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Somsak Thamthitiwat
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 49
Citations - 3774
Somsak Thamthitiwat 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 20, co-authored 46 publications receiving 2645 citations. Previous affiliations of Somsak Thamthitiwat include University of the Witwatersrand & Thailand Ministry of Public Health.
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Acute Q Fever Case Detection among Acute Febrile Illness Patients, Thailand, 2002–2005
Ashley L. Greiner,Saithip Bhengsri,Matthieu Million,Sophie Edouard,Somsak Thamthitiwat,Kevin R. Clarke,Gilbert J. Kersh,Christopher J. Gregory,Didier Raoult,Philippe Parola +9 more
TL;DR: This previously unrecognized at-risk group, school-age children, indicates that future studies and prevention interventions should target this population, and diagnosis based on serology is limited during the acute phase of the disease, other diagnostic options, such as polymerase chain reaction, should be explored to improve acute case detection.
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Etiology and Clinical Characteristics of Severe Pneumonia Among Young Children in Thailand: Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Case-Control Study Findings, 2012-2013.
Charatdao Bunthi,Julia Rhodes,Somsak Thamthitiwat,Melissa M. Higdon,Somchai Chuananon,Tussanee Amorninthapichet,Wantana Paveenkittiporn,Malinee Chittaganpitch,Pongpun Sawatwong,Laura L. Hammitt,Daniel R. Feikin,David R. Murdoch,Maria Deloria-Knoll,Katherine L. O'Brien,Christine Prosperi,Susan A. Maloney,Henry C. Baggett,Pasakorn Akarasewi +17 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provided a detailed description of pneumonia cases and etiology in Thailand to inform local treatment and prevention strategies in this age group, using data from the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study, which evaluated the etiology of hospitalized cases of severe and very severe pneumonia among children 1-59 months of age.
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Digitally recorded and remotely classified lung auscultation compared with conventional stethoscope classifications among children aged 1–59 months enrolled in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) case–control study
Daniel E. Park,Nora L. Watson,Chris Focht,Daniel R. Feikin,Laura L Hammit,W. Abdullah Brooks,Stephen R. C. Howie,Karen L. Kotloff,Orin S. Levine,Shabir A. Madhi,David R. Murdoch,Katherine L. O'Brien,J. Anthony G. Scott,Donald M. Thea,Tussanee Amorninthapichet,Juliet O. Awori,Charatdao Bunthi,Bernard E. Ebruke,Mounya Elhilali,Melissa M. Higdon,Lokman Hossain,Yasmin Jahan,David P. Moore,Justin M Mulindwa,Lawrence Mwananyanda,Sathapana Naorat,Christine Prosperi,Somsak Thamthitiwat,Charl Verwey,Kathleen A. Jablonski,Melinda C. Power,Heather A. Young,Maria Deloria Knoll,Eric D. McCollum +33 more
TL;DR: Conventional and digital auscultation may provide different classification patterns, but wheeze was associated with decreased clinical severity on both, and moderate concordance for presence/absence of wheez and crackles among cases was displayed.
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Pneumococcal pneumonia prevalence among adults with severe acute respiratory illness in Thailand - comparison of Bayesian latent class modeling and conventional analysis.
Ying Lu,Lawrence Joseph,Patrick Bélisle,Pongpun Sawatwong,Anchalee Jatapai,Toni Whistler,Somsak Thamthitiwat,Wantana Paveenkittiporn,Supphacoke Khemla,Chris A. Van Beneden,Henry C. Baggett,Christopher J. Gregory +11 more
TL;DR: Bayesian latent class models (BLCM) incorporating results of real-time polymerase chain reaction testing of upper respiratory tract specimens and a urine antigen test (UAT) from cases and controls suggest a 25% higher prevalence of pneumococcal pneumonia than estimated by a conventional approach assuming UAT as a gold standard reference test.
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Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09-associated pneumonia deaths in Thailand.
Charatdao Bunthi,Somsak Thamthitiwat,Henry C. Baggett,Pasakorn Akarasewi,Ruchira Ruangchira-urai,Susan A. Maloney,Kumnuan Ungchusak +6 more
TL;DR: Most influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pneumonia fatalities in Thailand occurred in adults aged 20–60 years, and nearly half lacked high-risk conditions, suggesting antiviral treatment recommendations may be especially important early in a pandemic before vaccine is available.