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53
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25319
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4030
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1564

Overview

Linda K. McDougal is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their professional work is centered within this prominent public health institution, contributing to areas related to disease control and prevention.

There are no records of recent papers, co-authors, or frequent publication venues listed for this researcher in the available data. Similarly, there is no detailed information regarding book publications, main fields, subfields of study, or specific topics of research attributed to them.

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Best Publications

  • Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in the United States

    R. Monina Klevens;Melissa A. Morrison;Joelle Nadle;Ken Gershman

  • Methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections among patients in the emergency department.

    Gregory J. Moran;Anusha Krishnadasan;Rachel J. Gorwitz;Gregory E. Fosheim

  • Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Typing of Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from the United States: Establishing a National Database

    Linda K. McDougal;Christine D. Steward;George E. Killgore;Jasmine M. Chaitram

  • Genetic Analysis of a High-Level Vancomycin-Resistant Isolate of Staphylococcus aureus

    Linda M. Weigel;Don B. Clewell;Steven R. Gill;Nancye C. Clark

  • Changes in the Prevalence of Nasal Colonization with Staphylococcus aureus in the United States, 2001–2004

    Rachel J Gorwitz;Deanna Kruszon-Moran;Sigrid K McAllister;Geraldine McQuillan

  • A clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among professional football players.

    Sophia V. Kazakova;Jeffrey C. Hageman;Matthew Matava;Arjun Srinivasan

  • Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization in the United States, 2001–2002

    Matthew J. Kuehnert;Deanna Kruszon-Moran;Holly A. Hill;Geraldine McQuillan

  • Characterization of a strain of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus widely disseminated in the United States

    F.C. Tenover;L.K. McDougal;R.V. Goering;G. Killgore

  • Nomenclature of Major Antimicrobial-Resistant Clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae Defined by the Pneumococcal Molecular Epidemiology Network

    L. McGee;L. McDougal;J. Zhou;B. G. Spratt

  • Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolate from a Patient in Pennsylvania

    Fred C. Tenover;Linda M. Weigel;Peter C. Appelbaum;Linda K. McDougal

  • Evaluation of Methods To Identify the Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase in Enterobacteriaceae

    K. F. Anderson;D. R. Lonsway;J. K. Rasheed;J. Biddle

  • Risk Factors for Colonization with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Patients Admitted to an Urban Hospital: Emergence of Community-Associated MRSA Nasal Carriage

    Alicia I. Hidron;Ekaterina V. Kourbatova;J. Sue Halvosa;Bianca J. Terrell

  • Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia Due to Staphylococcus aureus, 2003–04 Influenza Season

    Jeffrey C. Hageman;Timothy M. Uyeki;John S. Francis;Daniel B. Jernigan

  • Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant, Community-Associated, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone USA300 in Men Who Have Sex with Men

    Binh An Diep;Henry F. Chambers;Christopher J. Graber;John D. Szumowski

  • The Spread of Multiply Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae at a Day Care Center in Ohio

    Mary R. Reichler;Allan A. Allphin;Robert F. Breiman;John R. Schreiber

  • Epidemiological and Microbiological Characterization of Infections Caused by Staphylococcus aureus with Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin, United States, 1997–2001

    Scott K. Fridkin;Jeff Hageman;Linda K. McDougal;Jasmine Mohammed

  • Re-emergence of early pandemic Staphylococcus aureus as a community-acquired meticillin-resistant clone

    D Ashley Robinson;Angela M Kearns;Anne Holmes;Donald Morrison

  • High-Level Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Associated with a Polymicrobial Biofilm

    Linda M. Weigel;Rodney M. Donlan;Dong Hyeon Shin;Bette Jensen

  • The role of beta-lactamase in staphylococcal resistance to penicillinase-resistant penicillins and cephalosporins

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  • Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and healthcare risk factors.

    R. Monina Klevens;Melissa A. Morrison;Scott K. Fridkin;Arthur Reingold

  • Analysis of multiply antimicrobial-resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from the United States.

    L K McDougal;R Facklam;M Reeves;S Hunter

  • Risk Factors for Colonization with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Patients Admitted to an Urban Hospital: Emergence of Community Associated (CA)-MRSA Nasal Carriage.

    Alicia I. Hidron;Ekaterina V. Kourbatova;J. Sue Halvosa;Bianca J. Terrell

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred C. Tenover
Fred C. Tenover University of Dayton
Brandi Limbago
Brandi Limbago Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jean B. Patel
Jean B. Patel Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Clyde Thornsberry
Clyde Thornsberry Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jana M. Swenson
Jana M. Swenson Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Scott K. Fridkin
Scott K. Fridkin Emory University
Daniel B. Jernigan
Daniel B. Jernigan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Richard V. Goering
Richard V. Goering Creighton University
Paul M. Dunman
Paul M. Dunman University of Rochester
Paul Keim
Paul Keim Northern Arizona University

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