KenB.WaitesMDF(AAM)

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• 3 citations
  Latest Advances in Laboratory Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium.
  Ken B Waites, Donna M Crabb, Amy E Ratliff, William M Geisler, T Prescott Atkinson, Li Xiao> ;Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2023 Mar 23
• 7 citations
  Omadacycline Is Highly Activeagainst Mycoplasma genitalium.
  Ken B Waites, Donna M Crabb, T Prescott Atkinson, William M Geisler, Li Xiao> ;Microbiology Spectrum. 2022 Dec 21
• 3 citations
  B-assembler: a circular bacterial genome assembler.
  Fengyuan Huang, Li Xiao, Min Gao, Ethan J Vallely, Kevin Dybvig, T Prescott Atkinson, Ken B Waites, Zechen Chong> ;BMC Genomics. 2022 May 11
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  A plain language summary of how lefamulin alone can be used to treat pneumonia caught outside of the hospital due to common bacterial causes, including drug-resistant ...
  Susanne Paukner, Gregory J Moran, Christian Sandrock, Thomas M File Jr, Jorge E Vidal, Ken B Waites, Steven P Gelone, Kalvin Yu> ;Future Microbiology. 2022 Apr 1
• 5 citations
  Antimicrobial susceptibilities and mechanisms of resistance of commensal and invasiveisolates.
  Li Xiao, Arthur H Totten, Donna M Crabb, Thomas Prescott Atkinson, Ken B Waites> ;Frontiers in Microbiology. 2022 Jan 1
• 3 citations
  Lefamulin in Patients with Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia Caused by Atypical Respiratory Pathogens: Pooled Results from Two Phase 3 Trials.
  Susanne Paukner, David Mariano, Anita F Das, Gregory J Moran, Christian Sandrock, Ken B Waites, Thomas M File Jr> ;Antibiotics. 2021 Dec 4
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  Pooled Microbiological Findings and Efficacy Outcomes by Pathogen in Adults With Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia from the Lefamulin Evaluation Against Pneumonia...
  Susanne Paukner, Lisa Goldberg, Elizabeth Alexander, Anita Das, Stefanie Heinrich, Pritty Patel, Gregory J. Moran, Christian Sandrock, Thomas M. File, Jorge E. Vidal, ...> ;Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 2021 Nov 14
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  Trichomonas vaginalis Detection in Urogenital Specimens from Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Men and Women by Use of the cobas TV/MG Test.
  Barbara Van Der Pol, Arundhati Rao, Melinda B. Nye, Steven E. Chavoustie, Aaron Ermel, Clair Kaplan, David L. Eisenberg, Philip A. Chan, Leandro Mena, Sixto Pacheco, K...> ;Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2021 Sep 20
• 7 citations
  Septic polyarthritis with Mycoplasma salivarium in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency: case report and review of the literature.
  Arthur H. Totten, Li Xiao, Donna M. Crabb, Amy E. Ratliff, Ken B. Waites, Tracy Hwangpo, T. Prescott Atkinson> ;Access Microbiology. 2021 Apr 9
• 6 citations
  Randomized trial of azithromycin to eradicate Ureaplasma respiratory colonization in preterm infants: 2-year outcomes.
  Rose M. Viscardi, Michael L. Terrin, Laurence S. Magder, Natalie L. Davis, Susan J. Dulkerian, Ken B. Waites, Marilee C Allen, Ajoke Ajayi-Akintade, Namasivayam Ambala...> ;Pediatric Research. 2021 Mar 3
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  Mycoplasma genitalium Infection in Young Women Without Urogenital Symptoms Presenting to a Community-Based Emergency Department in Birmingham, Alabama.
  Stephen D Gragg, Kanupriya Gupta, Kristin M. Olson, Barbara Van Der Pol, Li Xiao, Ken B. Waites, William M. Geisler> ;Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2021 Feb 1
• 24 citations
  Molecular Characterization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Isolates in the United States from 2012 to 2018.
  Li Xiao, Amy E. Ratliff, Donna M. Crabb, Emily Mixon, Xuan Qin, Rangaraj Selvarangan, Y-W Tang, Xiaotian Zheng, J. Dien Bard, Tao Hong, M. Prichard, Edward G. Brooks, ...> ;Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2020 Sep 22
• 4 citations
  In Vitro Activities of Eravacycline and Other Antimicrobial Agents against Human Mycoplasmas and Ureaplasmas.
  Ken B. Waites, Donna M. Crabb, Li Xiao, Lynn B. Duffy, Sixto M. Leal> ;Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2020 Jul 22
• 6 citations
  Hyperammonemia syndrome due to Ureaplasma urealyticum in a kidney transplant recipient: A case of disseminated disease from a fluoroquinolone-resistant isolate.
