Sarah Baines

Genomic Epidemiology and Global Population Structure of Exfoliative Toxin A-Producing Staphylococcus aureus Strains Associated With Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome

Taj Azarian, Eleonora Cella, Sarah L Baines, Margot J Shumaker, Carol Samel, Mohammad Jubair, David A Pegues, Michael Z David

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Staphylococci producing exfoliative toxins are the causative agents of staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS). Exfoliative to..

Evolutionary dynamics of multidrug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- in Australia

Danielle J Ingle, Rebecca L Ambrose, Sarah L Baines, Sebastian Duchene, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Darren YJ Lee, Miriam Jones, Mary Valcanis, George Taiaroa, Susan A Ballard, Martyn D Kirk, Benjamin P Howden, Jaclyn S Pearson, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2021  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- (Salmonella 4,[5],12:i:-) is a monophasic variant of Salmonella Typhimurium that has emer..

Clinical Relevance of Topical Antibiotic Use in Coselecting for Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Insights from In Vitro and Ex Vivo Models

Yi Nong, George Taiaroa, Shivani Pasricha, Romain Guerillot, Ian R Monk, Sarah L Baines, Glen P Carter, Benjamin P Howden, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Topical antibiotic preparations, such as fusidic acid (FA) or mupirocin, are used in the prevention and treatment of superficial s..

Cell Membrane Adaptations Mediate beta-Lactam-Induced Resensitization of Daptomycin-Resistant (DAP-R) Staphylococcus aureus In Vitro

Nagendra N Mishra, Arnold S Bayer, Sarah L Baines, Ashleigh S Hayes, Benjamin P Howden, Christian K Lapitan, Cassandra Lew, Warren E Rose

Journal article  |  2021  |  MICROORGANISMS

The reversal of daptomycin resistance in MRSA to a daptomycin-susceptible phenotype following prolonged passage in selected β-lact..

Re-evaluation of a Neonatal Mouse Model of Infection With Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Carla J Carroll, Dianna M Hocking, Kristy I Azzopardi, Judyta Praszkier, Vicki Bennett-Wood, Kaylani Almeida, Danielle J Ingle, Sarah L Baines, Marija Tauschek, Roy M Robins-Browne

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) is a common cause of diarrhea in children in low- and middle-income countries, and in travelers to ..

Complete Genome Sequence of Exfoliative Toxin-Producing Staphylococcus aureus Strain MSSA_SSSS_01, Obtained from a Case of Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin Syndrome

Eleonora Cella, Michael Z David, Mohammad Jubair, Sarah L Baines, David A Pegues, Taj Azarian

Journal article  |  2021  |  MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Here, we announce the complete genome sequence of an exfoliative toxin-producing strain of Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 582..

Population genomics and antimicrobial resistance in Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Melanie Hennart, Leonardo G Panunzi, Carla Rodrigues, Quentin Gaday, Sarah L Baines, Marina Barros-Pinkelnig, Annick Carmi-Leroy, Melody Dazas, Anne Marie Wehenkel, Xavier Didelot, Julie Toubiana, Edgar Badell, Sylvain Brisse

Journal article  |  2020  |  GENOME MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the agent of diphtheria, is a genetically diverse bacterial species. Although antimicrobi..

Impact of Intrapartum Oral Azithromycin on the Acquired Macrolide Resistome of Infants' Nasopharynx: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Abdoulie Bojang, Sarah L Baines, Bully Camara, Romain Guerillot, Liam Donovan, Raquel Sanchez Marques, Ousman Secka, Umberto D'Alessandro, Christian Bottomley, Benjamin P Howden, Anna Roca

Journal article  |  2020  |  CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

In a post hoc analysis of samples from an intrapartum azithromycin randomized clinical trial, we found that children whose mothers..

Comprehensive Genomic Investigation of Adaptive Mutations Driving the Low-Level Oxacillin Resistance Phenotype in Staphylococcus aureus

Stefano G Giulieri, Romain Guerillot, Jason C Kwong, Ian R Monk, Ashleigh S Hayes, Diane Daniel, Sarah Baines, Norelle L Sherry, Natasha E Holmes, Peter Ward, Wei Gao, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2020  |  MBIO

Antistaphylococcal penicillins such as oxacillin are the key antibiotics in the treatment of invasive methicillin-susceptible Stap..

Complete microbial genomes for public health in Australia and the Southwest Pacific

Sarah L Baines, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Glen P Carter, Amy Jennison, Irani Rathnayake, Rikki M Graham, Vitali Sintchenko, Qinning Wang, Rebecca J Rockett, Verlaine J Timms, Elena Martinez, Susan Ballard, Takehiro Tomita, Nicole Isles, Kristy A Horan, William Pitchers, Timothy P Stinear, Deborah A Williamson, Benjamin P Howden, Torsten Seemann

Journal article  |  2020  |  MICROBIAL GENOMICS

Complete genomes of microbial pathogens are essential for the phylogenomic analyses that increasingly underpin core public health ..