Description of Research Expertise

microbial ecology; next-generation sequencing; respiratory tract microbiome; ventilator-associated infection; antimicrobial resistance; Clostridium difficile infection

Selected Publications

Lenz OC, Marques AD, Kelly BJ, Rodino KG, Cole SD, Perera RAPM, Weiss SR, Bushman FD, Lennon EM.: SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant (AY.3) in the Feces of a Domestic Cat Viruses 14 : 421,2022.

Marques AD, Sherrill-Mix S, Everett JK, Reddy S, Hokama P, Roche AM, Hwang Y, Glascock A, Whiteside SA, Graham-Wooten J, Khatib LA, Fitzgerald AS, Moustafa AM, Bianco C, Rajagopal S, Helton J, Deming R, Denu L, Ahmed A, Kitt E, Coffin SE, Newbern C, Mell JC, Planet PJ, Badjatia N, Richards B, Wang ZX, Cannuscio CC, Strelau KM, Jaskowiak-Barr A, Cressman L, Loughrey S, Ganguly A, Feldman MD, Collman RG, Rodino KG, Kelly BJ, Bushman FD.: SARS-CoV-2 Variants Associated with Vaccine Breakthrough in the Delaware Valley through Summer 2021 mBio : 2022.

Ziegler MJ, Babcock HH, Welbel SF, Warren DK, Trick WE, Tolomeo P, Omorogbe J, Garcia D, Habrock-Bach T, Donceras O, Gaynes S, Cressman L, Burnham JP, Bilker W, Reddy SC, Pegues D, Lautenbach E, Kelly BJ, Fuchs B, Martin ND, Han JH; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program.: Stopping Hospital Infections with Environmental Services (SHINE): A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Intensive Monitoring Methods for Terminal Room Cleaning on Rates of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in the Intensive Care Unit Clin Infect Dis : 2022.

Zhang HL, Kelly BJ, David MZ, Lautenbach E, Huang E, Bekele S, Tolomeo P, Reesey E, Loughrey S, Pegues D, Ziegler MJ; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program.: SARS-CoV-2 RNA persists on surfaces following terminal disinfection of COVID-19 hospital isolation rooms Am J Infect Control : 2022.

Ziegler MJ, Huang E, Bekele S, Reesey E, Tolomeo P, Loughrey S, David MZ, Lautenbach E, Kelly BJ; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program.: Spatial and temporal effects on SARS-CoV-2 contamination of the healthcare environment Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol : 2021.

Zhang HL, Kelly BJ, David MZ, Lautenbach E, Huang E, Bekele S, Tolomeo P, Reesey E, Loughrey S, Pegues D, Ziegler MJ; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program.: Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) surface contamination in staff common areas and impact on healthcare worker infection: Prospective surveillance during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol : 2021.

Marques AD, Sherrill-Mix S, Everett J, Reddy S, Hokama P, Roche AM, Hwang Y, Glascock A, Whiteside SA, Graham-Wooten J, Khatib LA, Fitzgerald AS, Moustafa AM, Bianco C, Rajagopal S, Helton J, Deming R, Denu L, Ahmed A, Kitt E, Coffin SE, Newbern C, Mell JC, Planet PJ, Badjatia N, Richards B, Wang ZX, Cannuscio CC, Strelau KM, Jaskowiak-Barr A, Cressman L, Loughrey S, Ganguly A, Feldman MD, Collman RG, Rodino KG, Kelly BJ, Bushman FD.: SARS-CoV-2 variants associated with vaccine breakthrough in the Delaware Valley through summer 2021 medRxiv : 2021.

Kelly BJ, Bekele S, Loughrey S, Huang E, Tolomeo P, David MZ, Lautenbach E, Han JH, Ziegler MJ; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program.: Healthcare microenvironments define multidrug-resistant organism persistence Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol : 2021.

Harrigan JJ, Abdallah H, Clarke EL, Oganisian A, Roy JA, Lautenbach E, Reesey E, Wernovsky M, Tolomeo P, Morawski Z, Jacob J, Grippi MA, Kelly BJ.: Respiratory microbiome disruption and risk for ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infection Clin Infect Dis : 2021.

Colin D. Tkatch, MD; Emily Reesey, MS; Ryan Stetz, MS; Kevin Alby, PhD; Pam Tolomeo, MPH; Brendan J. Kelly, MD, MS: Colonic bacterial abundance and inflammation associated with Clostridioides difficile free toxin detection World Microbe Forum 2021 : 2021.

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