  Andrea B. Higgins, Dimitrios Farmakiotis, Ralph Rogers, Adena J. Osband, Angie Seo, Brendan Chen, Mark P. Birkenbach, Donna M. Crabb, Li Xiao, Sixto M. Leal, Ken B. Wa...> ;Transplant Infectious Disease. 2020 Jun 2
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  Evaluation of commercial molecular diagnostic methods for detection and determination of macrolide resistance in mycoplasma pneumoniae
  Sixto M. Leal, Arthur H. Totten, Li Xiao, Donna M. Crabb, Amy E. Ratliff, Lynn B. Duffy, Karen B. Fowler, Emily Mixon, Jonas M. Winchell, Maureen H. Diaz, Alvaro J. Be...> ;Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2020 May 26
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  Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in transplantation: Increasingly typical?
  Gregory A. Eschenauer, Li Xiao, Ken B. Waites, Donna M. Crabb, Amy E. Ratliff, Tejal N Gandhi, James Riddell, Daniel R. Kaul> ;Transplant Infectious Disease. 2020 May 19
• 14 citations
  Mycoplasma genitalium Detection in Urogenital Specimens from Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Men and Women by Use of the cobas TV/MG Test.
  Barbara Van Der Pol, Ken B. Waites, Li Xiao, Stephanie N. Taylor, Arundhati Rao, Melinda B. Nye, Steven E. Chavoustie, Aaron Ermel, Clair Kaplan, David L. Eisenberg, P...> ;Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2020 May 26
• 32 citations
  Randomised trial of azithromycin to eradicate Ureaplasma in preterm infants
  Rose M. Viscardi, Michael L. Terrin, Laurence S. Magder, Natalie L. Davis, Susan J. Dulkerian, Ken B. Waites, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, David A. Kaufman, Pamela Donohue...> ;Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 2020 Mar 13
• 10 citations
  Mycoplasma pneumoniae Carriage With De Novo Macrolide-Resistance and Breakthrough Pneumonia
  Ammar Saadoon Alishlash, Thomas Prescott Atkinson, Charles Schlappi, Sixto M. Leal, Ken B. Waites, Li Xiao> ;Pediatrics. 2019 Oct 1
• 8 citations
  Mycoplasma genitalium Coinfection in Women With Chlamydia trachomatis Infection.
  Sally A. Harrison, Kristin M. Olson, Amy E. Ratliff, Li Xiao, Barbara Van Der Pol, Ken B. Waites, William M. Geisler> ;Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2019 Oct 1
• 43 citations
  Macrolide-resistant mycoplasma pneumoniae in the United States as determined from a national surveillance program
  Ken B. Waites, Amy E. Ratliff, Donna M. Crabb, Li Xiao, Xuan Qin, Rangaraj Selvarangan, Yi-Wei Tang, Xiaotian Zheng, J. Dien Bard, Tao Hong, M. Prichard, Edward G. Bro...> ;Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2019 Oct 23
• 3 citations
  Azithromycin-based Extended-Spectrum Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Cesarean: Role of Placental Colonization with Genital Ureaplasmas and Mycoplasmas.
  Akila Subramaniam, Ken B. Waites, Victoria C. Jauk, Joseph R. Biggio, Amelia Sutton, Jeff M. Szychowski, William W. Andrews, Alan T.N. Tita> ;American Journal of Perinatology. 2019 Aug 1
• 6 citations
  Evaluation of the ELITe InGenius PCR Platform for Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
  Arthur H. Totten, Sixto M. Leal, Amy E. Ratliff, Li Xiao, Donna M. Crabb, Ken B. Waites> ;Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2019 May 24
• 12 citations
  Two cases of multidrug-resistant genitourinary Mycoplasma genitalium infection successfully eradicated with minocycline
  Allison Glaser, William M. Geisler, Amy E. Ratliff, Li Xiao, Ken B. Waites, Michael M. Gaisa> ;International Journal of STD & AIDS. 2019 Jan 10
• 24 citations
  Mycoplasma genitalium Infections With Macrolide and Fluoroquinolone Resistance-Associated Mutations in Heterosexual African American Couples in Alabama.
