Christopher R Polage

Title(s)	Associate Adjunct Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
School	School of Medicine
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Optimizing reflex urine cultures: Using a population-specific approach to diagnostic stewardship. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jan 10; 1-4. Advani SD, Turner NA, Schmader KE, Wrenn RH, Moehring RW, Polage CR, Vaughn VM, Anderson DJ. PMID: 36625063.

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Com Communicable Diseases Epi Epidemiology Hos Hospitals Nur Nursing
Translation:Humans
Envisioning Future Urinary Tract Infection Diagnostics. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 04 09; 74(7):1284-1292. Patel R, Polage CR, Dien Bard J, May L, Lee FM, Fabre V, Hayden MK, Doernberg SDB, Haake DA, Trautner BW, Grigoryan L, Tsalik EL, Hanson KE. PMID: 34463708; PMCID: PMC8994576.

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Com Communicable Diseases
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Non-diphtheriae Corynebacterium species are associated with decreased risk of pneumococcal colonization during infancy. ISME J. 2022 03; 16(3):655-665. Kelly MS, Plunkett C, Yu Y, Aquino JN, Patel SM, Hurst JH, Young RR, Smieja M, Steenhoff AP, Arscott-Mills T, Feemster KA, Boiditswe S, Leburu T, Mazhani T, Patel MZ, Rawls JF, Jawahar J, Shah SS, Polage CR, Cunningham CK, Seed PC. PMID: 34511605; PMCID: PMC8857224.

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Env Environmental Health Mic Microbiology
Translation:Humans Cells
Low utilisation of bronchoscopy to assess COVID-19 respiratory infection: a multicenter experience. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2021 07; 8(1). Mahmood K, Abbott M, Van Nostrand K, Bechara R, Gonzalez AV, Brucker A, Green CL, Polage CR. PMID: 34301713; PMCID: PMC8313310.

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Deconstructing the urinalysis: A novel approach to diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2021; 1(1). Advani SD, Polage CR, Fakih MG. PMID: 34604864; PMCID: PMC8486290.

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In pursuit of the holy grail: Improving C. difficile testing appropriateness with iterative electronic health record clinical decision support and targeted test restriction. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 07; 43(7):840-847. Karlovich NS, Sata SS, Griffith B, Coop A, Kalu IC, Engemann JJ, Seidelman J, Turner NA, Polage CR, Smith BA, Lewis SS. PMID: 34085622.

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Com Communicable Diseases Epi Epidemiology Hos Hospitals Nur Nursing
Translation:Humans Cells
Multicenter Evaluation of Processing and Analysis of College of American Pathologists (CAP) Proficiency Testing Samples by Laboratory Automation. J Clin Microbiol. 2021 04 20; 59(5). Babady NE, Bourassa L, Burnham CD, Fisher M, McElvania E, Polage CR, Ribes J. PMID: 33597257; PMCID: PMC8091838.

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Mic Microbiology
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Uncovering the Harms of Treating Clostridioides difficile Colonization. mSphere. 2021 01 13; 6(1). Polage CR, Turner NA. PMID: 33441413; PMCID: PMC7845611.

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Mic Microbiology Par Parasitology
Translation:Humans Cells
Assessment of an Online Tool to Simulate the Effect of Pooled Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Populations. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 12 01; 3(12):e2031517. Polage CR, Lee MJ, Hubbard C, Rehder C, Cardona D, Denny T, Datto MB. PMID: 33301014; PMCID: PMC7729431.

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Med Medicine (General)
Translation:Humans Cells PHPublic Health
Implementation of a Pooled Surveillance Testing Program for Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections on a College Campus - Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, August 2-October 11, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Nov 20; 69(46):1743-1747. Denny TN, Andrews L, Bonsignori M, Cavanaugh K, Datto MB, Deckard A, DeMarco CT, DeNaeyer N, Epling CA, Gurley T, Haase SB, Hallberg C, Harer J, Kneifel CL, Lee MJ, Louzao R, Moody MA, Moore Z, Polage CR, Puglin J, Spotts PH, Vaughn JA, Wolfe CR. PMID: 33211678; PMCID: PMC7676642.

