Paula Kriz

Clonal groupings in serogroup X Neisseria meningitis (2002)

Gagneux,Sébastien, Wirth,Thierry, Hodgson,Abraham, Ehrhard,Ingrid, Morelli,Giovanna, Kriz,Paula, ...

The genetic diversity of 134 serogroup X Neisseria meningitis isolates from Africa, Europe, and North America was analyzed by multilocus sequence typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Although...

Genetic Heterogeneity of Strains of Neisseria meningitidis Belonging to Serotype 22 Isolated in the Czech Republic

Musilek, Martin, Giorgini, Dario, Hamadouche, Nora, Kriz, Paula, Taha, Muhamed-Kheir

Strains of Neisseria meningitidis of serogroup B isolated in the Czech Republic frequently belong to serotype 22. We analyzed the genetic relationships among strains of this serotype by using the...

Heterogeneity of the PorB Protein in Serotype 22 Neisseria meningitidis

Urwin, Rachel, Fox, Andrew J., Musilek, Martin, Kriz, Paula, Maiden, Martin C. J.

The genetic diversity of porB genes from meningococcal isolates characterized as serotype 22 was investigated by gene sequencing. This procedure identified seven distinct porB sequences,...

Interlaboratory Comparison of Agar Dilution and Etest Methods for Determining the MICs of Antibiotics Used in Management of Neisseria meningitidis Infections

Vázquez, Julio A., Arreaza, Luisa, Block, Colin, Ehrhard, Ingrid, Gray, Stephen J., Heuberger, Sigrid, ...

Previous studies have shown that there is considerable variation in the methods and media used to determine the susceptibility of Neisseria meningitidis to antimicrobial agents in different...

Distribution of Serogroups and Genotypes among Disease-Associated and Carried Isolates of Neisseria meningitidis from the Czech Republic, Greece, and Norway

Yazdankhah, Siamak P., Kriz, Paula, Tzanakaki, Georgina, Kremastinou, Jenny, Kalmusova, Jitka, Musilek, Martin, ...

The distribution of serogroups and multilocus sequence types (STs) in collections of disease-associated and carried meningococci from the period 1991 to 2000 in three European countries (the Czech...

Interlaboratory Comparison of PCR-Based Identification and Genogrouping of Neisseria meningitidis

Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Alonso, Jean-Michel, Cafferkey, Mary, Caugant, Dominique A., Clarke, Stuart C., Diggle, Mathew A., ...

Twenty clinical samples (18 cerebrospinal fluid samples and 2 articular fluid samples) were sent to 11 meningococcus reference centers located in 11 different countries. Ten of these laboratories are...

Genetic Heterogeneity of Strains of Neisseria meningitidis Belonging to Serotype 22 Isolated in the Czech Republic

Musilek, Martin, Giorgini, Dario, Hamadouche, Nora, Kriz, Paula, Taha, Muhamed-Kheir

Strains of Neisseria meningitidis of serogroup B isolated in the Czech Republic frequently belong to serotype 22. We analyzed the genetic relationships among strains of this serotype by using the...

Heterogeneity of the PorB Protein in Serotype 22 Neisseria meningitidis

Urwin, Rachel, Fox, Andrew J., Musilek, Martin, Kriz, Paula, Maiden, Martin C. J.

The genetic diversity of porB genes from meningococcal isolates characterized as serotype 22 was investigated by gene sequencing. This procedure identified seven distinct porB sequences,...

Interlaboratory Comparison of Agar Dilution and Etest Methods for Determining the MICs of Antibiotics Used in Management of Neisseria meningitidis Infections

Vázquez, Julio A., Arreaza, Luisa, Block, Colin, Ehrhard, Ingrid, Gray, Stephen J., Heuberger, Sigrid, ...

Previous studies have shown that there is considerable variation in the methods and media used to determine the susceptibility of Neisseria meningitidis to antimicrobial agents in different...

Distribution of Serogroups and Genotypes among Disease-Associated and Carried Isolates of Neisseria meningitidis from the Czech Republic, Greece, and Norway

Yazdankhah, Siamak P., Kriz, Paula, Tzanakaki, Georgina, Kremastinou, Jenny, Kalmusova, Jitka, Musilek, Martin, ...

The distribution of serogroups and multilocus sequence types (STs) in collections of disease-associated and carried meningococci from the period 1991 to 2000 in three European countries (the Czech...

Interlaboratory Comparison of PCR-Based Identification and Genogrouping of Neisseria meningitidis

Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Alonso, Jean-Michel, Cafferkey, Mary, Caugant, Dominique A., Clarke, Stuart C., Diggle, Mathew A., ...

Twenty clinical samples (18 cerebrospinal fluid samples and 2 articular fluid samples) were sent to 11 meningococcus reference centers located in 11 different countries. Ten of these laboratories are...

Target Gene Sequencing To Characterize the Penicillin G Susceptibility of Neisseria meningitidis▿

Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Vázquez, Julio A., Hong, Eva, Bennett, Desiree E., Bertrand, Sophie, Bukovski, Suzana, ...

Clinical isolates of Neisseria meningitidis with reduced susceptibility to penicillin G (intermediate isolates, PenI) harbor alterations in the penA gene encoding the penicillin binding protein 2...

The Effect of Immune Selection on the Structure of the Meningococcal Opa Protein Repertoire

Callaghan, Martin J., Buckee, Caroline O., Jolley, Keith A., Kriz, Paula, Maiden, Martin C. J., Gupta, Sunetra

The opa genes of the Gram negative bacterium Neisseria meningitidis encode Opacity-associated outer membrane proteins whose role is to promote adhesion to the human host tissue during colonisation...

A chromosomally integrated bacteriophage in invasive meningococci

Bille, Emmanuelle, Zahar, Jean-Ralph, Perrin, Agnes, Morelle, Sandrine, Kriz, Paula, Jolley, Keith A., ...

Cerebrospinal meningitis is a feared disease that can cause the death of a previously healthy individual within hours. Paradoxically, the causative agent, Neisseria meningitidis, is a common...