Laboratory Publications: January - December 2011

March 2011 Laboratory Publications:

• Parrish N, Carroll KC. 2011.  Role of the clinical Mycobacteriology laboratory in diagnosis and management of tuberculosis in low-prevalence settings. J Clin Microbiol 49:772-6.
• Chen AE, Carroll KC, Diener-West M, Ross T, Ordun J, Goldstein MA, Kulkarni G, Cantey JB, Siberry GK. 2011. Randomized controlled trial of cephalexin versus clindamycin for uncomplicated pediatric skin infections.  Pediatrics 127:e573-80.

April Laboratory Publications 2011

• Stamper PD, Louie L, Wong H, Simor AE, Farley JE, Carroll KC.  2011. Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates misidentified as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by the BD GeneOhm MRSA assay.   J Clin Microbiol 49:1240-4.
• Riedel S, Eisinger SW, Dam L, Stamper PD, Carroll KC.  2011.  Comparison of BD Bactec Plus Aerobic/F Medium to VersaTREK Redox 1 blood culture medium for detection of Candida spp. In seeded blood culture specimens containing therapeutic levels of antifungal agents.  J. Clin Microbiol 49:1524-9.

May 2011 Laboratory Publications:                   

• Parrish N, Luethke R, Dionne K, Carroll K, Riedel S.  Case of M. marinum infection with unusual patterns of susceptibility to commonly used antibiotics.  J Clin Microbiol 2011; 49:2056-8.
• Disseminated sporotrichosis in a patient with hairy cell leukemia treated with amphotericin B and posaconazole. Bunce PE, Yang L, Chun S, Zhang SX, Trinkaus MA, Matukas LM. Medical Mycology. 2011 May 26. [Epub ahead of print]
• Rapid Identification of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii, C. neoformans var. neoformans, and C. gattii Using Rapid Biochemical Tests, Differential Media, and DNA Sequencing. McTaggart L, Richardson SE, Seah C, Hoang L, Fothergill A, Zhang SX. J Clinical Microbiology. 2011 May 18. [Epub ahead of print]

July Laboratory Publications:

• McTaggart L, Richardson SE, Seah C, Hoang L, Fothergill A, Zhang SX. Rapid identification of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii, C. neoformans var. neoformans, and C. gattii using rapid biochemical tests, differential media, and DNA sequencing. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2011; 49 (7): 2522-2527.

August Laboratory Publication:

• McTaggart LR, Lei E, Richardson SE, Zhang SX. Rapid identification of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2011; 49 (8): 3050-3053.
• Durand CM, Alonso CD, Subhawong AP, Kwiatkowski NP, Showel M, Carroll KC, Marr KA. Rapidly progressive cutaneous Rhizopus microsprorus infection presenting as Fournier’s gangrene in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia.  Transpl Infect Dis 2011; 13:392-6.
• Carroll KC.  Tests for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection: The next generation.  Anaerobe 2011; 17:170-4. 

October Laboratory publication:

• Minhas P, Perl TM,Carroll KC, Shepard JW, Shangraw KA, Fellerman D, Ziai WC. Risk factors for positive admission surveillance cultures for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a neurocritical care unit. Crit Care Med. 2011 Oct; 39(10):2322-9.

November 2011 Laboratory Publications:

• Sydnor ER, Lenhart A, Trollinger B, Avdic E, Maragakis LL, Carroll KC, Cosgrove SE.  Antimicrobial prescribing practices in response to different Clostridium difficile diagnostic methodologies. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2011; 32:1133
• Milstone AM, Goldner BW, Ross T, Shepard JW, Carroll KC, Perl TM.  Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and risk of subsequent infection in critically ill children: importance of preventing nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission.  Clin Infect Dis 2011; 53:853

December 2011 Laboratory Publications:

• Savard P, Gopinath R, Zhu W, Kitchel B, Rasheed JK, Tekle T, Roberts A, Ross T, Razeq J, Landrum BM, Wilson LE, Limbago B, Perl TM, Carroll KC.  First NDM-positive Salmonella sp. strain identified in the United States. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011; 55:5957-8.