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Pub Public Health Vit Vital Statistics
Translation:Humans Cells PHPublic Health
Environmental and Aerosolized Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Among Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients. J Infect Dis. 2020 11 09; 222(11):1798-1806. Binder RA, Alarja NA, Robie ER, Kochek KE, Xiu L, Rocha-Melogno L, Abdelgadir A, Goli SV, Farrell AS, Coleman KK, Turner AL, Lautredou CC, Lednicky JA, Lee MJ, Polage CR, Simmons RA, Deshusses MA, Anderson BD, Gray GC. PMID: 32905595; PMCID: PMC7499634.

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Com Communicable Diseases
Translation:Humans Animals Cells PHPublic Health
Tackling Infectious Diarrhea in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 10 23; 71(7):1701-1703. Saullo JL, Polage CR. PMID: 31687744.

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Com Communicable Diseases
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Early experience with universal preprocedural testing for SARS-CoV-2 in a relatively low-prevalence area. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 03; 42(3):341-343. Lewis SS, Smith BA, Akinboyo IC, Seidelman J, Wolfe C, Kirk AB, Martin G, Denny T, Lobaugh B, Rehder C, Cardona D, Lee MJ, Polage CR, Datto MB. PMID: 32741409; PMCID: PMC7450245.

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Com Communicable Diseases Epi Epidemiology Hos Hospitals Nur Nursing
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
Healthcare associated diarrhea, not Clostridioides difficile. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2020 08; 33(4):319-326. Turner NA, Saullo JL, Polage CR. PMID: 32657969.

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Com Communicable Diseases
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Detection of Clostridioides difficile by Real-time PCR in Young Children Does Not Predict Disease. Hosp Pediatr. 2020 07; 10(7):555-562. Pahud BA, Hassan F, Harrison CJ, Halasa NB, Chappell JD, Englund JA, Klein EJ, Szilagyi PG, Weinberg GA, Sherman AK, Polage C, Wikswo ME, McDonald LC, Payne DC, Selvarangan R. PMID: 32482733.

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Ped Pediatrics
Translation:Humans Cells
Evaluation of the National Healthcare Safety Network standardized infection ratio risk adjustment for healthcare-facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection in intensive care, oncology, and hematopoietic cell transplant units in general acute-care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 04; 41(4):404-410. Polage CR, Quan KA, Madey K, Myers FE, Wightman DA, Krishna S, Grein JD, Gibbs L, Yokoe D, Mabalot SC, Chinn R, Hallmark A, Rubin Z, Fontenot M, Cohen S, Birnbaum D, Huang SS, Torriani FJ. PMID: 32052726.

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Com Communicable Diseases Epi Epidemiology Hos Hospitals Nur Nursing
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Using Data to Optimize Blood Bottle Fill Volumes and Pathogen Detection: Making Blood Cultures Great Again. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 01 02; 70(2):269-270. Hazen KC, Polage CR. PMID: 30901027.

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Com Communicable Diseases
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Rapid Multiplex Testing for Upper Respiratory Pathogens in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Dec; 6(12):ofz481. May L, Tatro G, Poltavskiy E, Mooso B, Hon S, Bang H, Polage C. PMID: 32128326; PMCID: PMC7043218.

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Bacterial Colonization of the Hospitalized Newborn: Competition Between Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 07; 38(7):682-686. Lee DC, Kananurak A, Tran MT, Connolly PA, Polage CR, Iwase T, Bevins CL, Underwood MA. PMID: 30985510; PMCID: PMC6814272.

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Com Communicable Diseases Ped Pediatrics
Translation:Humans Cells
Clinical Metagenomic Sequencing for Diagnosis of Meningitis and Encephalitis. N Engl J Med. 2019 06 13; 380(24):2327-2340. Wilson MR, Sample HA, Zorn KC, Arevalo S, Yu G, Neuhaus J, Federman S, Stryke D, Briggs B, Langelier C, Berger A, Douglas V, Josephson SA, Chow FC, Fulton BD, DeRisi JL, Gelfand JM, Naccache SN, Bender J, Dien Bard J, Murkey J, Carlson M, Vespa PM, Vijayan T, Allyn PR, Campeau S, Humphries RM, Klausner JD, Ganzon CD, Memar F, Ocampo NA, Zimmermann LL, Cohen SH, Polage CR, DeBiasi RL, Haller B, Dallas R, Maron G, Hayden R, Messacar K, Dominguez SR, Miller S, Chiu CY. PMID: 31189036; PMCID: PMC6764751.

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Med Medicine (General)
Translation:Humans CTClinical Trials
Diagnostic Approach to Health Care- and Device-Associated Central Nervous System Infections. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 11; 56(11). Martin RM, Zimmermann LL, Huynh M, Polage CR. PMID: 30135235; PMCID: PMC6204668.

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Mic Microbiology
Translation:Humans
Infectious risks associated with medicinal Cannabis: Potential implications for immunocompromised patients? J Infect. 2018 05; 76(5):500-501. McHardy I, Romanelli A, Harris LJ, Opp G, Gaudino R, Torres A, Polage CR, Tuscano JM, Thompson GR. PMID: 29408325.

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Com Communicable Diseases
Translation:Humans
Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficile infections. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2018 Feb 07; 7(1):15. Peng Z, Ling L, Stratton CW, Li C, Polage CR, Wu B, Tang YW. PMID: 29434201; PMCID: PMC5837143.

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Com Communicable Diseases
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Point-Counterpoint: What Is the Optimal Approach for Detection of Clostridium difficile Infection? J Clin Microbiol. 2017 03; 55(3):670-680. Fang FC, Polage CR, Wilcox MH. PMID: 28077697; PMCID: PMC5328433.

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Mic Microbiology
Translation:Humans Cells
Multicenter Evaluation of Clinical Diagnostic Methods for Detection and Isolation of Campylobacter spp. from Stool. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 05; 54(5):1209-15. Fitzgerald C, Patrick M, Gonzalez A, Akin J, Polage CR, Wymore K, Gillim-Ross L, Xavier K, Sadlowski J, Monahan J, Hurd S, Dahlberg S, Jerris R, Watson R, Santovenia M, Mitchell D, Harrison C, Tobin-D'Angelo M, DeMartino M, Pentella M, Razeq J, Leonard C, Jung C, Achong-Bowe R, Evans Y, Jain D, Juni B, Leano F, Robinson T, Smith K, Gittelman RM, Garrigan C, Nachamkin I. PMID: 26962088; PMCID: PMC4844741.

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Mic Microbiology
Translation:Humans Cells
The never-ending struggle with laboratory testing for Clostridium difficile infection. J Comp Eff Res. 2016 Mar; 5(2):113-6. Polage CR, Turkiewicz JV, Cohen SH. PMID: 26930504.

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Hea Health Services Research
Translation:Humans Cells
Toxin Immunoassays and Clostridium difficile Infection-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Mar; 176(3):414-5. Polage CR, Solnick JV, Cohen SH. PMID: 26954051.

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Int Internal Medicine
Translation:Humans Cells
State-of-the-Art Microbiologic Testing for Community-Acquired Meningitis and Encephalitis. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 05; 54(5):1197-202. Polage CR, Cohen SH. PMID: 26888896; PMCID: PMC4844713.

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Mic Microbiology
Translation:Humans
Clostridium difficile-Diagnostic and Clinical Challenges. Clin Chem. 2016 Feb; 62(2):310-4. Burnham CA, Dubberke ER, Kociolek LK, Polage CR, Riley TV. PMID: 26656133.

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Che Chemistry
Translation:Humans Cells
Overdiagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection in the Molecular Test Era. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Nov; 175(11):1792-801. Polage CR, Gyorke CE, Kennedy MA, Leslie JL, Chin DL, Wang S, Nguyen HH, Huang B, Tang YW, Lee LW, Kim K, Taylor S, Romano PS, Panacek EA, Goodell PB, Solnick JV, Cohen SH. PMID: 26348734; PMCID: PMC4948649.

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Int Internal Medicine
Translation:Humans Cells
Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria and Genetic Resistance Determinants from Positive Blood Culture Broths by Use of the Verigene Gram-Negative Blood Culture Multiplex Microarray-Based Molecular Assay. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Aug; 53(8):2460-72. Ledeboer NA, Lopansri BK, Dhiman N, Cavagnolo R, Carroll KC, Granato P, Thomson R, Butler-Wu SM, Berger H, Samuel L, Pancholi P, Swyers L, Hansen GT, Tran NK, Polage CR, Thomson KS, Hanson ND, Winegar R, Buchan BW. PMID: 25994165; PMCID: PMC4508435.

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Mic Microbiology
Translation:Humans Cells
Editorial commentary: microbiologic testing in post-solid organ transplant diarrhea. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 01; 60(5):738-40. Polage CR. PMID: 25371493; PMCID: PMC4329923.

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Com Communicable Diseases
Translation:Humans
Evaluation of microbial flora in eyes with a Boston type 1 Keratoprosthesis. Cornea. 2013 Dec; 32(12):1537-9. Lee SH, Mannis MJ, Shapiro B, Li JY, Polage C, Smith W. PMID: 24145635.

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Oph Ophthalmology
Translation:Humans
Vitreous and Aqueous Penetration of Orally Administered Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination in Humans. Cornea. 2013 Oct; 32(10):1315-20. Feiz V, Nijm L, Glickman RD, Morse LS, Telander DG, Park SS, Polage CR, Christiansen SM, Moshirfar M. PMID: 23928948.

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Oph Ophthalmology
Translation:Humans Cells
Fish Oil Cools the Inflammasome. Science Translational Medicine. 2013 Jul 10; 5(193):193ec113-193ec113. Polage PC. .

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Evaluation of Clostridium difficile fecal load and limit of detection during a prospective comparison of two molecular tests, the illumigene C. difficile and Xpert C. difficile/Epi tests. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Jan; 51(1):278-80. Gyorke CE, Wang S, Leslie JL, Cohen SH, Solnick JV, Polage CR. PMID: 23052320; PMCID: PMC3536201.

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Mic Microbiology
Translation:Humans Cells
Outcomes in patients tested for Clostridium difficile toxins. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Dec; 74(4):369-73. Polage CR, Chin DL, Leslie JL, Tang J, Cohen SH, Solnick JV. PMID: 23009731; PMCID: PMC3496840.

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Com Communicable Diseases Mic Microbiology
Translation:Humans Cells
Role of fecal Clostridium difficile load in discrepancies between toxin tests and PCR: is quantitation the next step in C. difficile testing? Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Dec; 31(12):3295-9. Leslie JL, Cohen SH, Solnick JV, Polage CR. PMID: 22814877; PMCID: PMC3753214.

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Com Communicable Diseases Mic Microbiology
Translation:Humans Cells
Nosocomial diarrhea: evaluation and treatment of causes other than Clostridium difficile. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Oct; 55(7):982-9. Polage CR, Solnick JV, Cohen SH. PMID: 22700831; PMCID: PMC3657522.

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Com Communicable Diseases
Translation:Humans
The safety and efficacy of linezolid and daptomycin as an additive in Optisol-GS against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Cornea. 2012 May; 31(5):551-8. Li J, Feiz V, Vieira AC, Davis-Boozer D, Polage C. PMID: 22378113.

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Oph Ophthalmology
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Chondrolysis of the tibial plateau caused by articular aspergillosis after ACL autograft reconstruction: management with a fresh osteochondral allograft: a case report. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Nov 02; 93(21):e1241-6. Antkowiak TT, Polage CR, Wiedeman JA, Meehan JP, Jamali AA. PMID: 22048103.

