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Paul D. Fey is affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions in subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Clinical Biochemistry, and Epidemiology.

Their work extensively covers topics related to antimicrobial resistance and bacterial physiology. Key areas of study include:

  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance

Paul D. Fey has been involved in multiple publications across several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets for their research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • mBio
  • PLoS Pathogens

They have collaborated often with colleagues such as Vinai C. Thomas, Fareha Razvi, Jongsam Ahn, Dhananjay Shinde, and Mark E. Rupp.

Among recent published papers associated with or relevant to their research network are:

  • Clinical evaluation of the BioFire® Respiratory Panel 2.1 and detection of SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Journal of Clinical Virology
  • The acid response network of Staphylococcus aureus, 2020, Current Opinion in Microbiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus ATP Synthase Promotes Biofilm Persistence by Influencing Innate Immunity, 2020, mBio
  • Identification of the main glutamine and glutamate transporters in Staphylococcus aureus and their impact on c-di-AMP production, 2020, Molecular Microbiology
  • Accumulation of Succinyl Coenzyme A Perturbs the Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Succinylome and Is Associated with Increased Susceptibility to Beta-Lactam Antibiotics, 2021, mBio

Best Publications

  • Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society

    Andre C. Kalil;Mark L. Metersky;Michael Klompas;John Muscedere

  • A Genetic Resource for Rapid and Comprehensive Phenotype Screening of Nonessential Staphylococcus aureus Genes

    Paul D. Fey;Jennifer L. Endres;Vijaya Kumar Yajjala;Todd J. Widhelm

  • Ceftriaxone-resistant salmonella infection acquired by a child from cattle.

    Paul D. Fey;Thomas J. Safranek;Mark E. Rupp;Eileen F. Dunne

  • Multicenter Evaluation of the BioFire FilmArray Gastrointestinal Panel for Etiologic Diagnosis of Infectious Gastroenteritis

    Sarah N. Buss;Amy Leber;Kimberle Chapin;Paul D. Fey

  • Current concepts in biofilm formation of Staphylococcus epidermidis.

    Paul D Fey;Michael E Olson

  • Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Infections

    Kathie L. Rogers;Paul D. Fey;Mark E. Rupp

  • Comparative Molecular Analysis of Community- or Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    P. D. Fey;B. Saïd-Salim;M. E. Rupp;S. H. Hinrichs

  • Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae: considerations for diagnosis, prevention and drug treatment.

    Mark E. Rupp;Paul D. Fey

  • Executive Summary: Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society.

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  • Characterization of the importance of polysaccharide intercellular adhesin/hemagglutinin of Staphylococcus epidermidis in the pathogenesis of biomaterial-based infection in a mouse foreign body infection model

    Mark E. Rupp;Joseph S. Ulphani;Paul D. Fey;Katrin Bartscht

  • Effect of silver-coated urinary catheters: Efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and antimicrobial resistance

    Mark E. Rupp;Mark E. Rupp;Theresa Fitzgerald;Nedra Marion;Virginia Helget

  • Emergence of domestically acquired ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella infections associated with AmpC β-lactamase.

    Eileen F. Dunne;Paul D. Fey;Pat Kludt;Roshan Reporter

  • Methicillin Resistance Alters the Biofilm Phenotype and Attenuates Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus Device-Associated Infections

    Clarissa Pozzi;Elaine M. Waters;Justine K. Rudkin;Carolyn R. Schaeffer

  • Characterization of the Importance of Staphylococcus epidermidis Autolysin and Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin in the Pathogenesis of Intravascular Catheter-Associated Infection in a Rat Model

    Mark E. Rupp;Paul D. Fey;Christine Heilmann;Friedrich Götz

  • Characterization of Staphylococcus epidermidis polysaccharide intercellular adhesin/hemagglutinin in the pathogenesis of intravascular catheter-associated infection in a rat model.

    Mark E. Rupp;Joseph S. Ulphani;Paul D. Fey;Dietrich Mack

  • Predicting the virulence of MRSA from its genome sequence

    Maisem Laabei;Mario Recker;Justine K. Rudkin;Mona Aldeljawi

  • Amino Acid Catabolism in Staphylococcus aureus and the Function of Carbon Catabolite Repression

    Cortney R. Halsey;Shulei Lei;Jacqueline K. Wax;Mckenzie K. Lehman

  • Contribution of the Staphylococcus aureus Atl AM and GL Murein Hydrolase Activities in Cell Division, Autolysis, and Biofilm Formation

    Jeffrey L. Bose;McKenzie K. Lehman;Paul D. Fey;Kenneth W. Bayles

  • Genetic Tools To Enhance the Study of Gene Function and Regulation in Staphylococcus aureus

    Jeffrey L. Bose;Paul D. Fey;Kenneth W. Bayles

  • Characterization of Plasmids Carrying CMY-2 from Expanded-Spectrum Cephalosporin-Resistant Salmonella Strains Isolated in the United States between 1996 and 1998

    A. Carattoli;F. Tosini;W. P. Giles;M. E. Rupp

  • Prevalence of non-O157:H7 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in diarrheal stool samples from Nebraska.

    Paul D. Fey;R. S. Wickert;M. E. Rupp;T. J. Safranek

  • Identification of Common Subpopulations of Non-Sorbitol-Fermenting, β-Glucuronidase-Negative Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Bovine Production Environments and Human Clinical Samples

    Zhijie Yang;Joy Kovar;Jaehyoung Kim;Joseph Nietfeldt

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth W. Bayles
Kenneth W. Bayles University of Nebraska Medical Center
James P. O'Gara
James P. O'Gara University of Galway
Alexander R. Horswill
Alexander R. Horswill University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Tammy Kielian
Tammy Kielian University of Nebraska Medical Center
Robert Powers
Robert Powers University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Holger Rohde
Holger Rohde Universität Hamburg
Christine C. Ginocchio
Christine C. Ginocchio Qiagen (United States)
Aras Kadioglu
Aras Kadioglu University of Liverpool
Arnold S. Bayer
Arnold S. Bayer University of California, Los Angeles
Gary Xie
Gary Xie Los Alamos National Laboratory

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