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  1. How to become a killer, or is it all accidental? Virulence strategies in oral streptococci

    Article • Molecular Oral Microbiology, August 2017, Wiley

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  2. Deletion of atoR from Streptococcus pyogenes Results in Hypervirulence in a Mouse Model of Sepsis and is LuxS Independent

    Article • Polish Journal of Microbiology, April 2017, Index Copernicus

    James Musser, Izabela Sitkiewicz

  3. Streptococcus anginosus (milleri) group strains isolated in Poland 1996-2012 and their antibiotic resistance patterns

    Article • Polish Journal of Microbiology, March 2016, Index Copernicus

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  4. MLVF analysis of anginosus (milleri) group streptococci

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, October 2015, Elsevier

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  5. Molecular characterization of macrolide resistant Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from pharyngitis patients in Serbia

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, July 2015, Elsevier

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  6. The First NDM Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolate in Poland: Evolution of IncFII-Type Plasmids Carrying theblaNDM-1Gene

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 2013, ASM Journals

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  7. Detection ofStreptococcus pyogenesvirulence factors by multiplex PCR

    Article • Virulence, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  8. Typing ofStreptococcus pyogenesstrains using the phage profiling method

    Article • Virulence, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  9. Multiple locus VNTR fingerprinting (MLVF) ofStreptococcus pyogenes

    Article • Virulence, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  10. Inhibitor of streptokinase gene expression improves survival after group A streptococcus infection in mice

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  11. Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) of Streptococcus pyogenes

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, November 2011, Elsevier

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  12. Evolution of diversity in epidemics revealed by analysis of the human bacterial pathogen group A Streptococcus

    Article • Epidemics, September 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Anthony R Flores, Izabela Sitkiewicz

  13. Lateral gene transfer of streptococcal ICE element RD2 (region of difference 2) encoding secreted proteins

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  14. Characterization of transcription within sdr region of Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  15. Adaptation of Group A Streptococcus to Human Amniotic Fluid

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2010, PLOS

    James Musser, Izabela Sitkiewicz

  16. Molecular complexity of successive bacterial epidemics deconvoluted by comparative pathogenomics

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Allison McGeer, Izabela Sitkiewicz

  17. Decreased necrotizing fasciitis capacity caused by a single nucleotide mutation that alters a multiple gene virulence axis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Allison McGeer, Izabela Sitkiewicz

  18. Identification of an Unusual Pattern of Global Gene Expression in Group B Streptococcus Grown in Human Blood

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2009, PLOS

    James Musser, Izabela Sitkiewicz

  19. Transcriptome Adaptation of Group B Streptococcus to Growth in Human Amniotic Fluid

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2009, PLOS

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  20. Analysis of growth-phase regulated genes in Streptococcus agalactiae by global transcript profiling

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    James Musser, Izabela Sitkiewicz

  21. Extensive Adaptive Changes Occur in the Transcriptome of Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus) in Response to Incubation with Human Blood

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2008, PLOS

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  22. Remodeling of the Streptococcus agalactiae Transcriptome in Response to Growth Temperature

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2008, PLOS

    James Musser, Izabela Sitkiewicz

  23. Regulation of Polysaccharide Utilization Contributes to the Persistence of Group A Streptococcus in the Oropharynx

    Article • Infection and Immunity, April 2007, ASM Journals

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  24. Secreted bacterial phospholipase A2 enzymes: better living through phospholipolysis

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, February 2007, Elsevier

    James Musser, Izabela Sitkiewicz

  25. MalE of Group A Streptococcus Participates in the Rapid Transport of Maltotriose and Longer Maltodextrins

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2007, ASM Journals

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  26. Emergence of a bacterial clone with enhanced virulence by acquisition of a phage encoding a secreted phospholipase A 2

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2006, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  27. Maltodextrin Utilization Plays a Key Role in the Ability of Group A Streptococcus To Colonize the Oropharynx

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2006, ASM Journals

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  28. Identification and Characterization of an Antigen I/II Family Protein Produced by Group A Streptococcus

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 2006, ASM Journals

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  29. Characterization of a Novel Partition System Encoded by the δ and ω Genes from the Streptococcal Plasmid pSM19035

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2006, ASM Journals

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  30. Expression Microarray and Mouse Virulence Analysis of Four Conserved Two-Component Gene Regulatory Systems in Group A Streptococcus

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2006, ASM Journals

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  31. Central role of a bacterial two-component gene regulatory system of previously unknown function in pathogen persistence in human saliva

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2005, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  32. Growth Characteristics of and Virulence Factor Production by Group A Streptococcus during Cultivation in Human Saliva

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2005, ASM Journals

    Izabela Sitkiewicz

  33. Plasmid copy-number control and better-than-random segregation genes of pSM19035 share a common regulator

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2000, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Izabela Sitkiewicz