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New paper! Vancomycin versus beta-lactams to treat MSSA

4/25/2015

Talking MRSA in Beijing

4/21/2015

I was recently in China to speak at a conference sponsored by the University of Chicago: The Epidemiology and Control of MRSA in North America and China. Honored to be a part of it!

New paper!

4/6/2015

Part of Kolie Eko's Master's degree work: Eko K, Foshey B, Carrel M, Perencevich E, Schweizer M, Smith TC. Molecular characterization of hospital and community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a Veterans Affairs Hospital. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, in press.

New paper!

3/11/2015

Moritz ED, Hanson BM, Kates AE, Smith TC. Molecular characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from employees, children, and environmental surfaces in Iowa child daycare facilities. American Journal of Infection Control, in press, 2015.

New vaccine interview

2/28/2015

Interviewed in Chile's "El Mercurio" on vaccines.

Maryn McKenna covers recent work

2/16/2015

"Countries Wary Of Drug-Resistant Staph Moving From Pigs To People" in which my work and other developments in livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus are covered by Maryn McKenna.

New paper!

2/5/2015

Part of the PLoS Pathogens "Pearls" series, a new review: Livestock-Associated Staphylococcus aureus: The United States Experience.

Persuading anti-vaxxers

2/5/2015

Part two of the CNN article, on working to persuade anti-vaxxers to vaccinate their children.

Why you should vaccinate your children

2/4/2015

I'm quoted in a CNN article: Why you should vaccinate your children.

Measles and politics

2/3/2015

Quoted in The Guardian today on the measles outbreak.

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