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Nancy L. Wengenack, Ph.D.

  1. Microbiologist
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Publications

  1. Patrick, James, Joshua, Nancy, Kasten Mary. Rapidly growing knowledge of Mycobacterium smegmatis: A case series and review of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases. 2024; 37. Epub 2024 Oct 28.
  2. Patrick, James, Joshua, Nancy, Kasten Mary. Rapidly growing knowledge of Mycobacterium smegmatis: A case series and review of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases. 2024; 37. Epub 2024 Oct 28.
  3. Crowley PD, Vaillant JJ, Shirley JD, Wengenack NL, Jo Kasten M. Rapidly growing knowledge of Mycobacterium smegmatis: A case series and review of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2024 Dec; 37:100489 Epub 2024 Oct 22
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  4. McHugh JW, Bayless DR, Ranganath N, Stevens RW, Kind DR, Wengenack NL, Shah AS. Candida guilliermondii fungemia: a 12-year retrospective review of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns at a reference laboratory and tertiary care center. J Clin Microbiol. 2024 Nov 13; 62 (11):e0105724 Epub 2024 Oct 23
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  5. de Hoog S, Walsh TJ, Ahmed SA, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Arendrup MC, Borman A, Chen S, Chowdhary A, Colgrove RC, Cornely OA, Denning DW, Dufresne PJ, Filkins L, Gangneux JP, Gene J, Groll AH, Guillot J, Haase G, Halliday C, Hawksworth DL, Hay R, Hoenigl M, Hubka V, Jagielski T, Kandemir H, Kidd SE, Kus JV, Kwon-Chung J, Lockhart SR, Meis JF, Mendoza L, Meyer W, Nguyen MH, Song Y, Sorrell TC, Stielow JB, Vilela R, Vitale RG, Wengenack NL, White PL, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Zhang SX, ISHAM/ECMM/FDLC Working Group Nomenclature of Clinical Fungi. Nomenclature for human and animal fungal pathogens and diseases: a proposal for standardized terminology. J Clin Microbiol. 2024 Nov 11; e0093724 [Epub ahead of print]
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  6. Khodadadi RB, McHugh JW, Chesdachai S, Wengenack NL, Bosch W, Seville MT, Osmon DR, Beam E, Yetmar ZA. Musculoskeletal infections associated with nocardia species: a case series. Journal of Bone and Joint Infection. 2024 Sep 24; 9 (5):207-12
  7. Yetmar ZA, Khodadadi RB, Chesdachai S, McHugh JW, Clement J, Challener DW, Wengenack NL, Bosch W, Seville MT, Beam E. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole dosing and outcomes of pulmonary nocardiosis. Infection. 2024 Jun 26 Epub 2024 June 26
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  8. Caldwell AT, Gabaldon T, Mixao V, Wengenack NL, Westley BP, Stevens RW. An inconspicuous identification: Isolation and identification of a novel Pichia species presenting as fungemia following cardiac surgery. Int J Infect Dis. 2024 Jun; 143:107040 Epub 2024 Apr 04
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  9. de Hoog S, Walsh TJ, Ahmed SA, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Alexander BD, Arendrup MC, Babady E, Bai FY, Balada-Llasat JM, Borman A, Chowdhary A, Clark A, Colgrove RC, Cornely OA, Dingle TC, Dufresne PJ, Fuller J, Gangneux JP, Gibas C, Glasgow H, Graser Y, Guillot J, Groll AH, Haase G, Hanson K, Harrington A, Hawksworth DL, Hayden RT, Hoenigl M, Hubka V, Johnson K, Kus JV, Li R, Meis JF, Lackner M, Lanternier F, Leal SM Jr, Lee F, Lockhart SR, Luethy P, Martin I, Kwon-Chung KJ, Meyer W, Nguyen MH, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Palavecino E, Pancholi P, Pappas PG, Procop GW, Redhead SA, Rhoads DD, Riedel S, Stevens B, Sullivan KO, Vergidis P, Roilides E, Seyedmousavi A, Tao L, Vicente VA, Vitale RG, Wang QM, Wengenack NL, Westblade L, Wiederhold N, White L, Wojewoda CM, Zhang SX. Reply to Kidd et al., "Inconsistencies within the proposed framework for stabilizing fungal nomenclature risk further confusion". J Clin Microbiol 2024 Apr 10; 62 (4):e0162523 Epub 2024 Mar 05
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  10. Yetmar ZA, Khodadadi RB, Chesdachai S, McHugh JW, Challener DW, Wengenack NL, Bosch W, Seville MT, Beam E. Epidemiology, Timing, and Secondary Prophylaxis of Recurrent Nocardiosis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Apr; 11 (4):ofae122 Epub 2024 Mar 01
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  11. Ranganath N, Mendoza MA, Stevens R, Kind D, Wengenack N, Shah A. Rhodococcus infection: a 10-year retrospective analysis of clinical experience and antimicrobial susceptibility profile. J Clin Microbiol. 2024 Mar 13; 62 (3):e0153723 Epub 2024 Feb 13
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  12. Ordaya EE, Abu Saleh OM, Vergidis P, Deml SM, Wengenack NL, Fida M. Temporal trends in antifungal susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates from a reference laboratory in the United States, 2011-2021. Mycoses. 2024 Jan; 67 (1):e13691
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  13. Wilcock JN, Gallagher AJ, Wengenack NL, Noyes CD, Klick JC, Wojewoda CM. Candida guilliermondii/Kodamaea ohmeri Endocarditis. Mycopathologia. 2023 Dec; 188 (6):907-908 Epub 2023 Aug 03
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  14. de Hoog S, Walsh TJ, Ahmed SA, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Alexander BD, Arendrup MC, Babady E, Bai FY, Balada-Llasat JM, Borman A, Chowdhary A, Clark A, Colgrove RC, Cornely OA, Dingle TC, Dufresne PJ, Fuller J, Gangneux JP, Gibas C, Glasgow H, Graser Y, Guillot J, Groll AH, Haase G, Hanson K, Harrington A, Hawksworth DL, Hayden RT, Hoenigl M, Hubka V, Johnson K, Kus JV, Li R, Meis JF, Lackner M, Lanternier F, Leal SM Jr, Lee F, Lockhart SR, Luethy P, Martin I, Kwon-Chung KJ, Meyer W, Nguyen MH, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Palavecino E, Pancholi P, Pappas PG, Procop GW, Redhead SA, Rhoads DD, Riedel S, Stevens B, Sullivan KO, Vergidis P, Roilides E, Seyedmousavi A, Tao L, Vicente VA, Vitale RG, Wang QM, Wengenack NL, Westblade L, Wiederhold N, White L, Wojewoda CM, Zhang SX. 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. J Clin Microbiol. 2023 Nov 21; 61 (11):e0087323 Epub 2023 Oct 26
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  15. Yetmar ZA, Chesdachai S, Khodadadi RB, McHugh JW, Challener DW, Wengenack NL, Bosch W, Seville MT, Beam E. Outcomes of transplant recipients with pretransplant Nocardia colonization or infection. Transpl Infect Dis. 2023 Oct; 25 (5):e14097 Epub 2023 June 28
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  16. Chesdachai S, Yetmar ZA, Ranganath N, Everson JJ, Wengenack NL, Abu Saleh OM. Antifungal Susceptibility Pattern of Candida glabrata from a Referral Center and Reference Laboratory: 2012-2022. J Fungi (Basel). 2023 Aug 3; 9 (8) Epub 2023 Aug 03
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  17. Yetmar ZA, Khodadadi RB, Chesdachai S, McHugh JW, Challener DW, Wengenack NL, Bosch W, Seville MT, Beam E. Mortality After Nocardiosis: Risk Factors and Evaluation of Disseminated Infection. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Aug; 10 (8):ofad409 Epub 2023 Aug 01
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  18. Brown-Elliott BA, Wallace RJ Jr, Wengenack NL, Workman SD, Cameron ADS, Bush G, Hughes MD, Melton S, Gonzalez-Ramirez B, Rodriguez E, Somayaji K, Klapperich C, Viers M, Bolaji AJ, Rempel E, Alexander DC. Emergence of Inducible Macrolide Resistance in Mycobacterium chelonae Due to Broad-Host-Range Plasmid and Chromosomal Variants of the Novel 23S rRNA Methylase Gene, erm(55). J Clin Microbiol. 2023 Jul 20; 61 (7):e0042823 Epub 2023 June 22
