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  1. Reply to “Finding the middle way: rethinking cGMP for sterility testing of cellular therapy products in minimal manipulation settings”

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  2. All you need to know about equipment validation for sterility testing

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  3. Comparison of BIOBALL and EZ-Accu Shot for accurate quantification as certified quality control reference material

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  4. The Brief Case: Yeast, chlamydospores, and hyphae—a case of disseminated mucormycosis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2024, ASM Journals

    Dr khadija Tayabali, Dr Anna F Lau

  5. Comparative Evaluation of Current Biochemical-, Sequencing-, and Proteomic-Based Identification Methods for the Streptococcus bovis Group

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  6. Performance of the MSI-2 Database for Fungal Identification by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry from Cleanroom Environments

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  7. Sterility Testing for Hematopoietic Stem Cells

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  8. Microbial Control and Monitoring Strategies for Cleanroom Environments and Cellular Therapies

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, March 2023, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Anna F Lau

  9. Comparison of Five Commercial Molecular Assays for Mycoplasma Testing of Cellular Therapy Products

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  10. A Side-by-Side Comparison of Clinical versus Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) Microbiology Laboratory Requirements for Sterility Testing of Cellular and Gene Therapy Products

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Anna F Lau

  11. Comprehensive Study Identifies a Sensitive, Low-Risk, Closed-System Model for Detection of Fungal Contaminants in Cell and Gene Therapy Products

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  12. Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight for Fungal Identification

    Article • Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Anna F Lau

  13. Pooled Saliva Specimens for SARS-CoV-2 Testing

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  14. Pooled Testing for Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Asymptomatic Individuals

    Article • Journal of Clinical Virology, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Anna F Lau

  15. Pooled Saliva Specimens for SARS-CoV-2 Testing

    Article • October 2020, openRxiv

    Dr Anna F Lau

  16. Sterility Testing for Cellular Therapies: What Is the Role of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory?

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2020, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  17. Role of Zika Virus Envelope Protein Domain III as a Target of Human Neutralizing Antibodies

    Article • mBio, October 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  18. Multicenter Study Demonstrates Standardization Requirements for Mold Identification by MALDI-TOF MS

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, September 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Anna F Lau

  19. Prospective Evaluation of a Practical Guideline for Managing Positive Sterility Test Results in Cell Therapy Products

    Article • Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Anna F Lau

  20. Investigation of a Cluster of Sphingomonas koreensis Infections

    Article • The New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery and the Collateral Branches of Science, December 2018, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Dr Ryan C Johnson, Dr Anna F Lau

  21. Comprehensive Evaluation of Compendial USP<71>, BacT/Alert Dual-T, and Bactec FX for Detection of Product Sterility Testing Contaminants

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  22. Genomic Analysis of Hospital Plumbing Reveals Diverse Reservoir of Bacterial Plasmids Conferring Carbapenem Resistance

    Article • mBio, February 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Ryan C Johnson, Dr Anna F Lau

  23. Diagnostic challenges of prolonged post-treatment clearance of Plasmodium nucleic acids in a pre-transplant autosplenectomized patient with sickle cell disease

    Article • Malaria Journal, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anna F Lau

  24. Healthcare personnel intestinal colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Anna F Lau

  25. Whole-Genome Sequencing Overrules a Suspected Case of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacter cloacae Transmission

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2017, ASM Journals

    Julie Segre, Dr Anna F Lau

  26. Problematic Dichotomization of Risk for Intensive Care Unit (ICU)–Acquired Invasive Candidiasis: Results Using a Risk-Predictive Model to Categorize 3 Levels of Risk From a Multicenter Prospective Cohort of Australian ICU Patients

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Anna F Lau

  27. Complete Genome Sequence of a Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain Carrying bla NDM-1 on a Multidrug Resistance Plasmid

    Article • Genome Announcements, August 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  28. Plasmid Dynamics in KPC-Positive Klebsiella pneumoniae during Long-Term Patient Colonization

    Article • mBio, July 2016, ASM Journals

    Julie Segre, Dr Anna F Lau

  29. Performance of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization−Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Identification of Aspergillus, Scedosporium, and Fusarium spp. in the Australian Clinical Setting

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Sharon C-A Chen, Dr Anna F Lau

  30. Detection and Whole-Genome Sequencing of Carbapenemase-Producing Aeromonas hydrophila Isolates from Routine Perirectal Surveillance Culture

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  31. An Update on the Streptococcus bovis Group: Classification, Identification, and Disease Associations

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  32. Clinical Performance of a Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Method for Detection of CertainblaKPC-Containing Plasmids

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  33. Clinical Performance of Check-Direct CPE, a Multiplex PCR for Direct Detection ofblaKPC,blaNDMand/orblaVIM, andblaOXA-48from Perirectal Swabs

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  34. Candida Colonization as a Risk Marker for Invasive Candidiasis in Mixed Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Units: Development and Evaluation of a Simple, Standard Protocol

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  35. Complete Genome Sequence of a Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolate with Chromosomally Encoded Carbapenem Resistance and Colibactin Synthesis Loci

    Article • Genome Announcements, December 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  36. Reply to "Tn4401 Carrying blaKPC Is Inserted within Another Insertion in pKpQIL and Related Plasmids"

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  37. Single-molecule sequencing to track plasmid diversity of hospital-associated carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

    Article • Science Translational Medicine, September 2014, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Anna F Lau

  38. A Rapid Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry-Based Method for Single-Plasmid Tracking in an Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  39. Development of a Clinically Comprehensive Database and a Simple Procedure for Identification of Molds from Solid Media by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  40. Multiplex-Tandem PCR for Fungal Diagnostics

    Article • November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Tania C Sorrell, Dr Anna F Lau

  41. Molecular techniques for pathogen identification and fungus detection in the environment

    Article • IMA Fungus, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Clement Tsui, Dr Anna F Lau

  42. Comparison of Whole Blood, Serum, and Plasma for Early Detection of Candidemia by Multiplex-Tandem PCR

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  43. Current status and future perspectives on molecular and serological methods in diagnostic mycology

    Article • Future Microbiology, November 2009, Future Medicine

    Dr Anna F Lau

  44. Assessment of clinical risk predictive rules for invasive candidiasis in a prospective multicentre cohort of ICU patients

    Article • Intensive Care Medicine, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anna F Lau

  45. Colony Multiplex-Tandem PCR for Rapid, Accurate Identification of Fungal Cultures

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  46. Multiplex Tandem PCR: a Novel Platform for Rapid Detection and Identification of Fungal Pathogens from Blood Culture Specimens

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  47. Reverse Line Blot Hybridization Assay for Identification of Medically Important Fungi from Culture and Clinical Specimens

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau

  48. Development and Clinical Application of a Panfungal PCR Assay To Detect and Identify Fungal DNA in Tissue Specimens

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Anna F Lau