L. Barth Reller
#131,730
Most Influential Person Now
L. Barth Reller's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings
L. Barth Rellerphilosophy Degrees
Philosophy
#6423
World Rank
#9458
Historical Rank
Logic
#3591
World Rank
#4779
Historical Rank

L. Barth Rellerbiology Degrees
Biology
#8749
World Rank
#11877
Historical Rank
Microbiology
#452
World Rank
#511
Historical Rank

Download Badge
Philosophy Biology
L. Barth Reller's Degrees
- Doctorate Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- PhD Microbiology and Immunology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Why Is L. Barth Reller Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)L. Barth Reller's Published Works
Number of citations in a given year to any of this author's works
Total number of citations to an author for the works they published in a given year. This highlights publication of the most important work(s) by the author
Published Works
- Health CareAssociated Bloodstream Infections in Adults: A Reason To Change the Accepted Definition of Community-Acquired Infections (2002) (1437)
- The clinical significance of positive blood cultures in the 1990s: a prospective comprehensive evaluation of the microbiology, epidemiology, and outcome of bacteremia and fungemia in adults. (1997) (1190)
- Practice guidelines for the management of infectious diarrhea. (2001) (963)
- The clinical significance of positive blood cultures: a comprehensive analysis of 500 episodes of bacteremia and fungemia in adults. I. Laboratory and epidemiologic observations. (1983) (708)
- Combating antimicrobial resistance: policy recommendations to save lives. (2011) (655)
- Clinical identifiers of complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. (2003) (597)
- Campylobacter enteritis: clinical and epidemiologic features. (1979) (550)
- Changing patient characteristics and the effect on mortality in endocarditis. (2002) (513)
- Better Tests, Better Care: Improved Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases (2013) (492)
- The clinical significance of positive blood cultures: a comprehensive analysis of 500 episodes of bacteremia and fungemia in adults. II. Clinical observations, with special reference to factors influencing prognosis. (1983) (480)
- Detection of Bloodstream Infections in Adults: How Many Blood Cultures Are Needed? (2006) (336)
- Persistent bacteremia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection is associated with agr dysfunction and low-level in vitro resistance to thrombin-induced platelet microbicidal protein. (2004) (332)
- Use of vancomycin or first-generation cephalosporins for the treatment of hemodialysis-dependent patients with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. (2007) (327)
- Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Patients With Permanent Pacemakers or Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (2001) (276)
- Evaluation of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Test for Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae Antigen in Urine Samples from Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (2001) (270)
- Risk factors for hematogenous complications of intravascular catheter-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. (2005) (244)
- BacT/Alert: an automated colorimetric microbial detection system (1990) (239)
- Comparison of commercial kits for detection of cryptococcal antigen (1994) (224)
- Costs and Outcomes Among Hemodialysis-Dependent Patients With Methicillin-Resistant or Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia (2005) (215)
- The clinical and prognostic importance of positive blood cultures in adults. (2010) (212)
- The etiology of febrile illness in adults presenting to Patan hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. (2004) (210)
- Multicenter Studies of Tigecycline Disk Diffusion Susceptibility Results for Acinetobacter spp (2006) (187)
- Fatal Mycobacterium tuberculosis bloodstream infections in febrile hospitalized adults in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (1998) (163)
- Prevalence of clinical isolates of Cryptococcus gattii serotype C among patients with AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. (2005) (162)
- Prevalence of congenital or acquired complement deficiency in patients with sporadic meningococcal disease. (1983) (158)
- Clinical Outcomes and Costs Due to Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Among Patients Receiving Long-Term Hemodialysis (2005) (152)
- Potential associations between hematogenous complications and bacterial genotype in Staphylococcus aureus infection. (2007) (152)
- Clinical microbiology in developing countries. (2001) (149)
- Detection of Pneumocystis jiroveci in Respiratory Specimens by Four Staining Methods (2004) (148)
- Antibiotic susceptibility testing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: selection of a control strain and criteria for magnesium and calcium content in media. (1974) (147)
- Isolation of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from migratory waterfowl (1980) (146)
- Serum dilution test for bactericidal activity. II. Standardization and correlation with antimicrobial assays and susceptibility tests. (1977) (142)
- Controlled evaluation of the volume of blood cultured in detection of bacteremia and fungemia (1982) (141)
- Cryptosporidium, enterocytozoon, and cyclospora infections in pediatric and adult patients with diarrhea in Tanzania. (1999) (138)