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  19. El Zein S, Abu Saleh OM, Wengenack NL, Wilson JW. Clinical manifestations, treatment and outcomes of patients infected with Mycobacterium haemophilum with a focus on immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a retrospective multi-site study. Infect Dis (Lond). 2023 Jul; 55 (7):467-479 Epub 2023 May 07
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  20. Chesdachai S, Yetmar ZA, Tabaja H, Wengenack NL, Abu Saleh OM. Clinical characteristics of central nervous system phaeohyphomycosis: A brief report of 20 years' experience. Med Mycol. 2023 Jun 5; 61 (6)
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  21. Dumais MG, Wengenack NL, Norgan AP, Amin S, Sia IG, Rhee PC, Connelly BJ, Arment CA. Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore: First reported case of M. persicum septic arthritis. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2023 May; 31:100352 Epub 2023 Mar 03
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  22. Misra A, Yetmar ZA, Milone AA, Ruefthaler LA, Wengenack NL, Vergidis P, Theel ES. The Brief Case: the Cryptic Cryptococcus. J Clin Microbiol. 2023 Feb 22; 61 (2):e0054822
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  23. Buckwalter SP, Connelly BJ, Louison LK, Kolesch JM, Herring SA, Woodliff ED, Bolster LaSalle CM, Grys TE, Deml SM, Wohlfiel SL, Steinmetz LK, Wengenack NL. Description, validation, and review of a decade of experience with a laboratory-developed PCR test for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in pulmonary and extrapulmonary specimens. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2022 Dec; 29:100340 Epub 2022 Nov 12
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  24. Flurin L, Wolf MJ, Mutchler MM, Daniels ML, Wengenack NL, Patel R. Targeted Metagenomic Sequencing-based Approach Applied to 2146 Tissue and Body Fluid Samples in Routine Clinical Practice. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Nov 14; 75 (10):1800-1808
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  25. Chatzopoulos K, Eschbacher KL, Gurram PR, Huang J, Rinaldo L, Milone AA, Johnson DR, Shah AS, Wengenack NL, Schuetz AN, Parney IF, Trejo-Lopez JA. An 82-year-old man with a right frontal lobe rim-enhancing lesion. Brain Pathol. 2022 Mar; 32 (2):e13021 Epub 2021 Oct 04
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  26. Comba IY, Chesdachai S, Tabaja H, Mahmood M, Deml S, Wengenack NL, Wilson JW. Cardiovascular device infections due to rapidly growing Mycobacteria: A review of cases at a tertiary care hospital. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2022 Feb; 26:100296 Epub 2022 Jan 07
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  27. Tai DBG, Wengenack NL, Patel R, Berbari EF, Abdel MP, Tande AJ. Fungal and mycobacterial cultures should not be routinely obtained for diagnostic work-up of patients with suspected periprosthetic joint infections. Bone Joint J. 2022 Jan; 104-B (1):53-58
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  28. Fida M, Beam E, Wengenack NL. Misidentification of Mycobacterium smegmatis as Mycobacterium fortuitum by DNA line probe assay. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2021 Dec; 25:100268 Epub 2021 Aug 26
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  29. Eberly AR, Natarjan U, Milone AA, Lucke MA, Canete-Gibas CF, Wiederhold NP, Wengenack NL. Answer to December 2021 Photo Quiz. J Clin Microbiol. 2021 Nov 18; 59 (12):e0289920
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  30. Eberly AR, Natarjan U, Milone AA, Lucke MA, Canete-Gibas CF, Wiederhold NP, Wengenack NL. Photo Quiz: You Get What You Get, and Sometimes It's Tuberculate. J Clin Microbiol. 2021 Nov 18; 59 (12):e0289720
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  31. O'Dowd TR, Mc Hugh JW, Theel ES, Wengenack NL, O'Horo JC, Enzler MJ, Vergidis P. Diagnostic Methods and Risk Factors for Severe Disease and Mortality in Blastomycosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Fungi (Basel). 2021 Oct 20; 7(11).
