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Education
Clinical Fellowship, 1985 - Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 1981 - Internal Medicine, Cedars Sinai-UCLA
M.D., 1978 - Medicine, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
A.B., 1974 - Biology, University of Chicago
Publications
  1. Morrison KM, Agarwal R, Stubbs HE, Yu H, Ruhl S, Chen X, Sullam PM, Bensing BA, Smith JC, Iverson TM. Sialic acid identity modulates host tropism of sialoglycan-binding viridans group streptococci. The Journal of biological chemistry 2025. PMID: 40749830


  2. Morrison KM, Agarwal R, Stubbs HE, Yu H, Ruhl S, Chen X, Sullam PM, Bensing BA, Smith JC, Iverson TM. Sialic Acid Identity Modulates Host Tropism of Sialoglycan-binding Viridans Group Streptococci. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2025. PMID: 40667320


  3. Martha M.S. Sim, Ava Obenaus, Richard Maldonado, Jennie Le, Lesley Martínez Rodríguez, Barbara Bensing, Paul Sullam, Wendy Thomas, Nathan Sniadecki, Junmei Chen, Jose A. Lopez. Streptococcus Gordonii Binds VWF Via Its Sialoglycan-Binding Adhesins Under Shear to Initiate Infective Endocarditis. Blood 2024. PMID:


  4. KeAndreya Morrison, Barbara Bensing, Hai Yu, Xi Chen, Paul Sullam, T. Iverson. Abstract 1982 Targeting Sialic Acids with Streptococcal Adhesin Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry 2024. PMID:


  5. Srivastava S, Verhagen A, Sasmal A, Wasik BR, Diaz S, Yu H, Bensing BA, Khan N, Khedri Z, Secrest P, Sullam P, Varki N, Chen X, Parrish CR, Varki A. Development and applications of sialoglycan-recognizing probes (SGRPs) with defined specificities: exploring the dynamic mammalian sialoglycome. Glycobiology 2022. PMID: 35926090


  6. Bensing BA, Stubbs HE, Agarwal R, Yamakawa I, Luong K, Solakyildirim K, Yu H, Hadadianpour A, Castro MA, Fialkowski KP, Morrison KM, Wawrzak Z, Chen X, Lebrilla CB, Baudry J, Smith JC, Sullam PM, Iverson TM. Origins of glycan selectivity in streptococcal Siglec-like adhesins suggest mechanisms of receptor adaptation. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2022. PMID: 35585145


  7. Solakyildirim K, Li Y, Bayer AS, Sullam PM, Xiong YQ, Lebrilla CB, Bensing BA. Proteoglycan 4 (lubricin) is a highly sialylated glycoprotein associated with cardiac valve damage in animal models of infective endocarditis. Glycobiology 2021. PMID: 34459483


  8. Lee JH, Ji HJ, Seo HS, Sullam PM. Complete Genome Sequence of Streptococcus oralis SF100, Isolated from Blood Cultures from a Patient with Infective Endocarditis. Microbiology resource announcements 2021. PMID: 34264098


  9. Nason R, Büll C, Konstantinidi A, Sun L, Ye Z, Halim A, Du W, Sørensen DM, Durbesson F, Furukawa S, Mandel U, Joshi HJ, Dworkin LA, Hansen L, David L, Iverson TM, Bensing BA, Sullam PM, Varki A, Vries E, de Haan CAM, Vincentelli R, Henrissat B, Vakhrushev SY, Clausen H, Narimatsu Y. Display of the human mucinome with defined O-glycans by gene engineered cells. Nature communications 2021. PMID: 34210959


  10. Ji HJ, Zhi Y, Lee JH, Ahn KB, Seo HS, Sullam PM. Inhibition of Fibrinolysis by Streptococcal Phage LysinSM1. mBio 2021. PMID: 34154404


  11. Seepersaud R, Anderson AC, Bensing BA, Choudhury BP, Clarke AJ, Sullam PM. O-acetylation controls the glycosylation of bacterial serine-rich repeat glycoproteins. The Journal of biological chemistry 2020. PMID: 33384382


  12. Stubbs HE, Bensing BA, Yamakawa I, Sharma P, Yu H, Chen X, Sullam PM, Iverson TM. Tandem sialoglycan-binding modules in a Streptococcus sanguinis serine-rich repeat adhesin create target dependent avidity effects. The Journal of biological chemistry 2020. PMID: 32820052


  13. Mishra NN, Tran TT, Arias CA, Seepersaud R, Sullam PM, Bayer AS. Strain-Specific Adaptations of Streptococcus mitis-oralis to Serial In Vitro Passage in Daptomycin (DAP): Genotypic and Phenotypic Characteristics. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) 2020. PMID: 32824132


  14. Miriam Braunstein, Barbara A. Bensing, Paul M. Sullam. The Two Distinct Types of SecA2-Dependent Export Systems. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2019. PMID:


  15. Bensing BA, Li L, Yakovenko O, Wong M, Barnard KN, Iverson TM, Lebrilla CB, Parrish CR, Thomas WE, Xiong Y, Sullam PM. Recognition of specific sialoglycan structures by oral streptococci impacts the severity of endocardial infection. PLoS pathogens 2019. PMID: 31233555


  16. Narimatsu Y, Joshi HJ, Nason R, Van Coillie J, Karlsson R, Sun L, Ye Z, Chen YH, Schjoldager KT, Steentoft C, Furukawa S, Bensing BA, Sullam PM, Thompson AJ, Paulson JC, Büll C, Adema GJ, Mandel U, Hansen L, Bennett EP, Varki A, Vakhrushev SY, Yang Z, Clausen H. An Atlas of Human Glycosylation Pathways Enables Display of the Human Glycome by Gene Engineered Cells. Molecular cell 2019. PMID: 31227230


  17. Kebriaei R, Rice SA, Stamper KC, Seepersaud R, Garcia-de-la-Maria C, Mishra NN, Miro JM, Arias CA, Tran TT, Sullam PM, Bayer AS, Rybak MJ. Daptomycin Dose-Ranging Evaluation with Single-Dose versus Multidose Ceftriaxone Combinations against Streptococcus mitis/oralis in an Ex Vivo Simulated Endocarditis Vegetation Model. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2019. PMID: 30962347


  18. Saurabh Srivastava, Andrea Verhagen, Brian Wasik, Hai Yu, Aniruddha Sasmal, Barbara Bensing, Naazneen Khan, Zahra Khedri, Sandra Diaz, Paul Sullam, Nissi Varki, Xi Chen, Colin Parrish, Ajit Varki. Development of Sialoglycan Recognizing Probes (SGRPs) With Defined Specificities: Towards Exploring the Dynamic Mammalian Sialoglycome. The Journal of Immunology 2019. PMID:


  19. Braunstein M, Bensing BA, Sullam PM. The Two Distinct Types of SecA2-Dependent Export Systems. Microbiology spectrum 2019. PMID: 31215505


  20. Tran TT, Mishra NN, Seepersaud R, Diaz L, Rios R, Dinh AQ, Garcia-de-la-Maria C, Rybak MJ, Miro JM, Shelburne S, Sullam PM, Bayer AS, Arias CA. Mutations in cdsA and pgsA Correlate With Daptomycin Resistance in S. mitis/oralis. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2018. PMID: 30509945


  21. Spencer C, Bensing BA, Mishra NN, Sullam PM. Membrane trafficking of the bacterial adhesin GspB and the accessory Sec transport machinery. The Journal of biological chemistry 2018. PMID: 30514759


  22. Razieh Kebriaei, Seth Rice, Kyle Stamper, Cristina Garcia-De-La-Maria, Nagendra Mishra, Jose M Miro, Cesar Arias, Truc Tran, Paul Sullam, Arnold Bayer, Michael J Rybak. 1403. Daptomycin Combined with Low Dose Ceftriaxone Prevents the Emergence of Daptomycin Resistance against Streptococcus mitis-oralis Group in an In vitro Model of Simulated Endocardial Vegetations (SEVs). Open forum infectious diseases 2018. PMID:


  23. Bensing BA, Li Q, Park D, Lebrilla CB, Sullam PM. Streptococcal Siglec-like Adhesins Recognize Different Subsets of Human Plasma Glycoproteins: Implications for Infective Endocarditis. Glycobiology 2018. PMID: 29796594


  24. Yakovenko O, Nunez J, Bensing B, Yu H, Mount J, Zeng J, Hawkins J, Chen X, Sullam PM, Thomas W. SRR Adhesins Mediate Shear-Enhanced Streptococcal Binding to Platelets. Infection and immunity 2018. PMID: 29581195


  25. Chen Y, Bensing BA, Seepersaud R, Mi W, Liao M, Jeffrey PD, Shajahan A, Sonon RN, Azadi P, Sullam PM, Rapoport TA. Unraveling the sequence of cytosolic reactions in the export of GspB adhesin from Streptococcus gordonii. The Journal of biological chemistry 2018. PMID: 29462788


  26. Lin SM, Jang AY, Zhi Y, Gao S, Lim S, Lim JH, Song JY, Sullam PM, Rhee JH, Seo HS. Vaccination With a Latch Peptide Provides Serotype-Independent Protection Against Group B Streptococcus Infection in Mice. Volume 217 of Issue 1. The Journal of infectious diseases 2017. PMID: 29106586


  27. Seepersaud R, Sychantha D, Bensing BA, Clarke AJ, Sullam PM. O-acetylation of the serine-rich repeat glycoprotein GspB is coordinated with accessory Sec transport. Volume 13 of Issue 8. PLoS pathogens 2017. PMID: 28827841


  28. Yim J, Smith JR, Singh NB, Rice S, Stamper K, Garcia de la Maria C, Bayer AS, Mishra NN, Miró JM, Tran TT, Arias CA, Sullam P, Rybak MJ. Evaluation of daptomycin combinations with cephalosporins or gentamicin against Streptococcus mitis group strains in an in vitro model of simulated endocardial vegetations (SEVs). Volume 72 of Issue 8. 2017. PMID: 28475731


  29. Garcia-de-la-Maria C, Xiong YQ, Pericas JM, Armero Y, Moreno A, Mishra NN, Rybak MJ, Tran TT, Arias CA, Sullam PM, Bayer AS, Miro JM. Impact of High-Level Daptomycin Resistance in the Streptococcus mitis Group on Virulence and Survivability during Daptomycin Treatment in Experimental Infective Endocarditis. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2017. PMID: 28264848


  30. Mishra NN, Tran TT, Seepersaud R, Garcia-de-la-Maria C, Faull K, Yoon A, Proctor R, Miro JM, Rybak MJ, Bayer AS, Arias CA, Sullam PM. Perturbations of Phosphatidate Cytidylyltransferase (CdsA) Mediate Daptomycin Resistance in Streptococcus mitis/oralis by a Novel Mechanism. Volume 61 of Issue 4. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2017. PMID: 28115347


  31. Loukachevitch LV, Bensing BA, Yu H, Zeng J, Chen X, Sullam PM, Iverson TM. Structures of the Streptococcus sanguinis SrpA Binding Region with Human Sialoglycans Suggest Features of the Physiological Ligand. Biochemistry 2016. PMID: 27685666


  32. Bensing BA, Khedri Z, Deng L, Yu H, Prakobphol A, Fisher SJ, Chen X, Iverson TM, Varki A, Sullam PM. Novel aspects of sialoglycan recognition by the Siglec-like domains of streptococcal SRR glycoproteins. Volume 26 of Issue 11. Glycobiology 2016. PMID: 27037304


  33. Chen Y, Seepersaud R, Bensing BA, Sullam PM, Rapoport TA. Mechanism of a cytosolic O-glycosyltransferase essential for the synthesis of a bacterial adhesion protein. Volume 113 of Issue 9. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2016. PMID: 26884191


  34. Bensing BA, Loukachevitch LV, McCulloch KM, Yu H, Vann KR, Wawrzak Z, Anderson S, Chen X, Sullam PM, Iverson TM. Structural Basis for Sialoglycan Binding by the Streptococcus sanguinis SrpA Adhesin. Volume 291 of Issue 14. The Journal of biological chemistry 2016. PMID: 26833566


  35. Deng L, Bensing BA, Thamadilok S, Yu H, Lau K, Chen X, Ruhl S, Sullam PM, Varki A. Oral streptococci utilize a Siglec-like domain of serine-rich repeat adhesins to preferentially target platelet sialoglycans in human blood. Volume 10 of Issue 12. PLoS pathogens 2014. PMID: 25474103