- Survival after lung transplantation of cystic fibrosis patients infected with Burkholderia cepacia complex. (2008) (136)
- Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis isolates are associated with clonal complex 30 genotype and a distinct repertoire of enterotoxins and adhesins. (2011) (135)
- Rapid bacterial antigen detection is not clinically useful (1995) (134)
- Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients with prosthetic devices: costs and outcomes. (2005) (133)
- Multicenter collaborative evaluation of a standardized serum bactericidal test as a prognostic indicator in infective endocarditis. (1985) (125)
- Repeat infective endocarditis: differentiating relapse from reinfection. (2005) (123)
- Multicenter Evaluation of a Candida albicans Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization Probe for Characterization of Yeast Isolates from Blood Cultures (2005) (122)
- Quantitation of Candida CFU in Initial Positive Blood Cultures (2011) (121)
- Cost savings with implementation of PNA FISH testing for identification of Candida albicans in blood cultures. (2006) (120)
- Adjunctive erythromycin treatment for idiopathic preterm labor: results of a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial. (1986) (119)
- Comparative Evaluation of Etest and Sensititre YeastOne Panels against the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute M27-A2 Reference Broth Microdilution Method for Testing Candida Susceptibility to Seven Antifungal Agents (2007) (119)
- DOUBLE-BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIAL OF ERYTHROMYCIN FOR TREATMENT OF CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS (1982) (118)
- Comparison of acridine orange and Gram stains for detection of microorganisms in cerebrospinal fluid and other clinical specimens (1981) (117)
- Epidemic Shiga bacillus dysentery in Central America. II. Epidemiologic studies in 1969. (1970) (115)
- Relevance of the Number of Positive Bottles in Determining Clinical Significance of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in Blood Cultures (2001) (114)
- Comparison of PCR, culture, and histopathology for diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis (1997) (114)
- Dissemination of an Enterococcus Inc18-Like vanA Plasmid Associated with Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (2008) (112)
- Neurocysticercosis in the United States: 35 cases and a review. (1987) (112)
- A hospital-based prevalence survey of bloodstream infections in febrile patients in Malawi: implications for diagnosis and therapy. (2000) (110)
- Controlled comparison of the BacT/Alert and BACTEC 660/730 nonradiometric blood culture systems (1992) (108)
- Serum dilution test for bactericidal activity. I. Selection of a physiologic diluent. (1977) (107)
- Utility of Extended Blood Culture Incubation for Isolation of Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella Organisms: a Retrospective Multicenter Evaluation (2006) (106)
- Rationale for selective use of anaerobic blood cultures (1993) (105)
- Quality control limits for ampicillin, carbenicillin, mezlocillin, and piperacillin disk diffusion susceptibility tests: a collaborative study (1981) (101)
- Development of a standardized screening method for detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (1994) (100)
- Venous thrombosis in patients with short- and long-term central venous catheter–associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia* (2008) (96)
- The (1,3)β-d-Glucan Test as an Aid to Early Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections following Lung Transplantation (2010) (95)
- Cryptosporidium species, a protean protozoan (1987) (94)
- A clinical trial of oral therapy in a rural cholera-treatment center. (1970) (94)
- Controlled evaluation of BacT/Alert standard aerobic and FAN aerobic blood culture bottles for detection of bacteremia and fungemia (1995) (90)
- The intercellular adhesin locus ica is present in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from bacteremic patients with infected and uninfected prosthetic joints (2001) (90)
- Bactericidal antibody after colonization with Neisseria meningitidis. (1973) (90)
- Unrecognised Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteraemia among hospital inpatients in less developed countries (1999) (89)
- Epidemic shiga-bacillus dysentery in Central America. Evolution of the outbreak in El Salvador, 1969-70. (1971) (88)
- Emergence of Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A as a major cause of enteric fever in Kathmandu, Nepal. (2006) (88)
- Clinical Importance of Identifying Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Isolated from Blood Cultures: Evaluation of MicroScan Rapid and Dried Overnight Gram-Positive Panels versus a Conventional Reference Method (1998) (88)
- Minimum inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations of 44 antimicrobial agents against three standard control strains in broth with and without human serum (1981) (88)
- Significance of blood stream infection after lung transplantation: analysis in 176 consecutive patients. (2000) (87)
- Controlled evaluation of BacT/alert standard anaerobic and FAN anaerobic blood culture bottles for the detection of bacteremia and fungemia (1995) (86)
- Controlled evaluation of 5 versus 10 milliliters of blood cultured in aerobic BacT/Alert blood culture bottles (1994) (85)
- Multicenter collaborative evaluation of a standardized serum bactericidal test as a predictor of therapeutic efficacy in acute and chronic osteomyelitis. (1987) (85)
