Pediatric Research

Stephanie A. Fritz, M.D., M.S.C.I. fritz.s@wustl.edu

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases

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Infectious Diseases

phone: (314) 454-6050

Research Interests

Dr. Fritz's research interests are in the epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of pediatric methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.

Education

BS, University of Wisconsin, 1997
MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2001
MSCI, Washington University School of Medicine, 2008

Training

Intern/Resident in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 2001 - 2004
Fellow, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Washington University , 2004 - 2007

Licensure and Board Certification

2003 - PresWI, Physician and Surgeon
2004 - PresMO, Physician and Surgeon
2004 - 2024American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
2007 - 2017ABP Sub-board of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Honors and Awards

Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, 1994 - 1997
Elmbrook Memorial Hospital John O. Grade, M.D. Scholarship, 1997
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Graduated with Distinction, 1997
Watertown Memorial Hospital Cynthia Kolasinski Scholarship, 1999 - 2000
Wisconsin State Medical Society Foundation Scholarship, 2000
Scholar, Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2005 - 2008
National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program Award, 2006 - 2009
Infectious Diseases Society of America/ National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Pfizer Fellowship in Clinical Diseases Award, 2007
Faculty Scholar Award, Children’s Discovery Institute of Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, 2012
Young Investigator Award, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2012
Featured Member, Society for Pediatric Research, 2014
Resident/Fellow Alumni Achievement Award, Washington University Medical Center Alumni Association, 2018
Mentor of the Year, Clinical Research Training Center, Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, 2021
Inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, 2022

Selected Publications view all (64)

Publication Co-Authors

Gregory A. Storch, M.D.

Stephanie S Cabler

Duha Al-Zubeidi

Jeffrey J. Bednarski, M.D., Ph.D.

Jason Newland, M.D., M.Ed.

Phillip I. Tarr, M.D.

David A. Hunstad, M.D.

Kristine Wylie, Ph.D.

Carly Schuetz

Barbara B. Warner, M.D., MSc

Rachel C. Orscheln, M.D.

Stacey L House (Nix)

Alexis M. Elward, M.D., M.P.H.

S. Celeste Morley, M.D., Ph.D.

1.	Morelli JJ, Hogan PG, Sullivan ML, Muenks CE, Wang JW, Thompson RM, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Recovered from Humans, Environmental Surfaces, and Companion Animals in Households of Children with Community-Onset Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015;59(10):6634-7. doi:10.1128/AAC.01492-15 PMCID:PMC4576049 PMID:26248385
2.	Rodriguez M, Hogan PG, Satola SW, Crispell E, Wylie T, Gao H, Sodergren E, Weinstock GM, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Discriminatory Indices of Typing Methods for Epidemiologic Analysis of Contemporary Staphylococcus aureus Strains. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015;94(37):e1534. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000001534 PMCID:PMC4635816 PMID:26376402
3.	Creech CB, Al-Zubeidi DN, Fritz SA. Prevention of Recurrent Staphylococcal Skin Infections. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2015;29(3):429-64. doi:10.1016/j.idc.2015.05.007 PMCID:PMC4552962 PMID:26311356
4.	Wang JW, Hogan PG, Hunstad DA, Fritz SA. Vitamin D sufficiency and Staphylococcus aureus infection in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015;34(5):544-5. doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000000667 PMCID:PMC4400212 PMID:25860535
5.	Hogan PG, Burnham CA, Singh LN, Patrick CE, Lukas JC, Wang JW, Fraser VJ, Fritz SA. Evaluation of Environmental Sampling Methods for Detection of Staphylococcus aureus on Fomites. Ann Public Health Res. 2015;2(1). PMCID:PMC4399720 PMID:25893222
6.	Fritz SA, Hogan PG, Singh LN, Thompson RM, Wallace MA, Whitney K, Al-Zubeidi D, Burnham CA, Fraser VJ. Contamination of environmental surfaces with Staphylococcus aureus in households with children infected with methicillin-resistant S aureus. JAMA Pediatr. 2014;168(11):1030-8. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1218 PMCID:PMC4219733 PMID:25200331
7.	Al-Zubeidi D, Burnham CA, Hogan PG, Collins R, Hunstad DA, Fritz SA. Molecular Epidemiology of Recurrent Cutaneous Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2014;3(3):261-264. doi:10.1093/jpids/pit046 PMCID:PMC4381745 PMID:25844165
8.	Gurnee EA, Ndao IM, McGhee JE, Warner BB, Tarr PI, Fritz SA, Burnham CA. Fecal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in healthy children. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(2):1261-2. doi:10.1128/AAC.02466-13 PMCID:PMC3910844 PMID:24277049
9.	Rodriguez M, Hogan PG, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in households of children with community-associated S aureus skin and soft tissue infections. J Pediatr. 2014;164(1):105-11. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.08.072 PMCID:PMC3921902 PMID:24128648
10.	Al-Zubeidi D, Hogan PG, Boyle M, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in serial cultures from the respiratory tract of children with cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013. doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000000204 PMID:24220228

