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Gerard Lina is affiliated with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in France and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, with a particular focus on infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance. Their work spans multiple subfields, including infectious diseases, epidemiology, molecular medicine, dermatology, and public health.

Their research portfolio includes exploration of Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, tuberculosis epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance specifically in Staphylococcus, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, dermatology and skin diseases, and streptococcal infections and treatments.

Gerard Lina's recent publications include:

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates - the EUCAST broth microdilution reference method for MIC determination (2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
  • Whole-genome sequencing in drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in routine practice in Lyon, France (2020, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents)
  • Prognostic factors of severe community-acquired staphylococcal pneumonia in France (2021, European Respiratory Journal)
  • Legionella antibiotic susceptibility testing: is it time for international standardization and evidence-based guidance? (2021, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy)
  • Phenol-soluble modulins α are major virulence factors of Staphylococcus aureus secretome promoting inflammatory response in human epidermis (2021, Virulence)

Frequent co-authors in Gerard Lina's research include:

  • Oana Dumitrescu
  • Elisabeth Hodille
  • Charlotte Genestet
  • Florence Ader
  • Jean-Philippe Rasigade

Their work is predominantly published in the following venues:

  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Lina's main scientific fields of study are medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant portion dedicated to infectious diseases and epidemiology. The scope of their research includes applied clinical microbiology, molecular diagnostic practices, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing methodologies.

Best Publications

  • Involvement of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin—Producing Staphylococcus aureus in Primary Skin Infections and Pneumonia

    Gerard Lina;Yves Piémont;Florence Godail-Gamot;Michèle Bes

  • COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CARRYING PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN GENES: WORLDWIDE EMERGENCE

    François Vandenesch;Timothy Naimi;Mark C. Enright;Gerard Lina

  • Association between Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying gene for Panton-Valentine leukocidin and highly lethal necrotising pneumonia in young immunocompetent patients

    Yves Gillet;Bertrand Issartel;Philippe Vanhems;Jean-Christophe Fournet

  • Relationships between Staphylococcus aureus genetic background, virulence factors, agr groups (alleles), and human disease

    Sophie Jarraud;Christophe Mougel;Jean Thioulouse;Gerard Lina

  • Is Panton‐Valentine Leukocidin the Major Virulence Determinant in Community‐Associated Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Disease?

    Jovanka M. Voyich;Michael Otto;Barun Mathema;Kevin R. Braughton

  • Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in France: emergence of a single clone that produces Panton-Valentine leukocidin.

    Philippe Dufour;Yves Gillet;Michèle Bes;Gerard Lina

  • Distribution of Genes Encoding Resistance to Macrolides, Lincosamides, and Streptogramins among Staphylococci

    Gerard Lina;Alain Quaglia;Marie-Elisabeth Reverdy;Roland Leclercq

  • egc, A Highly Prevalent Operon of Enterotoxin Gene, Forms a Putative Nursery of Superantigens in Staphylococcus aureus

    Sophie Jarraud;Marie Alix Peyrat;Annick Lim;Anne Tristan

  • Clinical features and prognostic factors of listeriosis: the MONALISA national prospective cohort study.

    Caroline Charlier;Élodie Perrodeau;Alexandre Leclercq;Alexandre Leclercq;Benoît Cazenave

  • Global distribution of Panton-Valentine leukocidin--positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 2006.

    Anne Tristan;Michele Bes;Helene Meugnier;Gerard Lina

  • Bacterial competition for human nasal cavity colonization: role of Staphylococcal agr alleles.

    Gerard Lina;Florent Boutite;Anne Tristan;Michèle Bes

  • Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin directly targets mitochondria and induces Bax-independent apoptosis of human neutrophils

    Anne-Laure Genestier;Marie-Cécile Michallet;Gilles Prévost;Gregory Bellot

  • Staphylococcus aureus hemolysins, bi-component leukocidins, and cytolytic peptides: a redundant arsenal of membrane-damaging virulence factors?

    Francois Vandenesch;Francois Vandenesch;Gérard Lina;Gérard Lina;Thomas Henry;Thomas Henry

  • Polymorphonuclear leukocytes mediate Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin-induced lung inflammation and injury

    Binh An Diep;Liana Chan;Pierre Tattevin;Osamu Kajikawa

  • Staphylococcus aureus RNAIII and the endoribonuclease III coordinately regulate spa gene expression

    Eric Huntzinger;Sandrine Boisset;Cosmin Saveanu;Yvonne Benito

  • New insights into meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pathogenesis, treatment and resistance

    Ian M. Gould;Michael Z. David;Silvano Esposito;Javier Garau

  • Standard Nomenclature for the Superantigens Expressed by Staphylococcus

    Gerard Lina;Gregory A. Bohach;Sean P. Nair;Keiichi Hiramatsu

  • Factors Predicting Mortality in Necrotizing Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Staphylococcus aureus Containing Panton-Valentine Leukocidin

    Yves Gillet;Yves Gillet;Philippe Vanhems;Philippe Vanhems;Gerard Lina;Gerard Lina;Michèle Bes;Michèle Bes

  • Use of Multiplex PCR To Identify Staphylococcus aureus Adhesins Involved in Human Hematogenous Infections

    Anne Tristan;Liu Ying;Michele Bes;Jerome Etienne

  • Exfoliatin-producing strains define a fourth agr specificity group in Staphylococcus aureus.

    S. Jarraud;G. J. Lyon;G. J. Lyon;A. M. S. Figueiredo;G. Lina

  • The Staphylococcal Toxin Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Targets Human C5a Receptors

    András N. Spaan;Thomas Henry;Willemien J.M. van Rooijen;Magali Perret

  • Transmembrane topology and histidine protein kinase activity of AgrC, the agr signal receptor in Staphylococcus aureus

    Gerard Lina;Sophie Jarraud;Guangyong Ji;Timothy Greenland

  • Analysis of the Genetic Variability of Genes Encoding the RNA III-Activating Components Agr and TRAP in a Population of Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Cows with Mastitis

    Philippe Gilot;Gérard Lina;Thierry Cochard;Bernard Poutrel

  • Neutralization of Staphylococcus aureus Panton Valentine Leukocidin by Intravenous Immunoglobulin In Vitro

    Valérie Gauduchon;Gregoire Cozon;François Vandenesch;Anne Laure Genestier

Frequent Co-Authors

François Vandenesch
François Vandenesch Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Jerome Etienne
Jerome Etienne Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Michèle Bes
Michèle Bes Hospices Civils de Lyon
Frédéric Laurent
Frédéric Laurent Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Sophie Jarraud
Sophie Jarraud Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Thomas Henry
Thomas Henry Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Binh An Diep
Binh An Diep University of California, San Francisco
Jean-Philippe Lavigne
Jean-Philippe Lavigne University of Montpellier
Christian G. Giske
Christian G. Giske Karolinska University Hospital
Bruno Lina
Bruno Lina Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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