Melanie Yarbrough

Research Output

Research Output per year

2007 2020

• 860 Citations
• 38 Article
• 6 Review article
• 4 Comment/debate
• 2 Short survey
• 1 More
  • 1 Letter

Research Output per year

Research Output per year

Search results

• 2020

  Breakpoint beware: reliance on historical breakpoints for Enterobacteriaceae leads to discrepancies in interpretation of susceptibility testing for carbapenems and cephalosporins and gaps in detection of carbapenem-resistant organisms

  Yarbrough, M. L., Wallace, M. A., Potter, R. F., D’Souza, A. W., Dantas, G. & Burnham, C. A. D., Jan 1 2020, In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 39, 1, p. 187-195 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
  • Carbapenems
  • Enterobacteriaceae
  • Cephalosporins
  • Meropenem
  2 Scopus citations

• Clinical impact of molecular identification of rare yeasts and nonsporulating molds recovered in culture from clinical specimens

  Jean, S., Lainhart, W., Anderson, N. W., Yarbrough, M. L. & Burnham, C. A. D., Mar 2020, In: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 96, 3, 114945.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fungi
  • Yeasts
  • DNA Sequence Analysis
  • Opportunistic Infections
  • Serology

• Evaluation of the Risk of Laboratory Microbial Contamination during Routine Testing in Automated Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology Laboratories

  Farnsworth, C. W., Wallace, M. A., Liu, A., Gronowski, A. M., Burnham, C. A. D. & Yarbrough, M. L., Sep 1 2020, In: Clinical chemistry. 66, 9, p. 1190-1199 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Clinical Chemistry
  • Microbiology
  • Contamination
  • Laboratory Automation
  • Personal Protective Equipment

• Testing for N-methyl- d -aspartate Receptor Autoantibodies in Clinical Practice

  Brooks, J., Yarbrough, M. L., Bucelli, R. C. & Day, G. S., Jan 1 2020, In: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 47, 1, p. 69-76 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • aspartic acid receptor
  • Autoantibodies
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Encephalitis
  • Serum
  1 Scopus citations

• Use of rapid diagnostics to manage pediatric bloodstream infections? You bet your Asp!

  Gonzalez, M. D. & Yarbrough, M. L., 2020, In: Journal of clinical microbiology. 58, 4, e02082-19.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Viperidae
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Pediatrics
  • Workflow
  1 Scopus citations
• 2019

  Best Practices for Detection of Bloodstream Infection

  Burnham, C. A. D. & Yarbrough, M. L., Jan 1 2019, In: The journal of applied laboratory medicine. 3, 4, p. 740-742 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Clinical Performance of the BioPlex 2200 Syphilis Total & RPR Assay at a Tertiary Medical Center with a High Rate of Syphilis

  Tesfazghi, M. T., Anderson, N. W., Gronowski, A. M. & Yarbrough, M. L., Jan 2019, In: Journal of clinical microbiology. 57, 1, e01487.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • bioplex
  • Reagins
  • Syphilis
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Population
  4 Scopus citations

• Culture of rectal swab specimens for enteric bacterial pathogens decreases time to test result while preserving assay sensitivity compared to bulk fecal specimens

  Jean, S., Yarbrough, M. L., Anderson, N. W. & Burnham, C. A. D., Jun 2019, In: Journal of clinical microbiology. 57, 6, e02077-18.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hospital Laboratories
  • Microbiology
  • Guidelines
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Confidence Intervals
  1 Scopus citations

• Effect of changing urine testing orderables and clinician order sets on inpatient urine culture testing: Analysis from a large academic medical center

  Munigala, S., Rojek, R., Wood, H., Yarbrough, M. L., Jackups, R. R., Burnham, C. A. D. & Warren, D. K., Mar 1 2019, In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 40, 3, p. 281-286 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Inpatients
  • Urine
  • Medical Order Entry Systems
  • Tertiary Care Centers
  • Reflex
  10 Scopus citations

• Evaluation of the Bio-Rad BioPlex 2200 Toxoplasma gondii IgM Multiplex Flow Immunoassay

  Theel, E. S., Yarbrough, M. L., Hilgart, H. & Gronowski, A. M., May 1 2019, In: The journal of applied laboratory medicine. 3, 6, p. 1022-1027 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • bioplex
  • Toxoplasma
  • Immunoassay
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Immunoglobulin G

• Incidence and diagnostic yield of repeat urine culture in hospitalized patients: An opportunity for diagnostic stewardship

  Foong, K. S., Munigala, S., Jackups, R., Yarbrough, M. L., Burnham, C. A. D. & Warren, D. K., Oct 2019, In: Journal of clinical microbiology. 57, 10, e00910-19.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Urine
  • Incidence
  • Odds Ratio
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Inpatients
  2 Scopus citations

• The brief case: erysipelothrix bacteremia and endocarditis in a 59-year-old immunocompromised male on chronic high-dose steroids

  Jean, S., Lainhart, W. & Yarbrough, M. L., Jun 2019, In: Journal of clinical microbiology. 57, 6, e02031-18.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations

• What's Causing This Dark Brown Plasma?

  Tesfazghi, M. T., McGill, M. R. & Yarbrough, M. L., Jul 1 2019, In: The journal of applied laboratory medicine. 4, 1, p. 125-129 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2018

  Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of human clinical isolates of Staphylococcus intermedius group

  Yarbrough, M. L., Lainhart, W. & Burnham, C. A. D., Mar 2018, In: Journal of clinical microbiology. 56, 3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Staphylococcus intermedius
  • Epidemiology
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Cefoxitin
  13 Scopus citations

• Frequency of instrument, environment, and laboratory technologist contamination during routine diagnostic testing of infectious specimens

  Yarbrough, M. L., Kwon, J. H., Wallace, M. A., Hink, T., Shupe, A., Fraser, V. J., Dubberke, E. R. & Burnham, C. A. D., Jun 2018, In: Journal of clinical microbiology. 56, 6

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fluorescence
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Levivirus
  • Containment of Biohazards
  • Equipment and Supplies
  2 Scopus citations

• Impact of Reflex Algorithms on Urine Culture Utilization

  Yarbrough, M. L., Feb 1 2018, In: Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 40, 3, p. 19-24 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Reflex
  • Urine
  • Urinary Tract Infections
  • Urinalysis
  • Medical Laboratory Personnel
  2 Scopus citations

• Impact of total laboratory automation on workflow and specimen processing time for culture of urine specimens

  Yarbrough, M. L., Lainhart, W., McMullen, A. R., Anderson, N. W. & Burnham, C. A. D., Dec 1 2018, In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 37, 12, p. 2405-2411 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Laboratory Automation
  • Workflow
  • Urine
  • Time and Motion Studies
  • Efficiency
  10 Scopus citations

• Mass spectrometric measurement of urinary kynurenine-to-tryptophan ratio in children with and without urinary tract infection

  Yarbrough, M. L., Briden, K. E., Mitsios, J. V., Weindel, A. L., Terrill, C. M., Hunstad, D. A. & Dietzen, D. J., Jun 2018, In: Clinical Biochemistry. 56, p. 83-88 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Kynurenine
  • Tryptophan
  • Urinary Tract Infections
  • Child
  • Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase
  3 Scopus citations

• Multicenter evaluation of the Xpert MRSA NxG assay for detection of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in nasal swabs

  Yarbrough, M. L., Warren, D. K., Allen, K., Burkholder, D., Daum, R., Donskey, C., Knaack, D., LaMarca, A., May, L., Miller, L. G., Parenti, D. M., Peterson, L., Tan, T. Y., Widen, R., Hernandez, D. R., Wolk, D. M. & Burnhama, C. A. D., Jan 2018, In: Journal of clinical microbiology. 56, 1, e01381.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • purified rayon
  • Nose
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Staphylococcal Infections
  8 Scopus citations

• The brief case: Staphylococcus intermedius group-look what the dog dragged in

  Lainhart, W., Yarbrough, M. L. & Burnham, C. A. D., 2018, In: Journal of clinical microbiology. 56, 2, e00839-17.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  7 Scopus citations
• 2017

  Closing the Brief Case: Bacteremia and Vertebral Osteomyelitis Due to Staphylococcus schleiferi

  Yarbrough, M. L., Hamad, Y., Burnham, C. A. & George, I. A., Nov 1 2017, In: Journal of clinical microbiology. 55, 11, p. 3309-3310 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Evaluation of genotypic and phenotypic methods to detect carbapenemase production in gram-negative bacilli

  McMullen, A. R., Yarbrough, M. L., Wallace, M. A., Shupe, A. & Burnham, C. A. D., Mar 2017, In: Clinical chemistry. 63, 3, p. 723-730 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Bacilli
  • carbapenemase
  • Carbapenems
  • Bacillus
  • Chromogenics
  20 Scopus citations

• Identification of Nocardia, Streptomyces, and Tsukamurella using MALDI-TOF MS with the Bruker Biotyper

  Yarbrough, M. L., Lainhart, W. & Burnham, C. A. D., Oct 2017, In: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 89, 2, p. 92-97 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nocardia
  • Streptomyces
  • Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Mass Spectrometry
  • Actinobacteria
  • Libraries
  10 Scopus citations

• Successful treatment of prosthetic joint infection due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci with tedizolid

  Si, S., Durkin, M. J., Mercier, M. M., Yarbrough, M. L. & Liang, S. Y., Mar 1 2017, In: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 25, 2, p. 105-107 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Joints
  • Infection
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  6 Scopus citations

• The brief case: Bacteremia and vertebral osteomyelitis due to staphylococcus schleiferi

  Yarbrough, M. L., Hamad, Y., Burnham, C. A. D. & George, I. A., Nov 2017, In: Journal of clinical microbiology. 55, 11, p. 3157-3161 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  2 Scopus citations
• 2016

  A reactive HIV rapid antibody test in a pregnant woman

  Yarbrough, M. L. & Anderson, N. W., Apr 2016, In: Journal of clinical microbiology. 54, 4, p. 826-828 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations

• Characterizing urinary hCGβcf patterns during pregnancy

  Nerenz, R. D., Yarbrough, M. L., Stenman, U. H. & Gronowski, A. M., Jul 1 2016, In: Clinical Biochemistry. 49, 10-11, p. 777-781 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • urinary gonadotropin fragment
  • Pregnancy
  • Urine
  • Specific Gravity
  • Density (specific gravity)
  3 Scopus citations

• Culture of urine specimens by use of chromID CPS elite medium can expedite Escherichia coli identification and reduce hands-on time in the clinical laboratory

  Yarbrough, M. L., Wallace, M. A., Marshall, C., Mathias, E. & Burnham, C. A. D., Nov 2016, In: Journal of clinical microbiology. 54, 11, p. 2767-2773 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Agar
  • Urine
  • Escherichia coli
  • Microbiology
  • Culture Media
  4 Scopus citations

• Estimating the hCGβcf in urine during pregnancy

  Nerenz, R. D., Butch, A. W., Woldemariam, G. A., Yarbrough, M. L., Grenache, D. G. & Gronowski, A. M., Feb 1 2016, In: Clinical Biochemistry. 49, 3, p. 282-286 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • urinary gonadotropin fragment
  • Urine
  • Pregnancy
  • Assays
  • Point-of-Care Systems
  5 Scopus citations

• Local generation of kynurenines mediates inhibition of neutrophil chemotaxis by uropathogenic Escherichia coli

  Loughman, J. A., Yarbrough, M. L., Tiemann, K. M. & Hunstad, D. A., Apr 1 2016, In: Infection and immunity. 84, 4, p. 1176-1183 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Cell Migration Inhibition
  • Uropathogenic Escherichia coli
  • Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase
  • Kynurenine
  • Neutrophils
  13 Scopus citations
• 2015

  Analytical performance evaluation of the i-STAT Total β-human chorionic gonadotropin immunoassay

  Sowder, A. M., Yarbrough, M. L., Nerenz, R. D., Mitsios, J. V., Mortensen, R., Gronowski, A. M. & Grenache, D. G., Jun 5 2015, In: Clinica Chimica Acta. 446, p. 165-170 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chorionic Gonadotropin
  • Immunoassay
  • Blood
  • Plasmas
  • Serum
  10 Scopus citations
• 2014

  Primate-specific miR-576-3p sets host defense signalling threshold

  Yarbrough, M. L., Zhang, K., Sakthivel, R., Forst, C. V., Posner, B. A., Barber, G. N., White, M. A. & Fontoura, B. M. A., 2014, In: Nature communications. 5, 4963.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • interferon
  • primates
  • infectious diseases
  • viruses
  • Primates
  32 Scopus citations
• 2011

  Characterization of AMPylation on threonine, serine, and tyrosine using mass spectrometry

  Li, Y., Al-Eryani, R., Yarbrough, M. L., Orth, K. & Ball, H. L., Apr 2011, In: Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 22, 4, p. 752-761 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Mass spectrometry
  • Threonine
  • Serine
  • Tyrosine
  • Mass Spectrometry
  19 Scopus citations
• 2009

  AMPylation of Rho GTPases by Vibrio VopS disrupts effector binding and downstream signaling

  Yarbrough, M. L., Li, Y., Kinch, L. N., Grishin, N. V., Ball, H. L. & Orth, K., Jan 9 2009, In: Science. 323, 5911, p. 269-272 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Vibrio
  • Guanosine
  • Adenosine Monophosphate
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  • Threonine
  248 Scopus citations

• Fido, a novel ampylation domain common to fic, doc, and AvrB

  Kinch, L. N., Yarbrough, M. L., Orth, K. & Grishin, N. V., Jun 5 2009, In: PloS one. 4, 6, e5818.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Conserved Sequence
  • Phosphates
  • guanosinetriphosphatase
  • conserved sequences
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  98 Scopus citations

• Not without cause: Vibrio parahaemolyticus induces acute autophagy and cell death

  Burdette, D. L., Yarbrough, M. L. & Orth, K., Jan 1 2009, In: Autophagy. 5, 1, p. 100-102 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  • Autophagy
  • Cell Death
  • Global Warming
  • Type III Secretion Systems
  21 Scopus citations
• 2008

  Vibrio parahaemolyticus orchestrates a multifaceted host cell infection by induction of autophagy, cell rounding, and then cell lysis

  Burdette, D. L., Yarbrough, M. L., Orvedahl, A., Gilpin, C. J. & Orth, K., Aug 26 2008, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105, 34, p. 12497-12502 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  • Autophagy
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase
  • Type III Secretion Systems
  • Infection
  82 Scopus citations
• 2007

  Arp2/3-independent assembly of actin by Vibrio type III effector VopL

  Liverman, A. D. B., Cheng, H. C., Trosky, J. E., Leung, D. W., Yarbrough, M. L., Burdette, D. L., Rosen, M. K. & Orth, K., Oct 23 2007, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104, 43, p. 17117-17122 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  • Vibrio
  • Actins
  • Actin Cytoskeleton
  • Infection
  115 Scopus citations