Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Paterson MJ, Caldera JR, Nguyen C, Sharma P, Castro AM, Kolar SL, Tsai CM, Limon JJ, Becker CA, Martins GA, Liu GY, Underhill DM
Harnessing antifungal immunity in pursuit of a Staphylococcus aureus vaccine strategy. PLoS Pathog. 2020 08; 16(8):e1008733.
Harnessing antifungal immunity in pursuit of a Staphylococcus aureus vaccine strategy.
Wozniak JM, Mills RH, Olson J, Caldera JR, Sepich-Poore GD, Carrillo-Terrazas M, Tsai CM, Vargas F, Knight R, Dorrestein PC, Liu GY, Nizet V, Sakoulas G, Rose W, Gonzalez DJ
Mortality Risk Profiling of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia by Multi-omic Serum Analysis Reveals Early Predictive and Pathogenic Signatures. Cell. 2020 09 03; 182(5):1311-1327.e14.
Mortality Risk Profiling of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia by Multi-omic Serum Analysis Reveals Early Predictive and Pathogenic Signatures.
Integrating complex host-pathogen immune environments into S.?aureus vaccine studies. Cell Chem Biol. 2022 05 19; 29(5):730-740.
Integrating complex host-pathogen immune environments into S.?aureus vaccine studies.
Tsai CM, Caldera JR, Hajam IA, Chiang AWT, Tsai CH, Li H, D?ez ML, Gonzalez C, Trieu D, Martins GA, Underhill DM, Arditi M, Lewis NE, Liu GY
Non-protective immune imprint underlies failure of Staphylococcus aureus IsdB vaccine. Cell Host Microbe. 2022 08 10; 30(8):1163-1172.e6.
Non-protective immune imprint underlies failure of Staphylococcus aureus IsdB vaccine.
Prabaker KK, de St Maurice A, Uslan DZ, Yen GC, Manavi S, Gray HK, Caldera JR, Chan JL, Garner OB, Yang S
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Case Report: Symptomatic Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 and Monkeypox Coinfection in an Adult Male. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 12 14; 107(6):1258-1260.
Case Report: Symptomatic Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 and Monkeypox Coinfection in an Adult Male.
Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigella flexneri 2a, California, USA, 2022. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 07; 29(7):1473-1475.
Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigella flexneri 2a, California, USA, 2022.
Gray HK, Bisht A, Caldera JR, Fossas Braegger NM, Cambou MC, Sakona AN, Beaird OE, Uslan DZ, Walton SC, Yang S
Nosocomial infections by diverse carbapenemase-producing Aeromonas hydrophila associated with combination of plumbing issues and heat waves. Am J Infect Control. 2024 03; 52(3):337-343.
Nosocomial infections by diverse carbapenemase-producing Aeromonas hydrophila associated with combination of plumbing issues and heat waves.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology
FDA trial regulation of laboratory developed tests (LDTs): An academic medical center's experience with Mpox in-house testing. J Clin Virol. 2023 12; 169:105611.
FDA trial regulation of laboratory developed tests (LDTs): An academic medical center's experience with Mpox in-house testing.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Getting to the Root of Dental Pain-a Hard Palate Ulcer. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 07 19; 79(1):237-239.
Getting to the Root of Dental Pain-a Hard Palate Ulcer.
Cluster of extensively drug-resistant Shigella sonnei carrying blaCTX-M-15 in Los Angeles, California, 2023 to 2024. Am J Infect Control. 2025 Apr; 53(4):524-526.
Cluster of extensively drug-resistant Shigella sonnei carrying blaCTX-M-15 in Los Angeles, California, 2023 to 2024.
Tsai CM, Hajam IA, Caldera JR, Chiang AW, Gonzalez C, Du X, Choudhruy B, Li H, Suzuki E, Askarian F, Clark T, Lin B, Wierzbicki IH, Riestra AM, Conrad DJ, Gonzalez DJ, Nizet V, Lewis NE, Liu GY
Pathobiont-driven antibody sialylation through IL-10 undermines vaccination. J Clin Invest. 2024 Dec 16; 134(24).
Pathobiont-driven antibody sialylation through IL-10 undermines vaccination.
Hajam IA, Tsai CM, Gonzalez C, Caldera JR, L?zaro D?ez M, Du X, Aralar A, Lin B, Duong W, Liu GY
Pathobiont-induced suppressive immune imprints thwart T cell vaccine responses. Nat Commun. 2024 12 16; 15(1):10335.
Pathobiont-induced suppressive immune imprints thwart T cell vaccine responses.
Kaur I, Shaw B, Multani A, Pham C, Malhotra S, Smith E, Adachi K, Allyn P, Bango Z, Beaird OE, Caldera JR, Chandrasekaran S, Chan L, Cheema R, Daouk S, Deville J, Dong HV, Fan A, Garner O, Gaynor P, Gray H, Gorin A, Kalava S, Kanatani M, Karnaze A, Saleh T, Sharma Y, Stauber S, Vargas M, Veral M, Winston D, Yanagimoto-Ogawa L, Aldrovandi G, Nielsen-Saines K, Fuller T, Jackson N, Uslan D, Schaenman J, Vijayan T, Sakona A, Yang S
Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Real-world clinical impact of plasma cell-free DNA metagenomic next-generation sequencing assay. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2025 Jan 30; 1-8.
Real-world clinical impact of plasma cell-free DNA metagenomic next-generation sequencing assay.
Caldera JR, Dayo A, Wiederhold N, Yang S
Development and validation of next-generation sequencing-based clinical test for triazole resistance prediction in Aspergillus fumigatus. J Clin Microbiol. 2025 Aug 13; 63(8):e0029125.
Development and validation of next-generation sequencing-based clinical test for triazole resistance prediction in Aspergillus fumigatus.
Ha CWY, Martin A, Sepich-Poore GD, Shi B, Wang Y, Gouin K, Humphrey G, Sanders K, Ratnayake Y, Chan KSL, Hendrick G, Caldera JR, Arias C, Moskowitz JE, Ho Sui SJ, Yang S, Underhill D, Brady MJ, Knott S, Kaihara K, Steinbaugh MJ, Li H, McGovern DPB, Knight R, Fleshner P, Devkota S
Translocation of Viable Gut Microbiota to Mesenteric Adipose Drives Formation of Creeping Fat in Humans. Cell. 2020 10 29; 183(3):666-683.e17.
Translocation of Viable Gut Microbiota to Mesenteric Adipose Drives Formation of Creeping Fat in Humans.
von Bredow B, Caldera JR, Cer?n S, Chan JL, Gray HK, Garner OB, Yang S
Clinical next-generation sequencing assay combining full-length gene amplification and shotgun sequencing for the detection of CMV drug resistance mutations. J Clin Virol. 2023 08; 165:105520.
Clinical next-generation sequencing assay combining full-length gene amplification and shotgun sequencing for the detection of CMV drug resistance mutations.
Hajam IA, Katiki M, McNally R, L?zaro-D?ez M, Kolar S, Chatterjee A, Gonzalez C, Paulchakrabarti M, Choudhury B, Caldera JR, Desmond T, Tsai CM, Du X, Li H, Murali R, Liu GY
Functional divergence of a bacterial enzyme promotes healthy or acneic skin. Nat Commun. 2023 12 05; 14(1):8061.
Functional divergence of a bacterial enzyme promotes healthy or acneic skin.
Caldera JR, Tsai CM, Trieu D, Gonzalez C, Hajam IA, Du X, Lin B, Liu GY
The characteristics of pre-existing humoral imprint determine efficacy of S.?aureus vaccines and support alternative vaccine approaches. Cell Rep Med. 2024 01 16; 5(1):101360.
The characteristics of pre-existing humoral imprint determine efficacy of S.?aureus vaccines and support alternative vaccine approaches.
Caldera JR, Anikst V, Gray H, Tsan A, Sono R, Yang S
The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD
Performance Evaluation of a Commercial Automated Library Preparation System for Clinical Microbial Whole-Genome Sequencing Assays. J Mol Diagn. 2024 Aug; 26(8):719-726.
Performance Evaluation of a Commercial Automated Library Preparation System for Clinical Microbial Whole-Genome Sequencing Assays.
Caldera JR, Saleh T, Fuller T, Yang S, Nielsen-Saines K
Multi-Year Analysis of Respiratory Viral Dynamics Reveals Significance of Rhinovirus in Young Children with Severe Respiratory Illness. Infect Dis Rep. 2025 Apr 03; 17(2).
Multi-Year Analysis of Respiratory Viral Dynamics Reveals Significance of Rhinovirus in Young Children with Severe Respiratory Illness.