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CURRICULUM VITAE 

KURT D. REED, M.D., M.GIS. 

CURRENT POSITION 

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health 

600 Highland Avenue 

B4/259 Clinical Sciences Center 

Madison, WI 53792 - 2472 

608-265-5822 

608-263-1568 FAX 

kdreed@wisc.edu 

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

1. Ecology and population genetic structure of Blastomyces dermatitidis 

2. Birds as reservoirs and disseminators of zoonotic pathogens 

3. Applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing for global health 

4. Molecular epidemiology and phylogenetics of human and animal pathogens 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING 

Undergraduate 1972-1976 University of Wisconsin - Madison 

B.S. - Biochemistry 

Professional 1976-1980 University of Wisconsin - Madison 

Doctor of Medicine 

1980-1982 Brigham and Women's Hospital 

Harvard Medical School 

Anatomic Pathology Residency 

1982-1984 Medical College of Wisconsin 

Clinical Pathology Residency 

Graduate 2004-2006 Pennsylvania State University 

Master of Geographic Information Systems 

2008-2009 Northeastern University 

Graduate Certificate in Remote Sensing 

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS American Board of Pathology 

�Anatomic and Clinical 

Pathology (1984) 

�Medical Microbiology (1989) 

American Board of Medical Microbiology 

�Medical and Public Health 

Microbiology (1992) 

LICENSURE/PERMITS 

Wisconsin Medical License #24605 

U.S. Geological Survey Master Bird Banding Permit #23033 

Federal Scientific Collection Permit #MB048443-0 

WI Scientific Collection Permit SCP-WCR-60-D-S-07 

Colorado Scientific Collection License: 11TRb2042

PATENTS 

U.S. Patent #7,205,111 – Rapid Identification of Bacteria from Positive Blood Cultures (Jeffrey 

Christensen and Pamela Squires, Co-inventors), issued April 2007. 

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EXPERIENCE 

2012 - Vice Chair for Clinical Laboratory Services, University of Wisconsin 

2008 - 2011 Director of Laboratories, Northwestern Memorial Hospital 

2005- 2007 Director, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Marshfield Clinic 

2004 - 2007 Senior Research Scientist (tenured), Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation 

1989 - 2007 Microbiology Section Head, Marshfield Laboratories 

1999 - 2004 Director of Clinical Research, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation 

1992 – 1999 Associate Director, Marshfield Laboratories 

1988 - 1989 Research Associate (with Dr. Virginia Hinshaw) 

Department of Medical Microbiology, UW - Madison 

1984 - 1988 Staff Surgical Pathologist and Chief, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, 

Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, TX 

1984 - 1988 Adjunct Scientist, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, TX 

OTHER ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 

1998 to present Clinical Professor 

Graduate Faculty of Microbiology 

University of Wisconsin – La Crosse 

2008 – 2011 Professor and Vice Chairman of Pathology 

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 

2003 - 2008 Adjunct Professor 

Department of Environmental Science and Policy 

University of Wisconsin – Green Bay 

1992 – 1999 Clinical Professor 

Medical Technology Programs 

University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, Stevens Point 

Eau Claire, Superior, and Oshkosh 

Michigan Technical University 

1992 – 1999 Medical Director, Schools of Medical Technology, Histology, Phlebotomy 

and Nuclear Medicine, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, WI 

AWARDS/HONORS 

Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society – 1979 

USAF Medical Corp Meritorious Service Award – 1988 

Gwen D. Sebold Research Fellowship Award – 1997 

USAF Career Achievement Award - 2002 

Middleton Memorial Lecturer, American College of Physicians – 2003 

UW- La Crosse Faculty Recognition Award – 2004 

Keynote Speaker, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science - 2008

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GRADUATE STUDENT AND POST-DOCTORAL SCIENTIST SUPERVISION 

1. Sanjay K. Shukla, Ph.D. 1997-1999. Post-doctoral fellow in molecular microbiology. 

2. Eric C. Larson, M.S. 1997 – 1999. Masters Thesis: Migratory Birds as Disseminators and 

Potential Reservoirs for the Agents of Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis. (UW – La Crosse, May 2000, 

major advisor) 

3. Mary E. Stemper, M.S. 1998 – 2002. Masters Thesis: Molecular Epidemiology of a Community 

Acquired Strain of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Wisconsin. (UW – La Crosse, 

May 2002, major advisor) 

4. Brian R. Vanness, M.S. 1999-2002. Masters Thesis: Identification of Mutations within hpmB that 

Affect the Secretion Function of the Proteus mirabilis Calcium-Independent Hemolysin System. 

(UW- La Crosse, May 2002, thesis committee member) 

5. Jeffrey E. Christensen, Ph.D. 2000 – 2002. Post-doctoral fellow in molecular microbiology. 

6. James S. Henkel, M.S. 2000 - 2002. Masters Thesis: Surveillance of West Nile Virus in 

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and Association of Viral Genome Mutation with Phenotype. 

(UW- La Crosse, May 2002, major advisor) 

7. Jennifer K. Meece, Ph.D. 2001-2004. Post-doctoral fellow in vector biology. 

8. Joshua Burgess, M.S. 2001 – 2003. Masters Thesis: Detection of Blastomyces dermatitidis DNA 

in Soil Samples Using Rapid PCR-based Methods. (UW – La Crosse, May 2003, thesis 

committee member) 

9. Mohammed Akmal Siddiqi, Ph.D. 2002-2004. Post-doctoral fellow in environmental 

biomonitoring. 

10. Terra A. Jenson, M.S. 2002 – 2005. Masters Thesis: West Nile Virus Surveillance on a 

Commercial Turkey Farm in Northwestern Wisconsin. (UW – La Crosse, May 2005, major 

advisor) 

11. Becky Brey, M.S., 2004 – 2006. Masters Thesis: Association Between Mycobacterium avium 

subsp. paratuberculosis bacteremia and the CARD15 mutation in Crohn’s Disease Patients. (UW 

– La Crosse, July 2006, thesis committee member) 

12. Mary E. Westphal, M.S. 2005 – 2006. Masters Thesis: Differences in Toxin and Adherence 

Factor Gene Profiles in Community-acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates 

and Methicillin Sensitive S. aureus Isolates. (UW – La Crosse, November 2006, thesis committee 

member) 

13. Joshua Smith, M.S. 2005 – 2006. Masters Thesis: Involvement of the CXXC Motif during the 

Biphasic Activation of Full-length Hemolysin A from Proteus mirabilis. (UW – La Crosse, 

December 2006, thesis committee member) 

14. Maria Lee, M.S. 2004 – 2007. Masters Thesis: Proteomics Profiling of Penicillium marneffii, an 

Opportunistic Fungus Affecting the Immunocompromised Patients in Southeast Asia. (UW – La 

Crosse, thesis committee member) 

15. Kathleen Engelbrecht, M.S. 2005-2008. Masters Thesis: A new class of Gram-positive selective 

antibacterials. (UW – La Crosse, thesis committee member) 

16. Sarah Gruszka, M.S., 2008 to 2010: Association between organism genotype and clinical 

phenotype in Blastomyces dermatitidis infections. (UW – La Crosse, major advisor) 

17. Lindsay Sammons, M.S., 2007 to 2010. Masters Thesis: Molecular genetics of MRSA (UW – La 

Crosse, examination committee) 

18. Zhang Zhong Yi, Ph.D. 2009 to 2011. Postdoctoral fellow in molecular microbiology. 

19. Mario Gjoni, M.S. 2010 to 2011. Masters Thesis: Effect of Genetic Variation on Antifungal 

Susceptibility Profiles in Blastomyces dermatitidis. (Rush University – major advisor)

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20. Meghan Pearce MPH 2011. Masters of Public Health project: Legionella as a cause of 

community- associated pneumonia in Chicago (Northwestern University MPH project advisor). 

21. Brehima Traore, M.D., M.S. 2011. Masters Thesis: Phenotypic characterization of Blastomyces 

dermatitidis. (UW – La Crosse, major advisor) 

22. Kelly Rock, 2012. UW – La Crosse masters in Clinical Microbiology examination committee. 

23. Katherine Josephson, 2012. UW – La Crosse masters in Clinical Microbiology examination 

committee. 

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS 

American Society for Microbiology 

Wildlife Disease Association 

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 

International Association for Landscape Ecology 

International Society for Infectious Diseases 

Wisconsin Society for Ornithology 

Inland Bird Banding Association 

Association of Field Ornithologists 

American Ornithologists’ Union 

Raptor Research Foundation 

North American Mycological Association 

Wisconsin Mycological Society 

STATE/NATIONAL ACTIVITIES 

Global Health Institute Advisory Group, UW - Madison (2012 to present) 

Editorial Board - Journal of Clinical Microbiology (1994-2002, 2009 to present) 

Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Medicine & Research (2007 to present) 

Master of Geographic Information Systems Advisory Board – Penn State University (2007 to present) 

Medical Director, Marshfield Clinic CDC LRN BSL-3 Laboratory (2003-2007) 

Wisconsin West Nile Virus Task Force (2001-2007) 

Wisconsin Laboratory Response Network for Bioterrorism (1999-2007) 

Associate Editor – Clinical Medicine & Research (2006) 

Wisconsin Public Health Council (2004-2005) 

Chair, Emergency Preparedness Committee, Wisconsin Public Health Council (2005) 

Editorial Board – Clinical Medicine & Research (2002 – 2005) 

Wisconsin Biomonitoring Steering Group (2001 –2004) 

President, American Society for Microbiology, Northcentral Branch (2000 – 2001) 

State of Wisconsin TB White Paper Committee (1997 – 1999) 

ABMM Part 1 Examination Committee (1994) 

ABMM Oral Board Examiner (1993) 

ABMM Ad Hoc Committee on Self Assessment (1992-1993) 

University of Wisconsin Committee on Bloodborne Pathogens (1992) 

Ad Hoc Manuscript Reviewer, (Clinical Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Archives 

of Internal Medicine, Wisconsin Medical Journal, Journal of Infectious Diseases, Journal of 

Infections, Nature Protocols, New England Journal of Medicine, Transactions of the Royal Society 

of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Clinical Cytometry, Medical Mycology, The American Journal 

of the Medical Sciences, The Open Remote Sensing Journal, Veterinary Microbiology, PLoS 

Pathogens, Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, Connective Tissue Research, Fungal Ecology, 

Journal of Virological Methods, African Journal of Microbiological Research)

STATE/NATIONAL ACTIVITIES (cont) 

Ad Hoc Grant reviewer (Ireland National Research Council, Science and Technology Center in 

Ukraine, CDC Special Emphasis Review Panel for GIS, CDC Special Emphasis Review Panel for 

Lyme Disease) 

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RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS AND BOOK CHAPTERS 

1. Baumann MA, Hanson GA, Reed KD, Hansen RM. Massive intravascular hemolysis without 

serum haptoglobin depletion. Human Pathol 1985; 16:1275-77. PMID: 2998966 

2. Sullivan WT, Orzel JA, Reed KD, Bower JH. Abnormal lung and liver uptake of Ga-67 and Tc- 

99Mdp in hypercalcemia of lymphoma with metastatic pulmonary calcification. Clin Nuclear 

Med 1986; 11:545-47. PMID: 3527509 

3. Reed KD, Berridge BR. Campylobacter-like organisms in the gastric mucosa of rhesus 

monkeys. Lab Animal Science 1988; 38:329-31. PMID: 3411925 

4. Reed KD, Fowler CB, Brannon RB. Ultrastructural detection of herpes-type virions by negative 

staining in oral hairy leukoplakia. Amer J Clin Pathol 1988; 90:305-309. PMID: 2458033 

5. Scott RT, Snyder RR, Strickland DM, Tyburski CC, Bagnall JA, Reed KD, Adair CA, Hensley 

SB. The effect of interobserver variation in dating endometrial histology on the diagnosis of 

luteal phase defects. Fert Steril 1988; 50:888-892. PMID: 3203751 

6. Fowler CB, Reed KD, Brannon RB. Intranuclear inclusions correlate with ultrastructural 

detection of herpes-type virions in oral hairy leukoplakia. Amer J Surg Pathol 1989; 13:114- 

119. PMID: 2537044 

7. Baker EJ, Reed KD, Dixon SL. Chlorthalidone-induced pseudo-porphyria: a clinical and 

microscopic case study. J Amer Acad Derm 1989; 21:1026-29. PMID: 2808818 

8. Melcher GP, Reed KD, Rinaldi MG, Lee JW, Pizzo PA, Walsh TJ. Demonstration of a cell wall 

antigen cross-reacting with cryptococcal polysaccharide in experimental disseminated 

trichosporosis. J Clin Microbiol 1991; 29:192-96. PMID: 1993757 

9. Hoxie N, Reed K, Vergeront J, Pfister J. HIV seroprevalence among males 15-49 years of age 

from northern Wisconsin who utilize out-patient services of a regional laboratory and the 

implications for this region. AIDS/HIV Program Report, Wisconsin Division of Health, 

February, 1991. 

10. Walsh TJ, Lee JW, Melcher GP, Novarro E, Bacher J, Callenda D, Reed KD, Wu T, Lopez- 

Berenstein G, Pizzo PA. Experimental Trichosporon infection in persistently granulocytopenic 

rabbits: implications for pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of an emerging opportunistic 

mycosis. J Infec Dis 1992; 166:121-33. PMID: 1535092 

11. Reed KD, Vandermause MF, Stemper ME. Magic minipreps DNA; rapid isolation of plasmid 

DNA from staphylococci. Promega Notes 1992; 37:9-10. 

12. Mitchell PD, Reed KD, Vandermause MF, Melski JW. Isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi from 

skin biopsies of patients with erythema migrans. Amer J Clin Pathol 1993; 99:104-7. PMID: 

8422007 

13. Reed KD, Moore FM, Geiger GE, Stemper ME. Zoonotic transmission of sporotrichosis; case 

report and review. Clin Infect Dis 1993; 16:384-87. PMID: 8095815 

14. Melski JW, Reed KD, Mitchell PD, Barth GD. Primary and secondary erythema migrans in 

central Wisconsin. Arch Dermatol 1993; 129:709-16. PMID: 8389536 

15. Reed KD, Stemper ME, Vandermause MF, Mitchell PD. Evaluation of a commercial DNA 

purification system for plasmid analysis of nosocomial bacterial pathogens. Amer J Clin Pathol 

1993; 100:304-7. PMID: 8379541 

16. Scott RT, Snyder RR, Bagnall JW, Reed KD, Adair CF, Hensley SD. Evaluation of the impact 

of intra-observer variability on endometrial dating and the diagnosis of luteal phase defects. Fert 

and Steril 1993; 60:652-57. PMID: 8405519

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17. Persing DH, Rutledge BJ, Rys PN Podzorski DS, Mitchell PD, Reed KD, Liu B, Fikrig E, 

Malawista SE. Target imbalance; disparity of Borrelia burgdorferi genetic material in synovial 

fluid from Lyme arthritis patients. J Infect Dis 1994; 169:664-68. PMID: 8158048 

18. Campbell GL, Piesman J, Mitchell PD, Quan TJ, Reed KD, Dennis DT. An evaluation of media 

for transport of tissues infected with Borrelia burgdorferi. Amer J Clin Pathol 1994;101:154-56. 

PMID: 8116569 

19. Mitchell PD, Reed KD, Aspeslet TL, Vandermause MF, Melski WJ. Comparison of four 

immunoserologic assays for the detection of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in patients with 

culture positive erythema migrans. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32:1958-62. PMID: 7989549 

20. Reed KD, Mitchell PD, Persing DH, Kolbert CP, Cameron V. Transmission of human 

granulocytic ehrlichiosis. JAMA 1995; 273:23. PMID: 7864987 

21. Wirtz CE, Reed KD. Necrotizing granulomatous cervical lymphadenitis associated with B 

lymphocyte abnormalities and a positive PPD reaction. Wis Med J 1995; 94:100-103. PMID: 

7778331 

22. Pancholi P, Kolbert CP, Mitchell PD, Reed KD, Telford SR, Persing DH. Ixodes dammini as a 

Potential Vector of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis. J Inf Dis 1995; 172:1007-12. PMID: 

7561173 

23. Lee JD, Reed KD. Central nervous system infections. In, Office Practice of Neurology, Samuels 

and Feske, Editors, Churchill Livingstone, 1996 

24. Mitchell PD, Reed KD, Hofkes JM. Immunoserologic evidence of coinfection with Borrelia 

burgdorferi, Babesia microti, and human granulocytic Ehrlichia in residents of Wisconsin and 

Minnesota. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34:724-27. PMID: 8904446 

25. Reed KD, Mitchell PD, Belongia EA. Laboratory Diagnosis of Tick-borne diseases in 

Wisconsin. Wis Med J 1996; 95:557-63. PMID: 8772416 

26. Mathiesen DA, Oliver JH, Kolbert CP, Tullson ED, Johnson BJ, Campbell GL, Mitchell PD, 

Reed KD, Telford SR 3rd, Anderson JF, Lane RS, Persing DH. Genetic Heterogeneity of 

Borrelia burgdorferi in the United States. J Inf Dis 1997; 175:98-107. PMID: 8985202 

27. Belongia EA, Reed KD, Mitchell PD, Kolbert CP, Persing DH, Gill JS, Kazmierczak JJ. 

Prevalence of granulocytic Ehrlichia infection among white-tailed deer in Wisconsin. J Clin 

Microbiol 1997; 35:1465-1468. PMID: 9163463 

28. Belongia EA, Chyou PH, Reed KD. Lyme disease and Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis. Am J 

Clin Path 1997; 108:479-480. PMID: 9322603 

29. Belongia EA, Reed KD, Mitchell PD, Chyou PH, Mueller-Rizner N, Finkel MF, Schriefer ME. 

Clinical and Epidemiologic Features of Early Lyme Disease and Human Granulocytic 

Ehrlichiosis. Clinical Infectious Disease 1999; 29:1472-1477. PMID: 10585798 

30. Reed KD, Ruth GR, Meyer JA, Shukla S. Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection in a Breeding 

Colony of African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus tropicalis). Emerging Infectious Diseases 

2000;6:196-199. PMID: 10756157 

31. Shukla SK, Reed KD. Desulfovibrio desulfuricans bacteremia in a dog. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 

38:1701-1702. PMID: 10747176 

32. Massung RF, Owens JH, Ross D, Reed KD, Petrovec M, Bjoersdorff AN, Coughlin RT, Beltz 

GA, Murphy CI. Sequence Analysis of the ank Gene of Granulocytic Ehrlichiae. J Clin 


33. Belongia EA, Reed KD, Mitchell PD, Mueller-Rizner N, Vandermause M, Kazmierczak JJ, 

Finkel MF. Tickborne Infections as a Cause of Nonspecific Febrile Illness in Wisconsin. Clin 

Inf Dis 2001; 32:1434-1439. PMID: 11317244 

34. Shukla SK, Vevea DN, Frank DN, Pace NR, Reed KD. Isolation and Characterization of a 

Black Pigmented Corynebacterium Isolated from a Woman with Spontaneous Abortion. J Clin 

Microbiol 2001; 39:1109-13. PMID: 11230435

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35. Belongia EA, Sullivan BJ, Chyou PH, Madagame E, Reed KD, Schwartz B. A Community 

Intervention Trial to Promote Judicious Antibiotic Use and Reduce Penicillin-Resistant 

Streptococcus pneumoniae Carriage in Children. Pediatrics 2001; 108:575-83. PMID: 

11533321 

36. Drinka P, Faulks JT, Gauerke C, Goodman B, Stemper M, Reed KD. Adverse Events 

Associated with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Nursing Home. Arch Int 

Med 2001; 161:2371-77. PMID: 11606154 

37. Belongia EA, Gale CM, Reed KD, Mitchell PD, Vandermause M, Finkel MF, Kazmierczak 

JJ, Davis JP. Population-Based Incidence of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in 

Northwestern Wisconsin, 1997-1999. J Inf Dis 2001; 184:1470-1474. PMID: 11709792 

38. Reed KD. Laboratory Testing for Lyme Disease: Possibilities and Practicalities. J Clin 


39. Shukla SK, Tak T, Haselby DO, McCauley CS, Reed KD. Second Case of Infective 

Endocarditis Caused by Gemella sanguinis. Wis Med J 2002; 101:37-39. PMID: 12109199 

40. Shukla SK, Meier PR, Mitchell PD, Frank DN, Reed KD. Leptotrichia amnionii sp. nov., a 

Novel Bacterium Isolated from Amniotic Fluid of a Woman after Intrauterine Fetal Demise. J 

Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:3345-3349. PMID: 12202577 

41. Tak T, Reed KD, Haselby RC, McCauley CS, Shukla SK. An Update on the Epidemiology, 

Pathogenesis, and Management of Infective Endocarditis with Emphasis on Staphylococcus 

aureus. Wis Med J 2002; 101:24-33. PMID: 12426917 

42. Reed KD, Meece JK, Henkel JS, Shukla SK. Birds, Migration, and Emerging Zoonoses: 

West Nile Virus, Lyme Disease, Influenza A, and Enteropathogens. Clin Med and Res 2003; 

1:5-12. PMID: 15931279 

43. Meece JK, Henkel JS, Glaser L, Reed KD. Mosquito Surveillance for West Nile Virus in 

Southeastern Wisconsin – 2002. Clin Med and Res 2003; 1:37-42. PMID: 15931283 

44. Drinka PJ, Stemper ME, Gauerke C, Miller J, Reed KD. Apparent Transmission of 

Citrobacter koseri in Catheterized Residents on a 17-bed Nursing Home Wing. J Amer Geriat 

Soc 2003; 51:140-41. PMID: 12534868 

45. Drinka PJ, Stemper ME, Gauerke C, Miller J, Reed KD. Apparent Transmission of Two 

Species of Gram-negative Rods in Catheterized Residents on a 50-Bed Nursing Unit. Inf 

Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003; 24:233. PMID: 12725345 

46. Drinka PJ, Stemper ME, Gauerke C, Krause P, Nest L, Reed KD. Molecular epidemiology of 

methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Veterans Administration Medical Center. Inf 

Cont Hosp Epidem. 2003; 24:233-234. PMID: 12725346 

47. Lee JD, Reed KD. Central Nervous System Infections. In, Office Practice of Neurology, 2 nd 

Ed. Samuels and Feske, Editors. Churchill Livingstone, 2003. 

48. Melski J, Reed K, Stratman E, et al. Multistate Outbreak of Monkeypox – Illinois, Indiana, 

and Wisconsin, 2003. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2003:52:537-540. PMID:12803191 

49. Shukla SK, Vandermause MF, Belongia EA, Reed KD, Paskewitz SM, Kazmierczak J. 

Importance of Primer specificity for PCR detection of Anaplasma phagocytophila among 

Ixodes scapularis ticks from Wisconsin. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:4006. PMID: 12904445 

50. Melski J, Reed K, Stratman E, et al. Multistate Outbreak of Monkeypox – Illinois, Indiana, 

and Wisconsin, 2003. JAMA 2003; 290:30-31. PMID: 12837702 

51. Christensen JE, Stencil JA, Reed KD. Rapid identification of bacteria from positive blood 

cultures by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) profile analysis of 

the 16S rRNA gene. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:3790-3800. PMID: 12904391 

52. Shukla SK, Harney M, Jhaveri B, Andrews K, Reed KD. Is A Black-pigmented 

Corynebacterium sp. an Opportunistic Pathogen During Pregnancy? Literature Review and 

Report of Three New Cases. Clin Inf Dis 2003; 37:834-837. PMID: 12955646

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53. Shukla SK, Bernard KA, Harney M, Frank DN, Reed KD. Corynebacterium nigricans sp. 

nov: Proposed Name for a Black-Pigmented Corynebacterium Recovered from the Female 

Urogenital Tract. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:4353-4358. PMID: 12958268 

54. Siddiqi MA, Laessig RH, Reed KD. Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs): New Pollutants 

- Old Diseases. Clin Med and Res 2003; 1:281-290. PMID: 15931321 

55. Reed KD, Melski JW, Graham MB, Regnery RL, Sotir MJ, Wegner MV, Kazmierczak JJ, 

Stratman EJ, Li Y, Fairley JA, Swain GR, Olson V, Sargent EK, Kehl SC, Frace MA, Kline R, 

Foldy SL, Davis JP, Damon IK. The Detection of Monkeypox in Humans in the Western 

Hemisphere. N Eng J Med 2004; 350:342-350. PMID: 14736926 

56. Shukla SK, Paustian DL, Stockwell PJ, Morey RE, Jordan JG, Levett PN, Frank DN, Reed KD. 

Isolation of a Fastidious Bergeyella Species Associated with Cellulitis After a Cat Bite and a 

Phylogenetic Comparison with Bergeyella zoohelcum Strains. J Clin Microbiol 2004;42:290- 

293.PMID: 14715767 

57. Christensen JE, Reynolds CE, Shukla SK, Reed KD. Rapid Molecular Diagnosis of 

Lactobacillus Bacteremia by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis 

of the 16S rRNA Gene. Clin Med and Res 2004; 2:407-415. PMID: 15931333 

58. Reed KD. Monkeypox, Marshfield Clinic and the Internet: Leveraging Information 

Technology for Public Health. Clin Med and Res 2004; 2:371-373. PMID: 15931329 

59. Drinka PJ, Stemper ME, Gauerke C, Miller J, Reed KD. Screening for Methicillin-resistant 

Staphylococcus aureus in a Nursing Home. Inf Control Hos Epidemiol 2004; 25:95-96. PMID: 

14994929 

60. Huhn GD, Chase RA, Dworkin MS, DiGuilio DB, Eckburg PB, Reed KD, Davis JP, Damon IK. 

Monkeypox in the Western Hemisphere. N Eng J Med 2004; 350:1790-1791. PMID: 15103008 

61. Drinka PU, Gauerke CD, Miller JM, Stemper ME, Reed KD. Is Methicillin-resistant 

Staphylococcus aureus More Contagious than Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus in a Surgical 

Intensive Care Unit? Inf Control Hos Epidemiol 2004; 25:363-364. PMID: 15188837 

62. Drinka PJ, Stemper ME, Gauerke C, Miller J, Reed KD. The Identification of Genetically 

Related Bacterial Isolates by Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis on Nursing Home Units: A 

Clinical Experience. J Am Geriatric Soc 2004; 52:1-5. PMID: 15271129 

63. Shukla SK, Ramaswamy SV Conradt J, Stemper ME, Reich R, Reed KD, Graviss EA. 

Identification of Novel Polymorphisms in the mec Genes and a New mec Complex Type in 

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Rural Wisconsin. Antimicrobial Agents and 

Chemotherapy 2004; 48:3080-3085. PMID: 15271129 

64. Shukla SK, Stemper ME, Ramaswamy SV, Conradt J, Reich R, Graviss EA, Reed KD. 

Molecular Characterization of Nosocomial and Native American Community-associated 

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Wisconsin. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:3752- 

3757. PMID:15297526 

65. Ayub A, Yale SH, Reed KD, Nasser RM, Gilbert SR. Testing for Latent Tuberculosis. Clin 

Med Res 2004;3:191-194 PMID: 15931357 

66. Musana KA, Yale SH, Mazza JJ, Reed KD. Practical Considerations to Influenza 

Vaccination. Clin Med Res 2004; 2:256-259. PMID: 15931366 

67. Stemper ME, Shukla SK, Reed KD. The Emergence and Spread of Community-Associated 

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Rural Wisconsin: 1989-1999. J Clin Microbiol 

2004; 42:5673-5680. PMID: 15583298 

68. Drinka P, Stemper ME, Gauerke C, Miller J, Goodman B, Reed KD. Clustering of Multiple 

Strains of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Nursing Home: An 8-year study. Inf 

Cont Hosp Epidemiol 2005; 26:215-218. PMID:15756896

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69. Koepel-Kroenwetter TA, Meece JK, Miller CA, Reed KD. Surveillance of Above- and Below- 

Ground Mosquito Breeding Habitats in a Rural Midwestern Community: Baseline Data for 

Larvicidal Control Measures Against West Nile Virus Vectors. Clin Med & Res 2005; 3:3-12. 

