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Peer-reviewed publications (*: student coauthors)
89. Smith TC, Majumder MS. Science should drive vaccine policy (invited commentary). JAMA Open, in press, 2019.
88. Cheatham S, Thapiliya D, Taha M, Milliken M, Dalman MR, Kadariya J, Grenier D, Smith TC. Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S aureus on environmental surfaces in Ohio nursing homes. American Journal of Infection Control, in press, 2019.
87. Kadariya J, Thapaliya T, Bhatta S, Mahatara RL, Aboagye S, Dhakal N, Smith TC. Prevalence and molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA in Bhutanese refugees in Nepal and resettled in Ohio. BioMedical Research International, vol. 2019, Article ID 5739247, 11 pages, 2019.
86. Randad PR, Dillen CC, Ortines RO, Mohr D, Aziz M, Price LB, Carroll KC, Smith TC, Miller LS, Heaney CD. Comparison of livestock-associated and community-associated Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity in a mouse model of skin and soft tissue infection. Scientific Reports, 9, Article number: 6774, 2019.
85. Kates A, Dalman M, Torner J, Smith TC. The nasal and oropharyngeal microbiomes of healthy livestock workers. PLoS ONE, in press, 2019.
84. Scott HM, Acuff G, Bergeron G, Bourassa MW, Gill J, Graham DW, Kahn LH, Morley P, Salois MJ, Simjee S, Singer R, Smith TC, Storrs C, Wittum TE. Critically important antibiotics: criteria and approaches for measuring and reducing their use in food animal agriculture. Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences, 1441(1):8-16, 2019.
83. Bergeron G, Bourassa MW, Dickson J, Gomes F, Graham DW, Howe A, Kahn LH, Morley P, Scott HM, Simjee S, Singer R, Smith TC, Storrs C, Wittum TE. Complexities in Understanding Antimicrobial Resistance across Domesticated Animal, Human and Environmental Systems. Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences, 1441(1):17-30, 2019.
82. Dalman MD, Thapaliya D, Orihill A, Naimi HM, Bhatta S, Smith TC. Characterizing the molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus across and within fitness facility types. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19: 69, 2019.
81. Smith TC, Davis MF, Heaney CD. Pig movement and antimicrobial use drive transmission of livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus CC398. (invited commentary). 9 (6) e02459-18; DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02459-18, 2018.
80. Thapaliya D, Kadariya J, Bhatta S, Mahatara RL, Dhakal N, Smith TC. Bhutanese refugees resettled in Ohio show decreased diversity of coagulase-negative Staphylococci compared to refugees in Nepal. Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases, in press, 2018.
79. Smith TC, Thapaliya D, Bhatta S*, Mackey S*, Engohang-Ndong J, Carrel M. Geographic distribution of livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus in the United States. Microbes and Infection, in press, 2018.
78. Hanson BM*, Kates AE*, O’Malley SM*, Mills E, Herwaldt LA, Farina SA*, Klostermann C*, Wu JY*, Quick MK, Forshey BM, Smith TC. Prevalence and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in the nares and oropharynx of healthy individuals from 95 families in Iowa, USA. Epidemiology and Infection, in press, 2018.
77. Thapaliya D, Kadariya J*, Capuano M*, Rush H*, Yee C*, Oet M*, Lohani S, Smith TC. Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of S. aureus and MRSA on Children's Playgrounds. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, in press, 2018.
76. Kates AE*, Thapaliya D, Smith TC, Chorazy M. Prevalence and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus from human stool samples. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control. 20187:42, 2018.
75. Smith TC, Hellwig EJ*, Wardyn SE, Kates AE*, Thapaliya D. Longitudinal Case Series of Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and Infection in Two Cohorts of Rural Iowans. Microbial Drug Resistance, in press, 2018.
74. Thapaliya D, Hellwig EJ*, Kadariya J*, Grenier D*, Jefferson AJ, Dalman M, Kennedy K*, DiPerna M*, Orihill A*, Taha M, Smith TC. Prevalence and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on public recreational beaches in Northeast Ohio. GeoHealth, 1(10):320-332, 2017.
73. Smith TC. Medicine in the antibiotic apocalypse. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, 18(3):, 2017.
72. Nworie A*, Azi SO, Okekpa SI, Elom MO, Umoh NO, Usanga VU, Ibiam GA, Ukwah BN, Nwadi LC, Ezeruigbo C, Olayinka BO, Ehinmidu JO, Onalopo JA, Hanson BM*, Wardyn SE, Smith TC. A Novel Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus t11469 and a Poultry Endemic Strain t002 (ST5) is Present in Chicken in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Biomedical Research International, vol. 2017, Article ID 2936461, 5 pages, 2017.
71. Wardyn SE, Stegger M, Price LB, Smith TC. Whole genome analysis of recurrent Staphylococcus aureus t571/ST398 infection in an Iowa Farmer. Emerging Infectious Diseases, in press, 2017.
70. Carrel M, Zhao C*, Thapaliya D, Bitterman P*, Kates AE*, Hanson BM*, Smith TC. Assessing the potential for raw meat to influence human colonization with Staphylococcus aureus. Scientific Reports, in press, 2017.
69. Smith TC. Industrializing Animals. Science, in press, 2017.
68. Nachman K, Lam J, Schinasi L, Smith TC, Feingold B, Casey J. O’Connor et al. systematic review regarding animal feeding operations and public health: critical flaws may compromise conclusions. Systematic Reviews, in press, 2017.
67. Smith TC. Vaccine rejection and hesitancy: a review and call to action. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, in press, 2017.
66. Thapaliya D, Taha M, Dalman MR, Kadariya J*, Smith TC. Environmental contamination with Staphylococcus aureus at a large, Midwestern university campus. Science of the Total Environment, in press, 2017.
65. Thapaliya D, Dalman M, Kadariya J*, Little K*, Mansell V*, Taha MY, Grenier D*, Smith TC. Prevalence and Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in Geese Feces Collected from State Parks in Northeast Ohio. EcoHealth, in press, 2017.
64. Thapaliya D, Forshey BM, Quick MK, Farina SE*, O'Brien A*, Nair R*, Nworie A*, Hanson BM*, Kates A*, Wardyn SE, Smith TC. Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in Commercially Available Meat over a One-Year Period in Iowa, United States. Food Microbiology, in press, 2017.
63. Watkins RR, Smith TC, Bonomo RA. On the path to untreatable infections: colistin use in agriculture and the end of "last resort" antibiotics. Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, in press. 2016.
62. Nair R*, Wu J*; Carrel M; O’Brien A*; Quick M; Farina S*; Wardyn S; Thapaliya D; Grenier D; Smith TC. Prospective multicenter surveillance identifies Staphylococcus aureus infections caused by livestock-associated strains in an agricultural state. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 85(3):360-366, 2016.
61. Butaye P, Argudin MA, Smith TC. Livestock-associated MRSA and its current evolution. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 3(1):19-31, 2016.
60. Smith TC. Zombie infections: epidemiology, treatment, and prevention. BMJ, 351:h6423, 2015.
59. Lofgren E, Collins KM, Smith TC, Cartwright RC. Equations of the End: Teaching Mathematical Modeling using the Zombie Apocalypse. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, 17 (1): 137-142, 2016.
58. McDanel JS*, Perencevich EN, Diekema DJ, Winokur PL, Johnson JK, Herwaldt LA, Smith TC, Chrischilles EA, Dawson JD, Schweizer ML. Association between microbial characteristics and poor outcomes among patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 4:51, 2015.
57. Smith TC. Ebola as a course: uniting basic sciences, public health, and the humanities. Journal of Public Health, in press, 2015. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv165
56. Ferguson DD*, Smith TC, Hanson BM*, Wardyn SE, Donham K. Detection of airborne methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus inside and downwind of a swine building, and in animal feed: Potential occupational, animal health, and environmental implications. Journal of Agromedicine, 21(2):149-153, 2016.
55. Ferguson DD*, Smith TC, Donham KJ, Hoff SJ. The efficiency of biofilters at mitigating airborne MRSA dispersion from a swine nursery. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 21(4): 217-227, 2015.
54. Thapaliya D, O’Brien A*, Wardyn SE, Smith TC. Molecular types of Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus causing necrotizing fasciitis in an Iowa hospital. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 8:634-41, 2015.
53.Wardyn SE, Forshey BM*, Farina S*, Kates AE*, Nair R*, Quick M, Wu J*, Hanson BM*, O’Malley S*, Shows H*, Heywood E, Beane-Freeman LE, Lynch CF, Carrel M, Smith TC. Swine farming is a risk factor for infection with and high prevalence of multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 61(1):59-66, 2015.
52. McDanel JS*, Perencevich EN, Diekema DJ, Herwaldt LA, Smith TC, Chrischilles EA, Dawson JD, Jiang L, Goto M, Schweizer ML. Comparative Effectiveness of Beta-lactams versus Vancomycin for Treatment of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections among 122 Hospitals. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 61(3):361-7, 2015.
51. Eko K*, Foshey B*, Carrel M, Perencevich E, Schweizer M, Smith TC. Molecular characterization of hospital and community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a Veterans Affairs Hospital. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 4:10, 2015.
50. Moritz ED*, Hanson BM*, Kates AE*, Smith TC. Molecular characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from employees, children, and environmental surfaces in Iowa child daycare facilities. American Journal of Infection Control, 43(5):482-8, 2015.
49. Smith TC. Livestock-Associated Staphylococcus aureus: The United States Experience. PLoS Pathogens, 11(2): e1004564, 2015.
48. Smith TC, Wardyn SE. Human infections with Staphylococcus aureus CC398. Current Environmental Health Reports, 2(1):41-51, 2015.
47. O’Malley S*, Emele FE, Nwaokorie FO, Idika N, Hanson BM*, Nair R*, Wardyn SE, Smith TC. Molecular Typing of Antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Nigeria. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 8:187-193, 2015.
46. Ferguson DD*, Smith TC, Field RW, O’Shaughnessy PT, Donham KJ. Evaluation of the Filtration Efficiency of the N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator for Airborne Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 20(4): 255-265, 2014.
45. Nair R*, Thapaliya T; Su Y*; Smith TC. Resistance to zinc and cadmium in Staphylococcus aureus of human and animal origin. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 35(S3):S32-39, 2014.
44. Kadariya J*, Smith TC, Thapaliya D. Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcal Food – Borne Disease: An Ongoing Challenge in Public Health. BioMed Research International, vol. 2014, Article ID 827965, 2014.
43. McDanel JS*, Ward MA, Leder L, Schweizer ML, Dawson JD, Diekema DJ, Smith TC, Chrischilles BA, Perencevich EN, Herwaldt LA. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Prevention Practices in Hospitals throughout a Rural State. American Journal of Infection Control, 42(8):868-73, 2014.
42. Huang E*, Gurzau AE, Hanson BM*, Kates AE*, Smith TC, Pettigrew MM, Spinu M, Rabinowitz PM. Detection of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among swine workers in Romania. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 7(4):323-32, 2014.
41. Adelbary MMH, Wittenberg A, Cuny C, Layer F, Kurt K, Weiler LH, Walther B, Skov R, Larsen J, Hasman H, Fitzgerald JR, Smith TC, Wagenaar JA, Pantosti A, Hallin M, Struelens MJ, Edwards G, Bose R, Nubel U, Witte W. Phylogenetic Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus CC398 Reveals a Sub-Lineage Epidemiologically Associated with Infections in Horses. PLoS ONE 9(2): e88083, 2014.
40. Wardyn SE, Smith TC. False positives and negatives using PCR-based identification of Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 398. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(2):701-2, 2014.
39. Carrel M, Schweizer ML, Sarazin MV, Smith TC, Perencevich EN. Residential Proximity to Large Numbers of Swine in Feeding Operations Is Associated with Increased Risk of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization at Time of Hospital Admission in Rural Iowa Veterans. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 35(2), 2014.
38. Nair R*, Hanson BM*, Kondratowicz K*, Dorjpurev A, Davaadash B, Battumur E, Tundev O, Smith TC. Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in Ulanbaatar, Mongolia. PeerJ, 1:e176, 2013.
37. Frana TS, Beahm AR*, Hanson BM*, Kinyon JM, Layman LL, Karriker L, Ramirez A, Smith TC. Isolation and Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Pork Farms and Visiting Veterinary Students. PLoS ONE, 8(1): e53738, 2013.
36. Smith TC, Gebreyes WA, Abley MA, Bayleyegn M, Harper AL*, Forshey BM*, Male MJ*, Martin HW, Sreevatsan S, Thakur S, Thiruvengadam M, Davies PR. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs and farm workers on conventional and antibiotic-free swine farms in the USA. PLoS ONE, 8(5):e63704, 2013.
35. Nicholson TL, Shore SM, Smith TC, Frana TS. Livestock-associated MRSA form robust biofilms. PLoS ONE, 8(8): e73376, 2013.
34. Smith TC, Forshey BM*, Wardyn SE*, Hanson BM*, Moritz ED*. Molecular and Epidemiological Predictors of Staphylococcus aureus Colonization Site in a Population with Limited Nosocomial Exposure. American Journal of Infection Control, 40(10):992-6, 2012.
