Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases

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Infectious diseases research includes the study of bacterial and mycotic infections. 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

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