  Li Xiao, Ken B. Waites, Barbara Van Der Pol, Kristal J. Aaron, Edward W. Hook, William M. Geisler> ;Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2019 Jan 1
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Journal Articles

• Intra-amniotic Ureaplasma parvum induced maternal and fetal inflammation and immune responses in rhesus macaque  
  Senthamaraikannan, P., Presicce, P, Rueda C., Gunlawadee, M., Schmidt, A., Miller, L. Waites, K.B., Jobe, A., Kallapur, S., Chougnet, A., Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1/1/2016
• In Vitro Activities of Omadacycline (PTK 0796) and other antimicrobial agents against human mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas  
  Waites, K.B., Crabb, D.M., Liu, Y., Duffy, L.B., Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1/1/2016
• Shaken or Stirred? : Comparison of methods for dispersion of Mycoplasma pneumoniae aggregates for persistence in vivo  
  Totten, A.H., Xiao, L., Crabb, D.M., Ratliff, A., Dybvig, K., Waites, K.B., Atkinson, T.P., Journal of Microbiological Methods, 1/1/2016
• Pharmacokinetics, microbial response, and pulmonary outcomes of multi-dose intravenous azithromycin in preterm infants at risk for ureaplasma respiratory colonization  
  Merchan, L., Hassan, H., Terrin, M., Waites, K.B., Kaufman, D., Ambalavanan, N., Donohue, P., Dulkerian, S., Schelonka, R., Magder, L., Eddington, N., Viscardi, R.M., Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1/1/2015
• Mycoplasma edwardii peritonitis in a patient on maintenance peritoneal dialysis  
  Lalan, S. Walrady, B., Blowey, D., Waites, K.B., Selvarangan, S., Clinical Nephrology, 1/1/2015
• The clinical presentation of Fusobacterium-positive and streptococcal-positive pharyngitis in a university health clinic a cross sectional study  
  Centor, R., Atkinson, T.P., Ratliff, A.R., Xiao, L., Crabb, D.M., Estrada, C., Faircloth, M., Oestreich, L., Hatchett, J., Khalife, W., Waites, K.B., Annals of Internal Medicine, 1/1/2015
• Fusobacterium-positive and streptococcal-positive pharyngitis  
  Centor, R., Atkinson, T.P., Waites, K.B., Annals of Internal Medicine, 1/1/2015
• Sore throat: avoid overcomplicating the uncomplicated  
  Centor, R., Atkinson, T.P., Estrada, C., Waites, K.B., Annals of Internal Medicine, 1/1/2015
• Contaminated open fracture and crush injury: a murine model  
  Gilbert, S.R., Camara, J., Camara, R., Duffy, L.B., Waites, K.B., Kim, H., Zinn, K, Bone Research, 1/1/2015
• In vitro activity of AZD0914 against human mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas  
  Waites, K.B., Crabb, D.M., Duffy, L.B., Huband, M.D., Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1/1/2015
• Disseminated Ureaplasma infection in hyperammonemia syndrome complicating lung transplantation  
  Bharat, A., Cunningham, S., Kreisel, D., DeWet, Gelman, A., Waites, K.B., Crabb, D.M., Xiao, L., Bhorade, S., Ambalavanan, N., Krupnick, S., DeCamp, M., Ison, M.G., Pa..., Science Translational Medicine, 1/1/2015
• Comparative Genomic Analysis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae  
  Xiao, L., Ptacek, T., Osborne, J.D., Crabb, D.M., Simmons, W.L., Lefkowitz, E., Waites, K.B., Atkinson, T.P., Dybvig, K., BMC Genomics, 1/1/2015
• Multicenter study of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in the United States  
  Zheng, X., Lee, S., Selvarangen, R., Qin, X., Tang, Y-W., Stiles, J., Hong, T., Todd, K., Ratliff, A., Crabb, D.M., Xiao, L., Atkinson, T.P., Waites,K.B., Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1/1/2015
• Specificity and strain-typing capabilities of Nanorod Array-Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Mycoplasma pneumoniae detection  
  Henderson, K.C., Benitez, A.J., Ratliff, A.E., Crabb, D.M., Sheppard, E.S., Winchell, J. Dluhy, R.A., Waites, K.B., Atkinson, T.P., Krause, D.C., PLoSOne, 1/1/2015
• Comparison of molecular characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae collected from US and China  
  Yan, C., Sun, Hongmei, Lee, Stella, Selvarangan, R., Qin, X., Tang, Y-W, Waites, K.B., Zheng, X., Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1/1/2015
• Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in childhood  
  Atkinson, T.P., Waites,K.B., Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1/1/2014
• Pharmacokinetics of the transplacental transfer of azithromycin and its application to the eradication of Ureaplasma from the intrauterine environment  
  Acosta, E., Grigsby, P., Buckoreelall, K., James, A.M., Duffy, L.B., Waites, K.B., Novy, M.J., Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1/1/2014
• Comparison of illumigene Mycoplasma assay and culture for detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in respiratory secretions  
  Ratliff, A.E., Duffy, L.B., Waites, K.B., Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1/1/2014
• Suppression of antimicrobial peptide expression by Ureaplasma species  
  Xiao, L., Crabb, D.M. Dai, Y., Chen, Y.,Waites, K.B., Atkinson, T.P., Infection and Immunity, 1/1/2014
• Azithromycin to prevent BPD in Ureaplasma-infected preterm infants: pharmacokinetics, safety, microbial response and clinical outcomes of 20 mg/kg single IV dose  
  Viscardi, R.M., Othman, A.A., Hassan, H., Eddington, N., Abebe, E., Terrin, M.L., Kaufman, D.A., Waites, K.B., Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1/1/2013
• H pylori infection inhibits phagocyte clearance of apoptotic gastric epithelial cells  
  Bimczok, D., Smythies, L., Waites, K.B., Grams J.M., Stahl, R., Mannon, P.J., Peter, S., Wilcox, C.M., Harris, P.H., Das, S., Ernst, P.B., Smith, P.D., Journal of Immunology, 1/1/2013
• Antimicrobial susceptibilities and treatment options for Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in children –does macrolide resistance matter?  
