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Franklin R. Cockerill
Researcher at University of Rochester
Publications - 52
Citations - 3397
Franklin R. Cockerill is an academic researcher from University of Rochester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Legionella. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 52 publications receiving 3158 citations. Previous affiliations of Franklin R. Cockerill include Mayo Clinic.
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Sonication of Removed Hip and Knee Prostheses for Diagnosis of Infection
Andrej Trampuz,Kerryl E. Piper,Melissa J. Jacobson,Arlen D. Hanssen,Krishnan K. Unni,Douglas R. Osmon,Jayawant N. Mandrekar,Franklin R. Cockerill,James M. Steckelberg,James F. Greenleaf,Robin Patel +10 more
TL;DR: Culturing of samples obtained by sonication of prostheses was more sensitive than conventional periprosthetic-tissue culture for the microbiologic diagnosis of prosthetic hip and knee infection, especially in patients who had received antimicrobial therapy within 14 days before surgery.
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Optimal Testing Parameters for Blood Cultures
Franklin R. Cockerill,John W. Wilson,E. A. Vetter,K. M. Goodman,C. A. Torgerson,William S. Harmsen,Cathy D. Schleck,Duane M. Ilstrup,John A. Washington,Walter R. Wilson +9 more
TL;DR: The effects of volume of blood, number of consecutive cultures, and incubation time on pathogen recovery were evaluated and guidelines developed in the 1970s and 1980s for processing and culturing blood may require revision.
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Sonication of Explanted Prosthetic Components in Bags for Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint Infection Is Associated with Risk of Contamination
Andrej Trampuz,Kerryl E. Piper,Arlen D. Hanssen,Douglas R. Osmon,Franklin R. Cockerill,James M. Steckelberg,Robin Patel +6 more
TL;DR: Explanted orthopedic implants from 54 patients with aseptic failure and 24 patients with prosthetic knee or hip infection were sonicated in polyethylene bags, improving bacterial recovery from the surface of orthopedics implants; however, it lacked specificity, due to bag leakage.
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Culture with BACTEC Peds Plus/F Bottle Compared with Conventional Methods for Detection of Bacteria in Synovial Fluid
John G. Hughes,Emily A. Vetter,Robin Patel,Cathy D. Schleck,Scott Harmsen,L. Thomas Turgeant,Franklin R. Cockerill +6 more
TL;DR: Results indicate the superior performance of the BACTEC Peds Plus/F bottle over the conventional agar plate method for the detection of clinically significant microorganisms from synovial fluid specimens.
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Determination of 16S rRNA Sequences of Enterococci and Application to Species Identification of Nonmotile Enterococcus gallinarum Isolates
Robin Patel,Kerryl E. Piper,Mark S. Rouse,James M. Steckelberg,J. R. Uhl,Peggy C. Kohner,Marlene K. Hopkins,Franklin R. Cockerill,Bruce C. Kline +8 more
TL;DR: 16S rRNA sequences were utilized to confirm the species identification of two nonmotile E. gallinarum isolates which had been previously phenotypically identified as E. faecium and E. solitarius.