Publications

bronchoscopy-related infections and pseudoinfections--new york, 1996 and 1998.	bronchoscopy is a useful diagnostic technique that can be performed safely by trained specialists when the bronchoscopes in both inpatient and ambulatory-care settings are reprocessed properly to prevent transmission of infection. the new york state department of health received reports of three clusters of culture-positive bronchoscopy specimens obtained in 1996 and 1998 from patients at local health-care facilities. this report summarizes the results of investigations of these clusters, which ...	1999	10418804
sensitivity of test strategies used in the voluntary johne's disease herd status program for detection of mycobacterium paratuberculosis infection in dairy cattle herds.	to evaluate sensitivities at the herd level of test strategies used in the voluntary johne's disease herd status program (vjdhsp) and alternative test strategies for detecting dairy cattle herds infected with mycobacterium paratuberculosis.	2002	12420786
rapid detection and typing of strains of mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from broth cultures.	a liquid culture followed by molecular confirmation was evaluated for potential to improve sensitivity and reduce time to diagnosis of mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection. fecal samples from 240 animals from ohio farms were assessed for presence of m. avium subsp. paratuberculosis using four different protocols: (i) sedimentation processing followed by inoculation on herrold's egg yolk media (heym) slants (monitored biweekly up to 16 weeks), (ii) double centrifugation processin ...	2005	15872229