  Waites, K.B., Current Pediatric Reviews, 1/1/2013
• Chronic rectal bleeding due to lymphogranuloma venereum proctocolitis  
  Geisler, W.M., Kapil, R., Waites, K.B., Smith, P.D., American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1/1/2012
• Chromosomal mutations responsible for fluoroquinolone resistance in Ureaplasma species in the United States  
  Xiao, L., Crabb, D.M., Duffy, L. B., Glass, J.I., Waites, K.B., Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1/1/2012
• Antimicrobial activity of PVP from an antarctic bacterium, Janthinobacterium sp Ant5-2, on multi-drug and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus  
  Huang, J., Mojib, N., Goli, R., Watkins, S., Waites, K.B., Ravindra, R., Andersen, D.T., Bej, A., Natural Products and Bioprospecting, 1/1/2012
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Books/Book Chapters

• Commercial Methods in Clinical Microbiology 
  Editors: Truant, A., Waites, K.B., Rennie, R., Bébéar, C.M., Tang, Y-W..John Wiley and Sons2016
• Commercial Methods in Clinical Microbiology 
  Chapter: Mycoplasma 
  Page 195.0 - 213.0Waites, K.B. and Bebear, C.M.Editors: Truant, A., Waites, K.B., Rennie, R., Bebear, C.M., Tang, Y-W..John Wiley and Sons2016
• Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences 
  Chapter: Medically Relevant Mycoplasmas and Ureaplasmas. 
  Waites, K.B.Editors: Tang, Y-W.Elsevier2015
• Red Book 2015 Report of the Committee of Infectious Diseases 
  Chapter: Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum infections. 
  Page 845.0 - 846.0Waites, K.B.Editors: Kimberlin, D.W., Brady, M.T., Jackson, M.A., Long, S.S..American Academy of Pediatrics.Edition 30th,2015
• Mollicutes Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis 
  Chapter: Antibiotic susceptibility testing and resistance in mycoplasmas of humans and animals 
  Page 289.0 - 322.0Waites, K.B., Lysynyansky, Bébéar, C.M.Editors: Browning, G., Citti, C..Caister Academic Press2014
• Molecular Medical Microbiology 
  Chapter: Mycoplasma pneumoniae and other mycoplasmas. 
  Waites, K.B., Xiao, LEditors: Tang, Y-W, Liu, D., Poxton, I.R., Schwartzman, J.D., Susssman, M., Alonso, M., Versteeg-Buschman, L..ElsevierEdition 2nd,2014
• Schaecter’s Mechanisms of Microbial Disease 
  Chapter: Mycoplasma: Curiosity and pathogen 
  Page 308.0 - 313.0Baseman, J.B., Waites, K.B.Editors: Engleberg, N.C., DiRita, V., Dermody, T.S..Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.Edition 5th,2013
• Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Microbiology 
  Chapter: Chemotherapy of Mycoplasma Infections. 
  Waites, K.B., Bébéar, C.M.Editors: Nightingale, C.H., G. Gahan.Springer Publishing2013
• Molecular Typing in Bacterial Infections 
  Chapter: Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma. 
  Page 229.0 - 281.0Waites, K.B., Xiao, L., Paralanov, V., Viscardi, R.M., Glass, J.I.Editors: McKee, M., de Fillipis, I..Humana Press2012
• Molecular Detection of Human Pathogens 
  Chapter: Ureaplasma 
  Page 469.0 - 487.0Waites, K.B., Xiao. L., Paralanov, V., Glass, J.I.Editors: Liu, D..CRC Press.2011
• Clinical Laboratory Microbiology 
  Chapter: Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma. 
  Page 670.0 - 683.0Waites, K.B.Editors: Kiser, K., Payne, W., Taff, T.A..Pearson Education, Inc.2010
• Bacterial Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control. 
