Paul R. Cieslak
Oregon Department of Human Services
79 Papers
570 Citations
Paul R. Cieslak is an academic researcher from Oregon Department of Human Services. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 71 publications. Previous affiliations of Paul R. Cieslak include Washington University in St. Louis.
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Papers
Case report: Persistent shedding of a live vaccine-derived rubella virus in a young man with severe combined immunodeficiency and cutaneous granuloma
Kimberly E Bonner,Ellie Sukerman,Juventila Liko,Tatiana M. Lanzieri,Melissa Sutton,Emilio DeBess,Chris Leesman,Joseph P. Icenogle,LiJuan Hao,Min hsin Chen,Raeesa Faisthalab,Richard Leman,Paul R. Cieslak,Suk See DeRavin,Ludmila Perelygina +14 more
TL;DR: A young man with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency developed a persistent vaccine-derived rubella virus (VDRV) infection, with the emergence of cutaneous granulomas more than fifteen years after receiving two doses of MMR as mentioned in this paper .
Surveillance for Coccidioidomycosis, Histoplasmosis, and Blastomycosis — United States, 2019
Dallas J Smith,Samantha L. Williams,Kaitlin Benedict,Brendan R Jackson,Mitsuru Toda,Guillermo Adame,Laura K. Lester Rothfeldt,Gail L Sondermeyer Cooksey,Kristen Rios,Connie Austin,Mary-Elizabeth Steppig,Sheri Tubach,Natalie Christophe,Kristy Lunquest,Rebecca Reik,Malia Ireland,Danny Power,Deanna L. Bridges,Laura Cronquist,Katie Cibulskas,Paul R. Cieslak,Kimberly Warren,Michael Gosciminski,Dustin Ortbahn,BreAnne Osborn,Hanna N. Oltean,Suzanne N. Gibbons-Burgener +26 more
TL;DR: Although substantially fewer histoplasmosis and blastomycosis cases were reported, surveillance was much more limited and underdiagnosis was likely, as evidenced by high hospitalization and death rates, which suggests that persons with milder symptoms might not seek medical evaluation and the symptoms self-resolve.
Tracking Pertussis and Evaluating Control Measures through Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance, Emerging Infections Program, United States.
TL;DR: This network can improve pertussis prevention and control and be a model for surveillance programs.
Clostridium difficile-associated disease in Oregon: increasing incidence and hospital-level risk factors.
TL;DR: Investigation of the incidence and trends of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in Oregon found that incidence has more than doubled over the past decade and larger hospitals experienced the greatest increase in disease rates.
Chickenpox outbreak in a highly vaccinated school population.
Barna D. Tugwell,Barna D. Tugwell,Lore E. Lee,Hilary Gillette,Eileen M. Lorber,Katrina Hedberg,Paul R. Cieslak +6 more
TL;DR: A chickenpox outbreak occurred in an Oregon elementary school in which 97% of students without a prior history of chickenpox were vaccinated, and students vaccinated >5 years before the outbreak were at risk for breakthrough disease.