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Michael E. Watson, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.

Instructor of Pediatrics
Infectious Diseases

 
Education
  • B.S. (Biology), Truman State University, 1998
  • Ph.D. (Microbiology), University of Missouri - Columbia, 2004
  • M.D., University of Missouri - Columbia, 2006
Training
  • Resident in Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2006-2009
  • Fellow, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Washington University, 2009-2012
Licensure and Board Certification
  • Missouri, Physician and Surgeon, 2009
  • American Board of Pediatrics, 2010
Honors
  • Pediatric Infectious Disease Society Fellowship Award (2010-2012)
  • NIH  Pediatric Loan Repayment Award (2012-2014)
Selected Publications

    1.     Barnard, T. J., M. E. Watson,Jr., and M. A. McIntosh. 2001. Mutations in the Escherichia coli receptor FepA reveal residues involved in ligand binding and transport. Mol Microbiol 41:527-536.

     2.    Watson, M. E., Jr., J. Jarisch, and A. L.Smith. 2004. Inactivation of deoxyadenosine methyltransferase (dam) impairs virulence of Haemophilus influenzae. Mol Microbiol 53:651-664.

    3.     Watson, M. E., Jr., J. Burns, and A. L. Smith. 2004. Hypermutable Haemophilus influenzae with mutations in mutS are found in cystic fibrosis sputum isolates. Microbiology 150:2947-2958.

     4.    Erwin, A. L., S. Allen, D. K. Ho, P. J. Bonthius, J. Jarisch, K. L. Nelson, D. L. Tsao, W. C. Unrath, M. E. Watson, Jr., B. W. Gibson, M. A. Apicella, and A. L. Smith. 2006. Role of lgtC in resistance of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae strain R2866 to human serum. Infect Immun 74:6226-6235.

     5.    Watson, M. E., Jr., and G. A. Storch. 2008. Recurrent Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive child. Pediatr Infect Dis J 27 (11):1037-1038.

     6.    Watson, M. E., Jr. 2009. Human papilloma virus vaccination: a great idea…for boys?.   Peds Lines. The Missouri Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Fall/Winter 2009.  

     7.    Watson, M. E., Jr., M. M. Estabrook, and C.Burnham. 2011. Catheter-associated Nocardia higoensis bacteremia in a child with acute lymphocytic leukemia. J Clin Micro 49 (1):469-471.

     8.     Watson, M. E., Jr., G. A. Storch, W. M. Dunne, Jr., and C. Burnham. 2011. A two-year old child with fever and rash. J Clin Micro 49 (7):2389 and 2784.

     9.    Watson, M. E., Jr., S. Davila, C. Burnham, K.L. Nelson, V. Nguyen, A. L. Smith, and G. A. Storch. 2011. Thigh abscess due to Haemophilus influenzae type f in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive child. Infect Dis Clin Pract 19 (6):e21-e23.

     10.  Watson, M. E., Jr., and S. C. Morley. 2012. Multifocal Streptococcus intermedius brain abscesses in an adolescent male with Histoplasma infection. Pediatrics On-Call 9 (4): 99-101.

    11.  Watson, M. E., Jr., K. L. Nelson, V. Nguyen,C. Burnham, J. E. Clarridge, Q. Xuan, and A. L. Smith. 2013. Adhesin genes and serum resistance in Haemophilus influenzae f isolates. J Med Micro (in press).

    12.  Watson, M. E., Jr., H. V. Nielsen, S. J. Hultgren, and M. G. Caparon. 2013. A murine vaginal colonization model for investigating asymptomatic mucosal carriage of Streptococcus pyogenes. Infect Immun (in press).
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