Student Laboratory Assistant - Water Testing Laboratory, University of Wisconsin - Stout, Menomonie
Professional Societies
American Society for Microbiology
Presentations
2011:
Evaluation of automated microbiology identification systems: comparison of the Sensititre Aris® and Vitek® 2 when testing Gram-positive and -negative pathogens, ECCMID
2011:
Evaluation of the Sensititre Aris® 2X and Vitek® 2 Automated Systems for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Contemporary Gram-negative Pathogens Originating from Veterinary Sources , ASM
2011:
Evaluation of the Sensititre Aris® 2X, Vitek® 2 and Phoenix® Systems for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Gram-Positive Pathogens Originating from a Regional Healthcare Network, ASM
2011:
Evaluation of the Sensititre Aris® and Vitek® 2 Automated Systems for Identification of Bacterial Pathogens Recovered from Veterinary Specimens , ASM
2011:
Evaluation of the Sensititre Aris® 2X and Vitek® 2 Automated Systems for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Staphylococci and Enterococci Originating from Veterinary Sources, ASM
2011:
Evaluation of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Platforms: Comparison of the Sensititre Aris® 2X, Phoenix® and Vitek® 2 When Testing Contemporary Gram-negative Bacilli, ICAAC
2012:
Application of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for rapid pathogen identification in an Era of ‘One Medicine-One Health’ microbiology , ECCMID
2012:
Comparison of the MALDI BioTyper™ with the Vitek ®2 and ARIS® Automated Bacterial Identification Systems: Results from a US Regional Laboratory Practice, ASM
2012:
Validation of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry for Routine Bacterial Identification in a Regional Veterinary Laboratory Practice and Comparison with Automated Identification Systems , ASM
2013:
Performance Characteristics of Mass Spectrometry for the Rapid Identification of Cultured Bacterial Pathogens: Potential for Improving Laboratory Reporting in Patients Receiving Bacterially-Contaminated Units , AABB
2013:
Performance characteristics of mass spectrometry for the rapid identification of cystic fibrosis pathogens in a regional USA laboratory practice , ECCMID
2013:
Dramatic Improvement in Accuracy and Time to Reporting When Identifying Cystic Fibrosis Pathogens: the Practical Impact of Mass Spectrometry, ASM
2013:
Real Time PCR Assay for the Identification of Bacterial Enteropathogens in Feces , ASM
2014:
Predominance of MRSA clonal complex (CC) 5 and CC8 from Human isolates in the Rural Wisconsin, ISSSI
2014:
Multicenter Evaluation of a New Isothermal Molecular GBS Assay: Comparison with Culture , ASM
2014:
Performance Characteristics of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Compared with 16S rDNA Sequencing for the Rapid Identification of Actinomyces spp. in a ‘One Health’ Laboratory Practice , ASM
2014:
Comparison Between Culture and a Helicase Dependent Amplification Method for the Detection of Group B Streptococcus , ECCMID
2015:
Head-to-Head Comparison between Commercially-Available MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Systems for the Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, ASM
2015:
Validation of a Commercial Multiplex PCR for Rapid Detection of Respiratory Pathogens from Bronchial Specimens, ASM
2015:
Performance Characteristics of Mass Spectrometry Compared with Biochemical Approaches for the Rapid Identification of Corynebacterium spp. in a ‘One Health’ Laboratory Practice, ASM
2015:
Rapid and Cost-Effective Identification of Blood Culture Pathogens from 3-Hour Solid Media Growth Using Mass Spectrometry, ASM
2016:
‘One Health’ Laboratory Surveillance and Characterization of Multi-Drug Resistant Escherichia coli in the Upper USA Midwest: Preliminary Report, ECCMID
2016:
