Publications

An updated molecular diagnostic for surveillance of tetM in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Author(s): Palace SG, Reyes JA, Neubauer Vickers E, Aatresh AV, Shen W, Iqbal Z, Grad YH|Journal: medRxiv|PMID: 39252917| August 2024

Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxy-PEP) for sexually transmitted bacterial infections reduces the risk of syphilis and chlamydia, but effectiveness against gonorrhea…

Axial asymmetry organizes division plane orthogonality in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Author(s): Bandekar AC, Ramirez-Diaz DA, Palace SG, Wang Y, Garner EC, Grad YH|Journal: bioRxiv| June 2024

For rod-shaped bacterial model organisms, the division plane is defined by the geometry of the cell. However, for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a…

Identification of bile acid and fatty acid species as candidate rapidly bactericidal agents for topical treatment of gonorrhoea.

Author(s): Palace SG, Fryling KE, Li Y, Wentworth AJ, Traverso G, Grad YH|Journal: J Antimicrob Chemother|PMID: 34245280| July 2021

Novel therapeutic strategies are urgently needed for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, given its increasing antimicrobial resistance. Treatment of oropharyngeal N. gonorrhoeae infections…

RNA polymerase mutations cause cephalosporin resistance in clinical Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates.

Author(s): Palace SG, Wang Y, Rubin DH, Welsh MA, Mortimer TD, Cole K, Eyre DW, Walker S, Grad YH|Journal: Elife|PMID: 32011233| February 2020

Increasing resistance to ceftriaxone, the last antibiotic recommended for empiric gonorrhea treatment, poses an urgent public health threat. However, the…