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Stephen Brecher, PhD

Associate Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

PhD, Northeastern University
MS, Northeastern University
BS, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Stephen Brecher, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and the Director of the Microbiology Laboratories of the Boston VA Healthcare System. Dr. Brecher gives numerous speeches about microbiology, specifically C. difficile Infections and antibiotic resistance, and has been honored as an American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Foundation Speaker. As a lecturer, he teaches second year medical and dental students in the Biology of Disease course.

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Garfinkel AC, Vaidya A, Strymish J, Brecher SM, Saukkonen J. From the Heart. N Engl J Med. 2023 Aug 24; 389(8):e14.View Related Profiles.

Saukkonen, Jussi
Brecher, Stephen

PMID: 37611125

Brecher SM, Tickler IA, Tenover FC. Phenotypic and genotypic discrepancies for carbapenemase-producing Citrobacter freundii in multiple isolates from a single patient. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2023 Apr 13; 22(1):24. PMID: 37055768; PMCID: PMC10103531; DOI: 10.1186/s12941-023-00579-x;

Doern CD, Miller MB, Alby K, Bachman MA, Brecher SM, Casiano-Colon A, Couturier MR, Johnson JK, Kirby JE, McElvania E, Newton DW, Nolte FS, Pancholi P, McNult P, Dharmarha V, Dunbar S. Proceedings of the Clinical Microbiology Open 2018 and 2019 - a Discussion about Emerging Trends, Challenges, and the Future of Clinical Microbiology. J Clin Microbiol. 2022 Jul 20; 60(7):e0009222. PMID: 35638361; PMCID: PMC9297828; DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00092-22;

Brecher SM, Dryjowicz-Burek J, Yu H, Campbell S, Ratcliffe N, Gupta K. Patients with Common Cold Coronaviruses Tested Negative for IgG Antibody to SARS-CoV-2. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jul 23; 58(8).View Related Profiles.

Gupta, Kalpana
Brecher, Stephen

PMID: 32461288; PMCID: PMC7383548; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01029-20;

Brecher SM. EUCAST and CLSI Point-Counterpoint on Susceptibility Breakpoints: Do Two "I Agree"s Miss the Point? J Clin Microbiol. 2019 12 23; 58(1). PMID: 31871058; PMCID: PMC6935930; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01444-19;

Sartelli M, Di Bella S, McFarland LV, Khanna S, Furuya-Kanamori L, Abuzeid N, Abu-Zidan FM, Ansaloni L, Augustin G, Bala M, Ben-Ishay O, Biffl WL, Brecher SM, Camacho-Ortiz A, Caínzos MA, Chan S, Cherry-Bukowiec JR, Clanton J, Coccolini F, Cocuz ME, Coimbra R, Cortese F, Cui Y, Czepiel J, Demetrashvili Z, Di Carlo I, Di Saverio S, Dumitru IM, Eckmann C, Eiland EH, Forrester JD, Fraga GP, Frossard JL, Fry DE, Galeiras R, Ghnnam W, Gomes CA, Griffiths EA, Guirao X, Ahmed MH, Herzog T, Kim JI, Iqbal T, Isik A, Itani KMF, Labricciosa FM, Lee YY, Juang P, Karamarkovic A, Kim PK, Kluger Y, Leppaniemi A, Lohsiriwat V, Machain GM, Marwah S, Mazuski JE, Metan G, Moore EE, Moore FA, Ordoñez CA, Pagani L, Petrosillo N, Portela F, Rasa K, Rems M, Sakakushev BE, Segovia-Lohse H, Sganga G, Shelat VG, Spigaglia P, Tattevin P, Tranà C, Urbánek L, Ulrych J, Viale P, Baiocchi GL, Catena F. 2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients. World J Emerg Surg. 2019; 14:8.View Related Profiles.