- Controlled clinical laboratory comparison of BACTEC plus aerobic/F resin medium with BacT/Alert aerobic FAN medium for detection of bacteremia and fungemia (1997) (84)
- Transmission of MRSA between Companion Animals and Infected Human Patients Presenting to Outpatient Medical Care Facilities (2011) (82)
- Seasonal variation in the etiology of bloodstream infections in a febrile inpatient population in a developing country. (2001) (82)
- Application of rejection criteria for stool cultures for bacterial enteric pathogens (1993) (82)
- Predictors of Mortality in Patients with Bloodstream Infection Due to Ceftazidime-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (2006) (80)
- Rejection criteria for endotracheal aspirates from adults (1993) (79)
- Short-course therapy for catheter-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. (1989) (79)
- Fever and human immunodeficiency virus infection as sentinels for emerging mycobacterial and fungal bloodstream infections in hospitalized patients >/=15 years old, Bangkok. (1999) (78)
- Two decades of disseminated tuberculosis at a university medical center: the expanding role of mycobacterial blood culture. (2003) (77)
- Evaluation of transport and storage techniques for isolation of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from turkey cecal specimens (1981) (75)
- Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Group B Streptococci Isolated from Patients with Invasive Disease: 10-Year Perspective (2001) (75)
- Polymorphisms in fibronectin binding protein A of Staphylococcus aureus are associated with infection of cardiovascular devices (2011) (73)
- Value of routine anaerobic blood cultures for pediatric patients. (1995) (72)
- Recovery of clinically important microorganisms from the BacT/Alert blood culture system does not require testing for seven days. (1993) (72)
- Duration of incubation of fungal cultures (1996) (70)
- Gardnerella vaginalis bacteremia: a review of thirty cases. (1984) (69)
- Application of rejection criteria for stool ovum and parasite examinations (1992) (69)
- Streptococcus pneumoniae Antigen Test Using Positive Blood Culture Bottles as an Alternative Method To Diagnose Pneumococcal Bacteremia (2005) (69)
- Bacteremic disseminated tuberculosis in sub-saharan Africa: a prospective cohort study. (2012) (66)
- Sepsis, Multiple Organ Failure, and Death Due to Pandoraea pnomenusa Infection after Lung Transplantation (2003) (66)
- Tuberculous pericarditis in Tanzanian patients with and without HIV infection. (1994) (65)
- Genotypic Diversity of Anaerobic Isolates from Bloodstream Infections (2008) (65)
- Risk of endocarditis among patients with prosthetic valves and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. (2005) (65)
- Risk Factors for Burkholderia cepacia Complex Bacteremia Among Intensive Care Unit Patients Without Cystic Fibrosis: A Case-Control Study (2007) (65)
- Clinical importance of polymicrobial bacteremia. (1986) (63)
- Comparison of acridine orange, methylene blue, and Gram stains for blood cultures (1982) (62)
- The contribution of leukocytes and bacteria to the low pH of empyema fluid. (1983) (60)
- Shigellosis in custodial institutions. (1970) (60)
- Antibiotic concentrations in human parapneumonic effusions. (1981) (58)
- Controlled comparison of the BACTEC high-blood-volume fungal medium, BACTEC Plus 26 aerobic blood culture bottle, and 10-milliliter isolator blood culture system for detection of fungemia and bacteremia (1993) (58)
- Development of resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa to imipenem, norfloxacin, and ciprofloxacin during therapy: proof provided by typing with a DNA probe. (1988) (57)
- Controlled Comparison of BacT/ALERT FAN Aerobic Medium and BACTEC Fungal Blood Culture Medium for Detection of Fungemia (2001) (57)
- Relationship between clinical outcomes and vascular access type among hemodialysis patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. (2006) (56)
- Identification of Histoplasmacapsulatum from Culture Extracts by Real-Time PCR (2003) (56)
- Evaluation of Cefazolin, a New Cephalosporin Antibiotic (1973) (56)
- Pyrazinamide and pyrazinoic acid activity against tubercle bacilli in cultured human macrophages and in the BACTEC system. (1990) (54)
- Clinical impact of bacteria and fungi recovered only from broth cultures (1995) (54)
- Fatal outcome of bacteraemic patients caused by infection with staphylokinase-deficient Staphylococcus aureus strains. (2003) (53)
- Virulence associated with outbreak-related strains of Burkholderia cepacia complex among a cohort of patients with bacteremia. (2004) (53)
- Clinical utility of broth cultures of cerebrospinal fluid from patients at risk for shunt infections (1997) (53)
- Validation of Laboratory Screening Criteria for Herpes Simplex Virus Testing of Cerebrospinal Fluid (2007) (52)
- Sequential Emergence of Antibiotic Resistance in Enterococcal Bloodstream Isolates over 25 Years (2002) (52)
- Clinical importance of increased sensitivity of BacT/Alert FAN aerobic and anaerobic blood culture bottles (1996) (51)
- Correlation of serum bactericidal activity with antimicrobial agent level and minimal bactericidal concentration. (1982) (51)
- Antifungal Susceptibilities of Cryptococcus neoformans (2004) (51)
- Diagnosis of Giardia lamblia infections by detection of parasite-specific antigens (1989) (51)
- Corneoscleral Rim Cultures: Lack of Utility and Implications for Clinical Decision-making and Infection Prevention in the Care of Patients Undergoing Corneal Transplantation (2001) (49)