1.	Hayes S, Malone S, Bonty B, Mueller N, Reyes SM, Reyes SA, Evans C, Wilcher-Roberts M, Watterson T, Akuse S, Shelley J, Yuan G, Lackey I, Prater J, Montgomery B, Williams C, Butler-Barnes ST, Caburnay C, Dougherty NL, Liu J, Lai A, Neidich J, Fritz S, Newland JG. Assessing COVID-19 testing strategies in K-12 schools in underserved populations: study protocol for a cluster-randomized trial. BMC Public Health. 2022;22(1):1177. PMCID:PMC9189793 PMID:35698094
2.	Dingle TC, Gamage D, Gomez-Villegas S, Hanson BM, Reyes J, Abbott A, Burnham CD, Dien Bard J, Fritz S, Miller WR, Westblade LF, Zimmer B, Arias CA, Butler-Wu S, CLSI Cefazolin High Inoculum Ad-Hoc Working Group.. Prevalence and Characterization of the Cefazolin Inoculum Effect in North American Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Isolates. J Clin Microbiol. 2022;e0249521. PMID:35578988
3.	Fritz SA, Wylie TN, Gula H, Hogan PG, Boyle MG, Muenks CE, Sullivan ML, Burnham CD, Wylie KM. Longitudinal Dynamics of Skin Bacterial Communities in the Context of Staphylococcus aureus Decolonization. Microbiol Spectr. 2022;10(2):e0267221. PMCID:PMC9045213 PMID:35384711
4.	Evers EC, Fritz SA, Colditz GA, Burnham JP. Perceptions of Telemedicine and Costs Incurred by a Visit to a General Infectious Diseases Clinic: A Survey. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022;9(3):ofab661. PMCID:PMC8852313 PMID:35187192
5.	Williams DJ, Creech CB, Walter EB, Martin JM, Gerber JS, Newland JG, Howard L, Hofto ME, Staat MA, Oler RE, Tuyishimire B, Conrad TM, Lee MS, Ghazaryan V, Pettigrew MM, Fowler VG Jr, Chambers HF, Zaoutis TE, Evans S, Huskins WC, The DMID 14-0079 Study Team.. Short- vs Standard-Course Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children: The SCOUT-CAP Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2022;176(3):253-261. PMCID:PMC8767493 PMID:35040920
6.	McLaughlin HP, Worrell MC, Malone S, Dawson P, Maricque B, Halpin JL, Lee S, Fritz SA, Tinker SC, Neidich JA, Towns K, Lee JS, Barrios LC, Neatherlin JC, Newland JG, Salzer JS, SARS-CoV-2 Specimen Collection Field Team.. Acceptance of Saliva-Based Specimen Collection for SARS-CoV-2 Testing Among K-12 Students, Teachers, and Staff. Public Health Rep. 2022;333549221074395. PMID:35137643
7.	Mistry RD, Hogan PG, Parrish KL, Thompson RM, Fritz SA.. Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Treatment and Prevention Practices by Pediatric Emergency Pediatric Emergency Care. 2022. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000002618
8.	Hogan PG, Parrish KL, Mork RL, Boyle MG, Muenks CE, Thompson RM, Morelli JJ, Sullivan ML, Hunstad DA, Bubeck Wardenburg J, Rzhetsky A, Gehlert SJ, Burnham CD, Fritz SA. HOME2 Study: Household Versus Personalized Decolonization in Households of Children With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infection-A Randomized Clinical Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2021;73(11):e4568-e4577. PMCID:PMC8653631 PMID:32521007
9.	Roper PM, Eichelberger KR, Cox L, O'Connor L, Shao C, Ford CA, Fritz SA, Cassat JE, Veis DJ. Contemporary Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from Pediatric Osteomyelitis Patients Display Unique Characteristics in a Mouse Model of Hematogenous Osteomyelitis. Infect Immun. 2021;89(10):e0018021. PMCID:PMC8445171 PMID:34097469
10.	Sherby MR, Walsh TJ, Lai AM, Neidich JA, Balls-Berry JE, Morris SM, Head R, Prener CG, Newland JG, Gurnett CA, COMPASS-T Study Group.. SARS-CoV-2 screening testing in schools for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. J Neurodev Disord. 2021;13(1):31. PMCID:PMC8407928 PMID:34465306
11.	Schuetz CR, Hogan PG, Reich PJ, Halili S, Wiseman HE, Boyle MG, Thompson RM, Warner BB, Fritz SA. Factors associated with progression to infection in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-colonized, critically ill neonates. J Perinatol. 2021;41(6):1285-1292. PMCID:PMC7917959 PMID:33649431
12.	Coffin SE, Abanyie F, Bryant K, Cantey J, Fiore A, Fritz S, Guzman-Cottrill J, Hersh AL, Huskins WC, Kociolek LK, Kronman M, Lautenbach E, Lee G, Linam M, Logan LK, Milstone A, Newland J, Nyquist AC, Palazzi DL, Patel S, Puopolo K, Reddy SC, Saiman L, Sandora T, Shane AL, Smith M, Tamma PD, Zaoutis T, Zerr D, Gerber JS, CDC Prevention Epicenters Program.. Pediatric research priorities in healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial stewardship. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021;42(5):519-522. PMID:33239122
13.	Dawson P, Worrell MC, Malone S, Tinker SC, Fritz S, Maricque B, Junaidi S, Purnell G, Lai AM, Neidich JA, Lee JS, Orscheln RC, Charney R, Rebmann T, Mooney J, Yoon N, Petit M, Schmidt S, Grabeel J, Neill LA, Barrios LC, Vallabhaneni S, Williams RW, Goddard C, Newland JG, Neatherlin JC, Salzer JS, CDC COVID-19 Surge Laboratory Group.. Pilot Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Secondary Transmission in Kindergarten Through Grade 12 Schools Implementing Mitigation Strategies - St. Louis County and City of Springfield, Missouri, December 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021;70(12):449-455. PMCID:PMC7993558 PMID:33764961
14.	Parrish KL, Salwan NK, Thompson RM, Hogan PG, Orscheln RC, Newland JG, Fritz SA. Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Treatment and Prevention Practices by Pediatric Infectious Diseases Providers Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2020;9(6):760–765. doi:10.1093/jpids/piz080 PMCID:PMC7864142 PMID:31773168
15.	Cabler SS, Hogan PG, Fritz SA, Bednarski JJ, Hunstad DA. Incidence and treatment of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in hospitalized children with Ehrlichia infection. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020;67(10):e28436. PMID:32706439
16.	McNeil JC, Sommer LM, Boyle M, Hogan P, Vallejo JG, Hulten KG, Flores AR, Kaplan SL, Fritz SA. The cefazolin inoculum effect and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus osteoarticular infections in children: Does it matter? Antimicrob Agents Chemother . 2020;64(9):e00703-20. doi:10.1128/AAC.00703-20 PMCID:PMC7449214 PMID:32660989
17.	Lake JG, Miller LG, Fritz SA. Antibiotic Duration, but Not Abscess Size, Impacts Clinical Cure of Limited Skin and Soft Tissue Infection After Incision and Drainage. Clin Infect Dis. 2020;71(3):661-663. PMCID:PMC7384315 PMID:31738397
18.	Fritz SA, Shapiro DJ, Hersh AL. National Trends in Incidence of Purulent Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Patients Presenting to Ambulatory and Emergency Department Settings, 2000-2015. Clin Infect Dis. 2020;70(12):2715-2718. PMID:31605485
19.	Hogan PG, Mork RL, Thompson RM, Muenks CE, Boyle MG, Sullivan ML, Morelli JJ, Williams CV, Sanchez N, Hunstad DA, Wardenburg JB, Gehlert SJ, Burnham CD, Rzhetsky A, Fritz SA. Environmental Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Contamination, Persistent Colonization, and Subsequent Skin and Soft Tissue Infection. JAMA Pediatr. 2020;174(6):552-562. PMCID:PMC7105954 PMID:32227144
20.	Edwards RL, Heueck I, Lee SG, Shah IT, Miller JJ, Jezewski AJ, Mikati MO, Wang X, Brothers RC, Heidel KM, Osbourn DM, Burnham CD, Alvarez S, Fritz SA, Dowd CS, Jez JM, Odom John AR. Potent, specific MEPicides for treatment of zoonotic staphylococci. PLoS Pathog. 2020;16(6):e1007806. PMCID:PMC7297381 PMID:32497104
21.	Mork RL, Hogan PG, Muenks CE, Boyle MG, Thompson RM, Sullivan ML, Morelli JJ, Seigel J, Orscheln RC, Bubeck Wardenburg J, Gehlert SJ, Burnham CD, Rzhetsky A, Fritz SA. Longitudinal, strain-specific Staphylococcus aureus introduction and transmission events in households of children with community-associated meticillin-resistant S aureus skin and soft tissue infection: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020;20(2):188-198. PMCID:PMC6995751 PMID:31784369
22.	Briscoe C, Reich PJ, Fritz SA, Coughlin CC.. Staphylococcus aureus antibiotic susceptibility patterns in pediatric atopic dermatitis. Pediatr Dermaol. 2019.
23.	Hogan PG, Mork RL, Boyle MG, Muenks CE, Morelli JJ, Thompson RM, Sullivan ML, Gehlert SJ, Merlo JR, McKenzie MG, Bubeck Wardenburg J, Rzhetsky A, Burnham CD, Fritz SA. Interplay of personal, pet, and environmental colonization in households affected by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Infection. 2019;78(3):200-207. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2018.11.006 PMCID: PMC6408279 PMID:30503843
24.	Liang SY, Jansson DR, Hogan PG, Raclin TW, Sullivan ML, Muenks CE, Munigala S, House SL, Fritz SA.. Emergency department environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus following care of colonized patients Ann Emerg Med. 2019. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.12.014 PMID:30732980
25.	Parrish KL, Wylie KM, Reich PJ, Hogan PG, Wylie TN, Kennedy CR, Lainhart W, Hunstad DA, Burnham CD, Fritz SA.. Carriage of the Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin Gene by Contemporary Community-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Isolates. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc.. 2018. doi:10.1093/jpids/piy098 PMID:30285124
26.	Parrish KL, Hogan PG, Clemons A, Fritz SA.. Spatial relationships among public places frequented by families plagued by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. BMC Res Notes. 2018;11(1):692. doi:10.1186/s13104-018-3797-4 PMCID:PMC6167789 PMID:30285824
27.	Muenks CE, Hogan PG, Burnham CD, Fritz SA. Comparing the yield of Staphylococcus aureus recovery with static versus agitated broth incubation Journal of Pathogens. 2018;Article ID 1462671. doi:10.1155/2018/1462671 PMCID:PMC6083490 PMID:30147954
28.	Mork RL, Hogan PG, Muenks CE, Boyle MG, Thompson RM, Morelli JJ, Sullivan ML, Gehlert SJ, Ross DG, Yn A, Bubeck Wardenburg J, Rzhetsky A, Burnham CD, Fritz SA. Comprehensive modeling reveals proximity, seasonality, and hygiene practices as key determinants of MRSA colonization in exposed households Pediatr Res. 2018. PMCID:PMC6294678 PMID:30135590
29.	Muenks CE, Sewell WC, Hogan PG, Thompson, RM, Ross DG, Wang JW, Morelli JJ, Gehlert SJ, Fritz SA. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Its effects are more than skin deep J Pediatr. 2018;199:158-165. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.04.002 PMCID: PMC6063792 PMID:29759849
30.	Hogan PG, Rodriguez M, Spenner AM, Brenneisen JM, Boyle MG, Sullivan ML, Fritz SA. Impact of systemic antibiotics on Staphylococcus aureus colonization and recurrent skin infection Clin Infect Dis. 2017. doi:10.1093/cid/cix754 PMCID:PMC5850557 PMID:29020285
31.	Daum RS, Miller LG, Immergluck L, Fritz S, Creech CB, Young D, Kumar N, Downing M, Pettibone S, Hoagland R, Eells SJ, Boyle MG, Parker TC, Chambers HF. A placebo-controlled trial of antibiotics for smaller skin abscesses. New Engl J Med . 2017;376:2545-2555. PMID:28657870
32.	McFarland M, Szasz TP, Zhou JY, Motley K, Sivapalan JS, Isaacson-Schmid M, Todd EM, Hogan PG, Fritz SA, Burnham CD, Hoffmann S, Morley SC. Colonization with 19F and other pneumococcal conjugate vaccine serotypes in children in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Vaccine. 2017;35(34):4389-4395. PMID:28687405
33.	Burnham CA, Hogan PG, Wallace MA, Deych E, Shannon W, Warren DK, Fritz SA. Topical Decolonization Does Not Eradicate the Skin Microbiota of Community-Dwelling or Hospitalized Adults. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016;60(12):7303-7312. PMCID:PMC5119011 PMID:27671074
34.	Muenks CE, Hogan PG, Wang JW, Eisenstein KA, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Diversity of Staphylococcus aureus strains colonizing various niches of the human body. J Infect 2016. 2016;72:698-705. PMID:27045982
35.	Reich PJ, Boyle MG, Hogan PG, Johnson AJ, Wallace MA, Elward AM, Warner BB, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in the neonatal intensive care unit: an infection prevention and patient safety challenge. Clin Microbiol Infect . 2016;22:645.e1-645.e8. PMCID:PMC4987169 PMID:27126609
36.	Morelli JJ, Hogan PG, Sullivan ML, Muenks CE, Wang JW, Thompson RM, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Recovered from Humans, Environmental Surfaces, and Companion Animals in Households of Children with Community-Onset Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015;59(10):6634-7. doi:10.1128/AAC.01492-15 PMCID:PMC4576049 PMID:26248385
37.	Rodriguez M, Hogan PG, Satola SW, Crispell E, Wylie T, Gao H, Sodergren E, Weinstock GM, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Discriminatory Indices of Typing Methods for Epidemiologic Analysis of Contemporary Staphylococcus aureus Strains. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015;94(37):e1534. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000001534 PMCID:PMC4635816 PMID:26376402
38.	Creech CB, Al-Zubeidi DN, Fritz SA. Prevention of Recurrent Staphylococcal Skin Infections. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2015;29(3):429-64. doi:10.1016/j.idc.2015.05.007 PMCID:PMC4552962 PMID:26311356
39.	Wang JW, Hogan PG, Hunstad DA, Fritz SA. Vitamin D sufficiency and Staphylococcus aureus infection in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015;34(5):544-5. doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000000667 PMCID:PMC4400212 PMID:25860535
40.	Hogan PG, Burnham CA, Singh LN, Patrick CE, Lukas JC, Wang JW, Fraser VJ, Fritz SA. Evaluation of Environmental Sampling Methods for Detection of Staphylococcus aureus on Fomites. Ann Public Health Res. 2015;2(1). PMCID:PMC4399720 PMID:25893222
41.	Land AD, Hogan P, Fritz S, Levin P. Phenotypic variation is almost entirely independent of the host-pathogen relationship in clinical isolates of S. aureus. PLoS ONE. 2015;10(6):e0129670.
42.	Fritz SA, Hogan PG, Singh LN, Thompson RM, Wallace MA, Whitney K, Al-Zubeidi D, Burnham CA, Fraser VJ. Contamination of environmental surfaces with Staphylococcus aureus in households with children infected with methicillin-resistant S aureus. JAMA Pediatr. 2014;168(11):1030-8. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1218 PMCID:PMC4219733 PMID:25200331
43.	Al-Zubeidi D, Burnham CA, Hogan PG, Collins R, Hunstad DA, Fritz SA. Molecular Epidemiology of Recurrent Cutaneous Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2014;3(3):261-264. doi:10.1093/jpids/pit046 PMCID:PMC4381745 PMID:25844165
44.	Gurnee EA, Ndao IM, McGhee JE, Warner BB, Tarr PI, Fritz SA, Burnham CA. Fecal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in healthy children. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(2):1261-2. doi:10.1128/AAC.02466-13 PMCID:PMC3910844 PMID:24277049
45.	Rodriguez M, Hogan PG, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in households of children with community-associated S aureus skin and soft tissue infections. J Pediatr. 2014;164(1):105-11. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.08.072 PMCID:PMC3921902 PMID:24128648
46.	Al-Zubeidi D, Hogan PG, Boyle M, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in serial cultures from the respiratory tract of children with cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013. doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000000204 PMID:24220228
47.	Fritz SA, Tiemann KM, Hogan PG, Epplin EK, Rodriguez M, Al-Zubeidi DN, Bubeck Wardenburg J, Hunstad DA. A serologic correlate of protective immunity against community-onset Staphylococcus aureus infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2013;56(11):1554-61. doi:10.1093/cid/cit123 PMCID:PMC3641868 PMID:23446627
48.	Rodriguez M, Hogan PG, Krauss M, Warren DK, Fritz SA. Measurement and Impact of Staphylococcus aureus Colonization Pressure in Households. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2013;2(2):147-154. doi:10.1093/jpids/pit002 PMCID:PMC3665327 PMID:23717786
49.	Fritz SA, Hogan PG, Camins BC, Ainsworth AJ, Patrick C, Martin MS, Krauss MJ, Rodriguez M, Burnham CA. Mupirocin and chlorhexidine resistance in Staphylococcus aureus in patients with community-onset skin and soft tissue infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013;57(1):559-68. doi:10.1128/AAC.01633-12 PMCID:PMC3535967 PMID:23147738
50.	El Feghaly RE, Stamm JE, Fritz SA, Burnham CA. Presence of the bla(Z) beta-lactamase gene in isolates of Staphylococcus aureus that appear penicillin susceptible by conventional phenotypic methods. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012;74(4):388-93. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.07.013 PMID:22959917
51.	Fritz SA, Long M, Gaebelein CJ, Martin MS, Hogan PG, Yetter J. Practices and procedures to prevent the transmission of skin and soft tissue infections in high school athletes. J Sch Nurs. 2012;28(5):389-96. doi:10.1177/1059840512442899 PMID:22472636
52.	Fritz SA, Hogan PG, Hayek G, Eisenstein KA, Rodriguez M, Krauss M, Garbutt J, Fraser VJ. Staphylococcus aureus colonization in children with community-associated Staphylococcus aureus skin infections and their household contacts. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(6):551-7. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.900 PMCID:PMC3596005 PMID:22665030
53.	Fritz SA, Hogan PG, Hayek G, Eisenstein KA, Rodriguez M, Epplin EK, Garbutt J, Fraser VJ. Household versus individual approaches to eradication of community-associated Staphylococcus aureus in children: a randomized trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2012;54(6):743-51. doi:10.1093/cid/cir919 PMCID:PMC3284213 PMID:22198793
54.	Fritz SA, Camins BC, Dukes J, Storch GA. Reply to Herigon and Newland: the role of intention-to-treat analyses in randomized trials Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol . 2012;33(208):210.
55.	Fritz SA, Camins BC, Eisenstein KA, Fritz JM, Epplin EK, Burnham CA, Dukes J, Storch GA. Effectiveness of measures to eradicate Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients with community-associated skin and soft-tissue infections: a randomized trial. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011;32(9):872-80. doi:10.1086/661285 PMCID:PMC3528015 PMID:21828967
56.	Fritz SA, Krauss MJ, Epplin EK, Burnham CA, Garbutt J, Dunne WM, Hunstad DA, Storch GA. The natural history of contemporary Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in community children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011;30(4):349-51. doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e3181fe075e PMCID:PMC3077955 PMID:21412205
57.	Fritz SA, Epplin EK, Garbutt J, Storch GA. Skin infection in children colonized with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Infect. 2009;59(6):394-401. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2009.09.001 PMCID:PMC2788074 PMID:19747505
58.	Orscheln RC, Hunstad DA, Fritz SA, Loughman JA, Mitchell K, Storch EK, Gaudreault M, Sellenriek PL, Armstrong JR, Mardis ER, Storch GA. contribution of genetically restricted, methicillin-susceptible strains to the ongoing epidemic of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2009;49(4):536-42. doi:10.1086/600881 PMCID:PMC2965061 PMID:19589082
59.	Trehan I, Fritz SA. Group B Streptococcus vertebral osteomyelitis-discitis in an immunocompetent adolescent. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009;28(6):552-3. doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e3181a4ce6e PMID:19483527
60.	Loughman JA, Fritz SA, Storch GA, Hunstad DA. Virulence gene expression in human community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infection. J Infect Dis. 2009;199(3):294-301. doi:10.1086/595982 PMCID:PMC2843142 PMID:19115951
61.	Fritz SA, Garbutt J, Elward A, Shannon W, Storch GA. Prevalence of and risk factors for community-acquired methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive staphylococcus aureus colonization in children seen in a practice-based research network. Pediatrics. 2008;121(6):1090-8. doi:10.1542/peds.2007-2104 PMID:18519477
62.	Lutter SA, Currie ML, Mitz LB, Greenbaum LA. Antibiotic resistance patterns in children hospitalized for urinary tract infections. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159(10):924-8. doi:10.1001/archpedi.159.10.924 PMID:16203936
63.	Lutter SA, Kerschner JE, Chusid MJ. Gradenigo syndrome: a rare but serious complication of otitis media. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2005;21(6):384-6. PMID:15942518
64.	Lutter SA, Glatz JA, Kastner KJ, Taylor SR, Willis E. Filling the cavities between children and oral health. WMJ. 2004;103(5):74-8, 83. PMID:15553570