Itani, Kamal
Brecher, Stephen

PMID: 30858872; PMCID: PMC6394026; DOI: 10.1186/s13017-019-0228-3;

Linsenmeyer K, O'Brien W, Brecher SM, Strymish J, Rochman A, Itani K, Gupta K. Clostridium difficile Screening for Colonization During an Outbreak Setting. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 11 28; 67(12):1912-1914.View Related Profiles.

Gupta, Kalpana
Itani, Kamal
Linsenmeyer, Katherine
Brecher, Stephen

PMID: 29846539

Oh DJ, Brecher S, Ruopp M. Clostridium perfringens empyema in a patient with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci. 2018 Apr-Jun; 8(2):104-106.View Related Profiles.

Ruopp, Marcus
Brecher, Stephen

PMID: 29963414; PMCID: PMC6018254; DOI: 10.4103/IJCIIS.IJCIIS_51_17;

Brecher SM. Waltzing around Sacred Cows on the Way to the Future. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 03; 56(3). PMID: 29237786; PMCID: PMC5824060; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01779-17;

Sartelli M, Weber DG, Ruppé E, Bassetti M, Wright BJ, Ansaloni L, Catena F, Coccolini F, Abu-Zidan FM, Coimbra R, Moore EE, Moore FA, Maier RV, De Waele JJ, Kirkpatrick AW, Griffiths EA, Eckmann C, Brink AJ, Mazuski JE, May AK, Sawyer RG, Mertz D, Montravers P, Kumar A, Roberts JA, Vincent JL, Watkins RR, Lowman W, Spellberg B, Abbott IJ, Adesunkanmi AK, Al-Dahir S, Al-Hasan MN, Agresta F, Althani AA, Ansari S, Ansumana R, Augustin G, Bala M, Balogh ZJ, Baraket O, Bhangu A, Beltrán MA, Bernhard M, Biffl WL, Boermeester MA, Brecher SM, Cherry-Bukowiec JR, Buyne OR, Cainzos MA, Cairns KA, Camacho-Ortiz A, Chandy SJ, Che Jusoh A, Chichom-Mefire A, Colijn C, Corcione F, Cui Y, Curcio D, Delibegovic S, Demetrashvili Z, De Simone B, Dhingra S, Diaz JJ, Di Carlo I, Dillip A, Di Saverio S, Doyle MP, Dorj G, Dogjani A, Dupont H, Eachempati SR, Enani MA, Egiev VN, Elmangory MM, Ferrada P, Fitchett JR, Fraga GP, Guessennd N, Giamarellou H, Ghnnam W, Gkiokas G, Goldberg SR, Gomes CA, Gomi H, Guzmán-Blanco M, Haque M, Hansen S, Hecker A, Heizmann WR, Herzog T, Hodonou AM, Hong SK, Kafka-Ritsch R, Kaplan LJ, Kapoor G, Karamarkovic A, Kees MG, Kenig J, Kiguba R, Kim PK, Kluger Y, Khokha V, Koike K, Kok KY, Kong V, Knox MC, Inaba K, Isik A, Iskandar K, Ivatury RR, Labbate M, Labricciosa FM, Laterre PF, Latifi R, Lee JG, Lee YR, Leone M, Leppaniemi A, Li Y, Liang SY, Loho T, Maegele M, Malama S, Marei HE, Martin-Loeches I, Marwah S, Massele A, McFarlane M, Melo RB, Negoi I, Nicolau DP, Nord CE, Ofori-Asenso R, Omari AH, Ordonez CA, Ouadii M, Pereira Júnior GA, Piazza D, Pupelis G, Rawson TM, Rems M, Rizoli S, Rocha C, Sakakushev B, Sanchez-Garcia M, Sato N, Segovia Lohse HA, Sganga G, Siribumrungwong B, Shelat VG, Soreide K, Soto R, Talving P, Tilsed JV, Timsit JF, Trueba G, Trung NT, Ulrych J, van Goor H, Vereczkei A, Vohra RS, Wani I, Uhl W, Xiao Y, Yuan KC, Zachariah SK, Zahar JR, Zakrison TL, Corcione A, Melotti RM, Viscoli C, Viale P. Erratum to: Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA). World J Emerg Surg. 2017; 12:35. PMID: 28785301; PMCID: PMC5541698; DOI: 10.1186/s13017-017-0147-0;

