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  1. A Case of Cystoisospora (Isospora) belli Infection With Multiple Life Stages Identified on Endoscopic Small Bowel Biopsies

    Article • International Journal of Surgical Pathology, January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  2. Reply to “Modern Hematology Analyzers Are Very Useful for Diagnosis of Malaria and, Crucially, May Help Avoid Misdiagnosis”

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  3. Optimizing Test Utilization in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory: Tools and Opportunities

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  4. Update on Malaria Diagnostics and Test Utilization

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  5. A kidney transplant recipient with renal medullary viral cytopathic changes

    Article • Transplant Infectious Disease, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  6. A 79 year old man with chronic aspiration and an F (18)-FDG-PET/CT positive lung mass.

    Article • Open Forum Infectious Diseases, December 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  7. Thermal Contrast Amplification Reader Yielding 8-Fold Analytical Improvement for Disease Detection with Lateral Flow Assays

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, December 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  8. Detection of high-risk human papillomavirus infection in tonsillar specimens using 2 commercially available assays

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  9. Pathology of vaccine-preventable infectious disease and the central nervous system

    Article • Diagnostic Histopathology, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  10. Leishmaniasis-Associated Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis With Massive Complement Deposition

    Article • Kidney International Reports, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  11. Point-Counterpoint: A Nucleic Acid Amplification Test for Streptococcus pyogenes Should Replace Antigen Detection and Culture for Detection of Bacterial Pharyngitis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Richard B Thomson, Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  12. Vector competence of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, for the recently recognized Lyme borreliosis spirochete Candidatus Borrelia mayonii

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  13. A global map of genetic diversity in Babesia microti reveals strong population structure and identifies variants associated with clinical relapse

    Article • Nature Microbiology, June 2016, Nature

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  14. Borrelia mayonii: prying open Pandora's box of spirochetes – Authors' reply

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  15. Diagnosis and Management of Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Other Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses, Ehrlichioses, and Anaplasmosis — United States

    Article • MMWR Recommendations and Reports, May 2016, Centers for Disease Control MMWR Office

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  16. Identification of a novel pathogenic Borrelia species causing Lyme borreliosis with unusually high spirochaetaemia: a descriptive study

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  17. A real-time PCR assay for detection of the Ehrlichia muris-like agent, a newly recognized pathogen of humans in the upper Midwestern United States

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  18. Photo Quiz: A 54-Year-Old Male with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Presenting with Right Periorbital Swelling and Diplopia

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  19. Lyme Disease Coinfections in the United States

    Article • Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  20. Human Infection with Ehrlichia muris –like Pathogen, United States, 2007–20131

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  21. Amebiasis del sistema nervioso central: reporte de seis casos en el Perú

    Article • Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, September 2015, Instituto Nacional de Salud (Peru)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  22. Update and Commentary on Four Emerging Tick-Borne Infections

    Article • Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  23. Plasmodium and Babesia

    Article • May 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  24. Adolescent With Lymphadenopathy in the Absence of Systemic Symptoms

    Article • Clinical Pediatrics, March 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  25. A Five-Year-Old Child with a Subcutaneous Forehead Nodule

    Article • Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, March 2015, Society for Pediatric Pathology (SPP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  26. Introduction of the exotic tick Hyalomma truncatum on a human with travel to Ethiopia: A case report

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  27. Detection of human pathogenic Ehrlichia muris-like agent in Peromyscus leucopus

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  28. Neurologic manifestations of the neglected tropical diseases

    Article • Journal of the Neurological Sciences, February 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  29. Molecular Diagnostics in the Diagnosis of Parasitic Infection

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  30. Equal Performance of Self-Collected and Health Care Worker-Collected Pharyngeal Swabs for Group A Streptococcus Testing by PCR

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  31. Comparison of phenology and pathogen prevalence, including infection with the Ehrlichia muris-like (EML) agent, of Ixodes scapularis removed from soldiers in the midwestern and the northeastern United States over a 15 year period (1997-2012)

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Ellen Y. Stromdahl, Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  32. Pseudoparasitic appearance of undigested quinoa

    Article • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  33. First Reported Case of Ehrlichia ewingii Involving Human Bone Marrow

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  34. Human Papillomavirus Infection in Benign Tonsil Swabs and Tonsillectomy Specimens

    Article • Otolaryngology, September 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  35. Comparative Evaluation of Three Commercial Systems for Detection of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus in Cervical and Vaginal ThinPrep PreservCyt Samples and Correlation with Biopsy Results