  36. Wang NY, Patras KA, Seo HS, Cavaco CK, Rösler B, Neely MN, Sullam PM, Doran KS. Group B streptococcal serine-rich repeat proteins promote interaction with fibrinogen and vaginal colonization. Volume 210 of Issue 6. The Journal of infectious diseases 2014. PMID: 24620021


  37. Bensing BA, Seepersaud R, Yen YT, Sullam PM. Selective transport by SecA2: an expanding family of customized motor proteins. Volume 1843 of Issue 8. Biochimica et biophysica acta 2013. PMID: 24184206


  38. Seo HS, Minasov G, Seepersaud R, Doran KS, Dubrovska I, Shuvalova L, Anderson WF, Iverson TM, Sullam PM. Characterization of fibrinogen binding by glycoproteins Srr1 and Srr2 of Streptococcus agalactiae. Volume 288 of Issue 50. The Journal of biological chemistry 2013. PMID: 24165132


  39. Seo HS, Xiong YQ, Sullam PM. Role of the serine-rich surface glycoprotein Srr1 of Streptococcus agalactiae in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis. Volume 8 of Issue 5. PloS one 2013. PMID: 23717569


  40. Yen YT, Cameron TA, Bensing BA, Seepersaud R, Zambryski PC, Sullam PM. Differential localization of the streptococcal accessory sec components and implications for substrate export. Volume 195 of Issue 4. Journal of bacteriology 2012. PMID: 23204472


  41. Seo HS, Mu R, Kim BJ, Doran KS, Sullam PM. Binding of glycoprotein Srr1 of Streptococcus agalactiae to fibrinogen promotes attachment to brain endothelium and the development of meningitis. Volume 8 of Issue 10. PLoS pathogens 2012. PMID: 23055927


  42. Seepersaud R, Bensing BA, Yen YT, Sullam PM. The accessory Sec protein Asp2 modulates GlcNAc deposition onto the serine-rich repeat glycoprotein GspB. Volume 194 of Issue 20. Journal of bacteriology 2012. PMID: 22885294


  43. Bensing BA, Yen YT, Seepersaud R, Sullam PM. A Specific interaction between SecA2 and a region of the preprotein adjacent to the signal peptide occurs during transport via the accessory Sec system. Volume 287 of Issue 29. The Journal of biological chemistry 2012. PMID: 22654116


  44. Baum PD, Sullam PM, Stoddart CA, McCune JM. Abacavir increases platelet reactivity via competitive inhibition of soluble guanylyl cyclase. Volume 25 of Issue 18. AIDS (London, England) 2011. PMID: 21941165


  45. Pyburn TM, Bensing BA, Xiong YQ, Melancon BJ, Tomasiak TM, Ward NJ, Yankovskaya V, Oliver KM, Cecchini G, Sulikowski GA, Tyska MJ, Sullam PM, Iverson TM. A structural model for binding of the serine-rich repeat adhesin GspB to host carbohydrate receptors. Volume 7 of Issue 7. PLoS pathogens 2011. PMID: 21765814


  46. Seo HS, Sullam PM. Characterization of the fibrinogen binding domain of bacteriophage lysin from Streptococcus mitis. Volume 79 of Issue 9. 2011. PMID: 21690235


  47. Yen YT, Seepersaud R, Bensing BA, Sullam PM. Asp2 and Asp3 interact directly with GspB, the export substrate of the Streptococcus gordonii accessory Sec System. Volume 193 of Issue 13. Journal of bacteriology 2011. PMID: 21531800


  48. Nallapareddy SR, Sillanpää J, Mitchell J, Singh KV, Chowdhury SA, Weinstock GM, Sullam PM, Murray BE. Conservation of Ebp-type pilus genes among Enterococci and demonstration of their role in adherence of Enterococcus faecalis to human platelets. Volume 79 of Issue 7. 2011. PMID: 21502588


  49. Pyburn TM, Yankovskaya V, Bensing BA, Cecchini G, Sullam PM, Iverson TM. Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the carbohydrate-binding region of the Streptococcus gordonii adhesin GspB. Volume 66 of Issue Pt 11. Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications 2010. PMID: 21045307


  50. Seepersaud R, Bensing BA, Yen YT, Sullam PM. Asp3 mediates multiple protein-protein interactions within the accessory Sec system of Streptococcus gordonii. Volume 78 of Issue 2. Molecular microbiology 2010. PMID: 20807195


