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P. Converse — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 36
Works: 115
Citations: 3,973

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Studies of a Ring-Cleaving Dioxygenase Illuminate the Role of Cholesterol Metabolism in the Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Katherine C. Yam, I. D'Angelo, R. Kalscheuer, Hai-Zhong Zhu +7 more
2009PLoS Pathogens219 citations Open access
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Selective killing of nonreplicating mycobacteria.
R. Bryk, B. Gold, Aditya Venugopal, Jasbir Singh +16 more
2008Cell Host and Microbe171 citations Open access
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Role of the dosR-dosS Two-Component Regulatory System in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Virulence in Three Animal Models
P. Converse, P. Karakousis, Lee G. Klinkenberg, A. Kesavan +9 more
2008Infection and Immunity152 citations Open access
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Cavitary tuberculosis produced in rabbits by aerosolized virulent tubercle bacilli
P. Converse, A. M. Dannenberg, J. Estep, K. Sugisaki +3 more
1996Infection and Immunity139 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis ECF sigma factor sigC is required for lethality in mice and for the conditional expression of a defined gene set
Ronggai Sun, P. Converse, Chiew G. Ko, S. Tyagi +2 more
2004Molecular Microbiology137 citations
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Clofazimine shortens the duration of the first-line treatment regimen for experimental chemotherapy of tuberculosis
S. Tyagi, Nicole C. Ammerman, Si-Yang Li, John W. Adamson +4 more
2015Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America129 citations Open access
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Contribution of Oxazolidinones to the Efficacy of Novel Regimens Containing Bedaquiline and Pretomanid in a Mouse Model of Tuberculosis
R. Tasneen, Fabrice Betoudji, S. Tyagi, Si-Yang Li +7 more
2015Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy123 citations Open access
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Assessment of clofazimine activity in a second-line regimen for tuberculosis in mice.
J. Grosset, S. Tyagi, D. Almeida, P. Converse +5 more
2013American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine111 citations Open access
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Attenuation of Late-Stage Disease in Mice Infected bythe Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mutant Lacking theSigF Alternate Sigma Factor and Identification ofSigF-Dependent Genes by MicroarrayAnalysis
D. Geiman, D. Kaushal, Chiew G. Ko, S. Tyagi +7 more
2004Infection and Immunity108 citations Open access
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Contribution of Pretomanid to Novel Regimens Containing Bedaquiline with either Linezolid or Moxifloxacin and Pyrazinamide in Murine Models of Tuberculosis
Jian Xu, Si-Yang Li, D. Almeida, R. Tasneen +6 more
2019Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy99 citations Open access
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Causes of maternal death in Ethiopia between 1990 and 2016: systematic review with meta-analysis
Helmut Kloos, P. Converse, D. Mariam, Mesfin Samuel Mulatu +2 more
201893 citations
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Mycobacterial‐induced cytotoxic T cells as well as nonspecific killer cells derived from healthy individuals and leprosy patients
Birhane Kaleab, Tom Ottenoff, P. Converse, E. Halapi +3 more
1990European Journal of Immunology93 citations
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Comparison of a tuberculin interferon-gamma assay with the tuberculin skin test in high-risk adults: effect of human immunodeficiency virus infection.
P. Converse, Stephen L. Jones, J. Astemborski, D. Vlahov +1 more
1997Journal of Infectious Diseases91 citations Open access
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Bactericidal and Sterilizing Activity of a Novel Regimen with Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, Moxifloxacin, and Pyrazinamide in a Murine Model of Tuberculosis
Si-Yang Li, R. Tasneen, S. Tyagi, H. Soni +3 more
2017Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy88 citations Open access
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Mouse model of pulmonary cavitary tuberculosis and expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9
A. Ordonez, R. Tasneen, Supriya Pokkali, Ziyue Xu +5 more
2016Disease Models & Mechanisms67 citations Open access
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Characterization of Mouse Models of Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection and Evaluation of Drug Combinations
C. Andrejak, D. Almeida, S. Tyagi, P. Converse +2 more
2015Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy58 citations Open access
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Treating Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer): from surgery to antibiotics, is the pill mightier than the knife?
P. Converse, E. Nuermberger, D. Almeida, J. Grosset
2011Future Microbiology56 citations Open access
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Treatment of tuberculosis with rifamycin-containing regimens in immune-deficient mice.
Ming Zhang, Si-Yang Li, I. Rosenthal, D. Almeida +5 more
2011American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine54 citations Open access
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Evaluation of Moxifloxacin-Containing Regimens in Pathologically Distinct Murine Tuberculosis Models
Si-Yang Li, Scott M. Irwin, P. Converse, K. Mdluli +2 more
2015Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy48 citations Open access
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Pulmonary Bovine-Type Tuberculosis in Rabbits: Bacillary Virulence, Inhaled Dose Effects, Tuberculin Sensitivity, and Mycobacterium vaccae Immunotherapy
P. Converse, A. M. Dannenberg, T. Shigenaga, D. McMurray +7 more
1998Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology48 citations Open access
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Accelerated detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes essential for bacterial survival in guinea pigs, compared with mice.
S. Moises Hernandez-Abanto, Qi-jian Cheng, Prabhpreet Singh, Lan H. Ly +10 more
2007Journal of Infectious Diseases47 citations
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GSK2556286 Is a Novel Antitubercular Drug Candidate Effective In Vivo with the Potential To Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment
E. Nuermberger, María S. Martínez-Martínez, O. Sanz, Beatriz Urones +27 more
2022bioRxiv45 citations Open access
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BCG-Mediated Protection against Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection in the Mouse
P. Converse, D. Almeida, E. Nuermberger, J. Grosset
2011PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases43 citations Open access
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Deletionof Mycobacterium tuberculosis Sigma Factor E Results inDelayed Time to Death with Bacterial Persistence in the Lungsof Aerosol-InfectedMice
Masaru Ando, T. Yoshimatsu, Chiew G. Ko, P. Converse +1 more
2003Infection and Immunity43 citations Open access
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Activities of Rifampin, Rifapentine and Clarithromycin Alone and in Combination against Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease in Mice
D. Almeida, P. Converse, Z. Ahmad, K. Dooley +2 more
2011PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases42 citations Open access
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Comparison between a whole blood interferon-gamma release assay and tuberculin skin testing for the detection of tuberculosis infection among patients at risk for tuberculosis exposure.
Moriyo Kimura, P. Converse, Jacqueline Astemborski, J. Rothel +5 more
1999Journal of Infectious Diseases42 citations Open access
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Characterization of the Role of the Divalent Metal Ion-Dependent Transcriptional Repressor MntR in the Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus
Masaru Ando, Y. Manabe, P. Converse, E. Miyazaki +3 more
2003Infection and Immunity40 citations Open access
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Modeling early bactericidal activity in murine tuberculosis provides insights into the activity of isoniazid and pyrazinamide
J. Grosset, D. Almeida, P. Converse, S. Tyagi +8 more
2012Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America39 citations Open access
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Next-Generation Diarylquinolines Improve Sterilizing Activity of Regimens with Pretomanid and the Novel Oxazolidinone TBI-223 in a Mouse Tuberculosis Model
Si-Yang Li, P. Converse, Fabrice Betoudji, Jin Lee +4 more
2023bioRxiv37 citations Open access
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Comparative Efficacy of the Novel Diarylquinoline TBAJ-876 and Bedaquiline against a Resistant Rv0678 Mutant in a Mouse Model of Tuberculosis
D. Almeida, P. Converse, Si-Yang Li, A. Upton +2 more
2021Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy37 citations Open access
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Comparative Efficacy of the Novel Diarylquinoline TBAJ-587 and Bedaquiline against a Resistant Rv0678 Mutant in a Mouse Model of Tuberculosis
Jian Xu, P. Converse, A. Upton, K. Mdluli +2 more
2020Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy37 citations Open access
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Accelerated Detection of Mycolactone Production and Response to Antibiotic Treatment in a Mouse Model of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease
P. Converse, Y. Xing, Ki Hyun Kim, S. Tyagi +5 more
2014PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases37 citations Open access
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Microbiological, Histological, Immunological, and Toxin Response to Antibiotic Treatment in the Mouse Model of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease
F. Sarfo, P. Converse, D. Almeida, Ji-Hui Zhang +3 more
2013PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases36 citations Open access
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Lysyl-tRNA synthetase, a target for urgently needed M. tuberculosis drugs
