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Phillip I. Tarr, M.D.
tarr@wustl.edu
Division Chief, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Co-Leader, Pathobiology Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics
Melvin E. Carnahan Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Molecular Microbiology
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
phone: (314) 454-6173
Education
BA,
Brown University
,
1975
MD,
Yale University School of Medicine
,
1980
Training
Intern/Resident, University of Washington School of Medicine/Children's Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center
,
1980
-
1983
Senior Fellow, University of Washington School of Medicine
,
1983
-
1987
Fellow, University of Washington School of Medicine and Children's Hospital and Medical Center
,
1988
-
1989
Licensure and Board Certification
Pediatrics - ABP
,
1984
Pediatric Gastroenterology - ABP
,
1992
MO,
,
2002
BCS
,
2012
The American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
,
2013
AR,
,
2016
Honors
American Gastroenterological Association/Blackwell Scientific Research Scholar Award
,
1992
- 1995
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner's Special Citation
,
1997
- 1997
Melvin E. Carnahan Professor of Pediatrics, Endowed Chair
,
2004
- Pres
Recent Publications
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Publication Co-Authors
James Kemp, M.D.
Indi Trehan, MD, MPH, DTM&H
Gregory A. Storch, M.D.
Misty Good, M.D., M.S.
Philip Levy, M.D.
Lori R. Holtz, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Robert J. Rothbaum, M.D.
Kristine Wylie, Ph.D.
Mark J. Manary, M.D.
Barbara B. Warner, M.D., MSc
Thomas Ferkol, M.D.
Anthony R. French, M.D., Ph.D.
Aimée Baumann-Dudenhoeffer, M.D.
Charles Samson, M.D.
Todd N. Wylie
Stephanie A. Fritz, M.D., M.S.C.I.
Christina Ahn Hickey, M.D., M.A
Samuel Julian, M.D.
Kevin Baszis, M.D.
David Schnadower, M.D., M.P.H.
Ryan RM, Feng R, Bazacliu C, Ferkol TW, Ren CL, Mariani TJ, Poindexter BB, Wang F, Moore PE, Prematurity and Respiratory Outcome Program (PROP) Investigators..
Black Race Is Associated with a Lower Risk of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.
J Pediatr
.
2019.
PMID:
30612812
Tarr GAM, Chui L, Lee BE, Pang XL, Ali S, Nettel-Aguirre A, Vanderkooi OG, Berenger BM, Dickinson J, Tarr PI, Drews S, MacDonald J, Kim K, Freedman SB.
Performance of Stool Testing Recommendations for Acute Gastroenteritis when Used to Identify Children with Nine Potential Bacterial Enteropathogens.
Clin Infect Dis
.
2018.
PMID:
30517612
Tarr GAM, Oltean HN, Phipps AI, Rabinowitz P, Tarr PI.
Case definitions of hemolytic uremic syndrome following Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection vary in validity.
Int J Med Microbiol
.
2018;308
(8):
1121-1127.
PMID:
30466555
Schnadower D, Tarr PI, Casper TC, Gorelick MH, Dean JM, O'Connell KJ, Mahajan P, Levine AC, Bhatt SR, Roskind CG, Powell EC, Rogers AJ, Vance C, Sapien RE, Olsen CS, Metheney M, Dickey VP, Hall-Moore C, Freedman SB.
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG versus Placebo for Acute Gastroenteritis in Children.
N Engl J Med
.
2018;379
(21):
2002-2014.
PMID:
30462938
Baumann-Dudenhoeffer AM, D'Souza AW, Tarr PI, Warner BB, Dantas G.
Infant diet and maternal gestational weight gain predict early metabolic maturation of gut microbiomes.
Nat Med
.
2018.
PMID:
30374198
Tarr GAM, Oltean HN, Phipps AI, Rabinowitz P, Tarr PI.
Strength of the association between antibiotic use and hemolytic uremic syndrome following Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection varies with case definition.
Int J Med Microbiol
.
2018;308
(7):
921-926.
PMID:
30257808
Stang AS, Trudeau M, Vanderkooi OG, Lee BE, Chui L, Pang XL, Allen V, Burnham CD, Goldfarb DM, MacDonald J, Parsons B, Petrich A, Pollari F, Tarr PI, Tipples G, Zhuo R, Freedman SB.
Diagnostic Interpretation Guidance for Pediatric Enteric Pathogens: A Modified Delphi Consensus Process.
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol
.
2018;2018:2589826.
PMCID:
PMC6180965
PMID:
30363711
Rusconi B, Jiang X, Sidhu R, Ory DS, Warner BB, Tarr PI.
Gut Sphingolipid Composition as a Prelude to Necrotizing Enterocolitis.
Sci Rep
.
2018;8
(1):
10984.
PMID:
30030452
Xie J, Nettel-Aguirre A, Lee BE, Chui L, Pang XL, Zhuo R, Parsons B, Vanderkooi OG, Tarr PI, Ali S, Dickinson JA, Hagen E, Svenson LW, MacDonald SE, Drews SJ, Tellier R, Graham T, Lavoie M, MacDonald J, Freedman SB, Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC) and the Alberta Provincial Pediatric EnTeric Infection Team (APPETITE Team)..
Relationship between Enteric Pathogen and Acute Gastroenteritis Disease Severity - A Prospective Cohort Study.
Clin Microbiol Infect
.
2018.
PMID:
29964235
Tarr GAM, Shringi S, Oltean HN, Mayer J, Rabinowitz P, Wakefield J, Tarr PI, Besser TE, Phipps AI.
Importance of case age in the purported association between phylogenetics and hemolytic uremic syndrome in Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections.
Epidemiol Infect
.
2018;1-6.
PMID:
29914582
McKee RS, Tarr PI, Dietzen DJ, Chawla R, Schnadower D.
Clinical and Laboratory Predictors of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Infection in Children With Bloody Diarrhea.
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
.
2018.
PMID:
29617871
Blaisdell CJ, Troendle J, Zajicek A.
Acute Responses to Diuretic Therapy in Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns: Results from the Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program Cohort Study
J Pediatr
.
2018.
PMID:
29599068
Blaisdell CJ, Troendle J, Zajicek A, Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program..
Acute Responses to Diuretic Therapy in Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns: Results from the Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program Cohort Study.
J Pediatr
.
2018.
PMID:
29599068
Chandrasekaran S, Burnham CD, Warner BB, Tarr PI, Wylie TN.
Carriage of Cronobacter sakazakii in the very preterm infant gut.
Clin Infect Dis
.
2018.
PMID:
29394356
Tarr GAM, Shringi S, Phipps AI, Besser TE, Mayer J, Oltean HN, Wakefield J, Tarr PI, Rabinowitz P.
Geogenomic Segregation and Temporal Trends of Human Pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7, Washington, USA, 2005-2014
1
.
Emerg Infect Dis
.
2018;24
(1):
32-39.
PMCID:
PMC5749469
PMID:
29260688
Knoop KA, Gustafsson JK, McDonald KG, Kulkarni DH, Coughlin PE, McCrate S, Kim D, Hsieh CS, Hogan SP, Elson CO, Tarr PI, Newberry RD.
Microbial antigen encounter during a preweaning interval is critical for tolerance to gut bacteria.
Sci Immunol
.
2017;2
(18).
PMCID:
PMC5759965
PMID:
29246946
Denno DM, Tarr PI, Nataro JP.
Environmental Enteric Dysfunction: A Case Definition for Intervention Trials.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
.
2017;97
(6):
1643-1646.
PMID:
29016294
Shane AL, Mody RK, Crump JA, Tarr PI, Steiner TS, Kotloff K, Langley JM, Wanke C, Warren CA, Cheng AC, Cantey J, Pickering LK.
2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea.
Clin Infect Dis
.
2017;65
(12):
1963-1973.
PMID:
29194529
Fotis L, Shaikh N, Baszis KW, Samson CM, Lev-Tzion R, French AR, Tarr PI.
Serologic Evidence of Gut-driven Systemic Inflammation in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
J Rheumatol
.
2017;44
(11):
1624-1631.
PMID:
28916545
Rusconi B, Good M, Warner BB.
The Microbiome and Biomarkers for Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Are We Any Closer to Prediction?
J Pediatr
.
2017;189:40-47.e2.
PMCID:
PMC5614810
PMID:
28669607
Schnadower D, Tarr PI, Casper TC, Gorelick MH, Dean MJ, O'Connell KJ, Mahajan P, Chun TH, Bhatt SR, Roskind CG, Powell EC, Rogers AJ, Vance C, Sapien RE, Gao F, Freedman SB.
Randomised controlled trial of
Lactobacillus rhamnosus
(LGG) versus placebo in children presenting to the emergency department with acute gastroenteritis: the PECARN probiotic study protocol.
BMJ Open
.
2017;7
(9):
e018115.
PMCID:
PMC5623493
PMID:
28947466
Dorshow RB, Hall-Moore C, Shaikh N, Talcott MR, Faubion WA, Rogers TE, Shieh JJ, Debreczeny MP, Johnson JR, Dyer RB, Singh RJ, Tarr PI.
Measurement of gut permeability using fluorescent tracer agent technology.
Sci Rep
.
2017;7
(1):
10888.
PMCID:
PMC5589723
PMID:
28883476
Melamed R, Storch GA, Holtz LR, Klein EJ, Herrin B, Tarr PI, Denno DM.
Case-Control Assessment of the Roles of Noroviruses, Human Bocaviruses 2, 3, and 4, and Novel Polyomaviruses and Astroviruses in Acute Childhood Diarrhea.
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
.
2017;6
(3):
e49-e54.
PMID:
28186546
Stout MJ, Zhou Y, Wylie KM, Tarr PI, Macones GA, Tuuli MG.
Early pregnancy vaginal microbiome trends and preterm birth.
Am J Obstet Gynecol
.
2017;217
(3):
356.e1-356.e18.
PMCID:
PMC5581228
PMID:
28549981
Freedman SB, Xie J, Nettel-Aguirre A, Lee B, Chui L, Pang XL, Zhuo R, Parsons B, Dickinson JA, Vanderkooi OG, Ali S, Osterreicher L, Lowerison K, Tarr PI, Alberta Provincial Pediatric EnTeric Infection TEam (APPETITE)..
Enteropathogen detection in children with diarrhoea, or vomiting, or both, comparing rectal flocked swabs with stool specimens: an outpatient cohort study.
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol
.
2017;2
(9):
662-669.
PMID:
28712662
Amadi B, Besa E, Zyambo K, Kaonga P, Louis-Auguste J, Chandwe K, Tarr PI, Denno DM, Nataro JP, Faubion W, Sailer A, Yeruva S, Brantner T, Murray J, Prendergast AJ, Turner JR, Kelly P.
Impaired Barrier Function and Autoantibody Generation in Malnutrition Enteropathy in Zambia.
EBioMedicine
.
2017;22:191-199.
PMCID:
PMC5552244
PMID:
28750860
Barron LK, Warner BB, Tarr PI, Shannon WD, Deych E, Warner BW.
Independence of gut bacterial content and neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis severity.
J Pediatr Surg
.
2017;52
(6):
993-998.
PMCID:
PMC5473614
PMID:
28410788
Pammi M, Cope J, Tarr PI, Warner BB, Morrow AL, Mai V, Gregory KE, Kroll JS, McMurtry V, Ferris MJ, Engstrand L, Lilja HE, Hollister EB, Versalovic J, Neu J.
Intestinal dysbiosis in preterm infants preceding necrotizing enterocolitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Microbiome
.
2017;5
(1):
31.
PMCID:
PMC5343300
PMID:
28274256
Ordiz MI, Stephenson K, Agapova S, Wylie KM, Maleta K, Martin J, Trehan I, Tarr PI, Manary MJ.
Environmental Enteric Dysfunction and the Fecal Microbiota in Malawian Children.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
.
2017;96
(2):
473-476.
PMCID:
PMC5303055
PMID:
27956653
Grisaru S, Xie J, Samuel S, Hartling L, Tarr PI, Schnadower D, Freedman SB, Alberta Provincial Pediatric Enteric Infection Team..
Associations Between Hydration Status, Intravenous Fluid Administration, and Outcomes of Patients Infected With Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
JAMA Pediatr
.
2017;171
(1):
68-76.
PMID:
27893870
Ordiz MI, Shaikh N, Trehan I, Maleta K, Stauber J, Shulman R, Devaraj S, Tarr PI, Manary MJ.
Environmental Enteric Dysfunction Is Associated With Poor Linear Growth and Can Be Identified by Host Fecal mRNAs.
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
.
2016;63
(5):
453-459.
PMCID:
PMC5084633
PMID:
27347722
Gasparrini AJ, Crofts TS, Gibson MK, Tarr PI, Warner BB, Dantas G.
Antibiotic perturbation of the preterm infant gut microbiome and resistome.
Gut Microbes
.
2016;7
(5):
443-9.
PMCID:
PMC5154371
PMID:
27472377
Rusconi B, Sanjar F, Koenig SS, Mammel MK, Tarr PI, Eppinger M.
Whole Genome Sequencing for Genomics-Guided Investigations of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Outbreaks.
Front Microbiol
.
2016;7:985.
PMCID:
PMC4928038
PMID:
27446025
Planer JD, Peng Y, Kau AL, Blanton LV, Ndao IM, Tarr PI, Warner BB, Gordon JI.
Development of the gut microbiota and mucosal IgA responses in twins and gnotobiotic mice.
Nature
.
2016;534
(7606):
263-6.
PMCID:
PMC4902178
PMID:
27279225
Freedman SB, Xie J, Neufeld MS, Hamilton WL, Hartling L, Tarr PI, Alberta Provincial Pediatric Enteric Infection Team (APPETITE)., Nettel-Aguirre A, Chuck A, Lee B, Johnson D, Currie G, Talbot J, Jiang J, Dickinson J, Kellner J, MacDonald J, Svenson L, Chui L, Louie M, Lavoie M, Eltorki M, Vanderkooi O, Tellier R, Ali S, Drews S, Graham T, Pang XL.
Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Infection, Antibiotics, and Risk of Developing Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: A Meta-analysis.
Clin Infect Dis
.
2016;62
(10):
1251-1258.
PMCID:
PMC4845788
PMID:
26917812
Warner BB, Deych E, Zhou Y, Hall-Moore C, Weinstock GM, Sodergren E, Shaikh N, Hoffmann JA, Linneman LA, Hamvas A, Khanna G, Rouggly-Nickless LC, Ndao IM, Shands BA, Escobedo M, Sullivan JE, Radmacher PG, Shannon WD, Tarr PI.
Gut bacteria dysbiosis and necrotising enterocolitis in very low birthweight infants: a prospective case-control study.
Lancet
.
2016;387
(10031):
1928-36.
PMCID:
PMC5553277
PMID:
26969089
Stauber J, Shaikh N, Ordiz MI, Tarr PI, Manary MJ.
Droplet digital PCR quantifies host inflammatory transcripts in feces reliably and reproducibly.
Cell Immunol
.
2016;303:43-9.
PMCID:
PMC4863679
PMID:
27063479
Gibson MK, Wang B, Ahmadi S, Burnham CA, Tarr PI, Warner BB, Dantas G.
Developmental dynamics of the preterm infant gut microbiota and antibiotic resistome.
Nat Microbiol
.
2016;1:16024.
PMCID:
PMC5031140
PMID:
27572443
Yu J, Ordiz MI, Stauber J, Shaikh N, Trehan I, Barnell E, Head RD, Maleta K, Tarr PI, Manary MJ.
Environmental Enteric Dysfunction Includes a Broad Spectrum of Inflammatory Responses and Epithelial Repair Processes.
Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol
.
2016;2
(2):
158-174.e1.
PMCID:
PMC4769221
PMID:
26973864
Gurnee EA, Ndao IM, Johnson JR, Johnston BD, Gonzalez MD, Burnham CA, Hall-Moore CM, McGhee JE, Mellmann A, Warner BB, Tarr PI.
Gut Colonization of Healthy Children and Their Mothers With Pathogenic Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Escherichia coli.
J Infect Dis
.
2015;212
(12):
1862-8.
PMCID:
PMC4655851
PMID:
25969564
Poindexter BB, Feng R, Schmidt B, Aschner JL, Ballard RA, Hamvas A, Reynolds AM, Shaw PA, Jobe AH, Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program..
Comparisons and Limitations of Current Definitions of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia for the Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program.
Ann Am Thorac Soc
.
2015;12
(12):
1822-30.
PMCID:
PMC4722827
PMID:
26397992
Julian S, Burnham CA, Sellenriek P, Shannon WD, Hamvas A, Tarr PI, Warner BB.
Impact of neonatal intensive care bed configuration on rates of late-onset bacterial sepsis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
.
2015;36
(10):
1173-82.
PMCID:
PMC5089903
PMID:
26108888
Lim ES, Zhou Y, Zhao G, Bauer IK, Droit L, Ndao IM, Warner BB, Tarr PI, Wang D, Holtz LR.
Early life dynamics of the human gut virome and bacterial microbiome in infants.
Nat Med
.
2015;21
(10):
1228-34.
PMCID:
PMC4710368
PMID:
26366711
Ordiz MI, May TD, Mihindukulasuriya K, Martin J, Crowley J, Tarr PI, Ryan K, Mortimer E, Gopalsamy G, Maleta K, Mitreva M, Young G, Manary MJ.
The effect of dietary resistant starch type 2 on the microbiota and markers of gut inflammation in rural Malawi children.
Microbiome
.
2015;3:37.
doi:
10.1186/s40168-015-0102-9
PMCID:
PMC4558878
PMID:
26334878
Freedman SB, Lee BE, Louie M, Pang XL, Ali S, Chuck A, Chui L, Currie GR, Dickinson J, Drews SJ, Eltorki M, Graham T, Jiang X, Johnson DW, Kellner J, Lavoie M, MacDonald J, MacDonald S, Svenson LW, Talbot J, Tarr P, Tellier R, Vanderkooi OG.
Alberta Provincial Pediatric EnTeric Infection TEam (APPETITE): epidemiology, emerging organisms, and economics.
BMC Pediatr
.
2015;15:89.
PMCID:
PMC4521468
PMID:
26226953
Qin X, Klein EJ, Galanakis E, Thomas AA, Stapp JR, Rich S, Buccat AM, Tarr PI.
Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection and Differentiation of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli from Clinical Samples.
J Clin Microbiol
.
2015;53
(7):
2148-53.
PMCID:
PMC4473226
PMID:
25926491
Zhang Y, Rowehl L, Krumsiek JM, Orner EP, Shaikh N, Tarr PI, Sodergren E, Weinstock GM, Boedeker EC, Xiong X, Parkinson J, Frank DN, Li E, Gathungu G.
Identification of Candidate Adherent-Invasive E. coli Signature Transcripts by Genomic/Transcriptomic Analysis.
PLoS One
.
2015;10
(6):
e0130902.
PMCID:
PMC4509574
PMID:
26125937
VanDussen KL, Marinshaw JM, Shaikh N, Miyoshi H, Moon C, Tarr PI, Ciorba MA, Stappenbeck TS.
Development of an enhanced human gastrointestinal epithelial culture system to facilitate patient-based assays.
Gut
.
2015;64
(6):
911-20.
PMCID:
PMC4305344
PMID:
25007816
Maitre NL, Ballard RA, Ellenberg JH, Davis SD, Greenberg JM, Hamvas A, Pryhuber GS, Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program.
Respiratory consequences of prematurity: evolution of a diagnosis and development of a comprehensive approach.
J Perinatol
.
2015;35
(5):
313-21.
doi:
10.1038/jp.2015.19
PMCID:
PMC4414744
PMID:
25811285
Pryhuber GS, Maitre NL, Ballard RA, Cifelli D, Davis SD, Ellenberg JH, Greenberg JM, Kemp J, Mariani TJ, Panitch H, Ren C, Shaw P, Taussig LM, Hamvas A, Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program Investigators..
Prematurity and respiratory outcomes program (PROP): study protocol of a prospective multicenter study of respiratory outcomes of preterm infants in the United States.
BMC Pediatr
.
2015;15:37.
PMCID:
PMC4407843
PMID:
25886363
Kuczius T, Zhang W, Merkel V, Mellmann A, Tarr PI, Karch H.
Agitation down-regulates immunoglobulin binding protein EibG expression in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC).
PLoS One
.
2015;10
(3):
e0119583.
PMCID:
PMC4352079
PMID:
25746924
Moore AM, Ahmadi S, Patel S, Gibson MK, Wang B, Ndao MI, Deych E, Shannon W, Tarr PI, Warner BB, Dantas G.
Gut resistome development in healthy twin pairs in the first year of life.
Microbiome
.
2015;3:27.
doi:
10.1186/s40168-015-0090-9
PMCID:
PMC4480905
PMID:
26113976
Sommovilla J, Zhou Y, Sun RC, Choi PM, Diaz-Miron J, Shaikh N, Sodergren E, Warner BB, Weinstock GM, Tarr PI, Warner BW.
Small bowel resection induces long-term changes in the enteric microbiota of mice.
J Gastrointest Surg
.
2015;19
(1):
56-64; discussion 64.
PMCID:
PMC4576885
PMID:
25183407
Zhou Y, Burnham CA, Hink T, Chen L, Shaikh N, Wollam A, Sodergren E, Weinstock GM, Tarr PI, Dubberke ER.
Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of Clostridium difficile isolates: a single-center study.
J Clin Microbiol
.
2014;52
(12):
4260-6.
PMCID:
PMC4313296
PMID:
25275005
Schindler EI, Sellenriek P, Storch GA, Tarr PI, Burnham CA.
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: a single-center, 11-year pediatric experience.
J Clin Microbiol
.
2014;52
(10):
3647-53.
PMCID:
PMC4187762
PMID:
25078916
La Rosa PS, Warner BB, Zhou Y, Weinstock GM, Sodergren E, Hall-Moore CM, Stevens HJ, Bennett WE Jr, Shaikh N, Linneman LA, Hoffmann JA, Hamvas A, Deych E, Shands BA, Shannon WD, Tarr PI.
Patterned progression of bacterial populations in the premature infant gut.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
.
2014;111
(34):
12522-7.
PMCID:
PMC4151715
PMID:
25114261
Carl MA, Ndao IM, Springman AC, Manning SD, Johnson JR, Johnston BD, Burnham CA, Weinstock ES, Weinstock GM, Wylie TN, Mitreva M, Abubucker S, Zhou Y, Stevens HJ, Hall-Moore C, Julian S, Shaikh N, Warner BB, Tarr PI.
Sepsis from the gut: the enteric habitat of bacteria that cause late-onset neonatal bloodstream infections.
Clin Infect Dis
.
2014;58
(9):
1211-8.
PMCID:
PMC3982840
PMID:
24647013
Bielaszewska M, Schiller R, Lammers L, Bauwens A, Fruth A, Middendorf B, Schmidt MA, Tarr PI, Dobrindt U, Karch H, Mellmann A.
Heteropathogenic virulence and phylogeny reveal phased pathogenic metamorphosis in Escherichia coli O2:H6.
EMBO Mol Med
.
2014;6
(3):
347-57.
PMCID:
PMC3958309
PMID:
24413188
Sanjar F, Hazen TH, Shah SM, Koenig SS, Agrawal S, Daugherty S, Sadzewicz L, Tallon LJ, Mammel MK, Feng P, Soderlund R, Tarr PI, Debroy C, Dudley EG, Cebula TA, Ravel J, Fraser CM, Rasko DA, Eppinger M.
Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strain 2886-75, Associated with the First Reported Case of Human Infection in the United States.
Genome Announc
.
2014;2
(1).
PMCID:
PMC3886948
PMID:
24407635
Gurnee EA, Ndao IM, McGhee JE, Warner BB, Tarr PI, Fritz SA, Burnham CA.
Fecal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in healthy children.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
.
2014;58
(2):
1261-2.
PMCID:
PMC3910844
PMID:
24277049
Turabelidze G, Lawrence SJ, Gao H, Sodergren E, Weinstock GM, Abubucker S, Wylie T, Mitreva M, Shaikh N, Gautom R, Tarr PI.
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Biogeography of the ecosystems of the healthy human body.
Genome Biol
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PMID:
10970391
Wong CS, Jelacic S, Habeeb RL, Watkins SL, Tarr PI.
The risk of the hemolytic-uremic syndrome after antibiotic treatment of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections.
N Engl J Med
.
2000;342
(26):
1930-6.
PMCID:
PMC3659814
PMID:
10874060
Johnson JR, Russo TA, Tarr PI, Carlino U, Bilge SS, Vary JC Jr, Stell AL.
Molecular epidemiological and phylogenetic associations of two novel putative virulence genes, iha and iroN(E. coli), among Escherichia coli isolates from patients with urosepsis.
Infect Immun
.
2000;68
(5):
3040-7.
PMCID:
PMC97527
PMID:
10769012
Tarr PI, Bilge SS, Vary JC Jr, Jelacic S, Habeeb RL, Ward TR, Baylor MR, Besser TE.
Iha: a novel Escherichia coli O157:H7 adherence-conferring molecule encoded on a recently acquired chromosomal island of conserved structure.
Infect Immun
.
2000;68
(3):
1400-7.
PMCID:
PMC97294
PMID:
10678953
Lee DK, Tarr PI, Haigh WG, Lee SP.
Bacterial DNA in mixed cholesterol gallstones.
Am J Gastroenterol
.
1999;94
(12):
3502-6.
PMID:
10606311
Kudva IT, Jelacic S, Tarr PI, Youderian P, Hovde CJ.
Biocontrol of Escherichia coli O157 with O157-specific bacteriophages.
Appl Environ Microbiol
.
1999;65
(9):
3767-73.
PMCID:
PMC99698
PMID:
10473373
Tarr PI, Tran NT, Wilson RA.
Escherichia coli O157:H7 in retail ground beef in Seattle: results of a one-year prospective study.
J Food Prot
.
