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Shaoji Cheng

University of Pittsburgh

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Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Emergence of mutHV76G among longitudinal carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae causing long-term colonization and recurrent infection disrupts DNA mismatch repair and results in a hypermutator phenotype

Shaoji Cheng, Cornelius Joseph Clancy, Giuseppe Fleres, Hassan Badrane, Matthew J. Culyba, Anthony Newbrough, Liang Chen, M. Hong Nguyen

This study identifies mutHV76G in K. pneumoniae causing hypermutation, antibiotic resistance, and plasmid acquisition without fitness cost.

bioRxiv · Nov 17, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

Blood cultures contain populations of genetically diverse Candida albicans strains that may differ in echinocandin tolerance and virulence

Giuseppe Fleres, Shaoji Cheng, Hassan Badrane, Christopher L. Dupont, Josh L. Espinoza, Darren Abbey, Eileen Driscoll, Anthony Newbrough, Binghua Hao, Akila Mansour, M. Hong Nguyen, Cornelius Joseph Clancy

The paper identifies genetically diverse Candida albicans strains in blood cultures that differ in echinocandin tolerance and virulence, with implications for antifungal treatment.

bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology