Publications

2025
Russo TA, Lebreton F, McGann PT. A Step Forward in Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae Diagnostics. Emerg Infect Dis. 2025 Jan;31(1):1-3. doi: 10.3201/eid3101.241516. PubMed PMID: 39714290; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11682795.

Aslam S, Roach D, Nikolich MP, Biswas B, Schooley RT, Lilly-Bishop KA, Rice GK, Cer RZ, Hamilton T, Henry M, Luong T, Salabarria A-C, Sisk-Hackworth L, Filippov AA, Lebreton F, Hall L, Nir-Paz R, Onallah H, Livni G, Shostak E, Wieder-Finesod A, Yahav D, Yerushalmy O, Alkalay-Oren S, Braunstein R, Khalifa L, Rimon A, Gelman D, Hazan R. *Pseudomonas aeruginosa* ventricular assist device infections: findings from ineffective phage therapies in five cases. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 Apr 3;68(4):e0172823. doi: 10.1128/aac.01728-23. Epub 2024 Mar 12. Erratum in: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2025 Feb 13;69(2):e0180024. doi: 10.1128/aac.01800-24. PMID: 38470133; PMCID: PMC10989018.
2024
Stribling William, Hall Lindsey R., Powell Aubrey, Harless Casey, Martin Melissa J., Corey Brendan W., Snesrud Erik, Ong Ana, Maybank Rosslyn, Stam Jason, Bartlett Katie, Jones Brendan T., Preston Lan N., Lane Katherine F., Thompson Bernadette, Young Lynn M., Kwak Yoon I., Barsoumian Alice E., Markelz Ana-Elizabeth, Kiley John L., Cybulski Robert J., Bennett Jason W., Mc Gann Patrick T., Lebreton Francois (2024) Detecting, mapping, and suppressing the spread of a decade-long Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial outbreak with genomics eLife 13:RP93181 https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.93181.1

Byarugaba DK, Osman TS, Sayyouh OM, Wokorach G, Kigen CK, Muturi JW, Onyonyi VN, Said MM, Nasrat SA, Gazo M, Erima B, Alafi S, Kabatesi HO, Wabwire-Mangen F, Kibuuka H, Sapre AP, Bartlett KV, Lebreton F, Martin MJ, Mahugu EW, Smith HJ, Musila LA. Genomic Epidemiology of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Kenya, Uganda, and Jordan. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Oct;30(14):33-40. doi: 10.3201/eid3014.240370. PMID: 39530852; PMCID: PMC11559566.

Le Van A, Rahman N, Sandy R, Dozier N, Smith HJ, Martin MJ, Bartlett KV, Harncharoenkul K, Nanava A, Akhvlediani T, Rios P, Mehta SD, Agingu W, Byarugaba DK, Wabwire-Mangen F, Kibuuka H, Erima B, Kabatasi HO, Attram N, Peerapongpaisarn D, Oransathit W, Oransathit W, Suksawad U, Lurchachaiwong W, Sriplienchan S, Boonyalai N, Somsri M, Chaitaveep N, Jerse A, Garges E. Common Patterns and Unique Threats in Antimicrobial Resistance as Demonstrated by Global Gonococcal Surveillance. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Oct;30(14):62-70. doi: 10.3201/eid3014.240296. PMID: 39530861; PMCID: PMC11559582.

Anderson C, Lebreton F, Mills E, Jones B, Martin M, Smith H, Ressner R, Robinson S, Campbell W, Smedberg J, Backlund M, Homeyer D, Hawley-Molloy J, Khan N, Dao H, McGann P, Bennett J. Molecular Surveillance of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria among Refugees from Afghanistan in 2 US Military Hospitals during Operation Allies Refuge, 2021. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Oct;30(14):47-52. doi: 10.3201/eid3014.240152. PubMed PMID: 39530854; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11559574.

Tobin LA, Abu Sabah E, Lebreton F, Myers GSA, McGann PT, Hamidian M. Genomic analysis of early ST32 Acinetobacter baumannii strains recovered in US military treatment facilities reveals distinct lineages and links to the origins of the Tn6168 ampC transposon. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2024 Dec 16;. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkae454. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39680383.

Martin MJ, Luo TL, Kovalchuk V, Kondratiuk V, Dao HD, Kovalenko I, Plaza BJ, Kettlewell JM, Anderson CP, Smedberg JR, Ong AC, Kwak YI, Hawley-Molloy JS, Bennett JW, McGann PT, Lebreton F. Detection of cefiderocol and aztreonam/avibactam resistance in epidemic Escherichia coli ST-361 carrying bla(NDM-5) and bla(KPC-3) from foreign fighters evacuated from Ukraine. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 Nov 6;68(11):e0109024. doi: 10.1128/aac.01090-24. Epub 2024 Sep 20. PubMed PMID: 39302119; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11539215.

Kovalchuk V, Kondratiuk V, McGann P, Jones BT, Fomina N, Nazarchuk O, Fomin O, Kovalenko I. Temporal evolution of bacterial species and their antimicrobial resistance characteristics in wound infections of war-related injuries in Ukraine from 2014 to 2023. J Hosp Infect. 2024 Oct;152:99-104. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2024.06.011. Epub 2024 Jul 10. PubMed PMID: 38997008.

Bartlett KV, Luo TL, Ong AC, Maybank RA, Stribling W, Thompson B, Powell A, Kwak YI, Bennett JW, Lebreton F, Mc Gann PT. Tn4661-mediated transfer of bla (CTX-M-15) from Klebsiella michiganensis to an outbreak clone of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microb Genom. 2024 Oct;10(10). doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001303. PubMed PMID: 39412865; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11482538.

Russo TA, Carlino-MacDonald U, Drayer ZJ, Davies CJ, Alvarado CL, Hutson A, Luo TL, Martin MJ, McGann PT, Lebreton F. Deciphering the relative importance of genetic elements in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae to guide countermeasure development. EBioMedicine. 2024 Sep;107:105302. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105302. Epub 2024 Aug 22. PubMed PMID: 39178743; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11388194.

