Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
Clinical Investigator Award (CIA) (K08)
Project #
5K08AI053677-02
Application #
6692168
Study Section
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases B Subcommittee (MID)
Program Officer
Peters, Kent
Project Start
2003-02-01
Project End
2004-10-15
Budget Start
2004-02-01
Budget End
2004-10-15
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2004
Total Cost
$93,678
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Massachusetts General Hospital
Department
Type
DUNS #
073130411
City
Boston
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02199

  Publications

Over, Benjamin; Heusser, Ronald; McCallum, Nadine et al. (2011) LytR-CpsA-Psr proteins in Staphylococcus aureus display partial functional redundancy and the deletion of all three severely impairs septum placement and cell separation. FEMS Microbiol Lett 320:142-51
Sifri, Costi D; Park, Jennifer; Helm, Gregory A et al. (2007) Fatal brain abscess due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300. Clin Infect Dis 45:e113-7
McCallum, Nadine; Brassinga, Ann Karen C; Sifri, Costi D et al. (2007) Functional characterization of TcaA: minimal requirement for teicoplanin susceptibility and role in Caenorhabditis elegans virulence. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:3836-43
Begun, Jakob; Gaiani, Jessica M; Rohde, Holger et al. (2007) Staphylococcal biofilm exopolysaccharide protects against Caenorhabditis elegans immune defenses. PLoS Pathog 3:e57
Sifri, Costi D; Baresch-Bernal, Andrea; Calderwood, Stephen B et al. (2006) Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants in the Caenorhabditis elegans infection model. Infect Immun 74:1091-6
Begun, Jakob; Sifri, Costi D; Goldman, Samuel et al. (2005) Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors identified by using a high-throughput Caenorhabditis elegans-killing model. Infect Immun 73:872-7