Description of Research Expertise

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

Selected Publications

Harrigan JL, Abdallah H, Clarke EL, Lautenbach E, Reesey E, Wernovsky M, Tolomeo P, Morawski Z, Jacob J, Grippi MA, Kelly BJ: Impact of respiratory Staphylococcus aureus abundance on risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia during long-term care Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) IDWEEK 2020 (Philadelphia, PA) : 2020.

Kelly BJ: Differential bacterial persistence in the human respiratory tract during mechanical ventilation Microbial Ecology and Evolution (MEE) Virtual 2020 : 2020.

Clarke EL, Lautenbach, E, Reesey E, Wernovsky M, Tolomeo P, Kelly BJ: Detection of respiratory Mycoplasmataceae during prolonged mechanical ventilation European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) 2020 (Paris, France) : 2020.

Clarke EL, Lautenbach E, Reesey E, Wernovsky M, Tolomeo P, Kelly BJ: Longitudinal microbiome analysis defines expected and aberrant antibiotic effects on the human respiratory microbiome European Congress on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) 2020 (Paris, France) : 2020.

Reesey E, Clarke EL, Lautenbach E, Wernovsky M, Tolomeo P, Kelly BJ: Impact of saponin-based host DNA depletion on respiratory resistome measures European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) 2020 (Paris, France) : 2020.

Harrigan JJ, Clarke, EL, Lautenbach E, Reesey E, Wernovsky M, Tolomeo P, Morawski Z, Jacob J, Grippi MA, Kelly BJ: Impact of diagnosed and undiagnosed respiratory Pseudomonas on VAP and VAE during long-term acute care 6th Decennial International Conference on Healthcare Associated Infections (Atlanta, GA) : 2020.

Clarke, EL, Chiotos K, Harrigan JJ, Lautenbach E, Reesey E, Wernovsky M, Tolomeo P, Morawski Z, Jacob J, Grippi MA, Kelly BJ: Comparison of respiratory microbiome disruption indices to predict VAP and VAE risk at LTACH admission 6th Decennial International Conference on Healthcare Associated Infections (Atlanta, GA) : 2020.

Redding LE, Kelly BJ, Stefanovski D, Lautenbach JK, Tolomeo P, Cressman L, Gruber E, Meily P, Lautenbach E: Pet Ownership Protects Against Recurrence of Clostridioides difficile Infection Open Forum Infect Dis : ofz541,2020.

Jillian Baron, Alexis Schwartz, Ebony Davis, Julie Uspal, Brendan J. Kelly: Long-Term Impact of an HIV Testing Program on High-Risk HIV Screening in the Emergency Department Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Annual ID Week 2019 : 2019.

Berry ASF, Kelly BJ, Barnhart D, Kelly DJ, Beiting DP, Baldassano RN, Redding LE: Gut microbiota features associated with Clostridioides difficile colonization in puppies PloS One 14 (8): e0215497,2019.

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