Benchmark Results and Trending Analysis Following Introduction of Nucleic Acid Tests for Diagnosis of Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichiosis and Babesiosis in Central and Northern Wisconsin (2013-2015), ASM
2017:
A Multi-Site Study Comparing a Commercially Prepared Dried MIC Susceptibility System to the CLSI Broth Microdilution Method for Debio 1452 (FAB) using non-Fastidious Gram-Positive Organisms, ASM Microbe
2017:
A Multi-Site Study Comparing a Commercially Prepared Dried MIC Susceptibility System to the CLSI Broth Microdilution Method for Omadacycline using non-Fastidious Gram-Positive Organisms, ASM Microbe
2017:
A Multi-Site Study Comparing a Commercially Prepared Dried MIC Susceptibility System to the CLSI Broth Microdilution Method for Delafloxacin using non-Fastidious Gram-Positive Organisms, ASM Microbe
2017:
Evidence for Clonotype Partitioning Among Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Recovered from Human, Canine and Bovine Hosts: a ‘One Health’ Perspective, ASM Microbe
2017:
Low Clonal Overlap of Extended Spectrum ß-Lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from Human, Canine and Bovine Hosts in the Upper USA Midwest, ECCMID
2018:
A Multi-Site Study Comparing a Commercially Prepared Dried MIC Susceptibility System to the CLSI/ISO Broth Microdilution Method for Plazomicin using Non-Fastidious Gram-Negative Organisms, ASM Microbe
2018:
A Multi-Site Study Comparing a Commercially Prepared Dried MIC Susceptibility System to the CLSI/ISO Broth Microdilution Method for Eravacycline using Gram Positive and Gram Negative non-Fastidious Organisms, ASM Microbe
2018:
A Multi-Site Study Comparing a Commercially Prepared Dried MIC Susceptibility System to the CLSI/ISO Broth Microdilution Method for FDA Approved Delafloxacin (BAXDELA) using Fastidious Organisms, ASM Microbe
2018:
A Multi-Site Study Comparing a Commercially Prepared Dried MIC Susceptibility System to the CLSI/ISO Broth Microdilution Method for FDA Approved Delafloxacin (BAXDELA) using Gram-Negative Non-Fastidious Organisms, ASM Microbe
2018:
Genomic Characterization of an NDM-Expressing Escherichia coli Isolate Recovered from a Canine Urinary Tract Infection in the USA Midwest, ECCMID
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Brown-Elliott BA, Fritsche TR, Olson BJ, Vasireddy S, Vasireddy R, Iakhiaeva E,...Branda JA. Comparison of Two Commercial Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) Systems for Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria. Am J Clin Pathol. 2019 September 9; 152(4):527-536. PMCID: PMC6733354.
PubMed ID:
31314059
Shimpi N, Glurich I, Rostami R, Hegde H, Olson B, Acharya A. Development and Validation of a Non-Invasive, Chairside Oral Cavity Cancer Risk Assessment Prototype Using Machine Learning Approach. J Pers Med. 2022 April 11; 12(4):614. doi: 10.3390/jpm12040614. PMCID: PMC9032985.
PubMed ID:
35455730
Goer A, Blanchard LS, Van Belkum A, Loftus KJ, Armstrong TP, Gatermann SG,...Franceschi C [including Olson BJ, Meece JK, Fritsche TR.] Multicenter Evaluation of the Novel ETEST Fosfomycin for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Enterobacterales, Enterococcus faecalis, and Staphylococcus Species. [published online ahead of print 2022 June 23]. J Clin Microbiol. :e0002122.
PubMed ID:
35736011
Ortiz DA, Legenza LM, Olson BJ, Knapp CC, Killian SB, Meece JK,...Fritsche TR [including Hall MC.] Surveillance for multidrug resistant Escherichia coli carriage in cattle, dogs and humans reveals predominance of CMY-2, CTX-M-15 and CTX-M-9 groups of ß-lactamases. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 2022 October; 89 :101880.
PubMed ID:
36116273
Legenza L, McNair K, Gao S, Lacy JP, Olson BJ, Fritsche TR,...Rose WE. A geospatial approach to identify patterns of antibiotic susceptibility at a neighborhood level in Wisconsin, United States. Sci Rep. 2023 May 2; 13(1):7122. PMCID: PMC10154319.
PubMed ID:
37130877
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