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Finding Cures. Saving Children.
Elisabeth E. Adderson, MD
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Departments
Infectious Diseases
Contact Information
Elisabeth Adderson, MD
MS 320, Room E8054
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Email: elisabeth.adderson@stjude.org
Phone: 901-595-3459
FAX: 901-595-3099
Education
MD- University of Alberta, Canada
Research Interests
- Epidemiology and therapy of infections in the immunocompromised host
- Pathogenesis of infections caused by encapsulated bacteria
- Evidence-based medicine
Characterization of novel virulence factors for encapsulated bacterial pathogens
Selected Publications
Byington CL, Bender JM, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Korgenski K, Daly J, Christenson JC, Adderson EE. Tularemia with vesicular skin lesions may be mistaken for infection with herpesviruses. Clin Inf Dis 1;47:e4-6, 2008.
Adderson EE, Boudreau JW, Hayden RT. Infections caused by coryneform bacteria in pediatric oncology patients. Pediatr Inf Dis J 27:136-141, 2008.
Adderson EE, Boudreaux JW, Pounds S, Hayden RT. Identification of Clinical Coryneform Bacterial Isolates: A Comparison of Biochemical Methods and Sequence Analysis of 16S rRNA and rpoB. J Clin Microbiol 46:921-7, 2007.
Aoyagi Y, Adderson EE, Rubens CE, Matsushita M, Fujita T, Takahashi S, Okuwaki Y, Bohnsack JF.L-ficolin/Mannose-Binding Lectin-Associated Serine Protease Complexes Bind to Group B Streptococci Largely through N-Acetylneuraminic Acid of Capsular Polysaccharide, and Activate the Complement Pathway. Infect Immun 76:179-88, 2008.
Avanhanula V, Wang Y, Krishnamurthy S, Allen Portner A, Adderson EE. Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae bind respiratory syncytial virus glycoprotein. J Med Microbiol 56:1133-7, 2007.
Ohuoba EF, Kansal RG, Hayden RT, Shenep J, Kotb M, Adderson EE. Failure of viridans group streptococci causing bacteremia in pediatric oncology patients to express superantigens. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 28:627-629, 2006.
Lin F-YC, Whiting A, Adderson EE, Takahashi S, Dunn DM, Weiss R, Weisman LE, Azimi PH, Philips III JB, Clark P, Regan J, Rhoads GG, Frasch CE, Troendle J, Moyer P, Bohnsack JF. Phylogenetic lineages of invasive and colonizing strains of serotype III Group B Streptococci from neonates – A multi-center prospective study.J Clin Microbiol 44:1257-61, 2006.
Seifert KN, Adderson EE, Whiting A, Bohnsack JF, Brady LJ. A unique serine-rich repeat protein (Srr-2) and novel surface antigen (epsilon) associated with a virulent lineage of serotype III Streptococcus agalactiae. Microbiology 152:1029-40, 2006.
Avadhanula V,Rodriguez CA,DeVincenzo JP,Wang Y,Webby RJ, Ulett GC, Adderson EE. Respiratory viruses augment the adhesion of bacterial pathogens to respiratory epithelium in a viral species and cell type-dependent manner. J Virol 80: 1629-1636, 2006.
Ulett GC, Adderson EE. Regulation of apoptosis by gram-positive bacteria: Mechanistic diversity and consequences for immunity. Curr Rev Immunol 2:119-141, 2006.
Adderson EE. Histoplasmosis. Pediatr Inf Dis J 25:73-74, 2006.
Avadhanula V, Rodriguez CA, Ulett GC, Bakeletz LO, Adderson EE. Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae adhere to ICAM-1 on respiratory epithelial cells and upregulate ICAM-1 expression. Infect Immun 74:830-838, 2006.
Adderson EE. Streptococcal-induced apoptosis of macrophages. Mod Asp Immunobiol 16:7, 2005.
Ulett GC, MacLean KH, Nekkalapu S, Cleveland JC, Adderson EE. Mechanisms of group B streptococcal-Induced apoptosis of murine macrophages. J Immunol 175:2555-62, 2005.
Gaur AH, Knapp KM, Daw NC, Rao BN, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Brand D, Adderson EE. Infections in patients with bone malignancies undergoing limb-sparing surgery. Cancer 104:602-10, 2005.
Ulett GC, Adderson EE. Nitric oxide is a key determinant of group B streptococcal-induced macrophage apoptosis. J Inf Dis 191:1761-1770, 2005.
Aoyage Y, Adderson EE, Matsushita M, Fujita T, Takahashi S, Yoshiyuki O, Bohnsack JF. Role of L-ficolin/MASP complexes in the opsonophagocytosis of type III group B streptococci. J Immunol 174:418-425, 2005.
Sandlund JT, Howard SC, Hijiya N, Pui C-H, Shenep JL, Adderson EE. Myositis complicating viridans streptococcal sepsis in childhood leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer 44:1-3, 2005.
Bohnsack JF, Martinez G, Jones N, Adderson EE, Detrick S, Whiting AA, Blaschke-Bonkowksy AJ, Gottschalk M. Serotype III Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from bovine milk and human neonatal infections. Emerg Inf Dis 10:1412-1419, 2004.
Fleming KE, Bohnsack JF, Palacios GC, Takahashi S, Adderson EE. Equivalence of high virulence clonotypes of serotype III group B Streptococcus agalactiae. J Med Micro 53:505-508, 2004.
Adderson EE. Histoplasmosis in a pediatric oncology center. J Pediatr 144:100-106, 2004.
Adderson EE, Takahashi S, Wang Y, Armstrong J, Miller DV, Bohnsack JF. Subtractive hybridization identifies a novel predicted protein mediating epithelial cell invasion by virulent serotype III Group B Streptococcus agalactiae. Infect Immun 71:6857-63, 2003.
Ulett GC, Bohnsack JF, Armstrong J, Adderson EE. Apoptosis of macrophages infected with serotype II Group B Streptococcus is induced independently of ß-hemolysin. J Inf Dis 188:1049-53, 2003.
O’Neill JM, St. Geme III JW, Cutter D, Adderson EE, Anyanwu J, Jacobs RF, Schutze GE. J Invasive nontypable Haemophilus influenzae disease in Arkansas. Clin Micro 41:3064-3069, 2003.
Anyanwu J, Rodriguez CA, Adderson EE. pgi genotyping as a surrogate for serotyping of encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae. J Clin Micro 41:2080-2083, 2003.
Rodriguez CA, Avadhanula V, Buscher AZ, St. Geme III JW, Smith AL, Adderson EE. Prevalence and distribution of adhesin genes in invasive non-type b encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae. Infect Immun 71:1635-1642, 2003.
Rodriguez CA, Luj n-Zilbermann J, Woodard P, Andreansky M, Adderson EE. Successful treatment of disseminated fusariosis. Bone Marrow Transplant 35:311-312, 2003.
Takahashi S, Detrick S, Whiting AA, Blaschke-Bonkowksy AJ, Aoyagi Y, Adderson EE, Bohnsack JF. Correlation of Phylogenetic Lineages of Group B Streptococci Identified by Analysis of Restriction Digest Patterns of Genomic DNA with infB Alleles and Mobile Genetic Elements. J Inf Dis 186:1034-1038, 2002.
Takahashi S, Omikunle A, Ogilvie CL, Rodriguez CA, St. Geme III JW, Adderson EE. Limited genetic diversity of recent invasive isolates of non-serotype b encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae. J Clin Micro 40: 1264-1270, 2002.
Last update: May 2009
