Drage MG, Tsai HC, Pecora ND, Cheng TY, Arida AR, Shukla S, Rojas RE, Seshadri C, Moody DB, Boom WH, Sacchettini JC, Harding CV
Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoprotein LprG (Rv1411c) binds triacylated glycolipid agonists of Toll-like receptor 2. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2010 Sep; 17(9):1088-95.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoprotein LprG (Rv1411c) binds triacylated glycolipid agonists of Toll-like receptor 2.
Pecora N, Zhao X, Nudel K, Hoffmann M, Li N, Onderdonk AB, Yokoe D, Brown E, Allard M, Bry L
Diverse Vectors and Mechanisms Spread New Delhi Metallo-ß-Lactamases among Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in the Greater Boston Area. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019 02; 63(2).
Diverse Vectors and Mechanisms Spread New Delhi Metallo-ß-Lactamases among Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in the Greater Boston Area.
Sturgill GM, Siddiqui S, Ding X, Pecora ND, Rather PN
Isolation of lacZ fusions to Proteus mirabilis genes regulated by intercellular signaling: potential role for the sugar phosphotransferase (Pts) system in regulation. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2002 Nov 19; 217(1):43-50.
Isolation of lacZ fusions to Proteus mirabilis genes regulated by intercellular signaling: potential role for the sugar phosphotransferase (Pts) system in regulation.
Lancioni CL, Li Q, Thomas JJ, Ding X, Thiel B, Drage MG, Pecora ND, Ziady AG, Shank S, Harding CV, Boom WH, Rojas RE
Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoproteins directly regulate human memory CD4(+) T cell activation via Toll-like receptors 1 and 2. Infect Immun. 2011 Feb; 79(2):663-73.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoproteins directly regulate human memory CD4(+) T cell activation via Toll-like receptors 1 and 2.
Associate Professor of Population Medicine
Senior Lecturer on Population Medicine, Part-time
Crawford JM, Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Aifantis I, Cadoff EM, Cangiarella JF, Cordon-Cardo C, Cushing M, Firpo-Betancourt A, Fox AS, Furuya Y, Hacking S, Jhang J, Leonard DGB, Libien J, Loda M, Mendu DR, Mulligan MJ, Nasr MR, Pecora ND, Pessin MS, Prystowsky MB, Ramanathan LV, Rauch KR, Riddell S, Roach K, Roth KA, Shroyer KR, Smoller BR, Spitalnik SL, Spitzer ED, Tomaszewski JE, Waltman S, Willis L, Sumer-King Z
The New York State SARS-CoV-2 Testing Consortium: Regional Communication in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Acad Pathol. 2021 Jan-Dec; 8:23742895211006818.
The New York State SARS-CoV-2 Testing Consortium: Regional Communication in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
2020: A Year for Clinical Microbiology. Clin Lab Med. 2020 12; 40(4):xiii-xiv.
Cameron A, Mangat R, Mostafa HH, Taffner S, Wang J, Dumyati G, Stanton RA, Daniels JB, Campbell D, Lutgring JD, Pecora ND
Detection of CTX-M-27 ß-Lactamase Genes on Two Distinct Plasmid Types in ST38 Escherichia coli from Three U.S. States. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2021 06 17; 65(7):e0082521.
Detection of CTX-M-27 ß-Lactamase Genes on Two Distinct Plasmid Types in ST38 Escherichia coli from Three U.S. States.
Extraction-Free Methods for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by Reverse Transcription-PCR: a Comparison with the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 Assay across Two Medical Centers. J Clin Microbiol. 2021 01 21; 59(2).
Extraction-Free Methods for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by Reverse Transcription-PCR: a Comparison with the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 Assay across Two Medical Centers.
Measuring the Serologic Response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: Methods and Meaning. Clin Lab Med. 2020 12; 40(4):603-614.
Measuring the Serologic Response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: Methods and Meaning.
Cameron A, Porterfield CA, Byron LD, Wang J, Pearson Z, Bohrhunter JL, Cardillo AB, Ryan-Muntz L, Sorensen RA, Caserta MT, Angeloni S, Hardy DJ, Zand MS, Pecora ND
A Multiplex Microsphere IgG Assay for SARS-CoV-2 Using ACE2-Mediated Inhibition as a Surrogate for Neutralization. J Clin Microbiol. 2021 01 21; 59(2).
A Multiplex Microsphere IgG Assay for SARS-CoV-2 Using ACE2-Mediated Inhibition as a Surrogate for Neutralization.
The Role of Laboratory-Based Viral Testing in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Clin Chem. 2021 12 30; 68(1):33-35.
The Role of Laboratory-Based Viral Testing in the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Zhang YV, Wiencek J, Meng QH, Theel ES, Babic N, Sepiashvili L, Pecora ND, Slev P, Cameron A, Konforte D
AACC Practical Recommendations for Implementing and Interpreting SARS-CoV-2 Emergency Use Authorization and Laboratory-Developed Test Serologic Testing in Clinical Laboratories. Clin Chem. 2021 09 01; 67(9):1188-1200.
AACC Practical Recommendations for Implementing and Interpreting SARS-CoV-2 Emergency Use Authorization and Laboratory-Developed Test Serologic Testing in Clinical Laboratories.
Mostafa HH, Taffner SM, Wang J, Malek A, Hardy DJ, Pecora ND
Genome Sequence of a Facklamia hominis Isolate from a Patient with Urosepsis. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Apr 25; 8(17).
Genome Sequence of a Facklamia hominis Isolate from a Patient with Urosepsis.
Cameron A, Bohrhunter JL, Taffner S, Malek A, Pecora ND
Clinical Pathogen Genomics. Clin Lab Med. 2020 12; 40(4):447-458.
Cameron A, Bohrhunter JL, Porterfield CA, Mangat R, Karasick MH, Pearson Z, Angeloni S, Pecora ND
Simultaneous Measurement of IgM and IgG Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 Spike, RBD, and Nucleocapsid Multiplexed in a Single Assay on the xMAP INTELLIFLEX DR-SE Flow Analyzer. Microbiol Spectr. 2022 04 27; 10(2):e0250721.
Simultaneous Measurement of IgM and IgG Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 Spike, RBD, and Nucleocapsid Multiplexed in a Single Assay on the xMAP INTELLIFLEX DR-SE Flow Analyzer.
Mostafa HH, Cameron A, Taffner SM, Wang J, Malek A, Dumyati G, Hardy DJ, Pecora ND
Genomic Surveillance of Ceftriaxone-Resistant Escherichia coli in Western New York Suggests the Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase blaCTX-M-27 Is Emerging on Distinct Plasmids in ST38. Front Microbiol. 2020; 11:1747.
Genomic Surveillance of Ceftriaxone-Resistant Escherichia coli in Western New York Suggests the Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase blaCTX-M-27 Is Emerging on Distinct Plasmids in ST38.
Weiss ZF, Hoffmann M, Seetharaman S, Taffner S, Allerd M, Luo Y, Pearson Z, Baker MA, Klompas M, Bry L, Pecora N
Nosocomial Pluralibacter gergoviae Isolates Expressing NDM and KPC Carbapenemases Characterized Using Whole-Genome Sequencing. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2022 10 18; 66(10):e0109322.
Nosocomial Pluralibacter gergoviae Isolates Expressing NDM and KPC Carbapenemases Characterized Using Whole-Genome Sequencing.
Duped by dumping syndrome: non-endemic Vibrio cholerae bacteremia in an immunocompetent host with gastric bypass surgery, a case report. Access Microbiol. 2023; 5(10).
Duped by dumping syndrome: non-endemic Vibrio cholerae bacteremia in an immunocompetent host with gastric bypass surgery, a case report.
Otto WR, Lamson DM, Gonzalez G, Weinberg GA, Pecora ND, Fisher BT, St George K, Kajon AE
Fatal Neonatal Sepsis Associated with Human Adenovirus Type 56 Infection: Genomic Analysis of Three Recent Cases Detected in the United States. Viruses. 2021 06 09; 13(6).
Fatal Neonatal Sepsis Associated with Human Adenovirus Type 56 Infection: Genomic Analysis of Three Recent Cases Detected in the United States.
Ehrenzeller S, Zaffini R, Pecora ND, Kanjilal S, Rhee C, Klompas M
Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Cycle threshold dynamics of non-severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) respiratory viruses. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 May; 45(5):630-634.
Cycle threshold dynamics of non-severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) respiratory viruses.
Little JS, Coughlin C, Hsieh C, Lanza M, Huang WY, Kumar A, Dandawate T, Tucker R, Gable P, Vazquez Deida AA, Moulton-Meissner H, Stevens V, McAllister G, Ewing T, Diaz M, Glowicz J, Winkler ML, Pecora N, Kubiak DW, Pearson JC, Luskin MR, Sherman AC, Woolley AE, Brandeburg C, Bolstorff B, McHale E, Fortes E, Doucette M, Smole S, Bunnell C, Gross A, Platt D, Desai S, Fiumara K, Issa NC, Baden LR, Rhee C, Klompas M, Baker MA
Neuroinvasive Bacillus cereus Infection in Immunocompromised Hosts: Epidemiologic Investigation of 5 Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Mar; 11(3):ofae048.
Neuroinvasive Bacillus cereus Infection in Immunocompromised Hosts: Epidemiologic Investigation of 5 Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Jhaveri TA, Weiss ZF, Winkler ML, Pyden AD, Basu SS, Pecora ND
Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE
A decade of clinical microbiology: top 10 advances in 10 years: what every infection preventionist and antimicrobial steward should know. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024; 4(1):e8.
A decade of clinical microbiology: top 10 advances in 10 years: what every infection preventionist and antimicrobial steward should know.
Massenzio SS, Kuriyan AE, Milman T, Pecora ND, Pettengill MA, Zurlo JJ, Deaner JD
Isolated vitritis as the presenting feature of disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae subspecies gwanakae, a novel subspecies. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2025 Feb 12.
Isolated vitritis as the presenting feature of disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae subspecies gwanakae, a novel subspecies.
Baker MA, Klompas M, Blaeser EM, Rhee C, Abdulhayoglu E, Cadogan J, Flanigan E, Pearson Z, Taffner S, Winkler M, Boire N, Worley J, Brigl M, Bry L, Pecora N
Prospective whole genome sequencing to aid the identification and control of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus transmissions in a neonatal ICU. J Infect. 2025 Oct; 91(4):106607.
Prospective whole genome sequencing to aid the identification and control of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus transmissions in a neonatal ICU.
Wang J, Li D, Cameron A, Zhou Q, Wiltse A, Nayak J, Pecora ND, Zand MS
IgG Against Human Betacoronavirus Spike Proteins Correlates With SARS-CoV-2 Anti-Spike IgG Responses and COVID-19 Disease Severity. J Infect Dis. 2022 08 26; 226(3):474-484.
IgG Against Human Betacoronavirus Spike Proteins Correlates With SARS-CoV-2 Anti-Spike IgG Responses and COVID-19 Disease Severity.
Angeloni S, Cameron A, Pecora ND, Dunbar S
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
A Rapid, Multiplex Dual Reporter IgG and IgM SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Assay for a Multiplexed Bead-Based Flow Analysis System. J Vis Exp. 2021 04 06; (170).
A Rapid, Multiplex Dual Reporter IgG and IgM SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Assay for a Multiplexed Bead-Based Flow Analysis System.
Pecora ND, Li N, Allard M, Li C, Albano E, Delaney M, Dubois A, Onderdonk AB, Bry L
Genomically Informed Surveillance for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a Health Care System. mBio. 2015 Jul 28; 6(4):e01030.
Genomically Informed Surveillance for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a Health Care System.
Rhee C, Klompas M, Tamburini FB, Fremin BJ, Chea N, Epstein L, Halpin AL, Guh A, Gallen R, Coulliette A, Gee J, Hsieh C, Desjardins CA, Pedamullu CS, DeAngelo DJ, Manzo VE, Folkerth RD, Milner DA, Pecora N, Osborne M, Chalifoux-Judge D, Bhatt AS, Yokoe DS
Epidemiologic Investigation of a Cluster of Neuroinvasive Bacillus cereus Infections in 5 Patients With Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015 Sep; 2(3):ofv096.
Epidemiologic Investigation of a Cluster of Neuroinvasive Bacillus cereus Infections in 5 Patients With Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.
Vodopivec I, Rinehart EM, Griffin GK, Johncilla ME, Pecora N, Yokoe DS, Feske SK, Milner DA, Folkerth RD
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
A Cluster of CNS Infections Due to B. cereus in the Setting of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Neuropathology in 5 Patients. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2015 Oct; 74(10):1000-11.
A Cluster of CNS Infections Due to B. cereus in the Setting of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Neuropathology in 5 Patients.
Pecora ND, Gehring AJ, Canaday DH, Boom WH, Harding CV
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis LprA is a lipoprotein agonist of TLR2 that regulates innate immunity and APC function. J Immunol. 2006 Jul 01; 177(1):422-9.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis LprA is a lipoprotein agonist of TLR2 that regulates innate immunity and APC function.
Drage MG, Pecora ND, Hise AG, Febbraio M, Silverstein RL, Golenbock DT, Boom WH, Harding CV
TLR2 and its co-receptors determine responses of macrophages and dendritic cells to lipoproteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Cell Immunol. 2009; 258(1):29-37.
TLR2 and its co-receptors determine responses of macrophages and dendritic cells to lipoproteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Li Q, Ding X, Thomas JJ, Harding CV, Pecora ND, Ziady AG, Shank S, Boom WH, Lancioni CL, Rojas RE
Rv2468c, a novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein that costimulates human CD4+ T cells through VLA-5. J Leukoc Biol. 2012 Feb; 91(2):311-20.
Rv2468c, a novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein that costimulates human CD4+ T cells through VLA-5.
Gerding MA, Ogata Y, Pecora ND, Niki H, de Boer PA
The trans-envelope Tol-Pal complex is part of the cell division machinery and required for proper outer-membrane invagination during cell constriction in E. coli. Mol Microbiol. 2007 Feb; 63(4):1008-25.
The trans-envelope Tol-Pal complex is part of the cell division machinery and required for proper outer-membrane invagination during cell constriction in E. coli.
Reuter MA, Pecora ND, Harding CV, Canaday DH, McDonald D
Mycobacterium tuberculosis promotes HIV trans-infection and suppresses major histocompatibility complex class II antigen processing by dendritic cells. J Virol. 2010 Sep; 84(17):8549-60.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis promotes HIV trans-infection and suppresses major histocompatibility complex class II antigen processing by dendritic cells.
Pecora ND, Fulton SA, Reba SM, Drage MG, Simmons DP, Urankar-Nagy NJ, Boom WH, Harding CV
Mycobacterium bovis BCG decreases MHC-II expression in vivo on murine lung macrophages and dendritic cells during aerosol infection. Cell Immunol. 2009; 254(2):94-104.
Mycobacterium bovis BCG decreases MHC-II expression in vivo on murine lung macrophages and dendritic cells during aerosol infection.