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt, Dr Thomas Grys

  36. Comparative Evaluation of Two Commercial Multiplex Panels for Detection of Gastrointestinal Pathogens by Use of Clinical Stool Specimens

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  37. Diagnosis of deep cutaneous fungal infections: Correlation between skin tissue culture and histopathology

    Article • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  38. Photo Quiz: An Unexpected Colonoscopic Finding in a 13-Year-Old Boy

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  39. Answer to August 2014 Photo Quiz

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  40. Extraintestinal Microsporidiosis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  41. Inhibition Controls for Qualitative Real-Time PCR Assays: Are They Necessary for All Specimen Matrices?

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  42. Cutaneous Manifestations of a Zoonotic Onchocerca Species in an Adult Male, Acquired in Nova Scotia, Canada

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  43. Appendicitis in a 4-Year-Old Child

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, January 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  44. Laboratory Identification of Arthropod Ectoparasites

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, January 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  45. Comparison of phenology and pathogen prevalence, including infection with the Ehrlichia muris-like (EML) agent, of Ixodes scapularis removed from soldiers in the midwestern and the northeastern United States over a 15 year period (1997-2012)

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Ellen Y. Stromdahl, Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  46. Characterization of a Novel Melt Curve by Use of the Roche LightCycler HSV 1/2 Analyte-Specific Reagent Real-Time PCR Assay: Frequencies of This Novel (Low) Melt Curve and Commonly Encountered (Intermediate) Melt Curves

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2013, ASM Journals

    Bobby Boyanton, Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  47. Sparganosis Presenting as a Mammographic Abnormality

    Article • The Breast Journal, November 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  48. Iodamoeba butschliiin an anal pap test confirmed by iodine stain

    Article • Diagnostic Cytopathology, October 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  49. Molecular Diagnostics and Parasitic Disease

    Article • Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, September 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  50. Detection and Identification of Yeasts from Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissue by Use of PCR-Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  51. Disseminated microsporidiosis in a renal transplant recipient: case report and review of the literature

    Article • Transplant Infectious Disease, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  52. Executive Summary: A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2013 Recommendations by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)a

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, July 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  53. Parametrial Anisakidosis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  54. A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2013 Recommendations by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)a

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, July 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  55. Rapid Molecular Microbiologic Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint Infection

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  56. PCR-Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry for Direct Detection of Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance from Heart Valves in Patients with Infective Endocarditis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  57. Coughing Up a Diagnosis: A Cavitary Lung Lesion with Worsening Eosinophilia

    Article • The American Journal of Medicine, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  58. Conversion to the COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan CMV Test for management of CMV disease in transplant recipients

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  59. A Confirmed Ehrlichia ewingii Infection Likely Acquired Through Platelet Transfusion

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  60. Viral detection using a multiplex polymerase chain reaction–based assay in outpatients with upper respiratory infection

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, February 2013, Elsevier

    Surbhi Leekha, Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  61. A method for reducing the sloughing of thick blood films for malaria diagnosis

    Article • Malaria Journal, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  62. Improving Turnaround Time for Human Papilloma Virus Co-Testing on Women Thirty Years and Older at Mayo Clinic

    Article • Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  63. A 47-Year-Old Man With Chronic Tongue Pain

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Aaron Joseph Tande, Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  64. 46-Year-Old Man With Recurrent Fever and Chills

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, July 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  65. Update: The diagnosis and management of dengue virus infection in North America

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  66. Laboratory Diagnosis of Tropical Infections

    Article • Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  67. Effectiveness of Patient-Collected Swabs for Influenza Testing

    Article • Mayo Clinic Proceedings, June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  68. Lack of evidence for rapid transmission of Lyme disease following a tick bite

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Elli S Theel, Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  69. An Unusual Foreign Body in the Urinary Bladder Mimicking a Parasitic Worm

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  70. Fulminant gestational hepatitis due to primary herpes simplex type 2 infection: use of serum HSV polymerase chain reaction for noninvasive diagnosis

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, February 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  71. Parasitic Infections

    Article • January 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  72. Intramuscular Dirofilariasis Mimicking an Orbital Metastasis in a Patient with Breast Cancer

    Article • Case Reports in Radiology, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  73. Real-Time Qualitative PCR for 57 Human Adenovirus Types from Multiple Specimen Sources

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  74. In Memoriam: Washington C. (Wash) Winn Jr. (1941–2011)

