Sascha A. Kristian

DNase Expression Allows the Pathogen Group A Streptococcus to Escape Killing in Neutrophil Extracellular Traps

John T. Buchanan, Amelia J. Simpson, Ramy K. Aziz et al. · Current Biology · 2006 · 670 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +17

Role of teichoic acids in Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization, a major risk factor in nosocomial infections

Christopher Weidenmaier, John F. Kokai‐Kun, Sascha A. Kristian et al. · Nature Medicine · 2004 · 560 citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +14

<scp>d</scp> -Alanylation of Teichoic Acids Promotes Group A <i>Streptococcus</i> Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance, Neutrophil Survival, and Epithelial Cell Invasion

Sascha A. Kristian, Vivekanand Datta, Christopher Weidenmaier et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 2005 · 260 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Strains Lacking<scp>d</scp>‐Alanine Modifications of Teichoic Acids Are Highly Susceptible to Human Neutrophil Killing and Are Virulence Attenuated in Mice

L. Vincent Collins, Sascha A. Kristian, Christopher Weidenmaier et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2002 · 249 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +17

Lack of Wall Teichoic Acids in<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Leads to Reduced Interactions with Endothelial Cells and to Attenuated Virulence in a Rabbit Model of Endocarditis

Christopher Weidenmaier, Andreas Peschel, Yan-Qiong Xiong et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2005 · 223 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17