| a day in the life of a nurse. career changes for public health rn after development of new vaccine. | | 1993 | 8285436 |
| bacterial pneumonia in hospitalized patients with hiv infection: the pulmonary complications, icu support, and prognostic factors of hospitalized patients with hiv (pip) study. | to describe the causative organisms and factors associated with bacterial pneumonia and to assess its impact on the outcome of hospitalized patients with hiv. | 2000 | 10767233 |
| pneumococcal antibiotic resistance and rates of meningitis in children. | recent studies have shown alarmingly high rates of antibiotic resistance in streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from patients with otitis media. a recent study has implicated resistant s pneumoniae for rising rates of acute mastoiditis. the purpose of this study was to determine whether s pneumoniae antibiotic resistance has similarly affected the rate of pediatric community-acquired meningitis, the most common intracranial complication of otitis media. | 2000 | 10852513 |
| increased incidence of bacteremia in haitian children with sickle cell anemia. | children with sickle cell anemia who were less than 5 years old were observed over a three-year period. those born to recent haitian immigrants accounted for 108.4 patient-years. they had seven episodes of streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia and five due to haemophilus influenzae for rates of 6.5 and 4.6 episodes per 100 patient-years, respectively. children born to american parents were observed for 131.3 patient-years and had three episodes and one episode, respectively, for rates of 2.3 and 0 ... | 1989 | 2749350 |
| update on bacterial conjunctivitis in south florida. | to report demographics, organism occurrence, and in vitro resistance trends for patients presenting with bacterial conjunctivitis at bascom palmer eye institute in miami, florida from 1994 to 2003. | 2008 | 17572497 |
| haemophilus influenzae type b invasive disease in urban and rural children: immunization patterns and prevalence of disease. | to examine the impact of the introduction of haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) conjugate vaccine, we reviewed the incidence of hib invasive disease in the state of florida from 1984 to 1992. we analyzed the incidence of disease in two populations of children, one residing in an urban area and the other in a rural area. this study was designed to compare incidence rates prior to and following the introduction of hib vaccine for children. our data show a > 80% decrease in the incidence of hib in ... | 1994 | 7973889 |
| cost-effectiveness of haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine program in florida. | introduction of haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) vaccine has significantly decreased this disease's incidence in childhood. the cost-effectiveness and economic impact of the hib immunization program in florida were investigated and three periods compared: i = 1984-1988; ii = 1989-1990; and iii = 1991-1992. the cost per year of hib disease in period i was $27.48 million while that in periods ii and iii was $15.95 million and $.88 million respectively. the total savings in millions were: period ... | 1995 | 7643054 |
| changing epidemiology of childhood meningitis. | the changing epidemiology of meningitis at wolfson children's hospital in jacksonville between 1985 and 1994 was reviewed to determine the impact of haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination. the cases were also straified by age. a significant decrease in the cases of haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis was found between 1991 and 1994. this was most likely due to the introduction of conjugate haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine for young infants. | 1995 | 7673880 |
| haemophilus influenzae infections. | | 1972 | 4536609 |
| florida and the spanish flu. | | 1981 | 7021757 |
| reduced use of occult bacteremia blood screens by emergency medicine physicians using immunization registry for children presenting with fever without a source. | this study examined whether utilization of the florida state health online tracking system (shots) immunization registry to determine haemophilus influenzae type b and heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate (pcv7) vaccine status impacts the protocolized decision to perform a screening blood draw for occult bacteremia (ob) in young children. | 2012 | 22743750 |