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Gen General Surgery Ort Orthopedics
Translation:Humans Animals
Multiplex polymerase chain reaction pathogen detection in patients with suspected septicemia after trauma, emergency, and burn surgery. Surgery. 2012 Mar; 151(3):456-63. Tran NK, Wisner DH, Albertson TE, Cohen S, Greenhalgh D, Palmieri TL, Polage C, Kost GJ. PMID: 21975287; PMCID: PMC3304499.

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Gen General Surgery
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
Physician use of parasite tests in the United States from 1997 to 2006 and in a Utah Cryptosporidium outbreak in 2007. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Feb; 49(2):591-6. Polage CR, Stoddard GJ, Rolfs RT, Petti CA. PMID: 21106798; PMCID: PMC3043517.

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Mic Microbiology
Translation:Humans Animals
Evaluation of Escherichia coli cell response to antibiotic treatment by use of Raman spectroscopy with laser tweezers. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Nov; 48(11):4287-90. Moritz TJ, Polage CR, Taylor DS, Krol DM, Lane SM, Chan JW. PMID: 20861343; PMCID: PMC3020843.

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Mic Microbiology
Translation:Cells
Performance of diagnostic tests to detect respiratory viruses in older adults. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Jul; 67(3):246-50. She RC, Polage CR, Caram LB, Taggart EW, Hymas WC, Woods CW, Schmader K, Petti CA. PMID: 20542205; PMCID: PMC7132674.

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Com Communicable Diseases Mic Microbiology
Translation:Humans Cells
Effect of cefazolin treatment on the nonresonant Raman signatures of the metabolic state of individual Escherichia coli cells. Anal Chem. 2010 Apr 01; 82(7):2703-10. Moritz TJ, Taylor DS, Polage CR, Krol DM, Lane SM, Chan JW. PMID: 20196565.

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Che Chemistry Techniques
Translation:Cells
Laser Tweezers Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Single Cells and Their Dynamics. AIP Conference Proceedings. 2010 Jan 1; 225-226. Chan CJ, Moritz MT, Taylor TD, Polage PC, Krol KD, Lane LS, Champion CP, Ziegler ZL. .

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Respiratory syncytial virus outbreak in a long-term care facility detected using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction: an argument for real-time detection methods. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Mar; 57(3):482-5. Caram LB, Chen J, Taggart EW, Hillyard DR, She R, Polage CR, Twersky J, Schmader K, Petti CA, Woods CW. PMID: 19187415; PMCID: PMC7166908.

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Ger Geriatrics
Translation:Humans Cells PHPublic Health
Assessment of the utility of viral culture of cerebrospinal fluid. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Dec 15; 43(12):1578-9. Polage CR, Petti CA. PMID: 17109291.

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Com Communicable Diseases
Translation:Humans Cells
Screening laboratory requests. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Nov; 12(11):1792-3. Petti CA, Polage CR, Hillyard DR. PMID: 17283641; PMCID: PMC3372359.

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Com Communicable Diseases
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Laboratory use in Ghana: physician perception and practice. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Sep; 75(3):526-31. Polage CR, Bedu-Addo G, Owusu-Ofori A, Frimpong E, Lloyd W, Zurcher E, Hale D, Petti CA. PMID: 16968935.

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Tro Tropical Medicine
Translation:Humans
Laboratory medicine in Africa: a barrier to effective health care. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Feb 01; 42(3):377-82. Petti CA, Polage CR, Quinn TC, Ronald AR, Sande MA. PMID: 16392084.

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Com Communicable Diseases
Translation:Humans
The role of 16S rRNA gene sequencing in identification of microorganisms misidentified by conventional methods. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Dec; 43(12):6123-5. Petti CA, Polage CR, Schreckenberger P. PMID: 16333109; PMCID: PMC1317215.

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Mic Microbiology
Translation:Humans Cells
Effects of beta thalassemia minor on results of six glycated hemoglobin methods. Clin Chim Acta. 2004 Dec; 350(1-2):123-8. Polage C, Little RR, Rohlfing CL, Cole TG, Roberts WL. PMID: 15530468.

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Che Chemistry
Translation:Humans