Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Microbial Metabolism and Applications, and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities.
Frequency and Distribution of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms within <i>mprF</i> in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates and Their Role in Cross-Resistance to Daptomycin and Host Defense Antimicrobial Peptides
Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Daptomycin-Resistant Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains: Relative Roles of mprF and dlt Operons
Heterogeneity of <i>mprF</i> Sequences in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates: Role in Cross-Resistance between Daptomycin and Host Defense Antimicrobial Peptides
Increased Cell Wall Teichoic Acid Production and D-alanylation Are Common Phenotypes among Daptomycin-Resistant Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Clinical Isolates
Causal Role of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms within the <i>mprF</i> Gene of Staphylococcus aureus in Daptomycin Resistance
Emergence of Daptomycin Resistance in Daptomycin-Naïve Rabbits with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Joint Infection Is Associated with Resistance to Host Defense Cationic Peptides and mprF Polymorphisms
Virulence of Endemic Nonpigmented Northern Australian Staphylococcus aureus Clone (Clonal Complex 75, S. argenteus) Is Not Augmented by Staphyloxanthin