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Association between Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing/W Lineage Strain Infection and Extrathoracic Tuberculosis: Insights from Epidemiologic and Clinical Characterization of the Three Principal Genetic Groups of M. tuberculosis Clinical Isolates by Kong, Y, Cave, M.D, Zhang, L, Foxman, B, Marrs, C.F, Bates, J.H, Yang, Z.H

“…Clinical strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis can be divided into three principal genetic groups based on the single-nucleotide polymorphisms at the katG gene…”
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Risk Factors for Second Urinary Tract Infection among College Women by Foxman, Betsy, Gillespie, Brenda, Koopman, James, Zhang, Lixin, Palin, Karen, Tallman, Patricia, Marsh, Jane V., Spear, Scott, Sobel, Jack D., Marty, M. Joan, Marrs, Carl F.

“…To better understand the etiology of recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI), the authors followed a cohort of 285 female college students with first UTI for 6…”
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Prevalence of Group B Streptococcus Colonization and Potential for Transmission by Casual Contact in Healthy Young Men and Women by Manning, Shannon D., Neighbors, Katie, Tallman, Patricia A., Gillespie, Brenda, Marrs, Carl F., Borchardt, Stephanie M., Baker, Carol J., Pearlman, Mark D., Foxman, Betsy

“…Group B Streptococcus (GBS) causes disease in newborns, pregnant women, and adults with underlying medical conditions, but it is also a commensal organism that…”
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Population-Based Study of Deletions in Five Different Genomic Regions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Possible Clinical Relevance of the Deletions by Kong, Y, Cave, M.D, Zhang, L, Foxman, B, Marrs, C.F, Bates, J.H, Yang, Z.H

“…Regions of difference (RDs) have been described in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but the potential epidemiological and clinical relevance of…”
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Distribution of novel and previously investigated virulence genes in colonizing and invasive isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae by SMITH, T. C., ROEHL, S. A., PILLAI, P., LI, S., MARRS, C. F., FOXMAN, B.

“…Although Streptococcus agalactiae has emerged as an important cause of invasive disease, relatively little is known regarding the genetic basis of virulence of…”
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Streptococcus agalactiae pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns cross capsular types by PILLAI, P., SRINIVASAN, U., ZHANG, L., BORCHARDT, S. M., DEBUSSCHER, J., MARRS, C. F., FOXMAN, B.

“…Streptococcus agalactiae is a genetically diverse organism; when typed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multiple types appear within a single…”
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Distribution of Insertion- and Deletion-Associated Genetic Polymorphisms among Four Mycobacterium tuberculosis Phospholipase C Genes and Associations with Extrathoracic Tuberculosis: a Population-Based Study by Kong, Y, Cave, M. D, Yang, D, Zhang, L, Marrs, C. F, Foxman, B, Bates, J. H, Wilson, F, Mukasa, L. N, Yang, Z. H

“…The Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome contains four phospholipase C (PLC)-encoding genes, designated plcA, plcB, plcC, and plcD, respectively. Each of the four…”
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Identification of the Lipooligosaccharide Biosynthesis Gene lic2B as a Putative Virulence Factor in Strains of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae That Cause Otitis Media by PETTIGREW, M. M, FOXMAN, B, MARRS, C. F, GILSDORF, J. R

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Probe Hybridization Array Typing: a Binary Typing Method for Escherichia coli by Srinivasan, U, Zhang, L, France, A.M, Ghosh, D, Shalaby, W, Xie, J, Marrs, C.F, Foxman, B

“…The ability to distinguish between Escherichia coli strains is critical for outbreak investigations. Binary typing, based on the presence or absence of genetic…”
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Virulence Characteristics of Escherichia coli Causing First Urinary Tract Infection Predict Risk of Second Infection by Foxman, Betsy, Zhang, Lixin, Tallman, Patricia, Palin, Karen, Rode, Christopher, Bloch, Craig, Gillespie, Brenda, Marrs, Carl F.

“…Escherichia coli causes most urinary tract infections (UTls) in ambulatory populations. Several bacterial virulence factors occur more frequently among urinary…”
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Maternal Oral Health Influences Infant Salivary Microbiome by Ramadugu, K., Bhaumik, D., Luo, T., Gicquelais, R.E., Lee, K.H., Stafford, E.B., Marrs, C.F., Neiswanger, K., McNeil, D.W., Marazita, M.L., Foxman, B.

“…Oral microbiomes vary in cariogenic potential; these differences may be established early in life. A major concern is whether mothers transmit cariogenic…”
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Use of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus Typing, and Automated Ribotyping To Assess Genomic Variability among Strains of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae by PETTIGREW, M. M, FOXMAN, B, ECEVIT, Z, MARRS, C. F, GILSDORF, J

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Bacterial Virulence Characteristics of Escherichia coli Isolates from First-Time Urinary Tract Infection by Foxman, Betsy, Zhang, Lixin, Palin, Karen, Tallman, Patricia, Marrs, Carl F.

“…The frequency of nine potential Escherichia coli urinary tract infection (UTI) virulence factors was investigated among 216 isolates from 208 women 18–40 years…”
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Role of pili in Haemophilus influenzae adherence and colonization by GILSDORF, J. R, MCCREA, K. W, MARRS, C. F

“…Haemophilus influenzae was first recognized as an important pathogen in 1892, when it was isolated from throat swab specimens and mistakenly identified as the…”
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Distribution of drb genes coding for Dr binding adhesins among uropathogenic and fecal Escherichia coli isolates and identification of new subtypes by ZHANG, L, FOXMAN, B, TALLMAN, P, CLADERA, E, LE BOUGUENEC, C, MARRS, C. F

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Risk Factors for Group B Streptococcal Colonization: Potential for Different Transmission Systems by Capsular Type by Foxman, B, Gillespie, B.W, Manning, S.D, Marrs, C.F

“…Purpose Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a common inhabitant of the bowel and vaginal flora, with known transmission routes including sexual contact and vertical…”
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Escherichia coli mediated urinary tract infections: Are there distinct uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) pathotypes? by Marrs, Carl F., Zhang, Lixin, Foxman, Betsy

“…A variety of virulence genes are associated with Escherichia coli mediated urinary tract infections. Particular sets of virulence factors shared by bacterial…”
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Molecular Epidemiologic Approaches to Urinary Tract Infection Gene Discovery in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli by LIXIN ZHANG, FOXMAN, B, MANNING, S. D, TALLMAN, P, MARRS, C. F

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Induction of proinflammatory cytokines from human respiratory epithelial cells after stimulation by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae by CLEMANS, D. L, BAUER, R. J, HANSON, J. A, HOBBS, M. V, GEME, J. W. S. III, MARRS, C. F, GILSDORF, J. R

“…Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) causes repeated respiratory infections in patients with chronic lung diseases. These infections are characterized by…”
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Reply to Riley and Manges and to Johnson by France, Anne Marie, Marrs, Carl F., Zhang, Lixin, Foxman, Betsy

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