Harmer CJ, Nelson MJ, Lebreton F, Lertsethtakarn P, McGann PT, Hall RM. Distribution and expression of the aac(6')-Im (aacA16) aminoglycoside resistance gene. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2024 Jul 1;79(7):1569-1576. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkae136. PubMed PMID: 38742708; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11215538.

Stepanskyi D, Ishchenko O, Luo T, Lebreton F, Bennett JW, Kovalenko I, McGann P. Phenotypic and genomic analysis of bacteria from war wounds in Dnipro, Ukraine. JAC Antimicrob Resist. 2024 Jun;6(3):dlae090. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlae090. eCollection 2024 Jun. PubMed PMID: 38872715; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11170486.

Luo TL, Martin MJ, Kovalchuk V, Kondratiuk V, Trapaidze N, Metreveli M, Hulseberg CE, Dao HD, Kwak YI, Maybank R, Musich TA, Scherer MR, Bennett JW, Mc Gann PT, Lebreton F. Detection of carbapenemase producing Acinetobacter baumannii ST19 from Georgia and Ukraine carrying bla (OXA-23), bla (OXA-72), and/or bla (NDM-5), December 2019 to June 2023. Euro Surveill. 2024 Jun;29(24). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.24.2400259. PubMed PMID: 38873796; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11177571.

Russo TA, Alvarado CL, Davies CJ, Drayer ZJ, Carlino-MacDonald U, Hutson A, Luo TL, Martin MJ, Corey BW, Moser KA, Rasheed JK, Halpin AL, McGann PT, Lebreton F. Differentiation of hypervirulent and classical Klebsiella pneumoniae with acquired drug resistance. mBio. 2024 Feb 14;15(2):e0286723. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02867-23. Epub 2024 Jan 17. PubMed PMID: 38231533; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10865842.
2023
Shaidullina ER, Schwabe M, Rohde T, Shapovalova VV, Dyachkova MS, Matsvay AD, Savochkina YA, Shelenkov AA, Mikhaylova YV, Sydow K, Lebreton F, Idelevich EA, Heiden SE, Becker K, Kozlov RS, Shipulin GA, Akimkin VG, Lalk M, Guenther S, Zautner AE, Bohnert JA, Mardanova AM, Bouganim R, Marchaim D, Hoff KJ, Schaufler K, Edelstein MV. Genomic analysis of the international high-risk clonal lineage Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 395. Genome Med. 2023 Feb 13;15(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s13073-023-01159-6. PMID: 36782220; PMCID: PMC9926764.

Kamau E, McGann P, Lebreton F, Jones B, Youn HH, Bennett J, Harens C, Ngauy V, Copeland N. Case Report: Complicated Urinary Tract Infection Due to an Extensively Resistant Escherichia coli in a Returning Traveler. MSMR. 2023 Aug 20;30(8):6-9. PubMed PMID: 37695996.

Mc Gann PT, Lebreton F, Jones BT, Dao HD, Martin MJ, Nelson MJ, Luo T, Wyatt AC, Smedberg JR, Kettlewell JM, Cohee BM, Hawley-Molloy JS, Bennett JW. Six Extensively Drug-Resistant Bacteria in an Injured Soldier, Ukraine. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Aug;29(8):1692-1695. doi: 10.3201/eid2908.230567. Epub 2023 Jul 15. PubMed PMID: 37406356; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10370857.

Luo TL, Harmer CJ, Lebreton F, Stam J, Bennett JW, Hall RM, Mc Gann PT. Identification of an Outbreak Cluster of Extensively Antibiotic-Resistant GC1 Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates in U.S. Military Treatment Facilities. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Jun 15;11(3):e0046223. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00462-23. Epub 2023 May 4. PubMed PMID: 37140387; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10269654.

Martin MJ, Stribling W, Ong AC, Maybank R, Kwak YI, Rosado-Mendez JA, Preston LN, Lane KF, Julius M, Jones AR, Hinkle M, Waterman PE, Lesho EP, Lebreton F, Bennett JW, Mc Gann PT. A panel of diverse Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates for research and development. Microb Genom. 2023 May;9(5). doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000967. PubMed PMID: 37141116; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10272860.

Byarugaba DK, Erima B, Wokorach G, Najjuka F, Kiyengo J, Kwak YI, Ong A, Maybank R, Preston L, Mills E, McGann P, Kibuuka H, Musinguzi AK, Wabwire-Mangen F. Genome Sequence Analysis of a Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Strain Isolated from a Septic Wound of a Hospitalized Patient in Uganda. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Apr 18;12(4):e0084022. doi: 10.1128/mra.00840-22. Epub 2023 Mar 6. PubMed PMID: 36877041; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10112062.

McGann P, Lebreton F, Aggarwal A, Stam J, Maybank R, Ficinski M, Bronstein M, Bennett JW, Lesho E. The Emergence and Persistence of Candida auris in Western New York With No Epidemiologic Links: A Failure of Stewardship?. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Mar;10(3):ofad123. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad123. eCollection 2023 Mar. PubMed PMID: 37008571; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10061567.
2022
Kiyaga S, Kyany'a C, Muraya AW, Smith HJ, Mills EG, Kibet C, Mboowa G, Musila L. Genetic Diversity, Distribution, and Genomic Characterization of Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence of Clinical *Pseudomonas aeruginosa* Strains in Kenya. Front Microbiol. 2022 Mar 14;13:835403. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.835403. PMID: 35369511; PMCID: PMC8964364.

Muraya A, Kyany'a C, Kiyaga S, Smith HJ, Kibet C, Martin MJ, Kimani J, Musila L. Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Characteristics of *Klebsiella pneumoniae* Isolates in Kenya by Whole-Genome Sequencing. Pathogens. 2022 May 5;11(5):545. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11050545. PMID: 35631066; PMCID: PMC9144577.

