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Rapid, Accurate Identification of Candida auris by Using a Novel MALDI-TOF Database (Library).

Authors: Bao JR, Master RN, Azad KN, Schwab DA, Clark RB, Jones RS, Moore EC, Shier KL
J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Mar 26;56(4). pii: e01700-17

Specialties: Infectious Disease

Hepatic Hilar Lymph Node Reactivity at Kasai Portoenterostomy for Biliary Atresia: Correlations With Age, Outcome, and Histology of Proximal Biliary Remnant.

Authors: Bove KE, Sheridan R, Fei L, Anders R, Chung CT, Cummings OW, Finegold MJ, Finn L, Ranganathan S, Kim G, Lovell M, Magid MS, Melin-Aldana H, Russo P, Shehata B, Wang L, White F, Chen Z, Spino C, Magee JC.
Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2018 Jan-Feb;21(1):29-40.

Specialties: Gastroenterology, Infectious Disease

Long-term outcomes following ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in patients with indeterminate colitis.

Authors: Netz U, Galbraith NJ, O'Brien S, Carter J, Manek S, Petras RE, Galandiuk S
Surgery. 2018 Mar;163(3):535-541.

Specialties: Gastroenterology, Infectious Disease

Vitamin D3 Supplementation Increases Spine Bone Mineral Density in Adolescents and Young Adults With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Being Treated With Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Authors: Havens PL, Stephensen CB, Van Loan MD, Schuster GU, Woodhouse LR, Flynn PM, Gordon CM, Pan CG, Rutledge B, Harris DR, Price G, Baker A, Meyer WA 3rd, Wilson CM, Hazra R, Kapogiannis BG, Mulligan K;
Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Jan 6;66(2):220-228.

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Pediatrics, Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy

Detailed Phylogenetic and Transmission Network Analysis of a Large Opiate-driven Outbreak of HIV-1 Infections in the U.S

Authors: Campbell EM, Jia H, Shankar A, Hanson D, Luo W, Masciotra S, Owen SM, Oster AM, Galang RR, Spiller MW, Blosser SJ, Chapman E, Roseberry JC, Gentry J, Pontones P, Duwve J, Peyrani P, Kagan RM, Whitcomb JM, Peters PJ, Heneine W, Brooks JT, Switzer WM
J Infect Dis. 2017;216(9):1053-1062.

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Toxicology/Pain Management

Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichosis Treated with Potassium Iodide with Development of Subclinical Hypothyroidism: Wolff-Chaikoff Effect?

Authors: Arora P, Raihan M, Kubba A, Gautam RK
Indian Dermatol Online J. 2017;8(6):475-477.

Specialties: Dermatology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Infectious Disease, Pathology, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine

Detailed Transmission Network Analysis of a Large Opiate-Driven Outbreak of HIV Infection in the United States.

Authors: Campbell EM, Jia H, Shankar A, Hanson D, Luo W, Masciotra S, Owen SM, Oster AM, Galang RR, Spiller MW1, Blosser SJ, Chapman E, Roseberry JC, Gentry J, Pontones P, Duwve J, Peyrani P, Kagan RM, Whitcomb JM, Peters PJ, Heneine W, Brooks JT, Switzer WM
J Infect Dis. 2017 Oct 5. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix307. [Epub ahead of print]

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Toxicology/Pain Management

Acid-fast bacterium detection and identification from paraffin-embedded tissues using a PCR-pyrosequencing method.

Authors: Bao JR, Clark RB, Master RN, Shier KL, Eklund LL.
J Clin Pathol. 2017 Jul 22; doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2016-204128. [Epub ahead of print]

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Laboratory, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine

Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Reproductive-Aged Women and Children in the United States, 2006 to 2014.

Authors: Ly KN, Jiles RB, Teshale EH, Foster MA, Pesano RL, Holmberg SD.
Ann Intern Med. 2017;166:775-782.

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Pediatrics, Women's Health/OB/GYN

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Elimination of falsely reactive results in a commercially-available West Nile virus IgM capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay by heterophilic antibody blocking reagents.

Authors: Prince HE, Lapé-Nixon M, Givens TS, Bradshaw T, Nowicki MJ.
J Immunol Methods. 2017;444:24-28

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy