Lin S, Kaplan EL, Rao X, Johnson DR, Deng M, Zhuo Q, Yang P, Mai J, Dong T, Liu X. A School-Based Program for Control of Group A Streptococcal Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: A Controlled Study in Southern China. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal 27:753-755, 2008.

Kurlan R, Johnson DR, Kaplan EL, and the Tourette’s Syndrome Study Group. Streptococcal Infection and Exacerbations of Childhood Tics and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: A Prospective Blinded Cohort Study. Pediatrics 121:1188-1197, 2008.

Kaplan EL, Oakes JM, Johnson DR. Unexpected Clinical Site Variation in Eradication Rates of Group A Streptococci by Penicillin in Multisite Clinical Trials. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal 26:1110-1116, 2007.

Erdem G, Mizumoto C, Esaki D, Reddy V, Kurahara D, Yamaga K, Abe L, Johnson D, Yamamoto K, Kaplan EL. Group A Streptococcal Isolates Temporally Associated with Acute Rheumatic Fever in Hawaii: Differences from the Continental United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases 45:e20-24, 2007.

Neal S, Beall B, Ekelund K, Henriques-Normark B, Jasir A, Johnson D, Kaplan E, Lovgren M, Reinert RR, Members of the Strep-Euro Study Group. International quality assurance study for the characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 45:1175-1179, 2007.

Kaplan EL, Chhatwal GS, Rohde M. Reduced Ability of Penicillin to Eradicate Ingested Group A Streptococci From Epithelial Cells: Clinical and Pathogenetic Implications. Clinical Infectious Diseases 43:1398-1406, 2006.

Johnson DR, Kaplan EL, VanGheem A, Facklam RR, Beall B. Characterization of Group A Streptococci (Streptococcus pyogenes): Correlation of M-Protein and emm-Gene Type with T-Protein Agglutination Pattern and Serum Opacity Factor. Journal of Medical Microbiology 55:157-164, 2006.

Stevens, DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, Everett ED, Dellinger P, Goldstein EJC, Gorbach SL, Hirschmann JV, Kaplan EL, Montoya JG, Wade JC. Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections. Clinical Infectious Diseases 41:1373-406, 2005.

Kaplan EL, Cornaglia G. Persistent Macrolide Resistance Among Group A Streptococci: the lack of accomplishment after 4 decades. Clinical Infectious Diseases 41:609-611, 2005.

Pechere JC, Kaplan EL, Editors. Streptococcal Pharyngitis – Optimal Management. Karger Publishers, Basel, Switzerland, 2004.

Kaplan EL (Co-chair), Mendis S (Co-chair), Bisno A, Butchart EG, Ganguly NK, Ghebrehiwet T, Lue H-C, Kordofani N, Martin D, Millard D, Narula J, Vanuzzo D, Zaher SRA. Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease – Report of a World Health Organization Expert Consultation; WHO Technical Report Series 923. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2004.

Stevens DL, Kaplan EL, Editors. Streptococcal Infections: Microbiology, Clinical Aspects and Molecular Pathogenesis. Oxford University Press; New York, New York, 2000.

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