33. O’Brien AM*, Hanson BM*, Farina SA*, Wu JY*, Simmering JE*, Wardyn SE*, Kulick M, Wallinga DB, Smith TC. MRSA in conventional and alternative retail pork products. PLoS ONE, 7(1): e30092, 2012.
32. Price LB, Stegger M, Hasman H, Aziz M, Andersen PS, Pearson A, Waters AE, Foster JT, Schupp J, Gillece J, Driebe E, Liu CM, Larsen J, Springer B, Zdovc I, Battisti A, Franco A, Żmudzki J, Schwarz S, Butaye P, Jouy E, Pomba C, Porrero C, Smith TC, Robinson AD, Weese JS, Keim P, Skov R, Aarestrup FM. Staphylococcus aureus CC398: Host Adaptation and Emergence of Methicillin Resistance in Livestock. mBIO, 3(1):e00305-11, 2012.
31. Mediavilla JR, Chen L, Uhlemann A, Rosenthal M, Koll B, Fries B, Schilling ME, Weiss D, Hanson BM*, Smith TC, Lowy F, Kreiswirth BN. Human Infection with Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in the New York City Region, 2004-2010. Emerging Infectious Diseases; 18:700-2, 2012.
30. Leedom Larson KR*, Wagstrom EA, Hanson BM*, Harper A*, Donham K, Smith TC. MRSA in Pork Production Shower Facilities: an Intervention to Reduce Occupational Exposure. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 18:5-9, 2012.
29. Dressler A*, Scheibel P*, Wardyn S*, Harper A*, Hanson B*, Kroeger J*, Diekema D, Bender J, Gray GC, Smith TC. Prevalence, antibiotic resistance, and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in state fair swine. Veterinary Record, 170(19):495. 2012.
28. Wardyn SE*, Forshey B*, Smith TC. High prevalence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin among methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus colonization isolates in rural Iowa. Microbial Drug Resistance, 18(4): 427-433, 2012.
27. Wardyn SE*, Kaufmann L, Smith TC. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in central Iowa wildlife. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 48:1069-1073, 2012.
26. Osadabe L*, Hanson BM*, Smith TC, Heimer R. Prevalence and Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus in Connecticut swine and swine workers. Zoonoses and Public Health, 60:234-243, 2013.
25. Golding GR, Bryden L, Levett PN, McDonald RR, Wong A, Graham MR, Tyler S, Van Domselaar G, Mabon P, Kent H, Butaye P, Smith TC, Schwarz S, Weese S, Mulvey MR. Whole-Genome sequence of “live-stock” associated ST398 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from humans, Canada. Journal of Bacteriology, 194(23):6627-8 2012.
24. Moritz E*, Smith TC. Risk of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in childcare employees. Epidemiology and Infection, 141:1975-1982, 2013.
23. Harris ML, Massaquoi D*, Soyemi K, Brend SM, Klein D, Pentella M, Kraemer J, Nashelsky M, Schmunk G, Smith TC, Pleva A. Recent Iowa Trends in Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths: the importance of public health collaboration with state medical examiners’ offices. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 2011.
22. Hanson B*, Harper A*, Wardyn S*, Roberts L*, Smith TC. Prevalence of S. aureus on retail meats, Iowa. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 4:169-174, 2011.
21. Moritz ED*, Smith TC. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus carriage in child care facilities: A review of the literature. Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health, 2011.
20. Mendes RE, Smith TC, Deshpande LM, Diekema DJ, Sader HS, Jones RN. vga(A)-encoding gene in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 recovered from swine and a swine farmer in the United States. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 71:177-80, 2011.
19. Leedom Larson KR*, Harper AL*, Hanson BM*, Male MJ*, Wardyn SE*, Dressler AE*, Wagstrom EA, Tendolkar S, Diekema DJ, Donham KJ, Smith TC. MRSA in pork shower facilities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77:696-8, 2011.
18. Smith TC, Harper A*, Nair R*, Wardyn S*, Hanson B*, Ferguson D*, Dressler A*. Emerging swine zoonoses. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 11:1-10, 2011.
17. Moritz ED*, Smith TC. Livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus in a childcare worker. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17:742-3, 2011.
16. Daly JM, Ely J, Levy BT, Smith TC, Merchant ML, Bergus G, Jogerst GJ. Primary Care Physicians’ Perspectives on Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: An Iowa Research Network Study. The Journal of Rural Health, 27(3):319-28, 2011.
15. Daly JM, Levy BT, Ely JW, Swanson K, Bergus GR, Jogerst GJ, Smith TC. Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Community Practice Before and After Implementing a “Best Practice” Approach: An%2
Peer-reviewed publications (*: student coauthors)
89. Smith TC, Majumder MS. Science should drive vaccine policy (invited commentary). JAMA Open, in press, 2019.
88. Cheatham S, Thapiliya D, Taha M, Milliken M, Dalman MR, Kadariya J, Grenier D, Smith TC. Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S aureus on environmental surfaces in Ohio nursing homes. American Journal of Infection Control, in press, 2019.
87. Kadariya J, Thapaliya T, Bhatta S, Mahatara RL, Aboagye S, Dhakal N, Smith TC. Prevalence and molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA in Bhutanese refugees in Nepal and resettled in Ohio. BioMedical Research International, vol. 2019, Article ID 5739247, 11 pages, 2019.
86. Randad PR, Dillen CC, Ortines RO, Mohr D, Aziz M, Price LB, Carroll KC, Smith TC, Miller LS, Heaney CD. Comparison of livestock-associated and community-associated Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity in a mouse model of skin and soft tissue infection. Scientific Reports, 9, Article number: 6774, 2019.
85. Kates A, Dalman M, Torner J, Smith TC. The nasal and oropharyngeal microbiomes of healthy livestock workers. PLoS ONE, in press, 2019.
84. Scott HM, Acuff G, Bergeron G, Bourassa MW, Gill J, Graham DW, Kahn LH, Morley P, Salois MJ, Simjee S, Singer R, Smith TC, Storrs C, Wittum TE. Critically important antibiotics: criteria and approaches for measuring and reducing their use in food animal agriculture. Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences, 1441(1):8-16, 2019.
83. Bergeron G, Bourassa MW, Dickson J, Gomes F, Graham DW, Howe A, Kahn LH, Morley P, Scott HM, Simjee S, Singer R, Smith TC, Storrs C, Wittum TE. Complexities in Understanding Antimicrobial Resistance across Domesticated Animal, Human and Environmental Systems. Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences, 1441(1):17-30, 2019.
82. Dalman MD, Thapaliya D, Orihill A, Naimi HM, Bhatta S, Smith TC. Characterizing the molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus across and within fitness facility types. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19: 69, 2019.
81. Smith TC, Davis MF, Heaney CD. Pig movement and antimicrobial use drive transmission of livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus CC398. (invited commentary). 9 (6) e02459-18; DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02459-18, 2018.
80. Thapaliya D, Kadariya J, Bhatta S, Mahatara RL, Dhakal N, Smith TC. Bhutanese refugees resettled in Ohio show decreased diversity of coagulase-negative Staphylococci compared to refugees in Nepal. Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases, in press, 2018.
79. Smith TC, Thapaliya D, Bhatta S*, Mackey S*, Engohang-Ndong J, Carrel M. Geographic distribution of livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus in the United States. Microbes and Infection, in press, 2018.
78. Hanson BM*, Kates AE*, O’Malley SM*, Mills E, Herwaldt LA, Farina SA*, Klostermann C*, Wu JY*, Quick MK, Forshey BM, Smith TC. Prevalence and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in the nares and oropharynx of healthy individuals from 95 families in Iowa, USA. Epidemiology and Infection, in press, 2018.
77. Thapaliya D, Kadariya J*, Capuano M*, Rush H*, Yee C*, Oet M*, Lohani S, Smith TC. Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of S. aureus and MRSA on Children's Playgrounds. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, in press, 2018.
76. Kates AE*, Thapaliya D, Smith TC, Chorazy M. Prevalence and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus from human stool samples. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control. 20187:42, 2018.
75. Smith TC, Hellwig EJ*, Wardyn SE, Kates AE*, Thapaliya D. Longitudinal Case Series of Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and Infection in Two Cohorts of Rural Iowans. Microbial Drug Resistance, in press, 2018.
74. Thapaliya D, Hellwig EJ*, Kadariya J*, Grenier D*, Jefferson AJ, Dalman M, Kennedy K*, DiPerna M*, Orihill A*, Taha M, Smith TC. Prevalence and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on public recreational beaches in Northeast Ohio. GeoHealth, 1(10):320-332, 2017.
73. Smith TC. Medicine in the antibiotic apocalypse. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, 18(3):, 2017.
72. Nworie A*, Azi SO, Okekpa SI, Elom MO, Umoh NO, Usanga VU, Ibiam GA, Ukwah BN, Nwadi LC, Ezeruigbo C, Olayinka BO, Ehinmidu JO, Onalopo JA, Hanson BM*, Wardyn SE, Smith TC. A Novel Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus t11469 and a Poultry Endemic Strain t002 (ST5) is Present in Chicken in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Biomedical Research International, vol. 2017, Article ID 2936461, 5 pages, 2017.
71. Wardyn SE, Stegger M, Price LB, Smith TC. Whole genome analysis of recurrent Staphylococcus aureus t571/ST398 infection in an Iowa Farmer. Emerging Infectious Diseases, in press, 2017.
70. Carrel M, Zhao C*, Thapaliya D, Bitterman P*, Kates AE*, Hanson BM*, Smith TC. Assessing the potential for raw meat to influence human colonization with Staphylococcus aureus. Scientific Reports, in press, 2017.
69. Smith TC. Industrializing Animals. Science, in press, 2017.
68. Nachman K, Lam J, Schinasi L, Smith TC, Feingold B, Casey J. O’Connor et al. systematic review regarding animal feeding operations and public health: critical flaws may compromise conclusions. Systematic Reviews, in press, 2017.
67. Smith TC. Vaccine rejection and hesitancy: a review and call to action. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, in press, 2017.
66. Thapaliya D, Taha M, Dalman MR, Kadariya J*, Smith TC. Environmental contamination with Staphylococcus aureus at a large, Midwestern university campus. Science of the Total Environment, in press, 2017.
65. Thapaliya D, Dalman M, Kadariya J*, Little K*, Mansell V*, Taha MY, Grenier D*, Smith TC. Prevalence and Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in Geese Feces Collected from State Parks in Northeast Ohio. EcoHealth, in press, 2017.
64. Thapaliya D, Forshey BM, Quick MK, Farina SE*, O'Brien A*, Nair R*, Nworie A*, Hanson BM*, Kates A*, Wardyn SE, Smith TC. Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in Commercially Available Meat over a One-Year Period in Iowa, United States. Food Microbiology, in press, 2017.
63. Watkins RR, Smith TC, Bonomo RA. On the path to untreatable infections: colistin use in agriculture and the end of "last resort" antibiotics. Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, in press. 2016.
62. Nair R*, Wu J*; Carrel M; O’Brien A*; Quick M; Farina S*; Wardyn S; Thapaliya D; Grenier D; Smith TC. Prospective multicenter surveillance identifies Staphylococcus aureus infections caused by livestock-associated strains in an agricultural state. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 85(3):360-366, 2016.
61. Butaye P, Argudin MA, Smith TC. Livestock-associated MRSA and its current evolution. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 3(1):19-31, 2016.
60. Smith TC. Zombie infections: epidemiology, treatment, and prevention. BMJ, 351:h6423, 2015.
59. Lofgren E, Collins KM, Smith TC, Cartwright RC. Equations of the End: Teaching Mathematical Modeling using the Zombie Apocalypse. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, 17 (1): 137-142, 2016.
58. McDanel JS*, Perencevich EN, Diekema DJ, Winokur PL, Johnson JK, Herwaldt LA, Smith TC, Chrischilles EA, Dawson JD, Schweizer ML. Association between microbial characteristics and poor outcomes among patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 4:51, 2015.
57. Smith TC. Ebola as a course: uniting basic sciences, public health, and the humanities. Journal of Public Health, in press, 2015. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv165
56. Ferguson DD*, Smith TC, Hanson BM*, Wardyn SE, Donham K. Detection of airborne methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus inside and downwind of a swine building, and in animal feed: Potential occupational, animal health, and environmental implications. Journal of Agromedicine, 21(2):149-153, 2016.
55. Ferguson DD*, Smith TC, Donham KJ, Hoff SJ. The efficiency of biofilters at mitigating airborne MRSA dispersion from a swine nursery. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 21(4): 217-227, 2015.
54. Thapaliya D, O’Brien A*, Wardyn SE, Smith TC. Molecular types of Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus causing necrotizing fasciitis in an Iowa hospital. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 8:634-41, 2015.
53.Wardyn SE, Forshey BM*, Farina S*, Kates AE*, Nair R*, Quick M, Wu J*, Hanson BM*, O’Malley S*, Shows H*, Heywood E, Beane-Freeman LE, Lynch CF, Carrel M, Smith TC. Swine farming is a risk factor for infection with and high prevalence of multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 61(1):59-66, 2015.
52. McDanel JS*, Perencevich EN, Diekema DJ, Herwaldt LA, Smith TC, Chrischilles EA, Dawson JD, Jiang L, Goto M, Schweizer ML. Comparative Effectiveness of Beta-lactams versus Vancomycin for Treatment of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections among 122 Hospitals. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 61(3):361-7, 2015.
51. Eko K*, Foshey B*, Carrel M, Perencevich E, Schweizer M, Smith TC. Molecular characterization of hospital and community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a Veterans Affairs Hospital. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 4:10, 2015.
50. Moritz ED*, Hanson BM*, Kates AE*, Smith TC. Molecular characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from employees, children, and environmental surfaces in Iowa child daycare facilities. American Journal of Infection Control, 43(5):482-8, 2015.
49. Smith TC. Livestock-Associated Staphylococcus aureus: The United States Experience. PLoS Pathogens, 11(2): e1004564, 2015.
48. Smith TC, Wardyn SE. Human infections with Staphylococcus aureus CC398. Current Environmental Health Reports, 2(1):41-51, 2015.
47. O’Malley S*, Emele FE, Nwaokorie FO, Idika N, Hanson BM*, Nair R*, Wardyn SE, Smith TC. Molecular Typing of Antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Nigeria. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 8:187-193, 2015.
46. Ferguson DD*, Smith TC, Field RW, O’Shaughnessy PT, Donham KJ. Evaluation of the Filtration Efficiency of the N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator for Airborne Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 20(4): 255-265, 2014.
45. Nair R*, Thapaliya T; Su Y*; Smith TC. Resistance to zinc and cadmium in Staphylococcus aureus of human and animal origin. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 35(S3):S32-39, 2014.
44. Kadariya J*, Smith TC, Thapaliya D. Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcal Food – Borne Disease: An Ongoing Challenge in Public Health. BioMed Research International, vol. 2014, Article ID 827965, 2014.
43. McDanel JS*, Ward MA, Leder L, Schweizer ML, Dawson JD, Diekema DJ, Smith TC, Chrischilles BA, Perencevich EN, Herwaldt LA. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Prevention Practices in Hospitals throughout a Rural State. American Journal of Infection Control, 42(8):868-73, 2014.
42. Huang E*, Gurzau AE, Hanson BM*, Kates AE*, Smith TC, Pettigrew MM, Spinu M, Rabinowitz PM. Detection of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among swine workers in Romania. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 7(4):323-32, 2014.
41. Adelbary MMH, Wittenberg A, Cuny C, Layer F, Kurt K, Weiler LH, Walther B, Skov R, Larsen J, Hasman H, Fitzgerald JR, Smith TC, Wagenaar JA, Pantosti A, Hallin M, Struelens MJ, Edwards G, Bose R, Nubel U, Witte W. Phylogenetic Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus CC398 Reveals a Sub-Lineage Epidemiologically Associated with Infections in Horses. PLoS ONE 9(2): e88083, 2014.
40. Wardyn SE, Smith TC. False positives and negatives using PCR-based identification of Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 398. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(2):701-2, 2014.
39. Carrel M, Schweizer ML, Sarazin MV, Smith TC, Perencevich EN. Residential Proximity to Large Numbers of Swine in Feeding Operations Is Associated with Increased Risk of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization at Time of Hospital Admission in Rural Iowa Veterans. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 35(2), 2014.
38. Nair R*, Hanson BM*, Kondratowicz K*, Dorjpurev A, Davaadash B, Battumur E, Tundev O, Smith TC. Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in Ulanbaatar, Mongolia. PeerJ, 1:e176, 2013.
37. Frana TS, Beahm AR*, Hanson BM*, Kinyon JM, Layman LL, Karriker L, Ramirez A, Smith TC. Isolation and Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Pork Farms and Visiting Veterinary Students. PLoS ONE, 8(1): e53738, 2013.
36. Smith TC, Gebreyes WA, Abley MA, Bayleyegn M, Harper AL*, Forshey BM*, Male MJ*, Martin HW, Sreevatsan S, Thakur S, Thiruvengadam M, Davies PR. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs and farm workers on conventional and antibiotic-free swine farms in the USA. PLoS ONE, 8(5):e63704, 2013.
35. Nicholson TL, Shore SM, Smith TC, Frana TS. Livestock-associated MRSA form robust biofilms. PLoS ONE, 8(8): e73376, 2013.
34. Smith TC, Forshey BM*, Wardyn SE*, Hanson BM*, Moritz ED*. Molecular and Epidemiological Predictors of Staphylococcus aureus Colonization Site in a Population with Limited Nosocomial Exposure. American Journal of Infection Control, 40(10):992-6, 2012.
