Microbiology Publications 2010

 Laboratory Publications: January - December 2010

January 2010

• Bussmeyer U, Sarkar A, Broszat K, Lüdemann T, Möller S, van Zandbergen G, Bogdan C, Behnen M, Dumler JS, von Loewenich FD, Solbach W, Laskay T. Impairment of gamma interferon signaling in human neutrophils infected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Infect Immun. 2010; 78:358-63. PMID: 19858302; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2798180.
• Zhan L, Cao WC, Chu CY, Jiang BG, Zhang F, Liu W, Dumler JS, Wu XM, Zuo SQ, Zhang PH, Huang HN, Zhao QM, Jia N, Yang H, Richardus JH, Habbema JD. Tick-borne agents in rodents, China, 2004-2006. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009; 15:1904-8. PubMed PMID: 19961668.
• Crowson AN, Magro CM, Dumler JS, Kao GF, Barnhill RL. Treponemal and Rickettsial Diseases. In: The Textbook of Dermatopathology, 3rd Ed.; Barnhill RL, Crowson AN, Magro CM, Piepkorn MW (eds.), McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, NY. 2010; page 446-457.
• Reller ME, Alcabasa RC, Lema CA, Carroll KC. 2010.  Comparison of two rapid assays for Clostridium difficile common antigen and a C difficile toxin A/B assay with the cell culture neutralization assay.  Am J Clin Pathol 133:107-9.

February 2010

• Quinn CD, Sefers SE, Babiker W, He Y, Alcabasa R, Stratton CW, Carroll KC, Tang YW. 2010. C Diff Quik Chek Complete EIA provides a reliable first-line method for detection of Clostridium difficile in stool specimens. J Clin Microbiol 48:603-5.

March 2010

•  Karafin M, Romagnoli M, Fink DL, Howard T, Rau R, Milstone AM, Carroll KC.  2010.  Fatal infection caused by Cupriavidus gilardii in a child with aplastic anemia.  J Clin Microbiol 48(3):1005-7. 
•  Sudfeld CR, Dasenbrook EC, Merz WG, Carroll KC, Boyle MP. 2010.  Prevalence and risk factors for recovery of filamentous fungi in individuals with cystic fibrosis.  J Cyst Fibros 9(2):110-6.

April 2010

• Milstone AM, Carroll KC, Ross T, Shangraw KA, Perl TM.  2010. Community associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in pediatric intensive care unit. Emerg Infect Dis 16:647-55.
• Mylonakis ME, Kritsepi-Konstantinou M, Dumler JS, Diniz PP, Day MJ, Siarkou VI, Breitschwerdt EB, Psychas V, Petanides T, Koutinas AF. Severe Hepatitis Associated with Acute Ehrlichia canis Infection in a Dog. J Vet Intern Med. 2010 Apr 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20384948.

May 2010

• Milstone AM, Budd A, Shepard JW, Ross T, Aucott S, Carroll KC, Perl TM. 2010.  Role of decolonization in a comprehensive strategy to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the neonatal intensive care unit: an observational cohort study.   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:558-60.
• Flauta V, Osterhout G, Ellis B, Grayson M, Sasser M, Cohen S, Sander M, Dionne K, Carroll K, Parrish N.  2010.  Use of the “RAM” susceptibility testing method for rapid detection of clarithromycin resistance in the Mycobacterium avium complex.  Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 67:47-51.

June 2010

• Riedel S, Dam L, Stamper PD, Shah SA, Carroll KC. 2010. Evaluation of Bio-Rad MRSASelect agar for detection of methicillin-resistant  Staphylococcus aureus directly from blood cultures.  J Clin Microbiol 48:2285.

September 2010

• Won H, Rothman R, Ramachandran P, Hsieh YH, Kecojevic A, Carroll KC, Aird D, Gaydos C, Yang S.  2010. Rapid identification of bacterial pathogens in positive blood culture bottles using a broad based PCR assay coupled with high-resolution melt analysis.  J Clin Microbiol 48:3410.

October 2010

• Riedel S, Carroll KC.  Blood cultures: key elements for best practices and future    directions”.  J Infect Chemother 2010; 16:301-16.
• Wagar EA, Mitchell MJ, Carroll KC, Beavis KG, Petti CA, Schlaberg R, Yasin B.  A review of sentinel laboratory performance: identification and notification of bioterrorism agents. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2010; 134:1490-503.

November 2010

• Saatian B, Banerjee C, Carroll KC, Ross TL. 2010. Characterization of Clostridium difficile infection and analysis of recovered isolates in a community hospital population in Baltimore, MD.  Infect Dis Clin Practice, Nov 2010.
• Stamper PD, Shulder S, Bekalo P, Manandhar D, Ross TL, Speser S, Kingery J, Carroll KC.  2010.  Evaluation of BBL CHROMagar VanRE for the detection of vancomycin resistant enterococci in rectal swab specimens.  J Clin Microbiol 48:4294-7

December 2010

• Lisa R. McTaggart, Susan E. Richardson, Maria Witkowska, Sean X. Zhang. Phylogeny and identification of Nocardia species on the basis of multilocus sequence analysis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2010 Dec; 48(12):4525-33.
• Thomas A. Warren, Lisa McTaggart L, Susan E. Richardson SE, Sean X. Zhang. Candida bracarensis bloodstream infection in an immunocompromised patient. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2010 Dec; 48(12):4677-9.