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Marc R. Couturier, PhD
Medical Director: Emerging Public Health Crises, Parasitology/Fecal Testing, and Infectious Disease Antigen Testing
Professor (Clinical), University of Utah School of Medicine
Education
Doctorate Degree—Bacteriology, University of Alberta
Fellowship—Alberta Provincial Laboratory for Public Health
Fellowship—Medical Microbiology, University of Utah School of Medicine
Certification/Affiliations
American Board of Medical Microbiology
Research Interests
Helicobacter pylori diagnostics
Developing improved diagnostics for emerging agents of infectious gastroenteritis
Awards
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Young Investigators Award, American Society for Microbiology
The Bill Roberts Award for Excellence in Laboratory Medicine, University of Utah
Outstanding Teaching Award in Clinical Pathology, University of Utah
Recent Publications
Couturier BA, et al. Direct-from-stool testing for Shiga toxins by an immunochromatographic assay is insensitive for detection of shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli . J Clin Microbiol . 2018 Nov 27;56(12):e01209–18.
Miller HK, et al. Trends in Q fever serologic testing by immunofluorescence from four large reference laboratories in the United States, 2012-2016 . Sci Rep . 2018;8(1):16670.
Pegalajar-Jurado A, et al. Evaluation of modified two-tiered testing algorithms for Lyme disease laboratory diagnosis using well-characterized serum samples . J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Jul 26;56(8).
Bliss J, et al. High prevalence of Shigella or Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli carriage among residents of an internally displaced persons camp in South Sudan . Am J Trop Med Hyg . 2018 Feb;98(2):595–7.
Jalaly JB, et al. Multicenter evaluation of Helicobacter pylori IgG antibody seroprevalence among patients seeking clinical care in the US . J Appl Lab Med . Published April 2018.
Denys GA, et al. Multicenter evaluation of the portrait staph ID/R Blood Culture Panel for rapid identification of staphylococci and detection of the mecA gene . J Clin Microbiol . 2017 Apr;55(4): 1140–6.
Shea S, et al. Clinical microbiology laboratories' adoption of culture-independent diagnostic tests is a threat to foodborne-disease surveillance in the United States . J Clin Microbiol . 2016 Dec 28;55(1):10–9.
Swaminathan S, et al. Fatal Zika virus infection with secondary non-sexual transmission . N Engl J Med . 2016 Nov 10;375(19):1907–09.
Caliendo AM, et al. Maintaining life-saving testing for patients with infectious diseases: Infectious Diseases Society of America, American Society for Microbiology, and Pan American Society for Clinical Virology recommendations on the regulation of laboratory-developed tests . Clin Infect Dis . 2016 Jul 15;63(2):151–4.
Beal SG, et al. Diagnostic algorithm for the diagnosis of pediatric parasitic gastroenteritis . J Clin Lab Anal. 2016 Mar;30(2):155–60.
Couturier BA, et al. Clinical and analytical evaluation of a single-vial stool collection device with formalin-free fixative for improved processing and comprehensive detection of gastrointestinal parasites . J Clin Microbiol . 2015 Aug;53(8):2539–48.
Couturier BA, et al. Clinical and analytical evaluation of a single-vial stool collection device with formalin-free fixative for improved processing and comprehensive detection of gastrointestinal parasites . J Clin Microbiol . 2015 Aug;53(8):2539–48.