Edward O Mason, Ph.D.
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Edward O Mason, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Positions
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
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Pediatrics-Infectious Disease
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
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Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Education
- PhD from Texas A&M University
- 01/1972 - College Station, TX United States
- MS from Texas A&M University
- 01/1970 - College Station, TX United States
- BA from Austin College
- 01/1967 - Sherman, TX United States
Certifications
- Diplomate
- (01/01/2014 - 12/31/2017)
- American Board of Medical Microbiology
- Fellow
- American Academy of Microbiology
Professional Interests
- Surveillance of staphylococcal infections in children
- Epidemiology and antibiotic-resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Websites
Selected Publications
- Hultén KG, Kaplan SL, Gonzalez BE, Hammerman WA, Lamberth LB, Versalovic J, Mason EO "Three-year surveillance of community onset health care-associated staphylococcus aureus infections in children.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2006 Apr;25(4):349-53. Pubmed PMID: 16567988
- Hulten KG, Kaplan SL, Lamberth LB, Barson WJ, Romero JR, Lin PL, Bradley JS, Givner LB, Tan TQ, Hoffman JA, Mason EO "Changes in Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 19A Invasive Infections in Children from 1993 to 2011.." J. Clin. Microbiol.. 2013 Apr;51(4):1294-7. Pubmed PMID: 23390277
- Carrillo-Marquez MA, Hulten KG, Mason EO, Kaplan SL "Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus Catheter-Related Bacteremia in Children.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2010 May;29(5):410-4. Pubmed PMID: 20431380
- Gonzalez BE, Hulten KG, Kaplan SL, Mason EO "Clonality of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 isolates from pediatric patients in the United States.." J. Clin. Microbiol.. 2004 Jun;42(6):2810-2. Pubmed PMID: 15184478
- Kaplan SL, Mason EO, Wald ER, Schutze GE, Bradley JS, Tan TQ, Hoffman JA, Givner LB, Yogev R, Barson WJ "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.." Pediatrics. 2004 Mar;113(3):443-9. Pubmed PMID: 14993532
- Hashemi FB, Schutze GE, Mason EO "Discrepancies between results by E-test and standard microbroth dilution testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae for susceptibility to vancomycin.." J. Clin. Microbiol.. 1996 Jun;34(6):1546-7. Pubmed PMID: 8735115
- Mason EO, Lamberth L, Lichenstein R, Kaplan SL "Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to penicillin in the USA and in-vitro susceptibility to selected oral antibiotics.." J. Antimicrob. Chemother.. 1995 Dec;36(6):1043-8. Pubmed PMID: 8821604
- Schutze GE, Tucker NC, Mason EO "Impact of the conjugate pneumococcal vaccine in arkansas.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2004 Dec;23(12):1125-9. Pubmed PMID: 15626950
- Hultén KG, Kaplan SL, Lamberth LB, Slimp K, Hammerman WA, Carrillo-Marquez M, Starke JR, Versalovic J, Mason EO "Hospital-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infections at Texas Children's Hospital, 2001-2007.." Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Feb;31(2):183-90. Pubmed PMID: 20001603
- Rodriguez AF, Kaplan SL, Hawkins EP, Mason EO "Hematogenous pneumococcal meningitis in the infant rat: description of a model.." J. Infect. Dis.. 1991 Dec;164(6):1207-9. Pubmed PMID: 1835472
- Tan TQ, Smith CW, Hawkins EP, Mason EO, Kaplan SL "Hematogenous bacterial meningitis in an intercellular adhesion molecule-1-deficient infant mouse model.." J. Infect. Dis.. 1995 Feb;171(2):342-9. Pubmed PMID: 7844370
- Byington CL, Korgenski K, Daly J, Ampofo K, Pavia A, Mason EO "Impact of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal parapneumonic empyema.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2006 Mar;25(3):250-4. Pubmed PMID: 16511389
- Green MC, Mason EO, Kaplan SL, Lamberth LB, Stovall SH, Givner LB, Bradley JS, Tan TQ, Barson WJ, Hoffman JA, Lin PL, Hulten KG "Increase in Prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 6C at Eight Children's Hospitals in the United States from 1993 to 2009.." J. Clin. Microbiol.. 2011 Jun;49(6):2097-101. Pubmed PMID: 21450963
- Lin PL, Michaels MG, Janosky J, Ortenzo M, Wald ER, Mason EO "Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in children 3 to 36 months of age at a tertiary care pediatric center 2 years after licensure of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.." Pediatrics. 2003 Apr;111(4):896-9. Pubmed PMID: 12671130
- McCaskill ML, Mason EO, Kaplan SL, Hammerman W, Lamberth LB, Hultén KG "Increase of the USA300 clone among community-acquired methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus causing invasive infections.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2007 Dec;26(12):1122-7. Pubmed PMID: 18043449
- Schutze GE, Mason EO, Barson WJ, Kim KS, Wald ER, Givner LB, Tan TQ, Bradley JS, Yogev R, Kaplan SL "Invasive pneumococcal infections in children with asplenia.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2002 Apr;21(4):278-82. Pubmed PMID: 12075756
- Browne LP, Mason EO, Kaplan SL, Cassady CI, Krishnamurthy R, Guillerman RP "Optimal imaging strategy for community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus musculoskeletal infections in children.." Pediatr Radiol. 2008 Aug;38(8):841-7. Pubmed PMID: 18560822
- Bocchini CE, Hulten KG, Mason EO, Gonzalez BE, Hammerman WA, Kaplan SL "Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes are associated with enhanced inflammatory response and local disease in acute hematogenous Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis in children.." Pediatrics. 2006 Feb;117(2):433-40. Pubmed PMID: 16452363
- Bradley JS, Kaplan SL, Tan TQ, Barson WJ, Arditi M, Schutze GE, Wald ER, Givner LB, Mason EO "Pediatric pneumococcal bone and joint infections. The Pediatric Multicenter Pneumococcal Surveillance Study Group (PMPSSG).." Pediatrics. 1998 Dec;102(6):1376-82. Pubmed PMID: 9832572
- Kaplan SL, Barson WJ, Lin PL, Stovall SH, Bradley JS, Tan TQ, Hoffman JA, Givner LB, Mason EO "Serotype 19A Is the Most Common Serotype Causing Invasive Pneumococcal Infections in Children.." Pediatrics. 2010 Mar;125(3):429-36. Pubmed PMID: 20176669
- Kaplan SL, Mason EO, Wald E, Tan TQ, Schutze GE, Bradley JS, Givner LB, Kim KS, Yogev R, Barson WJ "Six year multicenter surveillance of invasive pneumococcal infections in children.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2002 Feb;21(2):141-7. Pubmed PMID: 11840082
- Highlander SK, Hultén KG, Qin X, Jiang H, Yerrapragada S, Mason EO, Shang Y, Williams TM, Fortunov RM, Liu Y, Igboeli O, Petrosino J, Tirumalai M, Uzman A, Fox GE, Cardenas AM, Muzny DM, Hemphill L, Ding Y, Dugan S, Blyth PR, Buhay CJ, Dinh HH, Hawes AC, "Subtle genetic changes enhance virulence of methicillin resistant and sensitive Staphylococcus aureus.." BMC Microbiol.. 2007;7:99. Pubmed PMID: 17986343
- Mason EO, Lamberth LB, Hammerman WA, Hulten KG, Versalovic J, Kaplan SL "Vancomycin MICs for Staphylococcus aureus vary by detection method and have subtly increased in a pediatric population since 2005.." J. Clin. Microbiol.. 2009 Jun;47(6):1628-30. Pubmed PMID: 19403769
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