2018
Host suppression of quorum sensing during catheter-associated urinary tract infections
Cole SJ, Hall CL, Schniederberend M, Farrow III JM, Goodson JR, Pesci EC, Kazmierczak BI, Lee VT. Host suppression of quorum sensing during catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 4436. PMID: 30361690, PMCID: PMC6202348, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06882-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCatheter-associated urinary tract infectionsUrinary tract infectionTract infectionsChronic bacterial infectionP. aeruginosaAntibiotic therapyUrinary tractDevice-associated biofilmsMurine modelHost immunityClinical isolatesBacterial infectionsInfectionPseudomonas aeruginosaUrineAeruginosaTherapyRegulated genesImmunityTract
2014
A Conservative Amino Acid Mutation in the Master Regulator FleQ Renders Pseudomonas aeruginosa Aflagellate
Jain R, Kazmierczak BI. A Conservative Amino Acid Mutation in the Master Regulator FleQ Renders Pseudomonas aeruginosa Aflagellate. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e97439. PMID: 24827992, PMCID: PMC4020848, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097439.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMurine pulmonary infectionIL-1 signalPresence of mutationsPulmonary infectionAcute infectionBacterial clearanceHost responseBacterial infectionsClinical strainsInfectionSystem expressionAmino acid changesAmino acid mutationsSingle amino acid changeStrain PA103ClearanceAmino acid substitutionsPseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesisPathogen recognitionAcid changesPA103Negative correlationMotilityAcid mutationsConservative amino acid substitutions