Melanie Yarbrough

First of many presentations from WashU at #ASMicrobe! The Twitterless Rachel Bosserman presented her study on microbial burden of bacteria and yeast from positive blood cultures from the @bioMerieuxUSA Virtuo instrument. Come see her at the CPHM poster session! @washupathedu

So many diagnostic methods for pneumonia! Can one test rule them all? @Nanderson0715 discusses utility of multiplex PCR for pneumonia at #2022AACC. High NPV of PCR has potential for earlier antibiotic de-escalation!

Can NGS be used for respiratory specimens? Yes! But @SimnerLab stresses that conditional reporting is needed for NGS-based pathogen identification, particularly in samples with “normal flora”. See more at journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11… #AACC2022 @DavidCGaston

What’s the value of NGS in clinical micro? @DavidCGaston says it’s a valuable tool. But it can’t replace a good differential and culture! #AACC2022 @SimnerLab

@farnsworthcw awarded Outstanding Achievement by a Young Investigator at #AACC2022 for his work in cardiac biomarkers, COVID serology, and beyond. Very well deserved, Dr. Farnsworth! @_AACC @wusm_pathology