A5028092863- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Spaceflight effects on biology
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Microbial Inactivation Methods
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Medical and Biological Ozone Research
- Gut microbiota and health
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Microbial Metabolism and Applications
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Botanical Research and Applications
- Lichen and fungal ecology
Ghent University
2023
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2007-2022
ABSTRACT Current surface sampling methods for microbial contaminants are designed to sample small areas and utilize culture analysis. The total number of microbes recovered is low because a area sampled, making detection potential pathogen more difficult. Furthermore, requires greater samples be collected, which delays the reporting results, taxes laboratory resources staffing, increases analysis costs. A new biological method, Biological Sampling Kit (BiSKit), large compatible with testing...
ABSTRACT The efficacy of currently available decontamination strategies for the treatment indoor furnishings contaminated with bioterrorism agents is poorly understood. Efficacy testing products in a controlled environment needed to ensure that effective methods are used decontaminate domestic and workplace settings. An experimental room supplied materials office (i.e., wood laminate, painted metal, vinyl tile) was dry aerosol releases endospores Bacillus atrophaeus (“ subtilis subsp. niger...
ABSTRACT This research was designed to evaluate surface sampling protocols for use with culture and quantitative PCR (QPCR) amplification assay detection of the gram-negative bacterial biothreat simulant Erwinia herbicola on a variety materials. Surfaces selected evaluation were wood laminate, glass computer monitor screens, metal file cabinets, plastic arena seats, nylon seat cushions, finished concrete flooring, vinyl tile flooring. Laboratory test chamber studies performed two methods,...
Aspergillus flavus is a ubiquitous mold and the most common contaminating foodstuffs. Many strains of A. produce aflatoxins. In addition it an allergen opportunistic pathogen animals plants. often underestimated in traditional culture analyses due to expertise required cost associated with speciating members genus Aspergillus. The goal this study was develop validate primer probe set for rapid detection quantitation pure using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR)...
Abstract Background The University of Nevada, Las Vegas School Dental Medicine recently opened an orthodontic treatment clinic to address the needs racially and ethnically diverse population Southern primarily focusing on care low-income minority patients. Although therapy has been shown induce changes in oral cavity, much this evidence was collected from traditional White, teenage populations. primary goal study describe microbial burden cariogenic periodontal pathogens, Streptococcus...
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a postnatal withdrawal among neonates born to mothers with drug dependence disorders. NAS poses significant public health challenge nationally, six-fold increase in incidence (1.2 6.7 per 1000 hospital births/year) from 2000–2016. Besides national data, it critical quantify at the state-level identify target areas for prevention. The objectives of this study were ascertain statewide burden, including county and regional distribution Nevada during...
Carbapenems are antibiotics reserved for treatment of severe infections. Carbapenem antimicrobial susceptibility testing profiles were determined in a population Klebsiella pneumoniae, and their resistance assessed based on previous current Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute criteria.Isolates examined using an automated method, real time polymerase chain reaction to detect the (blaKPC) gene.The prevalence blaKPC gene was 45/54 (83.3%). Five isolates that susceptible under criteria...