  Chapter: Mycoplasma pneumoniae and other human mycoplasmas. 
  Page 519.0 - 541.0Talkington, D.F., Waites, K.B.Editors: Brachman, P.S., Abrutin, E..Springer Publications2009
• Clinical Infectious Disease 
  Chapter: Mycoplasma 
  Page 1145. - 1159.Waites, K.B.Editors: Schlossberg, D.,.Cambridge University Press.2008
• Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases: Community-Acquired Pneumonia 
  Chapter: Mycoplasma pneumoniae pathogenesis, adaptive immunity, innate immunity, cell biology, and virulence factors. 
  Page 183.0 - 199.0Waites, K.B., Atkinson, T.P., Talkington, D.F., Simecka, J.W.Editors: Suttorp, N., T. Welte, Marre, R..Birkhäuser Publishing2007
• Cumulative Techniques and Procedures in Clinical Microbiology. 
  Chapter: Laboratory diagnosis of upper respiratory infections. 
  Waites, K.B., Saubolle, M., Talkington, D.F., Moser, S.A.ASM Press2006
• Manual of Molecular and Clinical Laboratory Immunology 
  Chapter: Mycoplasmas 
  Page 510.0 - 517.0Waites, K.B., Simecka, J.W., Brown M.B.Editors: Detrick, B., Hamilton, R., and Folds, J..ASM PressEdition 7th,2006
• Diagnosis of Congenital and Perinatal Infections 
  Chapter: Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma 
  Page 271.0 - 288.0Waites, K.B.Humana Press Inc.2005
• Mycoplasmas: Pathogenesis, Molecular Biology, and Emerging Strategies for Control. 
  Chapter: New developments in human diseases caused by mycoplasmas 
  Page 289.0 - 354.0Waites, K.B., Talkington, D.F.Editors: Blanchard, A., and Browning, G..Horizon Scientific Press2005
• 6th and 7th Update in Diagnostic Pathology 
  Chapter: Effective communication of antimicrobial susceptibility to clinicians by pathologists. 
  Waites, K.B.Kluwer Scientific Publishers2005
• Clinical Microbiology Procedure Handbook 
  Chapter: Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma 
  Waites, K.B., Duffy, L.B., Schwartz, S., Talkington, D.F.Editors: Isenberg, H..ASM Press.Edition 2nd,2004
• Manual of Clinical Microbiology 
  Chapter: Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma 
  Page 972.0 - 990.0Waites, K.B., Rikihisa, Y, Taylor-Robinson, D.Editors: Murray P.R., Baron, E.J., Pfaller, M.A., Tenover, F.C., and Yolken R.H..ASM PressEdition 8th,2003
• Methods in Molecular Biology 
  Chapter: Ligase chain reaction 
  Page 135.0 - 149.0Benjamin, W.H., Smith, K.R., and Waites, K.B.Editors: Bartlett, J.M.S., and Stirling, D..Humana Press Inc.Edition 2nd,2003
• Manual of Commercial Methods in Clinical Microbiology 
  Chapter: Mycoplasma 
  Page 201.0 - 224.0Waites, K.B., Talkington, D.F, Bébéar, C.M.Editors: Truant, A..ASM Press2002
• Cumulative Techniques and Procedures in Clinical Microbiology 
  Chapter: Laboratory diagnosis of mycoplasmal Infections. 
  Waites, K.B., Kenny, G.E., Robertson, J.A., Bébéar, C., and Talkington, D.ASM Press2001
• Infections of the Fetus and Newborn 
  Chapter: Mycoplasma infections. 
  Page 733.0 - 767.0Cassell, G.H., Waites, K.B., Crouse, D.T.Editors: Remington J and Klein J..W.B. Saunders Co.Edition 4th,2001
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Abstracts/Posters

• RCT of Azithromycin-based extended-spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis for cesarean delivery: role of placental colonization with Ureaplasma or Mycoplasma.
  Tita, A.T, Waites, K.B., Jauk, V., Biggio, J., Sutton, A., Szychowski, J., Hauth, J., Andrews, W., Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1/1/2016
• Mycoplasma hominis surgical site infections following receipt of amniotic tissue oroduct — Ohio, 2015.
  Novosad, S. Basavaraju, M. Mohr, A. Halpin, P. Annambhotla, M. Kuehnert, K. Waites, K.B., Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alanta, GA, 1/1/2016
• In vitro activities of investigational ketolide WCK 4873 (Nafithromycin) and other antimicrobial agents against human mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas.
  Waites, K.B., Crabb, D.M., Duffy, L.B., ASM Microbe, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
• In vitro Activity of lefamulin and other antimicrobial agents against macrolide-susceptible and macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae from the United States, Euro...
