2000
Primary Isolation of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from Patients with Febrile Illnesses: Clinical and Molecular Characteristics
Standaert S, Yu T, Scott M, Childs J, Paddock C, Nicholson W, Singleton J, Blaser M. Primary Isolation of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from Patients with Febrile Illnesses: Clinical and Molecular Characteristics. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2000, 181: 1082-1088. PMID: 10720534, DOI: 10.1086/315346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolymerase chain reactionE. chaffeensisCerebrospinal fluid specimensCultures of bloodHigh diagnostic yieldEhrlichia chaffeensisPrimary isolationFebrile illnessDiagnostic titerBlood isolatesDiagnostic yieldTick exposureSame patientCerebrospinal fluidPatientsFluid specimensDiagnostic testsFrequent isolationBloodChain reactionChaffeensisInfectionMolecular characteristicsMolecular analysisIsolates
1998
ISOLATION OF BARTONELLA SPP. FROM EMBRYOS AND NEONATES OF NATURALLY INFECTED RODENTS
Kosoy M, Regnery R, Kosaya O, Jones D, Marston E, Childs J. ISOLATION OF BARTONELLA SPP. FROM EMBRYOS AND NEONATES OF NATURALLY INFECTED RODENTS. Journal Of Wildlife Diseases 1998, 34: 305-309. PMID: 9577777, DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.2.305.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAntibodies, BacterialBacteremiaBartonellaBartonella InfectionsCitrate (si)-SynthaseColony Count, MicrobialEmbryo, MammalianFemaleFetal DiseasesInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPeromyscusPhylogenyPlacentaPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousRodent DiseasesSigmodontinae
1997
Isolation and characterization of Ehrlichia chaffeensis strains from patients with fatal ehrlichiosis
Paddock C, Sumner J, Shore G, Bartley D, Elie R, McQuade J, Martin C, Goldsmith C, Childs J. Isolation and characterization of Ehrlichia chaffeensis strains from patients with fatal ehrlichiosis. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 1997, 35: 2496-2502. PMID: 9316896, PMCID: PMC229999, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.10.2496-2502.1997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsE. chaffeensisDH82 cellsEhrlichia chaffeensisArkansas isolateGroESL heat shock operonFatal ehrlichiosisMechanisms of diseasePulmonary insufficiencyClinical presentationMarked thrombocytopeniaSevere diseaseEhrlichial infectionCharacteristic manifestationsPatientsDays postinoculationMolecular evaluationChaffeensisPrimary isolationRRNA gene sequencesDiseaseIsolatesSpecific associationNew isolatesGene sequencesProtein gene
1995
Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Sequentially Isolated from Peromyscus leucopus Captured at a Lyme Disease Enzootic Site
Hofmeister E, Childs J. Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Sequentially Isolated from Peromyscus leucopus Captured at a Lyme Disease Enzootic Site. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1995, 172: 462-469. PMID: 7622890, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/172.2.462.Peer-Reviewed Original Research