Westblade, Lars F

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Prevalence and mechanisms of high-level carbapenem antibiotic tolerance in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae. PLoS pathogens. 2026 Academic Article GET IT
A peritoneal effluent sequencing assay that removes environmental DNA contamination in peritoneal dialysis patients. Clinical kidney journal. 2025 Letter GET IT
Impact of Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Testing on Outcomes of Patients With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Bacteremia. Open forum infectious diseases. 2025 Academic Article GET IT
Fulminant and fatal Trypanosoma cruzi reactivation in a patient with lymphoma. 2025 GET IT
Investigation and control of an outbreak of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections in a neonatal intensive care unit. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 2025 Academic Article GET IT
Improved utilization of operating room acid-fast bacilli and fungal culture ordering through "quick button" modification. American journal of clinical pathology. 2025 Academic Article GET IT
Rapid detection of gram-negative antimicrobial resistance determinants directly from positive blood culture broths using a multiplex PCR system. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2025 Academic Article GET IT
Retrospective Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance and Safety of a Reflex Urine Culture Algorithm in Pediatrics. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2025 Academic Article GET IT
False equivalence: differences in the in vitro activity of ampicillin-sulbactam and amoxicillin-clavulanate in several Enterobacterales species. JAC-antimicrobial resistance. 2025 Academic Article GET IT
Trichosporon inkin meningitis in a pediatric patient diagnosed via metagenomic sequencing. 2025 GET IT
Activity of ampicillin-sulbactam, sulbactam-durlobactam, and comparators against Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex strains isolated from respiratory and bloodstream sources: results from ACNBio study. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2025 Academic Article GET IT
Validation of a modified rapid test to detect the cefazolin inoculum effect in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from bloodstream infections in hospitals from North and Latin America. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy. 2025 Academic Article GET IT
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Incidence and prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in outpatients with cancer: a multicentre, retrospective, cohort study. The Lancet. Oncology. 2025 Academic Article GET IT
Activity of novel ceftibuten-avibactam, ceftazidime-avibactam, and comparators against a challenge set of Enterobacterales from outpatient centers and nursing homes across the United States (2022-2024). Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2025 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 3
Prevalence and mechanisms of high-level carbapenem antibiotic tolerance in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae. 2025 GET IT
Recurrent Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in U.S. Travelers Treated with Artemether-Lumefantrine. 2025 GET IT
Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance in Adult Hospitalized Patients With Cancer: A Multicenter Analysis. Cancer medicine. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Bipolaris or Curvularia? Resolving the spicy issue of how clinical isolates should be reported. PLoS pathogens. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Emergence of transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants with decreased sensitivity to antivirals in immunocompromised patients with persistent infections. Nature communications. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 34
Detection of mecA-mediated methicillin resistance and evaluation of disk-diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility characteristics of Staphylococcus saprophyticus isolates from geographically diverse locations: Staphylococcus saprophyticus antibiotic susceptibility testing. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Emergence of transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants with decreased sensitivity to antivirals in immunocompromised patients with persistent infections. 2024 GET IT
Reply to Kidd et al., "Inconsistencies within the proposed framework for stabilizing fungal nomenclature risk further confusion". Journal of clinical microbiology. 2024 Letter GET IT
Times cited: 1
High touch surface bioburden associated with the use of disinfectants with and without continuously active disinfection in ambulatory care settings. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Comparative genomics reveals the correlations of stress response genes and bacteriophages in developing antibiotic resistance of Staphylococcus saprophyticus. mSystems. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
A conceptual framework for nomenclatural stability and validity of medically important fungi: a proposed global consensus guideline for fungal name changes supported by ABP, ASM, CLSI, ECMM, ESCMID-EFISG, EUCAST-AFST, FDLC, IDSA, ISHAM, MMSA, and MSGERC. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 52
Fungal microbiota sustains lasting immune activation of neutrophils and their progenitors in severe COVID-19. Nature immunology. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 60
A Distinct Nasal Microbiota Signature in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients. Kidney360. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
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Transmission of yellow fever vaccine virus through blood transfusion and organ transplantation in the USA in 2021: report of an investigation. The Lancet. Microbe. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 23
Uncharacterized and lineage-specific accessory genes within the Proteus mirabilis pan-genome landscape. mSystems. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Reporting of Antimicrobial Resistance from Blood Cultures, an Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group Survey Summary: Resistance Marker Reporting Practices from Positive Blood Cultures. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 21
A Distinct Nasal Microbiota Signature in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients. 2023 GET IT
Distinct Laboratory Test Result Profiles Between SARS-CoV-2 and Seasonable Influenza Infected Patients. Annals of clinical and laboratory science. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Laboratory Interventions to Eliminate Unnecessary Rapid COVID-19 Testing During a Reagent Shortage. American journal of clinical pathology. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 4
Rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern by single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping using TaqMan assays. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
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Successful diagnostic stewardship for Clostridioides difficile testing in pediatrics. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
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Comparison between Perianal Swab and Stool Specimens for Detecting Colonization with Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing and Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Enterobacterales. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Partial ORF1ab Gene Target Failure with Omicron BA.2.12.1. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 16
Prevalence and Characterization of the Cefazolin Inoculum Effect in North American Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Isolates. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 20
Impact of a Rapid Molecular Test for Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase and Ceftazidime-Avibactam Use on Outcomes after Bacteremia Caused by Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Partial ORF1ab Gene Target Failure with Omicron BA.2.12.1. 2022 GET IT
Mechanism of Action and Resistance Evasion of an Antimicrobial Oligomer against Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria. ACS applied bio materials. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 6
System-wide transcriptome damage and tissue identity loss in COVID-19 patients. Cell reports. Medicine. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 32
The Diagnostic Accuracy Of Procalcitonin for Urinary Tract Infection in Hospitalized Older Adults: a Prospective Study. Journal of general internal medicine. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 15
Impact of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Viral Load on Risk of Intubation and Mortality Among Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 283
From canines to humans: Clinical importance of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius. PLoS pathogens. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 51
Changes in SARS-CoV-2 viral load and mortality during the initial wave of the pandemic in New York City. PloS one. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 5
Peritoneal Effluent Cell-Free DNA Sequencing in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients With and Without Peritonitis. Kidney medicine. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 8
Colonization With Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Enterobacterales Decreases the Effectiveness of Fluoroquinolone Prophylaxis in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 46
Impact of a Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Panel on Duration of Empiric Antibiotic Therapy in Suspected Bacterial Meningitis. Open forum infectious diseases. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 16
Elevated MICs of Susceptible Antipseudomonal Cephalosporins in Non-Carbapenemase-Producing, Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Implications for Dose Optimization. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 7
Machine Learning Highlights Downtrending of COVID-19 Patients with a Distinct Laboratory Profile. Health data science. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 6
Reply to Rhoads, et al. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2021 Letter GET IT
Times cited: 1
Bacterial Coinfections in Coronavirus Disease 2019. Trends in microbiology. 2021 Review GET IT
Times cited: 167
Early introductions and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in the United States. Cell. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 88
Evaluating the Rapid Emergence of Daptomycin Resistance in Corynebacterium: a Multicenter Study. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 25
Analysis of Multidrug Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus with a Machine Learning-Generated Antibiogram. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 19
Shotgun transcriptome, spatial omics, and isothermal profiling of SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals unique host responses, viral diversification, and drug interactions. Nature communications. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 103
Gut microbiota profiles and fecal beta-glucuronidase activity in kidney transplant recipients with and without post-transplant diarrhea. Clinical transplantation. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 22
Systemic Tissue and Cellular Disruption from SARS-CoV-2 Infection revealed in COVID-19 Autopsies and Spatial Omics Tissue Maps. 2021 GET IT
The Potential Role of the Gut Microbiota in Kidney Transplantation. Kidney360. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 5
Colonization with Gastrointestinal Pathogens Prior to Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Associated Clinical Implications. Transplantation and cellular therapy. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 9