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Sartelli M, Labricciosa FM, Barbadoro P, Pagani L, Ansaloni L, Brink AJ, Carlet J, Khanna A, Chichom-Mefire A, Coccolini F, Di Saverio S, May AK, Viale P, Watkins RR, Scudeller L, Abbo LM, Abu-Zidan FM, Adesunkanmi AK, Al-Dahir S, Al-Hasan MN, Alis H, Alves C, Araujo da Silva AR, Augustin G, Bala M, Barie PS, Beltrán MA, Bhangu A, Bouchra B, Brecher SM, Caínzos MA, Camacho-Ortiz A, Catani M, Chandy SJ, Jusoh AC, Cherry-Bukowiec JR, Chiara O, Colak E, Cornely OA, Cui Y, Demetrashvili Z, De Simone B, De Waele JJ, Dhingra S, Di Marzo F, Dogjani A, Dorj G, Dortet L, Duane TM, Elmangory MM, Enani MA, Ferrada P, Esteban Foianini J, Gachabayov M, Gandhi C, Ghnnam WM, Giamarellou H, Gkiokas G, Gomi H, Goranovic T, Griffiths EA, Guerra Gronerth RI, Haidamus Monteiro JC, Hardcastle TC, Hecker A, Hodonou AM, Ioannidis O, Isik A, Iskandar KA, Kafil HS, Kanj SS, Kaplan LJ, Kapoor G, Karamarkovic AR, Kenig J, Kerschaever I, Khamis F, Khokha V, Kiguba R, Kim HB, Ko WC, Koike K, Kozlovska I, Kumar A, Lagunes L, Latifi R, Lee JG, Lee YR, Leppäniemi A, Li Y, Liang SY, Lowman W, Machain GM, Maegele M, Major P, Malama S, Manzano-Nunez R, Marinis A, Martinez Casas I, Marwah S, Maseda E, McFarlane ME, Memish Z, Mertz D, Mesina C, Mishra SK, Moore EE, Munyika A, Mylonakis E, Napolitano L, Negoi I, Nestorovic MD, Nicolau DP, Omari AH, Ordonez CA, Paiva JA, Pant ND, Parreira JG, Pedziwiatr M, Pereira BM, Ponce-de-Leon A, Poulakou G, Preller J, Pulcini C, Pupelis G, Quiodettis M, Rawson TM, Reis T, Rems M, Rizoli S, Roberts J, Pereira NR, Rodríguez-Baño J, Sakakushev B, Sanders J, Santos N, Sato N, Sawyer RG, Scarpelini S, Scoccia L, Shafiq N, Shelat V, Sifri CD, Siribumrungwong B, Søreide K, Soto R, de Souza HP, Talving P, Trung NT, Tessier JM, Tumbarello M, Ulrych J, Uranues S, Van Goor H, Vereczkei A, Wagenlehner F, Xiao Y, Yuan KC, Wechsler-Fördös A, Zahar JR, Zakrison TL, Zuckerbraun B, Zuidema WP, Catena F. The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery: defining a model for antimicrobial stewardship-results from an international cross-sectional survey. World J Emerg Surg. 2017; 12:34. PMID: 28775763; PMCID: PMC5540347; DOI: 10.1186/s13017-017-0145-2;

Monogue ML, Tanner LK, Brecher SM, Aslanzadeh J, Nicolau DP. Detection of Piperacillin-Tazobactam-Resistant/Pan-ß-Lactam-Susceptible Escherichia coli with Current Automated Susceptibility Test Systems. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 03; 38(3):379-380. PMID: 28069100; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.325;

