Kristi L. Frank, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
2002-2007 Clinical Microbiology Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States 
 2007-2016 Microbiology University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 
 2016- Microbiology & Immunology Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 
Area:
Biofilms, Enterococcus faecalis, pathogenic bacteria
Website:
https://www.usuhs.edu/content/kristi-l-frank-phd

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Year Citation  Score
2022 Rouchon CN, Weinstein AJ, Hutchison CA, Zubair-Nizami ZB, Kohler PL, Frank KL. Disruption of the Orthologue in the Locus Variable Region of Enterococcus faecalis Causes Cell Surface Changes and Suppresses an -Dependent Lysozyme Resistance Phenotype. Journal of Bacteriology. e0024722. PMID 36094307 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00247-22  0.347
2022 Schaffer SD, Hutchison CA, Rouchon CN, Mdluli NV, Weinstein AJ, McDaniel D, Frank KL. Diverse Enterococcus faecalis strains show heterogeneity in biofilm properties. Research in Microbiology. 103986. PMID 35995340 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2022.103986  0.423
2022 Rouchon CN, Harris J, Zubair-Nizami Z, Weinstein AJ, Roky M, Frank KL. The Cationic Antimicrobial Peptide Activity of Lysozyme Reduces Viable Cells in Biofilms. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 66: e0233921. PMID 35446133 DOI: 10.1128/aac.02339-21  0.426
2021 Barnes AMT, Frank KL, Dale JL, Manias DA, Powers JL, Dunny GM. colonizes and forms persistent biofilm microcolonies on undamaged endothelial surfaces in a rabbit endovascular infection model. Fems Microbes. 2: xtab014. PMID 34734186 DOI: 10.1093/femsmc/xtab014  0.808
2021 Barnes AMT, Frank KL, Dunny GM. Enterococcal Endocarditis: Hiding in Plain Sight. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11: 722482. PMID 34527603 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.722482  0.685
2020 Fleming D, Redman W, Welch GS, Mdluli NV, Rouchon CN, Frank KL, Rumbaugh KP. Utilizing glycoside hydrolases to improve the quantitation and visualization of biofilm bacteria. Biofilm. 2: 100037. PMID 33447822 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bioflm.2020.100037  0.492
2018 Colomer-Winter C, Flores-Mireles AL, Baker SP, Frank KL, Lynch AJL, Hultgren SJ, Kitten T, Lemos JA. Manganese acquisition is essential for virulence of Enterococcus faecalis. Plos Pathogens. 14: e1007102. PMID 30235334 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Ppat.1007102  0.518
2018 Colomer-Winter C, Gaca AO, Chuang-Smith ON, Lemos JA, Frank KL. Basal levels of (p)ppGpp differentially affect the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis in Enterococcus faecalis. Microbiology (Reading, England). PMID 30091695 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.000703  0.765
2018 Barnes A, Frank K, Dale J, Manias D, Nilson J, Dunny G. 4 Enterococcus faecalis Colonizes and Forms Persistent Biofilm Microcolonies on the Undamaged Endothelial Surface in a Rabbit Endovascular Infection Model American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 149: S164-S165. DOI: 10.1093/Ajcp/Aqx149.373  0.766
2016 Bhatty M, Camacho MI, Gonzalez-Rivera C, Frank KL, Dale JL, Manias DA, Dunny GM, Christie PJ. PrgU: A Suppressor of Sex Pheromone Toxicity in Enterococcus faecalis. Molecular Microbiology. PMID 27785854 DOI: 10.1111/Mmi.13563  0.739
2016 Bandyopadhyay A, O'Brien S, Frank KL, Dunny GM, Hu WS. Antagonistic donor density effect conserved in multiple Enterococcal conjugative plasmids. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. PMID 27208137 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.00363-16  0.58
2015 Frank KL, Vergidis P, Brinkman CL, Greenwood Quaintance KE, Barnes AM, Mandrekar JN, Schlievert PM, Dunny GM, Patel R. Evaluation of the Enterococcus faecalis Biofilm-Associated Virulence Factors AhrC and Eep in Rat Foreign Body Osteomyelitis and In Vitro Biofilm-Associated Antimicrobial Resistance. Plos One. 10: e0130187. PMID 26076451 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0130187  0.794
2015 Bhatty M, Cruz MR, Frank KL, Gomez JA, Andrade F, Garsin DA, Dunny GM, Kaplan HB, Christie PJ. Enterococcus faecalis pCF10-encoded surface proteins PrgA, PrgB (aggregation substance) and PrgC contribute to plasmid transfer, biofilm formation and virulence. Molecular Microbiology. 95: 660-77. PMID 25431047 DOI: 10.1111/Mmi.12893  0.741
2015 Holt JF, Kiedrowski MR, Frank KL, Du J, Guan C, Broderick NA, Dunny GM, Handelsman J. Enterococcus faecalis 6-phosphogluconolactonase is required for both commensal and pathogenic interactions with Manduca sexta. Infection and Immunity. 83: 396-404. PMID 25385794 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.02442-14  0.642
2014 Frank KL, Colomer-Winter C, Grindle SM, Lemos JA, Schlievert PM, Dunny GM. Transcriptome analysis of Enterococcus faecalis during mammalian infection shows cells undergo adaptation and exist in a stringent response state. Plos One. 9: e115839. PMID 25545155 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0115839  0.669
2013 Frank KL, Guiton PS, Barnes AM, Manias DA, Chuang-Smith ON, Kohler PL, Spaulding AR, Hultgren SJ, Schlievert PM, Dunny GM. AhrC and Eep are biofilm infection-associated virulence factors in Enterococcus faecalis. Infection and Immunity. 81: 1696-708. PMID 23460519 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.01210-12  0.769
2012 Spaulding AR, Satterwhite EA, Lin YC, Chuang-Smith ON, Frank KL, Merriman JA, Schaefers MM, Yarwood JM, Peterson ML, Schlievert PM. Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus strains for ability to cause infective endocarditis and lethal sepsis in rabbits. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2: 18. PMID 22919610 DOI: 10.3389/Fcimb.2012.00018  0.758
2012 Fan J, Zhang Y, Chuang-Smith ON, Frank KL, Guenther BD, Kern M, Schlievert PM, Herzberg MC. Ecto-5'-nucleotidase: a candidate virulence factor in Streptococcus sanguinis experimental endocarditis. Plos One. 7: e38059. PMID 22685551 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0038059  0.777
2012 Frank KL, Barnes AM, Grindle SM, Manias DA, Schlievert PM, Dunny GM. Use of recombinase-based in vivo expression technology to characterize Enterococcus faecalis gene expression during infection identifies in vivo-expressed antisense RNAs and implicates the protease Eep in pathogenesis. Infection and Immunity. 80: 539-49. PMID 22144481 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.05964-11  0.767
2008 Frank KL, Del Pozo JL, Patel R. From clinical microbiology to infection pathogenesis: how daring to be different works for Staphylococcus lugdunensis. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 21: 111-33. PMID 18202439 DOI: 10.1128/Cmr.00036-07  0.638
2008 Frank KL, Patel R. Intravenously administered pharmaceuticals impact biofilm formation and detachment of Staphylococcus lugdunensis and other staphylococci. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 60: 9-16. PMID 17889481 DOI: 10.1016/J.Diagmicrobio.2007.07.008  0.639
2008 Frank KL, Patel R. Response to Dr. Charles J. Diskin's submission "Heparin, biofilm, and catheter-related sepsis" Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 61: 80-81. DOI: 10.1016/J.Diagmicrobio.2007.12.006  0.542
2008 Frank KL, Patel R. Staphylococcus lugdunensis - Not the Average Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus Species Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 30: 55-62. DOI: 10.1016/J.Clinmicnews.2008.03.004  0.631
2007 Frank KL, Patel R. Poly-N-acetylglucosamine is not a major component of the extracellular matrix in biofilms formed by icaADBC-positive Staphylococcus lugdunensis isolates. Infection and Immunity. 75: 4728-42. PMID 17635864 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00640-07  0.651
2007 Frank KL, Patel R. Activity of sodium metabisulfite against planktonic and biofilm Staphylococcus species. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 57: 355-9. PMID 17188446 DOI: 10.1016/J.Diagmicrobio.2006.10.003  0.622
2007 Frank KL, Reichert EJ, Piper KE, Patel R. In vitro effects of antimicrobial agents on planktonic and biofilm forms of Staphylococcus lugdunensis clinical isolates. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 51: 888-95. PMID 17158933 DOI: 10.1128/Aac.01052-06  0.67
2004 Frank KL, Hanssen AD, Patel R. icaA is not a useful diagnostic marker for prosthetic joint infection. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 42: 4846-9. PMID 15472359 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.42.10.4846-4849.2004  0.588
2003 Frank KL, Bundle SF, Kresge ME, Eggers CH, Samuels DS. aadA confers streptomycin resistance in Borrelia burgdorferi. Journal of Bacteriology. 185: 6723-7. PMID 14594849 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.185.22.6723-6727.2003  0.301
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