Invasive Serotype 35B Pneumococci Including an Expanding Serotype Switch Lineage, United States, 2015–2016

by Sopio Chochua, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Zhongya Li, Hollis Walker, Theresa Tran, Lesley McGee, Bernard Beall
Published 2017-06-01

Emergent Invasive Group A Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis, United States, 2015–2018

by Sopio Chochua, Joy Rivers, Saundra Mathis, Zhongya Li, Srinivasan Velusamy, Lesley McGee, Chris Van Beneden, Yuan Li, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Bernard Beall
Published 2019-08-01

A Population-Based Descriptive Atlas of Invasive Pneumococcal Strains Recovered Within the U.S. During 2015–2016

by Bernard Beall, Sopio Chochua, Robert E. Gertz, Yuan Li, Zhongya Li, Lesley McGee, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Jessica Ricaldi, Theresa Tran, Hollis Walker, Tamara Pilishvili
Published 2018-11-01

Genome-wide association analyses of invasive pneumococcal isolates identify a missense bacterial mutation associated with meningitis

by Yuan Li, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Sopio Chochua, Zhongya Li, Hollis Walker, Theresa Tran, Paulina A. Hawkins, Ryan Gierke, Tamara Pilishvili, Lesley McGee, Bernard W. Beall
Published 2019-01-01

Penicillin-Binding Protein Transpeptidase Signatures for Tracking and Predicting β-Lactam Resistance Levels in Streptococcus pneumoniae

by Yuan Li, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Sopio Chochua, Zhongya Li, Robert E. Gertz, Hollis Walker, Paulina A. Hawkins, Theresa Tran, Cynthia G. Whitney, Lesley McGee, Bernard W. Beall
Published 2016-06-01

Validation of β-lactam minimum inhibitory concentration predictions for pneumococcal isolates with newly encountered penicillin binding protein (PBP) sequences

by Yuan Li, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Sopio Chochua, Zhongya Li, Robert E. Gertz, Hollis Walker, Paulina A. Hawkins, Theresa Tran, Lesley McGee, Bernard W. Beall, on behalf of the Active Bacterial Core surveillance team
Published 2017-08-01

Population and Whole Genome Sequence Based Characterization of Invasive Group A Streptococci Recovered in the United States during 2015

by Sopio Chochua, Ben J. Metcalf, Zhongya Li, Joy Rivers, Saundra Mathis, Delois Jackson, Robert E. Gertz, Velusamy Srinivasan, Ruth Lynfield, Chris Van Beneden, Lesley McGee, Bernard Beall, James M. Hughes
Published 2017-09-01

Genomic Surveillance of Streptococcus pyogenes Strains Causing Invasive Disease, United States, 2016–2017

by Yuan Li, Joy Rivers, Saundra Mathis, Zhongya Li, Srinivasan Velusamy, Srinivas A. Nanduri, Chris A. Van Beneden, Paula Snippes-Vagnone, Ruth Lynfield, Lesley McGee, Sopio Chochua, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Bernard Beall
Published 2020-07-01

Non-pneumococcal mitis-group streptococci confound detection of pneumococcal capsular serotype-specific loci in upper respiratory tract

by Maria da Gloria Carvalho, Fabiana C. Pimenta, Iaci Moura, Alexis Roundtree, Robert E. Gertz Jr, Zhongya Li, Geofrey Jagero, Godfrey Bigogo, Muthoni Junghae, Laura Conklin, Daniel R. Feikin, Robert F. Breiman, Cynthia G. Whitney, Bernard W. Beall
Published 2013-06-01