Ruekit S, Srijan A, Serichantalergs O, Margulieux KR, Mc Gann P, Mills EG, Stribling WC, Pimsawat T, Kormanee R, Nakornchai S, Sakdinava C, Sukhchat P, Wojnarski M, Demons ST, Crawford JM, Lertsethtakarn P, Swierczewski BE. Molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant ESKAPEE pathogens from clinical samples in Chonburi, Thailand (2017-2018). BMC Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 17;22(1):695. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07678-8. PubMed PMID: 35978294; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9386987.

Mills EG, Martin MJ, Luo TL, Ong AC, Maybank R, Corey BW, Harless C, Preston LN, Rosado-Mendez JA, Preston SB, Kwak YI, Backlund MG, Bennett JW, Mc Gann PT, Lebreton F. A one-year genomic investigation of Escherichia coli epidemiology and nosocomial spread at a large US healthcare network. Genome Med. 2022 Dec 30;14(1):147. doi: 10.1186/s13073-022-01150-7. PubMed PMID: 36585742; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9801656.

Filippov AA, Su W, Sergueev KV, Kevorkian RT, Snesrud EC, Srijan A, He Y, Fouts DE, Lurchachaiwong W, McGann PT, Ellison DW, Swierczewski BE, Nikolich MP. Design of a Bacteriophage Cocktail Active against Shigella Species and Testing of Its Therapeutic Potential in Galleria mellonella. Antibiotics (Basel). 2022 Nov 19;11(11). doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11111659. PubMed PMID: 36421303; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9686686.

Harmer CJ, Lebreton F, Stam J, McGann PT, Hall RM. Mechanisms of IS26-Mediated Amplification of the aphA1 Gene Leading to Tobramycin Resistance in an Acinetobacter baumannii Isolate. Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Oct 26;10(5):e0228722. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02287-22. Epub 2022 Sep 8. PubMed PMID: 36073931; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9602291.

Luo TL, Corey BW, Snesrud E, Iovleva A, McElheny CL, Preston LN, Kwak YI, Bennett JW, Doi Y, McGann PT, Lebreton F. IS26-mediated plasmid reshuffling results in convergence of toxin-antitoxin systems but loss of resistance genes in XDR Klebsiella pneumoniae from a chronic infection. Microb Genom. 2022 Sep;8(9). doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000892. PubMed PMID: 36169644; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9676029.

Harmer CJ, Lebreton F, Stam J, McGann PT, Hall RM. Complete genome of the extensively antibiotic-resistant GC1 Acinetobacter baumannii isolate MRSN 56 reveals a novel route to fluoroquinolone resistance. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2022 Jun 29;77(7):1851-1855. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkac115. PubMed PMID: 35403193; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9244215.

Mencke JL, He Y, Filippov AA, Nikolich MP, Belew AT, Fouts DE, McGann PT, Swierczewski BE, Getnet D, Ellison DW, Margulieux KR. Identification and Characterization of vB_PreP_EPr2, a Lytic Bacteriophage of Pan-Drug Resistant Providencia rettgeri. Viruses. 2022 Mar 29;14(4). doi: 10.3390/v14040708. PubMed PMID: 35458437; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9026810.

Lesho E, Corey B, Lebreton F, Ong AC, Swierczewski BE, Bennett JW, Walsh EE, McGann P. Emergence of the E484K Mutation in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Lineage B.1.1.345 in Upstate New York. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Mar 9;74(5):909-912. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab507. PubMed PMID: 34086878; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8244745.

Chung H, Merakou C, Schaefers MM, Flett KB, Martini S, Lu R, Blumenthal JA, Webster SS, Cross AR, Al Ahmar R, Halpin E, Anderson M, Moore NS, Snesrud EC, Yu HD, Goldberg JB, O'Toole GA, McGann P, Stam JA, Hinkle M, McAdam AJ, Kishony R, Priebe GP. Rapid expansion and extinction of antibiotic resistance mutations during treatment of acute bacterial respiratory infections. Nat Commun. 2022 Mar 9;13(1):1231. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28188-w. PubMed PMID: 35264582; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8907320.

Clifford RJ, Newhart D, Laguio-Vila MR, Gutowski JL, Bronstein MZ, Lesho EP. Infection preventionist staffing levels and rates of 10 types of healthcare-associated infections: A 9-year am bidirectional observation. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Nov;43(11):1641-1646. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.507. Epub 2022 Jan17. PMID: 35034676.
2021
Kondratiuk V, Jones BT, Kovalchuk V, Kovalenko I, Ganiuk V, Kondratiuk O, Frantsishko A. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antibiotic resistance in military hospital-associated bacteria from war injuries in the Eastern Ukraine conflict between 2014 and 2020. J Hosp Infect. 2021 Jun;112:69-76. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.03.020. Epub 2021 Mar 28. PMID: 33789157.

Lebreton F, Snesrud E, Hall L, Mills E, Galac M, Stam J, Ong A, Maybank R, Kwak YI, Johnson S, Julius M, Ly M, Swierczewski B, Waterman PE, Hinkle M, Jones A, Lesho E, Bennett JW, McGann P. A panel of diverse Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates for research and development. JAC Antimicrob Resist. 2021 Dec;3(4):dlab179. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlab179. eCollection 2021 Dec. PubMed PMID: 34909689; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8664536.

Martin MJ, Corey BW, Sannio F, Hall LR, MacDonald U, Jones BT, Mills EG, Harless C, Stam J, Maybank R, Kwak Y, Schaufler K, Becker K, Hübner NO, Cresti S, Tordini G, Valassina M, Cusi MG, Bennett JW, Russo TA, McGann PT, Lebreton F, Docquier JD. Anatomy of an extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in Tuscany, Italy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Nov 30;118(48). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2110227118. PubMed PMID: 34819373; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8640832.

Ross K, Varani AM, Snesrud E, Huang H, Alvarenga DO, Zhang J, Wu C, McGann P, Chandler M. TnCentral: a Prokaryotic Transposable Element Database and Web Portal for Transposon Analysis. mBio. 2021 Oct 26;12(5):e0206021. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02060-21. Epub 2021 Sep 14. PubMed PMID: 34517763; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8546635.

Javkar K, Rand H, Hoffmann M, Luo Y, Sarria S, Thirunavukkarasu N, Pillai CA, McGann P, Johnson JK, Strain E, Pop M. Whole-Genome Assessment of Clinical Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates Uncovers Potentially Novel Factors Influencing Carbapenem Resistance. Front Microbiol. 2021;12:714284. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.714284. eCollection 2021. PubMed PMID: 34659144; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8518998.

Ben-Chetrit E, Mc Gann P, Maybank R, Stam J, Assous MV, Katz DE. Colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection: old drug, bad bug. Arch Microbiol. 2021 Aug;203(6):2999-3006. doi: 10.1007/s00203-021-02289-4. Epub 2021 Mar 27. PubMed PMID: 33774687.

Mc Gann P, Geringer MR, Hall LR, Lebreton F, Markelz E, Kwak YI, Johnson S, Ong AC, Powell A, Tekle T, Bergman Y, Simner PJ, Bennett JW, Cybulski RJ, White BK. Pan-drug resistant Providencia rettgeri contributing to a fatal case of COVID-19. J Med Microbiol. 2021 Aug;70(8). doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.001406. PubMed PMID: 34448689; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8513626.

Lebreton F, Corey BW, McElheny CL, Iovleva A, Preston L, Margulieux KR, Cybulski RJ, Mc Gann P, Doi Y, Bennett JW. Characterization of KPC-82, a KPC-2 Variant Conferring Resistance to Ceftazidime-Avibactam in a Carbapenem-Nonsusceptible Clinical Isolate of Citrobacter koseri. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2021 Jun 17;65(7):e0015021. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00150-21. Epub 2021 Jun 17. PubMed PMID: 33972237; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8218621.

Russo TA, MacDonald U, Hassan S, Camanzo E, LeBreton F, Corey B, McGann P. An Assessment of Siderophore Production, Mucoviscosity, and Mouse Infection Models for Defining the Virulence Spectrum of Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae. mSphere. 2021 Mar 24;6(2). doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00045-21. PubMed PMID: 33762316; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8546679.
2020
Galac MR, Snesrud E, Lebreton F, Stam J, Julius M, Ong AC, Maybank R, Jones AR, Kwak YI, Hinkle K, Waterman PE, Lesho EP, Bennett JW, Mc Gann P. A Diverse Panel of Clinical Acinetobacter baumannii for Research and Development. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 Sep 21;64(10). doi: 10.1128/AAC.00840-20. Print 2020 Sep 21. PubMed PMID: 32718956; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7508605.

Schulte AJ, Agan BK, Wang HC, McGann PT, Davies BW, Legault GL, Justin GA. Multidrug-Resistant Organisms from Ophthalmic Cultures: Antibiotic Resistance and Visual Acuity. Mil Med. 2020 Aug 14;185(7-8):e1002-e1007. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usaa111. PubMed PMID: 32588895.

Medina-Rojas M, Stribling W, Snesrud E, Garry BI, Li Y, Gann PM, Demons ST, Tyner SD, Zurawski DV, Antonic V. Comparison of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains reveals that Exolysin A toxin plays an additive role in virulence. Pathog Dis. 2020 Feb 1;78(1). doi: 10.1093/femspd/ftaa010. PubMed PMID: 32167551.

Martins-Sorenson N, Snesrud E, Xavier DE, Cacci LC, Iavarone AT, McGann P, Riley LW, Moreira BM. A novel plasmid-encoded mcr-4.3 gene in a colistin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strain. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2020 Jan 1;75(1):60-64. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkz413. PubMed PMID: 31578567; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6910164.

Lesho EP, Clifford R, Vore K, Zsenits B, Alcantara J, Gargano B, Phillips M,Boyd S, Eckert-Davis L, Sosa C, Vargas R, Riedy D, Stamps D, Bhavsar H, Fede J,Laguio-Vila M, Bronstein M. Sustainably reducing device utilization and device-related infections with DeCATHlons, device alternatives, and decision support. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Nov;41(11):1344-1347. doi:10.1017/ice.2020.295. Epub 2020 Jun 30. PMID: 32600491.
2019
Yelin I, Flett KB, Merakou C, Mehrotra P, Stam J, Snesrud E, Hinkle M, Lesho E, McGann P, McAdam AJ, Sandora TJ, Kishony R, Priebe GP. Genomic and epidemiological evidence of bacterial transmission from probiotic capsule to blood in ICU patients. Nat Med. 2019 Nov;25(11):1728-1732. doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0626-9. Epub 2019 Nov 7. PubMed PMID: 31700189; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6980696.

Snesrud, E., McGann, P., Walsh, E., Ong, A., Maybank, R., Kwak, Y., Campbell, J., Jones, A., Vore, K., Hinkle, M., Lesho, E. Clinical and Genomic Features of the First Cases of Elizabethkingia anophelis Infection in New York, Including the First Case in a Healthy Infant Without Previous Nosocomial Exposure. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2019 Jul 1;8(3):269-271. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piy071. PubMed PMID: 30107596.

Jakharia KK, Ilaiwy G, Moose SS, Waga M, Appalla L, McAlduff JD, Karanfil LV, McGann PT, Wortmann GW. Use of whole-genome sequencing to guide a Clostridioides difficile diagnostic stewardship program. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Jul;40(7):804-806. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.124. Epub 2019 May 15. PubMed PMID: 31088580.

Strich JR, Wang H, Cissé OH, Youn JH, Drake SK, Chen Y, Rosenberg AZ, Gucek M, McGann PT, Dekker JP, Suffredini AF. Identification of the OXA-48 Carbapenemase Family by Use of Tryptic Peptides and Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry. J Clin Microbiol. 2019 May;57(5). doi: 10.1128/JCM.01240-18. Print 2019 May. PubMed PMID: 30814261; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6498012.

