2022
Type IV Pili Are a Critical Virulence Factor in Clinical Isolates of Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus
Hehnly C, Shi A, Ssentongo P, Zhang L, Isaacs A, Morton S, Streck N, Erdmann-Gilmore P, Tolstoy I, Townsend R, Limbrick D, Paulson J, Ericson J, Galperin M, Schiff S, Broach J. Type IV Pili Are a Critical Virulence Factor in Clinical Isolates of Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus. MBio 2022, 13: e02688-22. PMID: 36374038, PMCID: PMC9765702, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02688-22.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostinfectious hydrocephalusClinical isolatesVirulence factorsCritical virulence factorPotential virulence factorsPoor long-term outcomesPrevention of hydrocephalusLong-term outcomesBacterial pathogensDevastating sequelaeNeonatal sepsisMiddle-income countriesNeonatal infectionSurgical interventionReference strainsNovel bacterial pathogensAfrican cohortBeta-lactamase genesChildhood mortalityHydrocephalusTherapeutic targetInfectionVirulent strainDevastating diseaseWhole-genome sequencing
2013
Survey of Culture, GoldenGate Assay, Universal Biosensor Assay, and 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing as Alternative Methods of Bacterial Pathogen Detection
Lindsay B, Pop M, Antonio M, Walker A, Mai V, Ahmed D, Oundo J, Tamboura B, Panchalingam S, Levine M, Kotloff K, Li S, Magder L, Paulson J, Liu B, Ikumapayi U, Ebruke C, Dione M, Adeyemi M, Rance R, Stares M, Ukhanova M, Barnes B, Lewis I, Ahmed F, Alam M, Amin R, Siddiqui S, Ochieng J, Ouma E, Juma J, Mailu E, Omore R, O'Reilly C, Hannis J, Manalili S, DeLeon J, Yasuda I, Blyn L, Ranken R, Li F, Housley R, Ecker D, Hossain M, Breiman R, Morris J, McDaniel T, Parkhill J, Saha D, Sampath R, Stine O, Nataro J. Survey of Culture, GoldenGate Assay, Universal Biosensor Assay, and 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing as Alternative Methods of Bacterial Pathogen Detection. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2013, 51: 3263-3269. PMID: 23884998, PMCID: PMC3811648, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01342-13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnteroaggregative Escherichia coliEnteropathogenic E. coliEnterotoxigenic E. coliDNA samplesShigella sppGoldenGate assaySequencing of 16S rRNA genesRRNA gene sequencesBiosensor assayCultivation-based assaysMolecular technologiesStool samplesIdentification of pathogensBacterial pathogen detectionDetect bacterial pathogensEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-based methodVirulence genesRRNA geneVirulence factorsGene sequencesBacterial pathogensDiarrheal pathogensEnteric pathogensPathogen detectionDNA