Kevin P Francis

Sensitive in situ monitoring of a recombinant bioluminescent Yersinia enterocolitica reporter mutant in real time on Camembert cheese.

Membranous cells in nasal-associated lymphoid tissue: a portal of entry for the respiratory mucosal pathogen group A streptococcus.

Real-time monitoring of bacterial infection in vivo: development of bioluminescent staphylococcal foreign-body and deep-thigh-wound mouse infection models.

Rapid direct method for monitoring antibiotics in a mouse model of bacterial biofilm infection.

Organ-specific models of Streptococcus pneumoniae disease.

The AGUAAA motif in cspA1/A2 mRNA is important for adaptation of Yersinia enterocolitica to grow at low temperature.

Extracellular replication of Listeria monocytogenes in the murine gall bladder.

Targeted photodynamic therapy of established soft-tissue infections in mice.

Noninvasive optical imaging method to evaluate postantibiotic effects on biofilm infection in vivo.

Tissue-specific contributions of pneumococcal virulence factors to pathogenesis.

Real-time in vivo bioluminescent imaging for evaluating the efficacy of antibiotics in a rat Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis model.

Monitoring in vivo fitness of rifampicin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mutants in a mouse biofilm infection model.

Noninvasive biophotonic imaging for monitoring of catheter-associated urinary tract infections and therapy in mice.

Monitoring photodynamic therapy of localized infections by bioluminescence imaging of genetically engineered bacteria.

Noninvasive monitoring of pneumococcal meningitis and evaluation of treatment efficacy in an experimental mouse model.

Visualizing fungal infections in living mice using bioluminescent pathogenic Candida albicans strains transformed with the firefly luciferase gene.

Expression of firefly luciferase in Candida albicans and its use in the selection of stable transformants.

Bioluminescent imaging of bacterial biofilm infections in vivo.

Real time noninvasive monitoring of contaminating bacteria in a soft tissue implant infection model.

Measuring prions by bioluminescence imaging.

Transfusion of red blood cells after prolonged storage produces harmful effects that are mediated by iron and inflammation.

Fluorescent nano-optodes for glucose detection.

The risk of biomaterial-associated infection after revision surgery due to an experimental primary implant infection.

In vivo sodium concentration continuously monitored with fluorescent sensors.

Protective role of IL-1β against post-arthroplasty Staphylococcus aureus infection.

Whole-body imaging of infection using fluorescence.

Whole-body imaging of infection using bioluminescence.

Visualization of plant viral suppressor silencing activity in intact leaf lamina by quantitative fluorescent imaging.

Mouse model of chronic post-arthroplasty infection: Noninvasive in vivo bioluminescence imaging to monitor bacterial burden for long-term study.

Imaging pulmonary NF-kappaB activation and therapeutic effects of MLN120B and TDZD-8.

In vivo Optical Imaging in Gene & Cell Therapy.

Glutathione reductase facilitates host defense by sustaining phagocytic oxidative burst and promoting the development of neutrophil extracellular traps.

High resolution in vivo bioluminescent imaging for the study of bacterial tumour targeting.

Daptomycin and tigecycline have broader effective dose ranges than vancomycin as prophylaxis against a Staphylococcus aureus surgical implant infection in mice.

Pre-treatment with Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 modulates Citrobacter rodentium-induced colonic inflammation and organ specificity of infection.

Monitoring Bacterial Burden, Inflammation and Bone Damage Longitudinally Using Optical and μCT Imaging in an Orthopaedic Implant Infection in Mice.

Enhanced detection of myeloperoxidase activity in deep tissues through luminescent excitation of near-infrared nanoparticles.

Use of optical imaging to progress novel therapeutics to the clinic.

Vancomycin plus Rifampin Combination Therapy has Enhanced Efficacy Against an Experimental Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Joint Infection.