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CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Stephen Charles Edberg
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Chemical Engineering
Yale University School of Medicine
Yale Univeristy
EDUCATION
B.A. Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1967
Major in Biology, Minor in Chemical Engineering
M.A. Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 1968
Major in Bacteriology, Minor in Chemistry
Masters thesis entitled: "The Effect of Calcium and Strontium on the Heat Resistance of
Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus megaterium"
Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo Medical School, 1971
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dissertation entitled: "The Valency of IgM and
IgG Antidextran Antibody"
Post-doctoral, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1972
Medical Microbiology under Dr. J. Sherris and Dr. F. Schoenknecht
M.A. (Honorary), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1989
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven,
CT, 1989-present
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,
1993-present
Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New
Haven, CT, 1981-1989
Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 1981present
Associate Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Pathology, 1980-1981
(Assistant Professor, 1976-1979)
Associate Director, Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Montefiore Hospital and Medical
Center, New York, NY, 1971-1981
Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and
Immunology, New York, NY, 1972-1980
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(1980-changed to single appointment in the Department of Pathology)
(1971-1972, Instructor)
Adjunct Attending Pathologist, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, New York, NY, 1974-1981
(Assistant Attending Pathologist, 1971-1974)
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New York City, 19731981
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
November, 1979
Special Expert, City of New York, Division of Licensure, New York, 1974 - present
Consultant, The Medical Letter, 1973-present
Consultant, V.A. Medical Center, West Haven, CT, 1981-present
Consultant, Risk TAW, American Water Works Association, Washington, DC, 1997-2003.
Chair of Joint Task Group for Section 9225, Differentiation of the Coliform Bacteria for Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater - 2006
Co-Chair of Joint Task Group for Section 9211, Rapid Detection Methods for Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater - 2006
American Water Works Association Research Foundation - Public Council on Drinking Water
Research - current
Drinking Water Research Foundation - current
Environmental Protection Agency - Total Coliform Rule Experts Workshop - 2006
International Bottled Water Association - current
 Virus/Microbial Subcommittee
- Bio-terrorism Task Force
The Groundwater Foundation – Pathogens in Groundwater Project - 2006
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Chair, Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee, Yale University of Medicine, New Haven, CT,
1992-1996
Director, Microbiology Course for Second Year Students, Yale University School of Medicine, New
Haven, CT, 1981-1996
Faculty, Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Pathology,
and Independent Research courses, 1971-1981
Faculty and Organizer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yearly one week course on a particular
subject in laboratory medicine, 1971-1981
Faculty, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center - Microbiology
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and Immunology, 1974-1981
Instructor, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo School of Medicine - Medical Microbiology and the W.H.O.
Immunology Program, 1968-1971
Instructor, Hofstra University - Teaching Assistantship for classes and laboratories in Bacteriology,
Immunology, Anatomy, Physiology, and General Biology, 1967-1968
UNIVERSITY SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION
Chair, Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee, Yale University School of Medicine, New
Haven, CT, 1992-1996
Appointments and Promotions Committee, Yale University School of Medicine, 1991-1994
Admissions Committee, Yale University School of Medicine, 1988-1991
Basic Sciences Curriculum Committee, Yale University School of Medicine, 1985-present
Progress Committee, Class of 1991, Yale University School of Medicine
Committee, Status of Women in Medicine, Yale Medical School, 1986-1995
Progress Committee, Class of 1985, Yale University School of Medicine
Faculty Student Advisor, Yale University School of Medicine, 1983-present
Faculty Senator, Department of Pathology, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY,
1979-1981
Faculty Senator, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the Albert Einstein College of
Medicine, New York, NY, 1977-1979
BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Medical Microbiology, Diplomate in Public Health and Medical Laboratory
Microbiology (1975-present)
American Board of Bioanalysis
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Associate Editor, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 1984-1991
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
American Society for Microbiology: Committee on Postdoctoral Educational Programs (CPEP)
American Society for Microbiology: Subcommittee on Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic
Fermentative Rods (Enterobacteriaceae, Vibrionaceae, and related bacteria)
American Society for Microbiology: Committee on Laboratory Practices for Microbiology of the
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Public and Scientific Affairs Board
American Society for Microbiology: Legislative Liaison of the Public and Scientific Affairs Board
Codex Alimentarious Commission (CAC) of the United Nations: Appointed United States delegate,
October 1998
HONORS
American Society of Microbiology 2008 Becton Dickinson and Company Award in Clinical
Microbiology
Charles W. Bohmfalk Teaching Prize, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale University, First
Award Winner, 1989
American Academy of Microbiology Fellow, 1983
Yale Chapter, American Women's Medical Association, 1984 Commendation
MEMBERSHIPS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Chemical Society
American Society for Microbiology
American Water Works Association
Association of Official Analytical Chemists (General Referee)
The Buffalo Collegium of Immunology
Infectious Diseases Society of America
MAJOR RECENT GRANT FUNDING
CI: Centers for Disease Control. Sentinel Surveillance for Unexplained Diarrhea, 2001-2005.
CI: National Institute of Health. In Vitro Assay of Pseudomonas Virulence Factors and Correlation
with Infection, 2005-2007.
PI: American Water Works Association Research Foundation. The Evaluation Of Indicator Bacteria
By Molecular Fingerprinting At Critical Control Points In The Source Water, Treatment Train, And
The Distribution System, 1996-2001.
Project Coordinator: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Preparing Physicians for the Future: A
Program in Medical Education, 1992-1996.
PI: Drinking Water Research Foundation. Virulence Characteristics of Bacteria Found in Drinking
Water, 1993-1995.
PI: E.P.A./A.W.W.A.R.F. Markers to Determine the Public Health Risk of Microbes in Water, 19881990.
PI: Gen-Probe, Inc. Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae using a DNA
Probe to rRNA, 1988-1989.
CoI: N.C.I. Direct enumeration of Streptococcus bovis as a Marker of Colorectal Carcinoma, 19861989.
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PI: E.P.A./A.W.W.A.R.F. Rapid, Specific Autoanalysis Method for the Simultaneous Determination
of Total Coliforms and E. coli as Sentinels of Microbial Pollution, 1986-1988.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
1. Edberg, S.C., P.M. Bronson, and C.J. van Oss. (1971) The fractionation of hydrolyzed dextran by
ultrafiltration through a series of anisotropic cellulose acetate membranes. Prep. Biochem. 1:249257.
2. Edberg, S.C., P.M. Bronson, and C.J. van Oss. (1972) The valency of IgM and IgG rabbit anti-dextran
antibody as a function of the size of the dextran molecule. Immunochemistry 9:273-288.
3. Van Oss, C.J., S.C. Edberg, and P.M. Bronson. (1972) Valency of IgM. In: Specific Receptors of
Antibodies, Antigens, and Cells. Karger, Basel, pp 60-68.
4. Edberg, S.C., A. Chu, and G. Melnick. (1973) Preparation of organisms for determining antibiotic
concentrations from the blood. Laboratory Medicine 4:36-37.
5. Adlersberg, L., J.M. Singer, and S.C. Edberg. (1973) The distribution of intraperitoneally injected
colloidal particles in animals bearing implanted tumors of the mediastinum.
Journal of
Reticuloendothelial Society 14:571-5586.
6. Edberg, S.C., and G. Melnick. (1974) The allergenic cross-reactivity of antisera made against different
molecular weights of a homopolymer dextran. Experientia 30:298-299.
7. Berger, S., S. Weitzman, S.C. Edberg, and J. Casey. (1974) Bacteremia after the use of an oral
irrigation device. A controlled study in subjects with normal gingiva: comparison with the use of a
toothbrush. Annals of Internal Medicine 80:510-511.
8. Adlersberg, L., J.M. Singer, and S.C. Edberg. (1974) Tumor implants in the mediastinum of mice.
Journal of Reticuloendothelial Society 15:345-360.
9. Edberg, S.C. (1974) The growth of Neisseria lactamica on media selective for pathogenic
Neisseriaceae. American Journal of Clinical Pathology 62:445.
10. Edberg, S.C., and A. Chu. (1975) Determining antibiotic levels in the blood. American Journal of
Medical Technology 41:99-105.
11. Litt, I., S.C. Edberg, and L. Finberg. (1974) Gonorrhoeae in children and adolescents: a current view.
Journal of Pediatrics 85:595-607.
12. Edberg, S.C., M. Novak, H. Slater, and J.M. Singer. (1975) Direct inoculation procedure for the rapid
classification of bacteria from blood culture. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2:469-473.
13. Edberg, S.C., C.J. Bottenbley, and K. Gam. (1976) The use of SPS to selectively inhibit
aminoglycoside and polymyxin antibiotics in a rapid blood level antibiotic assay. Ant. Ag. Chemo.
9:414-417.
14. Edberg, S.C., and S. Samuels. (1976) Rapid colorimetric test for the determination of hippurate
hydrolysis by group B Streptococcus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 3:49-50.
15. Edberg, S.C., H. Slater, E. Melton, and J.M. Singer. (1976) The use of x-ray film for the rapid
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determination of gelatin hydrolysis: comparison with standard methods. Laboratory Medicine 7:3334.
16. Alture-Werber, E., S.C. Edberg, and J.M. Singer. (1976) Pulmonary infection with Allescheria boydii.
American Journal of Clinical Pathology 66:1019-1025.
17. Edberg, S.C., C.J. Bottenbley, and J.M. Singer. (1976) The mechanism of inhibition of
aminoglycoside and polymyxin class antibiotics by polyanionic detergents. Proc. Soc. Exp. Bio.
Med. 153:49-51.
18. Edberg, S.C., K. Gam, C.J. Bottenbley, and J.M. Singer. (1976) A rapid spot-test for the determination
of esculin hydrolysis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 4:180-184.
19. Edberg, S.C. (1976) Specious speciation (letter). ASM News 42:697.
20. Edberg, S.C., S. Pittman, and J.M. Singer. (1977) Hydrolysis of esculin by Enterobacteriaceae.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 6:111-116.
21. Edberg, S.C., S. Pittman, and J.M. Singer. (1977) The use of bile-esculin for the taxonomic
classification of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 43:31-35.
22. Edberg, S.C., D. Savino, and J.M. Singer. (1977) The quantitative nature of the reaction between
aminoglycoside and polymyxin class antibiotics with polyanionic detergents. Experientia 33:323-324.
23. Klein, R., R. Recco, S.C. Edberg, M. Catalano, J.I. Casey, and N. Steigbigel. (1977) Association of
Streptococcus bovis with colonic carcinoma. New England Journal of Medicine 297:800-802.
24. Singer, J.M., J. Hengeveld, S.C. Edberg, J.W. Lichtenbelt, and P.H. Wiersema. (1977) Determination
of antibody concentration using a stopped-flow turbidimetric technique. Immunological
Communications 6:517-535.
25. Berger, S., S.C. Edberg, and R. Klein. (1977) Enterobacter hafniae infection: report of two cases and
review of the literature. American Journal of Medical Science 273:101-104.
26. Miskin, A., and S.C. Edberg. (1978) Esculin hydrolysis by Escherichia coli.
Microbiology 7:251-254.
Journal of Clinical
27. Edberg, S.C., B. Atkinson, C. Chambers, H. Moore, C. Zorzon, and J.M. Singer. (1979) Clinical
evaluation of the Micro-ID, API 20E, and conventional media systems for the identification of
Enterobacteriaceae. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 10:161-167.
28. Laufman, H., J.D. Siegal, and S.C. Edberg. (1979) Moist bacterial strike-through of surgical materials:
confirmatory tests. Annals of Surgery 189:68-74.
29. Singer, J.M., S.C. Edberg, M. Selinger, and M. Amram. (1979) Quality control of the latex-fixation test.
American Journal of Clinical Pathology 72:591-596.
30. Singer, J.M., S.C. Edberg, R.L. Markowitz, J.D. Glickman, L. Miller, and R. Marchitelli. (1979)
Performance of latex-fixation kits used for serologic diagnosis of rheumatoid factor in rheumatoid
arthritis sera. American Journal of Clinical Pathology 72:597-603.
31. Klein, R.S., M.T. Catalano, S.C. Edberg, J.I. Casey, and N.H. Steigbigel. (1979) Streptococcus bovis
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septicemia and carcinoma of the colon. Annals of Internal Medicine 91:560-562.
32. Edberg, S.C., D. Clare, M.H. Slater, and J.M. Singer. (1979) Use of the Micro-ID for the rapid
identification of Enterobacteriaceae from blood cultures. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 10:693697.
33. Edberg, S.C., E. Melton, and J.M. Singer. (1980) Rapid biochemical characterization of Hemophilus
species using reagent impregnated strips. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 11:22-26.
34. Laufman, H., C. Montefusco, J.D. Siegal, and S.C. Edberg. (1980) Scanning electron microscopy of
moist bacterial strike-through of surgical materials. Surg. Gyn. OB. 150:165-170.
35. Edberg, S.C., S.J. Chaskes, E. Alture-Werber, and J.M. Singer. (1980) An esculin-based medium for
the direct elucidation of Cryptococcus neoformans. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 12:332-335.
36. Miller, M.H., S.C. Edberg, and C.C. Daly. (1980) The use of photograms for microbiological assays.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 11:295-296.
37. Miller, M.H., S.C. Edberg, J. Mandel, K. Behar, and N.H. Steigbigel. (1980) Gentamicin uptake in wild
type and aminoglycoside resistant small colony mutants of Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial
Agents in Chemotherapy 18:722-729.
38. Edberg, S.C., and L.D. Sabath. (1980) Determination of antibiotic levels in body fluids: techniques and
significance. Bacterial tests in endocarditis and other severe infections. In: Antibiotics in Laboratory
Medicine, V. Lorian (ed.), Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, pp 206-264.
39. Edberg, S.C. (1980) Gas-liquid chromatography: theory and application to clinical microbiology.
Laboratory Management 24:31-42.
40. Edberg, S.C., and A. Adams. (1980) Handwashing as an adjunct to infection control: an evaluation.
Asepsis 2:3.
41. Klein, R., M. Catalano, S.C. Edberg, and J.I. Casey. (1980) Streptococcus equinus septicemia: report
of two cases and review of the literature. American Journal of Medical Science 279:99-103.
42. Chaskes, S., S.C. Edberg, and J.M. Singer. (1981) A DL-Dopa test for the identification of
Cryptococcus neoformans. Mycopathologica 74:143-148.
43. Edberg, S.C. (1981) Methods of quantitative microbiological analyses that support the diagnosis,
treatment, and prognosis of human infection. CRC Critical Reviews in Microbiology 8:339-398.
44. Edberg, S.C., and A. Miskin. (1982) Turbidimetric determination of blood aminoglycoside levels by
growth curve analysis. Journal of Pharmacological Science 69:1442-1443.
45. Edberg, S.C., and L. Konowe. (1982) Statistical and applied meaning of a clinical microbiology
product: bacterial identification systems. In: Clinical Microbiology in Patient Care, Victor Lorian
(ed.), Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, pp 268-299.
46. Casey, J.I., S. Maturo, J. Albin, and S.C. Edberg. (1982) Comparison of carriage rates of group B
Streptococcus in diabetic and non-diabetic patients. American Journal of Epidemiology 116:704708.
47. Edberg, S.C., and M.K. Edberg. (1982) Comparison of identification systems for Enterobacteriaceae.
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Journal of Clinical Laboratory Automation 2:263-265.
48. Edberg, S.C. (1982) The diagnostic laboratory. In: Clinical Manual of Infectious Diseases, S.A.
Berger (ed.), Addison-Wesley, Menlo Park, CA, pp 281-328.
49. Edberg, S.C. (1982) Use of antibiotic assays. Clinical Microbiology 4:116-117.
50. Edberg, S.C., and R.W. Trepeta. (1983) Rapid and economical identification and antimicrobial
susceptibility test methodology for urinary tract pathogens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology
18:1287-1291.
51. Edberg, S.C., and M.K. Edberg. (1983) Inactivation of the polyanionic detergent sodium
polyanetholsulfonate by hemoglobin. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 18:1047-1050.
52. Edberg, S.C. (1983) In vitro antibiotic susceptibility testing. Journal of Infection Control and Urological
Care 8:20-22.
53. Edberg, S.C. (1983) The identification of microbial pathogens in the clinical microbiology laboratory.
Journal of Infection Control and Urological Care 8:34-36.
54. Edberg, S.C. (1983) Erythromycin and Clindamycin. In: Antibiotics and Infection, S.C. Edberg and
S.A. Berger (eds.), Churchill-Livingston, pp 51-58.
55. Edberg. S.C. (1983) Pharmacokinetics. In: Antibiotics and Infection, S.C. Edberg and S.A. Berger
(eds.), Churchill-Livingston, pp 1-14.
56. Edberg. S.C. (1983) In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing. In: Antibiotics and Infection, S.C.
Edberg and S.A. Berger (eds.), Churchill-Livingston, pp 211-223.
57. Edberg, S.C. (1983) Evaluation of microbial identification systems. Clinical Microbiology 5:4-5.
58. Klein, R.S., S.C. Edberg, J.J. Milazzo, and N.H. Steigbigel. (1984) In vitro susceptibility of
Streptococcus bovis to six antibiotics. Clinical Therapeutics 6:518-523.
59. Trepeta, R.W., and S.C. Edberg. (1984) Measurement of microbial alpha-amylase with p-nitrophenyl
glycosidases as the substrate complex. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 19:60-62.
60. Trepeta, R.W., and S.C. Edberg. (1984) Methylumbelliferyl--D-glucuronide-based medium for the
rapid isolation and identification of Escherichia coli. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 19:172-174.
61. Torres, A.R., M.K. Li, D.C. Ward, and S.C. Edberg. (1984) Differentiation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
from other Neisseria species using the restriction endonuclease HaeIII. Journal of Clinical
Microbiology 20(4):687-690.
62. Torres, A.R., B. Dunn, S.C. Edberg, and E.A. Peterson. (1984) Preparative high-performance liquid
chromatography of proteins on ion-exchange columns with carboxymethyldextrans as displacers. J.
Chromatogr. 316:125-132.
63. Edberg. S.C., L.S. Young, and A.L. Barry. (1984) Antibiotic drug monitoring. Cumitec 20, American
Society for Microbiology.
64. Cummings, K.C., A.R. Torres, and S.C. Edberg. (1984) The analysis of antimicrobial agents in
biological fluids by high-performance liquid chromatography. I: Theory. Journal of Clinical
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Laboratory Automation 4:113-117.
65. Cummings, K.C., A.R. Torres, and S.C. Edberg. (1984) The analysis of antimicrobial agents in
biological fluids by high-performance liquid chromatography. II: Applications. Journal of Clinical
Laboratory Automation 4:244-255.
66. Berger, S.A., and S.C. Edberg. (1984) Infectious diseases in persons of leadership.
Infectious Diseases 6:802-813.
Review of
67. Trepeta, R.W., and S.C. Edberg. (1984) Corynebacterium diphtheriae endocarditis: sustained
potential of a classical pathogen. American Journal of Clinical Pathology 81:679-683.
68. Edberg, S.C., R.W. Trepeta, C.M. Kontnick, and A.R. Torres. (1985) Measurement of active
constitutive -D-glucosidase (esculinase) in the presence of sodium desoxycholate. Journal of
Clinical Microbiology 21(3):363-365.
69. Ludwig, F., A. Cocco, S.C. Edberg, J.L. Hadler, and E.E. Geldreich. (1985) Detection of elevated
levels of coliform bacteria in a public water supply--Connecticut. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report 34:142-144.
70. Alture-Werber, E., and S.C. Edberg. (1985) An animal model of Curvularia geniculata and its
relationship with human disease. Mycopathologia 89(2):69-73.
71. Edberg, S.C., and M.K. Edberg. (1985) Assay of extracellular proteinases using a colorimetric
collagen substrate for the differentiation of Serratia in the tribe Klebsiellae. Medical and
Microbiological Immunology (Berl.) 174(3):115-118.
72. Edberg, S.C., and S.R. Bell. (1985) Lack of constitutive beta-glucosidase (esculinase) in the genus
Fusobacterium. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 22(3):435-437.
73. Herrmann, J.E., A.S. Armstrong, and S.C. Edberg. (1985) Rapid methods for the immunodiagnosis of
infectious diseases: recent developments. Yale Journal of Biological Medicine 58(5):421-424.
74. Edberg, S.C. (1985) Principles of nucleic acid hybridization and comparison with monoclonal antibody
technology for the diagnosis of infectious diseases. Yale Journal of Biological Medicine 58(5):425442.
75. Edberg, S.C. (1985) Nucleic acid hybridization probes for the diagnosis of infectious diseases.
Asepsis 7(2):19-20.
76. Edberg, S.C., and S.A. Berger. (1985) The photometric analysis of microbial growth for the
identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial pathogens. In: Methods and
Automation in Microbiology, K.-O. Habermehl (ed.), Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, pp 215-221.
77. Romero, R., A.L. Scioscia, S.C. Edberg, and J.C. Hobbins. (1986) The use of parenteral antibiotic
therapy to eradicate bacterial colonization of amniotic fluid in premature rupture of membranes.
Obstet. Gyn. 67(3 Suppl):15S-17S.
78. Young, D.M., J. Biao, Z. Zheng, J. Hadler, and S.C. Edberg. (1986) Isolation of Campylobacter jejuni
in Hunan, the People's Republic of China: epidemiology and comparison of Chinese and American
methodology. Diagnostic Microbiological and Infectious Disease 5(2):143-149.
79. Edberg, S.C., and C.M. Kontnick. (1986) Comparison of beta-glucuronidase-based substrate systems
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for identification of Escherichia coli. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 24(3):368-371.
80. Edberg, S.C., V. Piscitelli, and M. Cartter. (1986) Phenotypic characteristics of coliform and noncoliform bacteria from a public water supply compared with regional and national clinical species.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 52(3):474-478.
81. Edberg, S.C. (1986) Conventional and molecular techniques for the laboratory diagnosis of infections
of the central nervous systems. Neurol. Clin. 4(1):13-39.
82. Edberg, S.C. (1986) The measurement of antibiotics from human body fluids: techniques and
significance. In: Antibiotics in Laboratory Medicine, 2nd Edition, V. Lorian (ed.), Williams and
Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, pp 381-476.
83. Edberg, S.C. (1986) Nucleic acid hybridization analysis to elucidate microbial pathogens. Lab. Med.
17:735-738.
84. Berger, S.A., S.C. Edberg, and G. David. (1986) Infectious disease in the Sella turcica. Review of
Infectious Diseases 8(5):747-755.
85. Panosian, K.J., P. Marone, and S.C. Edberg. (1986) Elucidation of Strongyloides stercoralis by
bacterial colony displacement. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 24(1):86-88.
86. Trepeta, R.W., and S.C. Edberg. (1987) Esculinase (beta-glucosidase) for the rapid estimation of
activity in bacteria utilizing a hydrolyzable substrate, p-nitrophenyl--D-glucopyranoside. Antonie
van Leeuwenhoek 53(4):273-277.
87. Zervos, M.J., J.E. Patterson, S.C. Edberg, C. Pierson, C.A. Kauffman, T.S. Mikesell, and D.R.
Schaberg. (1987) Single-concentration broth microdilution test for detection of high-level
aminoglycoside resistance in enterococci. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 25(12):2443-2444.
88. Klein, R.S., S.W. Warman, G.G. Knackmuhs, S.C. Edberg, and N.H. Steigbigel. (1987) Lack of
association of Streptococcus bovis with non-colonic gastrointestinal carcinoma. American Journal
of Gastroenterology 82(6):540-543.
89. Torres, A.R., S.C. Edberg, and E.A. Peterson. (1987) Preparative high-performance liquid
chromatography of proteins on an anion exchanger using unfractionated carboxymethyldextran
displacers. J. Chromatogr. 389(1):177-182.
90. Berger, S.A., and S.C. Edberg. (1987) Microbial nomenclature:
Diagnostic and Microbiologic Infectious Disease 6(4):343-356.
a list of names and origins.
91. Edberg, S.C. (1987) Nucleic acid probes. In: Diagnostic Procedures for Bacterial Infections, 7th
Edition, B.B. Wentworth (ed.), American Public Health Association, Inc., Washington, DC, pp 715726.
92. Dunn, B.E., S.C. Edberg, and A.R. Torres. (1988) Purification of Escherichia coli alkaline
phosphatase on an ion-exchange high-performance liquid chromatographic column using
carboxymethyl dextrans. Anal. Biochem. 168(1):25-30.
93. Kirchner, J.C., S.C. Edberg, and C.T. Sasaki. (1988) The use of topical oral antibiotics in head and
neck prophylaxis: is it justified? Laryngoscope 98:(1)26-29.
94. Edberg, S.C., M.J. Allen, D.B. Smith, and the National Collaborative Study. (1988) National field
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evaluation of a defined substrate method for the simultaneous enumeration of total coliforms and
Escherichia coli from drinking water: comparison with standard multiple tube fermentation method.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 54(6):1595-1601.
95. Romero, R., M. Emamian, R. Quintero, M. Wan, H.C. Hobbins, M. Mazor, and S.C. Edberg. (1988)
The value and limitations of the Gram stain examination in the diagnosis of intra-amniotic infection.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 159(1):114-119.
96. Edberg, S.C., and M.M. Edberg. (1988) A defined substrate technology for the enumeration of
microbial indicators of environmental pollution. Yale Journal of Biological Medicine 61(5):389-399.
97. Panosian, K.J, and S.C. Edberg. (1988) The measurement of active constitutive L-pyrrolidonyl
peptidase from the genera Streptococcus and Enterococcus.
Medical Microbiology and
Immunology 177(6):317-321.
98. Edberg, S.C. (1988) Antibiotic interaction tests: should they be performed? Clinical Microbiology
10:10, 77-78.
99. Edberg, S.C., M.J. Allen, and D.B. Smith. (1988) Rapid, specific defined substrate technology for the
simultaneous detection of total coliforms and Escherichia coli. Tox. Assess. 3:565-580.
100. Berger, S.A., A. Gorea, M.R. Peyser, and S.C. Edberg. (1988) Bartholin's gland abscess caused by
Neisseria sicca. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 26(8):1589.
101. Thacker, W.L., H.W. Wilkinson, R.F. Benson, S.C. Edberg, and D.J. Brenner. (1988) Legionella
jordanis isolated from a patient with fatal pneumonia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 26(7):14001401.
102. Baltimore, R.S., R.L. Duncan, E.D. Shapiro, and S.C. Edberg. (1989) Epidemiology of pharyngeal
colonization of infants with aerobic gram-negative rod bacteria. Journal of Clinical Microbiology
27(1):91-95.
103. Romero, R., M. Emamian, R. Quintero, M. Wan, A.L. Scioscia, J.C. Hobbins, and S.C. Edberg.
(1989) Diagnosis of intra-amniotic infection: the acridine orange stain. American Journal of
Perinatology 6(1):41-45.
104. Edberg, S.C., and D.B. Smith. (1989) Absence of association between heterotrophic and total
coliform bacteria from a public water supply. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 55(2):380384.
105. Panosian, K.J., and S.C. Edberg. (1989) Measurement of constitutive L-pyrrolidonyl peptidase
activity from Streptococcus and Enterococcus using tetrazotized 0-dianisidine. Antonie von
Leeuwenhoek 55(3):269-275.
106. Raucher, B., J. Dobkin, L. Mandel, S.C. Edberg, M. Levi, and M. Miller. (1989) Occult polymicrobial
endocarditis with Haemophilus parainfluenzae in intravenous drug abusers. American Journal of
Medicine 86(2):169-172.
107. Kuritza, A.P., S.C. Edberg, C. Chapis, and P. Gallo. (1989) Identification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
with the ORTHOProbe DNA probe test. Diagnostic and Microbiologic Infectious Disease 12(2):129132.
108. Panosian, K.J., and S.C. Edberg. (1989) Rapid identification of Streptococcus bovis by using
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combination constitutive enzyme substrate hydrolyses. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 27(8):17191722.
109. Edberg, S.C., M.J. Allen, D.B. Smith, and the National Collaborative Study. (1989) National field
evaluation of a defined substrate method for the simultaneous detection of total coliforms and
Escherichia coli from drinking water: Comparison with presence-absence techniques. Applied and
Environmental Microbiology 55(4):1003-1008.
110. Edberg, S.C., M.J. Allen, and D.B. Smith. (1989) Rapid, specific autoanalytical method for the
simultaneous detection of total coliforms and E. coli from drinking water. Water Science and
Technology 21(3):173-177.
111. Berger, S.A., N.A. Young, and S.C. Edberg. (1989) Relationship between infectious diseases and
human blood type. European Journal of Clinical Microbiologic Infectious Disease 8(8):681-689.
112. Snower, D.P., C. Ruef, A.P. Kuritza, and S.C. Edberg. (1989) Aeromonas hydrophila infection
associated with the use of medicinal leeches. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 27(6):1421-1422.
113. Edberg, S.C., M.J. Allen, D.B. Smith, and N.J. Kriz. (1990) Enumeration of total coliforms and
Escherichia coli from source water by the defined substrate technology. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology 56(2):366-369.
114. Kontnick, C.M., and S.C. Edberg. (1990) Direct detection of group B streptococci from vaginal
specimens compared with quantitative culture. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 28(2):336-339.
115. Rice, E.W., M.J. Allen, and S.C. Edberg. (1990) Efficacy of beta-glucuronidase assay for
identification of Escherichia coli by the defined-substrate technology. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology 56(5):1203-1205.
116. Tokars, J.I., M.M. McNeil, O.C. Tablan, K. Chapin-Robertson, J.E. Patterson, S.C. Edberg, and
W.R. Jarvis. (1990) Mycobacterium gordonae pseudoinfection associated with a contaminated
antimicrobial solution. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 28(12):2765-2769.
117. Gladstone, I.M., R.A. Ehrenkranz, S.C. Edberg, and R.S. Baltimore. (1990) A ten-year review of
neonatal sepsis and comparison with the previous fifty-year experience. Pediatric Infectious
Disease Journal 9(11):819-825.
118. Heusser, M.F., J.F. Patterson, A.P. Kuritza, S.C. Edberg, and R.S. Baltimore. (1990) Emergence of
resistance to multiple beta-lactams in Enterobacter cloacae during treatment of neonatal meningitis
with cefotaxime. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 9(7):509-512.
119. Rice, E.W., M.J. Allen, D.J. Brenner, and S.C. Edberg. (1991) Assay for -glucuronidase in species
of the genus Escherichia with implications for drinking water analysis. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology 57:592-593.
120. Gryboski, J.D., R. Pellerano, N. Young, and S.C. Edberg. (1991) Positive role of Clostridium difficile
infection in diarrhea in infants and children. American Journal of Gastroenterology 86(6)685-689.
121. Dubrow, R., S.C. Edberg, F. Wikfors, D. Callan, F. Troncale, and R. Vender. (1991) Fecal carriage
of Streptococcus bovis and colorectal adenomas. Gastroenterology 101(3):721-725.
122. Khavari, P.A., J.L. Bolognia, R. Eisen, S.C. Edberg, S.C. Grimshaw, and P.E. Shapiro. (1991)
Periodic acid-Schiff-positive organisms in primary cutaneous Bacillus cereus infection. Case report
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and an investigation of the periodic acid-Schiff staining properties of bacteria.
Dermatology 127(4):543-546.
Archives of
123. Edberg, S.C., M.J. Allen, and D.B. Smith. (1991) Defined substrate technology method for rapid
and specific simultaneous enumeration of total coliforms and Escherichia coli from water:
collaborative study. J. Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem. 74(3):526-529.
124. Chapin-Robertson, K., and S.C. Edberg. (1991) The measurement of antibiotics in human body
fluids: techniques and significance. In: Antibiotics in Laboratory Medicine, 3rd Edition, V. Lorian
(ed.), Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD pp 295-366.
125. Tinghitella, T.J., and S.C. Edberg. (1991) Agglutination tests and limulus assay for the diagnosis of
infectious diseases. In: Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 5th Edition, American Society for
Microbiology, Washington, DC, pp 61-72.
126. Chapin-Robertson, K., and S.C. Edberg. (1991) Microscopy. In: Manual of Clinical Microbiology,
5th Edition, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, pp 29-35.
127. Schindzielorz, A., S.C. Edberg, and F.J. Bia. (1991) Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection and
central nervous system involvement in a patient with relapsing polychondritis. South Med. J.
84(8):1055-1057.
128. Patterson, J.E., K. Chapin-Robertson, S. Waycott, P. Farrel, A. McGeer, M.M. McNeil, and S.C.
Edberg. (1992) Pseudo-epidemic of Nocardia asteroides associated with a mycobacterial culture
system. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 30(5):1357-1360.
129. Chapin-Robertson, K., E.A. Reece, and S.C. Edberg. (1992) Evaluation of the GenProbe PACE II
assay for the direct detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in endocervical specimens. Diagnostic and
Microbiologic Infectious Disease 15(8):645-649.
130. Chapin-Robertson, K., S.E. Dahlberg, and S.C. Edberg. (1992) Clinical and laboratory analyses of
cytospin-prepared Gram stains for recovery and diagnosis of bacteria from sterile body fluids.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 30(2):377-380.
131. Rice, E.W., E.G. Sowers, C.H. Johnson, M.E. Dunnigan, N.A. Strockbine, N.A., and S.C. Edberg.
(1992) Serological cross-reactions between Escherichia coli 0157 and other species of the genus
Escherichia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 30(5):1315-1316.
132. Bucholz, D.H., J.P. AuBuchon, E.L. Snyder, R. Kandler, S. Edberg, V. Piscitelli, C. Pickard, and P.
Napychank. (1992) Removal of Yersinia enterocolitica from AS-1 red cells. Transfusion 32(7):66772.
133. Patterson, J.E., T.F. Patterson, S.C. Edberg, F.J. Bia, and M. Barry. (1992) The traveler with
Blastocystis hominis: experience from a traveler's clinic and review. Infectious Disease in Clinical
Practice 1(1):28-32.
134. Edberg, S.C. (1992) Health effects of microbes isolated from drinking water. In: Regulating
Drinking Water Quality, C.E. Gilbert and E.J. Calabrese (eds.), Lewis Publishers, Inc., Chelsea,
Michigan.
135. Mani, S., S.C. Edberg, and J.E. Patterson. (1992) Community-acquired multi-resistant
Enterobacter: bacteremia in a patient with urosepsis. Clinical Infectious Disease 15(3):565-566.
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136. Chapin-Robertson, K., C. Bechtel, S. Waycott, C. Kontnick, and S.C. Edberg. (1993) Cryptococcal
antigen detection from the urine of AIDS patients. Diagnostic and Microbiologic Infectious Disease
17(3):197-201.
137. Chapin-Robertson, K., S. Dahlberg, S. Waycott, J. Corrales, C. Kontnick, and S.C. Edberg. (1993)
Detection and identification of Mycobacterium directly from BACTEC bottles by using a DNA-rRNA
probe. Diagnostic and Microbiologic Infectious Disease 17(3):203-207.
138. Robertson, J.B., and S.C. Edberg. (1993) Technical considerations in extracting and regulating
spring water for public consumption. Environmental Geology 22:52-59.
139. Edberg, S.C. (1993) Microbiological problems in bottled water. In: Actualisation des Criteres de
Qualite des Eaux Minerales Naturalles, B. Oliver-Rodes (ed.), GISEM-UNESEM, Paris, France.
140. Berger, S.A., Y. Kletter, S. Heering, M. Samish, T. Tinghtella, and S.C. Edberg. (1993) Lyme
disease acquired in Israel: report of a case and studies of serological crossreactivity in relapsing
fever. Israel Journal of Medical Science 29:464-465.
141. Edberg, S.C., J.E. Patterson, and D.B. Smith. (1994) Differentiation of distribution system, source
water, and clinical coliforms by DNA analysis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 32(1):139-142.
142. Buchholz, D.H., J.P. AuBuchon, E.L. Snyder, R. Kandler, V. Piscitelli, C. Pickard, P. Napychank,
and S.C. Edberg. (1994) Effects of white cell reduction on the resistance of blood components to
bacterial multiplication. Transfusion 34(10):852-857.
143. Edberg, S.C., C.J. Hardalo, C. Kontnick, and S. Campbell. (1994) Rapid detection of vancomycinresistant enterococci. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 32(9):2182-2184.
144. Edberg, S.C. (1994) Do coliforms indicate the presence of protozoa? Journal of American Water
Works Association 87(2):4, 98.
145. Allen, M.J., and S.C. Edberg. (1995) The public health significance of bacterial indicators in drinking
water. Presented at the International Conference “Coliforms and E. coli: Problem or Solution?”
Royal Society of Chemistry, University of Leeds, U.K., September 24-27.
146. Edberg, S.C. (1995) Cryptosporidium and drinking water. Municipal drinking water which originates
in part from a surface source will not be cryptosporidium-free. Travel Medicine Advisor 5(4):19-20.
147. Duncan, H.E., and S.C. Edberg. (1995) Host-microbe interaction in the gastrointestinal tract. Critical
Reviews in Microbiology 21(2):85-100.
148. Edberg, S.C., P. Gallo, and C. Kontnick. (1996) Analysis of the virulence characteristics of bacteria
isolated from bottled, water cooler, and tap water. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease 9:67-77.
149. Edberg, S.C. (1996) Assessing health risk in drinking water from naturally occurring microbes.
Journal of Environmental Health 58(6):18-24.
150. McLaughlin, J.C., and S.C. Edberg. (1996) Constitutive enzyme tests.
Newsletter 18(13):97-100.
Clinical Microbiology
151. Edberg, S.C. (1996) “Are there human indicators of an emerging public health threat.” Under the
Microscope: Examining Microbes in Groundwater, Proceedings of the Groundwater Foundation
12th Annual Symposium, Boston, MA, Sept. 5-6, 1996, pp 27-34.
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152. Klassen, M., and S.C. Edberg. (1996) Measurement of antibiotics in human body fluids:
techniques and significance. In: Antibiotics in Laboratory Medicine, 4th Edition, V. Lorian (ed),
Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, pp 230-295.
153. Edberg, S.C., S. Kops, C. Kontnick, and M. Escarzaga. (1997) Analysis of cytotoxicity and
invasiveness of heterotrophic plate count bacteria (HPC) isolated from drinking water on blood
media. Journal of Applied Bacteriology 82(4):455-461.
154. Hardalo, C., and S.C. Edberg. (1997) Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
drinking water. Critical Reviews in Microbiology 23(1):47-75.
assessment of risk from
155. Robertson, J.B., and S.C. Edberg. (1997) Natural protection of spring and well drinking water
against surface microbial contamination: I. Hydrogeological parameters. Critical Reviews in
Microbiology 23(2):143-178.
156. Edberg, S.C., H. LeClerc, and J.B. Robertson. (1997) Natural protection of spring and well
drinking water against surface microbial contamination: II. Indicators and monitoring parameters
for parasites. Critical Reviews in Microbiology 23(2):143-178.
157. Edberg, S.C. (1997) Are there human indicators of an emerging public health threat? Under the
Microscope: Examining Microbes in Groundwater. AWWA Press, Boston, MA, pp 27-34.
158. Allen, M.J., and S.C. Edberg. (1997) The public health significance of bacterial indicators in
drinking water. In: Coliforms and E. coli, D. Kay and C. Fricker (eds), The Royal Society of
Chemistry, pp 176-181.
159. Edberg, S.C., S. Kops, C. Kontnick, and M. Escarzaga. (1995) Analysis of cytotoxicity and
invasiveness of heterotrophic plate count bacteria (HPC) isolated from drinking water on blood
media. Journal of Applied Microbiology 82(4):455-61, 1997 April.
160. Edberg, S.C. (1998) Microbiology of treated bottled water. In: Technology of Bottled Water,
D.A.G. Senior and P.R. Ashurst (eds), Sheffield Academic Press, Sheffield, England, pp 274-288.
161. Armstrong, L.R., L.-M. Dembry, P.M. Rainey, M.B. Russi, A.S. Khan, S.H. Fischer, S.C. Edberg,
T.G. Ksiazek, P.E. Rollin, and C.J. Peters. (1999) Management of a Sabia-infected patient in a U.S.
hospital. Infection Control Hospital Epidemiology 20(3):176-182.
162. Wilck, M.B., and S.C. Edberg. (1999) Legionella Urinary Antigen Test. Lab News, Yale-New Haven
Hospital 39(3):4-5.
163. Edberg, S.C., E.W. Rice, R.J. Karlin, and M.J. Allen. (2000) Escherichia coli: the best biological
drinking water indicator for public health protection. Journal of Applied Microbiology 88:106S-116S,
2000.
164. Leclerc, H., S.C. Edberg, V. Pierzo, and J.M. Delattre. (2000) Bacteriophages as indicators of
enteric viruses and public health risk in groundwaters. Journal of Applied Microbiology 88:521, 2000.
165. Wadhwa, S.G., M.B. Wilck, and S.C. Edberg. (2000) Shiga toxin detection in stool. Lab News,
Yale-New Haven Hospital 40(1):6.
166. Edberg, S.C. (2000) Drinking water and contact lenses. Ophthalmology 107(6):1027-1028.
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167. Mota, P., C.A. Rauch, and S.C. Edberg. (2000) Microsporidia and cyclospora: epidemiology and
assessment of risk from the environment. Critical Reviews in Microbiology 26(2):69-90.
168. Wilck, M.B., Y.Y. Wu, J.G. Howe, J.Y. Crouch, and S.C. Edberg. (2001) Endocarditis caused by
culture-negative organisms visible by Brown and Brenn staining: utility of PCR and DNA sequencing
for diagnosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 39(5):2025-2027.
169. Leclerc, H., D.A.A. Mossel, S.C. Edberg, and C.B. Struijk. (2001) Advances in the bacteriology of
the coliform group: their suitability as markers of microbial water Safety. Annual Reviews in
Microbiology 55:201-234.
170. Khaled, G.H., F.O. Finkelstein, H.B. Carey, S.C. Wardlaw, A.S. Kliger, and S.C. Edberg. (2001)
Method for studying development of colonization and infection of dialysis catheters. Advances in
Peritoneal Dialysis 17:163-71.
171. Wadhwa, S.G., G.H. Khaled, and S.C. Edberg. (2002) Comparable microbial character of
consumed food and drinking water. Critical Reviews in Microbiology 28(3):249-79.
172. Vielemeyer O. Crouch JY. Edberg SC. Howe JG. (2004) Identification of Bordetella pertussis in
a critically ill human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient by direct genotypical analysis of
Gram-stained material and discrimination from B. holmesii by using a unique recA gene
restriction enzyme site. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 42(2):847-9.
173. Rakoff-Nahoum, S., Paglino, J., Eslami-Varzanch, F., Edberg, S., Medzhitov, R. (2004)
Recognition of commensal microflora by toll-like receptors is required for intestinal homeostasis.
Cell. 229-241.
174. Edberg, S.C. and Allen, M.J. (2004) Virulence and risk from drinking water of heterotrophic
plate count bacteria in human population groups. International Journal of Food Microbiology
92:255-263
175. Allen, M.J., Edberg, S.C., and Reasoner, D.J. (2004) Heterotrophic plate count bacteria – what
is their significance from drinking water. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 265-274.
176. Edberg, S.C. (2005) Microbiology of treated bottled water. In: Technology Of Bottled Water, 2nd
Edition, D. Senior and N. Dege (eds.). Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 388-402
177. Edberg, S.C. (2005) Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network (GIDEON): A
World Wide Web-Based Program for Diagnosis and Informatics in Infectious Diseases. Clinical
Infectious Diseases. Infectious Diseases Society of America, 40(1):123-126
178. Klein, R.D. and S.C. Edberg (2005) Applications, Significance of, and Methods for the
Measurement of Antimicrobial Concentrations in Human Body Fluids. In: Antibiotics In
Laboratory Medicine, 5th Edition, V. Lorian (ed.), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA,
pp. 290-364.
179. Nataro, J.P., M. Volker, J. Johnson, W.C. Blackwelder, R. Heimer, S. Tirrell, S.C. Edberg, C.R.
Braden, J. G. Morris, Jr., J.M. Hirshon. (2006) Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Infection in
Baltimore, Maryland, and New Haven, Connecticut. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 43(4):402-407.
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180. Furuno, J.P., J.H. Maguire, H.P. Green, J. A. Johnson, R. Heimer, S. Johnston, C.R. Braden,
S.C. Edberg, S. Bell, and J.M. Hirshon. (2006) Clinical utility of multiple stool ova and parasite
examinations in low-prevalence patient populations. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 43(6):795-6
181. Friedman, L.N., E.R. Nash, J. Bryant, S. Henry, J. Shi, J. D’Amato, G.H. Khaled, M.B. Russi,
P.G. O’Connor, S.C. Edberg, M.A. Pisani, H.C. Cain, L. Tanoue, D.N. Weissman. (2006) High
rate of negative results of tuberculin and QuantiFERON tests among individuals with a history of
positive skin test results. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 27(5):436-41.
182. Stratidis, J., F.J. Bia, S.C. Edberg. (2007) Use of real-time polymerase chain reaction for
identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from positive blood culture
bottles. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 58(2):199-202
183. Edberg, S.C., F.A. Browne, and M.J. Allen. (2007) Issues for Microbial Regulation: Aeromonas
as a Model. Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 33(1):89-100.
184. Edberg, S.C. (In press 2008) Linking the Detection and Identification of Virulence Factors to
Pathogenesis: Does the Possession of Virulence Factor Genes Mean that Those Genes will be
Active? In: Stelma, G. Virulence Factor Activity Relationships, Journal of Water & Health.
RECENT ABSTRACTS
Allen, M.J., and S.C. Edberg. (1995) The public health significance of bacterial indicators in drinking
water. Royal Society of Chemistry International Conference, University of Leeds, UK.
Edberg, S.C., L.M. Dembry, P. Farrell, L. Post, C. Kontnick, and W.J. Hierholzer. (1996) Rapid detection
test for vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) directly from human and environmental specimens. 36th
ICAAC, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Edberg, S.C., and M.J. Allen. (2000) What is the true risk of contracting a disease from drinking water –
myths and reality? To be presented, The Americana Convention, Montreal, Canada.
Edberg, S.C., and M.J. Allen. (2000) Issues for microbial regulation: Aeromonas as a model. Water
Quality Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Wilck, M.B., Y. Wu, J.G. Howe, Jill Y. Crouch, and S.C. Edberg. (2000) Identification of the causative
pathogens in culture negative endocarditis from valve vegetations using PCR and DNA sequencing. 38th
IDSA, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Wadhwa, S.G., J.G. Howe, J.Y. Crouch, D. Skorik, and S.C. Edberg. (2001) First direct diagnosis of
Helicobacter cinaedi septicemia by genetic amplification and sequencing: a paradigm for rapid diagnosis
of fastidious organisms. Diagnostic Approaches for Infectious Disease Meeting, IDSA, Orlando, Florida.
Khaled, G.H., T. Tinghitella, C. Kontnick, L. Post, and S.C. Edberg. (2001) Clinical and Molecular
Epidemiological Evaluation of a Campylobacter Stool Antigen Test. 101st General Meeting, American
Society for Microbiology, Orlando, Florida.
Khaled, G.H., M. Bezek, and S.C. Edberg. (2001) Differentiation of Coliform Distribution System
Colonization (Regrowth) from Treatment Breakthrough. 101st General Meeting, American Society for
Microbiology, Orlando, Florida.
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Allen, M.J., S.C. Edberg, and D.J. Reasoner. (2002) Heterotrophic Plate Count (HPC) Bacteria-What is
their Significance in Drinking Water? NSF International/World Health Organization symposium,
Geneva, Switzerland.
Bell, S., L. Harris, C. Fitzgerald, J. Pruckler, C. Braden, and S.C. Edberg. (2003) Comparison of Stool
Isolation of Campylobacter-Like Organisms-By a Hydrogen-Enriched Atmosphere Filtration Method
and Conventional Isolation Technique. International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases;
Atlanta, Georgia.
Hirshon, J.M., L. Harris, R. Heimer, J. Heckendorf, J. Meek, V. Mai, S. Bell, S.C. Edberg, D. Torpey, J.
Johnson, C. Bopp, and C. Braden. (2003) Unexplained Diarrhea Sentinel Surveillance, ICEID.
Braden, C., L. Harris, D. Torpey, J. Johnson, J. Whichard, K. Gray, S. Bell, and S.C. Edberg. (2003)
Antibiotic Resistant Organisms Among Human Stool Normal Flora, ICEID.
Weissman, D.N., G. Khaled, E. Nash, J. Bryant, S. Henry, J. Shi, J. D’Amato, M. Pisani, E. Janotka, S.
Edberg, P. O’Connor, M. Russi, H. Cain, L. Tanoue, L.N. Friedman. (2003) Does Tuberculin Skin
testing (TST) Boost In Vitro Measures of TB-Specific Cell Mediated Immunity? 2003 ATS International
Conference, Seattle, Washington.
BOOKS
Edberg, S.C., and S.A. Berger, eds. (1984) Antibiotics and Infection, Churchill-Livingstone.
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