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Robert F Luo

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Luo R, Curry C, Taylor N, Budvytiene I, Banaei N
J Clin Microbiol . 2015 Apr; 53(7):2337-9. PMID: 25903572
By targeting the erm(41) and rrl genes in the Mycobacterium abscessus group, a multiplex real-time PCR assay for clarithromycin resistance showed 95% (38/40) concordance with nucleic acid testing and 95%...
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Luo R, Gaur R, Banaei N
Eur Respir J . 2014 Oct; 44(4):1094-5. PMID: 25271229
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Shi H, Cheng Y, Lee K, Luo R, Banaei N, Rao J
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl . 2014 Apr; 53(31):8113-6. PMID: 24764125
Reported herein is the design of fluorogenic probes specific for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and they were designed based on stereochemically modified cephalosporin having a 6,7-trans configuration. Through experiments using recombinant...
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Luo R, Spradley S, Banaei N
J Clin Microbiol . 2013 Aug; 51(11):3872-4. PMID: 23985918
Hospital information systems (HIS) alerts restricting repeat Clostridium difficile PCR ordering by physicians in patients with a prior result within 7 days eliminated 91% of repeat tests, from 14.5% (282/1,949)...
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Luo R, Banaei N
Clin Lab Med . 2013 Aug; 33(3):553-66. PMID: 23931838
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a public health emergency, compounded by the lack of adequate diagnostic testing in many regions of the world. New advances in the molecular detection of...
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McNeil C, Luo R, Vogel H, Banaei N, Ho D
J Clin Microbiol . 2010 Dec; 49(3):1171-4. PMID: 21191052
Phaeoacremonium parasiticum is an environmental fungus usually associated with subcutaneous infections. We report the first documented case of central nervous system involvement with brain abscess formation in a patient with...
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Luo R, Banaei N
J Clin Microbiol . 2010 Aug; 48(10):3738-41. PMID: 20686078
Patients with diarrhea, defined as loose or watery stool, and two or more Clostridium difficile tcdB PCR tests within 14 days of each other were investigated. Repeat PCR for 293...
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Luo R, Scahill M, Banaei N
J Clin Microbiol . 2010 May; 48(7):2569-70. PMID: 20463168
Real-time PCR can rapidly identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis in paraffin-embedded tissue in the absence of microbiological culture. In a comparison of single-copy and multicopy PCR targets in 70 tissue samples, the...
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Nguyen D, Yeh E, Perry S, Luo R, Pinsky B, Lee B, et al.
J Clin Microbiol . 2010 Jan; 48(3):785-90. PMID: 20071556
Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) have revolutionized infectious disease diagnosis, allowing for the rapid and sensitive identification of pathogens in clinical specimens. Real-time PCR testing for the mecA gene (mecA...
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Yeh E, Luo R, Dyner L, Hong D, Banaei N, Baron E, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2010 Jan; 50(3):391-4. PMID: 20047483
We report a case of 2009 influenza A(H1N1) virus infection in which virus was detected predominantly in specimens from the lower respiratory tract but was absent or at very low...