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  32. Wengenack NL, Koelsch JM, Steinmetz LK, Nesbitt JC, Freyholtz CD, Austin MD, O'Horo JC. Effects of Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Reprocessing on Quantitative Fit Performance of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2021 Jun; 5(3):688-689. Epub 2021 Apr 30.
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  33. Hamdi A, Fida M, Deml SM, Abu Saleh O, Wengenack NL. Utility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PCR in ruling out active disease and impact on isolation requirements in a low prevalence setting. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2020 Dec; 21:100181 Epub 2020 Aug 17
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  34. Go JR, Wengenack NL, Abu Saleh OM, Corsini Campioli C, Deml SM, Wilson JW. Mycobacterium septicum: a 6-Year Clinical Experience from a Tertiary Hospital and Reference Laboratory. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Nov 18; 58 (12)
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  35. Walchak RC, Buckwalter SP, Zinsmaster NM, Henn KM, Johnson KM, Koelsch JM, Herring SA, Steinmetz LK, Reed KA, Barth JE, Rasmusson JM, Fischer JL, Snippes Vagnone P, Sampathkumar P, Wengenack NL. Candida auris Direct Detection from Surveillance Swabs, Blood, and Urine Using a Laboratory-Developed PCR Method. J Fungi (Basel). 2020 Oct 15; 6 (4)
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  36. Taylor J, Vagnone PS, Smith K, Walters J, Wengenack N, Deml S, Ferrieri P, Lynfield R. Characteristics of clinical extrapulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria isolates in Minnesota, 2013-2017. Minn Med. 2020 Jun; 103 (3):39-43
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  37. Hamdi AM, Fida M, Deml SM, Abu Saleh OM, Wengenack NL. Retrospective Analysis of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of Nocardia Species from a Tertiary Hospital and Reference Laboratory, 2011 to 2017. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 Feb 21; 64 (3)
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  38. Jacobs SE, Wengenack NL, Walsh TJ. Non-Aspergillus Hyaline Molds: Emerging Causes of Sino-Pulmonary Fungal Infections and Other Invasive Mycoses. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Feb; 41 (1):115-130 Epub 2020 Jan 30
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  39. Jung S, Wengenack N, Shi M, Schuetz AN. Photo Quiz: Rapidly Progressive Pneumonia in a Resident of the U.S. Midwest. J Clin Microbiol 2019 Dec 23; 58 (1)
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  40. Haydour Q, Hage CA, Carmona EM, Epelbaum O, Evans SE, Gabe LM, Knox KS, Kolls JK, Wengenack NL, Prokop LJ, Limper AH, Murad MH. Diagnosis of Fungal Infections. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Supporting American Thoracic Society Practice Guideline. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 Sep; 16 (9):1179-1188
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  41. Shah AS, O'Horo JC, Tang S, Bryson AL, Wengenack NL, Sampathkumar P. Fungal Diagnostic Stewardship in Bronchoscopy Specimens for Immunocompetent Patients in the Intensive Care Unit. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Sep; 94 (9):1781-1785 Epub 2019 Aug 07
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  42. Hage CA, Carmona EM, Epelbaum O, Evans SE, Gabe LM, Haydour Q, Knox KS, Kolls JK, Murad MH, Wengenack NL, Limper AH. Microbiological Laboratory Testing in the Diagnosis of Fungal Infections in Pulmonary and Critical Care Practice. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Sep 1; 200 (5):535-550
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  43. Wilson JW, Jagtiani AC, Wengenack NL. Mycobacterium scrofulaceum disease: experience from a tertiary medical centre and review of the literature. Infect Dis (Lond). 2019 Aug; 51 (8):602-609 Epub 2019 July 02
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  44. Espinel-Ingroff A, Turnidge J, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Botterel F, Canton E, Castro C, Chen YC, Chen Y, Chryssanthou E, Dannaoui E, Garcia-Effron G, Gonzalez GM, Govender NP, Guinea J, Kidd S, Lackner M, Lass-Florl C, Linares-Sicilia MJ, Lopez-Soria L, Magobo R, Pelaez T, Quindos G, Rodriguez-Iglesia MA, Ruiz MA, Sanchez-Reus F, Sanguinetti M, Shields R, Szweda P, Tortorano A, Wengenack NL, Bramati S, Cavanna C, DeLuca C, Gelmi M, Grancini A, Lombardi G, Meletiadis J, Negri CE, Passera M, Peman J, Prigitano A, Sala E, Tejada M. Method-Dependent Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Detection of Triazole Resistance in Candida and Aspergillus Species for the Sensititre YeastOne Colorimetric Broth and Etest Agar Diffusion Methods. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019 Jan; 63 (1) Epub 2018 Dec 21
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  45. Lau AF, Walchak RC, Miller HB, Slechta ES, Kamboj K, Riebe K, Robertson AE, Gilbreath JJ, Mitchell KF, Wallace MA, Bryson AL, Balada-Llasat JM, Bulman A, Buchan BW, Burnham CD, Butler-Wu S, Desai U, Doern CD, Hanson KE, Henderson CM, Kostrzewa M, Ledeboer NA, Maier T, Pancholi P, Schuetz AN, Shi G, Wengenack NL, Zhang SX, Zelazny AM, Frank KM. Multicenter Study Demonstrates Standardization Requirements for Mold Identification by MALDI-TOF MS. Front Microbiol. 2019; 10:2098 Epub 2019 Sept 20
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  46. Gniadek TJ, Cappel MA, Wengenack NL, Libertin CR. Eumycetoma caused by Cladophialophora bantiana in the United States. Access Microbiol. 2019; 1 (7):e000030 Epub 2019 June 06
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  47. Brown-Elliott BA, Simmer PJ, Trovato A, Hyle EP, Droz S, Buckwalter SP, Borroni E, Branda JA, Iana E, Mariottini A, Nelson J, Matteelli A, Toney NC, Scarparo C, de Man TJB, Vasireddy R, Gandhi RT, Wengenack NL, Cirillo DM, Wallace RJ, Tortoli E. Mycobacterium decipiens sp. nov., a new species closely related to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2018 Nov; 68 (11):3557-3562 Epub 2018 Sept 11
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  48. Ramanan P, Virk A, Boland JM, Pritt B, Rizzo M, Wengenack NL. Photo Quiz: It's a Concrete Jungle Out There. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Aug; 56 (8) Epub 2018 July 26
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  49. Ramanan P, Virk A, Boland JM, Pritt B, Rizzo M, Wengenack NL. Answer to August 2018 Photo Quiz. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Aug; 56 (8) Epub 2018 July 26
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  50. Martin IW, Dionne K, Deml SM, Wengenack NL, Parrish NM. Automated broth-based systems versus the MYCOTB plate for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: challenges in interpretation. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 May; 91 (1):38-41 Epub 2018 Jan 06
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  51. Ramanan P, Wengenack NL, Theel ES. Laboratory Diagnostics for Fungal Infections: A Review of Current and Future Diagnostic Assays. Clin Chest Med. 2017 Sep; 38 (3):535-554 Epub 2017 May 31
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  52. DeSimone DC, Heaton PR, Neff BA, Dao LN, Wengenack NL, Fadel HJ. A rare case of chronic otitis externa due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2017 Aug; 8:13-15 Epub 2017 May 16
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  53. Vasireddy R, Vasireddy S, Brown-Elliott BA, Wengenack NL, Eke UA, Benwill JL, Turenne C, Wallace RJ Jr. Correction for Vasireddy et al., Mycobacterium arupense, Mycobacterium heraklionense, and a Newly Proposed Species, "Mycobacterium virginiense" sp. nov., but Not Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum, as Species of the Mycobacterium terrae Complex Causing Tenosynovitis and Osteomyelitis. J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Mar; 55 (3):985
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  54. Vasireddy R, Vasireddy S, Brown-Elliott BA, Wengenack NL, Eke UA, Benwill JL, Turenne C, Wallace RJ Jr. Mycobacterium arupense, mycobacterium heraklionense, and a newly proposed species, "mycobacterium virginiense" sp. nov., but not mycobacterium nonchromogenicum, as species of the mycobacterium terrae complex causing tenosynovitis and osteomyelitis (vol 54, pg 1340, 2016) Journal Of Clinical Microbiology. 2017 Mar; 55: (3)985.
  55. Ramanan P, Vetter E, Milone AA, Patel R, Wengenack NL. Comparison of BACTEC MYCO/F Lytic Bottle to the Wampole Isolator for Recovery of Fungal and Mycobacterial Organisms Open Forum Infectious Diseases.2016;
  56. Ramanan P, Gebrehiwot S, Rucinski S, Dylla B, Wengenack NL, Hughes J, Ihde S, Patel R. Discrepancies Between Microbial Detection and Identification Using the Blood Culture Identification FilmArray Panel Assay and Standard Subculture of Positive Blood Culture Bottles Open Forum Infectious Diseases.2016;
  57. Tan N, Sampath R, Abu Saleh OM, Tweet MS, Jevremovic D, Alniemi S, Wengenack NL, Sampathkumar P, Badley AD. Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Cardiothoracic Surgery. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Sep; 3 (3):ofw131 Epub 2016 June 16
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  58. Simner PJ, Woods GL, Wengenack NL. Mycobacteria. Microbiol Spectr. 2016 Aug; 4 (4)
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  59. Caulfield AJ, Wengenack NL. Diagnosis of active tuberculosis disease: From microscopy to molecular techniques. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2016 Aug; 4:33-43 Epub 2016 May 25
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  60. Vasireddy R, Vasireddy S, Brown-Elliott BA, Wengenack NL, Eke UA, Benwill JL, Turenne C, Wallace RJ Jr. Mycobacterium arupense, Mycobacterium heraklionense, and a Newly Proposed Species, "Mycobacterium virginiense" sp. nov., but Not Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum, as Species of the Mycobacterium terrae Complex Causing Tenosynovitis and Osteomyelitis. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 May; 54 (5):1340-51 Epub 2016 Mar 09
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  61. Simner PJ, Doerr KA, Steinmetz LK, Wengenack NL. Mycobacterium and Aerobic Actinomycete Culture: Are Two Medium Types and Extended Incubation Times Necessary? J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Apr; 54 (4):1089-93 Epub 2016 Feb 10
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  62. Ghannoum M, Chaturvedi V, Diekema D, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Rennie R, Walsh T, Wengenack N, Fothergill A, Wiederhold N. Multilaboratory Evaluation of In Vitro Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Dermatophytes for ME1111. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Mar; 54 (3):662-5 Epub 2015 Dec 30
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  63. Buckwalter SP, Olson SL, Connelly BJ, Lucas BC, Rodning AA, Walchak RC, Deml SM, Wohlfiel SL, Wengenack NL. Evaluation of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Identification of Mycobacterium species, Nocardia species, and Other Aerobic Actinomycetes. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Feb; 54 (2):376-84 Epub 2015 Dec 04
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  64. Simner PJ, Woods GL, Wengenack NL. Mycobacteria Microbiology Spectrum. 2016; 4: (4)DMIH2-0016-2015.
  65. Espinel-Ingroff A, Alvarez-Fernandez M, Canton E, Carver PL, Chen SC, Eschenauer G, Getsinger DL, Gonzalez GM, Govender NP, Grancini A, Hanson KE, Kidd SE, Klinker K, Kubin CJ, Kus JV, Lockhart SR, Meletiadis J, Morris AJ, Pelaez T, Quindos G, Rodriguez-Iglesias M, Sanchez-Reus F, Shoham S, Wengenack NL, Borrell Sole N, Echeverria J, Esperalba J, Gomez-G de la Pedrosa E, Garcia Garcia I, Linares MJ, Marco F, Merino P, Peman J, Perez Del Molino L, Rosello Mayans E, Rubio Calvo C, Ruiz Perez de Pipaon M, Yague G, Garcia-Effron G, Guinea J, Perlin DS, Sanguinetti M, Shields R, Turnidge J. Multicenter study of epidemiological cutoff values and detection of resistance in Candida spp. to anidulafungin, caspofungin, and micafungin using the Sensititre YeastOne colorimetric method. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Nov; 59 (11):6725-32 Epub 2015 Aug 17
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  66. Simner PJ, Hyle EP, Buckwalter SP, Branda JA, Brown-Elliott BA, Franklin J, Toney NC, de Man TJ, Wallace RJ Jr, Vasireddy R, Gandhi RT, Wengenack NL. Tenosynovitis caused by a novel nontuberculous Mycobacterium species initially misidentified as a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Dec; 52 (12):4414-8 Epub 2014 Sept 24
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  67. Abidi MZ, Sohail MR, Cummins N, Wilhelm M, Wengenack N, Brumble L, Shah H, Jane Hata D, McCullough A, Wendel A, Vikram HR, Kusne S, Litzow M, Letendre L, Lahr BD, Poeschla E, Walker RC. Stability in the cumulative incidence, severity and mortality of 101 cases of invasive mucormycosis in high-risk patients from 1995 to 2011: a comparison of eras immediately before and after the availability of voriconazole and echinocandin-amphotericin combination therapies. Mycoses. 2014 Nov; 57 (11):687-98 Epub 2014 July 18
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  68. Nagpal A, Wentink JE, Berbari EF, Aronhalt KC, Wright AJ, Krageschmidt DA, Wengenack NL, Thompson RL, Tosh PK. A cluster of Mycobacterium wolinskyi surgical site infections at an academic medical center. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Sep; 35: (9)1169-75.
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  69. Beam E, Vasoo S, Simner PJ, Rizzo M, Mason EL, Walker RC, Deml SM, Brown-Elliott BA, Wallace RJ Jr, Wengenack NL, Sia IG. Mycobacterium arupense flexor tenosynovitis: case report and review of antimicrobial susceptibility profiles for 40 clinical isolates. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jul; 52 (7):2706-8 Epub 2014 Apr 30
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  70. Khare R, Gupta S, Arif S, Jentoft ME, Deziel PJ, Roden AC, Wilhelm MP, Razonable RR, Wengenack NL. Misidentification of Neosartorya pseudofischeri as Aspergillus fumigatus in a lung transplant patient. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jul; 52 (7):2722-5 Epub 2014 May 14
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  71. Buckwalter SP, Sloan LM, Cunningham SA, Espy MJ, Uhl JR, Jones MF, Vetter EA, Mandrekar J, Cockerill FR 3rd, Pritt BS, Patel R, Wengenack NL. Inhibition controls for qualitative real-time PCR assays: are they necessary for all specimen matrices? J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jun; 52 (6):2139-43 Epub 2014 Apr 16
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  72. Ramanan P, Khare R, Tosh PK, Wilson JW, Wengenack NL. A 36 year old female from Kuwait with AIDS presenting with fever and abdominal pain Journal of medical microbiology case reports. 2014.
  73. Sia IG, Buckwalter SP, Doerr KA, Lugos S, Kramer R, Orillaza-Chi R, Quelapio MI, Tupasi TE, Wengenack NL. Genotypic characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from household contacts of tuberculosis patients in the Philippines. BMC Infect Dis. 2013 Dec 5; 13:571 Epub 2013 Dec 05
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  74. Simner PJ, Buckwalter SP, Uhl JR, Wengenack NL, Pritt BS. Detection and identification of yeasts from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue by use of PCR-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Nov; 51 (11):3731-4 Epub 2013 Aug 28
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  75. Simner PJ, Buckwalter SP, Uhl JR, Wengenack NL. Identification of Mycobacterium species and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex resistance determinants by use of PCR-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Nov; 51 (11):3492-8 Epub 2013 Aug 14
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  76. Ramanan P, Deziel PJ, Wengenack NL. Gordonia bacteremia. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Oct; 51(10):3443-7. Epub 2013 Jul 24.
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  77. Mukhopadhyay S, Wilcox BE, Myers JL, Bryant SC, Buckwalter SP, Wengenack NL, Yi ES, Aughenbaugh GL, Specks U, Aubry MC. Pulmonary necrotizing granulomas of unknown cause: clinical and pathologic analysis of 131 patients with completely resected nodules. Chest. 2013 Sep; 144 (3):813-824
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