ASM microbiology blogs written by current and former BIDMC medical microbiology fellows

The Origin of MacConkey AgarNote, ASM is currently updating their website. There are many more fellow-authored articles that are currently offline, but will become available again by the end of 2019.

KP Smith's blogs can be found at:  www.asm.org/Biographies/Kenneth-(K-P-)-Smith
Rose Lee's blogs can be found at: www.asm.org/Biographies/Rose-Lee
Thea Brennan-Krohn's blogs can be found at:  www.asm.org/Biographies/Thea-Brennan-Krohn

Thea Brennan-Krohn
AST for New Antibiotics: The Clinical Labratorian’s Dilemma
TMI: Deciding Whether to Include MIC Values in Susceptibility Reports​
Just Small Adults? Pediatric Considerations in Clinical Microbiology 
Combination Antibiotic Testing: When Two Drugs Are Better Than One (or Two).
Rabies and Roundworm: Raccoon-Associated Infectious Diseases
Diagnosing Measles in the Post-Elimination Era
Measles Vaccination and Infection: Questions and Misconceptions

Rose Lee
C. diff Diagnosis versus Detection: Why Tests Remain Ambiguous

KP Smith
Opening the Black Box of Phenotypic Carbapenemase Detection
Who Are the HACEK Organisms?
Predictive Value of Blood Culture Time to Positivity
Opening the Black Box of MALDI-TOF MS
​The Origin of MacConkey Agar