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  75. EntamoebaandEntamoeba histolytica

    Article • October 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  76. Enterobius vermicularis in a 14-Year-Old Girl's Eye

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  77. Emergence of a New Pathogenic Ehrlichia Species, Wisconsin and Minnesota, 2009

    Article • New England Journal of Medicine, August 2011, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  78. Concurrent detection of herpes simplex and varicella-zoster viruses by polymerase chain reaction from the same anatomic location

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, August 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  79. Dermacentor tick attached to tympanic membrane

    Article • The Lancet, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  80. Left-Sided Pseudomonas aeruginosa Endocarditis in Patients Without Injection Drug Use

    Article • Medicine, July 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  81. Precision across the Analytical Measuring Range of a Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assay for Cytomegalovirus Detection among Three Clinical Laboratories

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt, Dr Thomas Grys

  82. Overview of the Development, Utility, and Future of Molecular Diagnostics for Parasitic Diseases

    Article • January 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  83. Evidence for Amino Acid Changes in a 57-Base-Pair Region of the Highly Conserved Matrix Gene of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza A Virus

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  84. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BK VIREMIA, BK NEPHROPATHY AND THE USE OF T CELL DEPLETING VS. NON DEPLETING INDUCTION AGENTS

    Article • Transplantation, July 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  85. A 79‐Year‐Old Man with Swelling and Crusted Cutaneous Ulceration of Both Hands

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  86. A 79‐Year‐Old Man with Swelling and Crusted Cutaneous Ulceration of Both Hands

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  87. Microbiologic Diagnosis of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  88. Mutability in the Matrix Gene of Novel Influenza A H1N1 Virus Detected Using a FRET Probe-Based Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  89. A 48‐Year‐Old Somali Woman with Hip Pain

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  90. A 48‐Year‐Old Somali Woman with Hip Pain

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  91. Real-Time PCR Method for Detection of Zygomycetes

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  92. Amebiasis

    Article • Mayo Clinic Proceedings, October 2008, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  93. Detection of Sarcocystis Parasites in Retail Beef: A Regional Survey Combining Histological and Genetic Detection Methods

    Article • Journal of Food Protection, October 2008, International Association for Food Protection

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  94. Restricted genetic diversity in the ubiquitous cattle parasite, Sarcocystis cruzi

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  95. Real-Time PCR Method for Detection of Zygomycetes

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  96. MucoidPseudomonasin Cystic Fibrosis

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Pathology, July 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  97. A Multinational, Internet-Based Assessment of Observer Variability in the Diagnosis of Serrated Colorectal Polyps

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Pathology, June 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  98. Acanthamoebic meningoencephalitis: lessons in avoiding a postmortem diagnosis

    Article • Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, May 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  99. A Painful Cutaneous Nodule on the Forearm of an Immunocompromised Patient

    Article • Laboratory Medicine, June 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  100. A Painful Cutaneous Nodule on the Forearm of an Immunocompromised Patient

    Article • Laboratory Medicine, June 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  101. Digital Manipulation of Pathologic Images

    Article • International Journal of Surgical Pathology, January 2006, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  102. Pseudoactinomycotic radiate granules of the gynaecological tract: review of a diagnostic pitfall

    Article • Journal of Clinical Pathology, January 2006, BMJ

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  103. Accurate determination of breast cancer size: The role of histopathology and imaging

    Article • Current Diagnostic Pathology, December 2005, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  104. Benign Fibroblastic Polyp of the Colorectum

    Article • Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, October 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  105. The effect of tissue fixation and processing on breast cancer size

    Article • Human Pathology, July 2005, Elsevier

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  106. Diagnostic value of nipple cytology

    Article • Cancer, July 2004, Wiley

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  107. Influence of breast cancer histology on the relationship between ultrasound and pathology tumor size measurements

    Article • Modern Pathology, April 2004, Nature

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  108. A tale of three aspirations: foreign bodies in the airway

    Article • Journal of Clinical Pathology, October 2003, BMJ

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  109. Images in Pathology: Baby Faces Cross-Sections of Umbilical

    Article • International Journal of Surgical Pathology, July 2003, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  110. Assessing Margins in Breast Tumors: A Clay Model

    Article • International Journal of Surgical Pathology, July 2003, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt

  111. Digital Imaging Guidelines for Pathology: A Proposal for General and Academic Use

    Article • Advances in Anatomic Pathology, March 2003, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt