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pro vyhledávání: '"Brian G Spratt"'
Autor:
Lyndsey O Hudson, Courtney R Murphy, Brian G Spratt, Mark C Enright, Kristen Elkins, Christopher Nguyen, Leah Terpstra, Adrijana Gombosev, Diane Kim, Paul Hannah, Lydia Mikhail, Richard Alexander, Douglas F Moore, Susan S Huang
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 4, p e62117 (2013)
There is a need for a regional assessment of the frequency and diversity of MRSA to determine major circulating clones and the extent to which community and healthcare MRSA reservoirs have mixed. We conducted a prospective cohort study of inpatients
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/955314fd78b7441ab085ee77ce683f45
Autor:
Siriphan Boonsilp, Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Premjit Amornchai, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Mark S Bailey, Matthew T G Holden, Cuicai Zhang, Xiugao Jiang, Nobuo Koizumi, Kyle Taylor, Renee Galloway, Alex R Hoffmaster, Scott Craig, Lee D Smythe, Rudy A Hartskeerl, Nicholas P Day, Narisara Chantratita, Edward J Feil, David M Aanensen, Brian G Spratt, Sharon J Peacock
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 7, Iss 1, p e1954 (2013)
The available Leptospira multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme supported by a MLST website is limited to L. interrogans and L. kirschneri. Our aim was to broaden the utility of this scheme to incorporate a total of seven pathogenic species.We modi
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/aeff3f0dd5f04311845459450c7a2bcb
Autor:
Claire E Turner, Mary Sommerlad, Karen McGregor, Frances J Davies, Bruno Pichon, Deborah L W Chong, Leili Farzaneh, Matthew T G Holden, Brian G Spratt, Androulla Efstratiou, Shiranee Sriskandan
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 10, p e46376 (2012)
Streptococcus pyogenes M/emm3 strains have been epidemiologically linked with enhanced infection severity and risk of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), a syndrome triggered by superantigenic stimulation of T cells. Comparison of S. pyogenes
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/38cdff2dd08a44b89eb236814764f617
Autor:
Julia Dale, Erin P Price, Heidie Hornstra, Joseph D Busch, Mark Mayo, Daniel Godoy, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Anthony Baker, Jeffrey T Foster, David M Wagner, Apichai Tuanyok, Jeffrey Warner, Brian G Spratt, Sharon J Peacock, Bart J Currie, Paul Keim, Talima Pearson
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 5, Iss 12, p e1381 (2011)
Rapid assignment of bacterial pathogens into predefined populations is an important first step for epidemiological tracking. For clonal species, a single allele can theoretically define a population. For non-clonal species such as Burkholderia pseudo
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/8fb75cf168de4b2a818728217a0484d2
Autor:
Ahmed Ahmed, Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Siriphan Boonsilp, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Kishore Nalam, Brian G Spratt, David M Aanensen, Lee D Smythe, Niyaz Ahmed, Edward J Feil, Rudy A Hartskeerl, Sharon J Peacock
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 5, Iss 11, p e1374 (2011)
Several sequence based genotyping schemes have been developed for Leptospira spp. The objective of this study was to genotype a collection of clinical and reference isolates using the two most commonly used schemes and compare and contrast the result
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/6f3a171e940b4cddbfccba8e961da783
Autor:
Ho Dang Trung Nghia, Le Thi Phuong Tu, Marcel Wolbers, Cao Quang Thai, Nguyen Van Minh Hoang, Tran Vu Thieu Nga, Le Thi Phuong Thao, Nguyen Hoan Phu, Tran Thi Hong Chau, Dinh Xuan Sinh, To Song Diep, Hoang Thi Thanh Hang, Hoang Truong, James Campbell, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Nguyen Tran Chinh, Nguyen Van Dung, Ngo Thi Hoa, Brian G Spratt, Tran Tinh Hien, Jeremy Farrar, Constance Schultsz
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 3, p e17604 (2011)
Streptococcus suis infection, an emerging zoonosis, is an increasing public health problem across South East Asia and the most common cause of acute bacterial meningitis in adults in Vietnam. Little is known of the risk factors underlying the disease
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/b2e75d67891b4dbf94150f2548ea88b5
Autor:
Catherine Hyams, Sophia Opel, William Hanage, Jose Yuste, Katie Bax, Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Brian G Spratt, Jeremy S Brown
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 10, p e24581 (2011)
Immunity to infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is dependent on complement. There are wide variations in sensitivity to complement between S. pneumoniae strains that could affect their ability to cause invasive infections. Although capsular
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/4e749bf0666040e29f3174c9a514a7d5
Autor:
Hajo Grundmann, David M Aanensen, Cees C van den Wijngaard, Brian G Spratt, Dag Harmsen, Alexander W Friedrich, European Staphylococcal Reference Laboratory Working Group
Publikováno v:
PLoS Medicine, Vol 7, Iss 1, p e1000215 (2010)
BackgroundStaphylococcus aureus is one of the most important human pathogens and methicillin-resistant variants (MRSAs) are a major cause of hospital and community-acquired infection. We aimed to map the geographic distribution of the dominant clones
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/165b855c0f284233b5b1a812488823b6
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 4, Iss 9, p e6968 (2009)
Epidemiologists and ecologists often collect data in the field and, on returning to their laboratory, enter their data into a database for further analysis. The recent introduction of mobile phones that utilise the open source Android operating syste
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/9c1118e9039b4abe86e225d5dfe1e15b
Autor:
Matthew T G Holden, Heidi Hauser, Mandy Sanders, Thi Hoa Ngo, Inna Cherevach, Ann Cronin, Ian Goodhead, Karen Mungall, Michael A Quail, Claire Price, Ester Rabbinowitsch, Sarah Sharp, Nicholas J Croucher, Tran Bich Chieu, Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai, To Song Diep, Nguyen Tran Chinh, Michael Kehoe, James A Leigh, Philip N Ward, Christopher G Dowson, Adrian M Whatmore, Neil Chanter, Pernille Iversen, Marcelo Gottschalk, Josh D Slater, Hilde E Smith, Brian G Spratt, Jianguo Xu, Changyun Ye, Stephen Bentley, Barclay G Barrell, Constance Schultsz, Duncan J Maskell, Julian Parkhill
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 4, Iss 7, p e6072 (2009)
BACKGROUND:Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic pathogen that infects pigs and can occasionally cause serious infections in humans. S. suis infections occur sporadically in human Europe and North America, but a recent major outbreak has been described in
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/d0cf175f60c743c58c9ef9e4def64ac4