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Lars Westblade

Adjunct Professor

Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences

New York, NY

Email: lfw35@cornell.edu

Profile

Research/Clinical Interests

My major research activities are centered around epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of multidrug resistant bacterial infections in humans and companion animals. Additionally, I collaborate with basic and translational scientists and engineers to facilitate their research programs. This work has been funded by federal, foundation, and industry sponsors and has resulted in >100 peer-reviewed research publications (>190 peer-reviewed publications overall). My h-index is 54 (Google Scholar; accessed June 2026). I have made the following key contributions:

  1. Identified and characterized the emerging threat of multidrug-resistant bacteria in humans and companion animals.
  2. Developed diagnostic assays for detecting carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales.
  3. Defined optimal antimicrobial susceptibility testing criteria for Staphylococcus species.
  4. Identified SARS-CoV-2 viral load as a contributor to mortality in hospitalized patients and characterized bacterial co-infections with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Education

  • BSc. (Hons): Biochemistry With Biotechnology, The University of Birmingham, UK (09/1995 - 06/1998)
  • M.Phil. (Res): Molecular and Cellular Biology The University of Birmingham, UK (09/1998 - 09/1999)
  • Ph.D: Biochemistry (Advisor, Professor Stephen Busby, FRS) The University of Birmingham, UK (09/1999 - 09/2003)

Biography/Professional Experience

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor Touro College of Pharmacy, New York, NY (07/2009 - 06/2010)
  • Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY (07/2012-08/2013)
  • Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (01/2015 - 08/2015)
  • Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (09/2015 - 11/2018)
  • Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (02/2017 - 11/2018)
  • Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (12/2018 - 03/2026)
  • Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (12/2018 - 03/2026)
  • Adjunct Associate Professor Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (01/2019 - Present)
  • Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (01/2022 - Present)
  • Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in Pediatrics Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (11/2023 - 03/2026)
  • Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (04/2026 - Present)
  • Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (04/2026 - Present)
  • Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in Pediatrics Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (04/2026 - Present)

Hospital Appointments

  • Professional Staff Member Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY (08/2012 - 08/2013)
  • Professional Staff Member Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA (08/2013 - 08/2015)

Other Professional Positions & Employment

  • Scientist Amyris Biotechnologies, Emeryville, CA (07/2008 - 12/2008)

Awards and Honors

  • Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Award Academy of Clinical Laboratory and Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS) 2011
  • Clinical Pathology Golden Apple Award (resident selected award for clinical pathology faculty member for excellence in training). Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine 2015
  • Rising Star of Pathology (selected by a panel of judges for “The Pathologist” (https://thepathologist.com/power-list/2016/), specifically for teaching excellence and adoption The Pathologist 2016

Professional/Academic Affiliations

  • American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2010 - Present
  • Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS) 2013 - Present
  • Infectious Diseases Society of America 2013 - Present
  • American Society for Clinical Pathology 2014 - Present
  • Royal College of Pathologists Australasia 2026 - Present