Real-world implementation and impact of a rapid carbapenemase detection test in an area endemic for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Clinical Performance of the Point-of-Care cobas Liat for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in 20 Minutes: a Multicenter Study. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 89
Evaluation of a Combined Multilocus Sequence Typing and Whole-Genome Sequencing Two-Step Algorithm for Routine Typing of Clostridioides difficile. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 9
Testing-on-a-probe biosensors reveal association of early SARS-CoV-2 total antibodies and surrogate neutralizing antibodies with mortality in COVID-19 patients. Biosensors & bioelectronics. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 19
A multifaceted cellular damage repair and prevention pathway promotes high-level tolerance to β-lactam antibiotics. EMBO reports. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 32
Design of a PEGylated Antimicrobial Prodrug with Species-Specific Activation. Biomacromolecules. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
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Evaluation of Surrogate Tests for the Presence of mecA-Mediated Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus haemolyticus, Staphylococcus hominis, and Staphylococcus warneri. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 16
Rapid Implementation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Emergency Use Authorization RT-PCR Testing and Experience at an Academic Medical Institution. The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 3
Testing-on-a-probe biosensors reveal association of early SARS-CoV-2 total antibodies and surrogate neutralizing antibodies with mortality in COVID-19 patients. 2020 GET IT
Gut commensal microbiota and decreased risk for Enterobacteriaceae bacteriuria and urinary tract infection. Gut microbes. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 73
Impact of a Multiplexed Polymerase Chain Reaction Panel on Identifying Diarrheal Pathogens in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 11
Implementation of infectious diseases rapid molecular diagnostic tests and antimicrobial stewardship program involvement in acute-care hospitals. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
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Antibiotic tolerance. PLoS pathogens. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 50
Quantitative characterization of high-touch surfaces in emergency departments and hemodialysis facilities. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 11
SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load Predicts Mortality in Patients with and without Cancer Who Are Hospitalized with COVID-19. Cancer cell. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 183
Bacteremia and Blood Culture Utilization during COVID-19 Surge in New York City. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 149
Clinical Performance of SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Tests. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
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Comparison of Two High-Throughput Reverse Transcription-PCR Systems for the Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 51
Safety, tolerability, and clinical outcomes of hydroxychloroquine for hospitalized patients with coronavirus 2019 disease. PloS one. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 16
Detection and Genetic Characterization of Community-Based SARS-CoV-2 Infections - New York City, March 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Current state of the art in rapid diagnostics for antimicrobial resistance. Lab on a chip. 2020 Review GET IT
Times cited: 67
Evaluation of NG-Test Carba 5 for Rapid Phenotypic Detection and Differentiation of Five Common Carbapenemase Families: Results of a Multicenter Clinical Evaluation. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 54
SARS-CoV-2 antibody characterization in emergency department, hospitalized and convalescent patients by two semi-quantitative immunoassays. Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 32
Searching for a Bacteriophage Lysin to Treat Corynebacterium bovis in Immunocompromised Mice. Comparative medicine. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
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Shotgun Transcriptome and Isothermal Profiling of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Reveals Unique Host Responses, Viral Diversification, and Drug Interactions. 2020 GET IT
Blood-Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method: a Phenotypic Method for Detecting Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Directly from Positive Blood Culture Broths. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 10
cAST: Capillary-Based Platform for Real-Time Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing. Analytical chemistry. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 13
Avoiding infections in transplant recipients: does the gut microbiota have a key role?. Expert review of clinical immunology. 2020 Editorial Article GET IT
Gut uropathogen abundance is a risk factor for development of bacteriuria and urinary tract infection. Nature communications. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 188
Evaluation of Oxacillin and Cefoxitin Disk Diffusion and Microbroth Dilution Methods for Detecting mecA-Mediated β-Lactam Resistance in Contemporary Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolates. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 25
Detection and Characterization of Influenza B Virus With Reduced Neuraminidase Susceptibility in a Stem Cell Transplant Recipient. Open forum infectious diseases. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
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Gastrointestinal pathogen colonization and the microbiome in asymptomatic kidney transplant recipients. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 19
Performance of Five Commercial Identification Platforms for Identification of Staphylococcus delphini. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
