Rachael Melton-Kreft
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Recent Articles
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Zaidi A, Pratama M, Omstead A, Gorbonova A, Mansoor R, Melton-Kreft R, et al.
Br J Cancer
. 2022 Sep;
127(11):2016-2024.
PMID: 36097175
Background: Emerging evidence indicates the potential clinical significance of specific microbial signatures as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, in multiple cancers. However, to date, no studies have systematically interrogated circulating metagenome...
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Palmer M, Altman D, Altman G, Sewecke J, Saltarski C, Nistico L, et al.
Genet Test Mol Biomarkers
. 2022 Feb;
26(2):70-80.
PMID: 35225678
The primary aims of this study were to determine if any correlation exists in cases of fracture fixation among: (1) bacterial profiles recovered from the instrumentation and adjacent tissues; (2)...
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Pirrone M, Imber D, Marrazzo F, Pinciroli R, Zhang C, Bry L, et al.
Respir Care
. 2018 Sep;
64(1):1-9.
PMID: 30181363
Background: Biofilm on the surface of endotracheal tubes (ETTs) is associated with ventilator-associated pneumonia. The use of silver-coated ETTs has been suggested to reduce the occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia by...
4.
Rudkjobing V, Thomsen T, Xu Y, Melton-Kreft R, Ahmed A, Eickhardt S, et al.
BMC Infect Dis
. 2016 Nov;
16(1):652.
PMID: 27821087
Background: Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) are a group of infections affecting all soft tissues. NSTI involves necrosis of the afflicted tissue and is potentially life threatening due to major...
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Palmer M, Melton-Kreft R, Nistico L, Hiller N, Kim L, Altman G, et al.
Genet Test Mol Biomarkers
. 2016 Oct;
20(12):721-731.
PMID: 27749085
Background: Preliminary studies have identified known bacterial pathogens in the knees of patients with osteoarthritis (OA) before arthroplasty. Aims: The current study was designed to determine the incidence and types...
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Melton-Kreft R, Spirk T
Curr Protoc Microbiol
. 2016 Feb;
40:1E.9.1-1E.9.9.
PMID: 26855284
Nucleic acids can be obtained in numerous ways from clinical specimens; however, the quality of the nucleic acid is only as good as the sampling and isolation protocol. While nucleic...
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Kathju S, Nistico L, Melton-Kreft R, Lasko L, Stoodley P
Surg Infect (Larchmt)
. 2015 Mar;
16(1):45-53.
PMID: 25761080
Background: Prosthetic mesh is employed routinely in the treatment of ventral and parastomal hernias, but its use can lead to major complications, including infection, extrusion, and fistula. Bacterial biofilms have...
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Nickel J, Stephens A, Landis J, Chen J, Mullins C, Van Bokhoven A, et al.
J Urol
. 2015 Jan;
194(1):127-35.
PMID: 25596358
Purpose: We used next-generation, state-of-the-art, culture independent methodology to survey urine microbiota of males with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome and control participants enrolled in the MAPP Network to investigate...
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Gallo P, Melton-Kreft R, Nistico L, Sotereanos N, Sewecke J, Stoodley P, et al.
J Bone Joint Surg Am
. 2011 Sep;
93(15):e85.
PMID: 21915528
No abstract available.
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Tuttle M, Mostow E, Mukherjee P, Hu F, Melton-Kreft R, Ehrlich G, et al.
J Clin Microbiol
. 2011 Sep;
49(11):3812-9.
PMID: 21880958
Microbial infections delay wound healing, but the effect of the composition of the wound microbiome on healing parameters is unknown. To better understand bacterial communities in chronic wounds, we analyzed...