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Joel e. Mortensen, PhD

Instructor - Adjunct

Education/Credentials
  • Postdoctoral Residence Program in Medical and Public Health Microbiology: Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas Medical School
  • Doctorate: The Ohio State University
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Research Interests

Areas of specialization: Clinical mircrobiology

Peer Reviewed Publications

McDaniel, Cameron; Su, Shengchang; Panmanee, Warunya; Lau, Gee W; Browne, Tristan; Cox, Kevin; Paul, Andrew T; Ko, Seung-Hyun B; Mortensen, Joel E; Lam, Joseph S; Muruve, Daniel A; Hassett, Daniel J 2016. A Putative ABC Transporter Permease Is Necessary for Resistance to Acidified Nitrite and EDTA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa under Aerobic and Anaerobic Planktonic and Biofilm Conditions. Frontiers in microbiology, 7 , 291

Powell, E., J.E. Mortensen 2016. What Every Microbiology Laboratory Needs to Know About Susceptibility Testing of Beta-Lactams and Gram-Negative Bacilli Journal of Continuing Education: Topics and Issues, 18 1, 4-12

Harrington, S., B.W. Buchan, C. Doern, R. Fader, M.J. Ferraro, D.R. Pillai, J. Rychert, J.E. Mortensen 2015. A multicenter evaluation of the BD MAX Enteric Bacterial Panel (EBP) for the detection of Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Campylobacter spp., and Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53 5, 1639 – 1647

Mortensen, Joel E; Ventrola, Cindi; Hanna, Sarah; Walter, Adam 2015. Comparison of time-motion analysis of conventional stool culture and the BD MAX™ Enteric Bacterial Panel (EBP). BMC clinical pathology, 15 , 9

Gupta, Mani; Khalequzzaman, Md; Jodele, Sonata; Mortensen, Joel; Mueller, Mark A; Gupta, Anita 2014. Crusted scabies in a 15-year-old boy with congenital neutropenia and myelodysplastic syndrome. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 32 12, e49-51

Rams, Thomas E; Feik, Diane; Mortensen, Joel E; Degener, John E; van Winkelhoff, Arie J 2014. Antibiotic susceptibility of periodontal Streptococcus constellatus and Streptococcus intermedius clinical isolates. Journal of periodontology, 85 12, 1792-8

Wiederhold, Nathan P; Sutton, Deanna A; Li, De-Wei; Liang, Yu; Thompson, Elizabeth H; Wickes, Brian L; Herrera, Monica L; Rhoads, Sandra L; Mortensen, Joel E 2014. Stachybotrys eucylindrospora isolated from foreign material following a traumatic eye injury. Mycoses, 57 7, 437-41

Anderson, Neil W; Buchan, Blake W; Mayne, Donna; Mortensen, Joel E; Mackey, Tami-Lea A; Ledeboer, Nathan A 2013. Multicenter clinical evaluation of the illumigene group A Streptococcus DNA amplification assay for detection of group A Streptococcus from pharyngeal swabs. Journal of clinical microbiology, 51 5, 1474-7

Powell, Eleanor A; Blecker-Shelly, Deborah; Montgomery, Sandra; Mortensen, Joel E 2013. Application of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry for identification of the fastidious pediatric pathogens Aggregatibacter, Eikenella, Haemophilus, and Kingella. Journal of clinical microbiology, 51 11, 3862-4

Rams, Thomas E; Feik, Diane; Mortensen, Joel E; Degener, John E; van Winkelhoff, Arie J 2013. Antibiotic susceptibility of periodontal Enterococcus faecalis. Journal of periodontology, 84 7, 1026-33

Huppert, Jill S; Bennett, Kelly; Kollar, Linda M; Pattullo, Lucia; Mortensen, Joel E 2011. MRSA: rare in the vagina. Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 24 5, 315-6

Motley, W Walker; Melson, Andrew T; Mortensen, Joel E 2011. Pediatric Metarrhizium anisopliae keratitis Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus / American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 15 1, 101-3

Giannini, Courtney M; Kim, Hye K; Mortensen, Jonathan; Mortensen, Joel; Marsolo, Keith; Huppert, Jill 2010. Culture of non-genital sites increases the detection of gonorrhea in women Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 23 4, 246-52

Henson, M.O, R. Sheridan, J.E. Mortensen. 2010. Case Seventeen: A Critical Case of Community Pneumonia. Journal of Continuing Education, 12 1, 14-21

Major, Tiffany A; Panmanee, Warunya; Mortensen, Joel E; Gray, Larry D; Hoglen, Niel; Hassett, Daniel J 2010. Sodium nitrite-mediated killing of the major cystic fibrosis pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Burkholderia cepacia under anaerobic planktonic and biofilm conditions Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 54 11, 4671-7

Morovic, A., A. Bowman, C. Meeks, J.E. Mortensen. 2010. Case Eighteen: Infection or Environment? Journal of Continuing Education, 12 2, 68-72

Nguyen, Hiep T; Hurwitz, Richard S; Defoor, W Robert; Minevich, Eugene; McAdam, Alexander J; Mortensen, Joel E; Novak-Weekley, Susan M; Minnillo, Brian J; Elder, Jack S 2010. Trimethoprim in vitro antibacterial activity is not increased by adding sulfamethoxazole for pediatric Escherichia coli urinary tract infection The Journal of urology, 184 1, 305-10

Propst, E.J., J.D. Prager, S.R. Shott, B. Koch, J.E. Mortensen, J.H. Greinwald. 2010. Resolution of hypoglossal nerve palsy associated with retropharyngeal abscess after prompt medical and surgical treatment. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra, ,