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First Report of bla_VIM-4- and mcr-9-Coharboring Enterobacter Species Isolated from a Pediatric Patient. 2019 GET IT
Times cited: 49
Activity of Imipenem-Relebactam and Comparator Agents against Genetically Characterized Isolates of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 46
Spheroplast-Mediated Carbapenem Tolerance in Gram-Negative Pathogens. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 40
Genome Sequences of Six Prophages Isolated from Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Strains Recovered from Human and Animal Clinical Specimens. Microbiology resource announcements. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
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Can You Speciate This for Me? A Micro-Comic Strip. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2019 Editorial Article GET IT
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Diagnosis and Genotyping of Coxiella burnetii Endocarditis in a Patient with Prosthetic Pulmonary Valve Replacement Using Next-Generation Sequencing of Plasma Microbial Cell-Free DNA. Open forum infectious diseases. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 34
EUCAST disc diffusion criteria for the detection of mecA-Mediated β-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius: oxacillin versus cefoxitin. Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 12
EDTA-Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method: a Phenotypic Method for Detecting Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 100
Improved Performance of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Assay for Detection of PBP2a in Non-Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcal Species. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 14
The power of a trained eye: fatal transfusion-transmitted anaplasmosis and a case study in investigative work. 2019 GET IT
Genotypic differences between strains of the opportunistic pathogen Corynebacterium bovis isolated from humans, cows, and rodents. PloS one. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 24
Epidemiology of Bloodstream Infections Caused by Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae That Are Piperacillin-Tazobactam-Nonsusceptible but Ceftriaxone-Susceptible. Open forum infectious diseases. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 15
Colonization With Levofloxacin-resistant Extended-spectrum β-Lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae and Risk of Bacteremia in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 67
Incidence, significance, and persistence of human coronavirus infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Bone marrow transplantation. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 39
Cavitary Pulmonary Nodules in an Immunocompromised Patient With Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder. 2018 GET IT
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Cytomorphological features of cystic neutrophilic granulomatous mastitis on ThinPrep. Diagnostic cytopathology. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
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Death from Transfusion-Transmitted Anaplasmosis, New York, USA, 2017. 2018 GET IT
Times cited: 15
Gut microbiota dysbiosis and diarrhea in kidney transplant recipients. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 91
Urinary cell-free DNA is a versatile analyte for monitoring infections of the urinary tract. Nature communications. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 149
Hydrogel delivery of lysostaphin eliminates orthopedic implant infection by Staphylococcus aureus and supports fracture healing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 176
Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms: A Global Scourge. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2018 Review GET IT
Times cited: 513
Two cases of fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae. Medical mycology case reports. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
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Trends in rotavirus from 2001 to 2015 in two paediatric hospitals in Atlanta, Georgia. Epidemiology and infection. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
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Evaluation of Oxacillin and Cefoxitin Disk Diffusion and MIC Breakpoints Established by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute for Detection of mecA-Mediated Oxacillin Resistance in Staphylococcus schleiferi. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 48
Closing the Brief Case: Disseminated Mycobacterium haemophilum Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Multicenter Evaluation of the Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method and the Carba NP for Detection of Carbapenemase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 60
The Brief Case: Disseminated Mycobacterium haemophilum Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient. 2017 GET IT
Times cited: 13
Clinical and Molecular Evidence of Atovaquone and Azithromycin Resistance in Relapsed Babesia microti Infection Associated With Rituximab and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. 2017 GET IT
Times cited: 34
Assessing Clinical Microbiology Practice Guidelines: American Society for Microbiology Ad Hoc Committee on Evidence-Based Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines Assessment. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2017 Review GET IT
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The Residual Vaccine-preventable Burden of Rotavirus Disease. The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
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Babesia microti: from Mice to Ticks to an Increasing Number of Highly Susceptible Humans. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2017 Review GET IT
