2023 ASM Microbiology Spectrum
Clinical Significance of a 16S-rDNA Analysis of Heart Valves in Patients with Infective Endocarditis: a Retrospective Study
Link
Gustav Johansson, Torgny Sunnerhagen, Sigurdur Ragnarsson, Magnus Rasmussen
2022 BMC Microbiology
Comparison of an automated DNA extraction and 16S rDNA real time PCR/sequencing diagnostic method using optimized reagents with culture during a 15-month study using specimens from sterile body sites
Link
2022 SAGE Journals
Involvement of Bacteria in the Pathological Changes Before Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Case Series Investigating 16S rDNA in 20 Consecutive Ruptures
Link
2022 IDSA Novel ID Cases
Nocardia beijingensis Isolated From an Adrenal Abscess in a Diabetic Host
Link
Melissa Pender, Ninad Mehta, Blake D Hamilton, and Sankar Swaminathan
2022 BMC Research Notes
Evaluation of multi-sample 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing for the diagnosis of postoperative bone and joint infections during antimicrobial treatment
Link
Katja Wallander, Martin Vondracek & Christian G. Giske
2022 BMC Microbiology
Comparison of an automated DNA extraction and 16S rDNA real time PCR/sequencing diagnostic method using optimized reagents with culture during a 15-month study using specimens from sterile body sites
Link
Konrad Egli, Martin Risch, Lorenz Risch & Thomas Bodmer
2022 Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Gastrointestinal colonization of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria among children below five years of age hospitalized with fever in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Link
Upendo O. Kibwanaa, Joel Manyahi, Helene Heitmann Sandnes, Bjørn Blomberg, Stephen E. Mshana, Nina Langeland, Sabrina J. Moyo
2022 Molecular and Cellular Probes - Elsevier
Laboratory diagnosis of bacterial meningitis by direct detection, serotyping and Next Generation Sequencing: How 10 years of testing in New York State has evolved to improve laboratory diagnosis and public health
Link
2021 Emerging Infectious Diseases
Clinical Laboratory Perspective on Streptococcus halichoeri, an Unusual Nonhemolytic, Lancefield Group B Streptococcus Causing Human Infections
Link
2021 - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Identification of Streptococcus dysgalactiae using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry; refining the database for improved identification
Link
2020 Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
A Case of Nodular Lymphangitis Inoculated From Soil Link
2020 Emerging Infectious Diseases
Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia persica in Traveler to Central Asia, 2019
Link
2020 Access Microbiology
Bacteraemia with Moryella indoligenes and Fastidiosipila sanguinis: a case report Link
2020 The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Evaluation of direct 16S rRNA PCR from clinical samples for bacterial detection in normally sterile body sites Link
2019 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Eikenella exigua sp. nov., isolated from brain abscess and blood Link
2019 Americal Journal of Clinical Pathology
Comparison of Two Commercial Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) Systems for Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Link
2019 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Description and whole genome sequencing of Eikenella exigua sp. nov., isolated from brain abscess and blood Link
2019 Clinical Microbiology and Infection
The use of broad-range bacterial PCR in the diagnosis of infectious diseases: a prospective cohort study Link
2019 American Journal of Clinical Pathology
Utility of Histologic and Histochemical Screening for 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Sequencing of Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissue for Bacterial Endocarditis Link
2019 Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
High-throughput screening of bacterial pathogens in clinical specimens using 16S rDNA qPCR and fragment analysis Link
2019 BMC Infectious Diseases
Experiences from multiplex PCR diagnostics of faeces in hospitalised patients: clinical significance of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and culture negative campylobacterLink
2018 Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Genomics of Corynebacterium striatum, an emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen of immunocompromised patients Link
2018 Universal Journal of Microbiology Research
Revealing Microbial Population Complexity on Hospital Textiles Using DHPLC Link
2018 Journal of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Implants induce a new niche for microbiomes Link
2018 Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Performance of VITEK® MS V3.0 for the Identification of Mycobacterium species from Patient Samples using Automated Liquid Media Systems Link
2018 Nature - Scientific Reports
Molecular detection of fungal pathogens in clinical specimens by 18S rDNA high-throughput screening in comparison to ITS PCR and culture Link
