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Laboratory
Methods for the Diagnosis of Meningitis - Manual
Abstract
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal , January 1999;18:1-9
Acute Otitis Media - Management and Surveillance in an Era of
Pneumococcal Resistance: A Report from the Drug-Resistant Streptococcus
pneumoniae Therapeutic Working Group (DRSPTWG)
Scott F. Dowell, MD, MPH, Jay C. Butler, MD, G. Scott Giebink,
MD, Michael R. Jacobs, MD, Daniel Jernigan, MD, Daniel M. Musher,
MD, Alexander Rakowsky, MD, Benjamin Schwartz, MD, and the DRSPTWG*
National Immunization Program
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Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) http://www.cdc.gov/abcs
Judicious Use of Antibitotics http://www.cdc.gov/antibioticresistance
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References
Whitney CG, Farley MM, Hadler J, et al. Decline in invasive pneumococcal
disease after the introduction of pneumococcal protein-polysaccharide
conjugate vaccine. New Engl J Med 2003; 348; 1737-1746.
Whitney CG, Farley MM, Hadler J, et al. Increasing Prevalence
of Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the
Unites States. New Engl J Med 2000; 343: 1917-1924.
Robinson KA, Baughman W, Rothrock G, et al. Epidemiology of invasive
Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in the United States,
1995-1998: opportunities for prevention in the conjugate vaccine
era. JAMA 2001; 285: 1729-1735.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Preventing pneumococcal
disease among infants and young children: recommendations of the
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR 2000:
49 (No. RR-9):1-35.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention of pneumococcal
disease: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP). MMWR 1997; 46 (No. RR - 8): 1-25.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Defining the public
health impact of drug-resistant Streptococcital pneumoniae:
report of a working group. MMWR 1996; 45 (No.RR-1): 1-20.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Influenza and pneumococcal
vaccination levels among adults aged greater than or equal to
65 years – United States. MMWR 1998; 47 (No. 38): 797-802.
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