S. Green, S. Davis, S. Damerow, Curtis A. Engelhart +41 more
2022Nature Communications30 citations Open access
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Rapid, Serial, Non-invasive Assessment of Drug Efficacy in Mice with Autoluminescent Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection
Tianyu Zhang, Si-Yang Li, P. Converse, J. Grosset +1 more
2013PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases30 citations Open access
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Using Bioluminescence To Monitor Treatment Response in Real Time in Mice with Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection
Tianyu Zhang, Si-Yang Li, P. Converse, D. Almeida +2 more
2010Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy29 citations Open access
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Shortening Buruli Ulcer Treatment with Combination Therapy Targeting the Respiratory Chain and Exploiting Mycobacterium ulcerans Gene Decay
P. Converse, D. Almeida, S. Tyagi, Jian Xu +1 more
2019Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy28 citations Open access
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Nonspecific and immune‐specific up‐regulation of cytokines in rabbit dermal tuberculous (BCG) lesions
K. Sugisaki, A. M. Dannenberg, Y. Abe, J. Tsuruta +6 more
1998Journal of Leukocyte Biology28 citations
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Identification of 2-Aryl-Quinolone Inhibitors of Cytochrome bd and Chemical Validation of Combination Strategies for Respiratory Inhibitors against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
L. N. Jeffreys, A. Ardrey, Taghreed A. Hafiz, Lauri-Anne Dyer +17 more
2023ACS Infectious Diseases27 citations Open access
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Novel Regimens of Bedaquiline-Pyrazinamide Combined with Moxifloxacin, Rifabutin, Delamanid and/or OPC-167832 in Murine Tuberculosis Models
R. Tasneen, Andrew Garcia, P. Converse, M. Zimmerman +7 more
2021bioRxiv27 citations Open access
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Improving existing tools for Mycobacterium xenopi treatment: assessment of drug combinations and characterization of mouse models of infection and chemotherapy.
C. Andrejak, D. Almeida, S. Tyagi, P. Converse +2 more
2013Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy27 citations Open access
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Telacebec for Ultrashort Treatment of Buruli Ulcer in a Mouse Model
D. Almeida, P. Converse, T. Omansen, S. Tyagi +3 more
2020Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy25 citations Open access
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Shorter-course treatment for Mycobacterium ulcerans disease with high-dose rifamycins and clofazimine in a mouse model of Buruli ulcer
P. Converse, D. Almeida, R. Tasneen, V. Saini +7 more
2018PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases25 citations Open access
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A multi-antigenic MVA vaccine increases efficacy of combination chemotherapy against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Stéphane Leung-Theung-Long, Charles‐Antoine Coupet, M. Gouanvic, D. Schmitt +16 more
2018PLoS ONE22 citations Open access
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Efficacy of Rifampin Plus Clofazimine in a Murine Model of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease
P. Converse, S. Tyagi, Y. Xing, Si-Yang Li +4 more
2015PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases22 citations Open access
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Pharmacological management of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection
T. V. van der Werf, Y. Barogui, P. Converse, R. Phillips +1 more
2020Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology21 citations Open access
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Altered cellular infiltration and cytokine levels during early Mycobacterium tuberculosis sigC mutant infection are associated with late-stage disease attenuation and milder immunopathology in mice
K. Abdul-Majid, Lan H. Ly, P. Converse, D. Geiman +2 more
2008BMC Microbiology21 citations Open access
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HLA-DR and DQ antigens in insulin-dependent diabetics in Ethiopia.
T. Ottenhoff, M. Mengistu, G. Tadesse, R. D. de Vries +1 more
2008Tissue Antigens21 citations
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Intradermal Recombinant Interleukin 2 Enhances Peripheral Blood T‐Cell Responses to Mitogen and Antigens in Patients with Lepromatous Leprosy
P. Converse, T. Ottenhoff, Saba Work Teklemariam, G. Hancock +6 more
1990Scandinavian Journal of Immunology20 citations
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The clinical-stage drug BTZ-043 accumulates in murine tuberculosis lesions and efficiently acts against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
A. Römpp, Axel Treu, J. Kokesch-Himmelreich, Franziska Marwitz +20 more
2025Nature Communications18 citations Open access
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