Laboratory Publications: 2007
January 2007:
- Performance Improvement: Registration-Associated Patient Misidentification in an Academic Medical Center: Causes and Corrections. Authors: Bittle, Mark J., Charache, Patricia, Wassilchalk, Daniel M. Published in Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Volume 33, Number 1, January 2007, pg. 25-33.
February 2007:
- Magill SS, Manfredi L, Swiderski A, Cohen B, Merz WG. 2007.Isolation of Trichophyton violaceum and Trichophyton soudanense in Baltimore, Maryland. J Clin Microbiol. 45:461-5. Epub 2006 Dec 6.
- Choi KS, Scorpio DG, Barat NC, Stephen Dumler J. Msp2 variation in Anaplasma phagocytophilum in vivo does not stimulate T cell immune responses or interferon-gamma production. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2007 Feb 6; [Epub ahead of print]
March 2007:
- Flayhart D, Borek AP, Wakefield T, Dick J, Carroll KC. 2007. Comparison of BACTEC PLUS blood culture media to BacT/Alert FA blood culture media for detection of bacterial pathogens in samples containing therapeutic levels of antibiotics. J Clin Microbiol 45:816-21.
- Dumler JS. Algorithms for identification of Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma, and Obligate Intracellular Bacteria. In: Manual for Clinical Microbiology, 9th Edition; Murray PR, Baron EJ, Jorgensen JH, Landry ML, Pfaller MA (eds.); American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, 2007; pages 384-389.
April 2007:
- McDevitt, J.J., P.S.J. Lees, W.G. Merz and K.J. Schwab. 2007. Inhibition of quantitative PCR analysis of fungal conidia associated with indoor air particulate matter. Aerobiologia.23: 35-45
May 2007:
- Grzeszczuk A, Barat NC, Bakken JS, Dumler JS. Chapter 17. Anaplasmosis in humans. In: Rickettsial Diseases Old and New; Raoult D and Parola P (eds.) Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, New York, NY 2007.
July 2007:
- Stamper PD, Cai M, Howard T, Speser S, and Carroll KC. 2007. Clinical validation of the Molecular BD GeneOhm StaphSR assay for direct detection of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in positive blood cultures. J Clin Microbiol 45:2191-96.
- Choi KS, Webb T, Oelke M, Scorpio DG, Dumler JS. Differential innate immune cell activation and proinflammatory response in Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection. Infect Immun. 2007; 75:3124-30.
- Wormser GP, Dattwyler RJ, Shapiro ED, Dumler JS, O'Connell S, Radolf JD, Nadelman RB. Single-dose prophylaxis against Lyme disease. Lancet Infect Dis. 2007; 7:371-3.
- Dumler JS, Barat NC, Barat CE, Bakken JS. Human granulocytic anaplasmosis and macrophage activation. Clin Infect Dis. 2007; 45:199-204.
- Dumler JS, Madigan JE, Pusterla N, Bakken JS. Ehrlichioses in humans: epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment. Clin Infect Dis. 2007; 45 Suppl 1:S45-51.
August 2007:
- Ticehurst JR,Hamzeh F, Thomas DL. Factors affecting serum concentrations of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in HCV genotype 1-infected patients with chronic hepatitis. J Clin Microbiol 45:2426-2433, 2007
September 2007:
- Reller ME, AB Mallonee, NP Kwiatkowski and WG Merz. 2007. Use of PNA-FISH for Definitive, Rapid Identification of Five Common Species of Candida. : J Clin Microbiol. [Epub ahead of print].
- Grab DJ, Nyarko E, Barat NC, Nikolskaia OV, Dumler JS. Chemokine, cytokine and matrix metalloprotease expression by human brain microvascular endothelial cells is enhanced with Anaplasma phagocytophilum-Borrelia burgdorferi coinfection. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2007; [Epub ahead of print]
Johnston CP, Qiu H, Ticehurst JR, Dickson C, Rosenbaum P, Lawson P, Stokes AB, Lowenstein CJ, Kaminsky M, Cosgrove SE, Green KY, Perl TM. Outbreak management and implications of a nosocomial norovirus outbreak. Clin Infect Dis 45:534-540, 2007.
October 2007:
- Stamper PD, Cai M, Lema C, Eskey K, Carroll KC. Comparison of the BD GeneOhm VanR assay to culture for identification of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in rectal and stool specimens. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45:3360-5.
- Shepard, J.R., R.M. Addison, B.D. Alexander, P. Della-Latta, M. Gherna, G. Hasse, G. Hall, J.K. Johnson, W.G. Merz, H. Peltroche-Llacsahuanga, H. Stender, R.A. Venezia, D. Wilson, G.W. Procop, F. Wu and M.J. Fiandaca. 2007. Multicenter evaluation of the Candida albicans/Candida glabrata PNA FISH method for simultaneous dual color identification of Candida albicans and Candida glabrata directly from blood culture bottles. J. Clin. Microbiol. E pub Oct. (E pub in advance of printing in JCM)
- Choi KS, Dumler JS. Mitogenic component in polar lipid-enriched Anaplasma phagocytophilum membranes. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2007; 14:1260-5.
November 2007:
- Reller M.E., A.B.Mallonee, N.P.Kwiatkowski and W.G. Merz. 2007. Use of peptide nucleic acid-fluorescence in situ hybridization for definitive, rapid identification of five common Candida species. J Clin Microbiol.45:3802-3803.
- Reller, ME, Lema CA, Perl TM, Cai M, Ross, TL, Speck KA, Carroll KC. 2007. Yield of stool culture with isolate toxin testing versus a two-step algorithm including stool toxin testing for detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile. J Clin Microbiol 2007 Nov; 45 (11):3601-5.
December 2007:
- Johnston CP, Stokes AK, Ross T, Cai M, Carroll KC, Cosgrove SE, Perl TM. Staphylococcus aureus colonization among healthcare workers at a tertiary care hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Dec; 28(12):1404-7.
- Shi C, Parker AR, Hua L, Morrell CN, Lee SC, Bandaru V, Dumler JS, Wu TC, Eshleman JR. Anti-gene padlocks eliminate Escherichia coli based on their genotype. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007; [Epub ahead of print]
- Scorpio DG, Leutenegger C, Berger J, Barat N, Madigan JE, Dumler JS. Sequential analysis of A. phagocytophilum msp2 transcription in murine and equine models of human granulocytic anaplasmosis. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2007; [Epub ahead of print]