  51. Seo HS, Xiong YQ, Mitchell J, Seepersaud R, Bayer AS, Sullam PM. Bacteriophage lysin mediates the binding of streptococcus mitis to human platelets through interaction with fibrinogen. Volume 6 of Issue 8. PLoS pathogens 2010. PMID: 20714354


  52. Sanchez CJ, Shivshankar P, Stol K, Trakhtenbroit S, Sullam PM, Sauer K, Hermans PW, Orihuela CJ. The pneumococcal serine-rich repeat protein is an intra-species bacterial adhesin that promotes bacterial aggregation in vivo and in biofilms. Volume 6 of Issue 8. PLoS pathogens 2010. PMID: 20714350


  53. Bensing BA, Sullam PM. Transport of preproteins by the accessory Sec system requires a specific domain adjacent to the signal peptide. Volume 192 of Issue 16. Journal of bacteriology 2010. PMID: 20562303


  54. Miragaia M, de Lencastre H, Perdreau-Remington F, Chambers HF, Higashi J, Sullam PM, Lin J, Wong KI, King KA, Otto M, Sensabaugh GF, Diep BA. Genetic diversity of arginine catabolic mobile element in Staphylococcus epidermidis. Volume 4 of Issue 11. PloS one 2009. PMID: 19893740


  55. Mitchell J, Sullam PM. Streptococcus mitis phage-encoded adhesins mediate attachment to {alpha}2-8-linked sialic acid residues on platelet membrane gangliosides. Volume 77 of Issue 8. 2009. PMID: 19506011


  56. van Sorge NM, Quach D, Gurney MA, Sullam PM, Nizet V, Doran KS. The group B streptococcal serine-rich repeat 1 glycoprotein mediates penetration of the blood-brain barrier. Volume 199 of Issue 10. The Journal of infectious diseases 2009. PMID: 19392623


  57. Bensing BA, Sullam PM. Characterization of Streptococcus gordonii SecA2 as a paralogue of SecA. Volume 191 of Issue 11. Journal of bacteriology 2009. PMID: 19363114


  58. Siboo IR, Chaffin DO, Rubens CE, Sullam PM. Characterization of the accessory Sec system of Staphylococcus aureus. Volume 190 of Issue 18. 2008. PMID: 18621893


  59. Xiong YQ, Bensing BA, Bayer AS, Chambers HF, Sullam PM. Role of the serine-rich surface glycoprotein GspB of Streptococcus gordonii in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis. Volume 45 of Issue 4. Microbial pathogenesis 2008. PMID: 18656529


  60. Mitchell J, Siboo IR, Takamatsu D, Chambers HF, Sullam PM. Mechanism of cell surface expression of the Streptococcus mitis platelet binding proteins PblA and PblB. Volume 64 of Issue 3. 2007. PMID: 17462028


  61. Bensing BA, Siboo IR, Sullam PM. Glycine residues in the hydrophobic core of the GspB signal sequence route export toward the accessory Sec pathway. Volume 189 of Issue 10. Journal of bacteriology 2007. PMID: 17369296


  62. Takamatsu D, Bensing BA, Prakobphol A, Fisher SJ, Sullam PM. Binding of the streptococcal surface glycoproteins GspB and Hsa to human salivary proteins. Volume 74 of Issue 3. Infection and immunity 2006. PMID: 16495569


  63. Bensing BA, Takamatsu D, Sullam PM. Determinants of the streptococcal surface glycoprotein GspB that facilitate export by the accessory Sec system. Volume 58 of Issue 5. Molecular microbiology 2005. PMID: 16313630


  64. Takamatsu D, Bensing BA, Cheng H, Jarvis GA, Siboo IR, López JA, Griffiss JM, Sullam PM. Binding of the Streptococcus gordonii surface glycoproteins GspB and Hsa to specific carbohydrate structures on platelet membrane glycoprotein Ibalpha. Volume 58 of Issue 2. Molecular microbiology 2005. PMID: 16194227


  65. Paul Sullam, Julie Higashi. Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms. Biofilms, Infection, and Antimicrobial Therapy 2005. PMID:


