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Overview

Sheldon L. Kaplan is affiliated with the Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine with a strong emphasis on epidemiology, infectious diseases, public health, environmental and occupational health, surgery, and microbiology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines

Sheldon L. Kaplan has frequently published in these venues:

  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
  • PEDIATRICS

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several researchers over the years, including:

  • Kristina G. Hultén
  • J. Chase McNeil
  • Jesús G. Vallejo
  • Lauren M. Sommer
  • Anthony R. Flores

Some recent publications by Sheldon L. Kaplan include:

  • The Indirect Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on Invasive Group a Streptococcus, Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Staphylococcus Aureus Infections in Houston Area Children, 2021, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
  • New Antibiotics for Staphylococcus aureus Infection: An Update from the World Association of Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders (WAidid) and the Italian Society of Anti-Infective Therapy (SITA), 2023, Antibiotics
  • Cefazolin Inoculum Effect and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Osteoarticular Infections in Children, 2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Harmonising regulatory approval for antibiotics in children, 2021, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • A rapid host-protein test for differentiating bacterial from viral infection: Apollo diagnostic accuracy study, 2024, Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open

Best Publications

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Adults and Children

    Catherine Liu;Arnold Bayer;Sara E. Cosgrove;Robert S. Daum

  • Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: 2014 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Dennis L. Stevens;Alan L. Bisno;Henry F. Chambers;E. Patchen Dellinger

  • Practice Guidelines for the Management of Bacterial Meningitis

    Allan R. Tunkel;Barry J. Hartman;Sheldon L. Kaplan;Bruce A. Kaufman

  • The Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children Older Than 3 Months of Age: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    John S. Bradley;Carrie L. Byington;Samir S. Shah;Brian Alverson

  • The Management of Encephalitis: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Allan R. Tunkel;Carol A. Glaser;Karen C. Bloch;James J. Sejvar

  • Executive Summary: Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: 2014 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Dennis L. Stevens;Alan L. Bisno;Henry F. Chambers;E. Patchen Dellinger

  • 2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America's Clinical Practice Guidelines for Healthcare-Associated Ventriculitis and Meningitis.

    Allan R. Tunkel;Rodrigo Hasbun;Adarsh Bhimraj;Karin Byers

  • Three-year surveillance of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infections in children

    Sheldon L. Kaplan;Kristina G. Hulten;Blanca E. Gonzalez;Wendy A. Hammerman

  • Clinical characteristics of children with complicated pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Tina Q. Tan;Edward O. Mason;Ellen R. Wald;William J. Barson

  • Decrease of Invasive Pneumococcal Infections in Children Among 8 Children’s Hospitals in the United States After the Introduction of the 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

    Sheldon L. Kaplan;Edward O. Mason;Ellen R. Wald;Gordon E. Schutze

  • Hematologic Effects of Linezolid: Summary of Clinical Experience

    Stanton L. Gerson;Sheldon L. Kaplan;Jon B. Bruss;Vu Le

  • An Epidemiological Investigation of a Sustained High Rate of Pediatric Parapneumonic Empyema: Risk Factors and Microbiological Associations

    Carrie L. Byington;La Shonda Y. Spencer;Timothy A. Johnson;Andrew T. Pavia

  • Severe Staphylococcal Sepsis in Adolescents in the Era of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Blanca E. Gonzalez;Gerardo Martinez-Aguilar;Gerardo Martinez-Aguilar;Kristina G. Hulten;Kristina G. Hulten;Wendy A. Hammerman;Wendy A. Hammerman

  • Prospective comparison of risk factors and demographic and clinical characteristics of community-acquired, methicillin-resistant versus methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection in children.

    Carlos A. Sattler;Edward O. Mason;Sheldon L. Kaplan

  • Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes Are Associated With Enhanced Inflammatory Response and Local Disease in Acute Hematogenous Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis in Children

    Claire E. Bocchini;Kristina G. Hulten;Edward O. Mason;Blanca E. Gonzalez

  • Community-acquired, methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus musculoskeletal infections in children.

    Gerardo Martínez-Aguilar;Ana Avalos-Mishaan;Kristina Hulten;Wendy Hammerman

  • Spontaneous Skin Ulceration and Defective T Cell Function in CD18 Null Mice

    Karin Scharffetter-Kochanek;Karin Scharffetter-Kochanek;Huifang Lu;Keith Norman;Nicole van Nood

  • Prospective Evaluation of Hearing Impairment as a Sequela of Acute Bacterial Meningitis

    Philip R. Dodge;Hallowell Davis;Ralph D. Feigin;Sandra J. Holmes

  • Three-Year Multicenter Surveillance of Pneumococcal Meningitis in Children: Clinical Characteristics, and Outcome Related to Penicillin Susceptibility and Dexamethasone Use

    Moshe Arditi;Edward O. Mason;John S. Bradley;Tina Q. Tan

  • Clindamycin treatment of invasive infections caused by community-acquired, methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in children.

    Gerardo Martínez-Aguilar;Wendy A. Hammerman;Wendy A. Hammerman;Edward O. Mason;Sheldon L. Kaplan

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward O. Mason
Edward O. Mason Baylor College of Medicine
Kristina G. Hulten
Kristina G. Hulten Baylor College of Medicine
John S. Bradley
John S. Bradley University of California, San Diego
Tina Q. Tan
Tina Q. Tan Northwestern University
Philana Ling Lin
Philana Ling Lin University of Pittsburgh
Ellen R. Wald
Ellen R. Wald University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ram Yogev
Ram Yogev Northwestern University
Kwang Sik Kim
Kwang Sik Kim Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Donald C. Anderson
Donald C. Anderson Baylor College of Medicine
Arthur L. Beaudet
Arthur L. Beaudet Baylor College of Medicine

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