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  1. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease upper airway microbiome is associated with select clinical characteristics

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2019, PLOS

    Dr Alexa Pragman

  2. The relationship between oral health and COPD exacerbations

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, April 2019, Dove Medical Press

    Dr Alexa Pragman, Dr. Ken M. Kunisaki, Arianne Baldomero

  3. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Lung Microbiota Diversity May Be Mediated by Age or Inhaled Corticosteroid Use

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Alexa Pragman

  4. The Lung Microbiome in Moderate and Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Article • Annals of the American Thoracic Society, January 2014, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Alexa Pragman

  5. Longitudinal analysis of the lung microbiome in lung transplantation

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, December 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alexa Pragman

  6. The Lung Microbiome in Moderate and Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2012, PLOS

    Dr Alexa Pragman

  7. Infectious Disease Consultation for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Improves Patient Management and Outcomes

    Article • Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, July 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Alexa Pragman

  8. ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of Elenic Acid, an Inhibitor of Topoisomerase II.

    Article • ChemInform, June 2010, Wiley

    Dr Alexa Pragman

  9. The staphylococcal respiratory response regulator SrrAB induces ica gene transcription and polysaccharide intercellular adhesin expression, protecting Staphylococcus aureus from neutrophil killing under anaerobic growth conditions

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2007, Wiley

    Christiane Wolz, Dr Alexa Pragman

  10. Sequence Analysis of the Staphylococcus aureus srrAB Loci Reveals that Truncation of srrA Affects Growth and Virulence Factor Expression

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Alexa Pragman

  11. The staphylococcal respiratory response regulator SrrAB induces ica gene transcription and polysaccharide intercellular adhesin expression, protecting Staphylococcus aureus from neutrophil killing under anaerobic growth conditions

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2007, Wiley

    Christiane Wolz, Dr Alexa Pragman

  12. Repression ofStaphylococcus aureusSrrAB Using Inducible AntisensesrrAAlters Growth and Virulence Factor Transcript Levels†

    Article • Biochemistry, January 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alexa Pragman

  13. Virulence regulation inStaphylococcus aureus: the need for in vivo analysis of virulence factor regulation

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, October 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alexa Pragman

  14. Characterization of Virulence Factor Regulation by SrrAB, a Two-Component System in Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2004, ASM Journals

    Dr Alexa Pragman

  15. Functional Characterization of Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin J, a Novel Superantigen

    Article • Infection and Immunity, March 2001, ASM Journals

    Dr Alexa Pragman

  16. Synthesis of Elenic Acid, an Inhibitor of Topoisomerase II

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alexa Pragman