  Waites, K.B., Crabb, D.M., Duffy, L.B., Jensen, J.S., Liu, Y., and Paukner, S., ASM Microbe, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
• Allergic sensitization impairs bacterial-specific IgG responses during Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
  Totten, A.H., Xiao, L., Luo, D., Crabb, D.M., Waites, K.B., Atkinson, T.P., ASM Microbe, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
• Ureaplasma Infections in the urogenital tract and beyond, five decades of observations from a clinical laboratory perspective, Emmy Klieneberger-Nobel Award Lecture.
  Waites, K.B., 21st Congress of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology, Brisbane, Australia, 1/1/2016
• Comparative genomics of Mycoplasma arginini from North America: further eviedence of extensive diversity.
  Xiao, L., Ptacek, T., Crabb, D.M., Osborne, J., Kemp, J.D., Ballas, Z., Register, K., Jones, L.C., Jeliski, M., Totten, A.H., Dybvig, K., Lefkowitz, E., Waites, K.B., ..., 21st Congress of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology, Brisbane, Australia, 1/1/2016
• In vitro Activity of lefamulin and other antimicrobial agents against macrolide-susceptible and macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae from the United States, Eur...
  Waites, K.B., Crabb, D.M., Duffy, L.B., Jensen, J.S., Liu, Y., and Paukner, S., 21st Congress of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology, Brisbane, Australia, 1/1/2016
• Allergic sensitization impairs bacterial-specific IgG responses during Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
  Totten, A.H., Xiao, L., Luo, D., Crabb, D.M., Waites, K.B., Atkinson, T.P., 21st Congress of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology, Brisbane, Australia, 1/1/2016
• Septic polyarthritis with Mycoplasma salivarium in a patient with common vaiable immunodeficiency (CVID).
  Atkinson, T.P., Delgado, D., G., Hwangpo, T.A., Kain, A., Crabb, D.M., Ratliff, A.E., Xiao, L., Waites, K.B., 21st Congress of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology, Brisbane, Australia, 1/1/2016
• In vitro activities of investigational ketolide WCK 4873 (Nafithromycin) and other antimicrobial agents against human mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas.
  Waites, K.B., Crabb, D.M., Duffy, L.B., 21st Congress of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology, Brisbane, Australia, 1/1/2016
• Characterization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection and iutcomes in the SOLITAIRE-Oral, global phase 3 clinical trial for solithromycin.
  Waites, K.B., Oldach, D., Metev, H., Mykietiuk, A., Tanaseanu, C., Das, A., Jamieson, B., Clark, K., Sheets, A., Keedy K., Fernandes, P., 21st Congress of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology, Brisbane, Australia, 1/1/2016
• Centor Score Predicts Common Bacterial Causes of Sore Throat – Not Just Group A beta hemolytic streptococcus.
  Centor, R., Atkinson, T.P., Ratliff, A.R., Crabb, D.M., Xiao, L., Faircloth, M., Baumann, B., Oestreich, L., Hatchett, J., Waites, K.B., Society for General Internal Medicine, Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ont, Canada, 1/1/2015
• Differential recruitment of airway eosinophils during Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
  Totten, A.H., Xiao, L., Luo, D., Crabb, D., Waites, K.B., Atkinson, T.P., 115th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2015
• Mycoplasma arginini strains isolated from human patients have signigicant genomic alterations relvative to reference strain.
  Xiao, L., Ptacek, T.S., Osborne, J.D., Crabb. D.M., Kemp, J.D., Ballas, Z. K., Kumar, R., Dybvig, K., Lefkovitz, E.J., Waites, K.B., Atkinson, T.P., 115th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2015
• Nuclease activity in Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma species and neutrophil activation.
  Liu, Y., Xiao, L., Crabb, D.M., Atkinson, T.P., Waites, K.B., 115th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2015
• Mycoplasma arginini strains isolated from human patients have signigicant genomic alterations relvative to reference strain.
  Xiao, L., Ptacek, T.S., Osborne, J.D., Crabb. D.M., Kemp, J.D., Ballas, Z. K., Kumar, R., Dybvig, K., Lefkovitz, E.J., Waites, K.B., Atkinson, T.P., 3rd U.S.A. Mycoplasmology Consortium, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2015
• Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma species in hyperammonemia syndrome following lung transplantation.
  Waites, K.B., 3rd U.S.A. Mycoplasmology Consortium, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2015
• High false-negative results in Mycoplasma hominis detection using current real-time PCR methods.
  Xiao, L., Ratliff, A.E., Crabb, D.M., Waites, K.B., 3rd U.S.A. Mycoplasmology Consortium, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2015
• Nuclease activity in Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma species and neutrophil activation
  Liu, Y., Xiao, L., Crabb, D.M., Atkinson, T.P., Waites, K.B., 3rd U.S.A. Mycoplasmology Consortium, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2015
• Differential recruitment of airway eosinophils during Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection
  Totten, A.H., Xiao, L., Luo, D., Crabb, D., Waites, K.B., Atkinson, T.P., 3rd U.S.A. Mycoplasmology Consortium, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2015
• Characterization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection and iutcomes in the SOLITAIRE-Oral, global phase 3 clinical trial for solithromycin.
  Oldach, D., Metev, H., Mykietiuk, A., Tanaseanu, C., Das, A., Jamieson, B., Clark, K., Sheets, A., Keedy, K., Waites, K.B., Fernandes, P., ID Week, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2015
• Infection increases perfusion and vascularity in a severe open fracture model.
  Gilbert, S.R., Stewart, R., Camera, J., Waites, K., Kim, H., American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2014
• Comparative genome analysis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
  Xiao, L., Ptacek, T., Osborne, J.D., Kumar, R., Simmons, W.L., Duffy, L.B., Crabb, D.M., Lefkowitz, E.J., Waites, K.B., Atkinson, T.P., Dybvig, K., 114th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Boston, Massachusetts, 1/1/2014
• RNA-Seq Analysis of Host Cell Transcriptome Changes upon Ureaplasma spp.
  Xiao, L., Crossman, D.K., Crowley, M.R., Crabb, D.M., Ratliff, A.E., Waites, K.B., Atkinson, T.P., 20th Congress of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology, Blumenau, Brazil, 1/1/2014
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Lectures

• Newantibiotics and treatment options for Mycoplasma genitalium infections. 
  National Institutes of Health, Washington, D.C. - 1/1/2016
• Ureaplasma Infections in the Urogenital Tract and Beyond, Five Decades of Observations from a Clinical Laboratory Perspective 
  Brisbane, Australia - 1/1/2016
• Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma species in hyperammonemia syndrome following lung transplantation. 
  San Antonio, TX - 1/1/2015
• High false-negative results in Mycoplasma hominis detection using current real-time PCR methods. 
  San Antonio, TX - 1/1/2015
• Mycoplasma arginini strains isolated from human patients have signigicant genomic alterations relvative to reference strain. 
  San Antonio, TX - 1/1/2015
• Ureaplasmas and bronchopulmonary dysplasia 
  Towson University, Baltimore, MD - 1/1/2013
• Understanding Ureaplasma Pathogenicity: From Serovar Variation to Host Response. 
  Toulouse, France - 1/1/2012
• Recent Advances in the Laboratory Diagnosis of Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma Infections 
  Chicago, IL - 1/1/2011
• Extensive Horizontal Gene Transfer in Human Ureaplasmas Questions The Utility of Serotyping for Diagnostic Purposes. 
  Chianciano Terme, Italy - 1/1/2010
• Pros and Cons of Laboratory Testing Methods for Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections. 
  Jacksonville, FL - 1/1/2010
• New Insights in Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Detection and Management of Mycoplasma Respiratory Infections 
  Oxford University, Oxford, UK - 1/1/2010
• Serotype distribution and genotypic characterization of Ureaplasma urealyticum isolates from men with non-gonococcal urethritis by pulsed field gel electrophoresis. 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2010
• Characterization of novel gene mutations in ribosomal RNA and ribosomal proteins that confer macrolide resistance in human Ureaplasma species from theUnited States 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2010
• In vitro and in vivo Development of Antimicrobial Resistance in Human Mycoplasmas and Ureaplasmas 
  Gran Canaria, Spain - 1/1/2009
• Emerging macrolide resistance in Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Children: Detection and Characterization of Resistant Isolates with Real-time PCR. 
  Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2009
• Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae to macrolides and fluoroquinolones: molecular epidemiology and relative fitness 
  Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2009
• Serotype diversity and pathogenicity of human ureaplasmas. 
  University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain - 1/1/2009
• Serological diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. 
  Tianjin, China - 1/1/2008
• Ureaplasma Genomics, Disease and Treatment. 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2008
• Applied laboratory research is now fundable by the NIH. 
  Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2008
• Comparative Genome Analysis of All 14 Ureaplasma parvum and Ureaplasma urealyticum serovars 
  Tianjin, China - 1/1/2008
• Ureaplasma species and serotype distribution in human clinical isolates from the urogenital tracts of adults men and women determined by real-tme PCR. 
  Tianjin, China - 1/1/2008
• Maternal azithromycin therapy for Ureaplasma intraamniotic infection prevents advanced fetal lung lesions in rhesus monkeys. 
