LAC+USC Clinical Pathology Program: Housestaff Teaching Award, 2016
Pan-American Society for Clinical Microbiology: Young Investigator Award, 2011
The value of a multiplexed gastrointestinal pathogen panel in 2 distinct patient populations Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 May; 85(1):105-8. . View in PubMed
A Dysregulated Balance of Proinflammatory and Anti-Inflammatory Host Cytokine Response Early During Therapy Predicts Persistence and Mortality in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Crit Care Med. 2016 Apr; 44(4):671-9. . View in PubMed
Clinical Impact of Laboratory Implementation of Verigene BC-GN Microarray-Based Assay for Detection of Gram-Negative Bacteria in Positive Blood Cultures J Clin Microbiol. 2016 07; 54(7):1789-1796. . View in PubMed
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016 Jan; 71(1):181-8. . View in PubMed
Increase in Reports of Strongyloides Infection - Los Angeles County, 2013-2014 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Aug 28; 64(33):922-3. . View in PubMed
Performance of a Tuberculosis Serologic Assay in Various Patient Populations Am J Clin Pathol. 2015 Aug; 144(2):240-6. . View in PubMed
Microbial keratitis in los angeles: the doheny eye institute and the los angeles county hospital experience Ophthalmology. 2015 May; 122(5):918-24. . View in PubMed
Survey of physicians' perspectives and knowledge about diagnostic tests for bloodstream infections PLoS One. 2015; 10(3):e0121493. . View in PubMed
Infants 1-90 days old hospitalized with human rhinovirus infection J Clin Lab Anal. 2014 Sep; 28(5):349-52. . View in PubMed
Surveillance of human papilloma virus using reference laboratory data for the purpose of evaluating vaccine impact Online J Public Health Inform. 2014; 6(3):e194. . View in PubMed
tcdA As a diagnostic target in a loop-mediated amplification assay for detecting toxigenic Clostridium difficile J Clin Lab Anal. 2013 May; 27(3):171-6. . View in PubMed
Verification of performance specifications for a US Food and Drug Administration-approved molecular microbiology test: Clostridium difficile cytotoxin B using the Becton, Dickinson and Company GeneOhm Cdiff assay Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2012 Jan; 136(1):20-5. . View in PubMed
Isolation and characterization of "Pseudomonas andersonii" from four cases of pulmonary granulomas and emended species description J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Apr; 49(4):1518-23. . View in PubMed
Correlation of Chlamydia and Chlamydophila sppIgG and IgM antibodies by microimmunofluorescence with antigen detection methods. J Clin Lab Anal. 2011; 25(4):305-8. . View in PubMed
Identifying respiratory viruses in nasal mucus from children Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Oct; 29(10):970-2. . View in PubMed
Limited utility of culture for Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae for diagnosis of respiratory tract infections J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Sep; 48(9):3380-2. . View in PubMed
Comparison of 10 indirect fluorescent antibodies to detect and type influenza A specimens Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2010 Aug; 134(8):1177-80. . View in PubMed
Development of a multiplex real-time RT-PCR assay for detection of influenza A, influenza B, RSV and typing of the 2009-H1N1 influenza virus J Virol Methods. 2010 Aug; 167(2):113-8. . View in PubMed
Oseltamivir-resistant influenza A 2009 H1N1 virus in immunocompromised patients Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2010 Jul; 4(4):199-204. . View in PubMed
Performance of diagnostic tests to detect respiratory viruses in older adults Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Jul; 67(3):246-50. . View in PubMed
Utility of immunofluorescence and electron microscopy in endomyocardial biopsies from patients with unexplained heart failure Cardiovasc Pathol. 2010 Jul-Aug; 19(4):e99-105. . View in PubMed
Performance of enterovirus genotyping targeting the VP1 and VP2 regions on non-typeable isolates and patient specimens J Virol Methods. 2010 Apr; 165(1):46-50. . View in PubMed
Invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in Utah children: an 11-year population-based study in the era of conjugate vaccine Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Apr 01; 50(7):e41-6. . View in PubMed
Flow cytometric detection and serotyping of enterovirus for the clinical laboratory J Virol Methods. 2009 Dec; 162(1-2):245-50. . View in PubMed
Evaluation of Helicobacter pylori Immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgA, and IgM serologic testing compared to stool antigen testing Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2009 Aug; 16(8):1253-5. . View in PubMed
Respiratory syncytial virus outbreak in a long-term care facility detected using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction: an argument for real-time detection methods J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Mar; 57(3):482-5. . View in PubMed
Mollicute infections in neonates Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Mar; 28(3):248-50. . View in PubMed
Evaluation of enzyme immunoassays to detect Clostridium difficile toxin from anaerobic stool culture Am J Clin Pathol. 2009 Jan; 131(1):81-4. . View in PubMed
Limited applicability of direct fluorescent-antibody testing for Bordetella spand Legionella sp. specimens for the clinical microbiology laboratory. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jul; 45(7):2212-4. . View in PubMed
Limitations of polymerase chain reaction testing for diagnosing acute Epstein-Barr virus infections Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007 Jul; 58(3):333-5. . View in PubMed
Comparison of immunofluorescence antibody testing and two enzyme immunoassays in the serologic diagnosis of malaria J Travel Med. 2007 Mar-Apr; 14(2):105-11. . View in PubMed
Comparison of multiple shell vial cell lines for isolation of enteroviruses: a national perspective J Clin Virol. 2006 Nov; 37(3):151-5. . View in PubMed
Carcinosarcoma of the liver: a case report and review of the literature Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2005 Jun; 129(6):790-3. . View in PubMed
Characterization of monospecies biofilm formation by Helicobacter pylori J Bacteriol. 2004 May; 186(10):3124-32. . View in PubMed
Hyperostosis frontalis interna: case report and review of literature Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2004; 34(2):206-8. . View in PubMed