  66. Takamatsu D, Bensing BA, Sullam PM. Two additional components of the accessory sec system mediating export of the Streptococcus gordonii platelet-binding protein GspB. Volume 187 of Issue 11. Journal of bacteriology 2005. PMID: 15901716


  67. Siboo IR, Chambers HF, Sullam PM. Role of SraP, a Serine-Rich Surface Protein of Staphylococcus aureus, in binding to human platelets. Volume 73 of Issue 4. 2005. PMID: 15784571


  68. Takamatsu D, Bensing BA, Sullam PM. Four proteins encoded in the gspB-secY2A2 operon of Streptococcus gordonii mediate the intracellular glycosylation of the platelet-binding protein GspB. Volume 186 of Issue 21. Journal of bacteriology 2004. PMID: 15489421


  69. Bensing BA, López JA, Sullam PM. The Streptococcus gordonii surface proteins GspB and Hsa mediate binding to sialylated carbohydrate epitopes on the platelet membrane glycoprotein Ibalpha. Volume 72 of Issue 11. Infection and immunity 2004. PMID: 15501784


  70. Takamatsu D, Bensing BA, Sullam PM. Genes in the accessory sec locus of Streptococcus gordonii have three functionally distinct effects on the expression of the platelet-binding protein GspB. Volume 52 of Issue 1. Molecular microbiology 2004. PMID: 15049820


  71. Bensing BA, Gibson BW, Sullam PM. The Streptococcus gordonii platelet binding protein GspB undergoes glycosylation independently of export. Volume 186 of Issue 3. Journal of bacteriology 2004. PMID: 14729688


  72. Siboo IR, Bensing BA, Sullam PM. Genomic organization and molecular characterization of SM1, a temperate bacteriophage of Streptococcus mitis. Volume 185 of Issue 23. Journal of bacteriology 2003. PMID: 14617660


  73. Daws MR, Sullam PM, Niemi EC, Chen TT, Tchao NK, Seaman WE. Pattern recognition by TREM-2: binding of anionic ligands. Volume 171 of Issue 2. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2003. PMID: 12847223


  74. Bensing BA, Sullam PM. An accessory sec locus of Streptococcus gordonii is required for export of the surface protein GspB and for normal levels of binding to human platelets. Volume 44 of Issue 4. Molecular microbiology 2002. PMID: 12010500


  75. Larry M. Baddour, Paul M. Sullam, Arnold S. Bayer. 47 Pathogenesis of Infective Endocarditis. Molecular Medical Microbiology 2002. PMID:


  76. Bensing BA, Siboo IR, Sullam PM. Proteins PblA and PblB of Streptococcus mitis, which promote binding to human platelets, are encoded within a lysogenic bacteriophage. Infection and immunity 2001. PMID: 11553559


  77. Siboo IR, Cheung AL, Bayer AS, Sullam PM. Clumping factor A mediates binding of Staphylococcus aureus to human platelets. Infection and immunity 2001. PMID: 11292731


  78. Bensing BA, Rubens CE, Sullam PM. Genetic loci of Streptococcus mitis that mediate binding to human platelets. Infection and immunity 2001. PMID: 11179301


  79. Kupferwasser LI, Yeaman MR, Shapiro SM, Nast CC, Sullam PM, Filler SG, Bayer AS. Acetylsalicylic acid reduces vegetation bacterial density, hematogenous bacterial dissemination, and frequency of embolic events in experimental Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis through antiplatelet and antibacterial effects. Circulation 1999. PMID: 10351974


  80. Gordin FM, Sullam PM, Shafran SD, Cohn DL, Wynne B, Paxton L, Perry K, Horsburgh CR. A randomized, placebo-controlled study of rifabutin added to a regimen of clarithromycin and ethambutol for treatment of disseminated infection with Mycobacterium avium complex. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 1999. PMID: 10452638


  81. Victor Nizet, Arnold L. Smith, Paul M. Sullam, Craig E. Rubens. A simple microtiter plate screening assay for bacterial invasion or adherence. Cytotechnology 1998. PMID:


  82. Sullam PM, Hyun WC, Szöllösi J, Dong Jf, Foss WM, López JA. Physical proximity and functional interplay of the glycoprotein Ib-IX-V complex and the Fc receptor FcgammaRIIA on the platelet plasma membrane. The Journal of biological chemistry 1998. PMID: 9478992


  83. Victor Nizet, Arnold L. Smith, Paul M. Sullam, Craig E. Rubens. A simple microtiter plate screening assay for bacterial invasion or adherence. Methods for studying the genetics, molecular biology, physiology, and pathogenesis of the streptococci 1998. PMID:


  84. Yeaman MR, Bayer AS, Koo SP, Foss W, Sullam PM. Platelet microbicidal proteins and neutrophil defensin disrupt the Staphylococcus aureus cytoplasmic membrane by distinct mechanisms of action. The Journal of clinical investigation 1998. PMID: 9421480


  85. Sheppard DC, Sullam PM. Primary septic arthritis and osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium avium complex in a patient with AIDS. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 1997. PMID: 9356814


  86. Baker GR, Sullam PM, Levin J. A simple, fluorescent method to internally label platelets suitable for physiological measurements. American journal of hematology 1997. PMID: 9298862


  87. Dhawan VK, Yeaman MR, Cheung AL, Kim E, Sullam PM, Bayer AS. Phenotypic resistance to thrombin-induced platelet microbicidal protein in vitro is correlated with enhanced virulence in experimental endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus. Infection and immunity 1997. PMID: 9234789


  88. Gordin FM, Cohn DL, Sullam PM, Schoenfelder JR, Wynne BA, Horsburgh CR. Early manifestations of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex disease: a prospective evaluation. The Journal of infectious diseases 1997. PMID: 9207358


  89. C. Robert Horsburgh, John R. Schoenfelder, Fred M. Gordin, David L. Cohn, Paul M. Sullam, Beverley A. Wynne. Geographic and Seasonal Variation in Mycobacterium avium Bacteremia Among North American Patients With AIDS. The American journal of the medical sciences 1997. PMID:


  90. Horsburgh CR, Schoenfelder JR, Gordin FM, Cohn DL, Sullam PM, Wynne BA. Geographic and seasonal variation in Mycobacterium avium bacteremia among North American patients with AIDS. The American journal of the medical sciences 1997. PMID: 9186148


  91. Sullam PM, Bayer AS, Foss WM, Cheung AL. Diminished platelet binding in vitro by Staphylococcus aureus is associated with reduced virulence in a rabbit model of infective endocarditis. Infection and immunity 1996. PMID: 8945526


  92. Sullam PM. Rifabutin therapy for disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 1996. PMID: 8785255


  93. D. Colbom, H. Lampiris, B. Lee, R. Lewis, P. Sullam, P.K. Narang. Concomitant Cotrimoxazole (CTX) Does Not Affect Rifabutin (RBT) Kinetics in HIV+ Patients. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics 1996. PMID:


  94. Bayer AS, Sullam PM, Ramos M, Li C, Cheung AL, Yeaman MR. Staphylococcus aureus induces platelet aggregation via a fibrinogen-dependent mechanism which is independent of principal platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa fibrinogen-binding domains. Infection and immunity 1995. PMID: 7642301


  95. Bresalier RS, Schwartz B, Kim YS, Duh QY, Kleinman HK, Sullam PM. The laminin alpha 1 chain Ile-Lys-Val-Ala-Val (IKVAV)-containing peptide promotes liver colonization by human colon cancer cells. Cancer research 1995. PMID: 7758002


  96. Cheung AL, Eberhardt KJ, Chung E, Yeaman MR, Sullam PM, Ramos M, Bayer AS. Diminished virulence of a sar-/agr- mutant of Staphylococcus aureus in the rabbit model of endocarditis. The Journal of clinical investigation 1994. PMID: 7962526


  97. Yeaman MR, Sullam PM, Dazin PF, Bayer AS. Platelet microbicidal protein alone and in combination with antibiotics reduces Staphylococcus aureus adherence to platelets in vitro. Infection and immunity 1994. PMID: 8039912


  98. Sullam PM, Gordin FM, Wynne BA. Efficacy of rifabutin in the treatment of disseminated infection due to Mycobacterium avium complex. The Rifabutin Treatment Group. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 1994. PMID: 7948562


  99. Yeaman MR, Sullam PM, Dazin PF, Ghannoum MA, Edwards JE, Bayer AS. Fluconazole and platelet microbicidal protein inhibit Candida adherence to platelets in vitro. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1994. PMID: 7979272