1999;62
(2):
133-9.
PMID:
10030631
Schmidt H, Geitz C, Tarr PI, Frosch M, Karch H.
Non-O157:H7 pathogenic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: phenotypic and genetic profiling of virulence traits and evidence for clonality.
J Infect Dis
.
1999;179
(1):
115-23.
PMID:
9841830
Su C, Brandt LJ, Sigal SH, Alt E, Steinberg JJ, Patterson K, Tarr PI.
The immunohistological diagnosis of E. coli O157:H7 colitis: possible association with colonic ischemia.
Am J Gastroenterol
.
1998;93
(7):
1055-9.
PMID:
9672329
Tarr PI, Clausen CR, Whittam TS, Wilson RA.
Antibiotic resistance and O antigen expression in Escherichia coli.
J Infect Dis
.
1998;177
(6):
1774-5.
PMID:
9607874
Desmarchelier PM, Bilge SS, Fegan N, Mills L, Vary JC Jr, Tarr PI.
A PCR specific for Escherichia coli O157 based on the rfb locus encoding O157 lipopolysaccharide.
J Clin Microbiol
.
1998;36
(6):
1801-4.
PMCID:
PMC104928
PMID:
9620428
Brandt JR, Joseph MW, Fouser LS, Tarr PI, Zelikovic I, McDonald RA, Avner ED, McAfee NG, Watkins SL.
Cholelithiasis following Escherichia coli O157:H7-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Pediatr Nephrol
.
1998;12
(3):
222-5.
PMID:
9630042
Bell BP, Griffin PM, Lozano P, Christie DL, Kobayashi JM, Tarr PI.
Predictors of hemolytic uremic syndrome in children during a large outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections.
Pediatrics
.
1997;100
(1):
E12.
PMID:
9200386
Bokete TN, Whittam TS, Wilson RA, Clausen CR, O'Callahan CM, Moseley SL, Fritsche TR, Tarr PI.
Genetic and phenotypic analysis of Escherichia coli with enteropathogenic characteristics isolated from Seattle children.
J Infect Dis
.
1997;175
(6):
1382-9.
PMID:
9180177
Hancock DD, Besser TE, Rice DH, Herriott DE, Tarr PI.
A longitudinal study of Escherichia coli O157 in fourteen cattle herds.
Epidemiol Infect
.
1997;118
(2):
193-5.
PMCID:
PMC2808780
PMID:
9129597
Besser TE, Hancock DD, Pritchett LC, McRae EM, Rice DH, Tarr PI.
Duration of detection of fecal excretion of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in cattle.
J Infect Dis
.
1997;175
(3):
726-9.
PMID:
9041355
Bilge SS, Vary JC Jr, Dowell SF, Tarr PI.
Role of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 O side chain in adherence and analysis of an rfb locus.
Infect Immun
.
1996;64
(11):
4795-801.
PMCID:
PMC174447
PMID:
8890241
Tarr PI, Fouser LS, Stapleton AE, Wilson RA, Kim HH, Vary JC Jr, Clausen CR.
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome in a six-year-old girl after a urinary tract infection with Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli O103:H2.
N Engl J Med
.
1996;335
(9):
635-8.
PMID:
8687518
Tarr PI, Haas JE, Christie DL.
Biliary atresia, cytomegalovirus, and age at referral.
Pediatrics
.
1996;97
(6 Pt 1):
828-31.
PMID:
8657522
Bensen ES, Jaffe KM, Tarr PI.
Acute gastric dilatation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a case report and review of the literature.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil
.
1996;77
(5):
512-4.
PMID:
8629931
Grimm LM, Goldoft M, Kobayashi J, Lewis JH, Alfi D, Perdichizzi AM, Tarr PI, Ongerth JE, Moseley SL, Samadpour M.
Molecular epidemiology of a fast-food restaurant-associated outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Washington State.
J Clin Microbiol
.
1995;33
(8):
2155-8.
PMCID:
PMC228354
PMID:
7559967
Kim HH, Samadpour M, Grimm L, Clausen CR, Besser TE, Baylor M, Kobayashi JM, Neill MA, Schoenknecht FD, Tarr PI.
Characteristics of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Washington State, 1984-1991.
J Infect Dis
.
1994;170
(6):
1606-9.
PMID:
7996005
Bell BP, Goldoft M, Griffin PM, Davis MA, Gordon DC, Tarr PI, Bartleson CA, Lewis JH, Barrett TJ, Wells JG.
A multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7-associated bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome from hamburgers. The Washington experience.
JAMA
.
1994;272
(17):
1349-53.
PMID:
7933395
Cox GJ, Matsui SM, Lo RS, Hinds M, Bowden RA, Hackman RC, Meyer WG, Mori M, Tarr PI, Oshiro LS.
Etiology and outcome of diarrhea after marrow transplantation: a prospective study.
Gastroenterology
.
1994;107
(5):
1398-407.
PMID:
7926504
Brandt JR, Fouser LS, Watkins SL, Zelikovic I, Tarr PI, Nazar-Stewart V, Avner ED.
Escherichia coli O 157:H7-associated hemolytic-uremic syndrome after ingestion of contaminated hamburgers.
J Pediatr
.
1994;125
(4):
519-26.
PMID:
7931869
Hancock DD, Besser TE, Kinsel ML, Tarr PI, Rice DH, Paros MG.
The prevalence of Escherichia coli O157.H7 in dairy and beef cattle in Washington State.
Epidemiol Infect
.
1994;113
(2):
199-207.
PMCID:
PMC2271540
PMID:
7925659
Tarr PI.
"4+ normal flora" (or is it?)
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
.
1994;19
(2):
145-7.
PMID:
7815234
Samadpour M, Ongerth JE, Liston J, Tran N, Nguyen D, Whittam TS, Wilson RA, Tarr PI.
Occurrence of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli in retail fresh seafood, beef, lamb, pork, and poultry from grocery stores in Seattle, Washington.
Appl Environ Microbiol
.
1994;60
(3):
1038-40.
PMCID:
PMC201431
PMID:
8161171
Samadpour M, Grimm LM, Desai B, Alfi D, Ongerth JE, Tarr PI.
Molecular epidemiology of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains by bacteriophage lambda restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis: application to a multistate foodborne outbreak and a day-care center cluster.
J Clin Microbiol
.
1993;31
(12):
3179-83.
PMCID:
PMC266372
PMID:
7905882
Bokete TN, O'Callahan CM, Clausen CR, Tang NM, Tran N, Moseley SL, Fritsche TR, Tarr PI.
Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Seattle children: a prospective study.
Gastroenterology
.
1993;105
(6):
1724-31.
PMID:
8253349
Paros M, Tarr PI, Kim H, Besser TE, Hancock DD.
A comparison of human and bovine Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates by toxin genotype, plasmid profile, and bacteriophage lambda-restriction fragment length polymorphism profile.
J Infect Dis
.
1993;168
(5):
1300-3.
PMID:
8053998
Tarr PI, Weinberger E, Hatch EI Jr, Christie DL.
Bacterial ileocecitis caused by Escherichia coli O157:H7.
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
.
1992;14
(3):
261-3.
PMID:
1619529
Montgomery KF, Osborn L, Hession C, Tizard R, Goff D, Vassallo C, Tarr PI, Bomsztyk K, Lobb R, Harlan JM.
Activation of endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule 1 (ELAM-1) gene transcription.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
.
1991;88
(15):
6523-7.
PMCID:
PMC52118
PMID:
1713680
Tarr PI, Neill MA, Clausen CR, Watkins SL, Christie DL, Hickman RO.
Escherichia coli O157:H7 and the hemolytic uremic syndrome: importance of early cultures in establishing the etiology.
J Infect Dis
.
1990;162
(2):
553-6.
PMID:
2197346
Samadpour M, Liston J, Ongerth JE, Tarr PI.
Evaluation of DNA probes for detection of Shiga-like-toxin-producing Escherichia coli in food and calf fecal samples.
Appl Environ Microbiol
.
1990;56
(5):
1212-5.
PMCID:
PMC184384
PMID:
2187410
Ostroff SM, Tarr PI, Neill MA, Lewis JH, Hargrett-Bean N, Kobayashi JM.
Toxin genotypes and plasmid profiles as determinants of systemic sequelae in Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections.
J Infect Dis
.
1989;160
(6):
994-8.
PMID:
2685131
Tarr PI, Neill MA, Allen J, Siccardi CJ, Watkins SL, Hickman RO.
The increasing incidence of the hemolytic-uremic syndrome in King County, Washington: lack of evidence for ascertainment bias.
Am J Epidemiol
.
1989;129
(3):
582-6.
PMID:
2916551
Tarr PI, Neill MA, Clausen CR, Newland JW, Neill RJ, Moseley SL.