Steven Naidich

TL;DR: It is determined that S. aureus likely has a primarily clonal population structure and that spa typing can singly index genetic variation with 88% direct concordance with the microarray and can correctly assign isolates to phylogenetic lineages.

TL;DR: Although most S. aureus genotypes exhibited the capacity to cause invasive disease, strains within CC5 and CC30 exhibited a significant trend toward increasing levels of hematogenous complications.

TL;DR: Sequence polymorphism in the direct repeat region of the chromosome and IS1548 profiling data support the hypothesis that M1 organisms have two main evolutionary lineages marked by the presence or absence of the speA2 allele encoding streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A2.

TL;DR: The sequenced gene encoding an extracellular group A Streptococcus protein that inhibits human complement was sequenced in 1,132 M1 strains recovered from population-based surveillance of infections in Canada, Finland and the United States to enhance the understanding of pathogen population dynamics in epidemic waves and infectious disease reemergence.

TL;DR: In this article, a system and method for real-time infection control over a computer network is presented. But the method is limited to the case of a single microorganism.