Education

• B.S. : Baldwin-Wallace College
• Ph.D. : Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Research Interests

Antimicrobial Resistance

Selected References

• Papp-Wallace KM, Taracila M, Endimiani A, Hujer AH, Hujer KM, Distler AM, Hornick JM, and Bonomo RA. (2010) "Substrate selectivity and a novel role in inhibitor discrimination by position 237 in the KPC-2 β-lactamase." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 54(7):2867-77.
• Bethel CR, Taracila M, Shyr T, Thomson JM, Distler AM, Hujer KH, Hujer AM, Endimiani A, Papp-Wallace KM, Bonnet R, and Bonomo RA. (2011) "Exploring the inhibition of CTX-M-9 by β-lactamase inhibitors and carbapenems." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Jul;55(7):3465-75.
• Rholl DA, Papp-Wallace KM, Tomaras AP, Vasil ML, Bonomo RA, and Schweizer HP. (2011) "Molecular investigations of PenA-mediated β-lactam resistance in Burkholderia pseudomallei." Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2:139.
• Papp-Wallace KM, Endimiani A, Taracila M, and Bonomo RA. (2011) "Carbapenems: past, present, and future." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Nov;55(11):4943-60.
• Papp-Wallace KM, Gootz T, Bethel CR, Drawz SM, Shang W, Stroh J, Lau W, McLeod D, Price L, Marfat A, and Bonomo RA. (2012) "6-β-hydroxyalkyl penicillanic acid sulfone, an inhibitor of TEM-1 and PDC-3 β-lactamase." Biochemical Pharmacology; 83(4):462-71.