PMID:15962015 

70. David J, Nasser RM, Goldberg JW, Reed KD, Earll MD. Bilateral Prosthetic Knee Infection 

by Campylobacter fetus: A Case Report. J Arthroplasty 2005; 20:401-405. PMID: 15809962 

71. Meece JK, Reynolds CE, Stockwell PJ, Christensen JE, Reed KD. Identification of Mosquito 

Blood Meal Source by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Profile Analysis 

of the Cytochrome B Gene. J Med Entomol 2005; 42:657 – 667. PMID: 16119557 

72. Stout WE, Cassini AG, Meece JK, Papp JM, Rosenfield RN, Reed KD. Serologic Evidence 

of West Nile Virus Infection in Three Wild Raptor Populations. Avian Diseases 2005; 

49:371-375. PMID: 16252490 

73. Cold CJ, Sell TL, Reed KD. Diagnosis – Disseminated Toxoplasmosis. Clin Med Res 2005; 

3:186. PMID: 16160073 

74. Musana AK, Yale SH, Reed KD. Testing for Hepatitis C Virus Infection. Clin Med Res 2005; 

3:131-132. PMID: 16160064 

75. Mazza JJ, Yale SH, Arrowood JR, Reynolds CE, Gluich I, Chyou P, Linneman J, Reed KD. 

Efficacy of the Influenza Vaccine in Non Hodgkins Lymphoma Patients. Clin Med Res 2005; 

3:214-220. PMID: 16303886 

76. Meece JK, Kronenwetter-Koepel TA, Vandermause M, Reed KD. WNV Infection in 

Commercial Waterfowl Operation, Wisconsin. Emerg Infect Dis 2006; 12:1451-1453. PMID: 

17073102 

77. Stemper ME, Brady JM, Qutaishat SS, Borlaug G, Reed J, Reed KD, Shukla SK. Shift in 

Staphylococcus aureus Clone Linked to Infected Tattoo. Emerg Infect Dis 2006; 12:1444- 

1446. PMID: 17073100 

78. Reed KD. Dissecting Plague. Clin Med Res 2006; 3:161-162. PMID: 16988094 

79. Swanson SJ, Neitzel D, Reed KD, Belongia EA. Coinfections Acquired from Ixodes Ticks. 

Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2006; 19:708-727. PMID: 17041141 

80. Stockwell PJ, Wessell N, Reed DR, Kronenwetter-Koepel, Reed KD, Turchi TR, Meece JK. 

A Field Evaluation of Four Larval Mosquito Control Methods in Urban Catch Basins. J Amer 

Mosq Contr Assoc 2006; 22:666-671. PMID: 17304935 

81. Reed KD. Monkeypox virus. In, Pandemic Point-of-Care Pocket Guide. JC Farmer, AD 

Badley and GA Poland, Editors. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare 

Organizations 2007, pgs 97-99. 

82. Ivacic L, Reed KD, Mitchell PD, Ghebranious N. A LightCycler Taqman Assay for Detection 

of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Clinical Samples. Diagnostic Microbiol and Infect Dis 

2007; 57:137-143. PMID: 16989975 

83. Morgan WR, Caldwell MD, Brady JM, Stemper ME, Reed KD, Shukla SK. Necrotizing 

Fasciitis due to a Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Harboring an Enterotoxin Gene 

Cluster J Clin Microbiol 2007;45:668-671. PMID: 17166962 

84. Reed KD. Monkeypox Virus Infections. In, Perspectives in Medical Virology: Emerging 

Viruses in Human Populations. Edward Tabor, Editor. Elsevier Publishing, Amsterdam, The 

Netherlands 2007, pgs 149-160. 

85. Reed KD. Monkeypox and Other Emerging Orthopoxviruses. In, Emerging Infectious 

Diseases; Trends and Issues. Felissa Lashley and Jerry Durham, Editors. Springer Publishing 

Company, New York, New York, USA 2007, pgs 287-296.

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86. Shukla SK, Stockwell PJ, Reed KD. Contribution of Polymorphisms in ankA, gltA, and 

groESL in Defining Genetic Variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum. J Clin Microbiol 

2007;45:2312-2315. PMID: 17507511 

87. Brady JM, Stemper ME, Weigel A, Chyou PH, Reed KD, Shukla SK. Sporadic “Transitionallike” 

Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains. J Clin 


88. Reed KD, Stemper MS, Shukla SK. Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis of Methicillin-resistant 

Staphylococcus aureus. Methods Mol Biol 2007; 391:59-69. PMID:18025669 

89. Reed KD, Stemper ME, Shukla SK. MRSA Case Studies. Method Mol Biol 2007; 391:21-8. 

PMID:18025666 

90. Greenbaum E, Kusamba C, Aristote MA, Reed KD. Amphibian Chytrid Fungus Infections in 

Hyperolius (Anura: Hyperoliidae) from Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. 

Herpetological Review 2008; 39:70-73. 

91. Reed KD, Meece JK, Archer JR, Peterson AT. Ecologic Niche Modeling of Blastomyces 

dermatitidis in Wisconsin. PLoS ONE. 2008 Apr 30; 3(4):e2034. PMID: 18446224 

92. Kabir MS, Engelbrecht K, Polanowski R, Krueger SM, Ignasiak R, Rott M, Schwan WR, 

Stemper ME, Reed KD, Sherman D, Cook JM, Monte A. New Class of Gram-positive 

selective antibacterials: Inhibitors of MRSA and surrogates of the causative agents of anthrax 

and tuberculosis. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 Sep 26. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 

18849164 

93. Meece JK, Anderson JL, Klein BS, Sullivan TD, Foley SL, Baumgardner DJ, Brummitt CF, 

Reed KD. Genetic Diversity in Blastomyces dermatitidis: Implications for Organism 

Detection by PCR from Clinical and Environmental Samples. Med Mycol. 2010 

Mar;48(2):285-90.PMID: 19626547 

94. Nicholls TH, Egeland L, Reed KD. 2009 Gray Jay Research Technical Report, Fraser 

Experimental Forest, CO. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 15 pgs. 

January 2010. 

95. Qi C, Pilla V, Reed K. Increase in Prevalence of CTX-M Producing E. coli Recovered from 

Outpatient Urine Cultures. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 May;67(1):87-91. Epub 2010 

Mar 12.PMID: 20227224 

96. Lobo LJ, Reed KD, Wunderink RG. Expanded Clinical Presentation of Community-Acquired 

MRSA Pneumonia. Chest. 2010;138:130-6. PMID: 20173050 

97. Brisson D, Vandermause MF, Meece JK, Reed KD, Dykhuizen DE. Evolutionary Histories of 

Borrelia burgdorferi, Northeastern and Midwestern United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 

Jun;16(6):911-7.PMID: 20507740 

98. Shukla SK, Karow ME, Brady JM, Stemper ME, Kislow J, Moore N, Wroblewski K, Chyou 

PH, Warshauer DM, Reed KD, Lynfield R, Schwan WR. Virulence Genes and Genotypic 

Association in Nasal Carriage, Community-Associated Methicillin-Susceptible 

Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant USA400 Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin 

Microbiol. 2010;48:3582-92. PMID: 20668125 

99. Pfister JR, Archer JR, Hersil S, Boers RS, Reed KD, Meece JK, Anderson J, Klein BS, 

Burgess JW, Wheat LJ, Davis JP. A Large Non-rural Point Source Outbreak of Blastomycosis 

Near a Yard Materials Collection Site. Clin Med Res. 2011;9:57-65. PMID:20974888 

100. Meece JK, Anderson JL, Fisher MC, Henk DA, Sloss RL, Reed KD. Population Genetic 

Structure of Clinical and Environmental Isolates of Blastomyces dermatitidis based on 27 

Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011;77:5123-31. PMID: 

21705544

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101. Pearce MM, Theodoropoulos N, Noskin GA, Flaherty JP, Stemper ME, Aspeslet T, Cianciotto 

NP, Reed KD. Native Valve Endocarditis due to a Novel Strain of Legionella. J Clin 

Microbiol. 2011;49:3340-2. PMID:21795511 

102. Huang M, Cham E, Eppes CS, Gerber SE, Reed K, Ernst LM. Placental and fetal findings in 

intrauterine Candida lusitaniae infection following in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. 

Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2012;15:127-31. PMID:21864122 

103. Pearce MM, Theodoropoulos N, Mandel MJ, Brown E, Reed KD. Cianciotto NP. Legionella 

cardiaca sp. nov. isolated from a case of native valve endocarditis in a human heart. Int J Syst 

Evol Microbiol ijs.0.039248-0; published ahead of print January 27, 2012 PMID: 22286905 

104. Wunderink RG, Diederich ER, Caramez MP, Donnelly HK, Norwood SD, Kho A, Reed KD. 

Rapid Response Team-triggered Procalcitonin Measurement Predicts Infectious Intensive Care 

Unit Transfers. Crit Care Med 2012;40:2090-5. PMID: 22564964 

105. Meece JK, Anderson JL, Gruszka S, Sloss BL, Sullivan B, Reed KD. Association between 

genetic variation in Blastomyces dermatitidis and clinical phenotype of infection in humans. 

(submitted for publication) 

106. Ganguli P, Hanincova K, Reed KD, Meece JK, Schwartz I. Genotypic comparison of Borrelia 

burgdorferi clinical isolates from Northeast and Midwest regions of the United States. 

(submitted for publication) 

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS 

1. Casper J, Bronson D, Reed K, Schmoll H. Differentiation of cloned human embryonal 

carcinoma cell lines. J Cancer Res Clin Onc., (suppl) 1988; 114:84s. 

2. Sumaya C, Jaso R, Zajac R, Reed K, Einch J, Sikes B, Boswell R. Enhanced Epstein-Barr virus 

activity in patients with oral hairy leukoplakia and human immunodeficiency virus infection. 

ICAAC Proceeding, 1988. 

3. Zajac R, Lucey D, Jaso R, Melcher G, Abbadessa S, Fowler C, Reed K, Sumaya C, Butzin C, 

Hall K, Boswell R. Oral hairy leukoplakia in the USAF HIV natural history cohort study. 29th 

ICAAC Proceedings, 1989. 

4. Melcher G, Reed K, James D, Lee J, Walsh T. Demonstration of a cell wall antigen crossreactivity 

with cryptococcal polysaccharide in experimental disseminated trichosporonosis. 

Proceeding of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, 1990. 

5. Stemper M, Vandermause M, Mitchell P, Reed K. Evaluation of a commercial DNA 

purification system for plasmid analysis of potential nosocomial bacterial pathogens. 

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, 1992. 

6. Vandermause M, Mitchell P, Reed K, Melski J. Detection of IgM antibodies to Borrelia 

burgdorferi in patients with culture positive erythema migrans. V International Conference on 

Lyme Borreliosis, 1992. 

7. Moore F, Vandermause M, Reed K. Transmissible enteric pathogens in Wisconsin dairy cattle. 

Proceeding of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, 1993. 

8. Aspeslet T, Mitchell P, Reed K. Western immunoblots in patients with culture proven erythema 

migrans. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, 1993. 

9. Mitchell P, Reed K, Aspeslet T. Detection of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in patients with 

culture positive erythema migrans. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society 

for Microbiology, 1993. 

10. Jones R, Erwin M, Sader H, and the Enterococcus Study Group (K Reed - Marshfield 

Laboratories). Emerging multiply resistant enterococci among clinical isolates; prevalence data 

from 97 medical centers. 33rd ICAAC Proceeding, 1993. 

11. Reed K, Vandermause M, Stemper M, Mitchell P. Genetic diversity among cutaneous isolates of 

Borrelia burgdorferi from central Wisconsin. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the 

American Society for Microbiology, 1994.

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12. Reed K, Drendal T, Moore F, Vandermause M. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of 

Staphylococcus aureus in bovine mastitis. Proceedings of the American Dairy Science 

Association, 1994. 

13. Pancholi P, Kolbert C, Mitchell P, Reed K, Telford S, Persing D. Ixodes dammini as a possible 

vector of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis; implications for diagnosis and therapy. 34th ICAAC 

Proceedings, 1994. 

14. Mitchell P, Reed K, Hofkes J, Persing D, Kolbert C. Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis: 

comparison of laboratory tests for diagnosis in fourteen patients. Proceedings of the Annual 

Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, 1995. 

15. Kolbert C, Pancholi P, Mitchell P, Reed K, Dumler J, Bakken J, Persing D. Evidence for human 

granulocytic ehrlichiosis in patients with suspected Lyme disease. Proceedings for the Annual 


16. Shulman K, Melski J, Reed K, Skopiecki D, Paggioli D, Magro C, Harrist T. The characteristic 

histologic features of erythema chronicum migrans. Proceedings of the International Academy of 

Pathology, 1996. 

17. Proctor M, Hintzman J, Moran J, Radtke J, Stemper M, Reed K. Investigation of an MRSA 

cluster at an acute care facility. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for 

Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, 1996. 

18. Reed K, Vandermause M, Stemper M, Mitchell P. High volume blood cultures for diagnosis of 

early disseminated Lyme disease. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society 


19. Reed K, Hofkes J, Kiehl B, Mitchell P. Detection of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in 

patients with culture positive primary erythema migrans. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of 

the American Society for Microbiology, 1996. 

20. Belongia E, Reed K, Mitchell P, Kolbert C, Persing D, Kazmierczak J. Distribution of Ehrlichia 

equi infection among white-tailed deer in Wisconsin. 36th ICAAC Proceedings, 1996. 

21. Mathiesen D, Oliver J, Kolbert C, Tullson E, Johnson B, Campbell G, Mitchell P, Reed K, 

Telford S, Anderson J, Lane R, Persing D. Genetic heterogeneity of Borrelia burgdorferi in the 

U.S.: large-scale application of genomic macrorestriction analysis and OspA gene sequencing. 

VII International Congress of Lyme Borreliosis, 1996. 

22. Razavi B, Chua J, Reed K, Spellman J. Laryngeal histoplasmosis in a patient with sarcoidosis. 

Proceedings of the Infectious Disease Society of America, 1996. 

23. Belongia E, Reed K, Mitchell P, Chyou P, Finkel M. Early Lyme disease and Human 

Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Wisconsin: Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics. Proceedings of 

the Infectious Disease Society of America, 1997. 

24. Walker E, Myers J, Sarubbi F, Levy F, Reed K, Vasquez J. Genetic diversity in Blastomyces 

dermatitidis from different geographic regions in the USA. Proceedings of the Infectious 

Disease Society of America, 1997. 

25. Belongia EA, Reed KD, Mitchell PD, Chyou P, Persing D, Finkel M, Kazmierczak J, Davis J 

Active surveillance for human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) in northwestern Wisconsin: 

First year results. International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1998. 

26. Reed KD, Mitchell PD, Shukla SK, Belongia, EA. Granulocytic ehrlichiosis in a captive 

reindeer and stray cat from Wisconsin. Proceedings of the Wildlife Disease Association. Annual 

Meeting, 1998. 

27. Massung RF, Owens JH, Bjoersdorff A, Zupanc TA, Reed KD, Coughlin RT, Beltz GA, 

Murphy CI. Sequence Comparison of the ANK gene of granulocytic ehrlichiosis (abstract). 

Proceedings of the Tropical Medicine Society Annual Meeting, 1998. 

28. Belongia E, Sullivan B, Chyou P, Madagame E, Reed K, Schwartz B. A Community 

Intervention Trial to Decrease Unnecessary Antibiotic Use and Reduce Colonization with

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Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in Children. 39 th ICAAC Proceedings, 

1999. 

29. Reed KD, Shukla S, Larson E. Chronic Mastoiditis due to Blastomyces Dermatititis; Case 

Report and Response to Therapy. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society 


30. Shukla S, Reed K. Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Bacteremia in a Dog. Proceedings of the North 

Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. 1999 

31. Ivacic L, Golden S, Mitchell P, Reed K. Comparison of the Direct Detection of Influenza A and 

B Using Two Commercial Immunofluorescence Assays. Rapid Testing in Clinical Virology, 

Annual Meeting, 1999. 

32. Shukla S, Larson E, Vevea D, Reed K. A Black Pigmented Corynebacterium sp. Isolated from a 

Woman with Spontaneous Abortion. Proceedings of the North Central Branch of the American 

Society for Microbiology. 1999. 

33. Vandermause MF, Shukla SK, Reed KD, Belongia EA, Paskewitz SM, Kazmierczak JJ. 

Prevalence of Infection with the Agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Among Ixodes 

scapulairs (Acari: Ixodidae) from Four State Parks in Wisconsin. Proceedings of the Annual 


34. Shukla SK, Spellman JR, Frank DN, Reed KD. Bacteremia Due to a Vancomycin-resistant 

Lactobacillus paracasei in a 79-Year Old Woman with Dysmotility Syndrome. Proceedings of 

North Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. 2000 

35. Shukla SK, Vevea DN, Reed KD. Utility of 16S rDNA PCR in the Identification of Atypical 

and Uncultivable Bacteria from Humans and Animal Samples. Proceedings of the North Central 

Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. 2000. 

36. Stemper ME, Reed KD, Shukla SK. Characterization of a Community-Acquired Strain of 

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Wisconsin. Proceedings of the North Central 

Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. 2000 

37. Reed KD. Clinical Laboratory Response to Threats of Bioterrorism. Proceedings of the North 

Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. 2000 

38. Stemper ME, Shukla SK, Reed KD. A 10-Year Retrospective Investigation of a Communityacquired 

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Outbreak in a Native American Population 

in Wisconsin. Proceedings of the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting. 2002 

39. Shukla SK, Stemper ME, Conradt JM, Reich RA, Ramaswamy SV, Graviss EA, Reed KD. 

Determination of Allelic Diversity in the mec Operon of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus 

aureus from Wisconsin. International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2002 

40. Shukla SK, Park K, Meier P, Mitchell PD, Reed KD. A Novel Leptotrichia sp. Isolated From 

Amniotic Fluid Following Spontaneous Fetal Demise. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the 

American Society for Microbiology. 2002. 

41. Shukla SK, Paustian DL, Stockwell P, Reed KD. Isolation and Characterization of a Novel 

Weeksella spp. Associated with Acute Cellulitis in a 60 Year-Old Woman After a Cat Bite. 

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology 2003. 

42. Sotir MJ, Davis JP, Wegner MV, Kazmierczak J, Graham MB, Reed KD, Foldy SL, Regnery 

RL, Damon IK. Outbreak of Human Monkeypox Illness, Wisconsin, May-June 2003. 

Proceedings of the Infectious Disease Society of America, 2003. 

43. McCarty CA Caldwell MD, Burmester JK, Carlson RA, Christiansen C, Chapman-Stone D, 

Giampietro P, Greenlee R, McCarty D, Reed KD, Wesbrook S, Wilke R. Marshfield Clinic 

Personalized Medicine Research Project: Purpose, Design and Early Recruitment Results. XIX 

International Congress of Genetics, Melbourne, Australia. 2003. 

44. Drinka PJ, Stemper ME, Gauerke CD, Miller JE, Goodman BM, Reed KD. Clustering of 

Multiple Endemic Strains of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus In a Nursing Home: 

An 8-year study. Annual meeting of the Society of Hospital Society of America, 2004.

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45. Drinka PJ, Stemper ME, Gauerke CD, Miller JE, Reed KD. The Identification of Genetically 

Related Bacterial Isolates by Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis on Nursing Home Units: A 

Clinical Experience. Annual meeting of the Society of Hospital Society of America, 2004. 

46. Shukla SK, Conradt J, Stemper M, Reich R, Graviss EA, Reed KD, Ramaswamy SV. 

Identification of Novel Polymorphisms in the mec Complex of Methicillin-resistant 

Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Rural Wisconsin. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the 

American Society for Microbiology, 2004. 

47. Shukla SK, Ramaswamy SV, Stemper M, Conradt J, Reich R, Graviss EA, Reed KD. Molecular 

Characterization of Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from 

Native American Communities in Rural Wisconsin. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the 

American Society for Microbiology, 2004 

48. Sotir MJ, Wegner M, Reed K, Graham M, Damon I, Regnery R, Kazmierczak J, Zaki S, Davis 

JP. Outbreak of Monkeypox Infection in Humans – Wisconsin, 2003. Annual Meeting of the 

CDC Epidemiology Intelligence Service, 2004. 

49. Khanna M, Henrickson KJ, Harrington K, Waters CR Meece J, Reed, KD, Shukla SK. 

Multiplex PCR-EHA Compared to “Real Time” Taqman for the Surveillance and Diagnosis of 

West Nile Virus. 11 th International Congress on Infectious Diseases. Mexico, 2004. 

50. Jenson T, Meece JK, Reed KD. West Nile Virus Transmission Dynamics on a Commercial 

Turkey Breeder Farm in Northwestern Wisconsin – 2003. National Agricultural Health and 

Safety Symposium. June 2004. 

51. Reed KD, Kirchorn S. Monkeypox in Rural America: Lessons Learned from a Potential 

Emerging Disease. National Agricultural Health and Safety Symposium. June 2004 

52. Stemper ME, Conradt JK, Reed KD, Shukla SK. Transitional Community-Associated-like 

MRSA Strains from Rural Wisconsin. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Aerican Society 

for 53.Microbiology, 2005. 

53. Shukla SK, Stockwell P, Reed KD. Nucleotide Polymorphisms in ankA from Anaplasma 

phagocytophilum Variants Infecting Dogs from Washington State. Proceedings of the Annual 


54. Mazza JJ, Yale SH, Arrowood J, Linneman J, Reynolds CD, Chyou P, Reed KD. Efficacy and 

Effectiveness of the Influenza Vaccine in Patients with Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s 

Lymphoma. Proceedings of the Society for Internal Medicine, 2005. 

55. Shukla SK, Stockwell PJ, Reed KD. Identification of Genetic Variants of Anaplasma 

phagocytophilum based on Multiple Target Genes. 5 th International Conference on Ticks and 

Tick-borne Pathogens, 2005. 

56. Stout WE, Cassini AG, Meece JK, Papp JM, Rosenfield RN, Reed KD. Serologic Evidence of 

West Nile Virus Infection in Three Wild Raptor Populations. Proceedings of the Raptor 

Research Foundation Annual Meeting. 2005 

57. Conradt J, Stemper M, Bhatia KG, Chyou PH, Reed KD, Shukla SK. Mosaic of Virulence 

Factor Genes in “Transitional” Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains from Rural 

Wisconsin. Gordon Research Conference, 2005. 

58. Stemper ME, Conradt JM, Qutaishat SS, Borlaug G, Reed J, Reed KD, Shukla SK. An 

Outbreak of Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in 

Inmates at a Midwestern Correctional Facility. Annual Meeting of the Northcentral Branch of 

the American Society for Microbiology, 2005.

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59. Shukla SK, Reed KD, Dykes CW. Optical Maps Can Identify Genomic Differences in Clinical 

Isolates of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Proceedings of the International 

Symposium on Staphylococcal Infections, 2006. 

60. Shukla SK, Reed KD, Dykes CW. Genomic Comparisons of two USA300 and two USA400 

Strains by Optical Mapping. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and 

Chemotherapy, 2006. 

61. Morgan W, Caldwell MD, Brady JM, Stemper MS, Reed KD, Shukla SK. Virulence Gene 

Profile of a Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Associated with Severe Necrotizing 

Fasciitis. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2006. 

62. Brady JM, Stemper ME, Schwan K, Reed KD, Shukla SK. Comparison of Virulence Gene 

Profiles Between Early and Recent Strains of Community-associated Methicillin-resistant 

Staphylococcus aureus. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 

2006. 

63. Pfister JR, Archer J, Hersil S, Boers T, Reed KD, Klein BS, Wheat LJ, Davis JP. A Large Nonrural 

Point Source Outbreak of Blastomycosis. Proceedings of the Infectious Disease Society of 

American, 2007. 

64. Diederich ER, Kho AN, Norwood SD, Donnelly HK, Caramez MP, Reed KD, Wunderink RG. 

Predicting Clinical Deterioration with Serum Calcitonin. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of 

the American Thoracic Society, 2009. 

65. Meece JK, Anderson J, Sloss B, Reed KD. Development of Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers 

to Assess the Population Genetic Structure of Blastomyces dermatitidis from Wisconsin.. 

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, 2010. 

66. Reed KD, Meece JK. Ecological Landscapes and the Geospatial Distribution of Blastomycosis in 

Wisconsin. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, 2010. 

67. Ganguli P, Hanincova K, Reed K, Schwartz I. Genotypic comparison of Borrelia burgdorferi 

clinical isolates from Northeast and Midwest regions of the United States. Proceedings of the 

Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, 2011. 

68. Annen K, Peterson L, Reed K. Reducing laboratory costs through education-based gate-keeping. 

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American College of Laboratory Physicians and 

Scientists, 2012. 

GRANT AND CONTRACT FUNDING (partial listing) 

Agency Title Role Budget 

CDC/NCID Pneumonia Etiology Co-I $2,000,000 (2009-2011) 

NIH/NIAID Molecular Epidemiology of MRSA Co-I $1,170,000 (2006-2008) 

Mfld Clinic Zoonotic Diseases in Scavenging Mammals Co-I $30,000 (2005-2007) 

DHFS/CDC WNV Surveillance PI $456,000 (2002-2007) 

UW/CDC Bioterrorism Laboratory Support PI $165,000 (2003-2007) 

WI Dept Personalized Medicine Research Project Co-I $1,075,000 (2001 –2005) 

of Commerce 

Mfld Clinic Vector and Bird Surveillance for WNV PI $29,000 (2002-2005) 

Mfld Clinic PBDE Serum Levels in Central WI PI $35,000 (2004-2005) 

Mfld Clinic Efficacy of FluA Vaccination in Lymphoma Co-I $34,000 (2003-2005) 

UW/CDC Biomonitoring Planning Grant PI $176,000 (2001-2003) 

Mfld Clinic Search for Candidate Pathogens in IBD PI $25,000 (2001 – 2003)

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WI Dept Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in Co-I $65,000 (2001-2003) 

of Commerce Retail Cheese 

Wyeth Labs Phase I PIV-3 Vaccine Trial PI $98,000 (2002) 

DHFS/CDC Lyme Disease Epidemiologic Research Co-I $447,000 (1997-2002) 

NIOSH Rural Women’s Health Study Co-I $329,000 (1997-2002) 

NIOSH Enteric Infections in Farm Children Co-I $453,000 (1996-2002) 

CDC/NCID Population-based Surveillance of HGE Co-I $278,000 (1996-2001) 

Mfld Clinic Role of Migratory Birds in Zoonotic Disease Co-I $9,000 (1998-2001) 

Mfld Clinic 16S rDNA Sequencing for Pathogen ID PI $26,000 (1997-2000) 

Mfld Clinic Tick-borne Viral Infections in WI PI $6,000 (1997-2000) 

CDC/NCID Antibiotic Community Intervention Trail Co-I $569,000 (1996-2000) 

UW Molecular Finger Printing of Aeromonas Co-I $25,000 (1998-2000) 

Mfld Clinic Biology of Nasal Polyps Co-I $19,000 (1997-1998) 

CDC/NCID Blood Cultures for Lyme Disease Dx PI $231,000 (1994-1997) 

CDC/NCID Measles Primary Vaccine Failure Co-I $726,000 (1990-1997)

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