Prestwood J, Chang D, McGann P, Barsoumian AE. Successful Use of Colistin Monotherapy as Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy for XDR Acinetobacter Hepatic Abscesses. Mil Med. 2019 Mar 1;184(3-4):e311-e313. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usy241. PubMed PMID: 30252091.

Wang H, Chen Y, Strich JR, Drake SK, Youn JH, Rosenberg AZ, Gucek M, McGann PT, Suffredini AF, Dekker JP. Rapid detection of colistin resistance protein MCR-1 by LC-MS/MS. Clin Proteomics. 2019;16:8. doi: 10.1186/s12014-019-9228-2. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 30890899; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6390366.
2018
Hanna J, Ogunsesan Y, Snesrud E, Maybank R, Ong A, Kwak Y, Jones A, McGann P, Lesho E. A Rapidly Fatal Infection With Haemophilus influenzae Serotype E Harboring bla (ROB-1): The Dilemma of Safe De-escalation in the Setting of Potential Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Production. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Dec;5(12):ofy302. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy302. eCollection 2018 Dec. PubMed PMID: 30555847; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6288768.

Ben-Chetrit E, Wiener-Well Y, Lesho E, Kopuit P, Broyer C, Bier L, Assous MV, Benenson S, Cohen MJ, McGann PT, Snesrud E, Levin PD. An intervention to control an ICU outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: long-term impact for the ICU and hospital. Crit Care. 2018 Nov 21;22(1):319. doi: 10.1186/s13054-018-2247-y. PubMed PMID: 30463589; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6249923.

Chorost MS, Smith NC, Hutter JN, Ong AC, Stam JA, McGann PT, Hinkle MK, Schaecher KE, Kamau E. Bacteraemia due to Microbacterium paraoxydans in a patient with chronic kidney disease, refractory hypertension and sarcoidosis. JMM Case Rep. 2018 Nov;5(11):e005169. doi: 10.1099/jmmcr.0.005169. eCollection 2018 Nov. PubMed PMID: 30619613; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6321868.

Snesrud E, Maybank R, Kwak YI, Jones AR, Hinkle MK, McGann P. Chromosomally Encoded mcr-5 in Colistin-Nonsusceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018 Aug;62(8). doi: 10.1128/AAC.00679-18. Print 2018 Aug. PubMed PMID: 29844041; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6105811.

Lesho EP, Snesrud E, Bronstein M, Pettis M, Ong A, Maybank R, Kwak Y, Jones A, Vore K, McGann P, Hinkle M. Got GAS? Ease the Bloat with Real-Time Whole-Genome Sequencing. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Jun;39(6):760-762. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.73. Epub 2018 Apr 2. PubMed PMID: 29606173; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6088778.

Srijan A, Margulieux KR, Ruekit S, Snesrud E, Maybank R, Serichantalergs O, Kormanee R, Sukhchat P, Sriyabhaya J, Hinkle M, Crawford JM, McGann P, Swierczewski BE. Genomic Characterization of Nonclonal mcr-1-Positive Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from Clinical Samples in Thailand. Microb Drug Resist. 2018 May;24(4):403-410. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2017.0400. Epub 2018 Apr 24. PubMed PMID: 29688801; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5946733.

Snesrud E, McGann P, Chandler M. The Birth and Demise of the ISApl1-mcr-1-ISApl1 Composite Transposon: the Vehicle for Transferable Colistin Resistance. mBio. 2018 Feb 13;9(1). doi: 10.1128/mBio.02381-17. PubMed PMID: 29440577; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5821093.

Lesho EP, Bronstein MZ, McGann P, Stam J, Kwak Y, Maybank R, McNamara J, Callahan M, Campbell J, Hinkle MK, Walsh EE. Importation, Mitigation, and Genomic Epidemiology of Candida auris at a Large Teaching Hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Jan;39(1):53-57. doi: 10.1017/ice.2017.231. Epub 2017 Dec 6. PubMed PMID: 29208056.

Morgan M, McGann P, Gierhart S, Chukwuma U, Richesson D, Hinkle M, Lesho E. Consumption of Chlorhexidine and Mupirocin Across the Health System of the US Department of Defense (DOD) and the Incidence of the qacA/B and mupA Genes in the DOD Facilities of the National Capital Region. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 15;64(12):1801-1802. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix276. PubMed PMID: 28369328; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5447884.

Clifford RJ, Chukwuma U, Sparks ME, Richesson D, Neumann CV, Waterman PE,Moran-Gilad J, Julius MD, Hinkle MK, Lesho EP. Semi-Automated Visualization and ANalysis of Trends: A "SAVANT" for Facilitating Antimicrobial Stewardship Using Anti staphylococcal Resistance and Consumption as a Prototype. Open Forum InfectDis. 2018 Mar 23;5(4):ofy066. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy066. PMID: 30568986; PMCID:PMC5909431.

Chan AP, Choi Y, Brinkac LM, Krishnakumar R, DePew J, Kim M, Hinkle MK, LeshoEP, Fouts DE. Multidrug resistant pathogens respond differently to the presence of co-pathogen, commensal, probiotic and host cells. Sci Rep. 2018 Jun5;8(1):8656. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26738-1. PMID: 29872152; PMCID: PMC5988826.
2017
Mc Gann P. Correct Definitions for Mobile Genetic Elements. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 1;64(11):1632. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix263. PubMed PMID: 28369238.

Snesrud E, Ong AC, Corey B, Kwak YI, Clifford R, Gleeson T, Wood S, Whitman TJ, Lesho EP, Hinkle M, McGann P. Analysis of Serial Isolates of mcr-1-Positive Escherichia coli Reveals a Highly Active ISApl1 Transposon. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 May;61(5). doi: 10.1128/AAC.00056-17. Print 2017 May. PubMed PMID: 28223389; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5404521.

