Richard R. Facklam

Research.com Recognitions

• 1998 - ASM Award for Research in Clinical Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology

Overview

Best Publications

• Decline in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease after the Introduction of Protein–Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine

  Cynthia G. Whitney;Monica M. Farley;James Hadler;Lee H. Harrison

  2790
  Citations

• What Happened to the Streptococci: Overview of Taxonomic and Nomenclature Changes

  Richard Facklam

  1351
  Citations

• Identification of Enterococcus species isolated from human infections by a conventional test scheme.

  R R Facklam;M D Collins

  1168
  Citations

• Effect of Introduction of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

  Moe H. Kyaw;Ruth Lynfield;William Schaffner;Allen S. Craig

  1086
  Citations

• Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine efficacy : an evaluation of current recommendations

  Jay C. Butler;Robert F. Breiman;John F. Campbell;Harvey B. Lipman

  921
  Citations

• Defining the Group A Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome: Rationale and Consensus Definition

  Robert F. Breiman;Jeffrey P. Davis;Richard R. Facklam;Barry M. Gray

  839
  Citations

• Changing epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease among older adults in the era of pediatric pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

  Catherine A. Lexau;Ruth Lynfield;Richard Danila;Tamara Pilishvili

  808
  Citations

• Sequencing emm-specific PCR products for routine and accurate typing of group A streptococci

  B Beall;R Facklam;T Thompson

  776
  Citations

• Emergence of Drug-Resistant Pneumococcal Infections in the United States

  Robert F. Breiman;Jay C. Butler;Fred C. Tenover;John A. Elliott

  764
  Citations

• Considerations for formulating the second-generation pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide vaccine with emphasis on the cross-reactive types within groups.

  Robbins Jb;Austrian R;Lee Cj;Rastogi Sc

  748
  Citations

• The prevalence of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Atlanta.

  Jo Hofmann;Martin S. Cetron;Monica M. Farley;Wendy S. Baughman

  734
  Citations

• Evaluation and Improvement of Real-Time PCR Assays Targeting lytA, ply, and psaA Genes for Detection of Pneumococcal DNA

  Maria da Gloria S. Carvalho;Maria Lucia Tondella;Karen McCaustland;Luciana Weidlich

  689
  Citations

• Bacterial Meningitis in the United States, 1986: Report of a Multistate Surveillance Study

  Jay D. Wenger;Allen W. Hightower;Richard R. Facklam;Suzanne Gaventa

  613
  Citations

• Identification, classification, and clinical relevance of catalase-negative, gram-positive cocci, excluding the streptococci and enterococci.

  R Facklam;J A Elliott

  570
  Citations

• The Continued Emergence of Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States: An Update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Pneumococcal Sentinel Surveillance System

  Butler Jc;Hofmann J;Cetron Ms;Elliott Ja

  505
  Citations

• 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

  498
  Citations

• Recognition of Group D Streptococcal Species of Human Origin by Biochemical and Physiological Tests

  Richard R. Facklam

  468
  Citations

• Pneumococcal disease after pneumococcal vaccination: an alternative method to estimate the efficacy of pneumococcal vaccine.

  Claire V. Broome;Richard R. Facklam;David W. Fraser

  460
  Citations

• Epidemiology of Invasive Group A Streptococcus Disease in the United States, 1995–1999

  Katherine L O'Brien;Bernard Beall;Nancy L Barrett;Paul R Cieslak

  451
  Citations

• Invasive Infections Due to a Fish Pathogen, Streptococcus iniae

  Mitchell R. Weinstein;Margaret Litt;Daniel A. Kertesz;Phyllis Wyper

  432
  Citations