- Controlled Clinical Comparison of BacT/Alert FA Plus and FN Plus Blood Culture Media with BacT/Alert FA and FN Blood Culture Media (2013) (49)
- Assessment of similarity among coagulase-negative staphylococci from sequential blood cultures of neonates and children by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. (1996) (49)
- Shigellosis in the United States: five-year review of nationwide surveillance, 1964-1968. (1970) (49)
- Controlled Clinical Comparison of BacT/ALERT Standard Aerobic Medium with BACTEC Standard Aerobic Medium for Culturing Blood (2003) (49)
- Risk of endocarditis among patients with prosthetic valves and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (2005) (49)
- Prevalence of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Subjects with NIDDM in San Luis Valley of Colorado (1988) (49)
- Clinical and immunologic significance of cholera-like toxin and cytotoxin production by Campylobacter species in patients with acute inflammatory diarrhea in the USA. (1989) (47)
- Single-dose amoxicillin therapy with follow-up urine culture. Effective initial management for acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections. (1982) (47)
- Effect of atmosphere and duration of incubation on primary isolation of group A streptococci from throat cultures (1983) (47)
- Bacterial endocarditis caused by Oerskovia turbata. (1975) (47)
- Significance of Clostridium tertium bacteremia in neutropenic and nonneutropenic patients: review of 32 cases. (2001) (47)
- Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli (1984) (46)
- Contemporary testing for enteric pathogens: the potential for cost, time, and health care savings (1996) (45)
- Blood Culture Contamination in Tanzania, Malawi, and the United States: a Microbiological Tale of Three Cities (2006) (45)
- Underlying Complement Deficiency in Patients with Disseminated Gonococcal Infection (1987) (45)
- Granulomatous hepatitis associated with acute cytomegalovirus infection. (1973) (44)
- Multicenter Evaluation of the Vitek 2 Anaerobe and Corynebacterium Identification Card (2008) (44)
- Molecular characterization and multilaboratory evaluation of Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 51299 for quality control of screening tests for vancomycin and high-level aminoglycoside resistance in enterococci (1995) (43)
- A five-year multicenter study of the susceptibility of the Bacteroides fragilis group isolates to cephalosporins, cephamins, penicillins, clindamycin, and metronidazole in the United States. (1994) (42)
- Evaluation of preservative fluid for urine collected for culture (1979) (41)
- Selection of Strains for Quality Assessment of the Disk Induction Method for Detection of Inducible Clindamycin Resistance in Staphylococci: a CLSI Collaborative Study (2005) (41)
- Genotypic Diversity of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Causing Endocarditis: a Global Perspective (2008) (41)
- Campylobacter enteritis in Denver. (1982) (41)
- Potential Associations between Severity of Infection and the Presence of Virulence-Associated Genes in Clinical Strains of Staphylococcus aureus (2011) (40)
- Infectious Disease Pathology (2001) (40)
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains inhibited by vancomycin in selective media and correlation with auxotype (1981) (40)
- Serogrouping of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae: Correlation of Serogroup with Disseminated Gonococcal Infection (1984) (40)
- Controlled Multicenter Evaluation of a Bacteriophage-Based Method for Rapid Detection of Staphylococcus aureus in Positive Blood Cultures (2013) (40)
- Controlled Comparison of BACTEC 13A, MYCO/F LYTIC, BacT/ALERT MB, and ISOLATOR 10 Systems for Detection of Mycobacteremia (2003) (40)
- Implications of New Technology for Infectious Diseases Practice (2006) (39)
- Clinical predictors of bloodstream infections and mortality in hospitalized Malawian children (2004) (39)
- Epidemiology of bloodstream infections in a bacille Calmette-Guérin-vaccinated pediatric population in Malawi. (2003) (39)
- Comparison of BACTEC MYCO/F LYTIC and WAMPOLE ISOLATOR 10 (Lysis-Centrifugation) Systems for Detection of Bacteremia, Mycobacteremia, and Fungemia in a Developing Country (2000) (39)
- Correlation between fundamental binding forces and clinical prognosis of Staphylococcus aureus infections of medical implants. (2007) (38)
- Comparison of direct and standard antimicrobial disk susceptibility testing for bacteria isolated from blood (1979) (38)
- Controlled Clinical Comparison of VersaTREK and BacT/ALERT Blood Culture Systems (2006) (38)
- Dark-field microscopy of human feces for presumptive diagnosis of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni enteritis (1982) (37)
- Comparison of atmospheres of incubation for primary isolation of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from animal specimens: 5% oxygen versus candle jar (1982) (37)
- Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni : Background and Laboratory Diagnosis (1981) (37)
- Murine Typhus and Febrile Illness, Nepal (2008) (36)
- Controlled evaluation of BACTEC Plus 26 and Roche Septi-Chek aerobic blood culture bottles (1991) (36)
- Automated blood culture systems. (1994) (36)
- Broad-range (pan) Salmonella and Salmonella serotype typhi-specific real-time PCR assays: potential tools for the clinical microbiologist. (2005) (35)
- Tuberculoid tenosynovitis and carpal tunnel syndrome caused by Mycobacterium szulgai. (1978) (35)
- Reliability of cord formation in BACTEC media for presumptive identification of mycobacteria (1993) (35)
- Effect of agitation and terminal subcultures on yield and speed of detection of the Oxoid Signal blood culture system versus the BACTEC radiometric system (1989) (35)
- Bile-Esculin Test for Presumptive Identification of Enterococci and Streptococci: Effects of Bile Concentration, Inoculation Technique, and Incubation Time (1998) (34)
- Evaluation of transport media for Campylobacter jejuni in human fecal specimens (1983) (34)
- Controlled evaluation of the effect of atmosphere of incubation on detection of bacteremia and fungemia in supplemented peptone broth (1982) (33)
- Controlled evaluation of the agar-slide and radiometric blood culture systems for the detection of bacteremia and fungemia (1986) (33)
- Rapid radiometric method for pyrazinamide susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (1989) (33)
- Bacteremia in granulocytopenic patients in a tertiary-care general hospital. (1991) (33)
- Rifampin-resistant meningococcal disease in a contact patient given prophylactic rifampin. (1986) (32)
- Comparison of in vitro activity of moxalactam (LY127935) with cefazolin, amikacin, tobramycin, carbenicillin, piperacillin, and ticarcillin against 420 blood culture isolates (1980) (32)
- Controlled Comparison of BacT/Alert MB System, Manual Myco/F Lytic Procedure, and Isolator 10 System for Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacteremia (2011) (31)
- Clinical features of scrub typhus. (2006) (30)
- Phylogenetic Analysis of Viridans Group Streptococci Causing Endocarditis (2008) (30)
- Enriched brucella medium for storage and transport of cultures of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni (1980) (30)
- Multicenter Evaluation of the New Vitek 2 Neisseria-Haemophilus Identification Card (2008) (30)
- RP 59500, a new streptogramin highly active against recent isolates of North American staphylococci. (1993) (30)
- The serum bactericidal test. (1986) (30)
- Diagnostic utility of postmortem blood cultures. (1993) (29)
- Controlled Comparison of Original Vented Aerobic FAN Medium with New Nonvented BacT/ALERT FA Medium for Culturing Blood (2001) (28)
- A multicenter comparative trial of three-day norfloxacin vs ten-day sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections. (1987) (28)
- Successful treatment of Brucella melitensis end-carditis. (1978) (28)
- Growth of nutritionally variant streptococci on common laboratory and 10 commercial blood culture media (1981) (28)
- Controlled Clinical Comparison of BACTEC Plus Anaerobic/F to Standard Anaerobic/F as the Anaerobic Companion Bottle to Plus Aerobic/F Medium for Culturing Blood from Adults (2001) (27)
- Revision of standards for adjusting the cation content of Mueller-Hinton broth for testing susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to aminoglycosides (1992) (27)
- Endocarditis caused by Bacillus subtilis. (1973) (27)
- Development of interpretive criteria and quality control limits for macrolide and clindamycin susceptibility testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae (1996) (27)
- Susceptibility of Clostridium perfringens Isolated from Human Infections to Twenty Antibiotics (1977) (27)
- Granulomatous tenosynovitis and carpal tunnel syndrome caused by Sporothrix schenckii. (1981) (26)
- Clinical importance of "breakthrough" bacteremia. (1984) (26)
- Controlled evaluation of Trypticase soy broth in agar slide and conventional blood culture systems (1985) (26)
- Contamination of Catheter-Drawn Blood Cultures (2001) (26)
- Motility-indole-lysine medium for presumptive identification of enteric pathogens of Enterobacteriaceae (1975) (26)
- Cefazolin in the treatment of bacterial pneumonia. (1973) (25)
- Effect of sodium polyanetholesulfonate and gelatin on the recovery of Gardnerella vaginalis from blood culture media (1985) (25)
- Validity of Cultures of Fluid Collected through Drainage Catheters versus Those Obtained by Direct Aspiration (2001) (25)
- Laboratory Detection of Bacteremia and Fungemia (2015) (25)
- Diagnostic methods. Current best practices and guidelines for isolation of bacteria and fungi in infective endocarditis. (2002) (24)
- Bacillus cereus necrotizing cellulitis mimicking clostridial myonecrosis: case report and review of the literature. (1997) (24)
- Comparative evaluation of Oxoid Signal and BACTEC radiometric blood culture systems for the detection of bacteremia and fungemia (1988) (24)
- Meningococcemia and acquired complement deficiency. Association in patients with hepatic failure. (1986) (24)
- Comparison of the Digene Hybrid Capture System Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA (Version 2.0), Roche CMV UL54 Analyte-Specific Reagent, and QIAGEN RealArt CMV LightCycler PCR Reagent Tests Using AcroMetrix OptiQuant CMV DNA Quantification Panels and Specimens from Allogeneic-Stem-Cell Transplant Recipients (2007) (24)
- Clinical utility of cardiac valve Gram stain and culture in patients undergoing native valve replacement. (1998) (24)
- Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia among patients with health care-associated fever. (2009) (23)
- Recent and innovative methods for detection of bacteremia and fungemia. (1983) (23)
- Comparative in-vitro activity of MK0787 (N-formimidoyl thienamycin) against 540 blood culture isolates. (1982) (23)
- Molecular Epidemiologic Evaluation of Endocarditis Due to Oerskovia turbata and CDC Group A-3 Associated with Contaminated Homograft Valves (2004) (23)