  Tianjin, China - 1/1/2008
• Clostridium difficile infections in the hospital and community. 
  1/1/2007
• Mycoplasmas and Ureaplasmas in Neonatal Infections. 
  University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy - 1/1/2007
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Other

• New developments in detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Clinical Laboratories. 
  Meridian Bioscience, Inc. Webinar.
  1/1/2016
• Mycoplasma pneumoniae 
  Waites, K.B., EMedicine internet on-line textbook
  emedicine.com
  1/1/2015
• Ureaplasma and genital mycoplasmas. 
  Waites, K.B., EMedicine internet on-line textbook
  emedicine.com
  1/1/2015
• Methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing for human mycoplasmas; approved guideline M43-A. 
  Waites, K.B., Duffy, L.B., Bébéar, C.M., Matlow, A., Talkington, D.F., Totten, P., Kenny, G., Shortridge, D., Bade, D., Zheng, X., Davidson, M., Watts, J., Brown, S.D., Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
  Wayne, PA - 1/1/2011
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. 
  Teleconference Network of Texas
  University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - 1/1/2010
• Septic arthritis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  Waites, K.B., Duffy, L.B., ASCP Check Sample. American Society for Clinical Pathology
  1/1/2008
• New concepts in management and prevention of urinary tract infection in persons with spinal cord injury. 
  
  UAB Rehabilitation Research and Training Center - 1/1/2003
• Mycoplasma 
  Teleconference Network of Texas
  University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - 1/1/2002
• Update on antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, teleconference 
  University of Alabama at Birmingham, Continuing Medical Education Department
  1/1/2000
• Immunogenicity of pneumococcal vaccine in persons with spinal cord injury. 
  Waites, K.B., Canupp, K.C., Edwards, K., Palmer, P., Gray, B.M., DeVivo, M.J., Pushin’ On.
  1/1/1998
• Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in spinal cord injury. 
  Waites, K.B., Pushin’ On
  1/1/1998
• Comparison of long-term renal function after spinal cord injury using different urinary management methods 
  Sekar, P., Wallace, D., Waites, K.B., DeVivo, M.J., Lloyd, L.K., Stover, S.L., Pushin’ On
  1/1/1997
• Immune responses to pneumococcal vaccine in spinal cord injury. 
  Waites, K.B., Rehabilitation R & D Progress Reports 1992-1993
  1/1/1994
• Pathologic effects of recurrent bacteriuria in patients with spinal cord dysfunction 
  Waites, K.B., Rehabilitation R & D Progress Reports 1992-1993
  1/1/1994
• Long-term renal function following spinal cord injury: Progress To Date. 
  Waites, K.B., Report of Current Progress Extramural Research Findings Fiscal Year 1993. U.S. Department of Health
  1/1/1993
• Emerging respiratory pathogens in clinical practice. 
  Abbott Laboratories
  1/1/1992
• Urinary tract infections 
  Waites, K.B., Pushin’ On.
  1/1/1992
• Occurrence and management of urinary tract infections following spinal cord injury. 
  Waites, K.B. and Canupp, K.C., Research Update
  1/1/1992
• New perspectives and research on urinary tract infections. 
  Waites, K.B., Pushin’ On.
  1/1/1992
• Abbott new generation macrolides: clarithromycin and emerging pathogens in community acquired pneumonias. 
  Abbott Laboratories for distribution to Primary Care Physicians
  1/1/1991
• Ureaplasma Infection Releases Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 and Proline-Glycine-Proline– a Novel Mechanism of Preterm Rupture of Membranes and Chorioamnionitis. 
  Lal, C.V., Kandasamy, J., Atkinson, T.P., Faye-Petersen, O.M., Waites, K.B., Gaggar, A., Biggio, J., Ambalavanan, N., Pediatric Research.
  1/15/2016
• In Vitro activity of lefamulin and other antimicrobial agents against macrolide-susceptible and macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae from the United States, Europ... 
  Waites, K.B., Crabb, D.M., Duffy, L.B., Jensen, J.S., Liu, Y., and Paukner, S., Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
  1/20/2016
• Tandem repeat copy-number variation in Mycoplasma pneumoniae based on next-generation sequencing data. 
  Zhang,J., Song, X., Ma J.M., Xiao, L., Kenri, T.,Li, S., Sun, H., Ptacek, T., Waites, K., Atkinson, T.P., Shibayama, K., Dybvig, K., Feng, Y., Future Microbiology
  1/12/2016
• Update on antimicrobial resistance for the primary care physician: Streptococcus pneumoniae infections. 
  Waites, K.B., CME newsletter for Alabama Primary Care Physicians.
  1/28/2000
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