Education/CredentialsPostdoctoral Residence Program in Medical and Public Health Microbiology: Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas Medical SchoolDoctorate: The Ohio State University Contact Information French East Email mortenj@ucmail.uc.edu Research InterestsAreas of specialization: Clinical mircrobiology Peer Reviewed Publications Hoppe, Jordana E; Paisley, Andrew; Vigers, Tim; Moffett, Kathryn; Indihar, Veronica; Dasenbrook, Elliott; Mortensen, Joel E; Muhlebach, Marianne S; Siracusa, Christopher 2026. Reliability of Clinic-Obtained vs Self-Obtained Respiratory Samples From the Self-Sample Accuracy and Benefit Implementation Trial (S2wAB-IT). Chest, 169 6, 1488-1495Wilson, Rebecca J; Prus, Kristina; Ka, Fatou; Mortensen, Joel E 2026. Validation of the Gazelle point-of-care device for hemoglobin variant analysis in a predominantly pediatric population: performance comparison with conventional electrophoresis. Frontiers in medicine, 13 , 1903717Hall, Ashton D; Whitehurst, Daniel A; Mortensen, Joel E; Prus, Kristina; Staat, Mary A; Schlaudecker, Elizabeth P; Prasanphanich, Nina S 2025. Polymerase chain reaction fails to detect mixed malaria infections in siblings from Ethiopia. Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy, 31 9, 102777White, Anne M; Mutai, Dominic; Parsons, Allison; Cheruiyot, David; Kamath-Rayne, Beena D; Schaffzin, Joshua K; Mortensen, Joel E; Rule, Amy R L 2025. Disinfection of Neonatal Resuscitation Equipment in Resource-Limited Settings: Lessons From a Mixed-Methods Implementation Experience in Kenya. Global health, science and practice, 13 1, Beckman, Martina; Firmenich, Emily; Cole, Conrad R; Haslam, David B; Mortensen, Joel E; Courter, Joshua D 2024. Characterization of initial CLABSI culture results to support antimicrobial de-escalation in pediatric GI inpatients. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 78 6, 1234-1240Cox, Christina R; Weghorn, Kristin N; Ruger, Katie; Powers-Fletcher, Margaret V; Powell, Eleanor A; Mortensen, Joel E 2024. Clinical utility of multiplex PCR in the detection of pathogens from sterile body fluids. Journal of clinical microbiology, 62 4, e0161123Sautter, Robert L; Parrott, James Scott; Nachamkin, Irving; Diel, Christen; Tom, Ryan J; Bobenchik, April M; Bradford, Judith Young; Gilligan, Peter; Halstead, Diane C; LaSala, P Rocco; Mochon, A Brian; Mortensen, Joel E; Boyce, Lindsay; Baselski, Vickie 2024. American Society for Microbiology evidence-based laboratory medicine practice guidelines to reduce blood culture contamination rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical microbiology reviews, 37 4, e0008724Teoh, Zheyi; Mortensen, Joel; Schaffzin, Joshua K 2022. Invasive Malassezia pachydermatis Infection in an 8-Year-Old Child on Lipid Parenteral Nutrition. Case reports in infectious diseases, 2022 , 8636582Bogue, Amy L; Panmanee, Warunya; McDaniel, Cameron T; Mortensen, Joel E; Kamau, Edwin; Actis, Luis A; Johannigman, Jay A; Schurr, Michael J; Satish, Latha; Kotagiri, Nalinikanth; Hassett, Daniel J 2021. AB569, a non-toxic combination of acidified nitrite and EDTA, is effective at killing the notorious Iraq/Afghanistan combat wound pathogens, multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter spp. PloS one, 16 3, e0247513Murphy, Mark E; Powell, Eleanor; Courter, Joshua; Mortensen, Joel E 2021. Predicting Oral Beta-lactam susceptibilities against Streptococcus pneumoniae. BMC infectious diseases, 21 1, 679White, Anne M; Mutai, Dominic; Cheruiyot, David; Rule, Amy R L; Mortensen, Joel E; Schaffzin, Joshua K; Kamath-Rayne, Beena D 2021. Disinfection of Neonatal Resuscitation Equipment in Low-Resource Settings: The Importance, the Reality, and Considerations for the Future. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18 13, Brownell, Amanda D; Miraldi Utz, Virginia; Makoroff, Kathi L; Shapiro, Robert A; Mortensen, Joel E 2020. Chlamydia Conjunctivitis in 2 Prepubertal Children: An Uncommon Presentation of Child Sexual Abuse. Pediatric emergency care, 36 8, e473-e475McDaniel, Cameron T; Panmanee, Warunya; Winsor, Geoffrey L; Gill, Erin; Bertelli, Claire; Schurr, Michael J; Dongare, Prateek; Paul, Andrew T; Ko, Seung-Hyun B; Lau, Gee W; Dasgupta, Nupur; Bogue, Amy L; Miller, William E; Mortensen, Joel E; Haslam, David B; Dexheimer, Phillip; Muruve, Daniel A; Aronow, Bruce J; Forbes, Malcolm D E; Danilczuk, Marek; Brinkman, Fiona S L; Hancock, Robert E W; Meyer, Thomas J; Hassett, Daniel J 2020. AB569, a nontoxic chemical tandem that kills major human pathogenic bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 9, 4921-4930Powell, Eleanor A; Khalil, Nadim; DeBurger, Barbara; Mortensen, Joel E 2020. Combined Molecular and Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Is Beneficial in Detection of ESBL and AmpC Beta-Lactamase Producing Isolates of Enterobacteriaceae in Pediatric Patients with Bloodstream Infections. Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.), 26 7, 825-830Beckman, Martina; Washam, Matthew C; DeBurger, Barbara; Haslam, David B; Courter, Joshua D; Andersen, Heidi; Schaffzin, Joshua K; Tchou, Michael J; Ankrum, Andrea; Mortensen, Joel 2019. Reliability of the Verigene system for the identification for Gram-positive Bacteria and detection of antimicrobial resistance markers from children with bacteremia. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 93 3, 191-195Forster, Catherine S; Powell, Eleanor A; DeBurger, Barbara; Courter, Joshua; Haslam, David B; Mortensen, Joel E 2019. Association of systemic antimicrobials with the expression of beta-lactamases in bacteria cultured from urological patients. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 94 4, 391-394Khalil, Nadim; Corker, Lisa; Powell, Eleanor A; Mortensen, Joel E 2019. Neonatal bacteremia and oligoarthritis caused by Rhodococcus corynebacterioides/Rhodococcus kroppenstedtii. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 94 4, 395-397Scaggs Huang, Felicia A; Mortensen, Joel; Skoch, Jesse; Andersen, Heidi; Staat, Mary Allen; Schaffzin, Joshua K; Haslam, David B 2019. Successful Whole Genome Sequencing-guided Treatment of Mycoplasma hominis Ventriculitis in a Preterm Infant. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 38 7, 749-751Stokes, William; Simner, Patricia J; Mortensen, Joel; Oethinger, Margret; Stellrecht, Kathleen; Lockamy, Elizabeth; Lay, Tricia; Bouchy, Peggy; Pillai, Dylan R 2019. Multicenter Clinical Validation of the Molecular BD Max Enteric Viral Panel for Detection of Enteric Pathogens. Journal of clinical microbiology, 57 9, Tchou, Michael J; Andersen, Heidi; Robinette, Eric; Mortensen, Joel E; Powell, Eleanor A; Ankrum, Andrea; Washam, Matthew C; Haslam, David B; Courter, Joshua D 2019. Accelerating Initiation of Adequate Antimicrobial Therapy Using Real-Time Decision Support and Microarray Testing. Pediatric quality & safety, 4 4, e191DeBurger, Barbara A; Hanna, Sarah; Mortensen, Joel E 2018. Evaluation of alternate parasite transport systems for the BD MAX™ enteric parasite panel. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 92 3, 204-205Wang, Qingqing; Wang, Bin; Saxena, Vijay; Miles, Lili; Tiao, Josh; Mortensen, Joel E; Nathan, Jaimie D 2018. The gut-liver axis: impact of a mouse model of small-bowel bacterial overgrowth. The Journal of surgical research, 221 , 246-256DeBurger, Barbara; Hanna, Sarah; Powell, Eleanor A; Ventrola, Cindi; Mortensen, Joel E 2017. Utilizing BD MAX™ Enteric Bacterial Panel to Detect Stool Pathogens from Rectal Swabs. BMC clinical pathology, 17 , 7Forster, Catherine S; Courter, Joshua; Jackson, Elizabeth C; Mortensen, Joel E; Haslam, David B 2017. Frequency of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Cultured From Urine of Children Undergoing Clean Intermittent Catheterization. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 6 4, 332-338Powell, Eleanor A; Haslam, David; Mortensen, Joel E 2017. Performance of the check-points check-MDR CT103XL assay utilizing the CDC/FDA antimicrobial resistance isolate bank. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 88 3, 219-221Simner, Patricia J; Oethinger, Margret; Stellrecht, Kathleen A; Pillai, Dylan R; Yogev, Ram; Leblond, Helene; Mortensen, Joel 2017. Multisite Evaluation of the BD Max Extended Enteric Bacterial Panel for Detection of Yersinia enterocolitica, Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Vibrio, and Plesiomonas shigelloides from Stool Specimens. Journal of clinical microbiology, 55 11, 3258-3266Harmon, Nicole; Mortensen, Joel E; Robinette, Eric; Powell, Eleanor A 2016. Pediatric bacteremia caused by Chromobacterium haemolyticum/Chromobacterium aquaticum. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 86 1, 108-11McDaniel, Cameron; Su, Shengchang; Panmanee, Warunya; Lau, Gee W; Browne, Tristan; Cox, Kevin; Paul, Andrew T; Ko, Seung-Hyun B; Mortensen, Joel E; Lam, Joseph S; Muruve, Daniel A; Hassett, Daniel J 2016. A Putative ABC Transporter Permease Is Necessary for Resistance to Acidified Nitrite and EDTA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa under Aerobic and Anaerobic Planktonic and Biofilm Conditions. Frontiers in microbiology, 7 , 291Mortensen, Joel E; DeBurger, Barbara; Powell, Eleanor A; DiFranco-Fisher, Jeanna; Koeth, Laura; Weissman, Scott J 2016. Characterisation of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from the southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana region. Journal of global antimicrobial resistance, 7 , 141-144Powell, E., J.E. Mortensen 2016. What Every Microbiology Laboratory Needs to Know About Susceptibility Testing of Beta-Lactams and Gram-Negative Bacilli Journal of Continuing Education: Topics and Issues, 18 1, 4-12Powell, Eleanor A; Mortensen, Joel E 2016. Extraction of total nucleic acids from bacterial isolates using the bioMérieux NucliSENS easyMAG total nucleic acid extractor. Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials, 15 1, 54Harrington, S., B.W. Buchan, C. Doern, R. Fader, M.J. Ferraro, D.R. Pillai, J. Rychert, J.E. Mortensen 2015. A multicenter evaluation of the BD MAX Enteric Bacterial Panel (EBP) for the detection of Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Campylobacter spp., and Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53 5, 1639 – 1647Mortensen, Joel E; Ventrola, Cindi; Hanna, Sarah; Walter, Adam 2015. Comparison of time-motion analysis of conventional stool culture and the BD MAX™ Enteric Bacterial Panel (EBP). BMC clinical pathology, 15 , 9Gupta, Mani; Khalequzzaman, Md; Jodele, Sonata; Mortensen, Joel; Mueller, Mark A; Gupta, Anita 2014. Crusted scabies in a 15-year-old boy with congenital neutropenia and myelodysplastic syndrome. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 32 12, e49-51Rams, Thomas E; Feik, Diane; Mortensen, Joel E; Degener, John E; van Winkelhoff, Arie J 2014. Antibiotic susceptibility of periodontal Streptococcus constellatus and Streptococcus intermedius clinical isolates. Journal of periodontology, 85 12, 1792-8Wiederhold, Nathan P; Sutton, Deanna A; Li, De-Wei; Liang, Yu; Thompson, Elizabeth H; Wickes, Brian L; Herrera, Monica L; Rhoads, Sandra L; Mortensen, Joel E 2014. Stachybotrys eucylindrospora isolated from foreign material following a traumatic eye injury. Mycoses, 57 7, 437-41Anderson, Neil W; Buchan, Blake W; Mayne, Donna; Mortensen, Joel E; Mackey, Tami-Lea A; Ledeboer, Nathan A 2013. Multicenter clinical evaluation of the illumigene group A Streptococcus DNA amplification assay for detection of group A Streptococcus from pharyngeal swabs. Journal of clinical microbiology, 51 5, 1474-7Powell, Eleanor A; Blecker-Shelly, Deborah; Montgomery, Sandra; Mortensen, Joel E 2013. Application of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry for identification of the fastidious pediatric pathogens Aggregatibacter, Eikenella, Haemophilus, and Kingella. Journal of clinical microbiology, 51 11, 3862-4Rams, Thomas E; Feik, Diane; Mortensen, Joel E; Degener, John E; van Winkelhoff, Arie J 2013. Antibiotic susceptibility of periodontal Enterococcus faecalis. Journal of periodontology, 84 7, 1026-33Huppert, Jill S; Bennett, Kelly; Kollar, Linda M; Pattullo, Lucia; Mortensen, Joel E 2011. MRSA: rare in the vagina. Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 24 5, 315-6Motley, W Walker; Melson, Andrew T; Mortensen, Joel E 2011. Pediatric Metarrhizium anisopliae keratitis Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus / American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 15 1, 101-3Giannini, Courtney M; Kim, Hye K; Mortensen, Jonathan; Mortensen, Joel; Marsolo, Keith; Huppert, Jill 2010. Culture of non-genital sites increases the detection of gonorrhea in women Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 23 4, 246-52Henson, M.O, R. Sheridan, J.E. Mortensen. 2010. Case Seventeen: A Critical Case of Community Pneumonia. Journal of Continuing Education, 12 1, 14-21Major, Tiffany A; Panmanee, Warunya; Mortensen, Joel E; Gray, Larry D; Hoglen, Niel; Hassett, Daniel J 2010. Sodium nitrite-mediated killing of the major cystic fibrosis pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Burkholderia cepacia under anaerobic planktonic and biofilm conditions Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 54 11, 4671-7Morovic, A., A. Bowman, C. Meeks, J.E. Mortensen. 2010. Case Eighteen: Infection or Environment? Journal of Continuing Education, 12 2, 68-72Nguyen, Hiep T; Hurwitz, Richard S; Defoor, W Robert; Minevich, Eugene; McAdam, Alexander J; Mortensen, Joel E; Novak-Weekley, Susan M; Minnillo, Brian J; Elder, Jack S 2010. Trimethoprim in vitro antibacterial activity is not increased by adding sulfamethoxazole for pediatric Escherichia coli urinary tract infection The Journal of urology, 184 1, 305-10Propst, E.J., J.D. Prager, S.R. Shott, B. Koch, J.E. Mortensen, J.H. Greinwald. 2010. Resolution of hypoglossal nerve palsy associated with retropharyngeal abscess after prompt medical and surgical treatment. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra, ,
Peer Reviewed Publications Hoppe, Jordana E; Paisley, Andrew; Vigers, Tim; Moffett, Kathryn; Indihar, Veronica; Dasenbrook, Elliott; Mortensen, Joel E; Muhlebach, Marianne S; Siracusa, Christopher 2026. Reliability of Clinic-Obtained vs Self-Obtained Respiratory Samples From the Self-Sample Accuracy and Benefit Implementation Trial (S2wAB-IT). Chest, 169 6, 1488-1495Wilson, Rebecca J; Prus, Kristina; Ka, Fatou; Mortensen, Joel E 2026. Validation of the Gazelle point-of-care device for hemoglobin variant analysis in a predominantly pediatric population: performance comparison with conventional electrophoresis. Frontiers in medicine, 13 , 1903717Hall, Ashton D; Whitehurst, Daniel A; Mortensen, Joel E; Prus, Kristina; Staat, Mary A; Schlaudecker, Elizabeth P; Prasanphanich, Nina S 2025. Polymerase chain reaction fails to detect mixed malaria infections in siblings from Ethiopia. Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy, 31 9, 102777White, Anne M; Mutai, Dominic; Parsons, Allison; Cheruiyot, David; Kamath-Rayne, Beena D; Schaffzin, Joshua K; Mortensen, Joel E; Rule, Amy R L 2025. Disinfection of Neonatal Resuscitation Equipment in Resource-Limited Settings: Lessons From a Mixed-Methods Implementation Experience in Kenya. Global health, science and practice, 13 1, Beckman, Martina; Firmenich, Emily; Cole, Conrad R; Haslam, David B; Mortensen, Joel E; Courter, Joshua D 2024. Characterization of initial CLABSI culture results to support antimicrobial de-escalation in pediatric GI inpatients. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 78 6, 1234-1240Cox, Christina R; Weghorn, Kristin N; Ruger, Katie; Powers-Fletcher, Margaret V; Powell, Eleanor A; Mortensen, Joel E 2024. Clinical utility of multiplex PCR in the detection of pathogens from sterile body fluids. Journal of clinical microbiology, 62 4, e0161123Sautter, Robert L; Parrott, James Scott; Nachamkin, Irving; Diel, Christen; Tom, Ryan J; Bobenchik, April M; Bradford, Judith Young; Gilligan, Peter; Halstead, Diane C; LaSala, P Rocco; Mochon, A Brian; Mortensen, Joel E; Boyce, Lindsay; Baselski, Vickie 2024. American Society for Microbiology evidence-based laboratory medicine practice guidelines to reduce blood culture contamination rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical microbiology reviews, 37 4, e0008724Teoh, Zheyi; Mortensen, Joel; Schaffzin, Joshua K 2022. Invasive Malassezia pachydermatis Infection in an 8-Year-Old Child on Lipid Parenteral Nutrition. Case reports in infectious diseases, 2022 , 8636582Bogue, Amy L; Panmanee, Warunya; McDaniel, Cameron T; Mortensen, Joel E; Kamau, Edwin; Actis, Luis A; Johannigman, Jay A; Schurr, Michael J; Satish, Latha; Kotagiri, Nalinikanth; Hassett, Daniel J 2021. AB569, a non-toxic combination of acidified nitrite and EDTA, is effective at killing the notorious Iraq/Afghanistan combat wound pathogens, multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter spp. PloS one, 16 3, e0247513Murphy, Mark E; Powell, Eleanor; Courter, Joshua; Mortensen, Joel E 2021. Predicting Oral Beta-lactam susceptibilities against Streptococcus pneumoniae. BMC infectious diseases, 21 1, 679White, Anne M; Mutai, Dominic; Cheruiyot, David; Rule, Amy R L; Mortensen, Joel E; Schaffzin, Joshua K; Kamath-Rayne, Beena D 2021. Disinfection of Neonatal Resuscitation Equipment in Low-Resource Settings: The Importance, the Reality, and Considerations for the Future. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18 13, Brownell, Amanda D; Miraldi Utz, Virginia; Makoroff, Kathi L; Shapiro, Robert A; Mortensen, Joel E 2020. Chlamydia Conjunctivitis in 2 Prepubertal Children: An Uncommon Presentation of Child Sexual Abuse. Pediatric emergency care, 36 8, e473-e475McDaniel, Cameron T; Panmanee, Warunya; Winsor, Geoffrey L; Gill, Erin; Bertelli, Claire; Schurr, Michael J; Dongare, Prateek; Paul, Andrew T; Ko, Seung-Hyun B; Lau, Gee W; Dasgupta, Nupur; Bogue, Amy L; Miller, William E; Mortensen, Joel E; Haslam, David B; Dexheimer, Phillip; Muruve, Daniel A; Aronow, Bruce J; Forbes, Malcolm D E; Danilczuk, Marek; Brinkman, Fiona S L; Hancock, Robert E W; Meyer, Thomas J; Hassett, Daniel J 2020. AB569, a nontoxic chemical tandem that kills major human pathogenic bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 9, 4921-4930Powell, Eleanor A; Khalil, Nadim; DeBurger, Barbara; Mortensen, Joel E 2020. Combined Molecular and Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Is Beneficial in Detection of ESBL and AmpC Beta-Lactamase Producing Isolates of Enterobacteriaceae in Pediatric Patients with Bloodstream Infections. Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.), 26 7, 825-830Beckman, Martina; Washam, Matthew C; DeBurger, Barbara; Haslam, David B; Courter, Joshua D; Andersen, Heidi; Schaffzin, Joshua K; Tchou, Michael J; Ankrum, Andrea; Mortensen, Joel 2019. Reliability of the Verigene system for the identification for Gram-positive Bacteria and detection of antimicrobial resistance markers from children with bacteremia. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 93 3, 191-195Forster, Catherine S; Powell, Eleanor A; DeBurger, Barbara; Courter, Joshua; Haslam, David B; Mortensen, Joel E 2019. Association of systemic antimicrobials with the expression of beta-lactamases in bacteria cultured from urological patients. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 94 4, 391-394Khalil, Nadim; Corker, Lisa; Powell, Eleanor A; Mortensen, Joel E 2019. Neonatal bacteremia and oligoarthritis caused by Rhodococcus corynebacterioides/Rhodococcus kroppenstedtii. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 94 4, 395-397Scaggs Huang, Felicia A; Mortensen, Joel; Skoch, Jesse; Andersen, Heidi; Staat, Mary Allen; Schaffzin, Joshua K; Haslam, David B 2019. Successful Whole Genome Sequencing-guided Treatment of Mycoplasma hominis Ventriculitis in a Preterm Infant. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 38 7, 749-751Stokes, William; Simner, Patricia J; Mortensen, Joel; Oethinger, Margret; Stellrecht, Kathleen; Lockamy, Elizabeth; Lay, Tricia; Bouchy, Peggy; Pillai, Dylan R 2019. Multicenter Clinical Validation of the Molecular BD Max Enteric Viral Panel for Detection of Enteric Pathogens. Journal of clinical microbiology, 57 9, Tchou, Michael J; Andersen, Heidi; Robinette, Eric; Mortensen, Joel E; Powell, Eleanor A; Ankrum, Andrea; Washam, Matthew C; Haslam, David B; Courter, Joshua D 2019. Accelerating Initiation of Adequate Antimicrobial Therapy Using Real-Time Decision Support and Microarray Testing. Pediatric quality & safety, 4 4, e191DeBurger, Barbara A; Hanna, Sarah; Mortensen, Joel E 2018. Evaluation of alternate parasite transport systems for the BD MAX™ enteric parasite panel. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 92 3, 204-205Wang, Qingqing; Wang, Bin; Saxena, Vijay; Miles, Lili; Tiao, Josh; Mortensen, Joel E; Nathan, Jaimie D 2018. The gut-liver axis: impact of a mouse model of small-bowel bacterial overgrowth. The Journal of surgical research, 221 , 246-256DeBurger, Barbara; Hanna, Sarah; Powell, Eleanor A; Ventrola, Cindi; Mortensen, Joel E 2017. Utilizing BD MAX™ Enteric Bacterial Panel to Detect Stool Pathogens from Rectal Swabs. BMC clinical pathology, 17 , 7Forster, Catherine S; Courter, Joshua; Jackson, Elizabeth C; Mortensen, Joel E; Haslam, David B 2017. Frequency of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Cultured From Urine of Children Undergoing Clean Intermittent Catheterization. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 6 4, 332-338Powell, Eleanor A; Haslam, David; Mortensen, Joel E 2017. Performance of the check-points check-MDR CT103XL assay utilizing the CDC/FDA antimicrobial resistance isolate bank. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 88 3, 219-221Simner, Patricia J; Oethinger, Margret; Stellrecht, Kathleen A; Pillai, Dylan R; Yogev, Ram; Leblond, Helene; Mortensen, Joel 2017. Multisite Evaluation of the BD Max Extended Enteric Bacterial Panel for Detection of Yersinia enterocolitica, Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Vibrio, and Plesiomonas shigelloides from Stool Specimens. Journal of clinical microbiology, 55 11, 3258-3266Harmon, Nicole; Mortensen, Joel E; Robinette, Eric; Powell, Eleanor A 2016. Pediatric bacteremia caused by Chromobacterium haemolyticum/Chromobacterium aquaticum. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 86 1, 108-11McDaniel, Cameron; Su, Shengchang; Panmanee, Warunya; Lau, Gee W; Browne, Tristan; Cox, Kevin; Paul, Andrew T; Ko, Seung-Hyun B; Mortensen, Joel E; Lam, Joseph S; Muruve, Daniel A; Hassett, Daniel J 2016. A Putative ABC Transporter Permease Is Necessary for Resistance to Acidified Nitrite and EDTA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa under Aerobic and Anaerobic Planktonic and Biofilm Conditions. Frontiers in microbiology, 7 , 291Mortensen, Joel E; DeBurger, Barbara; Powell, Eleanor A; DiFranco-Fisher, Jeanna; Koeth, Laura; Weissman, Scott J 2016. Characterisation of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from the southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana region. Journal of global antimicrobial resistance, 7 , 141-144Powell, E., J.E. Mortensen 2016. What Every Microbiology Laboratory Needs to Know About Susceptibility Testing of Beta-Lactams and Gram-Negative Bacilli Journal of Continuing Education: Topics and Issues, 18 1, 4-12Powell, Eleanor A; Mortensen, Joel E 2016. Extraction of total nucleic acids from bacterial isolates using the bioMérieux NucliSENS easyMAG total nucleic acid extractor. Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials, 15 1, 54Harrington, S., B.W. Buchan, C. Doern, R. Fader, M.J. Ferraro, D.R. Pillai, J. Rychert, J.E. Mortensen 2015. A multicenter evaluation of the BD MAX Enteric Bacterial Panel (EBP) for the detection of Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Campylobacter spp., and Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53 5, 1639 – 1647Mortensen, Joel E; Ventrola, Cindi; Hanna, Sarah; Walter, Adam 2015. Comparison of time-motion analysis of conventional stool culture and the BD MAX™ Enteric Bacterial Panel (EBP). BMC clinical pathology, 15 , 9Gupta, Mani; Khalequzzaman, Md; Jodele, Sonata; Mortensen, Joel; Mueller, Mark A; Gupta, Anita 2014. Crusted scabies in a 15-year-old boy with congenital neutropenia and myelodysplastic syndrome. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 32 12, e49-51Rams, Thomas E; Feik, Diane; Mortensen, Joel E; Degener, John E; van Winkelhoff, Arie J 2014. Antibiotic susceptibility of periodontal Streptococcus constellatus and Streptococcus intermedius clinical isolates. Journal of periodontology, 85 12, 1792-8Wiederhold, Nathan P; Sutton, Deanna A; Li, De-Wei; Liang, Yu; Thompson, Elizabeth H; Wickes, Brian L; Herrera, Monica L; Rhoads, Sandra L; Mortensen, Joel E 2014. Stachybotrys eucylindrospora isolated from foreign material following a traumatic eye injury. Mycoses, 57 7, 437-41Anderson, Neil W; Buchan, Blake W; Mayne, Donna; Mortensen, Joel E; Mackey, Tami-Lea A; Ledeboer, Nathan A 2013. Multicenter clinical evaluation of the illumigene group A Streptococcus DNA amplification assay for detection of group A Streptococcus from pharyngeal swabs. Journal of clinical microbiology, 51 5, 1474-7Powell, Eleanor A; Blecker-Shelly, Deborah; Montgomery, Sandra; Mortensen, Joel E 2013. Application of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry for identification of the fastidious pediatric pathogens Aggregatibacter, Eikenella, Haemophilus, and Kingella. Journal of clinical microbiology, 51 11, 3862-4Rams, Thomas E; Feik, Diane; Mortensen, Joel E; Degener, John E; van Winkelhoff, Arie J 2013. Antibiotic susceptibility of periodontal Enterococcus faecalis. Journal of periodontology, 84 7, 1026-33Huppert, Jill S; Bennett, Kelly; Kollar, Linda M; Pattullo, Lucia; Mortensen, Joel E 2011. MRSA: rare in the vagina. Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 24 5, 315-6Motley, W Walker; Melson, Andrew T; Mortensen, Joel E 2011. Pediatric Metarrhizium anisopliae keratitis Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus / American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 15 1, 101-3Giannini, Courtney M; Kim, Hye K; Mortensen, Jonathan; Mortensen, Joel; Marsolo, Keith; Huppert, Jill 2010. Culture of non-genital sites increases the detection of gonorrhea in women Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 23 4, 246-52Henson, M.O, R. Sheridan, J.E. Mortensen. 2010. Case Seventeen: A Critical Case of Community Pneumonia. Journal of Continuing Education, 12 1, 14-21Major, Tiffany A; Panmanee, Warunya; Mortensen, Joel E; Gray, Larry D; Hoglen, Niel; Hassett, Daniel J 2010. Sodium nitrite-mediated killing of the major cystic fibrosis pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Burkholderia cepacia under anaerobic planktonic and biofilm conditions Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 54 11, 4671-7Morovic, A., A. Bowman, C. Meeks, J.E. Mortensen. 2010. Case Eighteen: Infection or Environment? Journal of Continuing Education, 12 2, 68-72Nguyen, Hiep T; Hurwitz, Richard S; Defoor, W Robert; Minevich, Eugene; McAdam, Alexander J; Mortensen, Joel E; Novak-Weekley, Susan M; Minnillo, Brian J; Elder, Jack S 2010. Trimethoprim in vitro antibacterial activity is not increased by adding sulfamethoxazole for pediatric Escherichia coli urinary tract infection The Journal of urology, 184 1, 305-10Propst, E.J., J.D. Prager, S.R. Shott, B. Koch, J.E. Mortensen, J.H. Greinwald. 2010. Resolution of hypoglossal nerve palsy associated with retropharyngeal abscess after prompt medical and surgical treatment. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra, ,
Hoppe, Jordana E; Paisley, Andrew; Vigers, Tim; Moffett, Kathryn; Indihar, Veronica; Dasenbrook, Elliott; Mortensen, Joel E; Muhlebach, Marianne S; Siracusa, Christopher 2026. Reliability of Clinic-Obtained vs Self-Obtained Respiratory Samples From the Self-Sample Accuracy and Benefit Implementation Trial (S2wAB-IT). Chest, 169 6, 1488-1495Wilson, Rebecca J; Prus, Kristina; Ka, Fatou; Mortensen, Joel E 2026. Validation of the Gazelle point-of-care device for hemoglobin variant analysis in a predominantly pediatric population: performance comparison with conventional electrophoresis. Frontiers in medicine, 13 , 1903717Hall, Ashton D; Whitehurst, Daniel A; Mortensen, Joel E; Prus, Kristina; Staat, Mary A; Schlaudecker, Elizabeth P; Prasanphanich, Nina S 2025. Polymerase chain reaction fails to detect mixed malaria infections in siblings from Ethiopia. Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy, 31 9, 102777White, Anne M; Mutai, Dominic; Parsons, Allison; Cheruiyot, David; Kamath-Rayne, Beena D; Schaffzin, Joshua K; Mortensen, Joel E; Rule, Amy R L 2025. Disinfection of Neonatal Resuscitation Equipment in Resource-Limited Settings: Lessons From a Mixed-Methods Implementation Experience in Kenya. Global health, science and practice, 13 1, Beckman, Martina; Firmenich, Emily; Cole, Conrad R; Haslam, David B; Mortensen, Joel E; Courter, Joshua D 2024. Characterization of initial CLABSI culture results to support antimicrobial de-escalation in pediatric GI inpatients. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 78 6, 1234-1240Cox, Christina R; Weghorn, Kristin N; Ruger, Katie; Powers-Fletcher, Margaret V; Powell, Eleanor A; Mortensen, Joel E 2024. Clinical utility of multiplex PCR in the detection of pathogens from sterile body fluids. Journal of clinical microbiology, 62 4, e0161123Sautter, Robert L; Parrott, James Scott; Nachamkin, Irving; Diel, Christen; Tom, Ryan J; Bobenchik, April M; Bradford, Judith Young; Gilligan, Peter; Halstead, Diane C; LaSala, P Rocco; Mochon, A Brian; Mortensen, Joel E; Boyce, Lindsay; Baselski, Vickie 2024. American Society for Microbiology evidence-based laboratory medicine practice guidelines to reduce blood culture contamination rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical microbiology reviews, 37 4, e0008724Teoh, Zheyi; Mortensen, Joel; Schaffzin, Joshua K 2022. Invasive Malassezia pachydermatis Infection in an 8-Year-Old Child on Lipid Parenteral Nutrition. Case reports in infectious diseases, 2022 , 8636582Bogue, Amy L; Panmanee, Warunya; McDaniel, Cameron T; Mortensen, Joel E; Kamau, Edwin; Actis, Luis A; Johannigman, Jay A; Schurr, Michael J; Satish, Latha; Kotagiri, Nalinikanth; Hassett, Daniel J 2021. AB569, a non-toxic combination of acidified nitrite and EDTA, is effective at killing the notorious Iraq/Afghanistan combat wound pathogens, multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter spp. PloS one, 16 3, e0247513Murphy, Mark E; Powell, Eleanor; Courter, Joshua; Mortensen, Joel E 2021. Predicting Oral Beta-lactam susceptibilities against Streptococcus pneumoniae. BMC infectious diseases, 21 1, 679White, Anne M; Mutai, Dominic; Cheruiyot, David; Rule, Amy R L; Mortensen, Joel E; Schaffzin, Joshua K; Kamath-Rayne, Beena D 2021. Disinfection of Neonatal Resuscitation Equipment in Low-Resource Settings: The Importance, the Reality, and Considerations for the Future. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18 13, Brownell, Amanda D; Miraldi Utz, Virginia; Makoroff, Kathi L; Shapiro, Robert A; Mortensen, Joel E 2020. Chlamydia Conjunctivitis in 2 Prepubertal Children: An Uncommon Presentation of Child Sexual Abuse. Pediatric emergency care, 36 8, e473-e475McDaniel, Cameron T; Panmanee, Warunya; Winsor, Geoffrey L; Gill, Erin; Bertelli, Claire; Schurr, Michael J; Dongare, Prateek; Paul, Andrew T; Ko, Seung-Hyun B; Lau, Gee W; Dasgupta, Nupur; Bogue, Amy L; Miller, William E; Mortensen, Joel E; Haslam, David B; Dexheimer, Phillip; Muruve, Daniel A; Aronow, Bruce J; Forbes, Malcolm D E; Danilczuk, Marek; Brinkman, Fiona S L; Hancock, Robert E W; Meyer, Thomas J; Hassett, Daniel J 2020. AB569, a nontoxic chemical tandem that kills major human pathogenic bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 9, 4921-4930Powell, Eleanor A; Khalil, Nadim; DeBurger, Barbara; Mortensen, Joel E 2020. Combined Molecular and Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Is Beneficial in Detection of ESBL and AmpC Beta-Lactamase Producing Isolates of Enterobacteriaceae in Pediatric Patients with Bloodstream Infections. Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.), 26 7, 825-830Beckman, Martina; Washam, Matthew C; DeBurger, Barbara; Haslam, David B; Courter, Joshua D; Andersen, Heidi; Schaffzin, Joshua K; Tchou, Michael J; Ankrum, Andrea; Mortensen, Joel 2019. Reliability of the Verigene system for the identification for Gram-positive Bacteria and detection of antimicrobial resistance markers from children with bacteremia. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 93 3, 191-195Forster, Catherine S; Powell, Eleanor A; DeBurger, Barbara; Courter, Joshua; Haslam, David B; Mortensen, Joel E 2019. Association of systemic antimicrobials with the expression of beta-lactamases in bacteria cultured from urological patients. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 94 4, 391-394Khalil, Nadim; Corker, Lisa; Powell, Eleanor A; Mortensen, Joel E 2019. Neonatal bacteremia and oligoarthritis caused by Rhodococcus corynebacterioides/Rhodococcus kroppenstedtii. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 94 4, 395-397Scaggs Huang, Felicia A; Mortensen, Joel; Skoch, Jesse; Andersen, Heidi; Staat, Mary Allen; Schaffzin, Joshua K; Haslam, David B 2019. Successful Whole Genome Sequencing-guided Treatment of Mycoplasma hominis Ventriculitis in a Preterm Infant. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 38 7, 749-751Stokes, William; Simner, Patricia J; Mortensen, Joel; Oethinger, Margret; Stellrecht, Kathleen; Lockamy, Elizabeth; Lay, Tricia; Bouchy, Peggy; Pillai, Dylan R 2019. Multicenter Clinical Validation of the Molecular BD Max Enteric Viral Panel for Detection of Enteric Pathogens. Journal of clinical microbiology, 57 9, Tchou, Michael J; Andersen, Heidi; Robinette, Eric; Mortensen, Joel E; Powell, Eleanor A; Ankrum, Andrea; Washam, Matthew C; Haslam, David B; Courter, Joshua D 2019. Accelerating Initiation of Adequate Antimicrobial Therapy Using Real-Time Decision Support and Microarray Testing. Pediatric quality & safety, 4 4, e191DeBurger, Barbara A; Hanna, Sarah; Mortensen, Joel E 2018. Evaluation of alternate parasite transport systems for the BD MAX™ enteric parasite panel. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 92 3, 204-205Wang, Qingqing; Wang, Bin; Saxena, Vijay; Miles, Lili; Tiao, Josh; Mortensen, Joel E; Nathan, Jaimie D 2018. The gut-liver axis: impact of a mouse model of small-bowel bacterial overgrowth. The Journal of surgical research, 221 , 246-256DeBurger, Barbara; Hanna, Sarah; Powell, Eleanor A; Ventrola, Cindi; Mortensen, Joel E 2017. Utilizing BD MAX™ Enteric Bacterial Panel to Detect Stool Pathogens from Rectal Swabs. BMC clinical pathology, 17 , 7Forster, Catherine S; Courter, Joshua; Jackson, Elizabeth C; Mortensen, Joel E; Haslam, David B 2017. Frequency of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Cultured From Urine of Children Undergoing Clean Intermittent Catheterization. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 6 4, 332-338Powell, Eleanor A; Haslam, David; Mortensen, Joel E 2017. Performance of the check-points check-MDR CT103XL assay utilizing the CDC/FDA antimicrobial resistance isolate bank. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 88 3, 219-221Simner, Patricia J; Oethinger, Margret; Stellrecht, Kathleen A; Pillai, Dylan R; Yogev, Ram; Leblond, Helene; Mortensen, Joel 2017. Multisite Evaluation of the BD Max Extended Enteric Bacterial Panel for Detection of Yersinia enterocolitica, Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Vibrio, and Plesiomonas shigelloides from Stool Specimens. Journal of clinical microbiology, 55 11, 3258-3266Harmon, Nicole; Mortensen, Joel E; Robinette, Eric; Powell, Eleanor A 2016. Pediatric bacteremia caused by Chromobacterium haemolyticum/Chromobacterium aquaticum. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 86 1, 108-11McDaniel, Cameron; Su, Shengchang; Panmanee, Warunya; Lau, Gee W; Browne, Tristan; Cox, Kevin; Paul, Andrew T; Ko, Seung-Hyun B; Mortensen, Joel E; Lam, Joseph S; Muruve, Daniel A; Hassett, Daniel J 2016. A Putative ABC Transporter Permease Is Necessary for Resistance to Acidified Nitrite and EDTA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa under Aerobic and Anaerobic Planktonic and Biofilm Conditions. Frontiers in microbiology, 7 , 291Mortensen, Joel E; DeBurger, Barbara; Powell, Eleanor A; DiFranco-Fisher, Jeanna; Koeth, Laura; Weissman, Scott J 2016. Characterisation of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from the southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana region. Journal of global antimicrobial resistance, 7 , 141-144Powell, E., J.E. Mortensen 2016. What Every Microbiology Laboratory Needs to Know About Susceptibility Testing of Beta-Lactams and Gram-Negative Bacilli Journal of Continuing Education: Topics and Issues, 18 1, 4-12Powell, Eleanor A; Mortensen, Joel E 2016. Extraction of total nucleic acids from bacterial isolates using the bioMérieux NucliSENS easyMAG total nucleic acid extractor. Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials, 15 1, 54Harrington, S., B.W. Buchan, C. Doern, R. Fader, M.J. Ferraro, D.R. Pillai, J. Rychert, J.E. Mortensen 2015. A multicenter evaluation of the BD MAX Enteric Bacterial Panel (EBP) for the detection of Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Campylobacter spp., and Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53 5, 1639 – 1647Mortensen, Joel E; Ventrola, Cindi; Hanna, Sarah; Walter, Adam 2015. Comparison of time-motion analysis of conventional stool culture and the BD MAX™ Enteric Bacterial Panel (EBP). BMC clinical pathology, 15 , 9Gupta, Mani; Khalequzzaman, Md; Jodele, Sonata; Mortensen, Joel; Mueller, Mark A; Gupta, Anita 2014. Crusted scabies in a 15-year-old boy with congenital neutropenia and myelodysplastic syndrome. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 32 12, e49-51Rams, Thomas E; Feik, Diane; Mortensen, Joel E; Degener, John E; van Winkelhoff, Arie J 2014. Antibiotic susceptibility of periodontal Streptococcus constellatus and Streptococcus intermedius clinical isolates. Journal of periodontology, 85 12, 1792-8Wiederhold, Nathan P; Sutton, Deanna A; Li, De-Wei; Liang, Yu; Thompson, Elizabeth H; Wickes, Brian L; Herrera, Monica L; Rhoads, Sandra L; Mortensen, Joel E 2014. Stachybotrys eucylindrospora isolated from foreign material following a traumatic eye injury. Mycoses, 57 7, 437-41Anderson, Neil W; Buchan, Blake W; Mayne, Donna; Mortensen, Joel E; Mackey, Tami-Lea A; Ledeboer, Nathan A 2013. Multicenter clinical evaluation of the illumigene group A Streptococcus DNA amplification assay for detection of group A Streptococcus from pharyngeal swabs. Journal of clinical microbiology, 51 5, 1474-7Powell, Eleanor A; Blecker-Shelly, Deborah; Montgomery, Sandra; Mortensen, Joel E 2013. Application of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry for identification of the fastidious pediatric pathogens Aggregatibacter, Eikenella, Haemophilus, and Kingella. Journal of clinical microbiology, 51 11, 3862-4Rams, Thomas E; Feik, Diane; Mortensen, Joel E; Degener, John E; van Winkelhoff, Arie J 2013. Antibiotic susceptibility of periodontal Enterococcus faecalis. Journal of periodontology, 84 7, 1026-33Huppert, Jill S; Bennett, Kelly; Kollar, Linda M; Pattullo, Lucia; Mortensen, Joel E 2011. MRSA: rare in the vagina. Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 24 5, 315-6Motley, W Walker; Melson, Andrew T; Mortensen, Joel E 2011. Pediatric Metarrhizium anisopliae keratitis Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus / American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 15 1, 101-3Giannini, Courtney M; Kim, Hye K; Mortensen, Jonathan; Mortensen, Joel; Marsolo, Keith; Huppert, Jill 2010. Culture of non-genital sites increases the detection of gonorrhea in women Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 23 4, 246-52Henson, M.O, R. Sheridan, J.E. Mortensen. 2010. Case Seventeen: A Critical Case of Community Pneumonia. Journal of Continuing Education, 12 1, 14-21Major, Tiffany A; Panmanee, Warunya; Mortensen, Joel E; Gray, Larry D; Hoglen, Niel; Hassett, Daniel J 2010. Sodium nitrite-mediated killing of the major cystic fibrosis pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Burkholderia cepacia under anaerobic planktonic and biofilm conditions Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 54 11, 4671-7Morovic, A., A. Bowman, C. Meeks, J.E. Mortensen. 2010. Case Eighteen: Infection or Environment? Journal of Continuing Education, 12 2, 68-72Nguyen, Hiep T; Hurwitz, Richard S; Defoor, W Robert; Minevich, Eugene; McAdam, Alexander J; Mortensen, Joel E; Novak-Weekley, Susan M; Minnillo, Brian J; Elder, Jack S 2010. Trimethoprim in vitro antibacterial activity is not increased by adding sulfamethoxazole for pediatric Escherichia coli urinary tract infection The Journal of urology, 184 1, 305-10Propst, E.J., J.D. Prager, S.R. Shott, B. Koch, J.E. Mortensen, J.H. Greinwald. 2010. Resolution of hypoglossal nerve palsy associated with retropharyngeal abscess after prompt medical and surgical treatment. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra, ,