- Reevaluation of Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute Disk Diffusion Breakpoints for Tetracyclines for Testing Enterobacteriaceae (2007) (23)
- Clinical comparison of an agar slide blood culture bottle with tryptic soy broth and a conventional blood culture bottle with supplemented peptone broth (1985) (23)
- Fecal leukocytes in stool specimens submitted for Clostridium difficile toxin assay. (1993) (23)
- Multicenter Study To Determine Disk Diffusion and Broth Microdilution Criteria for Prediction of High- and Low-Level Mupirocin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (2010) (22)
- Acute suppurative parotitis associated with anaerobic bacteremia. (1981) (22)
- Susceptibility of Aspergillus to 5-fluorocytosine and amphotericin B alone and in combination. (1978) (22)
- Shigellosis in the United States: ten-year review of nationwide surveillance, 1964-1973. (1976) (21)
- Comparison of Isolator 1.5 and BACTEC NR660 aerobic 6A blood culture systems for detection of fungemia in children (1996) (21)
- Ofloxacin, a new broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone. Results from a Multicenter, National Comparative Activity Surveillance Study. The Ofloxacin Surveillance Group. (1992) (21)
- Leptotrichia endocarditis: Report of two cases from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis (ICE) database and review of previous cases (2008) (20)
- Controlled Clinical Comparison of New Pediatric Medium with Adsorbent Polymeric Beads (PF Plus) versus Charcoal-Containing PF Medium in the BacT/Alert Blood Culture System (2014) (20)
- Controlled Clinical Comparison of the BacT/ALERT FN and the Standard Anaerobic SN Blood Culture Medium (2004) (20)
- Aspergillus clavatus endocarditis involving a normal aortic valve following coronary artery surgery. (1986) (20)
- Correlation of Cefoxitin MICs with the Presence of mecA in Staphylococcus spp (2009) (20)
- Absence of Bacteremia After Insertion or Removal of Intrauterine Devices (1976) (19)
- False-positive Gram-stained smears. (1979) (19)
- Controlled evaluation of BACTEC PLUS 27 and Roche Septi-Chek anaerobic blood culture bottles (1992) (19)
- Association between 16S-23S Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequence Groups of Mycobacterium avium Complex and Pulmonary Disease (2008) (19)
- Immunochromatographic Test for Rapid Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the Nasopharynx (2003) (18)
- Friedman ND, Kaye KS, Stout J, et al. Healthcare-associated bloodstream infections in adults: a reason to change the accepted definition of community-acquired infections (2002) (18)
- Viral contamination of intradermal skin test syringes. (1985) (18)
- Policy statement on consolidation of clinical microbiology laboratories. (2001) (17)
- Cost and time savings following introduction of rejection criteria for clinical specimens (1996) (17)
- Serotypes and penicillin susceptibility of pneumococci isolated from blood (1980) (17)
- Diagnostic methods current best practices and guidelines for isolation of bacteria and fungi in infective endocarditis. (2003) (17)
- United States geographic bacteria susceptibility patterns (1999) (16)
- Controlled evaluation of supplemented peptone and Bactec blood culture broths for the detection of bacteremia and fungemia (1985) (16)
- Comparison of CampyPak II with standard 5% oxygen and candle jars for growth of Campylobacter jejuni from human feces (1982) (16)
- Issues in cerebrospinal fluid management. Acid-fast bacillus smear and culture. (1991) (16)
- Effect of Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Prophylaxis on Antimicrobial Resistance of Fecal Escherichia coli in HIV-Infected Patients in Tanzania (2008) (16)
- Campylobacter fetus pericarditis in a patient with beta-thalassemia: case report and review of the literature. (2001) (15)
- Detection of Inducible Clindamycin Resistance in Staphylococci by Broth Microdilution Using Erythromycin-Clindamycin Combination Wells (2007) (15)
- Controlled comparison of bioMérieux VITAL and BACTEC NR-660 systems for detection of bacteremia and fungemia in pediatric patients (1997) (15)
- Comparative evaluation of medium and atmosphere of incubation for isolation of Streptococcus pyogenes. (1987) (15)
- Antimicrobial Activity of Prosthetic Heart Valve Sewing Cuffs Coated With Minocycline and Rifampin (2002) (14)
- Cefazolin as a class representative for oral cephalosporins and uncomplicated urinary tract infections caused by indicated Enterobacteriaceae. (2013) (14)
- Comparison of Iodophor and Alcohol Pledgets with the Medi-Flex Blood Culture Prep Kit II for Preventing Contamination of Blood Cultures (2000) (13)
- Controlled Clinical Comparison of bioMérieux VITAL and BACTEC NR-660 Blood Culture Systems for Detection of Bacteremia and Fungemia in Adults (1999) (13)
- Disseminated infection with Simiae-Avium group mycobacteria in persons with AIDS--Thailand and Malawi, 1997. (2002) (13)
- Comparative evaluation of supplemented peptone broth with sodium polyanetholesulfonate and trypticase soy broth with sodium amylosulfate for detection of septicemia (1982) (13)
- Multicenter Evaluation of Use of Penicillin and Ampicillin as Surrogates for In Vitro Testing of Susceptibility of Enterococci to Imipenem (2004) (13)
- Use of a sodium polyanetholesulfonate disk for the identification of Gardnerella vaginalis (1985) (12)
- Rejection criteria for endotracheal aspirates from pediatric patients (1996) (12)
