Amy Tunali

TL;DR: WGS-based antimicrobial phenotype prediction was an informative alternative to BDT for invasive pneumococci and correctly predicted penicillin-binding protein types and common resistance determinants.

TL;DR: The WGS-based assignment of iGBS resistance features and serotypes is an accurate substitute for phenotypic testing.

TL;DR: The specific factors that underlie the association between census tract-level socioeconomic measures and MRSA incidence, which may include modifiable social and biological factors, should be elucidated to define strategies for reducing racial disparities in community-associated MRSA rates.

TL;DR: Pneumococcal carriage among non-institutionalized adults ≥65 years of age was very low, and given the low vaccine-type carriage rates observed in an already high PCV13 adult coverage setting, it is difficult to attribute the findings to the direct versus indirect effects ofPCV13 on adult carriage.

TL;DR: Using population-based surveillance data, secondary invasive group A Streptococcus (iGAS) disease risk among household contacts was quantified and disease risk in the 30 days post-exposure to an index case-patient was highest among individuals aged ≥65 years.