Laboratory Publications: 2006

January 2006

• Petti CA, Bhally HS, Weinstein MP, Joho K, Wakefield T, Reller LB, Carroll KC.  Utility of extended blood culture incubation for isolation of Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella organisms: a retrospective multicenter evaluation.  J Clin Microbiol 2006 Jan;44(1):257-9.
  Key words: blood cultures, HACEK organisms, bacteremia, Haemophilus, Actinobacillus
• Textbook chapter:
  Dumler JS, Walker DH. Ehrlichioses and Anaplasmosis. In: Tropical Infectious Diseases.  Principles, Pathogens, and Practice; Guerrant, RL, Walker, DH, Weller, PF. (eds.) Churchill Livingstone - Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, 2006; pages 564-573.

February 2006

• Magill, S.S., C. Sheilds, C.L. Sears, M. Choti and W.G. Merz. 2006. Triazole Cross-resistance among Candida spp.: case report, occurance among blood stream isolates, and implications for antifungal therapy. J. Clin Microbiol. 44: 529-535.
• Scorpio DG, Von Loewenich FD, Bogden C, Dumler JS. Innate Immune Tissue Injury and Murine HGA: Tissue Injury in the Murine Model of Granulocytic Anaplasmosis Relates to Host Innate Immune response and Not Pathogen Load. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2005; 1063:425-8
• Garyu JW, Dumler JS. Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection Reduces Expression of Phagocytosis-Related Receptors on Neutrophils. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2005; 1063:416-9
• Dumler, JS. Anaplasma and Ehrlichia Infection. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2005; 1063: 361-73

March 2006

• Ticehurst JR, Aird DZ, Dam LM, Borek AP, Hargrove JT and Carroll KC. Effective detection of toxigenic Clostridium dificile by a two step algorithm including tests for antigen and cytotoxin. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Mar; 44(3) 1145-9
•  Borek, A., S.H. Clemens, V.K. Gaskins, D.Z. Aird, and A. Valsamakis. Respiratory syncytial virus detection by Remel Xpect, Binax now RSV, direct immunofluorescent staining, and tissue culture. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Mar;44(3):1105-7.
• Chapman AS, Bakken JS, Folk SM, Paddock CD, Bloch KC, Krusell A, Sexton DJ, Buckingham SC, Marshall GS, Storch GA, Dasch GA, McQuiston JH, Swerdlow DL, Dumler SJ, Nicholson WL, Walker DH, Eremeeva ME, Ohl CA; Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases Working Group; CDC.  Diagnosis and management of tickborne rickettsial diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichioses, and anaplasmosis--United States: a practical guide for physicians and other health-care and public health professionals. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2006; 55:1-27.
• Browning MD, Garyu JW, Dumler JS, Scorpio DG. Role of reactive nitrogen species in development of hepatic injury in a C57bl/6  mouse model of human granulocytic anaplasmosis. Comp Med. 2006; 56:55-62.
• Bhally, H.S., Jain C. Sheilds, N. Halsy, E. Cristfolo and W.G. Merz. 2006. Infection in a neonate caused by Pichia fabianii: importance of molecular identification. Med. Mycol. 44: 185-187.

April 2006

• Miller, N.S., J.D. Dick and W.G. Merz.  2006.  Phenotypic Switching in Candida lusitaniae on Copper Sulfate Indicator Agar: Association with Amphotericin B Resistance and Filamentation. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44: 1536-1539
• Nyarko E, Grab DJ, Dumler JS. Anaplasma phagocytophilum-infected neutrophils enhance transmigration of Borrelia burgdorferi across the human blood brain barrier in vitro. Int J Parasitol 2006; 36:601-605.
• Dumler JS. Letter to the Editor: Evaluation of tests for Lyme disease (authors’ reply). J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44:1616-1617.

June 2006:

• Carroll KC, Borek AP, Burger C, Glanz B, Bhally H, Henciak S, Flayhart DC.  2006. Evaluation of the BD Phoenix automated microbiology system for identification and antimicrobial susceptibililty testing of staphylococci and enterococci.  J Clin Microbiol 44:2072-7.
• Cloud JL, Meyer JJ, Pounder JI, Jost KC Jr, Sweeney A, Carroll KC and Woods GL. 2006. Mycobacterium arupense sp. nov., a non-chromogenic bacterium isolated from clinical specimens.  Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 56:1413-8.

July 2006:

• Karakousis PC, Trucksis M, Dumler JS. Chronic Q Fever in the United States. J Clin Microbiol. 2006; 44:2283-7.
• Scorpio DG, von Loewenich FD, Göbel H, Bogdan C, Dumler JS. Innate immune response to Anaplasma phagocytophilum contributes to hepatic injury. Clin Vaccine Immunol Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2006; 13:806-809.
• Headley SA, Scorpio DG, Barat NC, Vidotto O, Dumler JS. Neorickettsia helminthoeca in a Brazilian dog. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006; 12:1303-1305.
• Dierberg KL, Dumler JS. Lymph node hemophagocytosis in rickettsial diseases: a pathogenetic role for CD8 T lymphocytes in human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME)? BMC Infect Dis. 2006 Jul 21; 6:121

August 2006:

• Magill, S.S., S.M. Swoboda, E.A. Johnson, W.G. Merz, R.K. Pelz, P.A. Lipsett and C.W. Hendrix.  2006.  The association between anatomic site of Candida colonization, invasive candidiasis, and mortality in critically ill surgical patients.  Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 55: 293-301.
• Antachopoulos, C., J. Meletiadia, T. Sein, D.A. Sutton, B.L. Wickes, M.G. Rinaldi, W.G.  Merz, Y..R. Shea and T.J. Walsh, 2006.  Relationship between metabolism and biomass of medically important zygomycetes. Med. Mycol. 44: 429-438.

September 2006:

• Page, B.T. C.S. Shields, W.G. Merz and C.P.Kurtzman. 2006.Rapid identification of ascomycetous yeasts from clinical specimens by a molecular method based on flow cytometry and comparison with identifications from phenotypic assays. J Clin Microbiol. 44:3167-71.

October 2006:

• Carroll KC, Glanz BD, Borek AP, Burger C, Bhally HS, Henciak S, Flayhart D. Evaluation of the BD Phoenix automated microbiology system for identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Enterobacteriaceae. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Oct;44(10):3506-9. Key words: Enterobacteriaceae, Gram negative bacilli, Phoenix, automation, susceptibility testing
• Johnston CP, Cooper L, Ruby W, Carroll KC, Cosgrove SE, Perl TM. Epidemiology of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphlococcus aureus skin infections among healthcare workers in an outpatient clinic. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Oct; 27(10):1133-6.
• Bakken JS, Dumler JS. Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis. Ann NY Acad Sci 2006; 1078:236-247.
• Santos AS, Bacellar F, Dumler JS. Human exposure to Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Portugal. Ann NY Acad Sci 2006; 1078:100-105.
• Wormser GP, Dattwyler RJ, Shapiro ED, Halperin JJ, Steere AC, Klempner MS, Krause PJ, Bakken JS, Strle F, Stanek G, Bockenstedt L, Fish D, Dumler JS, Nadelman RB.Infectious Diseases Society of America Practice Guidelines for Clinical Assessment, Treatment and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis. Clin Infect Dis 2006; 43:1089-1134.
• Dick, J. and N.K. Parrish. 2006. Microbiology tools for the epidemiologist. p. 239-277. In Epidemiology of Infectious Disease , Nelson and Williams , Asper Publications, Washington ,DC.