John K. Davies

Overview

Best Publications

• Reduced Vancomycin Susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus, Including Vancomycin-Intermediate and Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Strains: Resistance Mechanisms, Laboratory Detection, and Clinical Implications

  Benjamin Peter Howden;John Keith Davies;Paul Donald Russell Johnson;Paul Donald Russell Johnson;Timothy Paul Stinear;Timothy Paul Stinear

  1266
  Citations

• Mechanisms involved in the resistance of Enterococcus faecalis to calcium hydroxide

  Matthew Evans;John K Davies;Goran Sundqvist;David Figdor;David Figdor;David Figdor

  892
  Citations

• Insights from the complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium marinum on the evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  Timothy P. Stinear;Torsten Seemann;Paul F. Harrison;Grant A. Jenkin

  674
  Citations

• Bacterial membrane vesicles deliver peptidoglycan to NOD1 in epithelial cells

  Maria Kaparakis;Lynne Turnbull;Leticia Carneiro;Stephen Firth

  489
  Citations

• Reductive evolution and niche adaptation inferred from the genome of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer

  Timothy Paul Stinear;Torsten Seemann;Sacha James Pidot;Wafa Frigui

  474
  Citations

• Giant plasmid-encoded polyketide synthases produce the macrolide toxin of Mycobacterium ulcerans.

  Timothy Paul Stinear;Armand Mve-Obiang;Pamela L C Small;Wafa Frigui

  459
  Citations

• Genome reduction in Leptospira borgpetersenii reflects limited transmission potential

  Dieter Mark Bulach;Richard L Zuerner;Peter Wilson;Torsten Seemann

  457
  Citations

• Genome Sequence of the Saprophyte Leptospira biflexa Provides Insights into the Evolution of Leptospira and the Pathogenesis of Leptospirosis

  Mathieu Picardeau;Dieter Mark Bulach;Dieter Mark Bulach;Christiane Bouchier;Richard L Zuerner

  434
  Citations

• Evolution of multidrug resistance during Staphylococcus aureus infection involves mutation of the essential two component regulator WalKR.

  Benjamin P Howden;Christopher R E McEvoy;David L Allen;Kyra Y L Chua;Kyra Y L Chua

  381
  Citations

• Isolates with low-level vancomycin resistance associated with persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

  Benjamin Peter Howden;Paul D R Johnson;Peter Ward;Timothy Paul Stinear

  279
  Citations

• Two novel point mutations in clinical Staphylococcus aureus reduce linezolid susceptibility and switch on the stringent response to promote persistent infection.

  Wei Gao;Kyra Chua;Kyra Chua;John Keith Davies;Hayley J Newton

  258
  Citations

• Starvation survival, growth and recovery of Enterococcus faecalis in human serum.

  David Figdor;David Figdor;John K Davies;Goran Sundqvist

  258
  Citations

• Identification and characterization of IS2404 and IS2606: two distinct repeated sequences for detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans by PCR.

  Timothy Stinear;Bruce C. Ross;John K. Davies;Lui Marino

  240
  Citations

• Comparative genetic analysis of Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium marinum reveals evidence of recent divergence.

  Timothy P. Stinear;Grant A. Jenkin;Paul D. R. Johnson;Paul D. R. Johnson;Paul D. R. Johnson;John K. Davies

  222
  Citations

• Enterococcal vanB resistance locus in anaerobic bacteria in human faeces

  Timothy Stinear;Dianne C Olden;Paul D R Johnson;John K Davies

  164
  Citations

• Different bacterial gene expression patterns and attenuated host immune responses are associated with the evolution of low-level vancomycin resistance during persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.

  Benjamin Peter Howden;Danielle Joy Smith;Ashley Scott Mansell;Paul D R Johnson

  155
  Citations

• Genomic Analysis Reveals a Point Mutation in the Two-Component Sensor Gene graS That Leads to Intermediate Vancomycin Resistance in Clinical Staphylococcus aureus

  Benjamin Peter Howden;Timothy Paul Stinear;David Leslie Allen;Paul D R Johnson

  149
  Citations

• Identification of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the Environment from Regions in Southeast Australia in Which It Is Endemic with Sequence Capture-PCR

  Timothy Stinear;John K. Davies;Grant A. Jenkin;John A. Hayman

  128
  Citations

• The RpoB H481Y Rifampicin Resistance Mutation and an Active Stringent Response Reduce Virulence and Increase Resistance to Innate Immune Responses in Staphylococcus aureus

  Wei Gao;David Cameron;John Keith Davies;Xenia Polyxeni Kostoulias

  103
  Citations

• A promoter associated with the neisserial repeat can be used to transcribe the uvrB gene from Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

  Casilda Gabrielle Black;Jaznet A M Fyfe;John Keith Davies

  99
  Citations