Perkins MJ, Snesrud E, McGann P, Duplessis CA. Clostridium sphenoides Chronic Osteomyelitis Diagnosed Via Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry, Conflicting With 16S rRNA Sequencing but Confirmed by Whole Genome Sequencing. Mil Med. 2017 Jan;182(1):e1669-e1672. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-15-00535. PubMed PMID: 28051992.

Mullins KE, Hang J, Clifford RJ, Onmus-Leone F, Yang Y, Jiang J, Leguia M, Kasper MR, Maguina C, Lesho EP, Jarman RG, Richards A, Blazes D. Whole-Genome Analysis of Bartonella ancashensis, a Novel Pathogen Causing Verruga Peruana, Rural Ancash Region, Peru. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Mar;23(3):430-438. doi:10.3201/eid2303.161476. PMID: 28221130; PMCID: PMC5382735.

Jones CL, Singh SS, Alamneh Y, Casella LG, Ernst RK, Lesho EP, Waterman PE, Zurawski DV. *In Vivo* Fitness Adaptations of Colistin-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates to Oxidative Stress. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 Feb 23;61(3):e00598-16. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00598-16. PMID:27993849; PMCID: PMC5328574.
2016
Snesrud E, He S, Chandler M, Dekker JP, Hickman AB, McGann P, Dyda F. A Model for Transposition of the Colistin Resistance Gene mcr-1 by ISApl1. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 Nov;60(11):6973-6976. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01457-16. Print 2016 Nov. PubMed PMID: 27620479; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5075121.

McGann P, Bunin JL, Snesrud E, Singh S, Maybank R, Ong AC, Kwak YI, Seronello S, Clifford RJ, Hinkle M, Yamada S, Barnhill J, Lesho E. Real time application of whole genome sequencing for outbreak investigation - What is an achievable turnaround time?. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 Jul;85(3):277-282. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.04.020. Epub 2016 Apr 30. PubMed PMID: 27185645.

McGann P, Snesrud E, Maybank R, Corey B, Ong AC, Clifford R, Hinkle M, Whitman T, Lesho E, Schaecher KE. Escherichia coli Harboring mcr-1 and blaCTX-M on a Novel IncF Plasmid: First Report of mcr-1 in the United States. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 Jul;60(7):4420-1. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01103-16. Print 2016 Jul. PubMed PMID: 27230792; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4914657.

Lesho E, Lin X, Clifford R, Snesrud E, Onmus-Leone F, Appalla L, Ong A, Maybank R, Nielsen L, Kwak Y, Hinkle M, Turco J, Marin JA, Hooks S, Matthews S, Hyland S, Little J, Waterman P, McGann P. From the Battlefield to the Bedside: Supporting Warfighter and Civilian Health With the "ART" of Whole Genome Sequencing for Antibiotic Resistance and Outbreak Investigations. Mil Med. 2016 Jul;181(7):621-4. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-15-00197. PubMed PMID: 27391613.

Ghazi IM, Crandon JL, Lesho EP, McGann P, Nicolau DP. In vivo efficacy of humanized high dose meropenem and comparators against Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates producing verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase (VIM). Heliyon. 2016 Jun;2(6):e00121. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2016.e00121. eCollection 2016 Jun. PubMed PMID: 27441293; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4946293.

Lesho E, Clifford R, Onmus-Leone F, Appalla L, Snesrud E, Kwak Y, Ong A, Maybank R, Waterman P, Rohrbeck P, Julius M, Roth A, Martinez J, Nielsen L, Steele E, McGann P, Hinkle M. The Challenges of Implementing Next Generation Sequencing Across a Large Healthcare System, and the Molecular Epidemiology and Antibiotic Susceptibilities of Carbapenemase-Producing Bacteria in the Healthcare System of the U.S. Department of Defense. PLoS One. 2016;11(5):e0155770. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155770. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 27196272; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4873006.

Clifford R, Sparks M, Hosford E, Ong A, Richesson D, Fraser S, Kwak Y, Miller S, Julius M, McGann P, Lesho E. Correlating Cleaning Thoroughness with Effectiveness and Briefly Intervening to Affect Cleaning Outcomes: How Clean Is Cleaned?. PLoS One. 2016;11(5):e0155779. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155779. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 27196635; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4873012.

McGann P, Chahine S, Okafor D, Ong AC, Maybank R, Kwak YI, Wilson K, Zapor M, Lesho E, Hinkle M. Detecting 16S rRNA Methyltransferases in Enterobacteriaceae by Use of Arbekacin. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Jan;54(1):208-11. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02642-15. Epub 2015 Nov 4. PubMed PMID: 26537447; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4702724.

Lesho EP, Clifford RJ. For Rapid Molecular Detection, Why Not a Whole Genome Approach? Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 15;63(4):570-1. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw332.Epub 2016 May 25. PMID: 27225237.

Lesho EP. How Next-Generation Sequencing Might Not Transform Infectious Disease Practice. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Apr 15;62(8):1052-3. doi:10.1093/cid/ciw008. Epub 2016 Feb 6. PMID: 26908790.
2015
Ghazi IM, Crandon JL, Lesho EP, McGann P, Nicolau DP. Efficacy of humanized high-dose meropenem, cefepime, and levofloxacin against Enterobacteriaceae isolates producing Verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase (VIM) in a murine thigh infection model. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Nov;59(11):7145-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00794-15. Epub 2015 Sep 28. PubMed PMID: 26416855; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4604359.

Lesho E, Carling P, Hosford E, Ong A, Snesrud E, Sparks M, Onmus-Leone F, Dzialowy N, Fraser S, Kwak Y, Miller S, Chukwuma U, Julius M, McGann P, Clifford R. Relationships among cleaning, environmental DNA, and healthcare-associated infections in a new evidence-based design hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Oct;36(10):1130-8. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.151. Epub 2015 Jul 8. PubMed PMID: 26152338.

Jones CL, Clancy M, Honnold C, Singh S, Snesrud E, Onmus-Leone F, McGann P, Ong AC, Kwak Y, Waterman P, Zurawski DV, Clifford RJ, Lesho E. Fatal outbreak of an emerging clone of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii with enhanced virulence. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jul 15;61(2):145-54. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ225. Epub 2015 Mar 29. PubMed PMID: 25824815.

McGann P, Snesrud E, Ong AC, Appalla L, Koren M, Kwak YI, Waterman PE, Lesho EP. War wound treatment complications due to transfer of an IncN plasmid harboring bla(OXA-181) from Morganella morganii to CTX-M-27-producing sequence type 131 Escherichia coli. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015;59(6):3556-62. doi: 10.1128/AAC.04442-14. Epub 2015 Apr 13. PubMed PMID: 25870058; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4432134.

Lesho EP, Clifford RJ, Chukwuma U, Kwak YI, Maneval M, Neumann C, Xie S, Nielsen LE, Julius MD, McGann P, Waterman PE. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and the correlation between carbapenem and fluoroquinolone usage and resistance in the US military health system. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015 Feb;81(2):119-25. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.09.017. Epub 2014 Sep 28. PubMed PMID: 25497458.

Hang J, Mullins KE, Clifford RJ, Onmus-Leone F, Yang Y, Jiang J, Leguia M,Kasper MR, Maguiña C, Lesho EP, Jarman RG, Richards AL, Blazes D. Complete Genome Sequence of Bartonella ancashensis Strain 20.00, Isolated from the Blood of a Patient with Verruga Peruana. Genome Announc. 2015 Nov 5;3(6):e01217-15.doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01217-15. PMID: 26543106; PMCID: PMC4645191.

Chan AP, Sutton G, DePew J, Krishnakumar R, Choi Y, Huang XZ, Beck E, Harkins DM, Kim M, Lesho EP, Nikolich MP, Fouts DE. A novel method of consensus pan-chromosome assembly and large-scale comparative analysis reveal the highly flexible pan-genome of Acinetobacter baumannii. Genome Biol. 2015 Jul21;16(1):143. doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0701-6. PMID: 26195261; PMCID: PMC4507327.

Lesho EP. Editorial commentary: fighting ebola and advancing knowledge on the front lines in a capital city. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 15;60(12):1825-7.doi: 10.1093/cid/civ204. Epub 2015 Mar 13. PMID: 25770170.

Chandrasekera RM, Lesho EP, Chukwuma U, Cummings JF, Waterman PE. The state of antimicrobial resistance surveillance in the military health system: a review of improvements made in the last 10 years and remaining surveillance gaps. Mil Med. 2015 Feb;180(2):145-50. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00297. PMID: 25643381.

Lesho EP. US Ebola case: an example of the misuse of antibiotics and a reminder for better stewardship. Mayo Clin Proc. 2015 Jan;90(1):161. doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.11.001. PMID: 25572203.
2014
McGann P, Courvalin P, Snesrud E, Clifford RJ, Yoon EJ, Onmus-Leone F, Ong AC, Kwak YI, Grillot-Courvalin C, Lesho E, Waterman PE. Amplification of aminoglycoside resistance gene aphA1 in Acinetobacter baumannii results in tobramycin therapy failure. mBio. 2014 Apr 22;5(2):e00915. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00915-14. PubMed PMID: 24757213; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3994513.

Nielsen LE, Snesrud EC, Onmus-Leone F, Kwak YI, Avilés R, Steele ED, Sutter DE, Waterman PE, Lesho EP. IS5 element integration, a novel mechanism for rapid in vivo emergence of tigecycline nonsusceptibility in Klebsiella pneumoniae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Oct;58(10):6151-6. doi: 10.1128/AAC.03053-14.Epub 2014 Aug 4. PMID: 25092708; PMCID: PMC4187979.

Jacobs AC, Thompson MG, Black CC, Kessler JL, Clark LP, McQueary CN, GanczHY, Corey BW, Moon JK, Si Y, Owen MT, Hallock JD, Kwak YI, Summers A, Li CZ,Rasko DA, Penwell WF, Honnold CL, Wise MC, Waterman PE, Lesho EP, Stewart RL,Actis LA, Palys TJ, Craft DW, Zurawski DV. AB5075, a Highly Virulent Isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii, as a Model Strain for the Evaluation of Pathogenesis and Antimicrobial Treatments. mBio. 2014 May 27;5(3):e01076-14. doi:10.1128/mBio.01076-14. PMID: 24865555; PMCID: PMC4045072.

Lesho EP, Waterman PE, Chukwuma U, McAuliffe K, Neumann C, Julius MD, Crouch H, Chandrasekera R, English JF, Clifford RJ, Kester KE. The antimicrobial resistance monitoring and research (ARMoR) program: the US Department of Defense response to escalating antimicrobial resistance. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Aug1;59(3):390-7. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu319. Epub 2014 May 1. PMID: 24795331.
2013
Mc Gann P, Milillo M, Kwak YI, Quintero R, Waterman PE, Lesho E. Rapid and simultaneous detection of the chlorhexidine and mupirocin resistance genes qacA/B and mupA in clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Nov;77(3):270-2. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.06.006. Epub 2013 Sep 10. PubMed PMID: 24034900.

Lesho E, Yoon EJ, McGann P, Snesrud E, Kwak Y, Milillo M, Onmus-Leone F, Preston L, St Clair K, Nikolich M, Viscount H, Wortmann G, Zapor M, Grillot-Courvalin C, Courvalin P, Clifford R, Waterman PE. Emergence of colistin-resistance in extremely drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii containing a novel pmrCAB operon during colistin therapy of wound infections. J Infect Dis. 2013 Oct 1;208(7):1142-51. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit293. Epub 2013 Jun 28. PubMed PMID: 23812239.

Waterman PE, McGann P, Snesrud E, Clifford RJ, Kwak YI, Munoz-Urbizo IP, Tabora-Castellanos J, Milillo M, Preston L, Aviles R, Sutter DE, Lesho EP. Bacterial peritonitis due to Acinetobacter baumannii sequence type 25 with plasmid-borne new delhi metallo-β-lactamase in Honduras. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Sep;57(9):4584-6. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00275-13. Epub 2013 Jul 1. PubMed PMID: 23817381; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3754324.

McGann P, Milillo M, Clifford RJ, Snesrud E, Stevenson L, Backlund MG, Viscount HB, Quintero R, Kwak YI, Zapor MJ, Waterman PE, Lesho EP. Detection of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (encoded by blaNDM-1) in Acinetobacter schindleri during routine surveillance. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Jun;51(6):1942-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00281-13. Epub 2013 Apr 3. PubMed PMID: 23554204; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3716100.

Napier BA, Burd EM, Satola SW, Cagle SM, Ray SM, McGann P, Pohl J, Lesho EP, Weiss DS. Clinical use of colistin induces cross-resistance to host antimicrobials in Acinetobacter baumannii. mBio. 2013 May 21;4(3):e00021-13. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00021-13. PubMed PMID: 23695834; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3663567.

O'Hara JA, McGann P, Snesrud EC, Clifford RJ, Waterman PE, Lesho EP, Doi Y. Novel 16S rRNA methyltransferase RmtH produced by Klebsiella pneumoniae associated with war-related trauma. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 May;57(5):2413-6. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00266-13. Epub 2013 Mar 11. PubMed PMID: 23478957; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3632941.

Milillo M, Kwak YI, Snesrud E, Waterman PE, Lesho E, McGann P. Rapid and simultaneous detection of blaKPC and blaNDM by use of multiplex real-time PCR. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Apr;51(4):1247-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03316-12. Epub 2013 Jan 16. PubMed PMID: 23325823; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3666810.

Michael Z, McGann PT, Alao O, Stevenson L, Lesho E, Viscount H. Isolation of Leclercia adecarboxylata from an infected war wound in an immune competent patient. Mil Med. 2013 Mar;178(3):e390-3. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00382. PubMed PMID: 23707132.

Clifford RJ, Milillo M, Prestwood J, Quintero R, Zurawski DV, Kwak YI, Waterman PE, Lesho EP, Mc Gann P. Detection of bacterial 16S rRNA and identification of four clinically important bacteria by real-time PCR. PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e48558. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048558. Epub 2012 Nov 6. PubMed PMID: 23139793; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3490953.

Onmus-Leone F, Hang J, Clifford RJ, Yang Y, Riley MC, Kuschner RA, WatermanPE, Lesho EP. Enhanced de novo assembly of high throughput pyrosequencing data using whole genome mapping. PLoS One. 2013 Apr 17;8(4):e61762. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061762. PMID: 23613926; PMCID: PMC3629165.

Blazes DL, Bondarenko JL, Burke RL, Vest KG, Fukuda MM, Perdue CL, Tsai AY,Thomas AC, Chandrasekera RM, Cockrill JA, Von Thun AM, Baliga P, Meyers M, Quintana M, Wurapa EK, Mansour MM, Dueger E, Yasuda CY, Lanata CF, Gray GC, Saylors KE, Ndip LM, Lewis S, Blair PJ, Sloberg PA, Thomas SJ, Lesho EP, Grogl M, Myers T, Ellison D, Ellis KK, Brown ML, Schoepp RJ, Shanks GD, Macalino GE,Eick-Cost AA, Russell KL, Sanchez JL. Contributions of the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System Network to global health security in2011. US Army Med Dep J. 2013 Apr-Jun:7-18. PMID: 23584903.

Ng S, King CS, Hang J, Clifford R, Lesho EP, Kuschner RA, Cox ED, Stelsel R,Mody R. Severe cavitary pneumonia caused by a non-equi Rhodococcus species in an immunocompetent patient. Respir Care. 2013 Apr;58(4):e47-50. doi:10.4187/respcare.02017. PMID: 23051922.
2012
Waterman P, Kwak Y, Clifford R, Julius M, Onmus-Leone F, Tsurgeon C, Riley M, Black C, McGann P, Lesho E. A multidrug-resistance surveillance network: 1 year on. Lancet Infect Dis. 2012 Aug;12(8):587-8. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70149-4. PubMed PMID: 22835896.

McGann P, Hang J, Clifford RJ, Yang Y, Kwak YI, Kuschner RA, Lesho EP, Waterman PE. Complete sequence of a novel 178-kilobase plasmid carrying bla(NDM-1) in a Providencia stuartii strain isolated in Afghanistan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Apr;56(4):1673-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.05604-11. Epub 2012 Jan 30. PubMed PMID: 22290972; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3318346.

Hang J, Clifford RJ, Yang Y, Riley MC, Mody RM, Kuschner RA, Lesho EP. Genome sequencing of pathogenic Rhodococcus spp. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012Nov;18(11):1915-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1811.120818. PMID: 23092600; PMCID:PMC3559142.

Huang XZ, Frye JG, Chahine MA, Glenn LM, Ake JA, Su W, Nikolich MP, LeshoEP. Characteristics of plasmids in multi-drug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolated during prospective surveillance of a newly opened hospital in Iraq. PLoS One. 2012;7(7):e40360. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040360. Epub 2012 Jul 11.PMID: 22808141; PMCID: PMC3394789.

Clifford RJ, Hang J, Riley MC, Onmus-Leone F, Kuschner RA, Lesho EP,Waterman PE. Complete genome sequence of Providencia stuartii clinical isolate MRSN 2154. J Bacteriol. 2012 Jul;194(14):3736-7. doi: 10.1128/JB.00615-12. PMID:22740665; PMCID: PMC3393513.

Lindler L, Lesho EP, Harms DE, Myers TE, Gaydos JC. Influenza and wound infections: laboratory support for deployed U.S. forces. Mil Med. 2012Mar;177(3):245-7. doi: 10.7205/milmed-d-11-00356. PMID: 22

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