2018 Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Evaluation of the Vitek MS v3.0 Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization--Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry System for Identification of Mycobacterium and Nocardia species Link
2018 Emerging Infectious Diseases
Increasing Prevalence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Respiratory Specimens from US-Affiliated Pacific Island Jurisdictions Link
2017 Open Access Journals - Clinical Investigations
Microbiological Approach in Diagnosing Native and Heart Valves Prosthesis InfectionsLink
2017 Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology
Contribution of PCR Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Combined with Mixed Chromatogram Software Separation for Complex Urinary Sample Analysis Link
2017 Clinical Cases in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Orbital cellulitis, subperiosteal abscess, subdural empyema, and superior sagittal sinus thrombosis: Intracranial complications of sinusitis caused by Streptococcus intermedius Link
2017 Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada
A case of group G streptococcal endocarditis masquerading as acute rheumatic fever Link
2017 BMC Infectious Diseases
First report of Sneathia sanguinegens together with Mycoplasma hominis in postpartum prosthetic valve infective endocarditis: a case report Link
2017 Journal of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Microbiological diagnosis of device-related biofilm infections Link
2017 Journal of Medical Microbiology
Helicobacter canis bacteraemia and cellulitis in a patient with end-stage renal disease Link
2017 BMC Infectious Diseases
Comparison of two commercial broad-range PCR and sequencing assays for identification of bacteria in culture-negative clinical samples Link
2017 Journal of Infectious Diseases
Contribution of sonicate-fluid cultures and broad-range PCR to microbiological diagnosis in vascular graft infections Link
2017 Research Gate
Aetiology and Significance of Hospital-Acquired Infections in Mexico Link
2017 ProQuest
Genotypic and Phenotypic Investigation of a Possible New Mycobacterium kansasii subspecies (Thesis)Link
2016 Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Emergence of mmpT5 Variants during Bedaquiline Treatment of Mycobacterium intracellulare Lung Disease Link
2016 PLOS ONE
High Prevalence of Faecal Carriage of ESBL-Producing Enterobacteriaceae among Children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Link
2016 Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Evaluation of Fluorescent Capillary Electrophoresis for Rapid Identification of Candida Fungal Infections Link
2016 Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
A breast abscess caused by Actinomyces radingae Link
2016 Open Microbiology Journal
Aerococcus christensenii as Part of Severe Polymicrobial Chorioamnionitis in
a Pregnant Woman
Catrine Carlstein 1 Lillian Marie Søes 2 and
Jens Jørgen Christensen 2,*
1 Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Næstved Hospital, Ringstedgade
61, 4700 Næstved, Denmark
2 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Slagelse Hospital, Ingemannsvej
18, 4200 Slagelse, Denmark
2016 European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Detection of molecular bacterascites in decompensated cirrhosis defines a risk
with decreased survival
Engelmann, Cornelius; Krohn, Sandra; Prywerek, Delia; Hartmann, Jan; Herber,
Adam; Boehlig, Albrecht; Zeller, Katharina; Boehm, Stephan; Berg, Thomas
Department of Internal Medicine, Neurology, Dermatology, Section of Hepatology,
University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig bDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
Hospital and Outpatient Clinic for Internal Medicine A, Ernst Moritz Arndt University
of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
2016 Journal of Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Bordetella trematum sepsis with shock in a diabetic
patient with rapidly developing soft tissue infection
Lorrance L. Majewskia, Masayuki Nogia, Matthew J.
Bankowskib, c, d, Heath
H. Chunga
a Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University
of Hawaii at Manoa, 1356 Lusitana Street, 7th floor, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA
b Department of Pathology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University
of Hawaii at Manoa, 651 Ilalo Street, Medical Education Building, Honolulu, HI,
96813, USA
c Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology,
John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 651 Ilalo Street,
Biosciences Building, 3rd Floor, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA
d Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. (The Queen’s Medical
Center), 99–859 Iwaiwa Street, Aiea, HI, 96701, USA
2016 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM)
Mycobacterium arupense, Mycobacterium heraklionense,
and a Newly Proposed Species, “Mycobacterium virginiense” sp.