  100. Paul M. Sullam. Host-pathogen interactions in the development of bacterial endocarditis. Current opinion in infectious diseases 1994. PMID:


  101. Cheung AL, Yeaman MR, Sullam PM, Witt MD, Bayer AS. Role of the sar locus of Staphylococcus aureus in induction of endocarditis in rabbits. Infection and immunity 1994. PMID: 8168933


  102. Sullam PM, Frank U, Yeaman MR, Täuber MG, Bayer AS, Chambers HF. Effect of thrombocytopenia on the early course of streptococcal endocarditis. The Journal of infectious diseases 1993. PMID: 8376837


  103. Nightingale SD, Cameron DW, Gordin FM, Sullam PM, Cohn DL, Chaisson RE, Eron LJ, Sparti PD, Bihari B, Kaufman DL. Two controlled trials of rifabutin prophylaxis against Mycobacterium avium complex infection in AIDS. The New England journal of medicine 1993. PMID: 8179648


  104. Lee BL, Wong D, Benowitz NL, Sullam PM. Altered patterns of drug metabolism in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 1993. PMID: 8491064


  105. Sullam PM, Costerton JW, Yamasaki R, Dazin PF, Mills J. Inhibition of platelet binding and aggregation by streptococcal exopolysaccharide. The Journal of infectious diseases 1993. PMID: 8486945


  106. Sullam PM, Sande MA. Role of platelets in endocarditis: clues from von Willebrand disease. The Journal of laboratory and clinical medicine 1992. PMID: 1402325


  107. Yeaman MR, Sullam PM, Dazin PF, Norman DC, Bayer AS. Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus-platelet binding by quantitative flow cytometric analysis. The Journal of infectious diseases 1992. PMID: 1318911


  108. Sullam PM, Payan DG, Dazin PF, Valone FH. Binding of viridans group streptococci to human platelets: a quantitative analysis. Infection and immunity 1990. PMID: 2228249


  109. Sullam PM, Jarvis GA, Valone FH. Role of immunoglobulin G in platelet aggregation by viridans group streptococci. Infection and immunity 1988. PMID: 2971621


  110. Hill RJ, Stenberg PE, Sullam PM, Levin J. Use of arabinogalactan to obtain washed murine platelets free of contaminating plasma proteins and appropriate for studies of function, morphology, and thrombopoiesis. The Journal of laboratory and clinical medicine 1988. PMID: 3335827


  111. Sullam PM, Valone FH, Mills J. Mechanisms of platelet aggregation by viridans group streptococci. Infection and immunity 1987. PMID: 3112008


  112. Sullam PM, Slutkin G, Hopewell PC. The benefits of evaluating close associates of child tuberculin reactors from a high prevalence group. American journal of public health 1986. PMID: 3740335


  113. Sullam PM, Slutkin G, Gottlieb AB, Mills J. Paromomycin therapy of endemic amebiasis in homosexual men. Sexually transmitted diseases 1986. PMID: 3764625


  114. Sullam PM, Drake TA, Sande MA. Pathogenesis of endocarditis. The American journal of medicine 1985. PMID: 4014276


  115. Sullam PM, Täuber MG, Hackbarth CJ, Chambers HF, Scott KG, Sande MA. Pefloxacin therapy for experimental endocarditis caused by methicillin-susceptible or methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1985. PMID: 3860185


  116. Sullam PM, Drake TA, Täuber MG, Hackbarth CJ, Sande MA. Influence of the developmental state of valvular lesions on the antimicrobial activity of cefotaxime in experimental enterococcal infections. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1985. PMID: 3922293


  117. Sullam PM, Täuber MG, Hackbarth CJ, Sande MA. Antimicrobial activity of gentamicin in experimental enterococcal endocarditis. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1985. PMID: 3920960


  118. Sullam PM, Täuber MG, Hackbarth CJ, Sande MA. Therapeutic efficacy of teicoplanin in experimental enterococcal endocarditis. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1985. PMID: 3157344


  119. Sullam PM, Falk RH. Cardiac tamponade with refeeding in malnutrition. American heart journal 1983. PMID: 6869231


  120. Podell TE, Ault M, Sullam P, Klinenberg JR. Synovial fluid eosinophilia. Arthritis and rheumatism 1980. PMID: 7417355


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