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Cross-resistance to lincosamides, streptogramins A and pleuromutilins in Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from the USA. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 44
Closing the Brief Case: Too Beta To Be a "B". Journal of clinical microbiology. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
The Brief Case: Too Beta To Be a "B". 2017 GET IT
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Evaluation of Pyrrolidonyl Arylamidase Activity in Staphylococcus delphini. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
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Answer to December 2016 Photo Quiz. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2016 Editorial Article GET IT
Photo Quiz: A 4-Year-Old Boy Vomits on His Sister. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2016 Editorial Article GET IT
Recipient-derived EBV-positive Monomorphic Plasmacytoma Type Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant for Severe Aplastic Anemia: A Case Report. 2016 GET IT
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Gram-Positive Diplococci in a Cerebrospinal Fluid Gram Stain. Open forum infectious diseases. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
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Closing the Brief Case: Cryptococcus gattii Meningitis with Ventriculitis. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2016 Editorial Article GET IT
The Brief Case: Cryptococcus gattii Meningitis with Ventriculitis. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2016 Editorial Article GET IT
In Vitro Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Isolates of Human and Animal Origin. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
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Role of Clinicogenomics in Infectious Disease Diagnostics and Public Health Microbiology. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2016 Conference Paper GET IT
Times cited: 31
Bergeyella zoohelcum Associated with Abscess and Cellulitis After a Dog Bite. 2016 GET IT
Times cited: 11
Evaluation of an Immunochromatographic Assay for Rapid Detection of Penicillin-Binding Protein 2a in Human and Animal Staphylococcus intermedius Group, Staphylococcus lugdunensis, and Staphylococcus schleiferi Clinical Isolates. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 22
Evaluation of Oxacillin and Cefoxitin Disk and MIC Breakpoints for Prediction of Methicillin Resistance in Human and Veterinary Isolates of Staphylococcus intermedius Group. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 82
Draft Genome Sequence of the Pandoraea apista LMG 16407 Type Strain. Genome announcements. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
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Candida quercitrusa Candidemia in a 6-Year-Old Child. 2015 GET IT
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Assessment of Reproducibility of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Bacterial and Yeast Identification. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 25
Infection with a chlorophyllic eukaryote after a traumatic freshwater injury. The New England journal of medicine. 2015 Letter GET IT
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Testing implications of varying targets for Bordetella pertussis: comparison of the FilmArray Respiratory Panel and the Focus B. pertussis PCR assay. Journal of clinical pathology. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 25
A five-year-old child with a subcutaneous forehead nodule. 2015 GET IT
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Septic arthritis of a native knee joint due to Corynebacterium striatum. 2014 GET IT
Times cited: 25
Photo Quiz. Appendicitis in a 4-year-old child. 2014 GET IT
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Multicenter validation of the VITEK MS v2.0 MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry system for the identification of fastidious gram-negative bacteria. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 47
Reply to "risks of 'blind' automated identification systems in medical microbiology". Journal of clinical microbiology. 2013 Letter GET IT
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Multi-center evaluation of the VITEK® MS system for mass spectrometric identification of non-Enterobacteriaceae Gram-negative bacilli. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 45
Multi-centre evaluation of mass spectrometric identification of anaerobic bacteria using the VITEK® MS system. Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 89
Structure and function of CarD, an essential mycobacterial transcription factor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 85
Identification of Enterobacteriaceae by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry using the VITEK MS system. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 103
Multicenter evaluation of the Vitek MS matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry system for identification of Gram-positive aerobic bacteria. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 121
Multicenter study evaluating the Vitek MS system for identification of medically important yeasts. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
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High-level semi-synthetic production of the potent antimalarial artemisinin. Nature. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
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Fever in a 20-year-old returned traveler. 2013 GET IT
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Development and evaluation of a novel, semiautomated Clostridium difficile typing platform. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2012 Academic Article GET IT
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Promoter-specific transcription inhibition in Staphylococcus aureus by a phage protein. Cell. 2012 Academic Article GET IT