nov., but Not Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum, as Species of the Mycobacterium
terrae Complex Causing Tenosynovitis and Osteomyelitis
Ravikiran Vasireddya, Sruthi Vasireddya, Barbara
A. Brown-Elliotta, Nancy L. Wengenackb, Uzoamaka A. Ekec*, Jeana
L. Benwilla, Christine Turenned*and Richard J. Wallace
Jr.a
aMycobacteria/Nocardia Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology,
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, USA
bMayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
cDivision of Infectious Disease, Washington University in St. Louis School
of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
dSaskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
2016 International Journal of Food Microbiology
Diversity of the microbiota involved in wine and organic apple cider submerged
vinegar production as revealed by DHPLC analysis and next-generation sequencing
Janja Trčeka, b, , , Aleksander Mahničc, Maja
Rupnikc, d, e
a University of Maribor, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics,
Department of Biology, Maribor, Slovenia
b University of Maribor, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Maribor, Slovenia
c National Laboratory for Health, Environment and Food, NLZOH, Maribor,
Slovenia
d University of Maribor, Faculty of Medicine, Maribor, Slovenia
e Centre of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and
Biology of Proteins, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016 Emerging Infectious Diseases, CDC (EID)
Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Infections in 2 Elderly Patients,
Hawaii, USA
Masayuki Nogi,corresponding author Matthew J. Bankowski, and Francis D. Pien
University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii,
USA (M. Nogi, M.J. Bankowski, F.D. Pien);
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu (M. Nogi, M.J. Bankowski, F.D. Pien);
Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc., Aiea, Hawaii, USA (M.J. Bankowski)
22016 SpringerPlus
Cultivation-independent approach for the direct detection of bacteria in
human clinical specimens as a tool for analysing culture-negative samples: a prospective
study
Ma. Guadalupe Aguilera-Arreola,corresponding author Marcos Daniel Martínez-Peña,
Fabiola Hernández-Martínez, Sara R. Juárez Enriques, Beatriz
Rico Verdín, Cristina Majalca-Martínez, Graciela Castro-Escarpulli,
Enrique Albarrán-Fernández, and S. Cecilia Serrano-López
Department of Microbiology, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Escuela
Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas (ENCB), Mexico City, D.F. Mexico
Special Test Laboratory, Centro Médico Nacional (CMN) 20 de Noviembre - Instituto
de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE), Mexico
City, D.F. Mexico
Department of Epidemiology, Centro Médico Nacional (CMN) 20 de Noviembre
del Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE),
Mexico City, D.F. Mexico
Microbial Genetic Resources Laboratory, Centro Nacional de Recursos Genéticos
(CNRG)-INIFAP, Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco Mexico
Department of Zoology, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas - Instituto
Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, D.F. Mexico
Ma. Guadalupe Aguilera-Arreola
2016 Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis with Leptotrichia goodfellowii in
a Patient with a Valvular Allograft: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Wilfredo R. Matias, 1 , * Daniel L. Bourque, 1 , 2 Tomoko
Niwano, 3 Andrew B. Onderdonk, 1 , 4 and Joel T. Katz 1 ,
5
1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
2Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,
MA, USA
3Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
4Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
5Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston,
MA, USA
2016 Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science
Comparison between a Broad-Range Real-Time and a Broad-Range End-Point PCR
Assays for the Detection of Bacterial 16S rRNA in Clinical Samples
Mariam Meddeb, Christelle Koebel, Benoît Jaulhac and Frédéric
Schramm
Faculty of Medicine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
2015 Infectious Diseases
Time window for positive cerebrospinal fluid broad-range bacterial PCR and Streptococcus
pneumoniae immunochromatographic test in acute bacterial meningitis
Brink M, Welinder-Olsson C, Hagberg L.
From the Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Infectious Diseases , University
of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden.
2015 DiVA - Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet
Optimization of PCR Sensitivity for Detection of Bacterial Species in Blood of Patients with Suspected Sepsis Link
2015 Emerging Infectious Diseases, CDC (EID)
Infections with Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Cytokine
Responses in 2 Persons Bitten by Ticks, Sweden
Anna Grankvist,1 Lisa Labbé Sandelin,1 Jennie Andersson, Linda Fryland, Peter
Wilhelmsson, Per-Eric Lindgren, Pia Forsberg, and Christine Wennerås
University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden (A. Grankvist, J. Andersson, C.
Wennerås);
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg (A. Grankvist, J. Andersson, C. Wennerås);
Kalmar County Hospital, Kalmar, Sweden (L.L. Sandelin); Uppsala University, Uppsala,
Sweden (L.L. Sandelin);
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden (L. Fryland, P. Wilhelmsson, P.-E.
Lindgren, P. Forsberg);
County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping, Sweden (P.-E. Lindgren)
2015 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM)
First Report of Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Isolation
from a Patient with Cellulitis in the United States
Angel de Dios,a Seby Jacob,a Amit Tayal,a Mark
A. Fisher,b Tanis C. Dingle,a Camille L. Hamulaa
Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New
York, USAa ; ARUP Laboratories and University of Utah Department of Pathology,
Salt Lake City, Utah, USAb
2015 Molecular and Cellular Probes
Rapid prediction of inducible clarithromycin resistance in Mycobacterium
abscessus
Yan Chun Zhu, Kara K. Mitchell, Elizabeth J. Nazarian, Vincent E. Escuyer, Kimberlee
A. Musser,
Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA
2015 Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Cardiobacterium valvarum, an Emerging New HACEK Organism, as the Causative
Agent of Infective Endocarditis: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Tobias Pusch, M.D.a, b, Mark A. Fisher, Ph.D.c, Rita M. Gander,
Ph.D.b, ,
a Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Providence Medical Group, Infectious
Disease Consultants West/The Traveler's Clinic, Portland, Oregon
b Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas,
Texas
c Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology, University of Utah School of
Medicine and ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City,
Utah
2015 Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato-infected Ixodes ricinus collected
from vegetation near the Arctic Circle
Dag Hvidstena, , , Frode Stordalb, Malin Lagerc,
Bjørg Rognerudb, Bjørn-Erik Kristiansend, Andreas
Matussekc, Jeremy Graye, Snorre Stuenf
a Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North
Norway, Sykehusveien 1, 9038 Tromsø, Norway
b Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047 Blindern, 0316 Oslo,
Norway
c Department of Laboratory Services, Division of Medical Services, County Hospital
Ryhov, Sjukhusvägen 1, 55185 Jönköping, Sweden
d Research Group of Host–Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology,
Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, P.O. Box
6050 Langnes, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
e UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin
4, Ireland
f Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Department of Production Animal Clinical
Sciences, Kyrkjevegen 332/334, 4325 Sandnes, Norway
2015 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM)
Nocardia thailandica Pulmonary Nocardiosis in a Post-Solid Organ Transplant
Patient
Joseph Canterino,a Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi,b Barbara A. Brown-Elliott,c
Wilson Vientos,d Ravikiran Vasireddy,c Richard J. Wallace,
Jr.,c Sheldon Campbellb,d
Division of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine/Yale-New Haven Hospital,
New Haven, Connecticut, USAa
Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine/Yale-New
Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USAb
Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Mycobacteria/Nocardia
Laboratory, Tyler, Texas, USAc
Laboratory of Microbiology, VA Connecticut Healthcare, West Haven, Connecticut,
USAd
2015 PLOS ONE
Genetic Diversity of Circulating Rotavirus Strains in Tanzania Prior to
the Introduction of Vaccination
Sabrina J. Moyo1,2*, Bjørn Blomberg1,3, Kurt Hanevik1,3,
Oyvind Kommedal4, Kirsti Vainio5, Samuel Y. Maselle2,
Nina Langeland1,6
1 Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 2 Department
of Microbiology and Immunology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 3 Centre for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Haukeland University
Hospital, Bergen, Norway, 4 Department of Microbiology, Haukeland University Hospital,
Bergen, Norway, 5 Division of Infectious Disease Control, Norwegian Institute of
Public Health, Oslo, Norway, 6Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital,
Bergen, Norway
2014 Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)
On the Usefulness of Circulating Bacterial 16S rDNA as a Marker of Microbial
Translocation in HIV-1Infected Patients
Svärd, Jenny PhD*; Sönnerborg, Anders MD, PhD*,†;
Vondracek, Martin PhD‡,§; Mölling, Paula PhD¶;
Nowak, Piotr MD, PhD*
*Unit of Infectious Diseases and Dermatology, Department of Medicine
Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
†Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine,
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
‡Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital,
Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm,
Sweden
¶Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Örebro
University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden.
2014 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM)
The Capnocytophaga canimorsus Isolate That Caused Sepsis in an Immunosufficient
Man Was Transmitted by the Large Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis
Tamara Tuuminen,a,b Heli Viiri,c Sakari Vuorinend
Eastern Finland Laboratory Centre Joint Authority Enterprise (ISLAB), Mikkeli District
Laboratory, Porrassalmenkatu, Mikkeli, Finlanda
Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology,
Helsinki, Finlandb
Finnish Forest Research Institute, Joensuu Unit, Joensuu, Finlandc
Mikkeli Central Hospital, Etelä-Savo Hospital District, Porrassalmenkatu, Mikkeli,
Finlandd
2014 Medical Mycology
Complexities associated with the molecular and proteomic identification of Paecilomyces species
in the clinical mycology laboratory
Adam P. Barker1,∗, Jennifer L. Horan2,
E. Susan Slechta3, Barbara D. Alexander2 and Kimberly E. Hanson4
1 Department of Pathology, University of Utah, ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental
Pathology,
Salt Lake City, UT, USA,
2 Department of Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center,
Durham, NC, USA,
3 ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
4 Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake
City, UT, USA
2014 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM)
Septic Arthritis and Osteomyelitis Due to Bordetella petrii
Masayuki Nogi,a Matthew J. Bankowski,b,c Francis D. Piena
Departments of Internal Medicinea and Pathology,b John A.
Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA;
Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. (The Queen’s Medical Center), Aiea, Hawaii,
USAc
2014 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM)
Application of Qualitative and Quantitative Real-Time PCR, Direct Sequencing,
and Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis for Detection and
Identification of Polymicrobial 16S rRNA Genes in Ascites
Sandra Krohn,a,b Stephan Böhm,a Cornelius Engelmann,a
Jan Hartmann,c Annika Brodzinski,a Antonis Chatzinotas,b
Katharina Zeller,a Delia Prywerek,a Ingo Fetzer,b,d
Thomas Berga
University Hospital Leipzig, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leipzig,
Germanya
; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Department of
Environmental Microbiology, Leipzig, Germanyb
; Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germanyc
; Stockholm University, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm, Swedend
2014 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Molecular techniques for diagnosing prosthetic joint infections
John C. Hartley* and Kathryn A. Harris
Department of Microbiology, Virology and Infection Prevention and Control, Great
Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation
Trust
2014 PLOS ONE
Genetic Diversity of Circulating Rotavirus Strains in Tanzania Prior to the
Introduction of Vaccination
Sabrina J. Moyo1,2*, Bjørn Blomberg1,3, Kurt Hanevik1,3,
Oyvind Kommedal4, Kirsti Vainio5, Samuel Y. Maselle2
, Nina Langeland1,6
1 Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway,
2 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Muhimbili University of Health and
Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
3 Centre for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen,
Norway,
4 Department of Microbiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway,
5 Division of Infectious Disease Control, Norwegian Institute of Public Health,
Oslo, Norway,
6 Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
2014 European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Purification of DNA eluates from the ProbeTec GC Qxassay on BD Viper™
XTR allows for further analysis and confirmation of gonorrhea
- S. Tunsjø 1, E. Smedsrud 1, P. C. Holm 1, K. Rokvam 1, C. Schie 1, V. Rognlien
1, I. Augustin 1, A. Fostervold 1,2
1.Unit of Gene Technology and Department of Microbiology, Division of Diagnostics
and TechnologyAkershus University HospitalNordbyhagenNorway
2.Department of Medical MicrobiologyStavanger University HospitalStavangerNorway
2014 Infection, Genetics and Evolution
Genetic diversity of norovirus in hospitalised diarrhoeic children and asymptomatic
controls in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Sabrina Moyoa, b, Kurt Hanevika, c,
Bjørn Blomberga, c, Oyvind Kommedald, Kirsti
Vainioe, Samuel Maselleb, Nina Langelanda, f
a Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, N-5021 Bergen, Norway
b Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Muhimbili University of Health and
Allied Sciences, Tanzania
c Centre for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University
Hospital, Bergen, Norway
d Department of Microbiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
e Division of Infectious Disease Control, Norwegian Institute of Public Health,
Oslo, Norway
f Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
2014 Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Respiratory Infections: Advances in Diagnosis
and Identification
Akos Somoskovi, MD, PhD, DSca, Max Salfinger, MDb, ,
a Institute of Medical Microbiology, Swiss National Reference Center for Mycobacteriology,
University of Zuirch, Gloriastrasse 30/32, CH-8006, Zurich, Switzerland
b Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, K420, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver,
CO 80206, USA
2014 MASARYKOVA UNIVERZITA
Molekulárně-biologická detekce patogenů u pacientů s polymikrobiálními
infekcemi močových katétrů
Bc. Iva Kotásková
Přírodovědecká fakulta, Masarykova univerzita. Ústav experimentální
biologie
2013 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM)
Culture-Negative Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with Concomitant Septicemia Due
to a Nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Biotype Gravis Isolate in a Patient
with Multiple Risk Factors.
Keith D. Tardif1, Keith E. Simmon2, Øyvind Kommedal3,4,
Michael T. Pyne1 and Robert Schlaberg1,5
1ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City,
UT
2Isentio US, Sunnyvale, CA, 3University of Bergen, Norway
4Isentio AS, Bergen, Norway
5University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Salt
Lake City, UT
2013 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM). Vol. 51 no. 4.
Sequencing-Based Genotyping of Mixed Human Papillomavirus Infections Using Ripseq
Software.
Keith D. Tardif1, Keith E. Simmon2, Øyvind Kommedal3,4,
Michael T. Pyne1 and Robert Schlaberg1,5
1ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City,
UT
2Isentio US, Sunnyvale, CA, 3University of Bergen, Norway
4Isentio AS, Bergen, Norway
5University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Salt
Lake City, UT
2013 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM). Vol. 51 no. 4.
Direct sequencing and Ripseq interpretation as a tool for identification of
polymicrobial infections.
Wolff T Y1, Eickhardt S2,3, Björnsdottir
M K2, Moser C2, Bjarnsholt T2,3,
Høiby N2 and Thomsen T R1,4
1The Danish Technological Institute, Life Science Division, Aarhus, Denmark
2Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, University hospital
of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark 3Department of International Health,
Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark,
4Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering,
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
2013 Mycoses: Diagnosis, Therapy and Prophylaxis of Fungal Diseases (M).
Deciphering the aetiology of a mixed fungal infection by broad-range PCR with
sequencing and fluorescence in situ hybridization.
- Rickerts1, I. McCormick Smith1, S. Mousset2, O.
Kommedal3 and D. N. Fredricks4
1Robert Koch Institut, FG 16, Berlin, Germany
2University Hospital, Haematology, Frankfurt, Germany
3Isentio AS, Bergen, Norway
4Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Vaccine and Infectious Disease
Devision, Seattle, USA
2013 Infect Dis Clin Pract
A Lethal Case of Pseudomonas putida Bacteremia Due to Soft Tissue
Infection
Benjamin S. Thomas, MD* , Koh Okamoto, MD* , Matthew J. Bankowski, PhD†,‡,§,
and Todd B. Seto, MD, MPH*,‡,∥
*Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii,
Honolulu, HI
†Department of Pathology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of
Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
‡The Queen’s Medical Center, Honolulu, HI §Diagnostic Services,
Inc, Aiea, HI
∥Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii,
Honolulu, HI
2013 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM)
Monitoring of patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for
systemic infections by broad-range rRNA gene PCR amplification and sequence analysis
Peter Orszaga, Claudia Disquéb , Sonja Keimb
, Michael G. , Lorenzb , Olaf Wiesnerc , Johannes Hademd
, Meike Stiesche , Axel Havericha , Christian Kühna
Department of Thoracic, Transplant, and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical
School, Hannover, Germanya
Molzym GmbH & Co. KG, Bremen, Germanyb
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germanyc
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endocrinology, Hannover
Medical School, Hannover, Germanyd
Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germanye
2013 Advances in Microbiology
How Liquid Based Microbiology Can Change the Workflow in the Microbiology Laboratories
Carla Fontana1,2*, Marco Favaro1, Cartesio Favalli1,2
1 Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, “Tor Vergata” University
of Rome, Rome, Italy
2 Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Foundation Polyclinic Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
2013 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM)
First Report of Mycobacterium canariasense Catheter-Related Bacteremia
in the Americas.
Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi,a Lynn Ladutko,b Barbara A. Brown-Elliott,c
Ravikiran Vasireddy,c Sruthi Vasireddy,c Richard J. Wallace,
Jr.,c, Wesley Jakubiec,b Stephen Brecher,d,e Sheldon
Campbella,b
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine/Yale-New Haven Hospital,
New Haven, Connecticut, USAa
VA Connecticut Healthcare, West Haven, Connecticut, USAb
Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Mycobacteria/Nocardia
Laboratory, Tyler, Texas, USAc
VA Boston Healthcare, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USAd
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2013 Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Molecular diagnosis of microbial aetiologies using SepsiTest™ in the daily
routine of a diagnostic laboratory
Heike Haag 1, Franziska Locher, Oliver Nolte
1 Labor Dr. Brunner, Mainaustraße 48 a/b, DE-78464, Konstanz, Germany.
2013 Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Ixodes ricinus and Borrelia prevalence at the Arctic Circle in
Norway
Dag Hvidstena,∗, Snorre Stuenb, Andrew Jenkins c,
Olaf Dienus d, Renate S. Olsene, Bjørn-Erik Kristiansenf,
Reidar Mehl g, Andreas Matussek d
a Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North
Norway, Tromsø, Norway
b Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian School of Veterinary
Science, Sandnes, Norway
c Department of Environmental and Health Studies, Telemark University College, Bø,
Norway
d Department of Laboratory Services, Division of Medical Services, County Hospital
Ryhov, Jönköping, Sweden
e Host-Microbe Interactions, Institute of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University
of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
f Institute of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø,
Norway
g Institute of Microbiology, Armed Forces Medical Services, Oslo, Norway
2013 European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology
Non-Culture-based methods to diagnose bloodstream infection: Does it work?
Miha Skvarc1 , David Stubljar1 , Petra Rogina2
and Achim J. Kaasch3*
1 Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2 General Hospital, Novo Mesto, Slovenia
3 Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne,
50935 Cologne, Germany
2013 PLOS ONE
Prevalence, Diversity, and Load of Borrelia species in Ticks That
Have Fed on Humans in Regions of Sweden and Åland Islands, Finland with Different
Lyme Borreliosis Incidences
Peter Wilhelmsson1*, Pontus Lindblom1, Linda Fryland2,
Jan Ernerudh2, Pia Forsberg3,4, Per-Eric, Lindgren1,5
1 Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine,
Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
2 Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine,
Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
3 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine,
Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
4 Clinic of Infectious Diseases, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping,
Sweden,
5 Medical Services, Department of Microbiology, Ryhov County Hospital, Jönköping,
Sweden
2012 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM).
Prosthetic Joint Infection Diagnosis using Broad-Range PCR of Biofilms Dislodged
from Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Surfaces using Sonication.
Gomez E, Cazanave C, Cunningham SA, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Steckelberg JM, Uhl
JR, Hanssen AD, Karau MJ, Schmidt SM, Osmon DR, Berbari EF, Mandrekar J, Patel R.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine.
2012 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM)
Nocardia neocaledoniensis as a cause of human skin and soft tissue infection.
Travea McGhie1, Robert Fader2, John Carpenter1,
Barbara A. Brown-Elliott3, Ravikiran Vasireddy3, Richard J.
Wallace Jr.
1Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease
2Department of Pathology, Scott & White Healthcare; Texas A&M
School of Medicine, Temple, TX 76508 3Mycobacteria/Nocardia Laboratory,
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, TX 75708
2012 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM)
Dual-priming oligonucleotides for broad-range amplification of the bacterial
16S rRNA gene directly from human clinical specimens.
Kommedal O1, Simmons K2, Karaca D3, Langeland N3,
Wiker HG1,4
1Section for Microbiology and Immunology, the Gade Institute, University
of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
2Isentio US LLC, Sunnyvale, California, USA
3Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
4Department of Microbiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
2012 Emerging Infectious Diseases, CDC (EID)
Emergence of Unusual G6P[6] Rotaviruses in Children, Burkina Faso, 2009–2010.
J Nordgren1, L W Nitiema2, S Sharma1, D Ouermi2,
A S Traore2, J Simpore2, L Svensson1
1Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
2Université de Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
2012 Experimental Applied Acarology (EAA)
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Norway: evaluation
of a PCR test targeting the chromosomal flaB gene.
Andrew Jenkins1, Dag Hvidsten2, Andreas Matussek3,
Per-Eric Lindgren4, Snorre Stuen5, Bjørn-Erik Kristiansen6
1 Unilabs Telelab, Skien, Norway
2 Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North
Norway, Tromsø, Norway
3 Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Division of Medical Services, Department of
Laboratory Medicine, Sweden
4 Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine,
Sweden,
5 Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian School of Veterinary
Science, Norway,
6 Department of Microbiology and Virology, University of Tromsø, Norway
2012 Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
Identifizierung polybakterieller DNA im Aszites mittels Nachweis und Charakterisierung
von 16S rRNA Gensequenzen
S Krohn 1, 2, J Hartmann 1, A Brodzinski 1, A Chatzinotas
2, I Fetzer 2, S Böhm 1, T Berg 1
1 Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Abteilung für Gastroenterologie und Rheumatologie,
Sektion Hepatologie, Leipzig, Germany
2 Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ, Department für Umweltmikrobiologie,
Leipzig, Germany
2012 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM).
Rapid Molecular Microbiologic Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint Infection
Charles Cazanave,a Kerryl E. Greenwood-Quaintance,a, Arlen
D. Hanssen,b, Melissa J. Karau,a, Suzannah M. Schmidt,a,
Eric O. Gomez Urena,a, Jayawant N. Mandrekar,d, Douglas R.
Osmon,c, Lindsay E. Lough,a, Bobbi S. Pritt,a,
James M. Steckelberg,c, Robin Patela,c
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology,a
Department of Orthopedic Surgery,b
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine,c
Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Science
Research,d
All: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
2012 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM).
Identification of Anaerobic Bacteria by Bruker Biotyper Matrix Assisted Laser
Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry with On-Plate Formic Acid
Preparation
Bryan H. Schmitt, a, Scott A. Cunningham, a, Aaron L. Dailey,
a, Daniel R. Gustafson, a, Robin Patela,b
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology,a
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine,b
All: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
2012 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM).
