Published Communicable Disease Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals and MMWR

Foodborne Botulism -- Oklahoma, 1994, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, March 24, 1995 / 44(11);200-202 Author: Joe Mallonee

Case Report: Locally Acquired Trichinosis in an Immigrant from SE Asia
Graves T, Harkess J, Crutcher JM. J Okla State Med Assoc 1996; 89: 402-404.

Outbreaks of Pneumococcal Pneumonia Among Unvaccinated Residents in Chronic-Care Facilities -- Massachusetts, October 1995, Oklahoma, February 1996, and Maryland, May-June 1996, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, January 24, 1997 / 46(03);60-62 Author: Michael Crutcher

Bradley KK. American trypanosomiasis: Chagas disease an emerging zoonotic threat in Oklahoma? J Okla State Med Assoc. 1997 Jul-Aug;90(6):253-5.

First Reported Case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Oklahoma
Graves T, Crutcher JM. J Okla State Med Assoc 1998; 91: 327-330.

Outbreak of Campylobacter Enteritis Associated with Cross-Contamination of Food -- Oklahoma, 1996, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, February 27, 1998 / 47(07);129-131 Authors: Timothy Graves, Kristy Bradley, Michael Crutcher.

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in Oklahoma
Moody EK, Barker RW, White JL, Crutcher JM. J Okla State Med Assoc 1998; 91: 438-445.

An Outbreak of Multidrug Resistant Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Bacteria Among Unvaccinated Nursing Home Residents
Nuorti JP, Butler JC, Crutcher JM, Guevara R, Welch D, Holder P, Elliott JA. N Engl J Med 1998 Jun 25; 338(26): 1861-1868.

Oklahoma notes decline in Haemophilus influenzae: invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease among children aged < 5 years--Oklahoma, 1990-1997. Lee AK, Crutcher JM. J Okla State Med Assoc. 1999 Jun;92(6):276-7.

Consequences of Delayed Diagnosis of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Children --- West Virginia, Michigan, Tennessee, and Oklahoma, May--July 2000 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, October 06, 2000 / 49(39);885-8 Authors: Kristy Bradley, Michael Crutcher.

High Prevalence of Penicillin Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae at a Community Hospital in Oklahoma: Implications for Treatment and Prevention
Moolenaar RL, Pasley-Shar R, Harkess JR, Lee A, Crutcher JM. Emerg Infect Dis 2000; 6: 283-289.

A Prolonged Outbreak of Pseudomomonas aeruginosa in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Did Staff Fingernails Play a Role in Disease Transmission?
Moolenar RL, Crutcher JM, San Joaquin VH, Sewell LV, Hutwagner LC, Carson LA, Robison DA, Smithee LM, Jarvis WR. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2000; 21: 83-85.

Prevalence of American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease) in Dogs in Oklahoma
Bradley KK, Bergman DK, Woods JP, Crutcher JM, Kirchhoff LV. J Am Vet Assn 2000; 217: 1853-1857.

Tularemia--- Oklahoma, 2000 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 24, 2001 / 50(33);704-6 Authors: Kristy Bradley, Mikie Grubbs, Mike Lytle, Michael Crutcher

Serologic Survey of Oklahoma Rodents: Evidence for the Presence of a Hantavirus and an Arenavirus
Nisbett RA, Caire W, Stuart MD, Caddell GM, Crutcher JM, Calisher CH. Proc Okla Acad Sci 2001; 81: 53-66.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Unusually Young Patients Who Consumed Venison
Belay ED, Gambetti P, Schonberger LB, Parchi P, Lyon DR, Capellari S, McQuiston JH, Bradley K, Dowdle G, Crutcher JM, Nichols CR. Arch Neurol 2001; 58: 1673-1678.

Salmonella Sepsis Caused by a Platelet Transfusion From a Donor With a Pet Snake
Jafari M, Forsberg J, Gilcher RO, Smith JW, Crutcher JM, McDermott M, Brown BR, George JN. N Engl J Med 2002; 347(14): 1075-1078.

Transmission of West Nile Virus through Blood Transfusion in the United States in 2002
Pealer LN, Marfin AA, Petersen LR, Lanciotti RS, Page PL, Stramer SL, Stobierski MG, Signs K, Newman B, Kapoor H, Goodman JL, Chamberland ME, West Nile Virus Transmission Investigation Team. N Engl J Med 2003; 349(13): 1236-1245.

Invasive Streptococcus pyogenes After Allograft Implantation --- Colorado, 2003, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, December 5, 2003 / 52(48);1173-1176 Authors: John Bos, Michael Crutcher

Collembola (Springtails) (Arthropoda:Hexapoda:Entognatha) Found in Scrapings from Individuals Diagnosed with Delusory Parasitosis
Altschuler DZ, Crutcher M, Dulceanu N, Cervantes BA, Terinte C, Sorkin LN.
J New York Entomol. Soc. 2004; 112(1): 87-95.

Fatal Cases of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Family Clusters---Three States, 2003 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, May 21, 2004 / 53(19);407-410 Authors: Kristy Bradley, John Bos, Laurence Burnsed

Investigation of Rabies Infections in Organ Donor and Transplant Recipients--- Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, 2004 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 9, 2004 / 53(26);586-589 Authors: John Bos, Kristy Bradley

A Large Nosocomial Outbreak of Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B Among Patients Receiving Pain Remediation Treatments
Comstock RD, Mallonee S, Fox JL, Moolenaar RL, Vogt TM, Perz JF, Bell BP, Crutcher JM. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2004; 25(7): 576-583.

Fatal Necrotizing Colitis Following a Foodborne Outbreak of Enterotoxigenic Clostriduim Perfringens Type A Infection
Bos J, Smithee L, McClane B, Distefano RF, Uzal F, Songer JG,
Mallonee S, Crutcher JM. Clin Infect Dis 2005 May 15;40:e78-83.

Progress in Improving State and Local Disease Surveillance ---United States, 2000—2005. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reprot. August 26, 2005 / 54(33);822-825 Author: Anthony Lee

Bridging the Gap Between Public and Private Healthcare: Influenza-like Illness Surveillance in a Practice-based Research Network
Nagykaldi Z, Mold J, Bradley K, Bos J. J Public Health Manag Prac 2006; 12(4): 356-364.

Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia Due to Staphylococcus aureus,
2003-04 Influenza Season Hageman J, Uyeki T, Francis J, Jernigan D, Wheeler JG, Bridges C, Barenkamp S, Sievert D, Srinivasan A, Doherty M, McDougal L, Killgore G, Lopatin U, Coffman R, MacDonald JK, McAllister S, Fosheim G, Patel J, McDonald LC Emerg Infect Dis June 2006;12 (6).

Multistate Outbreak of Fusarium Keratitis Associated With Use of a Contact Lens Solution. Douglas C. Chang, MD; Gavin B. Grant, MD, MPH; Kerry O’Donnell, PhD; Kathleen A. Wannemuehler, MSc; Judith Noble-Wang, PhD; Carol Y. Rao, PhD; Lara M. Jacobson, MD; Claudia S. Crowell, MD; Rodlescia S. Sneed, MPH; Felicia M. T. Lewis, MD; Joshua K. Schaffzin, MD, PhD; Marion A. Kainer, BS, MS, MPH; Carol A. Genese, MBA; Eduardo C. Alfonso, MD; Dan B. Jones, MD; Arjun Srinivasan, MD; Scott K. Fridkin, MD; Benjamin J. Park, MD; for the Fusarium Keratitis Investigation Team JAMA. 2006;296:953-963

Rapid Needs Assessment of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees – Oklahoma, September 2005
Russell Rodriguez S, Stone Tocco J, Mallonee S, Smithee L, Cathey T, Bradley K. Prehosp Disaster Med Nov/Dec 2006; 21(6):390-5.

A Large, Travel-Associated Outbreak of Legionellosis Among Hotel Guests: Utility of the Urine Antigen Assay in Confirming Pontiac Fever. Burnsed L, Hicks L, Smithee L, Fields B, Bradley K, Pascoe N, Richards S, Mallonee S, Littrell L, Benson R, Moore M, and Legionellosis Outbreak Investigation Team. Clin Infect Dis 2007 Jan 15; 44(2):229-31.

Update on Hantavirus in Oklahoma: Are We Missing Cases? Smithee L, Bos J, Mallonee S, Nisbett RA, Crutcher JM. J Okla State Med Assoc May 2007; 100 (5): 145-48

Invasive Group-A Streptococcal Infection in an Allograft Recipient A Case Report. Lee H., Ferguson D., Jernigan D., Greenwald M., Cote T., Bos J., Guarner J., Zaki S., Schuchat A., Beall B., Srinivasan A. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007;89:2044-7.