Medical Microbiology and Immunology (Master of Science)
Graduate School
CRISS II - Criss 2 - 514D
Richard V . Goering, PhD
Professor
Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Examples of the most recent publications can be obtained from this PubMed link.
Research Focus
My laboratory is actively involved in the application of molecular techniques to the diagnosis, study of antibiotic resistance, and the epidemiological analysis (i.e., molecular epidemiology) of infectious diseases with a special emphasis on Clostridioides difficile, staphylococci, and staphylococcal diseases. We are especially interested in the impact whole genome sequencing (WGS) is having on these areas of investigation. Especially with regard to epidemiological analysis, the use of WGS remains in need of clarified sequencing protocols and guidelines for bioinformatic data analysis and interpretation - areas we are actively pursuing with a variety of collaborators both corporate and academic. We also maintain and curate the website for the signature direct repeat sequence (dru) associated with SCCmec in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (see link below).
Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Microbiology Goering Richard V., Molecular Typing Techniques: State of the Art [Book Chapter] 2018
Molecular Microbiology : Diagnostic Principles and Practice Besser John, The impact of molecular diagnostics on surveillance of foodborne infections [Book Chapter] 2016
Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Microbiology Goering Richard V., Molecular Typing Techniques: State of the Art [Book Chapter] 2013
Molecular Techniques for the Study of Hospital-Acquired Infection Goering Richard V., Restriction Analysis Techniques [Book Chapter] 2011
Molecular Techniques for the Study of Hospital-Acquired Infection Stemper M. E., Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis [Book Chapter] 2011
Goering Richard V, Medical Microbiology 2007
Articles
Tenover F. C., Interpreting chromosomal DNA restriction patterns produced by pulsed- field gel electrophoresis 1995
Publications
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Gaber Yasser, Emergence and Genomic Characterization of a spa Type t4407 ST6-SCC mec Type IVa Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain Isolated from Al-Karak Hospital, Jordan 60:2 2024
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Gaber Yasser, Emergence and Genomic Characterization of a spa Type t4407 ST6-SCCmec Type IVa Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain Isolated from Al-Karak Hospital, Jordan 60:2, p. 295 2024
Aktuelle Dermatologie Schlatterer Kathrin, Community-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ca-MRSA) as a Pandemic Pathogen: Risk Factors and Implications for Healthcare 49:1/02, p. 68 - 75 2023
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease Tickler Isabella A., Mobile genetic elements responsible for discordant Staphylococcus aureus phenotypes and genotypes in the same blood culture bottle 98:4 2020
Diagnostics Goyal Manisha, Retrospective definition of Clostridioides difficile PCR ribotypes on the basis of whole genome polymorphisms 10:12 2020
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Cheknis Adam, Characterization of Clostridioides difficile isolates recovered from two Phase 3 surotomycin treatment trials by restriction endonuclease analysis, PCR ribotyping and antimicrobial susceptibilities 75:11, p. 3120 - 3125 2020
Journal of Hospital Infection Tickler I. A., Presence of Clostridioides difficile and multidrug-resistant healthcare-associated pathogens in stool specimens from hospitalized patients in the USA 106:1, p. 179 - 185 2020
Anaerobe Tickler Isabella A., Changes in molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile strains in the United States between 2011 and 2017 60 2019
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Goering Richard V., Emergence of oxacillin resistance in stealth methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus due to mecA sequence instability 63:8 2019
Journal of clinical microbiology Tickler Isabella A., Streptococcus agalactiae strains with chromosomal deletions evade detection with molecular methods 57:4 2018
mBio Challagundla Lavanya, Range expansion and the origin of USA300 north american epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 9:1 2018
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease Tickler Isabella A., Continued Expansion of USA300-Like Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) among Hospitalized Patients in the United States 88:4, p. 342 - 347 2017
Foodborne Pathogens and Disease Lopez-Valladares G., Lineage II (Serovar 1/2a and 1/2c) Human Listeria Monocytogenes Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Types Divided into PFGE Groups using the Band Patterns Below 145.5 Kb 14:1, p. 8 - 16 2017
Journal of Medical Microbiology BenDarif Elloulu, Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated at Tripoli Medical Center, Libya, between 2008 and 2014 65:12, p. 1472 - 1475 2016
Clinical Microbiology and Infection : The Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Butin M., Wide geographical dissemination of multiresistant Staphylococcus capitis NRCS-A clone in neonatal intensive care units 22:1, p. 46 - 52 2016
Journal of Clinical Microbiology Kadlec K., Direct repeat unit (dru) typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius from dogs and cats 53:12, p. 3760 - 3765 2015
