Recent Faculty Publications
Our research frequently appears in leading academic journals and reflects the wide scope of interests encompassed by the division.
Nikolaos Almyroudis, MD
- Mehta N, Harrington JM, Wallace MA, Wasiura JM, Burnham CAD, Mullin KM, Segal BH, Almyroudis NG. (2023) Molecular epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile isolates in a non-outbreak setting at a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology. (Jul), 3(1) doi:10.1017/ash.2023.156
- Chen G, Herr M, Nowak J, Ho C, Almyroudis N, Attwood K, Bonnewell J, Walsh M, Segal B, Ross M, McCarthy P, Hahn T. (2023) Chen G, Herr M, Nowak J, Ho C, Almyroudis N, Attwood K, Bonnewell J, Walsh M, Segal B, Ross M, McCarthy P, Hahn T. Haematologica. (Feb), 108(2)(1): 615-620. doi:10.3324/haematol.2022.281719
Charles Berenson, MD
John Bonnewell, MD, MSc
- Moorthy GS, Madut DB, Kilonzo KG, Lwezaula BF, Mbwasi R, Mmbaga BT, Ngocho JS, Saganda W, Bonnewell JP, Carugati M, Egger JR, Hertz JT, Tillekeratne LG, Maze MJ, Maro VP, Crump JA, Rubach MP. (2023) Antibacterial Utilization for Febrile Illnesses and Laboratory-Confirmed Bloodstream Infections in Northern Tanzania. Open Forum Infect Dis (Aug), 10(8) doi:10.1093/ofid/ofad448
- Chen G, Herr M, Nowak J, Ho C, Almyroudis N, Attwood K, Bonnewell J, Walsh M, Segal B, Ross M, McCarthy P, Hahn T. (2023) Cytomegalovirus reactivation after CD19 CAR T-cell therapy is clinically significant. Haematologica (Feb), 2(108): 615-620.
- Madut DB, Rubach MP, Bonnewell JP, Cutting ER, Carugati M, Kalengo N, Maze MJ, Morrissey AB, Mmbaga BT, Lwezaula BF, Kinabo G, Mbwasi R, Kilonzo KG, Maro VP, Crump JA. (2021) Trends in fever case management for febrile inpatients in a low malaria incidence setting of Tanzania. Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH (Dec), 26(12): 1668-1676. doi:10.1111/tmi.13683
John Crane, MD, PhD
- Demjanenko P, Zheng S, Crane JK. (2024) SOS-Inducing Drugs Trigger Nucleic Acid Release and Biofilm Formation in Gram-Negative Bacteria. Biomolecules (Mar), 14(3). doi:10.3390/biom14030321
- Listopadzki T, Chowdhury A, Kohut K, Haider MN, Crane JK, Duquin T, DiPaola M. (2024) The Effect of Different Antibiotic Combinations in Calcium Sulfate Cement on the Growth of Cutibacterium acnes and Staphylococcus Periprosthetic Shoulder Infection Isolates. Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery (Feb).
- Crane JK, Catanzaro MN. (2023) Role of Extracellular DNA in Bacterial Response to SOS-Inducing Drugs. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (Mar), 12(4). doi:10.3390/antibiotics12040649
Gurmat Gill, DO, MPH
Seth Glassman
- El-Atoum M, Hargarten JC, Park YD, Ssebambulidde K, Ding L, Chittiboina P, Hammoud DA, Anjum SH, Glassman SR, Merchant S, Williamson PR, Hu JC. (2023) Persistent neurological symptoms and elevated intracranial pressures in a previously healthy host with cryptococcal meningitis. BMC infectious diseases (Jun), 23(1): 407. doi:10.1186/s12879-023-08349-y
John Hu, M.D., Ph.D.
- Hu JC, Sethi S. (2024) New methods to detect bacterial or viral infections in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Expert review of respiratory medicine (Aug).
- King-Lyons ND, Bhati AS, Hu JC, Mandell LM, Shenoy GN, Willison HJ, Connell TD. (2024) A Novel Cytotoxic Mechanism for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells Induced by the Type II Heat-Labile Enterotoxin LT-IIc through Ganglioside Ligation. Toxins (Jul), 16(7). doi:10.3390/toxins16070311
- El-Atoum M, Hargarten JC, Park YD, Ssebambulidde K, Ding L, Chittiboina P, Hammoud DA, Anjum SH, Glassman SR, Merchant S, Williamson PR, Hu JC. (2023) Persistent neurological symptoms and elevated intracranial pressures in a previously healthy host with cryptococcal meningitis. BMC infectious diseases (Jun), 23(1): 407. doi:10.1186/s12879-023-08349-y
Alan Lesse, MD
- Fuchs TA, Wattengel BA, Carter MT, El-Solh AA, Lesse AJ, Mergenhagen KA. (2022) Outcomes of multiple sclerosis patients admitted with COVID-19 in a large veteran cohort. Multiple sclerosis and related disorders (Aug), 64: 103964. doi:10.1016/j.msard.2022.103964
- Murphy TF, Robinson RH, Wofford KM, Lesse AJ, Grinslade S, Taylor HL, Pointer KM, Nicholas GF, Orom H. (2022) A community-university run conference as a catalyst for addressing health disparities in an urban community. Journal of clinical and translational science (Jan), 6(1): e67. doi:10.1017/cts.2022.398
- DeRosa A, Wattengel BA, Carter MT, Sellick JA, Lesse AJ, Mergenhagen KA. (2021) Admissions and Mortality Related to Urinary Tract Infections in Male Veterans with Dementia. The Senior care pharmacist (Dec), 36(12): 681-686.
Shehzad Merchant, MD
- Trivedi GR, Merchant SS. (2024) Corynebacterium striatum: A true Pathogen in Chronic Contiguous osteomyelitis. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol (Feb)(2) doi:10.1155/2024/5020721
- El-Atoum, Mohammad, Hargarten JC, Park YD, Ssebambulidde K, Ding L, Chittiboina P, Hammoud DA, Anjum S, Glassman S, Merchant SS, Williamsono P, Hu J. (2023) Persistent neurological symptoms and elevated intracranial pressures in a previously healthy host with cryptococcal meningitis. BMC Infect Dis (Jun), 1(23): 407. doi:10.1186/s12879-023-08349-y
Timothy Murphy, MD
- Hawk LW, Murphy TF, Hartmann KE, Burnett A, Maguin E. (2024) A randomized controlled trial of a team science intervention to enhance collaboration readiness and behavior among early career scholars in the Clinical and Translational Science Award network. Journal of clinical and translational science (Jan), 8(1): e6. doi:10.1017/cts.2023.692
- Murphy TF, Kirkham C, D'Mello A, Sethi S, Pettigrew MM, Tettelin H. (2023) Adaptation of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in Human Airways in COPD: Genome Rearrangements and Modulation of Expression of HMW1 and HMW2. mBio (Mar)e0014023.
- Murphy TF, Robinson RH, Wofford KM, Lesse AJ, Grinslade S, Taylor HL, Pointer KM, Nicholas GF, Orom H. (2022) A community-university run conference as a catalyst for addressing health disparities in an urban community. Journal of clinical and translational science (Jan), 6(1): e67. doi:10.1017/cts.2022.398
Thomas Russo, MD
- Russo TA, Carlino-MacDonald U, Drayer ZJ, Davies CJ, Alvarado CL, Hutson A, Luo TL, Martin MJ, McGann PT, Lebreton F. (2024) Deciphering the relative importance of genetic elements in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae to guide countermeasure development. EBioMedicine (Aug), 107: 105302.
- Kumar A, Chakravorty S, Yang T, Russo TA, Newton SM, Klebba PE. (2024) Siderophore-mediated iron acquisition by Klebsiella pneumoniae. Journal of bacteriology (Apr)e0002424.
- Russo TA, Alvarado CL, Davies CJ, Drayer ZJ, Carlino-MacDonald U, Hutson A, Luo TL, Martin MJ, Corey BW, Moser KA, Rasheed JK, Halpin AL, McGann PT, Lebreton F. (2024) Differentiation of hypervirulent and classical Klebsiella pneumoniae with acquired drug resistance. mBio (Jan)e0286723.
Brahm Segal, MD
- Holling GA, Chavel CA, Sharda AP, Lieberman MM, James CM, Lightman SM, Tong JH, Qiao G, Emmons TR, Giridharan T, Hou S, Intlekofer AM, Higashi RM, Fan TWM, Lane AN, Eng KH, Segal BH, Repasky EA, Lee KP, Olejniczak SH. (2024) CD8+ T cell metabolic flexibility elicited by CD28-ARS2 axis-driven alternative splicing of PKM supports antitumor immunity. Cellular & molecular immunology (Mar), 21(3): 260-274. doi:10.1038/s41423-024-01124-2
- Ascierto PA, Avallone A, Bifulco C, Bracarda S, Brody JD, Emens LA, Ferris RL, Formenti SC, Hamid O, Johnson DB, Kirchhoff T, Klebanoff CA, Lesinski GB, Monette A, Neyns B, Odunsi K, Paulos CM, Powell DJ, Rezvani K, Segal BH, Singh N, Sullivan RJ, Fox BA, Puzanov I. (2023) Perspectives in Immunotherapy: meeting report from Immunotherapy Bridge (Naples, November 30th-December 1st, 2022).
- Sarkar J, Cortes Gomez E, Oba T, Chen H, Dy GK, Segal BH, Ernstoff MS, Ito F. (2023) Fluctuations in Gut Microbiome Composition During Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy. World journal of oncology (Jun), 14(3): 178-187. doi:10.14740/wjon1587
John Sellick, Jr, DO, MS
- Desilets J, Mittal A, Sellick JA, Patel SP. (2023) Risk assessment of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in corneal transplantation. American journal of ophthalmology case reports (Jun), 30: 101856. doi:10.1016/j.ajoc.2023.101856
- Wilkinson LA, Mergenhagen KA, Carter MT, Chua H, Clark C, Wattengel BA, Sellick JA, El-Solh AA. (2021) Smoking status related to Covid-19 mortality and disease severity in a veteran population. Respir Med. (Dec), 190: 106668.
- DeRosa A, Wattengel BA, Carter MT, Sellick JA, Lesse AJ, Mergenhagen KA. (2021) Admissions and Mortality Related to Urinary Tract Infections in Male Veterans with Dementia. Sr Care Pharm (Dec), 36(12): 681-6.
Alyssa Shon, MD
- Wrotniak BH, Garrett M, Baron S, Sojar H, Shon A, Asiago-Reddy E, Yager J, Kalams S, Croix M, Hicar MD. (2022) Antibody dependent cell cytotoxicity is maintained by the unmutated common ancestor of 6F5, a Gp41 conformational epitope targeting antibody that utilizes heavy chain VH1-2. Vaccine (Jul), 40(31): 4174-4181.
Surksha Sirichand
- Fels JM, Khan S, Forster R, Skalina KA, Sirichand S, Fox AS, Bergman A, Mitchell WB, Wolgast LR, Szymczak WA, Bortz RH, Dieterle ME, Florez C, Haslwanter D, Jangra RK, Laudermilch E, Wirchnianski AS, Barnhill J, Goldman DL, Khine H, Goldstein DY, Daily JP, Chandran K, Kelly L. (2022) Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 during the first year of the pandemic in the Bronx enabled clinical and epidemiological inference. Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studies (Jul), 8(5). doi:10.1101/mcs.a006211
- Sirichand S, Cervera-Hernandez ME, Fineberg S, Punjabi C. (2022) A 47-Year-Old Woman With a Breast Infection After Mastopexy. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (Apr), 74(8): 1493-1495.
- Coe J, Igwilo R, Sirichand S, Cheney L, Corpuz M. (2022) Missed diagnosis of septic arthritis due to invasive pneumococcal disease. IDCases (Jan), 30: e01644. doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01644
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