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Pongpun Sawatwong
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 31
Citations - 3302
Pongpun Sawatwong is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pneumonia & Population. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 30 publications receiving 2315 citations. Previous affiliations of Pongpun Sawatwong include Thailand Ministry of Public Health & University of the Witwatersrand.
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Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis in humans, Thailand.
Ying Bai,Michael Kosoy,Maureen H. Diaz,Jonas M. Winchell,Henry C. Baggett,Susan A. Maloney,Sumalee Boonmar,Saithip Bhengsri,Pongpun Sawatwong,Leonard F. Peruski +9 more
TL;DR: Nucleotide sequences for transfer-messenger RNA gene, citrate synthase gene, and the 16S–23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer were identical or closely related to those for the strain that has been considered pathogenic since initially isolated from a human in Wyoming, USA.
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Field performance and new uses of rapid influenza testing in Thailand
James Mark Simmerman,Malinee Chittaganpitch,Dean D. Erdman,Pongpun Sawatwong,Timothy M. Uyeki,Scott F. Dowell +5 more
TL;DR: Despite their high cost, rapid influenza diagnostic tests are useful tools for influenza research, surveillance, and outbreak investigations in Southeast Asia.
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Limited Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction in Induced Sputum Specimens for Determining the Causes of Childhood Pneumonia in Resource-Poor Settings: Findings From the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study.
Donald M. Thea,Phil Seidenberg,Daniel E. Park,Lawrence Mwananyanda,Wei Fu,Qiyuan Shi,Henry C. Baggett,W. Abdullah Brooks,Daniel R. Feikin,Stephen R. C. Howie,Maria Deloria Knoll,Karen L. Kotloff,Orin S. Levine,Shabir A. Madhi,Katherine L O'Brien,J. Anthony G. Scott,Martin Antonio,Juliet O. Awori,Vicky L. Baillie,Andrea DeLuca,Amanda J. Driscoll,Melissa M. Higdon,Lokman Hossain,Yasmin Jahan,Ruth A. Karron,Sidi Kazungu,Mengying Li,David P. Moore,Susan C. Morpeth,Ogochukwu Ofordile,Christine Prosperi,Ornuma Sangwichian,Pongpun Sawatwong,Mamadou Sylla,Milagritos D. Tapia,Scott L. Zeger,David R. Murdoch,Laura L. Hammitt +37 more
TL;DR: Among children with chest radiograph–confirmed pneumonia, polymerase chain reaction demonstrated relatively few additional pathogens in induced sputum specimens compared with nasopharyngeal/oropharynGEal specimens.
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High Burden of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia in Older Adults: A Seven-Year Study in Two Rural Thai Provinces
Pongpun Sawatwong,Pongpun Sawatwong,Patranuch Sapchookul,Toni Whistler,Christopher J. Gregory,Ornuma Sangwichian,Sirirat Makprasert,Possawat Jorakate,Prasong Srisaengchai,Somsak Thamthitiwat,Chidchanok Promkong,Pongnapat Nanvatthanachod,Muthita Vanaporn,Julia Rhodes +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors aimed to expand their understanding of ESBL-producing pathogen disease burden by estimating trends in population-based E. coli and K. pneumoniae bacteremia incidence, changes over time in the proportion of these cases due to ESBL producing organisms, susceptibility profiles to other antibiotics, and the probability of recurrent infections.
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Pneumococcal colonization prevalence and density among Thai children with severe pneumonia and community controls
Barameht Piralam,Christine Prosperi,Somsak Thamthitiwat,Charatdao Bunthi,Pongpun Sawatwong,Ornuma Sangwichian,Melissa M. Higdon,Nora L. Watson,Maria Deloria Knoll,Wantana Paveenkittiporn,Chuwattana Chara,Cameron Hurst,Pasakorn Akarasewi,Julia Rhodes,Susan A. Maloney,Katherine L. O'Brien,Henry C. Baggett +16 more
TL;DR: Pneumococcal colonization is common among children aged <5 years in Thailand, however, colonization density was not higher among children with severe pneumonia compared to controls, which can inform discussions about PCV introduction and provide baseline data to monitor PCV impact after introduction in Thailand.