Browsing by Author "McAdam, Alexander"

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    • ASM Journals Eliminate Impact Factor Information from Journal Websites 

      Casadevall, Arturo; Bertuzzi, Stefano; Buchmeier, Michael J.; Davis, Roger J.; Drake, Harold; Fang, Ferric C.; Gilbert, Jack; Goldman, Barbara M.; Imperiale, Michael J.; Matsumura, Philip; McAdam, Alexander J.; Pasetti, Marcela F.; Sandri-Goldin, Rozanne M.; Silhavy, Thomas; Rice, Louis; Young, Jo-Anne H.; Shenk, Thomas (American Society for Microbiology, 2016)
      Many scientists attempt to publish their work in a journal with the highest possible journal impact factor (IF). Despite widespread condemnation of the use of journal IFs to assess the significance of published work, these ...

    • Epidemiology and risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus colonization in children in the post-PCV7 era 

      Lee, Grace; Huang, Susan Jen; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl Lynn; Hinrichsen, Virginia; Pelton, Stephen I; Kleinman, Kenneth Paul; Hanage, William P.; Lipsitch, Marc; McAdam, Alexander John; Finkelstein, Jonathan Arie (Springer Science + Business Media, 2009)
      BACKGROUND: The incidence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has risen dramatically in the U.S., particularly among children. Although Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization has been ...

    • Genetic variation of a bacterial pathogen within individuals with cystic fibrosis provides a record of selective pressures 

      Lieberman, Tami D.; Flett, Kelly B.; Yelin, Idan; Martin, Thomas R.; McAdam, Alexander J.; Priebe, Gregory P.; Kishony, Roy (2014)
      Advances in sequencing have enabled the identification of mutations acquired by bacterial pathogens during infection1-10. However, it remains unclear whether adaptive mutations fix in the population or lead to pathogen ...

    • A High-Throughput Screen Identifies a New Natural Product with Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Activity 

      Ymele-Leki, Patrick; Cao, Shugeng; Sharp, Jared D'Alonzo; Lambert, Kathleen G; McAdam, Alexander John; Husson, Robert N; Tamayo, Giselle; Clardy, Jon C.; Watnick, Paula Ivonne (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Due to the inexorable invasion of our hospitals and communities by drug-resistant bacteria, there is a pressing need for novel antibacterial agents. Here we report the development of a sensitive and robust but low-tech and ...