Publications

  1. Shlaes, D.M., J.H. Shlaes, S. Vincent, L. Etter, P.D. Fey, and R.V. Goering. 1993. Teicoplanin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus expresses a novel membrane protein and increases expression of penicillin-binding protein 2 complex. Antimicrob. Agents. Chemother. 37:2432-2437.
  2. Goering, R.V., P.D. Fey, F.W. Goldstein. 1995. Usefulness of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in the epidemiological analysis of Staphylococcus aureus isolates with decreased susceptibility to teicoplanin. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. Suppl. 1:3-5.
  3. Fey, P.D., M.W. Climo, G.L. Archer. 1998. Determination of the chromosomal relationship between mecA and gyrA in methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci. Antimicrob. Agents. Chemother. 42:306-312.
  4. Bergman, K.L., K.M. Olsen, T.E. Peddicord, P.D. Fey, and M.E. Rupp. 1999. Antimicrobial activity and postantibiotic effect of physiologic levels of clarithromycin, 14-hydroxy-clarithromycin, and azithromycin against clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Antimicrob. Agents. Chemother. 43:1291-1293. 
  5. Fey, P.D., J.S. Ulphani, C. Heilmann, F. Götz, and M.E. Rupp. 1999. Characterization of the Relationship between Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin and Hemagglutination in Staphylococcus epidermidis. J. Infect. Dis. 179:1561-1564. 
  6. M.E. Rupp, J.S. Ulphani, P.D. Fey, and D. Mack. 1999. Characterization of Staphylococcus epidermidis polysaccharide intercellular adhesin/hemagglutinin in the pathogenesis of intravascular catheter-associated infection in a rat-model. Infect. Immun. 67:2656-2659. 
  7. M.E. Rupp, P.D. Fey, J.S. Ulphani, K. Bartscht, and D. Mack. 1999. Characterization of the importance of polysaccharide intercelluar adhesin/hemagglutinin of Staphylococcus epidermidis in the pathogenesis of biomaterial-based infection in a mouse-foreign body infection model. Infect. Immun. 67:2627-2632. 
  8. Fey, P.D., T.J. Safranek, M.E. Rupp, E.F. Dunne, E. Ribot, P.C. Iwen, P.A. Bradford, F.J. Angulo, and S.H. Hinrichs. 2000. Pediatric Ceftriaxone-Resistant Salmonella infection acquired from infected cattle in the United States. New England J. Med. 342:1242-1249. 
  9. Fey, P.D., R.A. Wickert, T.J. Safranek, M.E. Rupp, and S.H. Hinrichs. 2000. Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in the state of Nebraska. Emer. Infect. Dis. 6:530-533. 
  10. Rebuck, J.A., K.M. Olsen, P.D. Fey, K.L. Bergman, and M.E. Rupp. 2000. In vitro activities of parenteral b-lactam antimicrobials against TEM-10, TEM-26, and SHV-5 derived extended-spectrum b-lactamases by time-kill curve methods. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 46:461-464. 
  11. Rebuck, J.A., K.M. Olsen, P.D. Fey, A.N. Langnas, and M.E. Rupp. 2000. Characterization of an outbreak due to extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a pediatric intensive care unit transplant population. Clin. Infect. Dis. 31:1368-1372. 
  12. Rupp, M.E., P.D. Fey, C. Heillmann, and F. Gotz. 2000. Characterization of the importance of Staphylococcus epidermidis autolysin and polysaccharide intercellular adhesin in the pathogenesis of intravascular catheter-associated infection in a rat model. J. Infect. Dis. 183:1038-1042. 
  13. Dunne, E.F., P.D. Fey, P. Kludt, R. Reporter, F. Mostashari, P. Schillum, J. Wicklund, C. Miller, B. Holland, K. Stamey, T.J. Barrett, J.K. Rasheed, F.C. Tenover, E. Ribot, F.J. Angulo. 2000. Emergence of Domestically acquired Ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella infections in the United States associated with an AmpC b-lactamase. JAMA. 284:3151-3156. 
  14. Rupp, M.E., P.D. Fey, and G.M. Longo. 2001. Effect of LY333328 against vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a rat central venous catheter-associated infection model. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 47:705-707. 
  15. Rupp, M.E., N. Marion, P.D. Fey, D.L. Bolam, P.C. Iwen, C.M. Overfelt, L. Chapman. 2001. Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a neonatal intensive care unit. Infect. Control Hosp. Epi. 22:301-303. 
  16. Fowler, V.G., P.D. Fey, L.B. Reller, A.L. Chamis, G.R. Corey, and M.E. Rupp. 2001. The intercellular adhesin locus ica is present in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from bacteremic patients with infected and uninfected prosthetic joints. Med. Microbiol. Immunol. 189:127-131. 
  17. Rupp, M.E., Fey, P.D. In vivo models to evaluate adhesion and biofilm formation by Staphylococcus epidermidis. In Methods in Enzymology. 2001, vol. 336; pp. 206-215. Academic Press, New York, NY.
  18. Carattoli, A., Tosini, F., W.P. Giles, Rupp, M.E., Hinrichs, S.H., Angulo, F.J., Barrett, T.J., and Fey, P.D. 2002. Characterization of plasmids carrying CMY-2 from expanded-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Salmonella isolated in the United States between 1996 and 1998. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 46:1269-1272. 
  19. Fey, P.D., S. Saïd-Salim, M.E. Rupp, S.H. Hinrichs, D. J. Boxrud, C.C. Davis, B.N. Kreiswirth, and P.M. Schlievert. 2003. Comparative molecular analysis of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 47:196-203 
  20. Rupp, M.E. and P.D. Fey. 2003. Extended-spectrum b-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Considerations for Diagnosis, Prevention and Drug Treatment. Drugs. 63: 353-365.
  21. Rupp, M.E., S.J. Medcalf, P.D. Fey, L.D. Handke, and N.D. Marion. 2003. Monsel’s solution: a potential vector for nosocomial infection? Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 24:142-144. 
  22.  Tarkin IS, Henry TJ, Fey PD, Iwen PC, Hinrichs SH, and Garvin KL. 2003. PCR rapidly detects methicillin-resistant staphylococci periprosthetic infection. Clin Orthop 414:89-94. 
  23.  Fey, P.D. and M.E. Rupp. 2003. Molecular epidemiology in the public health and hospital environments. Clin Lab Med 23:885-901. 
  24.  L.D. Handke, K.M. Conlon, S.R. Slater, S. Elbaruni, F. Fitzpatrick, H. Humphreys W.P. Giles, M.E. Rupp, P.D. Fey and J.P. O’Gara. 2004. Genetic and Phenotypic analysis of phenotypic variation in multiple Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates. Journal of Medical Microbiology 53:367-374. 
  25. M.M. Samrakandi, C. Zhang, M. Zhang, J. Nietfeldt, G. Duhamel, M.E. Olson, P.D. Fey, P.C. Iwen, S.H. Hinrichs, J.D. Cirillo, and A.K. Benson. 2004. Genome diversity among Francisella tularensis subspecies tularensis and Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica in North America. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 237:9-17. 
  26. W.P. Giles, A.K. Benson, M.E. Olson, J.M. Whitchard, R.W. Hutkins, P.L. Winokur, and P.D. Fey. 2004. DNA sequence analysis of regions surrounding blacmy-2 from multiple Salmonella plasmid backbones. Antimicrob. Agents and Chemother. 48:2845-2852. 
  27. Z. Yang, J. Kovar, J. Kim, J. Niefteldt, D.R. Smith, R. Moxley, P.D. Fey, and A.K. Benson. 2004. Identification of frequent subpopulations of sorbitol-non-fermenting, beta-glucuronidase-negative Escherichia coli O157:H7 from bovine production environments and human clinical samples. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70:6846-6854. 
  28. Rupp ME, Fitzgerald T, Marion N, Helget V, Puumala S, Anderson JR, and Fey P.D. 2004. Effect of silver-coated urinary catheters: efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and antimicrobial resistance. Am J Infect Control. 32:445-450 
  29. S. Kozitskaya, M. E. Olson, P. D. Fey, W. Witte, K. Ohlsen, and W. Ziebuhr. 2005. Clonal Analysis of Biofilm-positive and Biofilm-negative Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolates by Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST). J. Clin. Microbiol. 43:4751-4757. 
  30.  J. M. Whichard, K. Joyce, P. D. Fey, J. M. Nelson, F. J. Angulo, and T. J. Barrett. 2005. Extended-spectrum ß-lactam Resistance among Human Clinical Enterobacteriaceae in the United States: Results and Characterization of 2000 NARMS Surveillance. Emer. Infect. Dis. 11:1464-1466. 
  31. M.E. Olson, K.L. Garvin, P.D. Fey, and M.E. Rupp. 2006. Initial Adherence of Staphylococcus epidermidis to Orthopedic Biomaterials is Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin (PIA) Dependent. Clin. Ortho. and Related Research. 451:21-24. 
  32. L.D. Handke, S.R. Slater, K.M. Conlon, Sinead T. O’Donnell, M.E. Olson, M.E. Rupp, J.P. O’Gara, and P.D. Fey. 2007. sBand SarA independently regulate polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA) production in Staphylococcus epidermidis. Can. J. Microbiol. 53:82-91. 
  33. Nelson, J.L., K.C. Rice, S.R. Slater, P.M. Fox, G.L. Archer, K.W. Bayles, P.D. Fey, B.N. Krieswirth, and G.A. Somerville. 2007. Vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus have impaired acetate catabolism: Implications for polysaccharide intercellular adhesin synthesis and autolysis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 51:616-622 
  34. M. E. Rupp, L. A Sholtz , D. R. Jourdan, N. D Marion, L. K Tyner, P. D. Fey, P. C. Iwen, and J. R. Anderson. 2007. Outbreak of bloodstream infections temporally associated with the use of an intravascular positive-displacement needleless valve. Clinical Infect. Dis. 44:1408-14. 
  35. M. Dempsey, M. Dobson, C. Zhang, M. Zhang, C. Lion, C. Gutierrez Martin, P. Iwen, P.D. Fey, M.E. Olson, D. Niemeyer, S. Francesconi, R. Crawford, M. Stanley, J. Rhoades, D. Wagner, P. Keim, A. Johansson, S.H. Hinrichs, and A.K. Benson. 2007. Identification of a genomic deletion marking an emerging subclone of F. tularensis subsp. holarctica in the Iberian Peninsula. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73:7465-70. 
  36. Y. Zhu, E. C. Weiss, M. Otto, P. D. Fey, M. S. Smeltzer, and G. A. Somerville. 2007. Staphylococcus aureus metabolism in a biofilm: the influence of arginine on polysaccharide intercellular adhesin synthesis, biofilm formation, and pathogenesis. Infect. Immun. 75:4219-4226. 
  37. P.D. Fey, M.P. Dempsey, M.E. Olson, M.S. Chrustowski, J.L. Engle, J.J. Jay, M.E. Dobson, K.S. Kalasinsky, A.A. Shea, P.C. Iwen, R.W. Wickert, S.C. Francesconi, R.M. Crawford, and S.H. Hinrichs. 2007. Molecular Analysis of Francisella tularensis subspecies tularensis and holarctica. American J. Clin. Pathol. 128:926-35 
  38. L.D. Handke, K.L. Rogers, M.E. Olson, G.A. Somerville, T.J. Jerrells, M.E. Rupp, P.M. Dunman, and P.D. Fey. 2008. Staphylococcus epidermidis saeR is an effector of anaerobic growth and a mediator of acute inflammation. Infect. Immun. 76:141-52
  39. A. Nusair, D. Jourdan, S. Medcalf, N. Marion, P.C. Iwen, P.D. Fey, and M.E. Rupp. 2008. Infection control experience in a transplant cooperative care center. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 29:424-429. 
  40. M.H. Murthy, M.E. Olson, R.W. Wickert, P.D. Fey, and Z. Jalali. 2008. Daptomycin non-susceptible methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA 300 isolate. J. Med. Microbiol. 57: 1036-1038.
  41. L. Holland, S. O’Donnell, D. A. Ryjenkov, L. Gomelsky, S. R. Slater, P. D. Fey, M. Gomelsky and J. P. O’Gara. 2008. A staphylococcal GGDEF domain protein regulates biofilm formation independently of c-di-GMP. J. Bact. 190:5178-89.
  42. J. A. Poole, N. E. Alexis, C. Parks, A. K. MacInnes, P. D. Fey, L. Larsson, D. Allen-Gipson, S. G. Von Essen, D. J. Romberger. 2008. Repetitive Organic Dust Exposure in vitro Impairs Differentiation and Function of Macrophages. J. Allergy Clin Immunol. 22:375-82 
  43. K.L. Rogers, M.E. Rupp, and P.D. Fey. 2008. The presence of icaADBC is detrimental to the colonization of human skin by Staphylococcus epidermidis. Appl Environ Microbiol. 74:6155-6157. 
  44. M. R. Sadykov, M. E. Olson, S. Halouska, Y. Zhu, P. D. Fey, R. Powers, and G. A. Somerville. 2008. Tricarboxylic acid cycle dependent regulation of Staphylococcus epidermidis polysaccharide intercellular adhesin synthesis. J. Bact. 190:7621-7631. 
  45. Rogers, K.L., Fey, P.D., Rupp, M.E. 2009. Coagulase negative staphylococcal infections. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 23:73-98. 
  46. Helio S. Sader, Paul D. Fey, Douglas Fish, Ajit Limaye, George Pankey, James Rahal, Michael Rybak, David Snydman, Lisa L. Steed, Ken Waites, Ronald N. Jones. 2009. Evaluation of vancomycin and daptomycin potency trends (“MIC creep”) against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus collected in nine United States medical centers over five years (2002- 2006). Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 53:4127-4132.
  47. Yefei Zhu, Yan Q Xiong, Marat R Sadykov, Paul D Fey, Mei G Lee, Chia Y Lee, Arnold S Bayer, and Greg A Somerville. 2009. Tricarboxylic acid cycle mediated attenuation of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis by selective inhibition of amino acid transport. Infect Immun. 77:4256-4264. 
  48. R. D. Barabote, T. S. Brettin, S. H. Hinrichs, P. D. Fey, J. Jay, J. Engle, J. Noronha, L. Zhou, G. Xie, R. H. Scheuermann, M. P. Dempsey. 2009. Complete genome sequence of Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica FTNF002-00. PLOS one. 16:4(9):e7401.
  49. K.A. Bryant, L.C. Kinkead, M.A. Larson, S.H. Hinrichs, and P.D. Fey. 2010. Genetic analysis of the Staphylococcus epidermidis Macromolecular Synthesis Operon: Serp1129 is an ATP binding protein and sigA transcription is regulated by both sA- and sB-dependent promoters. BMC Microbiology 10:8. 
  50. U. Nalbantoglu, K. Sayood, M. P. Dempsey, P. C. Iwen, S. C. Francesconi, R. D. Barabote, G. Xie, T. S. Brettin, S. H. Hinrichs, and P. D. Fey. 2010. Large direct repeats flank genomic rearrangements between a new clinical isolate of Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis A.I and Schu S4. PLoS ONE. 5(2):e9007. 
  51. Yang, S.J., Nast, C.C., Mishra, N.N., Yeaman, M.R., Fey, P.D., and Bayer, A.S. 2010. Cell Wall thickening is not a universal accompaniment of in vivo development of reduced daptomycin susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 54:3079-85. 
  52. Fey, P.D. and Olson, M.E. 2010. Current concepts in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation. Future Microbiol. 5: 917-933. 
  53. M. E. Olson, S. R. Slater, M. E. Rupp, and P. D. Fey. 2010. Rifampin enhances activity of daptomycin and vancomycin against both a polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA)-dependent and –independent Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 65:2164-71. 
  54. Fey, P.D. 2010. Modality of bacterial growth presents unique targets: how do we treat biofilm-mediated infections? Current Opinion in Microbiology. 13:610-615. 
  55. Adam M. Pitz, Fang Yu, Elizabeth D. Hermsen, Mark E. Rupp, Paul D. Fey, and Keith M. Olsen. 2011. Reduced Susceptibility to vancomycin and detection of heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J. Clin. Microbiol. 49:269-274.
  56. M.A. Larson, P.D. Fey, A. M. Bartling, P.C. Iwen, M.P. Dempsey, S.C. Francesconi, and S.H. Hinrichs. 2011. Francisella tularensis typing using differential insertion sequence amplification. J. Clin. Microbiol. 49:2786-2797
  57. D.F. Florescu, W. Grant, J. Botha, P.D. Fey, and A.C. Kalil. 2011. Is multivisceral trasplantation indicated in patients colonized with multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa? Accepted, Microbial Drug Resistance.