Bobbi S Pritt MD MSc, DTM&H

PubMed

• Emerging babesiosis in the mid-Atlantic: autochthonous human babesiosis cases and Babesia microti (Piroplasmida: Babesiidae) in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and...
  Ellen Y Stromdahl, Katherine A Feldman, Robyn M Nadolny, Ashley C Kennedy, Zachary J Bement
  Journal of Medical Entomology. 2025-04-22
• Trends in Anaplasmosis Over the Past Decade: A Review of Clinical Features, Laboratory Data and Outcomes.
  Silpita Katragadda, Zachary A Yetmar, Supavit Chesdachai, Madiha Fida, Bobbi S Pritt
  Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2025-04-03
• Introduction to Generative Artificial Intelligence: Contextualizing the Future.
  Rajendra Singh, Ji Yeon Kim, Eric F Glassy, Rajesh C Dash, Victor Brodsky
  Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 2025-02-01

Journal Articles

• A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2018 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American ...  
  Kimberle C Chapin, Peter H Gilligan, Sheldon Campbell, Robin Patel, Bobbi S Pritt, Joseph D Schwartzman, Melvin P Weinstein, Sandra S Richter, Karen C Carroll, Clinical Infectious Diseases
• Human infection with Ehrlichia muris-like pathogen, United States, 2007-2013  
  Johnson DKH, Schiffman EK, Davis JP, Neitzel DF, Sloan LM, Nicholson WL, Fritsche TR, Steward CR, Ray JA, Miller TK, Feist MA, Uphoff TS, Franson JJ, Livermore AL, Dee..., Emerg Infect Dis, 1/1/2015
• Molecular Diagnostics in the Diagnosis of Parasitic Infection  
  Pritt BS, Methods in Microbiology, 1/1/2015
• Appendicitis in a 4-year-old child  
  Westblade LF, Haghi N, Pritt BS, Edelman M, Clin Infect Dis, 1/1/2014
• Iodamoeba butschlii in an anal pap test confirmed by iodine stain  
  Schuetz AN, Pritt BS, Schreiner AM, Diagn Cytopathol, 1/1/2014
• Characterization of a novel melt curve by use of the Roche LightCycler HSV 1/2 analyte-specific reagent real-time PCR assay: Frequencies of this novel (low) melt curve...  
  Boyanton BL Jr, Almradi A, Espy MJ, Prada AE, Gibson JP, Pritt BS, J Clin Microbiol, 1/1/2014
• Cutaneous manifestations of a zoonotic Onchocerca species in an adult male, acquired in Nova Scotia, Canada  
  Lai JH, Walsh NMG, Pritt BS, Sloan L, Gibson LE, Desormeau L, Haldane DJM, J Clin Microbiol, 1/1/2014
• An unexpected colonoscopic finding in a 13-Year-old boy  
  Relich RF, Faught PR, McCoy MH, Alexander RE, Pritt BS, J Clin Microbiol, 1/1/2014
• Answer to photo quiz: A dicotyledonous plant seed  
  Relich RF, Faught PR, McCoy MH, Alexander RE, Pritt BS, J Clin Microbiol, 1/1/2014
• 46-year-old man with recurrent fever and chills  
  Nagpal A, Pritt BS, Patel R, Clin Infect Dis, 1/1/2012
• A 47-year-old man with chronic tongue pain  
  Tande AJ, Pritt BS, Clin Infect Dis, 1/1/2012
• In Memoriam: Washington C (Wash) Winn Jr (1941-2011)  
  Walker DH, LaSala R, Pritt B, Koneman E, Miller JM, Emerg Infect Dis, 1/1/2011
• Painful cutaneous nodule in an immunocompromised patient: Mucormycosis  
  Pritt B, Bosenberg M, Winn W, Laboratory Medicine, 1/1/2006
• Sex cord stromal tumor with annular tubules (SCTAT)  
  Pritt B, Cooper K, Performance Improvement Program in Surgical Pathology College of American Pathologists. Cycle A, 1/1/2006
• Accurate determination of breast cancer size: The role of histopathology and imaging  
  Pritt B, Weaver DL, Current Diagnostic Pathology, 1/1/2005
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Books/Book Chapters

• Manual of Clinical Microbiology. 
  Chapter: Malaria and Babesia. 
  Pritt BSASM Press, Washington, DCEdition 11th,2015
• Pathology of infectious diseases. (Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology) 
  Chapter: Human papillomavirus, polyomaviruses, and parvovirus infections. 
  Page 49 - 69Pritt BS, Yang B, Procop GWEditors: Procop GW; Pritt BS.Elsevier/Saunders, Philadelphia, PA2015
• Pathology of infectious diseases. (Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology) 
  Chapter: Dematiaceous fungal infections. 
  Page 516 - 530Schmitt BH, Pritt BSEditors: Procop GW; Pritt BS.Elsevier/Saunders, Philadelphia, PA2015
• Pathology of infectious diseases. (Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology) 
  Chapter: Protozoal infections. 
  Page 610 - 643Pritt BSEditors: Procop GW; Pritt BS.Elsevier/Saunders, Philadelphia, PA2015
• Infectious Disease Pathology. (Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology) 
  Chapter: Infectious Disease Pathology Artifacts and Pitfalls. 
  Elhosseiny A, Pritt BSEditors: Procop GW; Pritt BS.Elsevier/Saunders, Philadelphia, PA2015
• Pathology of infectious diseases. (Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology.) 
  Chapter: Preface. 
  Procop GW, Pritt BSEditors: Procop GW; Pritt BS.Elsevier/Saunders, Philadelphia, PA2015
• Pathology of infectious diseases. (Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology.) 
  Procop GW, Pritt BSElsevier/Saunders, Philadelphia, PA2015
• Manual of Clinical Microbiology, Parasitology section 11 
  Editors: Pritt BS, Procop GW.ASM Press, Washington, DC2015
• Parasitology Benchtop Reference Guide: An Illustrated Guide for Commonly Encountered Parasites. 
  Pritt BSCAP Press, Chicago, IL2014
• Molecular microbiology: diagnostic principles and practice. 
  Chapter: Overview of the development, utility, and future of molecular diagnostics for parasitic diseases. 
  Page 687 - 690Pritt B, Rosenblatt JEditors: Persing DH; et al.ASM Press, Washington, DCEdition 2nd,2011
• Mayo Clinic infectious diseases board review. 
  Chapter: Parasitic infections. 
  Page 190 - 217Rosenblatt JE, Pritt BSEditors: Temesgen Z; Baddour LM; Steckelberg JM.Mayo Clinic Scientific Press, Rochester, MN2011
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. 
  Chapter: Entamoeba and Entamoeba histolytica. 
  Pritt BS, Clark GCJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester2011
• Murray and Nadel's textbook of respiratory medicine. 
  Chapter: Microbiologic diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection. 
  Page 368 - 392Pritt BS, Yao JDCEditors: Mason R, et al.Saunders/Elsevier, Philadelphia, PAEdition 5th,2010
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Abstracts/Posters

• Detection of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile with the cobas Cdiff Test from Stool Specimens of Patients from the United States.
  Hiergeist A, Foerster S, Sloan L, Pritt B, Osieki JC, Lewinski M, Reischl U, American Society for Microbiology 115th General Meeting, 1/2/2015
• Use of a Novel Real-Time FRET PCR assay for detection of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever group Borrelia from Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in Wisconsin (2013-2014).
  Tyner HL, Sloan LM, Paskewitz SM, Hoang Johnson DK, Lee X, Pritt BS, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) 64th Annual Meeting, 1/1/2015
• Update on the Novel Pathogenic Borrelia Species Causing Lyme Borreliosis in the Upper Midwestern United States.
  Pritt BS, Hoang Johnson DK, Neitzel DF, Mead PS, Davis JP, Schiffman E, Sloan LM, Schreifer ME, Respicio-Kingry LB, Replogle AD, Paskewitz SM, Ray JA, Bjork J, Steward..., American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) 64th Annual Meeting, 1/1/2015
• A Case of Loiasis in an Asymptomatic 22-year-old Pregnant Nigerian Immigrant.
  Hill CL, Relich RF, Schmitt Bh, Harvey T, Younas M, Pritt BS, O'Brien D, Patel S, Davis TE, American Society for Microbiology 114th General Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/18/2014
• Multiplex Detection of Gastrointestinal Pathogens: An Evaluation of the FilmArray GI and Luminex xTag GPP Panels.
  Khare R, Espy MJ, Cebelinski E, Boxrud D, Pritt BS, Patel R, Binnicker MJ, American Society for Microbiology 114th General Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/18/2014
• Prevalence of Acanthamoeba species in Contact Lenses of Asymptomatic Individuals by Real-time PCR and Culture.
  Pritt BS, McFalls MJ, Sloan LM, Schornack MM, American Society for Microbiology 114th General Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/18/2014
• An Internally-Controlled, Multiplex Nucleic Acid Amplification Test for the Diagnosis of Dengue, Malaria, and Leptospirosis.
  Waggoner JJ, Abeynayake J, Balassiano I, Lefterova MI, Sahoo MK, Liu A, Vital-Brazil JM, Gresh L, Balmaseda A, Harris E, Pritt BS, Banaei N, Pinsky BA, American Society for Microbiology 114th General Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/18/2014
• Neurologic Manifestations of Neglected Tropical Diseases.
  Raibagkar P, Berkowitz A, Pritt B, Headley-Whyte T, Mateen F, Neurology, 1/8/2014
• Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, and Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis collected from locations surrounding the residence of the first ...
  Stromdahl E, Feldman K, Wee SB, Pritt BS, Sloan LM, Xayavong M, DaSilva A, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 63rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2014
• Cutaneous Manifestations of a Zoonotic Onchocerca Species in an Adult Male Acquired in Nova Scotia: Report of a Case.
  Lai J, Desormeau L, Haldane D, Gibson L, Pritt BS, Sloan L, Walsh N, J Cutan Pathol, 1/1/2014
• Emergence of a Novel Borrelia sp. Agen Pathogenic for Humans in the Upper Midwestern United States, 2012-2014.
  Pritt BS, Sloan LM, Johnson DKH, Neitzel DF, Pas Kewitz SM, Ray J, Steward CR Miller TK Feist MA Mead PS Lee X Franson JJ Schriefer M Desmond AL Theel ES Patel R Peter..., American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 63rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2014
• Detection of Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris in formalin-fixed Paraffin-embedded tissues by real-time multiplex PCR.
  Norgan AP, Sloan LM, Giannini C, Pritt BS, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 63rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2014
• Five Years' Experience with the Novel Human Ehrlichia sp. in the Upper Midwestern United States: 2009-2013.
  J Cutan Pathol, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 63rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2013
• Genetic Diversity of the Ehrlichia muris-like (EML) agent in Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA.
  Allerdice MEJ, Pritt BS, Paskewitz S, Sloan LM, Johnson DH Murphy D, Karphay SE, 26th Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology, Portland, ME, 1/1/2013
• The detection and identification of yeasts from formalin-fixed paraffin-emedded (FFPE) tissues using the broad fungal assay on the PLEX-ID PCR-electrospray ionization ...
  Simner PJ, Buckwalter SP, Uhl J, Pritt BS, Lab Invest, 1/1/2013
• The detection and identification of yeasts from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues using the broad fungal assay on the PLEX-ID PCR-electrospray ionization...
  Simner PJ, Buckwalter SP, Uhl J, Pritt BS, Mod Pathol, 1/1/2013
• Characterization of a novel melt curve using the Roche LightCycler real-time PCR HSV1/2 ASR: frequency of this novel (low) and commonly encountered (intermediate) melt...
  Almradi A, Gibson JP, Prada AE, Espy MJ, Pritt BS, Boyanton BL, J Mol Diagn, 1/1/2013
• CMV DNA quantification by the COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan CMV TEST, COBAS Amplicor CMV Monitor Test, and a LightCycler CMV UL54 ASR assay. TEST, COBAS Amplicor CMV Mo...
  Pritt BS, Germer JJ, Gomez-Urena E, Bishop CJ, Irish CL, Mandrekar JN, Mitchell PS, Yao JDC, 28th Annual Clinical Virology Symposium, Daytona Beach, FL, 1/22/2012
• PCR-Electrospray Ionization/Mass Spectrometry (PCR-ESI/MS) using the PLEX-ID BAC Spectrum SF Assay for Detection of Bacteria in Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE...
  Vergidis P, Uhl J, Pritt BS, Steckelberg J, Cockerill F, Sampath R, Patel R, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1/1/2012
• Comparison of 3 Commercial Enterovirus Real-time PCR assays.
  Espy M, Irish C, Pritt B, 28th Annual Clinical Virology Symposium, Daytona Beach, FL, 1/1/2012
• A Method for Improving Thick Blood Film Slide Adherence for Malaria Diagnosis.
  Norgan A, Arguello H, Sloan L, Fernholz E, Pritt BS, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), Atlanta, GA, 1/1/2012
• Prospective Comparison of ProFlu+TM with Simplexa Flu A/B & RSV, Eragen ASR and LightCycler PCR for the detection of Influenza A/B and RSV in Respiratory Specimens.
  Espy MJ, Sloan LM, Schneider SK, Pritt BS, Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), 1/1/2012
• Prospective comparison of ProFlu+ tm with Simplexa Flu A/B & RSV, Eragen ASR and Lightcycler PCR for the detection of influenza A/B and RSV in respiratory specimens.
  Espy M, Sloan LM, Schneider SK, Pritt BS, J Mol Diagn, 1/1/2012
• Detection of the Ehrlichia sp. Panola Mountain in Amblyomma americanum ticks using a groEL Real-Time PCR and Melting Temperature Analysis.
  Stromdahl EY, Sloan LM, Eremeeva ME, Miller MK, Loftis AD, Pritt BS, 25th Meeting of the American Society of Rickettsiology, Salt Lake City, UT, 1/1/2012
• Public Health Investigation of a Novel Ehrlichia ewingii Case Acquired from Leukoreduced Platelet Transfusion.
  Matthias J, Stanek D, Bertholf M, Regan J, Sloan L, Pritt B, Roche A, Singleton J, McQuiston J, Hocevar S, Whittle J, International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (Board 169), Atlanta, GA, 1/1/2012
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Lectures

• Recognition of Novel Ehrlichia and Borrelia Spp. Infections of Humans in the Upper Midwestern United States. 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2015
• Ehrlichia muris and E. muris-like agent. 
  Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2015
• Optimizing Laboratory Test Utilization: The Pathologist's Expanding Role 
  Nashville, TN - 1/1/2015
• Case-Based Stool and Blood Parasitology 
  Nashville, TN - 1/1/2015
• Worms You Won't Find In Your Garden 
  Minneapolis, MN - 1/1/2015
• Emerging Tick-Borne Infections 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2015
• Low, Medium, and High-Technology UM Solutions That You Can Implement NOW. 
  Seattle, WA - 1/1/2015
• Two New Tickborne Pathogens in Upper Midwest 
  Marshfield Clinic, Appleton, WI - 1/1/2015
• Seminars in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine series 
  University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA - 1/1/2015
• Neglected Parasitic Diseases in the United States 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2015
• What's the Best Way to Find a Parasite? 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2015
• Creepy Crawley Cases in Parasitology 
  1/1/2015
• Utilization Management 
  Canton-Potsdam Hospital - NY, Potsdam, NY - 1/1/2015
• A Practical Approach to Infectious Disease Pathology 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2015
• Tickborne Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Prevention and Therapy 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2014
• Improving Test Utilization in Clinical Microbiology 
  1/1/2014
• What's New in Tick-borne Diseases. 
  Portland, ME - 1/1/2014
• Morphologic Diagnosis of Malaria 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2014
• Meet the Professors: Emigmatic and Teaching Cases 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2014
• Trichomonas vaginalis: an underestimated pathogen. 
  Rochester, MN - 1/1/2014
• Optimizing the Ordering System to Improve Test Utilization 
  Rochester, MN - 1/1/2014
• Intracellular Organisms and Their Morphology in Infectious Disease 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2014
• Creepy Crawly Cases in Parasitology 
  1/1/2014
• Parasitology Update: Pre-meeting course 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2014
• Laboratory-Driven Testing Algorithms: A strategy to improve ordering accuracy, efficiency, and utilization. 
  Chicago, IL - 1/1/2014
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Other

• Tick Season is Now Upon Us! 
  Pritt BS, Mayo Clinic Emerging Medicine blog
  Emblog.mayo.edu
  1/15/2015
• Stay Safe this Summer 
  Pritt BS, Know the ABCs of Ticks Mayo Medical Laboratories blog
  1/1/2015
• Pathology Case of the Week. 
  Pritt BS, Mayo Clinic Pathways:Pathology Case
  1/1/2015
• Acanthamoeba. 
  Reichard RR, Pritt BS, Dolinak D, College of American Pathologists Check Sample
  1/1/2014
• Anaplasma phagocytophilum. 
  Theel E, Pritt BS, LabQ Clinical Laboratory. ASCP
  1/1/2013
• Emergence of a New Pathogenic Ehrlichia Species, Wisconsin, Minnesota, 2009. 
  Pritt BS, Mayo Medical Laboratories Communique
  1/1/2013
• Parasite Examination, Feces. 
  Pritt BS, Mayo Medical Labs Communique
  1/1/2009
• Influenza A and Novel H1N1 virus. 
  Pritt BS, Mayo Medical Labs Communique
  1/1/2009
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