Foodborne Pathogens and Disease Lopez-Valladares G., Division of Human Listeria monocytogenes Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) Types Belonging to Lineage I (Serovar 4b, 1/2b, and 3b) into PFGE Groups 12:5, p. 447 - 453 2015
Journal of Clinical Microbiology Spinali S., Microbial Typing by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry: Do We Need Guidance for Data Interpretation? 53:3, p. 760 - 765 2015
Clinical Microbiology and Infection Nimmo G. R., ST2249-MRSA-III: a second major recombinant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone causing healthcare infection in the 1970s 2015
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Locke Jeffrey B., Identification and characterization of linezolid-resistant cfr-positive Staphylococcus aureus USA300 isolates from a New York City medical center 58:11, p. 6949 - 6952 2014
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Locke Jeffrey B., Linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain 1128105, the first known clinical isolate possessing the cfr multidrug resistance gene 58:11, p. 6592 - 6598 2014
Journal of Clinical Microbiology Leopold Shana R., Bacterial whole-genome sequencing revisited: portable, scalable, and standardized analysis for typing and detection of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes 52:7, p. 2365 - 2370 2014
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease Fowler Randal C., Whole Genome Mapping of the First Reported Case of KPC-2-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 in Nebraska 79:3, p. 384 - 386 2014
Journal of clinical microbiology Carroll Karen C., Multicenter evaluation of the verigene clostridium difficile nucleic acid assay 51:12, p. 4120 - 4125 2013
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Scharn Caitlyn R., Transduction of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Elements between Strains of Staphylococcus aureus 57:11, p. 5233 - 5238 2013
Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance Penn C., Wound Infections Caused by Inducible Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Strains 1:2, p. 79 - 83 2013
PloS one Kurt Kevin, Subpopulations of Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Complex 121 Are Associated with Distinct Clinical Entities 8:3 2013
Toxicological Sciences Kimber I., Toxic Shock Syndrome: Characterization of Human Immune Responses to TSST-1 and Evidence for Sensitivity Thresholds 134:1, p. 49 - 63 2013
Tropical Biomedicine Ghasemzadeh-Moghaddam H., Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolates as a potential source for the emergence of USA 300 methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Malaysia 29:3, p. 429 - 433 2012
International Journal of Infectious Diseases Neela Vasanthakumari, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in Malaysia 16:8, p. e603 - e607 2012
Epidemiology research international Robledo Iraida E., Dissemination and Molecular Epidemiology of KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Collected in Puerto Rico Medical Center Hospitals during a 1-Year Period 2011, p. 1 - 8 2011
International journal of infectious diseases Lim K.T., PP-026 Enhanced discrimination of pandemic clone ST239-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia by mec-associated direct repeat unit and spa typing 15, p. S52 - S52 2011
Journal of clinical microbiology Tenover Fred C., Impact of strain type on detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile 48:10, p. 3719 - 3724 2010
Infection, Genetics and Evolution Goering Richard V., Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis: A Review of Application and Interpretation in the Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Disease 10:7, p. 866 - 875 2010
Journal of clinical microbiology Shore Anna C., Enhanced discrimination of highly clonal ST22-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus IV isolates achieved by combining spa, dru, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing data 48:5, p. 1839 - 1852 2010
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Wolter Daniel J., Surveillance of Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Puerto Rican Medical Center Hospitals: Dissemination of KPC and IMP-18 beta-Lactamases 53:4, p. 1660 - 1664 2009
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Lledo W., Guidance for Control of Infections With Carbapenem-Resistant or Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Acute Care Facilities 58:10, p. 256 - 260 2009
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Wolter Daniel J., Phenotypic and enzymatic comparative analysis of the novel KPC variant KPC-5 and its evolutionary variants, KPC-2 and KPC-4 53:2, p. 557 - 562 2009
Microbial Drug Resistance Chung Marilyn, Molecular typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis 6:3, p. 189 - 198 2009
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Tenover Fred C., Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300 64:3, p. 441 - 446 2009
Clinical Microbiology and Infection Goering Richard V., Comparative genomic analysis of European and Middle Eastern community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CC80:ST80-IV) isolates by high-density microarray 15:8, p. 748 - 755 2009
Wolter Daniel J., Isolation and characterization of an epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 15 variant in the central United States 2008
Clinical Microbiology and Infection Goering Richard V., Usefulness of mec-associated direct repeat unit (dru) typing in the epidemiological analysis of highly clonal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Scotland 14:10, p. 964 - 969 2008
Clinical Infectious Diseases Wolter Daniel J., Emergence of Carbapenem Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis in the Absence of Carbapenem Therapy 46:12, p. e137 - e141 2008
Clinical Microbiology and Infection Wolter D. J., Allelic variation in genes encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin from community-associated Staphylococcus aureus 13:8, p. 827 - 830 2007
Journal of Clinical Microbiology Goering Richard V., Epidemiologic distribution of the arginine catabolic mobile element among selected methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates 45:6, p. 1981 - 1984 2007
International journal of antimicrobial agents Larsen A., P1573 Characterisation of an MRSA clone in Denmark similar to USA300 in PFGE pattern but with different properties: a potential pitfall when identifying USA300 isolates 29, p. S441 - S441 2007
International journal of antimicrobial agents Rossney A., P1306 Direct repeat unit typing to differentiate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Ireland indistinguishable by pulsedfield gel electrophoresis 29, p. S361 - S361 2007
Journal of Clinical Microbiology Bonnstetter K. K., Rapid multiplex PCR assay for identification of USA300 community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates 45:1, p. 141 - 146 2007
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Hossain Ashfaque, Plasmid-mediated carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzyme KPC-2 in an Enterobacter sp. 48:11, p. 4438 - 4440 2004
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease Wolter Daniel J., Multidrug resistance associated with mexXY expression in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a Texas hospital 50:1, p. 43 - 50 2004
Journal of Molecular Diagnostics Cooper Kara L. F., Development of a universal probe for electronic microarray and its application in characterization of the Staphylococcus aureus po/C gene 5:1, p. 28 - 33 2003
Goering Richard V., Questions study on Escherichia coli susceptibility 2002
Molecular Microbiology Mann Paul A., EmtA, a rRNA methyltransferase conferring high-level evernimicin resistance 41:6, p. 1349 - 1356 2001
Clinical Microbiology Newsletter Goering Richard V., Molecular strain typing for the clinical laboratory 22:22, p. 169 - 173 2000
Reviews in Medical Microbiology Goering R. V., The molecular epidemiology of nosocomial infection 11:3, p. 145 - 152 2000
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association Wiener Janis, Multiple antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella and Escherichia coli in nursing homes 281:6, p. 517 - 523 1999
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Wiener J, Multiple antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella and Escherichia coil in nursing homes 281:6, p. 517 - 523 1999
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Tenover Fred C., How to Select and Interpret Molecular Strain Typing Methods for Epidemiological Studies of Bacterial Infections 18:6, p. 426 - 439 1997
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Tassios P. T., Distinct genotypic clusters of heterogeneously and homogeneously methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a Greek hospital 16:2, p. 170 - 173 1997
Journal of clinical microbiology Bingen Edouard, Molecular epidemiology provides evidence of genotypic heterogeneity of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotype O:12 outbreak isolates from a pediatric hospital 34:12, p. 3226 - 3229 1996
Taylor D. E., Diversity among Helicobacter pylori isolates [1] 1996
Journal of Medical Microbiology Cookson B. D., Inter-centre comparison of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for the typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 44:3, p. 179 - 184 1996
Cavallo J. D., Susceptibility of nosocomial gram-positive cocci to teicoplanin and other antibiotics 1995
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Goering R. V., Usefulness of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in the epidemiological analysis of staphylococcus aureus isolates with decreased susceptibility to teicoplanin 14:SUPPL. 1, p. S3 - S5 1995
Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology Rupp M. E., Repeated Recovery of Staphylococcus saprophyticus From the Urogenital Tracts of Women 2:5, p. 218 - 222 1995
Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation Snyder Lori L., Methicillin-Resistant staphylococcus aureus eradication in a burn center 14:2, p. 164 - 168 1993
Journal of clinical microbiology Goering R. V., Rapid method for epidemiological evaluation of gram-positive cocci by field inversion gel electrophoresis 30:3, p. 577 - 580 1992
Journal of clinical microbiology Shayegani M., Molecular relatedness of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates obtained during a platelet transfusion-associated episode of sepsis 29:12, p. 2768 - 2773 1991
Journal of clinical microbiology Goering R. V., Rapid field inversion gel electrophoresis in combination with an rRNA gene probe in the epidemiological evaluation of staphylococci 28:3, p. 426 - 429 1990
Clinical Infectious Diseases Goering Richard V., Heterogeneity in ampr-ampc gene interaction in enterobacter cloacae 10:4, p. 786 - 792 1988
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Weber D. A., Tn4201, a β-lactamase transposon in Staphylococcus aureus 32:8, p. 1164 - 1169 1988
Reviews of infectious diseases Goering R. V., Studies with Ciprofloxacin 10, p. S48 - S49 1988
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Gates M. L., Evidence for multiple forms of type I chromosomal β-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa 30:3, p. 453 - 457 1986
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Sanders C. C., Selection of multiple antibiotic resistance by quinolones, β-lactams, and aminoglycosides with special reference to cross-resistance between unrelated drug classes 26:6, p. 797 - 801 1984
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Sanders C. C., Influence of clindamycin on derepression of β-lactamases in Enterobacter spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24:1, p. 48 - 53 1983
Unknown Journal Preheim L. C., Emergence of resistance to β-lactam and aminoglycoside antibiotics during moxalactam therapy of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections 22:6, p. 1037 - 1041 1982
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Sanders C. C., In vitro antagonism of beta-lactam antibiotics by cefoxitin 21:6, p. 968 - 975 1982
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Goering R. V., Antagonism of carbenicillin and cefamandole by cefoxitin in treatment of experimental infections in mice 21:6, p. 963 - 967 1982
Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis Goering R. V., Mutants of Staphylococcus aureus deficient in recombinational repair. Improved isolation by selecting for mutants exhibiting concurrent sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation and N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-Nutrosoguanidine 60:3, p. 279 - 289 1979
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Sanders C. C., In vitro studies with Sch 21420 and Sch 22591 14:2, p. 178 - 184 1978
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Goering R. V., Comparison of 5-episisomicin (Sch 22591), gentamicin, sisomicin, and tobramycin in treatment of experimental Pseudomonas infections in mice 14:6, p. 824 - 828 1978
Genetics Wyman L., Genetic control of chromosomal and plasmid recombination in Staphylococcus aureus 76:4, p. 681 - 702 1974
Journal of bacteriology Goering R. V., Mutants of Staphylococcus aureus with increased sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation. 106:1, p. 157 - 161 1971
Presentations
144. Goering, R.V., M. Bensaci, H. Patel*, and G. Thorne. Epidemiological Analysis of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Tedizolid Clinical Studies. Abstr. 25th Eur. Congr. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. EP086 2015
A.R. Larsen*, R.V. Goering, L.V. Pallesen, R. Skov. 2005. Ten-year of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST80-IV clone in Denmark. 15th Eur. Congr. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. P1177 2005
Chatterjee*, S.D. Plummer, B. Heybrock, K. Eischen, and R. V. Goering. 2004. Infection Control Goes Molecular: The Role of Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis in the Practice of Hospital Epidemiology at a Childrens Hospital. 14th Annu. Meeting Soc. Healthcare Epidemiol. Amer. 267 2004
Chatterjee*, T. Bardon, N. Cornish, S. Plummer, B. Heybrock, K. Eischen, R.V. Goering, S. Lazoritz. 2005. Identification and Control of a Clonal Outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections at a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. 15th Annu. Meeting Soc. Healthcare Epidemiol. Amer. 125 2004
1. Goering, R.V.* and K.L.F. Cooper. 2000. Improved Epidemiological Analysis of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by RAPD Using a Thermostable Polymerase with 3 to 5 Proofreading Activity. Fifth Internat. Meeting Bact. Epidemiol. Markers (Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands). S7-02 2000
2. Goering, R.V.*, M. Fincham, F. Vandenesch, and J. Etienne. 2000. A Genotypic Comparison of Staphylococcus lugdunensis Clinical Isolates of Diverse Geographic Origin. 10th Eur. Congr. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. MoP338. 2000
3. Goering, R.V.* 2000. Genomic Organization of Ribosomal RNA Genes in Staphylococci. 9th Internat. Symp. Staph. and Staph. Infect. #93/HP13. 2000
4. Goering, R.V.* 2000. An Integrated Approach to the Epidemiological Analysis of Nosocomial Pathogens Using a Combination of Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis and PCR. Fifth Internat. Meeting Bact. Epidemiol. Markers (Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands). P040 2000
Presentations at four other Japanese hospitals 10/20/99-10/23/99 1999
Japan Antibiotics Symposium, 10/19/99; 1999
University of Tokyo, 10/19/99 1999
Molecular epidemiology of infectious disease, Copenhagen, Denmark, 10/14/99 1999
APIC Minnesota, 10/9/99 1999
ICAAC 9/24/99 1999
APIC Florida, 9/17/99 1999
IMSS Mexico City Nosocomial Infection Workshop, 8/24/99-8/29/99 1999
“Highly Commended” recognition by The Society of Authors and the Royal Society of Medicine in London The textbook that I’ve co-authored with others in the UK (i.e., Mims Medical Microbiology) was awarded “Highly Commended” recognition by The Society of Authors and the Royal Society of Medicine in London at a ceremony we all attended on October 18th, 2005 at the Royal Society of Medicine in London.