Laboratory Publications: January - December 2009

January 2009

• Maragakis LL, Chaiwarith R, Srinivasan A, Torriani FJ, Avdic E, Lee A, Ross TR, Carroll KC, Perl TM.  Sphingomonas paucimobilis bloodstream infections associated with contaminated intravenous fentanyl.  2009. Emerg Infect Dis 15:12-8.
• Santos AS, Alexandre N, Sousa R, Núncio MS, Bacellar F, Dumler JS. Serological and molecular survey of Anaplasma infection in dogs with suspected tick-borne disease, Portugal. Veterinary Record 2009; 164:168-71.

February 2009

• Stamper PD, Alcabasa R, Aird D, Babiker W, Wehrlin J, Ikpeama I, Carroll KC.  Comparison of a commercial real-time PCR assay for tcdB detection to a cell culture cytotoxicity assay and toxigenic culture for direct detection of toxin-producing Clostridium difficile in clinical samples.  J Clin Microbiol 2009:47:373-8.

March 2009

• Maragakis LL, Chaiwarith R, Srinivasan A, Torriani FJ, Avdic E, Lee A, Ross TR, Carroll KC, Perl TM.  2009.  Sphingomonas paucimobilis bloodstream infections associated with contaminated intravenous fentanyl.  Emerg Infect Dis 15:12-18.
• Garcia-Garcia JC, Rennoll-Bankert KE, Pelly S, Milstone AM, Dumler JS. Silencing of Host Cell CYBB Gene Expression by the Nuclear Effector AnkA of the Intracellular Pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Infect Immun. 2009 [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19307214.
• Zhan L, Chu CY, Zuo SQ, Wu XM, Dumler JS, Jia N, Jiang BG, Yang H, Cao WC. Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi in rabbits from southeastern China. Vet Parasitol. 2009 [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19345508.

April 2009

• Santos AS, de Sousa R, Alves F, Proença P, Núncio MS, Dumler JS, Bacellar F. Isolation of Coxiella burnetii from the blood of a patient with positive Anaplasma phagocytophilum serological results. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Mar 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19416284.
• Grzeszczuk A, Milstone A, Choi KS, Barat N, Garcia-Garcia JC, Petrovec M, Dumler JS. Differential impairment of neutrophil function by strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Apr 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19374649.
• Headley SA, Kano FS, Scorpio DG, Tamekuni K, Barat NC, Bracarense AP, Vidotto O, Dumler JS. Neorickettsia helminthoeca in Brazilian dogs: a cytopathological, histopathological and immunohistochemical study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Apr 3.
• [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19374648.

May 2009

• Jiang W, Abrar S, Romagnoli M, Carroll KC.  Clostridium glycolicum wound infections: case reports and review of the literature.  J Clin Microbiol 2009 May; 47:1599-1601. 
• Zhan L, Chu CY, Zuo SQ, Wu XM, Dumler JS, Jia N, Jiang BG, Yang H, Cao WC. Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi in rabbits from southeastern China. Vet Parasitol. 2009; 162:354-6. Epub 2009. PubMed PMID: 19345508.
• Prakash JA, Reller ME, Barat N, Dumler JS. Assessment of a quantitative multiplex 5' nuclease real-time PCR for spotted fever and typhus group rickettsioses and Orientia tsutsugamushi. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19438655.
• Grab DJ, Nyarko E, Nikolskaia OV, Kim YV, Dumler JS. Human brain microvascular endothelial cell traversal by Borrelia burgdorferi requires calcium signaling. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009; 15:422-6. PubMed PMID: 19489925.

June 2009 

• Fisher MA, Stamper PD, Hujer KM, Love Z, Croft A, Cohen S, Bonomo RA, Carroll KC, and Petti CA.  2009.  Performance of the Phoenix bacterial identification system compared with disc diffusion methods for identifying extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, AmpC and KPC producers.  J Med Microbiol 58:774-8.
• Hall TA, Sampath R, Blyn LB, Ranken R, Ivy C, Melton R, Matthews H, White N, Li F, Harpin V, Ecker DJ, McDougal LK, Limbago B, Ross T, Wolk DM, Wysocki, Carroll KC.  2009. Rapid molecular genotyping and clonal complex assignment of S. aureus isolates by PCR/ESI-MS.  J Clin Microbiol 47:1733-41.
• Kalish BT, Gaydos CA, Hsieh YH, Christensen BE, Carroll KC, Cannons A, Cattani JA, Rothman RE. 2009.  National survey of Laboratory Response Network sentinel laboratory preparedness.  Disaster Med Public Health Prep 3(2 Suppl):S17-23.
• Garcia-Garcia JC, Rennoll-Bankert KE, Pelly S, Milstone AM, Dumler JS. Silencing of host cell CYBB gene expression by the nuclear effector AnkA of the intracellular pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Infect Immun. 2009 Jun; 77:2385-91. Epub 2009 Mar 23. PubMed PMID: 19307214; PubMed Central PMCID:PMC2687357.
• Garcia-Garcia JC, Barat NC, Trembley SJ, Dumler JS. Epigenetic silencing of host cell defense genes enhances intracellular survival of the rickettsial pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum. PLoS Pathog. 2009 Jun;5:e1000488. Epub 2009 Jun 19. PubMed PMID: 19543390; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2694362.

July 2009

• Grab DJ, Garcia-Garcia JC, Nikolskaia OV, Kim YV, Brown A, Pardo CA, Zhang Y, Becker KG, Wilson BA, de A Lima AP, Scharfstein J, Dumler JS. Protease activated receptor signaling is required for African trypanosome traversal of human brain microvascular endothelial cells. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009 Jul 21;3:e479. PubMed PMID: 19621073; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2707606.

 August 2009

•  Jackson JB, Dick J, Tekle T, Simmons A, Carroll KC. 2009. Lack of antimicrobial activity by the antiretroviral drug nevirapine against common bacterial pathogens. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Aug; 53(8):3606-7. Epub 2009 Jun 1.
• Thomas RJ, Dumler JS, Carlyon JA. Current management of human granulocytic anaplasmosis, human monocytic ehrlichiosis and Ehrlichia ewingii ehrlichiosis. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2009 Aug;7:709-22. Review. PubMed PMID: 19681699; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2739015.

   October 2009

• Wolk DM, Blyn LB, Hall TA, Sampath R, Ranken R, Ivy C, Melton R, Matthews H, White N, Li F, Harpin V, Ecker DJ, Limbago B, McDougal LK, Wysocki VH, Cai M, Carroll KC. 2009. Pathogen profiling: rapid molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus by PCR/electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry and correlation with phenotype. J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Oct; 47(10):3129-37. Epub 2009 Aug 26

  December 2009

• Stamper PD, Babiker W, Alcabasa R, Aird D, Wehrlin J, Ikpeama I, Gluck L, Carroll KC.  2009. Evaluation of a new commercial TaqMan PCR assay for direct detection of the Clostridium difficile toxin B gene in clinical stool specimens.  J Clin Microbiol 47:3846.
• Santos AS, Amaro F, Santos-Silva MM, De Sousa R, Mathias ML, Ramalhinho MG, Nuncio MS, Alves MJ, Bacellar F, Dumler JS. Detection of antibodies against Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Algerian mice (Mus spretus), Portugal. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2009 Dec; 9:663-9. PubMed PMID: 18973448.