33. O’Brien AM*, Hanson BM*, Farina SA*, Wu JY*, Simmering JE*, Wardyn SE*, Kulick M, Wallinga DB, Smith TC. MRSA in conventional and alternative retail pork products. PLoS ONE, 7(1): e30092, 2012.
32. Price LB, Stegger M, Hasman H, Aziz M, Andersen PS, Pearson A, Waters AE, Foster JT, Schupp J, Gillece J, Driebe E, Liu CM, Larsen J, Springer B, Zdovc I, Battisti A, Franco A, Żmudzki J, Schwarz S, Butaye P, Jouy E, Pomba C, Porrero C, Smith TC, Robinson AD, Weese JS, Keim P, Skov R, Aarestrup FM. Staphylococcus aureus CC398: Host Adaptation and Emergence of Methicillin Resistance in Livestock. mBIO, 3(1):e00305-11, 2012.
31. Mediavilla JR, Chen L, Uhlemann A, Rosenthal M, Koll B, Fries B, Schilling ME, Weiss D, Hanson BM*, Smith TC, Lowy F, Kreiswirth BN. Human Infection with Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in the New York City Region, 2004-2010. Emerging Infectious Diseases; 18:700-2, 2012.
30. Leedom Larson KR*, Wagstrom EA, Hanson BM*, Harper A*, Donham K, Smith TC. MRSA in Pork Production Shower Facilities: an Intervention to Reduce Occupational Exposure. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 18:5-9, 2012.
29. Dressler A*, Scheibel P*, Wardyn S*, Harper A*, Hanson B*, Kroeger J*, Diekema D, Bender J, Gray GC, Smith TC. Prevalence, antibiotic resistance, and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in state fair swine. Veterinary Record, 170(19):495. 2012.
28. Wardyn SE*, Forshey B*, Smith TC. High prevalence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin among methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus colonization isolates in rural Iowa. Microbial Drug Resistance, 18(4): 427-433, 2012.
27. Wardyn SE*, Kaufmann L, Smith TC. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in central Iowa wildlife. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 48:1069-1073, 2012.
26. Osadabe L*, Hanson BM*, Smith TC, Heimer R. Prevalence and Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus in Connecticut swine and swine workers. Zoonoses and Public Health, 60:234-243, 2013.
25. Golding GR, Bryden L, Levett PN, McDonald RR, Wong A, Graham MR, Tyler S, Van Domselaar G, Mabon P, Kent H, Butaye P, Smith TC, Schwarz S, Weese S, Mulvey MR. Whole-Genome sequence of “live-stock” associated ST398 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from humans, Canada. Journal of Bacteriology, 194(23):6627-8 2012.
24. Moritz E*, Smith TC. Risk of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in childcare employees. Epidemiology and Infection, 141:1975-1982, 2013.
23. Harris ML, Massaquoi D*, Soyemi K, Brend SM, Klein D, Pentella M, Kraemer J, Nashelsky M, Schmunk G, Smith TC, Pleva A. Recent Iowa Trends in Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths: the importance of public health collaboration with state medical examiners’ offices. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 2011.
22. Hanson B*, Harper A*, Wardyn S*, Roberts L*, Smith TC. Prevalence of S. aureus on retail meats, Iowa. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 4:169-174, 2011.
21. Moritz ED*, Smith TC. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus carriage in child care facilities: A review of the literature. Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health, 2011.
20. Mendes RE, Smith TC, Deshpande LM, Diekema DJ, Sader HS, Jones RN. vga(A)-encoding gene in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 recovered from swine and a swine farmer in the United States. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 71:177-80, 2011.
19. Leedom Larson KR*, Harper AL*, Hanson BM*, Male MJ*, Wardyn SE*, Dressler AE*, Wagstrom EA, Tendolkar S, Diekema DJ, Donham KJ, Smith TC. MRSA in pork shower facilities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77:696-8, 2011.
18. Smith TC, Harper A*, Nair R*, Wardyn S*, Hanson B*, Ferguson D*, Dressler A*. Emerging swine zoonoses. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 11:1-10, 2011.
17. Moritz ED*, Smith TC. Livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus in a childcare worker. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17:742-3, 2011.
16. Daly JM, Ely J, Levy BT, Smith TC, Merchant ML, Bergus G, Jogerst GJ. Primary Care Physicians’ Perspectives on Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: An Iowa Research Network Study. The Journal of Rural Health, 27(3):319-28, 2011.
15. Daly JM, Levy BT, Ely JW, Swanson K, Bergus GR, Jogerst GJ, Smith TC. Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Community Practice Before and After Implementing a “Best Practice” Approach: An%2