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Assessment of whole-genome mapping in a well-defined outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype SaintpaulP D Fey
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
J Clin Microbiol 50:3063-5. 2012..PFGE and whole-genome mapping were concordant with 22 of 23 isolates. Whole-genome mapping is a viable alternative tool for the epidemiological analysis of Salmonella food-borne disease investigations...
Genetic analysis of the Staphylococcus epidermidis macromolecular synthesis operon: Serp1129 is an ATP binding protein and sigA transcription is regulated by both sigma(A)- and sigma(B)-dependent promotersKendall A Bryant
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 5900, USA
BMC Microbiol 10:8. 2010..In conjunction with studies to determine the expression profile of dnaG, the MMSO of Staphylococus epidermidis was characterized...
Modality of bacterial growth presents unique targets: how do we treat biofilm-mediated infections?Paul D Fey
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Omaha, NE 68198 5900, USA
Curr Opin Microbiol 13:610-5. 2010....
Current concepts in biofilm formation of Staphylococcus epidermidisPaul D Fey
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985900 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 5900, USA
Future Microbiol 5:917-33. 2010..It is hypothesized that studies focused on understanding the biological function of each step in staphylococcal biofilm formation will yield new treatment modalities to treat these recalcitrant infections...
Characterization of the relationship between polysaccharide intercellular adhesin and hemagglutination in Staphylococcus epidermidisP D Fey
Division of Infectious Disease, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 5400, USA
J Infect Dis 179:1561-4. 1999..It was concluded that production of PIA and hemagglutination are strongly associated and that PIA, at least in part, mediates hemagglutination in S. epidermidis...
Molecular epidemiology in the public health and hospital environmentsPaul D Fey
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease and Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985400 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 5400, USA
Clin Lab Med 23:885-901. 2003..Nevertheless, the typing methods discussed in this article and those yet to be developed have significantly improved the quality of health care worldwide...
Ceftriaxone-resistant salmonella infection acquired by a child from cattleP D Fey
Nebraska Public Health Laboratory, and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198 5400, USA
N Engl J Med 342:1242-9. 2000..We analyzed the molecular characteristics of a ceftriaxone-resistant strain of Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium isolated from a 12-year-old boy with fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea...
Comparative molecular analysis of community- or hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusP D Fey
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, USA
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 47:196-203. 2003..CA-MRSA poses a serious health risk not only because it is resistant to the antibiotics of choice for community-acquired staphylococcal infections but also because of its ability to cause nmTSS via superantigen production...
Effect of silver-coated urinary catheters: efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and antimicrobial resistanceMark E Rupp
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984031 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
Am J Infect Control 32:445-50. 2004....
Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae: considerations for diagnosis, prevention and drug treatmentMark E Rupp
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, USA
Drugs 63:353-65. 2003..Unfortunately, use of carbapenems has been associated with the emergence of carbapenem-resistant bacterial species such as Stenotrophomonas sp. or Pseudomonas sp...
Repetitive organic dust exposure in vitro impairs macrophage differentiation and functionJill A Poole
Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy Section, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Neb 68198 5300, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 122:375-82, 382.e1-4. 2008..Organic dust exposure in the agricultural industry results in significant airway disease and lung function decrease. Mononuclear phagocytes are key cells that mediate the inflammatory and innate immune response after dust exposure...
Outbreak of bloodstream infection temporally associated with the use of an intravascular needleless valveMark E Rupp
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA
Clin Infect Dis 44:1408-14. 2007..In March 2005, a dramatic increase in bloodstream infections was noted in multiple patient care units of a hospital in temporal association with the introduction of a needleless valve into use...
Infection control experience in a cooperative care center for transplant patientsAhmad Nusair
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 4031, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:424-9. 2008..To characterize infection control experience during a 6.5-year period in a cooperative care center for transplant patients...
Monsel's solution: a potential vector for nosocomial infection?Mark E Rupp
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198 4031, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 24:142-4. 2003..However, microbiologic inoculation studies and contamination surveys indicate that Monsel's solution has properties that prohibit microbial growth, making it an unlikely vector for nosocomial infection...
Coagulase-negative staphylococcal infectionsKathie L Rogers
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986280 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 6280, USA
Infect Dis Clin North Am 23:73-98. 2009..This article deals with the clinical syndromes, epidemiology, prevention, and management of infections caused by this unique group of organisms...
Daptomycin non-susceptible meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA 300 isolateMadhukiran H Murthy
Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA
J Med Microbiol 57:1036-8. 2008..Directed sequencing detected a previously reported mutation in mprF, resulting in a T345A substitution, associated with non-susceptibility to daptomycin...
Beta-lactam resistance and Enterobacteriaceae, United StatesJean M Whichard
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1464-6. 2005..2% (44/1,378) contained blaCMY genes. Novel findings included blaCMY-positive Escherichia coli O157:H7 and a blaSHV-positive Salmonella isolate. CMY-positive isolates showed a ceftriaxone MIC > or =2 microg/mL...
Staphylococcus aureus biofilm metabolism and the influence of arginine on polysaccharide intercellular adhesin synthesis, biofilm formation, and pathogenesisYefei Zhu
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska, 155 VBS, East Campus Loop, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
Infect Immun 75:4219-26. 2007....
A staphylococcal GGDEF domain protein regulates biofilm formation independently of cyclic dimeric GMPLinda M Holland
School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Ardmore House, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
J Bacteriol 190:5178-89. 2008..Our data raise the possibility that staphylococci cannot synthesize c-di-GMP and have only remnants of a c-di-GMP signaling pathway...
Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus strains have impaired acetate catabolism: implications for polysaccharide intercellular adhesin synthesis and autolysisJennifer L Nelson
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska, 155 VBS, East Campus Loop, Lincoln, NE 68583 0905, USA
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:616-22. 2007..This is an important observation because staphylococcal acetate catabolism is implicated in growth yield and antibiotic tolerance and in regulating cell death and polysaccharide intercellular adhesin synthesis...
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- ica phase variation in Staphylococcus epidermidisPAUL FEY; Fiscal Year: 2005..epidermidis pathogenesis and biology. Novel means to prevent and treat biomaterial-based infections may be suggested as a result of these studies. ..
