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Paenibacillus infection with frequent viral coinfection contributes to postinfectious hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants
Paulson J, Williams B, Hehnly C, Mishra N, Sinnar S, Zhang L, Ssentongo P, Mbabazi-Kabachelor E, Wijetunge D, von Bredow B, Mulondo R, Kiwanuka J, Bajunirwe F, Bazira J, Bebell L, Burgoine K, Couto-Rodriguez M, Ericson J, Erickson T, Ferrari M, Gladstone M, Guo C, Haran M, Hornig M, Isaacs A, Kaaya B, Kangere S, Kulkarni A, Kumbakumba E, Li X, Limbrick D, Magombe J, Morton S, Mugamba J, Ng J, Olupot-Olupot P, Onen J, Peterson M, Roy F, Sheldon K, Townsend R, Weeks A, Whalen A, Quackenbush J, Ssenyonga P, Galperin M, Almeida M, Atkins H, Warf B, Lipkin W, Broach J, Schiff S. Paenibacillus infection with frequent viral coinfection contributes to postinfectious hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants. Science Translational Medicine 2020, 12 PMID: 32998967, PMCID: PMC7774825, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aba0565.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostinfectious hydrocephalusCSF samplesPIH casesPotential causative organismsCerebrospinal fluid accumulationCytomegalovirus coinfectionUgandan infantsNeonatal sepsisSurgical palliationNeonatal infectionInfant casesOptimal treatmentInfant cohortCommon causeCausative organismPediatric hydrocephalusFluid accumulationHydrocephalusAnaerobic bacterial isolatesControl casesInfectionFacultative anaerobic bacterial isolatesInfantsParasitic DNADisease
2018
Meta-analysis of the lung microbiota in pulmonary tuberculosis
Hong B, Paulson J, Stine O, Weinstock G, Cervantes J. Meta-analysis of the lung microbiota in pulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberculosis 2018, 109: 102-108. PMID: 29559113, DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2018.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecies signatureNext generation sequencing dataLung microbiotaGeneration sequencing dataClustering of microbiotaMycobacterium tuberculosisCaulobacter henriciiLung microbiota compositionSequence dataBody nichesR. mucilaginosaMicrobiota compositionSputum microbiotaActinomyces graevenitziiBioinformatics analysisMicrobiotaRothia mucilaginosaTB patientsHealthy controlsTB casesAssociated with pulmonary TBHaemophilus parahaemolyticusMeta-analysisLower respiratory tractBody sites