Publications
Regev-Yochay G, K Trzcinski, CM Thompson, R Malley, M Lipsitch. Interference between Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus: in vitro hydrogen peroxide-mediated killing by S. pneumoniae. Journal of Bacteriology 2006, 188:4996-5001.
Trzcinski K, CM Thompson, AM Gilbey, CG Dowson, M Lipsitch. Incremental increase in fitness cost with increased beta-lactam resistance in pneumococci evaluated by competition in infant rat nasal colonization model. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2006, 193:1296-1303.
Dzierzanowska-Fangrat K, K Semczuk, P Gorska, S Giedrys-Kalemba, M Kochman, A Samet, S Tyski, D Dzierzanowska, K Trzcinski. Evidence for tetracycline resistance determinant tet(M) alleles replacement in a Streptococcus pneumoniae population of limited geographical origin. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2006, 27:159-164.
Trzcinski K, CM Thompson, R Malley, M Lipsitch. Antibodies to conserved pneumococcal antigens correlate with, but are not required for protection against pneumococcal colonization induced by prior exposure in a mouse model. Infection and Immunity 2005, 73:7043-7046.
Malley R, K Trzcinski, A Srivastava, CM Thompson, P Anderson, M Lipsitch. CD4+ T cells mediated antibody-independent acquired immunity to pneumococcal colonization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 2005, 102:4848-4853.
Trzcinski K, A MacNeil, KP Klugman, M Lipsitch. Capsule homology does not increase the frequency of transformation of linked penicillin binding proteins PBP1a and PBP2x in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2005, 49:1591-1592.
Trzcinski K, CM Thompson, M Lipsitch. Single-step capsular transformation and acquisition of penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Journal of Bacteriology 2004, 186:3447-3452.
Trzcinski K, CM Thompson, M Lipsitch, Construction of otherwise isogenic serotype 6B, 7F, 14 and 19F capsular variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae strain TIGR4. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2003, 69:7364-7370.
Dowson CG, K Trzcinski, The evolution and epidemiology of antibiotic resistant pneumococci. [in] Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobials [ed.] Lewis K., Salyers A., Taber H.W., Wax R.G., Marcel Dekker Inc. 2001, 265-293.
Doherty N, K Trzcinski, P Pickerill, P Zawadzki, CG Dowson, Genetic diversity of the tet(M) gene in tetracycline-resistant clonal lineages of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2000, 44: 2979-2984.
Trzcinski K, BS Cooper, W Hryniewicz, CG Dowson. Expression of resistance to tetracylines in strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2000, 45:763-770.