Sartelli M, Weber DG, Ruppé E, Bassetti M, Wright BJ, Ansaloni L, Catena F, Coccolini F, Abu-Zidan FM, Coimbra R, Moore EE, Moore FA, Maier RV, De Waele JJ, Kirkpatrick AW, Griffiths EA, Eckmann C, Brink AJ, Mazuski JE, May AK, Sawyer RG, Mertz D, Montravers P, Kumar A, Roberts JA, Vincent JL, Watkins RR, Lowman W, Spellberg B, Abbott IJ, Adesunkanmi AK, Al-Dahir S, Al-Hasan MN, Agresta F, Althani AA, Ansari S, Ansumana R, Augustin G, Bala M, Balogh ZJ, Baraket O, Bhangu A, Beltrán MA, Bernhard M, Biffl WL, Boermeester MA, Brecher SM, Cherry-Bukowiec JR, Buyne OR, Cainzos MA, Cairns KA, Camacho-Ortiz A, Chandy SJ, Che Jusoh A, Chichom-Mefire A, Colijn C, Corcione F, Cui Y, Curcio D, Delibegovic S, Demetrashvili Z, De Simone B, Dhingra S, Diaz JJ, Di Carlo I, Dillip A, Di Saverio S, Doyle MP, Dorj G, Dogjani A, Dupont H, Eachempati SR, Enani MA, Egiev VN, Elmangory MM, Ferrada P, Fitchett JR, Fraga GP, Guessennd N, Giamarellou H, Ghnnam W, Gkiokas G, Goldberg SR, Gomes CA, Gomi H, Guzmán-Blanco M, Haque M, Hansen S, Hecker A, Heizmann WR, Herzog T, Hodonou AM, Hong SK, Kafka-Ritsch R, Kaplan LJ, Kapoor G, Karamarkovic A, Kees MG, Kenig J, Kiguba R, Kim PK, Kluger Y, Khokha V, Koike K, Kok KY, Kong V, Knox MC, Inaba K, Isik A, Iskandar K, Ivatury RR, Labbate M, Labricciosa FM, Laterre PF, Latifi R, Lee JG, Lee YR, Leone M, Leppaniemi A, Li Y, Liang SY, Loho T, Maegele M, Malama S, Marei HE, Martin-Loeches I, Marwah S, Massele A, McFarlane M, Melo RB, Negoi I, Nicolau DP, Nord CE, Ofori-Asenso R, Omari AH, Ordonez CA, Ouadii M, Pereira Júnior GA, Piazza D, Pupelis G, Rawson TM, Rems M, Rizoli S, Rocha C, Sakakhushev B, Sanchez-Garcia M, Sato N, Segovia Lohse HA, Sganga G, Siribumrungwong B, Shelat VG, Soreide K, Soto R, Talving P, Tilsed JV, Timsit JF, Trueba G, Trung NT, Ulrych J, van Goor H, Vereczkei A, Vohra RS, Wani I, Uhl W, Xiao Y, Yuan KC, Zachariah SK, Zahar JR, Zakrison TL, Corcione A, Melotti RM, Viscoli C, Viale P. Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA). World J Emerg Surg. 2016; 11:33. PMID: 27429642; PMCID: PMC4946132; DOI: 10.1186/s13017-016-0089-y;

Brecher SM. Complicated Urinary Tract Infections: What's a Lab To Do? J Clin Microbiol. 2016 05; 54(5):1189-90. PMID: 26962089; PMCID: PMC4844734; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00370-16;

Linsenmeyer K, Gupta K, Strymish JM, Dhanani M, Brecher SM, Breu AC. Culture if spikes? Indications and yield of blood cultures in hospitalized medical patients. J Hosp Med. 2016 May; 11(5):336-40.View Related Profiles.

Breu, Anthony
Gupta, Kalpana
Linsenmeyer, Katherine
Brecher, Stephen

PMID: 26762577; DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2541;

Linsenmeyer K, Strymish J, Weir S, Berg G, Brecher S, Gupta K. Activity of Fosfomycin against Extended-Spectrum-ß-Lactamase-Producing Uropathogens in Patients in the Community and Hospitalized Patients. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 Feb; 60(2):1134-6.View Related Profiles.

Gupta, Kalpana
Linsenmeyer, Katherine
Brecher, Stephen
Weir, Susan

PMID: 26596940; PMCID: PMC4750673; DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02614-15;

Sartelli M, Malangoni MA, Abu-Zidan FM, Griffiths EA, Di Bella S, McFarland LV, Eltringham I, Shelat VG, Velmahos GC, Kelly CP, Khanna S, Abdelsattar ZM, Alrahmani L, Ansaloni L, Augustin G, Bala M, Barbut F, Ben-Ishay O, Bhangu A, Biffl WL, Brecher SM, Camacho-Ortiz A, Caínzos MA, Canterbury LA, Catena F, Chan S, Cherry-Bukowiec JR, Clanton J, Coccolini F, Cocuz ME, Coimbra R, Cook CH, Cui Y, Czepiel J, Das K, Demetrashvili Z, Di Carlo I, Di Saverio S, Dumitru IM, Eckert C, Eckmann C, Eiland EH, Enani MA, Faro M, Ferrada P, Forrester JD, Fraga GP, Frossard JL, Galeiras R, Ghnnam W, Gomes CA, Gorrepati V, Ahmed MH, Herzog T, Humphrey F, Kim JI, Isik A, Ivatury R, Lee YY, Juang P, Furuya-Kanamori L, Karamarkovic A, Kim PK, Kluger Y, Ko WC, LaBarbera FD, Lee JG, Leppaniemi A, Lohsiriwat V, Marwah S, Mazuski JE, Metan G, Moore EE, Moore FA, Nord CE, Ordoñez CA, Júnior GA, Petrosillo N, Portela F, Puri BK, Ray A, Raza M, Rems M, Sakakushev BE, Sganga G, Spigaglia P, Stewart DB, Tattevin P, Timsit JF, To KB, Tranà C, Uhl W, Urbánek L, van Goor H, Vassallo A, Zahar JR, Caproli E, Viale P. WSES guidelines for management of Clostridium difficile infection in surgical patients. World J Emerg Surg. 2015; 10:38. PMID: 26300956; PMCID: PMC4545872; DOI: 10.1186/s13017-015-0033-6;

Paniz-Mondolfi A, Ladutko L, Brown-Elliott BA, Vasireddy R, Vasireddy S, Wallace RJ, Jakubiec W, Brecher S, Campbell S. First report of Mycobacterium canariasense catheter-related bacteremia in the Americas. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jun; 52(6):2265-9. PMID: 24740075; PMCID: PMC4042744; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03103-13;

Brecher SM, Novak-Weekley SM, Nagy E. Laboratory diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infections: there is light at the end of the colon. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Oct; 57(8):1175-81. PMID: 23788237; DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit424;

Waslawski S, Lo ES, Ewing SA, Young VB, Aronoff DM, Sharp SE, Novak-Weekley SM, Crist AE, Dunne WM, Hoppe-Bauer J, Johnson M, Brecher SM, Newton DW, Walk ST. Clostridium difficile ribotype diversity at six health care institutions in the United States. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Jun; 51(6):1938-41. PMID: 23554188; PMCID: PMC3716112; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00056-13;

Wood JB, Smith DB, Baker EH, Brecher SM, Gupta K. Has the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus increased trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole use and resistance?: a 10-year time series analysis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Nov; 56(11):5655-60.View Related Profiles.

Gupta, Kalpana
Brecher, Stephen

PMID: 22908161; PMCID: PMC3486583; DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01011-12;

Weir SK, Fram J, Berg G, Kabbani D, Strymish J, Tang M, Fitzsimmons D, Brecher SM, Gupta K. Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients newly identified as nasal carriers. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Oct; 50(10):3283-6.View Related Profiles.

Gupta, Kalpana
Brecher, Stephen
Weir, Susan

PMID: 22837329; PMCID: PMC3457428; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01143-12;

Reslan OM, Ebaugh JL, Gupta N, Brecher SM, Itani KM, Raffetto JD. Acute expansion of a hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-infected abdominal aortic aneurysm. Ann Vasc Surg. 2012 Jul; 26(5):732.e1-6.View Related Profiles.

Raffetto, Joseph
Itani, Kamal
Brecher, Stephen

PMID: 22664293; DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2011.08.030;

Baker SE, Brecher SM, Robillard E, Strymish J, Lawler E, Gupta K. Extranasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization at admission to an acute care Veterans Affairs hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Jan; 31(1):42-6.View Related Profiles.

Gupta, Kalpana
Brecher, Stephen

PMID: 19954335; DOI: 10.1086/649222;

Gavin PJ, Suseno MT, Thomson RB, Gaydos JM, Pierson CL, Halstead DC, Aslanzadeh J, Brecher S, Rotstein C, Brossette SE, Peterson LR. Clinical correlation of the CLSI susceptibility breakpoint for piperacillin- tazobactam against extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Jun; 50(6):2244-7. PMID: 16723596; PMCID: PMC1479103; DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00381-05;

Oliveira K, Brecher SM, Durbin A, Shapiro DS, Schwartz DR, De Girolami PC, Dakos J, Procop GW, Wilson D, Hanna CS, Haase G, Peltroche-Llacsahuanga H, Chapin KC, Musgnug MC, Levi MH, Shoemaker C, Stender H. Direct identification of Staphylococcus aureus from positive blood culture bottles. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Feb; 41(2):889-91. PMID: 12574309; PMCID: PMC149670

Spira A, Brecher S, Karlinsky J. Pulmonary mucormycosis in the setting of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A case report and review of the literature. Respiration. 2002; 69(6):560-3.View Related Profiles.

Spira, Avrum
Karlinsky, Joel
Brecher, Stephen

PMID: 12457013

Nagendra S, Bourbeau P, Brecher S, Dunne M, LaRocco M, Doern G. Sampling variability in the microbiological evaluation of expectorated sputa and endotracheal aspirates. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Jun; 39(6):2344-7. PMID: 11376088; PMCID: PMC88142

Smole SC, Aronson E, Durbin A, Brecher SM, Arbeit RD. Sensitivity and specificity of an improved rapid latex agglutination test for identification of methicillin-sensitive and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates. J Clin Microbiol. 1998 Apr; 36(4):1109-12. PMID: 9542948; PMCID: PMC104700

Maslow JN, Brecher S, Gunn J, Durbin A, Barlow MA, Arbeit RD. Variation and persistence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains among individual patients over extended periods of time. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1995 Apr; 14(4):282-90. PMID: 7649190

Morris T, Brecher SM, Fitzsimmons D, Durbin A, Arbeit RD, Maslow JN. A pseudoepidemic due to laboratory contamination deciphered by molecular analysis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1995 Feb; 16(2):82-7. PMID: 7759823

Maslow JN, Brecher SM, Adams KS, Durbin A, Loring S, Arbeit RD. Relationship between indole production and differentiation of Klebsiella species: indole-positive and -negative isolates of Klebsiella determined to be clonal. J Clin Microbiol. 1993 Aug; 31(8):2000-3. PMID: 8370726; PMCID: PMC265686

Kristjansson M, Green P, Manning HL, Slutsky AM, Brecher SM, von Reyn CF, Arbeit RD, Maslow JN. Molecular confirmation of bacillus Calmette-Guérin as the cause of pulmonary infection following urinary tract instillation. Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug; 17(2):228-30. PMID: 8104511

Epstein SK, Winslow CJ, Brecher SM, Faling LJ. Polymicrobial bacterial pericarditis after transbronchial needle aspiration. Case report with an investigation on the risk of bacterial contamination during fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1992 Aug; 146(2):523-5.View Related Profiles.

Faling, Leendert
Brecher, Stephen

PMID: 1489151

Crowe HM, Brecher SM. Nosocomial septicemia with CDC group IV c-2, an unusual gram-negative Bacillus. J Clin Microbiol. 1987 Nov; 25(11):2225-6. PMID: 3693550; PMCID: PMC269450

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