Publications

Selected Publications

  • Jagura-Burdzy G, Macartney DP, Zatyka M, Cunliffe L, Cooke D, Huggins C, Westblade L, Khanim F, Thomas, C. M. (1999). Repression at a Distance by the Global Regulator KorB of Promiscuous IncP Plasmids. Mol Microbiol. 32:519-532
  • Westblade LF, Ilag LL, Powell AK, Kolb A, Robinson CV, Busby SJW. (2004). Studies of the Escherichia coli Rsd/Sigma 70 Complex. J Mol Biol 335:685-692
  • Ilag LL, Westblade LF, Deshayes C, Kolb A, Busby SJW, Robinson CV. (2004). Mass Spectrometry of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase: Interactions of the Core Enzyme with Sigma 70 and Rsd Protein. Structure 12:269-275
  • Mitchell JE, Oshima T, Piper SE, Webster CL, Westblade LF, Karimova G, Ladant D, Kolb A, Hobman JL, Busby SJ, Lee D. (2007). The Escherichia coli Regulator of Sigma 70 Protein, Rsd, can Up-Regulate Some Stress-Dependent Promoters by Sequestering Sigma 70. J Bacteriol 189:3489- 3495
  • Patikoglou GA*, Westblade LF*, Campbell EA, Lamour V, Lane WJ, Darst SA. (2007). Crystal Structure of the Escherichia coli Regulator of Sigma 70, Rsd, in Complex with Sigma 70 Domain 4. J Mol Biol 372:649-659
  • Lee DJ, Busby SJW, Westblade LF, Chait BT. (2008). Affinity Isolation and I-DIRT Mass Spectrometric Analysis of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 Sakai RNA Polymerase Complex. J Bacteriol 190:1284-1289
  • Cava F, de Pedro M-A, Blas-Galindo E, Waldo GS, Westblade LF, Berenguer J. (2008). Expression and Use of Superfolder Green Fluorescent Protein at High Temperatures In Vivo: a Tool to Study Extreme Thermophile Biology. Environ Microbiol 10:605-613
  • Westblade LF, Minakhin L, Kuznedelov K, Tackett AJ, Chang EJ, Mooney RA, Vvedenskaya I, Wang QJ, Fenyö D, Rout MP, Landick R, Chait BT, Severinov K, Darst SA. (2008). Rapid Isolation and Identification of Bacteriophage T4-Encoded Modifications of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase: a Generic Method to Study Bacteriophage/Host Interactions. J Proteome Res 7:1244-1250
  • Savalia D*, Westblade LF*, Goel M, Florens L, Kemp P, Akulenko N, Pavlova O, Padovan JC, Chait BT, Washburn MP, Ackermann H-W, Mushegian A, Gabisonia T, Molineux I, Severinov, K. (2008). Genomic and Proteomic Analysis of PhiEco32, a Novel Escherichia coli Phage. J Mol Biol 377:774-789
  • Feklistov A, Mekler V, Jiang Q, Westblade LF, Irschik H, Jansen R, Mustaev A, Darst SA, Ebright RH. (2008). Rifamycins do not Function by Allosteric Modulation of Binding of Mg2+ to the RNA Polymerase Active Center. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105:14820-14825
  • England P, Westblade LF, Karimova G, Robbe-Saul V, Norel F, Kolb A. (2008). Binding of the Unorthodox Transcription Factor, Crl, to the Components of the Transcription Machinery. J Biol Chem 283:33455-33464
  • Lamour V*, Westblade L.F*, Campbell EA, Darst SA. (2009). Crystal Structure of the In Vivo- Assembled Bacillus subtilis Spx/RNA Polymerase Alpha Subunit C-terminal Domain Complex. J Struct Biol 168:352-356
  • Fong BA, Gillies AR, Ghazi I, LeRoy G, Lee KC, Westblade LF, Wood DW. (2010). Purification of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase Using a Self-Cleaving Elastin-Like Polypeptide Tag. Protein Sci 19:1243-1252
  • Westblade LF*, Campbell EA*, Pukhrambam C, Padovan JC, Nickels BE, Lamour V, Darst, S.A. (2010). Structural Basis for the Bacterial Transcription-Repair Coupling Factor/RNA Polymerase Interaction. Nucleic Acids Res. 38:8357-8369
  • Berdygulova Z, Westblade LF, Florens L, Koonin EV, Chait BT, Ramanculov E, Washburn MP, Darst SA, Severinov K, Minakhin, L. (2011). Temporal Regulation of Gene Expression of the Thermus thermophilus Bacteriophage P23-45. J Mol Biol 405: 125-142
  • Twist K-A*, Husnain SI*, Franke JD, Jain D, Campbell EA, Nickels BE, Thomas MS, Darst SA, Westblade, L.F.* (2011). A Novel Method for the Production of In Vivo-Assembled, Recombinant Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase Lacking the Alpha C-terminal Domain. Protein Sci 20:986-995
  • Bao X, Pachikara N, Oey CB, Balakrishnan A, Westblade LF, Tan M, Chase T, Nickels B, Fan H. (2011). Noncoding Nucleotides and Amino Acids Near the Active Site Regulate Peptide Deformylase Expression and Inhibitor Susceptibility in Chlamydia trachomatis. Microbiology 157:2569-2581
  • Acheampong MG, Dueño DE, Glover BK, Henry AA, Mata R, VanBrakle ML, Westblade LF, Sussman JL, Granberry AL. (2012). Acetylcholinesterase: Substrate Traffic and Inhibition. Biochem Mol Biol Educ 40:144
  • Ho Wan K, Smith A, Westblade LF, Joly N, Grange W, Zorman S, Darst SA, Savery NJ, Strick T. (2012) Initiation of Transcription-Coupled Repair Characterized at Single Molecule Resolution. Nature 490:431-434
  • Westblade LF*, Chamberland RR*, MacCannell D, Collins R, Dubberke ER, Dunne WM Jr, Burnham C-AD. (2013). Development and Evaluation of a Novel, Semi-Automated Clostridium difficile Typing Platform. J Clin Microbiol 51:621-624
  • Osmundson J, Montero-Diez C, Westblade LF, Hochschild A, Darst SA. (2012). Promoter-Specific Transcription Inhibition in Staphylococcus aureus by a Phage Protein. Cell 151:1005-1016
  • Paddon CJ, Westfall PJ, Pitera DJ, Benjamin K, Fisher K, McPhee D, Leavell MD, Tai A, Main A, Eng D, Polichuk DR, Teoh KH, Reed DW, Treynor T, Lenihan J, Fleck M, Bajad S, Dang G, Dengrove D, Diola D, Dorin G, Ellens KW, Fickes S, Galazzo J, Gaucher SP, Geistlinger T, Henry R, Hepp M, Horning T, Iqbal T, Jiang H, Kizer L, Lieu B, Melis D, Moss N, Regentin R, Secrest S, Tsuruta H, Vazquez R, Westblade LF, Xu L, Yu M, Zhang Y, Zhao L, Lievense J, Covello PS, Keasling JD, Reiling KK, Renninger NS, Newman JD. (2013). High-level Production of Semi- Synthetic Artemisinin, a Potent Antimalarial. Nature 496:528-532
  • Rychert J, Burnham C-A, Bythrow M, Garner OB, Ginocchio CC, Jennemann R, Lewinski MA, Manji R, Mochon AB, Procop GW, Richter SS, Sercia L, Westblade LF, Ferraro MJ, Branda JA. (2013). Multicenter Evaluation of the VITEK MS MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry System for the Identification of Gram-positive Aerobic Bacteria. J Clin Microbiol 51: 2225-2231
  • Westblade LF, Jennemann R, Branda JA, Bythrow M, Ferraro MJ, Garner OB, Ginocchio CC, Lewinski MA, Manji R, Mochon AB, Procop GW, Richter SS, Rychert JA, Sercia L, Burnham C-AD. (2013). Mult-Center Study Evaluating the VITEK MS for Identification of Medically Important Yeasts. J Clin Microbiol 51:2267-2272
  • Richter SS, Sercia L, Branda JA, Burnham C-AD, Bythrow M, Ferraro MJ, Garner OB, Ginocchio CC, Jennemann R, Lewinski MA, Manji R, Mochon AB, Rychert JA, Westblade LF, Procop GW. (2013). Identification of Enterobacteriaceae by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Using the VITEK MS System. Eur J Clin Microbiol 32:1571-1578
  • Srivastava DB, Leon K, Osmundson J, Garner AL, Weiss LA, Westblade LF, Glickman MS, Landick R, Darst SA, Stallings CL, Campbell EA. (2013). Structure and Function of CarD, an Essential Mycobacterial Transcription Factor. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 110:12619-12624
  • Garner O, Mochon A, Branda J, Burnham C-A, Bythrow M, Ferraro M, Ginocchio C, Jennemann R, Manji R, Procop GW, Richter S, Rychert J, Sercia L, Westblade L, Lewinski M. (2014). Multi-Center Evaluation of Mass Spectrometric Identification of Anaerobic Bacteria Using the VITEK MS System. Clin Microbiol Infect 20:335-339
  • Manji R, Bythrow M, Branda JA, Burnham C-AD, Ferraro MJ, Garner OB, Jennemann R, Lewinski MA, Mochon AB, Procop GW, Richter SS, Rychert JA, Sercia L, Westblade LF, Ginocchio CC. (2014). Multi-Center Evaluation of the VITEK MS System for Mass Spectrometric Identification of Non-Enterobacteriaceae Gram-Negative Bacilli. Eur J Clin Microbiol 33:337-346
  • Westblade LF, Jennemann R, Branda JA, Bythrow M, Ferraro MJ, Garner OB, Ginocchio CC, Lewinski MA, Manji R, Mochon AB, Procop GW, Richter SS, Rychert JA, Sercia L, Burnham C-AD. (2013). Response to: "The Risks of "Blind" Automated Identification Systems in Medical Microbiology". J Clin Microbiol 51:3912
  • Branda JA, Rychert J, Burnham C-AD, Bythrow M, Garner OB, Ginocchio CC, Jennemann R, Lewinski MA, Manji R, Mochon AB, Procop GW, Richter SS, Sercia L, Westblade LF, Ferraro M-J. (2014). Multi-Center Validation of the VITEK MS v2.0 MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry System for the Identification of Fastidious Gram-negative Bacteria. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 78:129-131
  • Westblade LF*, Garner OB*, MacDonald K, Bradford C, Pincus DH, Mochon AB, Jennemann R, Manji R, Bythrow M, Lewinski MA, Burnham C-AD, Ginocchio CC. (2015). Assessment of Reproducibility of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Bacterial and Yeast Identification. J Clin Microbiol 53:2349-2352
  • Millard AD, Westblade LF, LiPuma JJ, Vavikolanu K, Read TD, Pallen MJ, Burd EM, Constantinidou CI. (2015). Draft Genome Sequence of the Pandoraea apista LMG 16470 Type Strain. Genome Announc 12:e01300-15
  • Wu MT, Burnham C-A, Westblade LF, Dien Bard J, Lawhon SD, Wallace MA, Stanley T, Burd E, Hindler J, Humphries RM. (2016). Evaluation of Oxacillin and Cefoxitin Disk Diffusion and MIC Breakpoints for Prediction of Methicillin Resistance in Human and Veterinary Isolates of Staphylococcus intermedius Group. J Clin Microbiol 54:535-542
  • Highlighted: Limbago BM. (2016). What’s in a Name? The Impact of Accurate Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Identification on Appropriate Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing? J Clin Microbiol 54:516-517 | Work contributed to standards: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing.
  • Arnold AR, Burnham C-A, Ford BA, Lawhon SD, McAllister SK, Lonsway D, Albrecht V, Jerris RC, Rasheed JK, Limbago D, Burd EM, Westblade LF. (2016). Evaluation of an Immunochromatographic Assay for Rapid Detection of Penicillin-Binding Protein 2a in Human and Animal Staphylococcus intermedius Group, Staphylococcus lugdunensis, and Staphylococcus schleiferi Clinical Isolates. J Clin Microbiol 54:745-748
  • Humphries RM, Wu MT, Westblade LF, Burnham C-A, Wallace MA, Robertson AR, Lawhon SD, Burd EM, Hindler JA. (2016). In vitro Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Staphylococcus intermedius Group Isolates of Human and Veterinary Origin. J Clin Microbiol 54:1391-1394
  • Compton ST, Robertson AE, Lawhon SD, Jenkins SG, Westblade LF, Bemis DA. (2017). Evaluation of Pyrrolidonyl Arylamidase Activity in Staphylococcus delphini. J Clin Microbiol 55:859-864
  • Sederdahl BK, Yi J, Jerris R, Gillespie SE, Westblade LF, Kraft CS, Shane AL, Lopman B, Anderson, E.J. (2017). The Residual Vaccine-Preventable Burden of Rotavirus Disease. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 36:780-781
  • Hawkins PA, Law CS, Metcalf BJ, Chochua S, Jackson DM, Westblade LF, Jerris R, Beall BW, McGee, L. (2017). Cross-resistance to Lincosamides, Streptogramins A and Pleuromutilins in Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from the USA. J Antimicrob Chemother 72:1886-1892
  • Simner PJ, Johnson JK, Brasson WB, Anderson K, Lonsway DR, Pierce VM, Bobenchik AM, Lockett ZC, Charnot-Katsikas A, Westblade LF, Yoo BB, Jenkins SG, Limbago BM, Das S, Roe-Carpenter DE. (2017). Multicenter Evaluation of the Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method and the Carba NP for Detection of Carbapenemase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii J Clin Microbiol 56:e01369-17
  • Huse HK, Miller SA, Chandrasekaran S, Hindler JA, Lawhon SD, Bemis DA, Westblade LF, Humphries RM. (2018). Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) Evaluation of Oxacillin and Cefoxitin Disk Diffusion and Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Breakpoints for Detection of mecA-mediated Oxacillin Resistance in Staphylococcus schleiferi J Clin Microbiol 56:e01653-17 | Work contributed to standards: Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing.
  • Sederdahl BK, Yi J, Jerris RC, Gillespie SE, Westblade LF, Kraft CS, Shane AL, Anderson EJ. (2018). Trends in Rotavirus from 2001-2015 in Two Pediatric Hospitals in Atlanta, Georgia. Epidemiol Infect 146:465-467
  • Cheleuitte-Nieves C, Gulvik CA, Humrighouse BW, Bell ME, Villarma A, Westblade LF, Lipman NS, Fischetti VA, McQuistin JR. (2018). Draft Reference Genome Sequence of Corynebacterium mastitidis 16-1433, Isolated from a Mouse. Genome Announc 6:e00050-18
  • Satlin MJ, Chavda KD, Baker TM, Chen L, Shashkina E, Soave R, Small CB, Jacobs SE, Shore TB, van Besien K, Westblade LF, Schuetz AN, Fowler VG Jr, Jenkins SG, Walsh TJ, Kreiswirth BN. (2018). Colonization with Levofloxacin-Resistant Extended Spectrum b-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae and Risk of Bacteremia in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Clin Infect Dis 67:1720-1728
