Vice President and Chief Laboratory Officer, Quest Diagnostics

Pathology

Franklin R. Cockerill III practices Pathology. He went to University of Nebraska College of Medicine. Franklin Cockerill has written publications. He has 33 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Inhibition Controls for Qualitative Real-Time PCR Assays: Are They Necessary for All Specimen Matrices?' He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.

Publications

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• Inhibition Controls for Qualitative Real-Time PCR Assays: Are They Necessary for All Specimen Matrices?
• PCR-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for direct detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance from heart valves in patients with infective endocarditis.
• Optimized Pathogen Detection with 30 Compared to 20 ml Blood Culture Draws.
• Non-treponemal serologic tests: a supplemental, not confirmatory testing approach.
• Effect of carbon dioxide on broth microdilution susceptibility testing of Brucella spp.
• Cephalosporin MIC distribution of extended-spectrum-{beta}-lactamase- and pAmpC-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species.
• Real-time PCR vs standard culture detection of group A beta-hemolytic streptococci at various anatomic sites in tonsillectomy patients.
• Bivalvular Bartonella henselae prosthetic valve endocarditis.
• Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for evaluating DNAemia due to cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, and BK virus in solid-organ transplant recipients.
• Sonication of removed hip and knee prostheses for diagnosis of infection.
• Age- and sex-associated trends in bloodstream infection: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
• Fungi, mycobacteria, zoonotic and other organisms in prosthetic joint infection.
• Unusual aerobic and anaerobic bacteria associated with prosthetic joint infections.
• Bronchoscopy in ventilator-associated pneumonia: agreement of calibrated loop and serial dilution.
• Sonication of explanted prosthetic components in bags for diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection is associated with risk of contamination.
• Real-time PCR: overview and applications.
• Use of the Roche LightCycler Strep B assay for detection of group B Streptococcus from vaginal and rectal swabs.
• Detection of Tropheryma whipplei DNA in clinical specimens by LightCycler real-time PCR.
• Evidence of nanobacterial-like structures in calcified human arteries and cardiac valves.
• Purification and characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis KatG, KatG(S315T), and Mycobacterium bovis KatG(R463L).
• Response of the clinical microbiology laboratory to emerging (new) and reemerging infectious diseases.
• Application of rapid-cycle real-time polymerase chain reaction for diagnostic testing in the clinical microbiology laboratory.
• Evaluation of the MagNA pure LC instrument for extraction of hepatitis C virus RNA for the COBAS AMPLICOR Hepatitis C Virus Test, version 2.0.
• Comparison of the Borrelia DotBlot G, MarDx, and VIDAS enzyme immunoassays for detecting immunoglobulin G antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in human serum.
• Clinical features of patients with novel Yersinia species.
• Oxidative stress increases susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to isoniazid.
• Detection of Bacillus anthracis DNA by LightCycler PCR.
• Application of rapid-cycle real-time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of microbial pathogens: the Mayo-Roche Rapid Anthrax Test.
• Confronting bioterrorism: physicians on the front line.
• Detection of vaccinia virus, herpes simplex virus, varicella-zoster virus, and Bacillus anthracis DNA by LightCycler polymerase chain reaction after autoclaving: impli...
• Comparison of line probe assay and DNA sequencing of 5' untranslated region for genotyping hepatitis C virus: description of novel line probe patterns.
• Multiplex LightCycler PCR assay for detection and differentiation of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis in nasopharyngeal specimens.

Schools

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• University Of Nebraska College Of Medicine

• Pensacola Ed Program

• Mayo Clinic Rochester

• University Toronto

• Mt Sinai Rsch Institute

Doctors Specialties

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• Infectious Disease Medicine
• Medical Microbiology
• Pathology

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
• University of Nebraska College of Medicine

Hospital

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• Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Minnesota

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