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  • A novel vehicle for transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to humans: E. coli O157:H7 infections associated with consumption of ready-to-bake commercial prepackaged cookie dough – United States, 2009. Karen P. Neil MD MSPH, Gwen Ewald MPH, Kathryn MacDonald PhD, Eija Hyytia-Trees PhD DVM, Carlota Medus PhD MPH, Kimberlee A. Musser PhD, Steven Stroika, Don Zink, Mark J. Sotir PhD MPH.. Clin Infect. Dis., Published online: Dec 8, 2011.
  • Henk den Bakker, Andrea Moreno Switt, Craig Cummings, Karin Hoelzer, Lovorka Degoricija, Lorraine Rodriguez-Rivera, Emily Wright, Rixun Fang, Margaret Davis, Tim Root, Dianna Schoonmaker-Bopp, Kimberlee Musser, Elizabeth Villamil, HaeNa Waechter, Laura Kornstein, Manohar Furtado, and Martin Wiedmann. A whole genome SNP based approach to trace and identify outbreaks linked to a common Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Montevideo Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis type. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011. Dec. 77(24); 8648-55.
  • T. A. Halse,V. E. Escuyer, K. A. Musser. Evaluation of a Single Tube Multiplex Real-Time PCR for Differentiation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Clinical Specimens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2011. 49 (7): 2562-2567.
  • Joshua K. Schaffzin, Fatima Coronado1, Nellie B. Dumas, Timothy R. Root, Tanya A. Halse, Dianna J. Schoonmaker-Bopp, Melissa M. Lurie, Barbara Gerzonich, Geraldine S. Johnson, Barbara J. Wallace, Kimberlee A. Musser. . Public Health Approach to Detection of Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: Summary of Two Outbreaks and Laboratory Procedures. Accepted Epidemiol. Infect. March, 2011. Published online May 2011, DOI:10.1017/S09050268811000719.
  • William J. Wolfgang, An Coorevits, Jocelyn A. Cole, Paul De Vos, Michelle C. Dickinson, George E. Hannett, Reashma Jose, Elizabeth J. Nazarian, Peter Schumann, Anita Van Landschoot, Samantha E. Wirth, and Kimberlee A. Musser. Description of Sporosarcina newyorkensis sp. nov. recovered from clinical specimens in the State of New York and from raw cow’s milk in Belgium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2011 Mar 18. [Epub ahead of print].
  • Samantha E. Wirth, Héctor L. Ayala-del- Río, Jocelyn A. Cole, Donna J. Kohlerschmidt, Kimberlee A. Musser, Lycely del C. Sepúlveda-Torres, Lisa M. Thompson, William J. Wolfgang. Description of Psychrobacter sanguinis sp. nov. recovered from four clinical specimens in New York State over a 4-year period. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2012 Jan;62(Pt 1):49-54. Epub 2011 Feb 11.
  • Swaraj Rajkhowa, Joy Scaria, Daniel L Garcia, Kimberlee A Musser, Bruce L Akey, and Yung-Fu Chang. Analysis of Escherichia coli O157 clinical isolates by multilocus sequence typing. BMC Research Notes 2010, 3:343.
  • P.A. Granato, L. Chen, I. Holiday, R. A. Rawling, S. M. Novak-Weekley, T. Quinlan, K.A. Musser. Comparison of Premier CAMPY EIA, ProSpecT Campylobacter EIA, and ImmunoCard STAT! CAMPY Tests with Culture for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Campylobacter Enteric Infections. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2010. 48(11): 4022-4027.
  • T. A. Halse, J. Edwards, P. L. Cunningham, W. J. Wolfgang, N. B. Dumas, V. E. Escuyer, K. A. Musser. Combined Real-Time PCR and rpoB Gene Pyrosequencing for the Rapid Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the Determination of Rifampin Resistance, Directly on Clinical Specimens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 48 (4), 2010.
  • S.V. Sodha, M. Lynch, K. Wannemuchlar, M. Leeper, M. Malavet, J. Schaffzin, T. Chen, A. Langer, M. Glenshaw, D. Hoefer, N. Dumas, L. Lind, M. Iwamoto, T. Ayers, T. Nguyen, M. Biggerstaff, C. Olson, A. Seth, C. Braden. 2010. Multistate outbreak of Esherichia coli O157:H7 infections associated with a national fast food chain in the northeastern United States, 2006: incorporating epidemiologic study and food source traceback results. Epidemiol. Infect. 139: 309-316.
  • William J. Wolfgang, Andrea. N. Carpenter, Jocelyn. A. Cole, Sabine Gronow, Andrea Habura, Sherly Jose, Elizabeth J. Nazarian, Donna J. Kohlerschmidt, Ronald Limberger, Dianna. Schoonmaker-Bopp, Cathrin Spröer and Kimberlee A. Musser. Description of Neisseria wadsworthii sp. nov. and Neisseria shayeganii sp. nov. isolated from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2011 Jan;61(Pt 1):91-8. Epub 2010 Feb 19.
  • Bacterial Meningitis after Spinal Anesthesia During Labor — Ohio and New York, 2008–2009. Reported by: M DiOrio, MD, MPH, J Carmean, BSN, RN, S de Fijter, MS, J Schaffzin, MD, M Quinn, MS, K Musser, PhD, E Nazarian, B Beall, PhD, R Gertz Jr, A Kallen, MD, MPH, C Kim, PhD, J Duffy, MD, MPH. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, January 29, 2010.
  • Cho, Seongbeom; Whittam, Thomas; Boxrud, David; Bartkus, Joanne; Rankin, Shelley; Wilkins, Melinda; Somsel, Patricia; Downes, Frances; Musser, Kimberlee; Root, Timothy; Warnick, Lorin; Weidmann, M; Saeed, Mahdi. 2009. Use of Multiple-Locus VNTR Analysis and Phage Typing: Novel Approach for Typing Salmonella Enteritidis from Sporadic Human Cases In the United States. J. Appl. Microbiol., Jul 20., 2010.
  • Kimberlee A. Musser and Christina Egan. Validation of New Molecular Tests for Microbiological Testing of Clinical Specimens. Clin. Microbiol. Newsletter. 2009.
  • B.M. Limbago, Long, C.M., Thompson, A.D., Killgore, G.E., Hannett, G.E., Havill, N.L, Mickelson, S., Lathrop, S., Jones, T.F., Park, M.M. Harriman, K.H., Gould, L.H., McDonald, L.C, and. Angulo. F.J. Clostridium difficile strains from community-associated infections. 2009. J. Clin. Microbiol. 47(9):3004-3007.
  • D. Wroblewski, G.E. Hannett, D. J. Bopp, G. Dumyati, T. A. Halse, N. B. Dumas and K.A. Musser. Rapid molecular characterization of Clostridium difficile, and assessment of the population of C. difficile in stool specimen. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 47:7, July, 2009.
  • E. J. Nazarian, D. J. Bopp, A. Saylors, R.J.Limberger, and K.A. Musser. Design and Implementationof a Protocol to Detect of Legionella in Clinical and Environmental Samples.(2008) Oct;62(2):125-32. Epub 2008 Jul 14.
  • Fugett, E.B., D. Schoonmaker-Bopp, N. Dumas, J. Corby, andM. Wiedmann.  (2007).  Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)analysis of temporally matched Listeriamonocytogenes isolatesfrom human clinical cases, foods, ruminant farms, and urban and naturalenvironments reveals source-associated as well as widely distributed PFGEtypes.  J. Clin. Microbiol.25(3):865-873.
  • Parsons, M.B., K.L.F. Cooper, K. Kubota, N. Puhr, S.Simington, P.S. Calimlim, D. Schoonmaker-Bopp, C. Bopp, B. Swaminathan, P.Gerner-Smidt, and E. Ribot. (2007).  PulseNet USA standardizedpulsed-field gel electrophoresis protocol for subtyping of Vibrio parahaemolyticus.  Foodborne Pathog.Dis. 4(3):285-292.
  • Linda M. Weigel, Rodney M. Donlan, Dong Hyeon Shin,Bette Jensen,  NancyeC. Clark, Linda McDougal, Wenming Zhu, Kimberlee A. Musser, Jill Thompson,Ronald Limberger, and Jean B. Patel. (2007) High-LevelVancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcusaureus (VRSA) Associated with aPolymicrobial Biofilm. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Jan;51(1):231-8.
  • Fátima Coronado, Joseph A. Nicholas, Barbara J. Wallace, Donna J. Kohlerschmidt, KimberleeMusser, Dianna J. Schoonmaker-Bopp, S. Milton Zimmerman, Alex R. Boller, DanielB. Jernigan, Marilyn A. Kacica. (2007) Community-AssociatedMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcusaureus Skin Infections in aReligious Community. Epidemiol. Infect. Apr;135(3):492-501.