Isolation and Identification of Kroppenstedtia eburnea Isolates from
Multiple Patient Samples
Adam P. Barker,a, Keith E. Simmon,b,*, Sam Cohen,c,
E. Susan Slechta,b, Mark A. Fisher,a,b and Robert Schlaberga,b
University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USAa
ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah, USAb
ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah, USAc
2012 Culture Negative Orthopedic Biofilm Infections
Improved Diagnosis of Biofilm Infections Using Various Molecular Methods
Trine Rolighed Thomsen 1,2, Yijuan Xu 1,2, Jan Lorenzen 2,
Per Halkjær Nielsen 1, Henrik Carl Schønheyder 3
1 Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering, Aalborg
University
2 Life Science Division, The Danish Technological Institute
3 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital
2012 Aalborg Universitet
Detection, identification and quantification of microorganisms in selected infections
Rudkjøbing, Vibeke Børsholt
Aalborg University, Denmark
2011 Journal of Medical Microbiology (JMM), Vol. 60, No. 7.
Characterization of polybacterial clinical samples using a set of group-specific
broad-range primers targeting the 16S rRNA gene followed by DNA sequencing and Ripseq
analysis.
Øyvind Kommedal 1 Katrine Lekang,2 Langeland N3,
Wiker HG1,4
1Section for Microbiology and Immunology, The Gade Institute, University
of Bergen, Norway
2Institute of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway
3Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway
4Department of Microbiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway
2011 Ornamental Plants: Types, Cultivation and Nutrition (OPTCN).
Watery varieties: Aquarium plant diversity from aesthetic, commercial and systematic
perspectives
Lehtonen S, Falck D.
University of Turku, Department. of Biology, Turku, Finland.
2011 Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica
Métodos de identificación bacteriana en el laboratorio de microbiología
(Bacterial identification methods in the microbiology laboratory)
Germán Boua, , , Ana Fernández-Olmosb, Celia
Garcíac, Juan Antonio Sáez-Nietod, Sylvia Valdezated
a Servicio de Microbiología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, La Coruña,
España
b Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España
c Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla,
Santander, España
d Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto
de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, España
2010 Journal of Infection (JOI), Vol 60, Issue 6.
Shuttleworthia satelles Endocarditis: Evidence of Non-Dental Human Disease.
Neel B. Shahe1, Rakesh M. Suri2, Rowlens M. Melduni2,
Robin Patel3, Øyvind Kommedal4, Øystein Sæbø4,
Daniel R. Gustafson5, Walter R. Wilson3, Larry M. Baddour3
1 Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo
Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, USA
2 Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,
Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, USA
3 Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo
Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, USA
4 iSentio AS, Bergen, Norway
5 Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Division of Clinical Microbiology,
, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, USA
2010 Respiration
Identification of Bacterial DNA in Noninfectious Pleural Fluid with a Highly
Sensitive PCR Method.
Rosa Cremades a Antonio Galiana a Juan Carlos Rodriguez a
Ana Santos a Pilar Lopez a Montserrat Ruiz a Eduardo Garcia-Pachon
b Gloria Royo a
Sections of a Microbiology and b Respiratory Medicine, Hospital
General Universitario, Elche , Spain
2010 Journal of Medical Microbiology (JMM). Vol. 59, No. 4.
Direct 16S rRNA gene sequencing of polymicrobial culture-negative samples with
analysis of mixed chromatograms.
Hartmeyer G N, Justesen U S
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
2010 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM). Vol. 48, No. 9.
Simultaneous Sequencing Analysis of The 16S rRNA and rpoB Genes Using Ripseq
Software to Identify Mycobacterium Species.
Keith E. Simmon1, Øyvind Kommedal2,3, Øystein
Saebo3, Bjarte Karlsen3 and Cathy A. Petti1,4
1 Associated Regional and University Pathologists (ARUP), Institute for
Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah
2 University of Bergen, The Gade Institute, Section for Microbiology
and Immunology, Bergen, Norway
3 iSentio AS, Bergen, Norway
4 University of Utah School of Medicine, Departments of Medicine and
Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah
2010 Emerging Infectious Diseases, CDC (EID)
Emergence of Unusual G6P[6] Rotaviruses in Children, Burkina Faso, 2009–2010
- Nordgren 1, S. Sharma 1, L. Svensson 1, L.W. Nitiema 2, D., Ouermi 2, A.S. Traore
2, J. Simpore 2
1 Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
2 Université de Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
2009 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM). Vol 47, No. 11.
Direct 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing from Clinical Specimens, with Special Focus
on Polybacterial Samples and Interpretation of Mixed DNA Chromatograms
Kommedal Ø1,2, Kvello K2, Skjåstad R1,
Langeland N3,4, Wiker H G1,2
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Haukeland University Hospital,
Bergen, Norway
2Section for Microbiology and Immunology, the Gade Institute, University
of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
3Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
4Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
2008 Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM). Vol. 46, No. 11.
Analysis of Mixed Sequencing Chromatograms and Its Application in Direct 16S
rRNA Gene Sequencing of Polymicrobial Samples.
Kommedal Ø, Karlsen B, Sæbø Ø
iSentio AS, Bergen, Norway