  • Johnson CT, Wroe JA, Agarwal R, Martin KE, Guldberg RE, Donlan RM, Westblade LF, García AJ. (2018). Hydrogel Delivery of Lysostaphin Eliminates Orthopaedic Implant Infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115:E4960-4969
  • Highlighted: Singh A (2018). Bactericide Hydrogel Prevents Orthopaedic Implant Infections. Sci Transl Med 10:eaau0463
  • Lee JR, Magruder M, Zhang L, Westblade LF, Satlin MJ, Robertson A, Edusei E, Crawford C, Ling L, Taur Y, Schlueter J, Lubetzky M, Dadhania D, Pamer E, Suthanthiran M. (2018). Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis and Diarrhea in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Am J Transplant 19:488-500
  • Burnham P, Dadhania D, Heyang M, Chen F, Westblade LF, Suthanthiran M, Lee JR, De Vlaminck I. (2018).Urinary Cell-Free DNA is a Versatile Analyte for Monitoring Infections of the Urinary Tract. Nat Commun 9:2412
  • Highlighted: Science Daily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180620162412.htm
  • Highlighted: Zakri RH, Olsburgh J. (2018). Urinary Cell-Free DNA and UTI; the Age of ‘Omics’. Nat Rev Urol 15:727-728
  • Patel A, Sung S, Hoda SA, Westblade LF, D’Alfonso T, Rao R. (2018). Cytomorphological Features of Cystic Neutrophilic Granulomatous Mastitis on ThinPrep. Diag Cytopathol 46:966-970
  • Eichenberger EM, Soave R, Zappetti D, Small CB, Shore T, van Besien K, Douglass C, Westblade LF, Satlin MJ. (2019). Incidence, Significance, and Persistence of Human Coronavirus Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Bone Marrow Transplant 54:1058-1066
  • Baker TM, Rogers W, Chavda KD, Westblade LF, Jenkins SG, Nicolau DP, Kreiswirth BN, Calfee BN, Calfee DP, Satlin MJ. (2018). Epidemiology of Bloodstream Infections Caused by Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae that are Piperacillin-Tazobactam-Nonsusceptible but Ceftriaxone-Susceptible. Open Forum Infect Dis 5:ofy300
  • Cheleuitte-Nieves C, Gulvik CA, McQuiston JR, Humrighouse BW, Bell ME, Villarma A, Fischetti VA, Westblade LF, Lipman NS. (2018). Genotypic differences between strains of the opportunistic pathogen Corynebacterium bovis isolates from humans, cows, and rodents. PLoS One 13:e0209231
  • Canver MC, Gonzalez MD, Ford BA, Arnold AR. Lawhon SD, Burnham CA, Jenkins SG, Burd EM, Westblade LF. (2019). Improved Performance of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Assay for Detection of PBP2a in Non-Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcal Species. J Clin Microbiol 57:e01417-18
  • Sfeir MM, Hayden JA, Fauntleroy KA, Mazur C, Johnson JK, Simner PJ, Das S, Satlin MJ, Jenkins SG, Westblade LF. (2019). EDTA-Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method: a Phenotypic Method for Detecting Metallo-b-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae. J Clin Microbiol 57:e01757-18 | Work contributed to standards: Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing.
  • Skov R, Varga A, Matuschek E, Åhman J, Bemis D, Bengtsson B, Sunde M, Humphries R, Westblade L, Guardabassi L, Kahlmeter G. (2020). EUCAST Disc Diffusion Criteria for the Detection of mecA-Mediated b-Lactam Resistance in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius: Oxacillin versus Cefoxitin. Clin Microbiol Infect 26:122.e1-122.e6
  • Canver MC, Satlin, MJ, Westblade LF, Kreiswirth BN, Chen L, Robertson A, Fauntleroy K, Spina M, Callan K, Jenkins SG. (2019). Activity of Imipenem-Relebactam and Comparator Agents against Genetically Characterized Isolates of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 63:e00672-19
  • Cross T, Ransegnola B, Shin JH, Weaver A, Fauntleroy K, VanNieuwenhze MS, Westblade LF, Dörr T. (2019). Spheroplast-Mediated Carbapenem Tolerance in Gram-negative Pathogens. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 63:e00756-19
  • Wipf JRK, Deutsch DR, Westblade LF, Fischetti VA. (2019). Genome Sequences of Six Prophages Isolated from Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Strains Recovered from Human and Animal Clinical Specimens. Microbiol Resour Announc 8:e00387-19