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Margaret R. Hammerschlag

Margaret R. Hammerschlag

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Microbiology

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64
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13553
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2625
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1058

Overview

Margaret R. Hammerschlag is affiliated with SUNY Downstate Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology, with significant contributions to microbiology, epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, and physiology.

The scientist's work focuses on key topics including reproductive tract infections research, urinary tract infections management, streptococcal infections and treatments, COVID-19 clinical research studies, syphilis diagnosis and treatment, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, and asthma and respiratory diseases.

Margaret R. Hammerschlag has published numerous papers in various recognized venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy
  • Acta Paediatrica
  • The Journal of Pediatrics
  • Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by the scientist include:

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Clinical Syndromes and Predictors of Disease Severity in Hospitalized Children and Youth, 2020, The Journal of Pediatrics
  • Neonatal prophylaxis with antibiotic containing ointments does not reduce incidence of chlamydial conjunctivitis in newborns, 2021, BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Neonatal ocular prophylaxis in the United States: is it still necessary?, 2023, Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy
  • Association of Routine Chlamydia trachomatis Screening During Pregnancy and Seroprevalence of Chlamydial Infection in Children, 1991-2015, 2020, Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
  • Chlamydia pneumoniae immunoglobulin E antibody levels in patients with asthma compared with non-asthma, 2020, Heliyon

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, with whom they have multiple joint publications. Key frequent collaborators include:

  • Stephan Kohlhoff (20 coauthored papers)
  • Tamar A. Smith-Norowitz (12 coauthored papers)
  • Susannah Franco (8 coauthored papers)
  • Yitzchok M. Norowitz (5 coauthored papers)
  • Ashraf Abdelhemid (4 coauthored papers)

Best Publications

  • Standardizing Chlamydia pneumoniae assays : Recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) and the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (Canada)

    Scott F. Dowell;Rosanna W. Peeling;Jens Boman;George M. Carlone

  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae in pediatric community-acquired pneumonia: comparative efficacy and safety of clarithromycin vs. erythromycin ethylsuccinate.

    Stan Block;James Hedrick;Margaret Hammerschlag;Gail Cassell

  • Persistent Infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae following Acute Respiratory Illness

    Margaret R. Hammerschlag;Keith Chirgwin;Patricia M. Roblin;Maureen Gelling

  • The Association of Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection and Reactive Airway Disease in Children

    Umit Emre;Patricia M. Roblin;Maureen Gelling;Wilson Dumornay

  • Safety and efficacy of azithromycin in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in children

    Jo-Ann S. Harris;Antonia Kolokathis;Michael Campbell;Gail H. Cassell

  • Prevalence of Asymptomatic Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Chlamydia pneumoniae in Subjectively Healthy Adults: Assessment by Polymerase Chain Reaction-Enzyme Immunoassay and Culture

    Charles L. Hyman;Patricia M. Roblin;Patricia M. Roblin;Charlotte A. Gaydos;Thomas C. Quinn

  • Use of HEp-2 cells for improved isolation and passage of Chlamydia pneumoniae.

    P M Roblin;W Dumornay;M R Hammerschlag

  • Chlamydia pneumoniae and Atherosclerosis: Critical Assessment of Diagnostic Methods and Relevance to Treatment Studies

    Jens Boman;Margaret R. Hammerschlag

  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections

    Margaret R. Hammerschlag

  • Microbiology of the Vagina in Children: Normal and Potentially Pathogenic Organisms

    Margaret R. Hammerschlag;Susan Alpert;Ingrid Rosner;Pauline Thurston

  • Immunization of Healthy Adults with Live Attenuated Varicella Vaccine

    Anne A. Gershon;Sharon P. Steinberg;Philip LaRussa;Angelo Ferrara

  • Failure to Detect Chlamydia pneumoniae in Coronary Atheromas of Patients Undergoing Atherectomy

    Steven M. Weiss;Patricia M. Roblin;Charlotte A. Gaydos;Peter Cummings

  • Acute Respiratory Infection Due to Chlamydia pneumoniae: Current Status of Diagnostic Methods

    Ellie J. C. Goldstein;Swati Kumar;Margaret R. Hammerschlag

  • Diagnostic utility of PCR-enzyme immunoassay, culture, and serology for detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients.

    C A Gaydos;P M Roblin;M R Hammerschlag;C L Hyman

  • Infectious causes of multiple sclerosis

    Gavin Giovannoni;Gary R Cutter;Jan Lunemann;Roland Martin

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Clinical Syndromes and Predictors of Disease Severity in Hospitalized Children and Youth.

    Danielle M. Fernandes;Carlos R. Oliveira;Sandra Guerguis;Ruth Eisenberg

  • Detection of Anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae IgE in Children with Reactive Airway Disease

    Umit Emre;Natasha Sokolovskaya;Patricia M. Roblin;Julius Schachter

  • Infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae in Brooklyn

    Keith Chirgwin;Patricia M. Roblin;Maureen Gelling;Margaret R. Hammerschlag

  • Prospective study of maternal and infantile infection with Chlamydia trachomatis.

    Margaret R. Hammerschlag;Marlene Anderka;Deborah Z. Semine;Dorothy McComb

  • Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Suspected Child Victims of Sexual Assault

    Rebecca G Girardet;Sheela L Lahoti;Laurie A. Howard;Nancy N. Fajman

  • In vitro activities of azithromycin, clarithromycin, L-ofloxacin, and other antibiotics against Chlamydia pneumoniae.

    M R Hammerschlag;K K Qumei;P M Roblin

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Timms
Peter Timms University of the Sunshine Coast
Julius Schachter
Julius Schachter University of California, San Francisco
Charlotte A. Gaydos
Charlotte A. Gaydos Johns Hopkins University
Anne A. Gershon
Anne A. Gershon Columbia University
Sharon Steinberg
Sharon Steinberg Columbia University
Gail H. Cassell
Gail H. Cassell Harvard University
John E. Bennett
John E. Bennett National Institutes of Health
Betsy C. Herold
Betsy C. Herold Albert Einstein College of Medicine
John G. Bartlett
John G. Bartlett Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Michael D. Cabana
Michael D. Cabana Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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