New understanding of a bacterium that causes urinary tract infection (UTI) is providing fresh hope for sufferers of this common condition, following a breakthrough by a Griffith microbiologist.
Dr Matthew Sullivan, from Griffith’s School of Medical Science and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, fought off 270 other leading researchers with the award of a major international accolade at the 20th Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases (LISSSD), for his work uncovering a genetic regulator that controls the severity of UTI streptococcal disease.
Dr Sullivan presented his research on how streptococci cause UTI, which he published earlier this year in the prestigious Journal of Infectious Diseases.
In recognition of the impact of his work, LISSSD 2017 awarded Dr Sullivan Best Poster on Streptococcal Infections, an esteemed international accolade judged by infectious disease physicians, clinical microbiologists and researchers in the field of infection.
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