- From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Disseminated infection with Simiae-avium group mycobacteria in persons with AIDS--Thailand and Malawi, 1997. (2002) (12)
- Pyrogenic Reactions in Hemodialysis Patients, Hanoi, Vietnam (2006) (12)
- Clinical usefulness of detecting growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in positive Bactec phials using PCR. (1994) (12)
- Development, Implementation, and Impact of Acceptability Criteria for Serologic Tests for Infectious Diseases (2004) (11)
- A Case-Control Study of Nosocomial Ampicillin-Resistant Enterococcal Infection and Colonization at a University Hospital (1993) (11)
- Effect of altered headspace atmosphere on yield and speed of detection of the Oxoid Signal blood culture system versus the BACTEC radiometric system (1990) (11)
- Performance of Nucleic Acid Amplification following Extraction of 5 Milliliters of Whole Blood for Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacteremia (2011) (11)
- Utility of Paired BACTEC MYCO/F LYTIC Blood Culture Vials for Detection of Bacteremia, Mycobacteremia, and Fungemia (2001) (11)
- Complement deficiency and sporadic meningococcal disease. (1983) (11)
- Effect of incubation atmosphere and temperature on isolation of Campylobacter jejuni from human stools. (1983) (11)
- Molecular characterization of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from human cases of disseminated disease in the USA, Thailand, Malawi, and Tanzania. (2007) (10)
- A case-control study of nosocomial ampicillin-resistant enterococcal infection and colonization at a university hospital. (1993) (10)
- Mycobacteria in stool specimens: the nonvalue of smears for predicting culture results (1993) (10)
- Biliary flora and antimicrobial concentrations after Kasai's operation. (1979) (10)
- Limulus amebocyte lysate test in neonates. (1976) (10)
- Detection of bloodstream pathogens in a bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-vaccinated pediatric population in Malawi: a pilot study. (2003) (10)
- Comparison of Microscan Broth Microdilution, Synergy Quad Plate Agar Dilution, and Disk Diffusion Screening Methods for Detection of High-Level Aminoglycoside Resistance in Enterococcus Species (2003) (10)
- Analysis of enteric coagulase-negative staphylococci from neonates with necrotizing enterocolitis. (1989) (10)
- Controlled comparison of a new Becton Dickinson agar slant blood culture system with Roche Septi-Chek for the detection of bacteremia and fungemia (1989) (10)
- Clinical Internal Medicine (1979) (9)
- From the national communicable disease center. Shigellosis in the United States. 1964-1968. (1969) (9)
- Bone marrow cultures for the diagnosis of mycobacterial and fungal infections in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. (1999) (9)
- The pleuropulmonary consequences of esophageal rupture: an experimental model. (1979) (9)
- Interpretive criteria and quality control parameters for determining bacterial susceptibility to fosfomycin tromethamine (1993) (8)
- Effect of pyridoxal on growth of nutritionally variant streptococci and other bacteria on sheep blood agar. (1983) (8)
- Auricular sporotrichosis in a brick mason. (1979) (8)
- Issues in cerebrospinal fluid management. CSF Venereal Disease Research Laboratory testing. (1991) (8)
- Controlled evaluation of blood culture medium containing gelatin and V-factor-analog for detection of septicemia in children (1988) (8)
- Controlled evaluation of hypertonic sucrose medium at a 1:5 ratio of blood to broth for detection of bacteremia and fungemia in supplemented peptone broth (1983) (7)
- The pathogenesis of the low pleural fluid pH in esophageal rupture. (1983) (7)
- Controlled evaluation of trypticase soy broth with and without gelatin and yeast extract in the detection of bacteremia and fungemia. (1987) (7)
- Enhancement of the activity of cefotaxime by iron-binding proteins. (1990) (7)
- Diagnostic microbiology updates. (1996) (7)
- Isolation ofCampylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni fromMigratory Waterfowl (1980) (7)
- Motility-indole-lysine-sulfide medium (1975) (7)
- Controlled Clinical Comparison of Plastic versus Glass Bottles of BacT/ALERT PF Medium for Culturing Blood from Children (2005) (6)
- Pleural space infections: microbiology and antimicrobial therapy. (1999) (6)
- Controlled evaluation of modified radiometric blood culture medium supplemented with gelatin for detection of bacteremia and fungemia (1987) (6)
- Controlled Clinical Comparison of Plastic and Glass Bottles of BacT/ALERT FA Medium for Culturing Organisms from Blood of Adult Patients (2005) (6)
- Colicin typing as an epidemiological tool in the investigation of outbreaks of Shigella sonnei. (1971) (6)
- Differentiating pyogenic arthritis from spontaneous hemarthrosis in patients with hemophilia. (1986) (6)
- Subcultures of BACTEC-positive but gram or acridine orange stain-negative NR 6A and 7A blood culture bottles are unnecessary. (1994) (6)
- Activity of cefamandole, cefoxitin, ampicillin and gentamicin against 419 bacteria isolated from blood of patients with sepsis. (1980) (5)
- General Guidelines for Clinical Bacteriology (1992) (5)
- Current status of the serum bactericidal test as a monitor of therapeutic efficacy in serious infections (1986) (5)
- Clinical Importance of “Breakthrough” Bacteremia (1984) (5)
- Interaction of cefotaxime and desacetylcefotaxime against pathogenic bacteria. Assessment with the serum bactericidal test. (1984) (5)
- Commercial Blood Culture Systems and Methods (2002) (5)
- Validation of Performance of Plastic versus Glass Bottles for Culturing Anaerobes from Blood in BacT/ALERT SN Medium (2005) (5)
- Osteomyelitis of the femur complicating Streptococcus milleri endocarditis. (2005) (5)
- Genetic Relatedness of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from Paired Blood and Respiratory Specimens (2007) (5)
- Controlled evaluation of hypertonic sucrose medium for detection of bacteremia and fungemia in supplemented peptone broth (1982) (5)
- Unrecognised Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2000) (4)
- A single-tube screen for Salmonella and Shigella. (2008) (4)
- Controlled Clinical Comparison of BacT/ALERT Standard Aerobic and Standard Anaerobic Blood Culture Bottles Inoculated Directly or after Transport in Sodium Polyanethol Sulfonate Tubes (2007) (4)
- Streptococcal Pharyngitis Leading to Corneal Ulceration (2012) (4)
- Effect of chemical preservation of urine on routine urinalysis and non-culture tests for bacteriuria. (1983) (4)
- Effect of human serum on inhibition of growth ofStaphylococcus aureus by antimicrobial agents (1986) (3)
- Shigellosis among Indians. (1970) (3)
- Interpretive criteria and quality control for antimicrobial susceptibility tests of levofloxacin (1994) (3)
- [Epidemic shiga dysentery in Central America. II. Epidemiologic studies in 1969]. (1971) (2)
- Value of terminal subcultures for blood cultures monitored by BACTEC 9240 (1996) (2)
- Diagnostic microbiology updates: Introduction (1998) (2)
- Detection of Pneumocystis jiroveci in Respiratory Specimens by Four Staining Methods (2005) (2)
- Hospital Management of Tuberculosis in a Region With a Low Incidence of Tuberculosis and a High Prevalence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (2001) (2)
- Leptospirosis in a traveler from Honduras. (1981) (2)
- Test Utilization and Clinical Relevance (2014) (2)
- Epidemic shiga dysentery in Central America. (1970) (2)
- Penetration of cephradine into normal, inflammatory, and infected pleural fluids in rabbits. (1980) (2)
- General guidelines for clinical bacteriology. Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Food and Drug Administration. (1992) (1)
- Application ofRejection Criteria forStool Ovumand Parasite Examinations (1992) (1)
- Growth of nutritionally variant streptococci on laboratory media supplemented with blood of eight animal species. (1982) (1)
- Interpretive criteria and quality control parameters for testing bacterial susceptibility to the fluoroquinolone PD131628 (1995) (1)
- Epidemiology and Outcome of Bloodstream Infections in HIV-Infected Adults in the 1990s (2001) (1)
- Use of the serum bactericidal test as a predictor of outcome in osteomyelitis (1988) (1)
- Erratum: Detection of Pneumocystis jiroveci in respiratory specimens by four staining methods (Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2004) 42:7 (3333-3335)) (2005) (1)
- SPECIAL SECTION: MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY (2000) (1)
- Cutaneous Microsporidiosis Following Alemtuzumab Therapy for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (2006) (1)
- Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Using the BD Phoenix Automated Microbiology System. (2005) (1)
- SHIGELLA FLEXNERI DYSENTERY IN THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN SOUTH VIETNAM (1970) (1)
- Remarks concerning testing parameters for blood cultures. (2005) (1)
- The proposed closing of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. (2005) (1)
- Letter to the editorSingle-dose amoxicillin therapy with follow-up urine culture (1984) (1)
- Controlling Test Utilization and Relevancy (2004) (0)
- Epstein-Barr virus and Guillain-Barrè syndrome. (1973) (0)
- Identification of Histoplasma capsulatum from Culture Extracts by Real-Time PCR (2003) (0)
- Antibiotic excretion into the bile. (1983) (0)
- P441 – P678 (2006) (0)
- Introduction. Issues concerning antifungal susceptibility testing. (1997) (0)
- INVITED A RTICLE MEDICAL M ICROBIOLOGY (2012) (0)
- Colicin Typing as an Epidemiological Tool in the Investigation of Outbreaks of Shigella sonnei (1971) (0)
- Meet the Professors (2004) (0)
- Errata (1955) (0)
- Multicenter Evaluation of the Vitek 2 Anaerobe and Corynebacterium Identification Card (cid:1) (2008) (0)
- Clinical and Prognostic Importance of Positive Blood ultures in Adults (2010) (0)
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae inhibited by improved thayer martin medium (1979) (0)
- Comparative evaluation of radiometric tryptic soy broth versus radiometric tryptic soy broth with 10% sucrose for detection of bacteremia and fungemia in pediatric patients (1989) (0)
- 363 Viral contamination of intradermal (I.D.) skin test (S.T.) syringes: A comparison of two needle changing techniques (1985) (0)
- Survival following lung transplantation (LT) of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients infected with burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) (2004) (0)
- Cephradine concentrations in serum, pleural fluid, pleura, and lung of normal rabbits. (1981) (0)
- Reliability ofCordFormation inBACTECMediafor Presumptive Identification ofMycobacteria (1993) (0)
- ANTI-INFECTIVE DRUGS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH CHAIR EXECUTIVE SECRETARY (2002) (0)
- Valve resection for endocarditis. (1979) (0)
This paper list is powered by the following services:
What Schools Are Affiliated With L. Barth Reller?
L. Barth Reller is affiliated with the following schools: