Virulence Factors Involved in the Pathogenesis of the Infection Caused by the Swine Pathogen and Zoonotic Agent Streptococcus Suis N Fittipaldi, M Segura, D Grenier, M Gottschalk Future microbiology 7 (2), 259-279, 2012 | 476 | 2012 |
Critical Streptococcus suis virulence factors: are they all really critical? M Segura, N Fittipaldi, C Calzas, M Gottschalk Trends in microbiology 25 (7), 585-599, 2017 | 309 | 2017 |
Serotype distribution, population structure, and antimicrobial resistance of group B Streptococcus strains recovered from colonized pregnant women S Teatero, P Ferrieri, I Martin, W Demczuk, A McGeer, N Fittipaldi Journal of clinical microbiology 55 (2), 412-422, 2017 | 135 | 2017 |
Significant contribution of the pgdA gene to the virulence of Streptococcus suis N Fittipaldi, T Sekizaki, D Takamatsu, M De La Cruz Domínguez‐Punaro, ... Molecular microbiology 70 (5), 1120-1135, 2008 | 132 | 2008 |
Critical role for Streptococcus suis cell wall modifications and suilysin in resistance to complement-dependent killing by dendritic cells MP Lecours, M Gottschalk, M Houde, P Lemire, N Fittipaldi, M Segura Journal of Infectious Diseases 204 (6), 919-929, 2011 | 127 | 2011 |
Lineage and virulence of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 isolates from North America N Fittipaldi, J Xu, S Lacouture, P Tharavichitkul, M Osaki, T Sekizaki, ... Emerging infectious diseases 17 (12), 2239, 2011 | 124 | 2011 |
Characterization of Streptococcus suis isolates recovered between 2008 and 2011 from diseased pigs in Quebec, Canada M Gottschalk, S Lacouture, L Bonifait, D Roy, N Fittipaldi, D Grenier Veterinary microbiology 162 (2-4), 819-825, 2013 | 121 | 2013 |
Structure determination of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 capsular polysaccharide MR Van Calsteren, F Gagnon, S Lacouture, N Fittipaldi, M Gottschalk Biochemistry and Cell Biology 88 (3), 513-525, 2010 | 120 | 2010 |
D-alanylation of lipoteichoic acid contributes to the virulence of Streptococcus suis N Fittipaldi, T Sekizaki, D Takamatsu, J Harel, ... Infection and immunity 76 (8), 3587-3594, 2008 | 117 | 2008 |
Characterization of invasive group B streptococcus strains from the greater Toronto area, Canada S Teatero, A McGeer, DE Low, A Li, W Demczuk, I Martin, N Fittipaldi Journal of clinical microbiology 52 (5), 1441-1447, 2014 | 113 | 2014 |
Distinct signatures of diversifying selection revealed by genome analysis of respiratory tract and invasive bacterial populations PR Shea, SB Beres, AR Flores, AL Ewbank, JH Gonzalez-Lugo, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (12), 5039-5044, 2011 | 110 | 2011 |
Serotype distribution and production of muramidase-released protein, extracellular factor and suilysin by field strains of Streptococcus suis isolated in the United States N Fittipaldi, TE Fuller, JF Teel, TL Wilson, TJ Wolfram, DE Lowery, ... Veterinary microbiology 139 (3-4), 310-317, 2009 | 100 | 2009 |
Sequence type 1 group B Streptococcus, an emerging cause of invasive disease in adults, evolves by small genetic changes AR Flores, J Galloway-Peña, P Sahasrabhojane, M Saldaña, H Yao, X Su, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (20), 6431-6436, 2015 | 97 | 2015 |
Phylogenomic Classification and the Evolution of Clonal Complex 5 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Western Hemisphere L Challagundla, J Reyes, I Rafiqullah, DO Sordelli, G Echaniz-Aviles, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 1901, 2018 | 92 | 2018 |
Group A Streptococcus emm gene types in pharyngeal isolates, Ontario, Canada, 2002–2010 PR Shea, AL Ewbank, JH Gonzalez-Lugo, AJ Martagon-Rosado, ... Emerging infectious diseases 17 (11), 2010, 2011 | 90 | 2011 |
Full-genome dissection of an epidemic of severe invasive disease caused by a hypervirulent, recently emerged clone of group A Streptococcus N Fittipaldi, SB Beres, RJ Olsen, V Kapur, PR Shea, ME Watkins, ... The American journal of pathology 180 (4), 1522-1534, 2012 | 87 | 2012 |
Determining Streptococcus suis serotype from short-read whole-genome sequencing data TBT Athey, S Teatero, S Lacouture, D Takamatsu, M Gottschalk, ... BMC microbiology 16, 1-8, 2016 | 81 | 2016 |
High Incidence of Invasive Group A Streptococcus Disease Caused by Strains of Uncommon emm Types in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada TBT Athey, S Teatero, LE Sieswerda, JB Gubbay, A Marchand-Austin, A Li, ... Journal of clinical microbiology 54 (1), 83-92, 2016 | 80 | 2016 |
Genetic organization and preferential distribution of putative pilus gene clusters in Streptococcus suis D Takamatsu, H Nishino, T Ishiji, J Ishii, M Osaki, N Fittipaldi, M Gottschalk, ... Veterinary microbiology 138 (1-2), 132-139, 2009 | 76 | 2009 |
Evaluation and field validation of PCR tests for detection of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in subclinically infected pigs N Fittipaldi, A Broes, J Harel, M Kobisch, M Gottschalk Journal of clinical microbiology 41 (11), 5085-5093, 2003 | 75 | 2003 |