier, Beth, Schaffner, William

“…Erythromycin has traditionally been the choice for prophylaxis and treatment of pertussis, but recently azithromycin has been recommended as another first-line…”
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Endemically acquired foodborne outbreak of enterotoxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O169:H41 by Devasia, Rose A, Jones, Timothy F, Ward, Jennifer, Stafford, Lila, Hardin, Henrietta, Bopp, Cheryl, Beatty, Mark, Mintz, Eric, Schaffner, William

“…Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is traditionally recognized as a common cause of traveler's diarrhea, but is becoming a more frequent cause of…”
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Outbreaks of Respiratory Illness Mistakenly Attributed to Pertussis — New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Tennessee, 2004–2006 by Kirkland, K.B, Talbot, E.A, Lasky, R.A, McLellan, R.K, Montero, J.T, Barry, M.A, McCarthy, T.A, Gunn, J.E, Pendarvis, J.L, Han, L.L, Devasia, R.A, Edwards, K.M, Jones, T.F, Kretsinger, K, Tondella, M.L, Tatti, K.M, Brown, K.H, Slade, B.A, Wu, K-H, Lu, X, Patel, M

“…Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly infectious, nationally notifiable respiratory disease associated with prolonged cough illness and paroxysms of…”
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Two community hepatitis B outbreaks: An argument for vaccinating incarcerated persons by Devasia, Rose A., Jones, Timothy F., Kainer, Marion A., Halford, Sandy, Sheeler, Lorinda L., Swift, Jamie, Schaffner, William

“…Current recommendations have not resulted in routine vaccination of correctional facility inmates for hepatitis B. We investigated two hepatitis B outbreaks…”
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