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Rachael M. Liesman PhD

Associate Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Publications (18)

  • Evaluation of Alinity m CMV assay performance for detecting CMV in plasma, cerebrospinal fluid, and bronchoalveolar lavage specimens. (Kostera J, Hubbard M, Jackson D, Liesman RM) Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2024 Jul;109(3):116301 PMID: 38723453 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85192462762 05/10/2024       4 Citations
  • Diagnostic accuracy of a novel lateral flow assay for histoplasmosis. (Burrows M, Miller J, Liesman RM, Bahr NC) Med Mycol 2024 Jul 04;62(7) PMID: 38702848 PMCID: PMC11226726 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85197999545 05/04/2024       4 Citations
  • Cefazolin as a predictor of urinary cephalosporin activity in indicated Enterobacterales. (Bryson AL, Bhalodi A, Liesman RM, Mathers AJ) J Clin Microbiol 2024 Apr 10;62(4):e0078821 PMID: 38457194 PMCID: PMC11005412 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85190483098 03/08/2024       7 Citations
  • Working with the Electronic Health Record and Laboratory Information System to Maximize Ordering and Reporting of Molecular Microbiology Results. (Starolis MW, Zaydman MA, Liesman RM) Clin Lab Med 2024 Mar;44(1):95-107 PMID: 38280801 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85179059398 01/28/2024       4 Citations
  • Evaluation of the Diagnostic Accuracy and Clinical Utility of Fungal Profile Plus Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay in Pulmonary Infections. (Smith CB, Shi X, Liesman RM, Thomas LA, Bahr NC, Brownback KR) Open Forum Infect Dis 2022 Dec;9(12):ofac646 PMID: 36578519 PMCID: PMC9793098 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85159202131 12/30/2022       10 Citations
  • Photo Quiz Answer: Orbital Apex Mass: First, Do No Harm. (Bahr NC, Leever J, Liesman RM) J Clin Microbiol 2022 Jun 15;60(6):e0204621 PMID: 35703539 PMCID: PMC9199395 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85132131318 06/16/2022    
  • Photo Quiz: Orbital Apex Mass: First, Do No Harm. (Bahr NC, Leever J, Liesman RM) J Clin Microbiol 2022 Jun 15;60(6):e0204521 PMID: 35703538 PMCID: PMC9199413 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85132082044 06/16/2022    
  • Disseminated Infection Due to Neocosmospora (Fusarium) falciformis in a Patient with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. (Jabr R, Liesman RM, Sethapati VR, Shoemaker DM, Spec A, El Atrouni W) Kans J Med 2022;15(1):67-69 PMID: 35371386 PMCID: PMC8942587 04/05/2022    
  • Comparison of diagnostic performance of five molecular assays for detection of SARS-CoV-2. (Kanwar N, Banerjee D, Sasidharan A, Abdulhamid A, Larson M, Lee B, Selvarangan R, Liesman RM) Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2021 Dec;101(4):115518 PMID: 34481324 PMCID: PMC8343369 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85114001461 09/05/2021       13 Citations
  • Activity of pulmonary vancomycin exposures versus planktonic and biofilm isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from cystic fibrosis sputum. (Britt NS, Hazlett DS, Horvat RT, Liesman RM, Steed ME) Int J Antimicrob Agents 2020 Apr;55(4):105898 PMID: 31931147 PMCID: PMC7186148 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85081207252 01/14/2020       7 Citations
  • Unilateral Phrenic Nerve Palsy in Infants with Congenital Zika Syndrome. (Rajapakse NS, Ellsworth K, Liesman RM, Ho ML, Henry N, Theel ES, Wallace A, Alvino ACI, Medeiros de Mello L, Meneses J) Emerg Infect Dis 2018 Aug;24(8):1422-7 PMID: 30016248 PMCID: PMC6056128 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85050392391 07/18/2018       13 Citations
  • Evaluation of a Commercial Multiplex Molecular Panel for Diagnosis of Infectious Meningitis and Encephalitis. (Liesman RM, Strasburg AP, Heitman AK, Theel ES, Patel R, Binnicker MJ) J Clin Microbiol 2018 Apr;56(4) PMID: 29436421 PMCID: PMC5869843 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85044760156 02/14/2018       165 Citations
  • Laboratory Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis. (Liesman RM, Pritt BS, Maleszewski JJ, Patel R) J Clin Microbiol 2017 Sep;55(9):2599-2608 PMID: 28659319 PMCID: PMC5648697 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85028306342 07/01/2017       187 Citations
  • The role of multiplex molecular panels for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal infections in immunocompromised patients. (Liesman RM, Binnicker MJ) Curr Opin Infect Dis 2016 Aug;29(4):359-65 PMID: 27191200 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84969172356 05/19/2016       31 Citations
  • RSV-encoded NS2 promotes epithelial cell shedding and distal airway obstruction. (Liesman RM, Buchholz UJ, Luongo CL, Yang L, Proia AD, DeVincenzo JP, Collins PL, Pickles RJ) J Clin Invest 2014 May;124(5):2219-33 PMID: 24713657 PMCID: PMC4001550 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84899716199 04/10/2014       118 Citations
  • Overexpressing mouse model demonstrates the protective role of Muc5ac in the lungs. (Ehre C, Worthington EN, Liesman RM, Grubb BR, Barbier D, O'Neal WK, Sallenave JM, Pickles RJ, Boucher RC) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012 Oct 09;109(41):16528-33 PMID: 23012413 PMCID: PMC3478656 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84867345602 09/27/2012       168 Citations
  • Respiratory syncytial virus grown in Vero cells contains a truncated attachment protein that alters its infectivity and dependence on glycosaminoglycans. (Kwilas S, Liesman RM, Zhang L, Walsh E, Pickles RJ, Peeples ME) J Virol 2009 Oct;83(20):10710-8 PMID: 19656891 PMCID: PMC2753119 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-70349750235 08/07/2009       90 Citations
  • MAVS-mediated apoptosis and its inhibition by viral proteins. (Lei Y, Moore CB, Liesman RM, O'Connor BP, Bergstralh DT, Chen ZJ, Pickles RJ, Ting JP) PLoS One 2009;4(5):e5466 PMID: 19404494 PMCID: PMC2674933 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84875981860 05/01/2009       178 Citations
    • Last update: 05/13/2025