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  1. Multicenter Evaluation of the DiaSorin Molecular Simplexa Congenital CMV Direct PCR Test on Neonatal Saliva and Urine Specimens

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

    Dr Jim Dunn

  2. Comparison of Bruker Biotyper® and Vitek® MS matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization–time-of-flight mass spectrometry platforms for the identification of filamentous fungi

    Article • Future Microbiology, June 2023, Future Medicine

    Dr Jim Dunn

  3. Discordance between semi-quantitative nucleic acid detection of bacteria and quantitative bacteriology in sputum from patients with pneumonia

    Article • Journal of Infection, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Jim Dunn

  4. Development and performance of a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of bacteria in sterile body fluids

    Article • Future Microbiology, February 2023, Future Medicine

    Dr Jim Dunn

  5. Acute liver failure and unique challenges of pediatric liver transplantation amidst a worldwide cluster of adenovirus-associated hepatitis

    Article • American Journal of Transplantation, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Jim Dunn

  6. A multi-center study to determine genetic variations in the fusion gene of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) from children <2 years of age in the U.S.

    Article • Journal of Clinical Virology, September 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Jim Dunn

  7. Rotavirus Strain Trends in United States, 2009–2016: Results from the National Rotavirus Strain Surveillance System (NRSSS)

    Article • Viruses, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Jim Dunn

  8. Multicenter Evaluation of the Simplexa VZV Direct Assay for Detection of Varicella-Zoster Virus in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Lesion-Swab Specimens

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2022, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn

  9. Performance of six SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection systems in symptomatic and asymptomatic pediatric and maternal patients

    Article • Future Virology, March 2022, Future Medicine

    Dr Jim Dunn

  10. Comparison of Whole Genome Sequencing and Repetitive Element PCR for Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain Typing

    Article • Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Jim Dunn

  11. Institutional Protocol Evolution for Screening Surgical Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing, January 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Jim Dunn

  12. Multiplex PCR Pathogen Detection in Acute Gastroenteritis Among Hospitalized US Children Compared With Healthy Controls During 2011–2016 in the Post–Rotavirus Vaccine Era

    Article • Open Forum Infectious Diseases, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jim Dunn

  13. Screening pediatric surgical patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • JAAPA, October 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Jim Dunn

  14. Comparison of Mid-Turbinate and Nasopharyngeal Specimens for Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Among Symptomatic Outpatients at a Pediatric Drive-Through Testing Site

    Article • Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jim Dunn

  15. Retrospective analysis of infection and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Mycoplasma genitalium among pregnant women in the southwestern USA

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2021, BMJ

    Dr Jim Dunn

  16. A multicenter evaluation of viral bloodstream detections in children presenting to the Emergency Department with suspected systemic infection

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jim Dunn

  17. Molecular Epidemiology of Contemporary Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Isolates in Texas Children

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, May 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Jim Dunn

  18. Reinfection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) B.1.1.7 variant in an immunocompromised adolescent

    Article • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, May 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Jim Dunn

  19. Multicenter Performance Evaluation of the Simplexa Bordetella Direct Kit in Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens

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

    Dr Jim Dunn

  20. A Surge in Pediatric Coronavirus Disease 2019 Cases: The Experience of Texas Children’s Hospital From March to June 2020

    Article • Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, December 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jim Dunn

  21. Update in Pediatric Diagnostic Microbiology

    Article • Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Jim Dunn

  22. Tracheal colonization factor A (TcfA) is a biomarker for rapid and specific detection of Bordetella pertussis

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jim Dunn

  23. Design of 3D-Printed Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Children is Enabled by Radiologic Imaging

    Article • American Journal of Neuroradiology, August 2020, American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)

    Dr Jim Dunn

  24. Measles is Back – Considerations for laboratory diagnosis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Virology, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Jim Dunn

  25. Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Children Cared for at Texas Children’s Hospital: Initial Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes

    Article • Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, June 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jim Dunn

  26. Successful Detection of Unrecognized Rickettsia typhi in Pregnancy Using Cell-Free Next-Generation Sequencing

    Article • Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, May 2020, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Jim Dunn

  27. Closing the Brief Case: Cutaneous Fungal Infection in a Pediatric Patient with Newly Diagnosed Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

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

    Dr Jim Dunn

  28. The Brief Case: Cutaneous Fungal Infection in a Pediatric Patient with Newly Diagnosed Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

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

    Dr Jim Dunn

  29. Complications of Otitis Media and Sinusitis Caused by Streptococcus anginosus Group Organisms in Children

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, February 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Jim Dunn

  30. Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Disease at Texas Children’s Hospital, 2011 to 2018

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, September 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Jim Dunn

  31. Clinical Utility of Advanced Microbiology Testing Tools

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn

  32. CLIA-waived molecular influenza testing in the emergency department and outpatient settings

    Article • Journal of Clinical Virology, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Jim Dunn

  33. The prevalence of antiseptic tolerance genes among staphylococci and enterococci in a pediatric population

    Article • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, March 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Jim Dunn

