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h-index: 32
Works: 52
Citations: 4,555

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Population snapshot of emergent Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A in the United States, 2005.
M. Moore, R. Gertz, Robyn L. Woodbury, G. A. Barkocy-Gallagher +15 more
2008Journal of Infectious Diseases522 citations
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Postvaccine genetic structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A from children in the United States.
R. Pai, M. Moore, T. Pilishvili, R. Gertz +2 more
2005Journal of Infectious Diseases353 citations Open access
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Sequential multiplex PCR approach for determining capsular serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates.
R. Pai, R. Gertz, B. Beall
2006Journal of Clinical Microbiology298 citations Open access
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Sequential Multiplex PCR Approach for Determining Capsular Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates
R. Pai, R. Gertz, B. Beall
2006Journal of Clinical Microbiology293 citations Open access
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Pre- and Postvaccination Clonal Compositions of Invasive Pneumococcal Serotypes for Isolates Collected in the United States in 1999, 2001, and 2002
B. Beall, M. McEllistrem, R. Gertz, S. Wedel +8 more
2006Journal of Clinical Microbiology211 citations Open access
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Point Mutation in the Group B Streptococcal pbp2x Gene Conferring Decreased Susceptibility to β-Lactam Antibiotics
Samira Dahesh, M. Hensler, N. V. van Sorge, R. Gertz +3 more
2008Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy208 citations Open access
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Strain features and distributions in pneumococci from children with invasive disease before and after 13-valent conjugate vaccine implementation in the USA
B. Metcalf, R. Gertz, R. Gladstone, H. Walker +13 more
2016Clinical Microbiology and Infection198 citations Open access
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Shifting genetic structure of invasive serotype 19A pneumococci in the United States.
B. Beall, R. Gertz, Rachel L. Hulkower, C. Whitney +2 more
2011Journal of Infectious Diseases171 citations Open access
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Penicillin-Binding Protein Transpeptidase Signatures for Tracking and Predicting β-Lactam Resistance Levels in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Yuan Li, B. Metcalf, S. Chochua, Zhong-Ya Li +7 more
2016mBio168 citations Open access
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Short-read whole genome sequencing for determination of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and capsular serotypes of current invasive Streptococcus agalactiae recovered in the USA.
B. Metcalf, S. Chochua, R. Gertz, P. Hawkins +62 more
2017Clinical Microbiology and Infection151 citations Open access
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Non-pneumococcal mitis-group streptococci confound detection of pneumococcal capsular serotype-specific loci in upper respiratory tract
M. da Gloria Carvalho, F. Pimenta, Iaci N. S. Moura, Alexis Roundtree +10 more
2013PeerJ143 citations Open access
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Using whole genome sequencing to identify resistance determinants and predict antimicrobial resistance phenotypes for year 2015 invasive pneumococcal disease isolates recovered in the United States.
B. Metcalf, S. Chochua, R. Gertz, Zhong-Ya Li +58 more
2016Clinical Microbiology and Infection131 citations Open access
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PCR-Based Quantitation and Clonal Diversity of the Current Prevalent Invasive Serogroup 6 Pneumococcal Serotype, 6C, in the United States in 1999 and 2006 to 2007
M. da Gloria Carvalho, F. Pimenta, R. Gertz, H. Joshi +10 more
2009Journal of Clinical Microbiology124 citations Open access
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Population and Whole Genome Sequence Based Characterization of Invasive Group A Streptococci Recovered in the United States during 2015
S. Chochua, B. Metcalf, Zhong-Ya Li, J. Rivers +8 more
2017mBio120 citations Open access
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Increased penicillin nonsusceptibility of nonvaccine-serotype invasive pneumococci other than serotypes 19A and 6A in post-7-valent conjugate vaccine era.
R. Gertz, Zhong-Ya Li, F. Pimenta, D. Jackson +5 more
2010Journal of Infectious Diseases120 citations
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Pneumococcal genome sequencing tracks a vaccine escape variant formed through a multi-fragment recombination event
T. Golubchik, A. Brueggemann, T. Street, R. Gertz +11 more
2012Nature Genetics113 citations Open access
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Clonal Distribution of Invasive Pneumococcal Isolates from Children and Selected Adults in the United States Prior to 7-Valent Conjugate Vaccine Introduction
R. Gertz, M. McEllistrem, D. Boxrud, Zhong-Ya Li +7 more
2005Journal of Clinical Microbiology100 citations Open access
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Validation of β-lactam minimum inhibitory concentration predictions for pneumococcal isolates with newly encountered penicillin binding protein (PBP) sequences
Yuan Li, B. Metcalf, S. Chochua, Zhong-Ya Li +6 more
2017BMC Genomics87 citations Open access
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The significance of urokinase‐type plasminogen activator, its inhibitors, and its receptor in ascites of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer
S. Chambers, R. Gertz, Christina M. Ivins, B. Kacinski
1995Cancer81 citations Open access
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Genetic Relationships Deduced from emm and Multilocus Sequence Typing of Invasive Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis and S. canis Recovered from Isolates Collected in the United States
Y. Ahmad, R. Gertz, Zhong-Ya Li, Varja Sakota +7 more
2009Journal of Clinical Microbiology76 citations Open access
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TGF-α and EGF-receptor mRNAs in human oral cancer
R. Todd, B. Donoff, R. Gertz, A. Chang +6 more
198969 citations
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Emergence of a novel penicillin-nonsusceptible, invasive serotype 35B clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae within the United States.
B. Beall, M. McEllistrem, R. Gertz, David J. Boxrud +4 more
2002Journal of Infectious Diseases64 citations
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Tobacco use among adults with disabilities in Massachusetts
P. Brawarsky, D. R. Brooks, N. Wilber, R. Gertz +1 more
2002Tobacco Control58 citations Open access
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Bacterial meningitis after intrapartum spinal anesthesia - New York and Ohio, 2008-2009.
S. de Fijter, Mary Diorio, J. Carmean, J. Schaffzin +9 more
2010MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report57 citations
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Streptococcus infantis, Streptococcus mitis, and Streptococcus oralis Strains With Highly Similar cps5 Loci and Antigenic Relatedness to Serotype 5 Pneumococci
F. Pimenta, R. Gertz, So Hee Park, Ellie Kim +15 more
2019Frontiers in Microbiology50 citations Open access
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Rarely Occurring 19A-Like cps Locus from a Serotype 19F Pneumococcal Isolate Indicates Continued Need of Serology-Based Quality Control for PCR-Based Serotype Determinations
F. Pimenta, R. Gertz, Alexis Roundtree, Ji-Gui Yu +4 more
2009Journal of Clinical Microbiology48 citations Open access
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Transforming Growth Factor α in Chemically Transformed Hamster Oral Keratinocytes
D. Wong, G. Gallagher, R. Gertz, A. Chang +1 more
198847 citations
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Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus Infections Associated with Guinea Pigs
K. Gruszynski, Andrea L Young, S. Levine, J. Garvin +7 more
2015Emerging Infectious Diseases45 citations Open access
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Streptococcus mitis Expressing Pneumococcal Serotype 1 Capsule
Fernanda C. Lessa, J. Milucky, Nadine Rouphael, N. Bennett +10 more
2018Scientific Reports43 citations Open access
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Streptococcus salivarius Meningitis Case Strain Traced to Oral Flora of Anesthesiologist
P. Shewmaker, R. Gertz, Clara Y. Kim, Sietske de Fijter +3 more
2010Journal of Clinical Microbiology41 citations Open access
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A Population-Based Descriptive Atlas of Invasive Pneumococcal Strains Recovered Within the U.S. During 2015–2016
B. Beall, S. Chochua, R. Gertz, Yuan Li +7 more
2018Frontiers in Microbiology40 citations Open access
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Clonal Association between Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 23A, Circulating within the United States, and an Internationally Dispersed Clone of Serotype 23F
R. Pai, R. Gertz, C. Whitney, B. Beall
2005Journal of Clinical Microbiology34 citations Open access
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Clonal Distribution of Invasive Pneumococcal Isolatesfrom Children and Selected Adults in the United States Prior to7-Valent Conjugate VaccineIntroduction
R. Gertz, M. McEllistrem, D. Boxrud, Zhong-Ya Li +7 more
2003Journal of Clinical Microbiology32 citations Open access
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Genotypes of Invasive Pneumococcal Isolates Recently Recovered from Italian Patients
G. Dicuonzo, G. Gherardi, R. Gertz, F. D'Ambrosio +5 more
2002Journal of Clinical Microbiology25 citations Open access
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Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Infection in Identical Twins: Insight to Disease Pathogenesis
K. Doran, V. Benoit, R. Gertz, B. Beall +1 more
2002Journal of Perinatology24 citations
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Detection of Ki-ras messenger RNA in normal and chemically transformed hamster oral keratinocytes.
David T. W. Wong, R. Gertz, Phoebe Chow, A. Chang +5 more
1989Cancer Research24 citations
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Concurrent Serotyping and Genotyping of Pneumococci by Use of PCR and Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry
C. Massire, R. Gertz, P. Svoboda, Keith L. Levert +10 more
2012Journal of Clinical Microbiology23 citations Open access
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Novel Antibiotic-Resistant Pneumococcal Strains Recovered from the Upper Respiratory Tracts of HIV-Infected Adults and Their Children in Kisumu, Kenya
M. Medina, C. Greene, R. Gertz, R. Facklam +6 more
2005Microbial Drug Resistance21 citations
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Using PCR-Based Detection and Genotyping to Trace Streptococcus salivarius Meningitis Outbreak Strain to Oral Flora of Radiology Physician Assistant
V. Srinivasan, R. Gertz, P. Shewmaker, S. Patrick +8 more
2012PLoS ONE18 citations Open access
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New Pneumococcal Serotype 15D
F. Pimenta, Benild Moiane, R. Gertz, S. Chochua +5 more
2021Journal of Clinical Microbiology17 citations Open access
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Characterization of highly antimicrobial-resistant clinical pneumococcal isolates recovered in a Chinese hospital during 2009-2010.
Bo Zhang, R. Gertz, Zhi-Yong Liu, Zhong-Ya Li +2 more
2012Journal of Medical Microbiology17 citations Open access
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Use of Silica Desiccant Packets for Specimen Storage and Transport To Evaluate Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage among Nepalese Children
H. Joshi, R. Gertz, M. da Gloria Carvalho, B. Beall
2008Journal of Clinical Microbiology16 citations Open access
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TGF-alpha and EGF-receptor mRNAs in human oral cancers.
R. Todd, B. Donoff, R. Gertz, A. Chang +6 more
1989Carcinogenesis14 citations
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Nonpneumococcal Strains Recently Recovered from Carriage Specimens and Expressing Capsular Serotypes Highly Related or Identical to Pneumococcal Serotypes 2, 4, 9A, 13, and 23A
R. Gertz, F. Pimenta, S. Chochua, Shanda Larson +5 more
2021mBio13 citations Open access
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Outbreak of bacterial meningitis among patients undergoing myelography at an outpatient radiology clinic.
A. Chitnis, A. Guh, I. Benowitz, V. Srinivasan +10 more
2012Journal of the American College of Radiology13 citations Open access
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Serotype and genotype distributions of pneumococcal carriage isolates recovered from Brazilian children attending day-care centres.
F. Pimenta, Maria da Glória S. Carvalho, R. Gertz, Cristyane G B Bastos-Rocha +6 more
2011Journal of Medical Microbiology12 citations Open access
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Point Mutation in the Group B Streptococcal pbp 2 x Gene Conferring Decreased Susceptibility to Beta-Lactam Antibiotics Running title : First step pbp 2 x mutation in GBS
Samira Dahesh, M. Hensler, N. V. van Sorge, R. Gertz +3 more
200812 citations
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Transforming growth factor alpha in chemically transformed hamster oral keratinocytes.
D. Wong, G. Gallagher, R. Gertz, A. Chang +1 more
1988Cancer Research7 citations
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Macrophage colony-stimulating factor mediates invasion of ovarian cancer cells through urokinase.
Setsuko K. Chambers, Yi-Xun Wang, R. Gertz, B. Kacinski
1995Cancer Research1 citations
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Validation of β-lactam minimum inhibitory concentration predictions for pneumococcal isolates with newly encountered penicillin binding protein (PBP) sequences [Supporting data]
Yuan Li, Benjamin J. Metcalf, S. Chochua, Zhong-Ya Li +6 more
20170 citations Open access
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