• Infectious Diseases
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• UAB Department of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
• UAB/Children's Hospital Pediatrics Division of Infectious Diseases

Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Infectious Diseases Research Faculty

Benjamin, Jr, William, Ph.D.

Research Focus: Epidemiology of tuberculosis

Select Highlights and Articles:

• Validation of a Multiplex Pneumococcal Serotyping Assay with Clinical Samples
• Long-term Molecular Analysis of Tuberculosis Strains in Alabama, a State Characterized by a Largely Indigenous, Low-Risk Population
• Rapid Multiplex Assay for Serotyping Pneumococci with Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies
• Human Intestinal Macrophages Display Profound Inflammatory Anergy Despite Avid Phagocytic and Bacteriocidal Activity
• Lipoprotein PsaA in Virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Surface Accessibility and Role in Protection from Superoxide
• Dissemination of Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumonia Isolates Containing Both erm(B) and mef(A) in South Korea
• Genetic Relatedness of Levofloxacin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from North America

Moser, Stephen, Ph.D.

Research Focus: Pulmonary mycotic infections

Select Highlights and Articles:

• Initial management of Candidemia at an Academic Medical Center: Evaluation of the IDSA Guidelines
• Epidemiology of Aspergillus terreus at a University Hospital
• Donor-Related Coccidioidomycosis in Organ Transplant Recipients
• Dissemination of Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates Containing Both erm(B) and med(A) in South Korea
• Genetic Relatedness of Levofloxacin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from North America

Nahm, Moon, M.D.

Research Focus: Immune response to pneumococcal polysaccharide antigens

Select Highlights and Articles:

• Platelet-activating Factor-acetylhydrolase Can Monodeacylate and Inactivate Lipoteichoic Acid
• Use of Opsonophagocytosis for Serological Evaluation of Pneumococcal Vaccines
• Lipoteichoic Acid-induced Nitric Oxide Production Depends on the Activation of Platelet-activating Factor Receptor and Jak2
• Anti-idiotypic Antibody As a Potential Candidate Vaccine for Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup B
• Simplified Method to Automatically Count Bacterial Colony Forming Unit
• Genetic Relatedness of Levofloxacin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from North America

Waites, Ken, M.D.

Research Focus: Diagnostic microbiology, epidemiology and mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance

Select Highlights and Articles:

• Waites Named Peter Hannan Award Winner
• Waites Elected Chair-elect of International Organization for Mycoplasmology
• Epidemiology of Antimicrobial Resistance in Spinal Cord Injury
• Dissemination of Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates Containing Both erm(B) and mef(A) in South Korea
• Genetic Relatedness of Levofloxacin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from North America
• Characterization of Ureaplasmas Isolated from Preterm Infants with and without Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
• Nosocomial Ventriculitis Due to Roseomonas gilardii Complicating Subarachnoid Haemorrhage