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Susan Petit
Researcher at Oklahoma State Department of Health
Publications - 81
Citations - 7477
Susan Petit is an academic researcher from Oklahoma State Department of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Incidence (epidemiology). The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 72 publications receiving 6381 citations.
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Epidemiology of invasive group B streptococcal disease in the United States, 1999-2005.
Christina R. Phares,Ruth Lynfield,Monica M. Farley,Janet C. Mohle-Boetani,Lee H. Harrison,Susan Petit,Allen S. Craig,William Schaffner,Shelley M. Zansky,Ken Gershman,Karen Stefonek,Bernadette A. Albanese,Elizabeth R. Zell,Anne Schuchat,Stephanie J. Schrag +14 more
TL;DR: In this article, an analysis of active, population-based surveillance in 10 states participating in the Active Bacterial Core surveillance/Emerging Infections Program Network was performed to describe disease trends among populations that might benefit from vaccination and among newborns during a period of evolving prevention strategies.
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Effect of use of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children on invasive pneumococcal disease in children and adults in the USA: Analysis of multisite, population-based surveillance
Matthew R. Moore,Ruth Link-Gelles,William Schaffner,Ruth Lynfield,Catherine Lexau,Nancy M. Bennett,Susan Petit,Shelley M. Zansky,Lee H. Harrison,Arthur Reingold,Lisa Miller,Karen Scherzinger,Ann Thomas,Monica M. Farley,Monica M. Farley,Elizabeth R. Zell,Thomas H. Taylor,Tracy Pondo,Loren Rodgers,Lesley McGee,Bernard Beall,James H. Jorgensen,Cynthia G. Whitney +22 more
TL;DR: PCV13 reduced IPD across all age groups when used routinely in children in the USA, providing reassurance that, similar to PCV7, PCVs with additional serotypes can also prevent transmission to unvaccinated populations.
Epidemiology of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States
Monica M. Farley,Janet C. Mohle-Boetani,Lee H. Harrison,Susan Petit,Allen S. Craig,William Schaffner,Shelley M. Zansky,Ken Gershman,Karen Stefonek,Bernadette A. Albanese,Elizabeth R. Zell,Stephanie J. Schrag +11 more
TL;DR: Among infants from birth through 6 days, the incidence of group B streptococcal disease was lower in 2003-2005 relative to 1999-2001, and this reduction coincided with the release of revised disease prevention guidelines in 2002.
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National burden of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, United States, 2011.
Raymund Dantes,Yi Mu,Ruth Belflower,Deborah Aragon,Ghinwa Dumyati,Lee H. Harrison,Fernanda C. Lessa,Ruth Lynfield,Joelle Nadle,Susan Petit,Susan M. Ray,William Schaffner,John M. Townes,Scott K. Fridkin +13 more
TL;DR: An estimated 30,800 fewer invasive MRSA infections occurred in the United States in 2011 compared with 2005; in 2011 fewer infections occurred among patients during hospitalization than among persons in the community without recent health care exposures.
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Health Care–Associated Invasive MRSA Infections, 2005-2008
Alexander J. Kallen,Yi Mu,Sandra N. Bulens,Arthur Reingold,Susan Petit,Ken Gershman,Susan M. Ray,Lee H. Harrison,Ruth Lynfield,Ghinwa Dumyati,John M. Townes,William Schaffner,Priti R. Patel,Scott K. Fridkin +13 more
TL;DR: Over the 4-year period from 2005 through 2008 in 9 diverse metropolitan areas, rates of invasive health care-associated MRSA infections decreased among patients with health Care-associated infections that began in the community and also decreased among those with hospital-onset invasive disease.