Patricia Ferrieri
Patricia Ferrieri, MD
Professor, Director and Chairman

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Minnesota Medical School
USA

Education

1961 A.B Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
1965 M.D University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

Biography

Dr. Patricia Ferrieri's laboratory is focused on the pathogenesis of infections with group B streptococci (GBS) and host immunity to streptococcal antigens. These investigations have included the epidemiology of maternal and neonatal colonization and infection with GBS, animal models of neonatal sepsis and meningitis, isolation and biochemical and immunological characterization of key antigens of group B streptococci, and human and animal immune responses to these antigens, including the role of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies in protection against infection. Her laboratory has cloned the gene for a key surface localized protein (glutamine synthetase) of GBS into E. coli, and has used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology and nucleotide sequencing and amino acid sequencing of this GBS protein to enhance the research.

Research Interest

  • Neonatal sepsis and meningitis
  • Animal models of colonization with streptococci
  • Biochemical and immunological studies of GBS constituents
  • Comparisons of the surface-localized proteins and prevalence of antibodies in human sera

 

Professional Activities:

1965-66 Intern, Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1966-68 Resident, Pediatrics
  Assistant Chief Resident, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1968-71 Medical Fellow, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1971-74 Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1974-79 Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1979- Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1982- Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1982- Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, University of Minnesota Hospital
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1993- Director, Outreach Laboratory Program          
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Hospital
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2003 Interim Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
2005 Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2006- Chairman’s Fund Endowed Chair in Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

Publications

  1. Ferrieri, P., Dajani, A.S., Chapman, S.S., Jensen, J.B. and Wannamaker, L.W.: Appearance of nephritis associated with type 57 streptococcal impetigo in North America:  Longitudinal observations in a family.  New Eng. J. Med. 283:832-836, 1970.
  2. Ferrieri, P., Dajani, A.S., Wannamaker, L.W. and Chapman, S.S.:  Natural history of impetigo.  I.  Site sequence of acquisition and familial patterns of spread of cutaneous streptococci.  J. Clin. Invest. 51:2851-2862, 1972.
  3. Dajani, A.S., Ferrieri, P. and Wannamaker, L.W.:  Natural history of impetigo. II.  Etiologic agents and bacterial interactions.  J. Clin. Invest. 51:2863-2871, 1972.
  4. Dajani, A.S., Ferrieri, P. and Wannamaker, L.W.:  Antibody responses to group A streptococcal infections in the hamster.  Infect. Immun. 6:913-917, 1972.
  5. Ferrieri, P., Wannamaker, L.W. and Nelson, J.:  Localization and characterization of the hippuricase activity of group B streptococci.  Infect. Immun. 7:747-752, 1973.
  6. Ferrieri, P., Dajani, A.S. and Wannamaker, L.W.:  Benzathine penicillin in the prophylaxis of streptococcal skin infections:  A pilot study.  J. Pediatr. 83:572-577, 1973.
  7. Dajani, A.S., Ferrieri, P. and Wannamaker, L.W.:  Endemic superficial pyoderma in children.  Arch. Dermatol. 108:517-522, 1973.
  8. Kaplan, E.L., Ferrieri, P. and Wannamaker, L.W.:  Comparison of the antibody response to streptococcal cellular and extracellular antigens in acute pharyngitis.  J. Pediatr. 84:21-28, 1974.
  9. Ferrieri, P., Dajani, A.S. and Wannamaker, L.W.:  A controlled study of penicillin prophylaxis against streptococcal impetigo.  J. Infect. Dis. 129:429-438, 1974.
  10. Dajani, A.S., Ferrieri, P., Chapman, S.S. and Wannamaker, L.W.:  Spread and persistence of cutaneous streptococci and staphylococci.  In Streptococcal Disease and the Community.  M.J. Haverkorn and H. Valkenburg, eds. Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, p. 243-250, 1974. 
  11. Wannamaker, L.W., Dajani, A.S., Ferrieri, P., Kaplan, E.L. and Brown, J.: Local factors as determinants of streptococcal infection.  In Streptococcal Disease and the Community.  M.J. Haverkorn and H. Valkenburg, eds. Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, p. 251-256, 1974. 
  12. Ferrieri, P., Dajani, A.S. and Wannamaker, L.W.:  Mass prophylaxis against streptococcal pyoderma in populations at high risk.  In Streptococcal Disease and the Community.  M.J. Haverkorn and H. Valkenburg, eds.  Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, p. 258-264, 1974.
  13. Woods, W.G., Mills, E. and Ferrieri, P.:  Neonatal malaria due to Plasmodium vivax.  J. Pediatr. 85:669-671, 1974.
  14. Solberg, C.O., Matsen, J.M., Biggar, W.D., Park, B.H., Niosi, P.N., Good, R.A., and Ferrieri, P.:  Infectious complications in patients with combined immunodeficiency diseases receiving bone marrow transplants.  Scand. J. Infect. Dis. 6:223-231, 1974.
  15. Van Drunen, N., Ferrieri, P., Blazevic, D. and Balfour, H.H.:  Person to person spread of Salmonella typhimurium.  Lancet 1:638, 1975 (Letter to Editor).
  16. Ferrieri, P.:  Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis and its relationship to the epidemiology of streptococcal infections.  Symposium on Community Control of Streptococcal Infections.  E.L. Kaplan, ed., Minnesota Medicine 58:598-602, 1975.
  17. Wannamaker, L.W. and Ferrieri, P.:  Streptococcal Infections--Updated. Disease-a-Month, Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., Chicago, October, 1975.
  18. Brown, J., Wannamaker, L.W., and Ferrieri, P.:  Enumeration of beta-hemolytic streptococci on normal skin by direct agar contact.  J. Med. Microbiol. 8:503-512, 1975.
  19. Ferrieri, P. and Balfour, H.H.:  Active immunization for infectious diseases. In Current Therapy 1976.  H.F. Conn, ed., W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, p. 88-98, 1976.
  20. Ferrieri, P.:  Streptococcal pharyngitis.  In Current Therapy 1977.  H.F. Conn, ed., W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, p. 148-151, 1977.
  21. Ferrieri, P., Cleary, P.P., and Seeds, A.E.:  Epidemiology of group B streptococcal carriage in pregnant women and newborn infants.  J. Med. Microbiol. 10:103-114, 1977.
  22. Bortolussi, R., Thompson, T.R., and Ferrieri, P.:  Early-onset pneumococcal sepsis in newborn infants.  Pediatrics 60:352-355, 1977.
  23. Ferrieri, P., and Blair, L.L.:  Pharyngeal carriage of group B streptococci: Detection by three methods.  J. Clin. Microbiol. 6:136-139, 1977.
  24. Edwards, K., Ferrieri, P., Thompson, T.R. and Davis, A.T.:  Group B streptococcal meningitis:  Delayed response to treatment.  Child's Brain 3(6):343-351, 1977.
  25. Ferrieri, P.:  Streptococcal infections.  In Current Pediatric Therapy 1978. S.S. Gellis and B.M. Kagan, eds., W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, p. 549-551, 1978.
  26. Bortolussi, R., Ferrieri, P., and Wannamaker, L.W.:  Dynamics of Escherichia coli infection and meningitis in infant rats.  Infect. Immun. 22:480-485, 1978.
  27. Bortolussi, R., Ferrieri, P., Bjorksten, B., and Quie, P.G.:  Capsular K1 polysaccharide of Escherichia coli:  Relationship to virulence in newborn rats and resistance to phagocytosis.  Infect. Immun. 25:293-298, 1979.
  28. Ancona, R.J., and Ferrieri, P.:  Experimental vaginal colonization and maternal-infant transmission of group B streptococci in rats.  Infect. Immun. 26:599-603, 1979.
  29. Ferrieri, P.:  Group B streptococcal sepsis/meningitis in infant rats. In Pathogenic Streptococci.  Proceedings of the VII International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases, held in Oxford, England, 1978.  M.T. Parker, ed., Reedbooks Ltd., Chertsey, England, p. 164-165, 1979.
  30. Ancona, R.J., McAuliffe, J., Thompson, T.R., Speert, D.P., and Ferrieri, P.: Group B streptococcal sepsis with osteomyelitis and arthritis.  Its occurrence with acute heart failure.  Am. J. Dis. Child. 133:919-920, 1979.
  31. Ferrieri, P. and Nelson, J.:  Production of group B streptococcal oral/anal carriage in infant rats.  In Current Chemotherapy and Infectious Disease, Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of Chemotherapy and the 19th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.  American Society for Microbiology, p. 1131-1133, 1979.
  32. Ancona, R.J., Thompson, T.R. and Ferrieri, P.:  Group G streptococcal pneumonia and sepsis in a newborn infant.  J. Clin. Microbiol. 10:758-759, 1979.
  33. Bortolussi, R., and Ferrieri, P.:  Protection against E. coli infection in newborn rats by antibody to K1 capsular polysaccharide antigen.  Infect. Immun. 28:111-117, 1980.
  34. Ferrieri, P., Gray, E.D., and Wannamaker, L.W. Biochemical and immunological characterization of the extracellular nucleases of group B streptococci.  J. Exp. Med. 151:56-68, 1980.
  35. Gerber, M.A., Gray, E.D., Ferrieri, P., and Kaplan, E.L.:  Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay of antibodies in human sera to streptococcal DNase B.  J. Lab. Clin. Med. 95:258-265, 1980.
  36. Ferrieri, P., Burke, B., and Nelson, J.:  Production of bacteremia and meningitis in infant rats with group B streptococcal serotypes.  Infect. Immun. 27:1023-1032, 1980.
  37. Ancona, R.J., Ferrieri, P., and Williams, P.P.:  Maternal factors that enhance the acquisition of group B-streptococci by newborn infants.  J. Med. Microbiol. 13:273-280, 1980.
  38. Yamauchi, T., Ferrieri, P. and Anthony, B.F.:  Aetiology of acute cervical adenitis in children: serological and bacteriologic studies.  J. Med. Microbiol. 13:37-43, 1980.
  39. Ferrieri, P.:  Immune responses to non-group A streptococci of the throat. IN Streptococcal Disease and the Immune Response.  J. Zabriskie and S.E. Read, eds., Academic Press, New York, p. 205-210, 1980.
  40. Speert, D.P., Munson, D., Mitchell, C., Johnson, D.E., Thompson, T.R., Ferrieri, P., and Wannamaker, L.W.:  Mycobacterium chelonei septicemia in a premature infant.  J. Pediatr. 96:681-683, 1980.
  41. Johnson, D.E., Conroy, M.-M., Foker, J.E., Ferrieri, P., and Thompson, T.R.: Candida peritonitis in the newborn.  J. Pediatr. 97:298-300, 1980.
  42. Johnson, D.E., Thompson, T.R., and Ferrieri, P.:  Congenital candidiasis.  Am. J. Dis. Child. 135:273-275, 1981.
  43. Ferrieri, P.:  Streptococcus.  In Principles of Immunological Diagnosis in Medicine.  F. Milgrom, C.J. Abeyounis, and K. Kano, eds., Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 54-60, 1981.
  44. Flores, A.E. and Ferrieri, P.:  Conversion and growth in the L-phase of a group B, type III, streptococcal strain.  In Basic concepts of streptococci and streptococcal diseases.  Proceedings of the VIII International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases held in Lund, Sweden, June 23-26, 1981.  S.E. Holm and P. Christensen, eds.  Reedbooks Ltd., Surrey, England, p. 285-287, 1982.
  45. Ferrieri, P.:  Characterization of a hemolysin isolated from group B streptococci.  In Basic Concepts of Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases. Proceedings of the VIII International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases held in Lund, Sweden, June 23-26, 1981.  S.E. Holm and P. Christensen, eds.  Reedbooks, Ltd., Surrey, England, p. 142-143, 1982.
  46. Flores, A.E., and Ferrieri, P.:  Conversion of group B streptococci to the L-phase:  Physiological and immunological characterization.  J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 28:231-244, 1982.
  47. Satran, L., Ferrieri, P., and Balfour, H.H., Jr.:  Childhood respiratory infections with evidence of viral-streptococcal interaction.  Minnesota Medicine 65:623-625, 1982.
  48. Munson, D.P., Thompson, T.R., Johnson, D.E., Rhame, F.S., Van Drunen N., and Ferrieri, P.:  Coagulase-negative staphylococcal septicemia: Experience in a newborn intensive care unit.  J. Pediatr. 101:602-605, 1982.
  49. Ferrieri, P.:  Experimental septicemia and meningitis with group B streptococci.  In Experimental Bacterial and Parasitic Infections.  Proceedings of the Workshop on Experimental Bacterial and Parasitic Infections, June 11-13, 1982, Tammsvik Mansion, Sweden.  G. Keusch and T.Wadstrom, ed.  Elsevier Biomedical, New York, p. 303-307, 1983.
  50. Bortolussi, R. and Ferrieri, P.:  Bacterial infections.  In Perinatal Medicine.  R. Boyd, F.C. Battaglia, eds.  Butterworths, London, p. 303-319, 1983.
  51. Bortolussi, R., Ferrieri, P., and Quie, P.G.:  Influence of growth temperature of Escherichia coli on K1 capsular antigen production and resistance to opsonization.  Infect. Immun. 39:1136-1141, 1983.
  52. Flores, A.E., and Ferrieri, P.:  Biochemical markers of the penicillin-induced L-phase of a group B, type III Streptococcus sp.  J. Clin. Microbiol. 18:961-967, 1983.
  53. Johnson, D.E., Thompson, T.R., Green, T.P., and Ferrieri, P.:  Systemic candidiasis in very low birth weight infants (<1500 grams).  Pediatrics 73:138-143, 1984.
  54. Johnson, D.R., and Ferrieri, P.:  Group B streptococcal Ibc protein antigen: Distribution of two determinants in wild-type strains of common serotypes. J. Clin. Microbiol. 19:506-510, 1984.
  55. Gilsdorf, J., and Ferrieri, P.:  Adherence of Haemophilus influenzae to human epithelial cells.  Scand. J. Infect. Dis. 16:271-278, 1984.
  56. Henrichsen, J., Ferrieri, P., Jelinkova, J., Kohler, W., and Maxted, W.R.:  Nomenclature of antigens of group B streptococci.  Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 34(4):500, 1984.
  57. Ferrieri, P.:  Group B streptococcal infections in the newborn infant: diagnosis and treatment.  In Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Infections.  K.K. Christensen, P. Christensen, and P. Ferrieri, eds., Karger, Basel (Antibiotics and Chemotherapy; vol. 35), p. 211-224, 1985.
  58. Ferrieri, P.:  Group B streptococcal enzymes, hemolysin, toxins and other products.  In Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Infections.  K.K. Christensen, P. Christensen, and P. Ferrieri, eds., Karger, Basel (Antibiotics and Chemotherapy; vol. 35), p. 57-70, 1985.
  59. Payne, N.R. and Ferrieri, P.:  The relation of the Ibc protein antigen to the opsonization differences between strains of type II group B streptococci.  J. Infect. Dis. 151:672-681, 1985.
  60. Gilsdorf, J.R. and Ferrieri, P.:  Role of nasopharyngeal colonization with and without bacteremia in the protection of infant rats against H. influenzae type b challenge.  Infect. Immun. 47(3):648-653, 1985.
  61. Flores, A.E. and Ferrieri, P.:  The type-specific polysaccharide and R protein antigens of the L-phase from a group B, type III Streptococcus.  Zbl. Bakt. Hyg. I. Abt. Orig. A, 259(2):165-178, 1985.
  62. Halperin, S.A., Gast, T., and Ferrieri, P.:  Oculoglandular syndrome caused by Francisella tularensis.  Clin. Pediatr. 24:520-522, 1985.
  63. Ferrieri, P., and Nelson, J.:  Clindamycin treatment of group B streptococcal oral/rectal colonization in infant rats.  In Recent Advances in Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases.  Proceedings of the IXth Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases held in Mt. Fuji, Japan, September, 1984. Y.Kimura, S. Kotami and Y. Shiokawa, eds.  Reedbooks Ltd., Berkshire, England, p. 314-316, 1985.
  64. Ferrieri, P., Johnson, D.R., and Flores, A.E.:  Ibc protein antigens in culture supernatants of group B streptococci: comparison to HCl-extracted antigens.  In Recent Advances in Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases. Proceedings of the IXth Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases held in Mt. Fuji, Japan, September, 1984. Y. Kimura, S. Kotami and Y. Shiokawa, eds.  Reedbooks Ltd., Berkshire, England, p. 204-206, 1985.
  65. Halperin, S.A., Gray, E.D., Ferrieri, P., and Wannamaker, L.W.:  Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for identification and measurement of antibodies to group A streptococcal bacteriophage.  J. Lab. Clin. Med. 106(5):505-511, 1985.
  66. Ferrieri, P.:  Immune responses to streptococcal infections.  In Manual of Clinical Laboratory Immunology, 3rd edition.  J.L.Fahey, H. Friedman, N.R. Rose, eds.  American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C., p. 336-341, 1986.
  67. Ferrieri, P.:  Rheumatic Fever.  In Current Therapy in Pediatric Infectious Diseases.  J.D. Nelson, ed.  B.C. Decker, Inc., Toronto, p. 181-184, 1986.
  68. Gilsdorf, J.R., and Ferrieri, P.:  Susceptibility of phenotypic variants of H. influenzae to serum bactericidal activity:  relationship to surface lipopolysaccharide.  J. Infect. Dis. 153(2):223-231, 1986.
  69. Ferrieri, P.:  Antibiotic therapy of bacterial meningitis in children.  In Antimicrobial Agents, Annual Volume 2, P.K. Peterson and J. Verhoef, eds. Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 414-421, 1987.
  70. Halperin, S.A., Ferrieri, P., Gray, E.D., Kaplan, E.L., and Wannamaker, L.W.: Antibody response to bacteriophage hyaluronidase in acute glomerulonephritis after group A streptococcal infection.  J. Infect. Dis. 155:253-261, 1987.
  71. Gray, E.D., Regelmann, W.E., Abdin, Z., El Kholy, A., Zaher, S., Kamel, R., Mansour, M., Miller, L., Ferrieri, P., Zabriskie, J.B., and Braun, D.:  Compartmentalization of cells bearing "rheumatic" cell surface antigens in peripheral blood and tonsils in rheumatic heart disease.  J. Infect. Dis. 155:253-261, 1987.
  72. Georgieff, M.K., Johnson, D.E., Thompson, T.R., Belani, K., and Ferrieri, P.: Fulminant hepatic necrosis in an infant with perinatally acquired echovirus 21 infection.  Pediatr. Infect. Dis. 6:71-73, 1987.
  73. Payne, N.R., Kim, Y., and Ferrieri, P.:  Effect of differences in antibody and complement requirements on phagocytic uptake and intracellular killing of "c" protein-positive and -negative strains of type II group B streptococci.  Infect. Immun. 55(5):1243-1251, 1987.
  74. Ferrieri, P.:  Acute rheumatic fever.  The come-back of a disappearing disease.  Am. J. Dis. Child. 141:725-727, 1987.
  75. Wells, C.L., Ferrieri, P., Weisdorf, D.J., and Rhame, F.S.:  The importance of surveillance stool cultures during periods of severe neutropenia.  Infect. Control 8(8):317-319, 1987.
  76. Neglia, J.P., Hurd D.D., Ferrieri, P., and Snover, D.C.:  Invasive scopulariopsis in the immunocompromised host.  Am. J. Med. 83:1163-1166, 1987.
  77. Ferrieri, P.:  The Editorial Board Speaks:  AIDS, children, and primary care physicians.  Am. J. Dis. Child. 142:272, 1988.
  78. Ferrieri, P.:  Surface localized protein antigens of group B streptococci.  Rev. Infect. Dis. 10:S363-S366, 1988.
  79. Payne, N.R., Burke, B.A., Day, D.L., Christenson, P.D., Thompson, T.R., and Ferrieri, P.:  Correlation of clinical and pathologic findings in early-onset neonatal group B streptococcal infection with disease severity and prediction of outcome.  Pediatr. Infect. Dis. 7:836-847, 1988.
  80. Weisdorf, D.J., Bostrom, B., Raether, D., Mattingly, M., Walker, P., Pihlstrom, B., Ferrieri, P., Haake, R., Goldman, A., Woods, W., Ramsay, N.K.C., and Kersey, J.H.:  Oropharyngeal mucositis complicating bone marrow transplantation:  Prognostic factors and the effect of chlorhexidine mouth rinse.  Bone Marrow Transplantation 4:89-95, 1989.
  81. Flores, A.E. and Ferrieri, P.:  Molecular species of R-protein antigens produced by clinical isolates of group B streptococci.  J. Clin. Microbiol. 27:1050-1054, 1989.
  82. Johnson, D.R., Kaplan, E.L., and Ferrieri, P.:  A pharyngitis-associated M-12 group A Streptococcus satellite strain:  Association with Neisseria subflava.  Pediatr. Infect. Dis. 8:800-802, 1989.
  83. Ferrieri, P.:  Neonatal susceptibility and immunity to major bacterial pathogens.  Rev. Infect. Dis. 12:S394-S400, 1990.
  84. Villablanca, J., Steiner, M., Kersey, J., Ramsay, N.K.C., Ferrieri, P., Haake, R., and Weisdorf, D.:  The clinical spectrum of infections with viridans streptococci in bone marrow transplant patients.  Bone Marrow Transplantation 6:387-393, 1990.
  85. NIH Consensus Conference Statement (P. Ferrieri a member of the panel):  Intravenous immunoglobulin.  Prevention and treatment of disease.  JAMA 264:3189-3193, 1990.
  86. Suvorov, A.N., Cleary, P.P., and Ferrieri, P.:  C5a peptidase gene from group B streptococci.  In Genetics and Molecular Biology of Streptococci, Lactococci, and Enterococci.  G. Dunny, L.L. McKay, and P.P. Cleary, eds.  American Society for Microbiology, p. 230-232, 1991.
  87. Kaufhold, A. and Ferrieri, P.:  Isolation of Enterococcus mundtii from normally sterile body sites in two patients.  J. Clin. Microbiol. 29:1075-1077, 1991.
  88. Belani, K., Schlievert, P.M., Kaplan, E.L., and Ferrieri, P.:  Association of exotoxin-producing group A streptococci and severe disease in children.  Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J., 10:351-354, 1991.
  89. Ferrieri, P.:  Microbiological features of current virulent strains of Group A streptococci.  Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 10:S20-S24, 1991.
  90. Warwick, A., Ferrieri, P., Burke, B., and Blazar, B.R.:  Presumptive invasive Chrysosporium infection in a bone marrow transplant recipient.  Bone Marrow Transplant. 8:319-322, 1991.
  91. Ferrieri, P., and Kaplan, E.L.:  Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections.  In Infectious Disease Clinics of North America.  Pediatric Infections.  LK Pickering and A Dajani, eds.  W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia.  p. 149-161, 1992.
  92. Ferrieri, P., Flores, A.E., Concepcion, N.F., and Anthony, B.F.:  Bacterial surface expression and recognition of the IgA binding protein of group B streptococci.  In New Perspectives on Streptococci and Streptococcal Infections.  Zbl. Bakt. Suppl. 22, G. Orefici ed., Gustav Fischer, publisher, p. 186-188, 1992.
  93. Flores, A.E., Wu, X.Y., Nelson, J., and Ferrieri, P.:  Maternal-infant antibody profiles to the c protein of group B streptococci.  In New Perspectives on Streptococci and Streptococcal Infections.  Zbl. Bakt. Suppl. 22, G. Orefici ed., Gustav Fischer, publisher, p. 476-477, 1992.
  94. Kaufhold, A., Podbielski, A., Horaud, T., and Ferrieri, P.:  Identical genes confer high-level resistance to gentamicin upon Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium and Streptococcus agalactiae.  Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 36:1215-1218, 1992.
  95. Fasola, E., and Ferrieri, P.:  Laboratory diagnostic methods for central nervous system infections.  Neurosurgery Clinics of North America 3:279-290, 1992.
  96. Kaufhold A., Livdahl C., and Ferrieri, P.:  Characterization of methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates by molecular typing methods.  Zbl. Bakt. Hyg. I. Abt. Orig. A. 277:309-319, 1992.
  97. Cleary, P.P., Suvorov, A.N., Podbielski, A., Handley, J., and Ferrieri P.:  Similarity between the group B and A streptococcal C5a peptidase genes.  Infect. Immun. 60:4239-4244, 1992.
  98. Special Writing Group of the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young of the American Heart Association.  (P. Ferrieri, a member).  Guidelines for the diagnosis of rheumatic fever.  Jones Criteria, 1992 update.  JAMA 268:2069-2073, 1992.
  99. Hulse, M., Johnson, S. and Ferrieri, P.:  Agrobacterium infections in humans - experience at one hospital and review of the literature.  Clin. Infect. Dis. 16:112-117, 1993.

 

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