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Initiation of transcription-coupled repair characterized at single-molecule resolution. Nature. 2012 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 76
Next-generation and whole-genome sequencing in the diagnostic clinical microbiology laboratory. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology. 2012 Review GET IT
Times cited: 131
Acetylcholinesterase: substrate traffic and inhibition. Biochemistry and molecular biology education : a bimonthly publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2012 Academic Article GET IT
Yeast-like intraleukocytic inclusions in a peripheral smear. 2012 GET IT
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Non-coding nucleotides and amino acids near the active site regulate peptide deformylase expression and inhibitor susceptibility in Chlamydia trachomatis. Microbiology (Reading, England). 2011 Academic Article GET IT
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A novel method for the production of in vivo-assembled, recombinant Escherichia coli RNA polymerase lacking the α C-terminal domain. Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
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Temporal regulation of gene expression of the Thermus thermophilus bacteriophage P23-45. Journal of molecular biology. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
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Structural basis for the bacterial transcription-repair coupling factor/RNA polymerase interaction. Nucleic acids research. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 58
Purification of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase using a self-cleaving elastin-like polypeptide tag. Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
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Crystal structure of the in vivo-assembled Bacillus subtilis Spx/RNA polymerase alpha subunit C-terminal domain complex. Journal of structural biology. 2009 Academic Article GET IT
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Binding of the unorthodox transcription activator, Crl, to the components of the transcription machinery. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2008 Academic Article GET IT
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Rifamycins do not function by allosteric modulation of binding of Mg2+ to the RNA polymerase active center. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2008 Academic Article GET IT
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Regulation of bacterial RNA polymerase sigma factor activity: a structural perspective. Current opinion in microbiology. 2008 Review GET IT
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Rapid isolation and identification of bacteriophage T4-encoded modifications of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase: a generic method to study bacteriophage/host interactions. Journal of proteome research. 2008 Academic Article GET IT
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Genomic and proteomic analysis of phiEco32, a novel Escherichia coli bacteriophage. Journal of molecular biology. 2008 Academic Article GET IT
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Expression and use of superfolder green fluorescent protein at high temperatures in vivo: a tool to study extreme thermophile biology. Environmental microbiology. 2008 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 49
Affinity isolation and I-DIRT mass spectrometric analysis of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 Sakai RNA polymerase complex. Journal of bacteriology. 2007 Academic Article GET IT
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Crystal structure of the Escherichia coli regulator of sigma70, Rsd, in complex with sigma70 domain 4. Journal of molecular biology. 2007 Academic Article GET IT
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The Escherichia coli regulator of sigma 70 protein, Rsd, can up-regulate some stress-dependent promoters by sequestering sigma 70. Journal of bacteriology. 2007 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 42
Mass spectrometry of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase: interactions of the core enzyme with sigma70 and Rsd protein. Structure (London, England : 1993). 2004 Academic Article GET IT
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Studies of the Escherichia coli Rsd-sigma70 complex. Journal of molecular biology. 2004 Academic Article GET IT
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Repression at a distance by the global regulator KorB of promiscuous IncP plasmids. Molecular microbiology. 1999 Academic Article GET IT
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Screening for Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Viridans Group Streptococci to Individualize Infection Prevention Strategies in Neutropenic Patients awarded by National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases Co-Investigator 2024 - 2026
Metagenomic profiling of urinary cell-free DNA to monitor urinary tract infection after kidney transplantation awarded by National Institute on Aging Co-Investigator 2020 - 2026

Bactericidal Hydrogels for Bone Repair awarded by National Inst of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases Principal Investigator Subaward 2024 - 2029
Development of Targeted Antipseudomonal Bactericidal Prodrugs awarded by National Institute on Aging Principal Investigator Subaward 2023 - 2028

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Background

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Ph.D., University of Birmingham (United Kingdom) 2004
M.Phil., University of Birmingham (United Kingdom) 2000
B.Sc., University of Birmingham (United Kingdom) 1998

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Lars F Westblade

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law9067@med.cornell.edu

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VIVO Weill Cornell Medical College

Lars F Westblade Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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