  34. Clinical Importance of Placental Testing among Suspected Cases of Congenital Zika Syndrome

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Jim Dunn

  35. Questioning the accuracy of currently available pneumococcal antibody testing

    Article • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Jim Dunn

  36. Testing for Zika virus infection in pregnancy: key concepts to deal with an emerging epidemic

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Jim Dunn

  37. An Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia Complex Infections Associated with Contaminated Liquid Docusate

    Article • Infection Control, February 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Jim Dunn

  38. Performance of the Verigene® enteric pathogens test, Biofire FilmArray™ gastrointestinal panel and Luminex xTAG® gastrointestinal pathogen panel for detection of common enteric pathogens

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Jim Dunn

  39. Pediatric Clinical Microbiology: It's the Little Things

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

    Dr Jim Dunn

  40. Enteroviruses and Parechoviruses

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, May 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn

  41. Enteroviruses and Parechoviruses

    Article • April 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn

  42. Point-of-Care Diagnostic Virology

    Article • April 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn

  43. Laboratory Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and Disease in Children

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

    Dr Jim Dunn

  44. Genotyping and Resolution of a Case of Osteomyelitis in a 16-Month-Old Boy of Hispanic/African American Ethnicity

    Article • Laboratory Medicine, December 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jim Dunn

  45. The Emergence of ZoonoticOnchocerca lupiInfection in the United States – A Case-Series

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, November 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jim Dunn

  46. Specimen Collection, Transport, and Processing: Virology

    Article • May 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn

  47. Laboratory Safety

    Article • October 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn

  48. Point-Counterpoint: Can Newly Developed, Rapid Immunochromatographic Antigen Detection Tests Be Reliably Used for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Influenza Virus Infections?: TABLE 1

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

    Dr Jim Dunn

  49. Emerging Respiratory Viruses Other than Influenza

    Article • Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Jim Dunn

  50. Prompt detection of influenza A and B viruses using the BD Veritor™ System Flu A+B, Quidel® Sofia® Influenza A+B FIA, and Alere BinaxNOW® Influenza A&B compared to real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, May 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Jim Dunn

  51. Molecular Diagnosis of Subcutaneous Pythium insidiosum Infection by Use of PCR Screening and DNA Sequencing

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn

  52. Fostering Partnerships between Industry and the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn

  53. Comparison of Traditional Phenotypic Identification Methods with Partial 5' 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing for Species-Level Identification of Nonfermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  54. Enteroviruses

    Article • January 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn

  55. Performance of the GeneXpert® enterovirus assay for detection of enteroviral RNA in cerebrospinal fluid

    Article • Journal of Clinical Virology, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Jim Dunn

  56. Hospital-Acquired Pertussis Among Newborns—Texas, 2004

    Article • JAMA, August 2008, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr Jim Dunn

  57. Evaluation of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry in Comparison to 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing for Species Identification of Nonfermenting Bacteria

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

    Dr Jim Dunn, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  58. Influenza, Winter Olympiad, 2002

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2006, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Jim Dunn

  59. Rapid detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgM antibodies in pediatric patients using ImmunoCard Mycoplasma compared to conventional enzyme immunoassays

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, May 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jim Dunn

  60. Sensitivity of Respiratory Virus Culture When Screening with R-Mix Fresh Cells

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2004, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn

  61. Emergence of Echovirus Type 13 as a Prominent Enterovirus

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, January 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jim Dunn

  62. Invasive Fungal Sinusitis Caused by Scytalidium dimidiatum in a Lung Transplant Recipient

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2003, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn

  63. Seeding of a Cavernous Angioma with Mycoplasma hominis: Case Report

    Article • Neurosurgery, September 2003, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Jim Dunn

  64. The Stem Loop II within the 5′ Nontranslated Region of Clinical Coxsackievirus B3 Genomes Determines Cardiovirulence Phenotype in a Murine Model

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jim Dunn

  65. Comparison of the Denka-Seiken INFLU A{middle dot}B-Quick and BD Directigen Flu A+B Kits with Direct Fluorescent-Antibody Staining and Shell Vial Culture Methods for Rapid Detection of Influenza Viruses

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2003, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn

  66. Evaluation of three Copan viral transport systems for the recovery of cultivatable, clinical virus isolates

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, March 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Jim Dunn

  67. Trichuris vulpis Recovered from a Patient with Chronic Diarrhea and Five Dogs

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn

  68. Stable Enterovirus 5′ Nontranslated Region over a 7‐Year Period in a Patient with Agammaglobulinemia and Chronic Infection

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, July 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Richard L Wasserman, Dr Jim Dunn

  69. Genomic Determinants of Cardiovirulence in Coxsackievirus B3 Clinical Isolates: Localization to the 5' Nontranslated Region

    Article • Journal of Virology, May 2000, ASM Journals

    Dr Jim Dunn

  70. Genetic Divergence Among the Group B Coxsackieviruses

    Article • January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jim Dunn