Laser Window Surface Finishing and Coating Technology. (2002)
Braunstein,M., Braunstein,A. I., Allen,S. D., Gentile,A. L., Giuliano,C. R.
The program covered six areas of study: surface finishing, surface characterization, coating techniques, optical evaluation, chemical analysis, and laser window damage studies. Potassium chloride...
Laser Window Surface Finishing and Coating Science. (2002)
Braunnstein,M., Allen,S. D., Braunstein,A. I., Giuliano,C. R., Rudisill,J. E.
The objectives and the progress achieved in a program to study the surface finishing and coating of laser windows for high energy laser applications in the 10.6 micrometers 5.3 micrometers and 3.8...
Laser Window Materials and Optical Coating Science. (2002)
Braunstein,M., Allen,S. D., Harrington,J. A., Pedinoff,M. E., Rudisill,J. E.
The window materials that are under investigation include selected alkali halides and alkaline earth fluorides, in both single and polycrystalline form and of alloyed and unalloyed composition. The...
Laser Window Surface Finishing and Coating Science. (1998)
Braunstein,M., Allen,S. D., Braunstein,A. I., Giuliano,C. R., Zuccaro,D.
The work on thorium tetrafluoride (ThF4) film preparation under ultrahigh vacuum conditions has produced films having absorption index values (K) in the range of 0.0007 to 0.0011. Surface finishing...
Laser Chemical Vapor Deposition. (1998)
Metal, dielectric and semiconductor films have been deposited by laser chemical vapor deposition (LCVD) using both pulsed and cw laser sources on a variety of substrates. For LCVD on substrates such...
Laser Window Materials and Optical Coating Science. (1998)
Braunstein,Morris, D'Haenens,I. J., Allen,S. D., Harrington,James A., Pedinoff,M. E.
The tasks under this program are organized into seven broad categories. First, the application of reactive atmosphere processing (RAP) chemistry techniques to the growth, polishing, grain growth...
SURFACE AND BULK ABSORPTION OF WINDOW MATERIALS AT IR LASER WAVELENGTHS. (1998)
Allen, S. D., Harrington, J. A.
N78-25415.
Barry, A. L., Fuchs, P. C., Allen, S. D., Brown, S. D., Jorgensen, J. H., Tenover, F. C.
The l-isomer of ofloxacin (levofloxacin) was twice as active as ofloxacin and the d-isomer was inactive against 654 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates. For disc susceptibility tests of pneumococci, 5...
Fuchs, P. C., Barry, A. L., Tenover, F. C., Allen, S. D., Jorgensen, J. H., Murray, P. R.
Proposed quality control (QC) parameters for susceptibility testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae to cefdinir were developed following the procedure recommended by the National Committee for Clinical...
Barry, A. L., Fuchs, P. C., Citron, D. M., Allen, S. D., Wexler, H. M.
The susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria to two new fluoroquinolones, PD 131628 (the bioactive form of PD 131112 or CI-990) and clinafloxacin (CI-960 or PD 127391), was determined with the agar...
Desacetylcefotaxime--another broad spectrum cephalosporin? (1989)
FUCHS, P. C., JONES, R. N., BARRY, A. L., ALLEN, S. D., AYERS, L. W., PFALLER, M.
Spectroscopy and photochemical studies of bromine oxides. (1983)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nottingham, 1983.
Multicenter in vitro evaluation of SM-7338, a new carbapenem.
Jones, R N, Aldridge, K E, Allen, S D, Barry, A L, Fuchs, P C, Gerlach, E H, ...
A new carbapenem, SM-7338, was compared with imipenem, cefotaxime, and ceftazidime at five medical centers. Nearly 6,000 strains were tested by reference methods of the National Committee for...
Washington, J A, Jones, R N, Gerlach, E H, Murray, P R, Allen, S D, Knapp, C C
In a multicenter study, the MICs of FK-037 for 90% of the strains tested (MIC90s) were < or = 1 microgram/ml for members of the family Enterobacteriaceae other than Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter...
Schindler, J J, Warren, R P, Allen, S D, Jackson, M K
The immunological effects of amphotericin B and liposomal amphotericin B were studied in vitro by measuring B- and T-lymphocyte proliferation on splenocytes from immune-normal,...
Isolation of a novel transposon which carries the Escherichia coli enterotoxin STII gene.
Lee, C H, Hu, S T, Swiatek, P J, Moseley, S L, Allen, S D, So, M
The Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin STII gene in P307 is flanked by inverted repeat sequences, suggesting that the STII gene is part of a transposon. To study the transposability, a DNA...
Barry, A L, Fuchs, P C, Allen, S D, Tenover, F C, Jorgensen, J H, Reller, L B
For testing bacterial susceptibility to PD131628, a 5-micrograms disk and the following tentative interpretive criteria may be used: > or = 19 mm for susceptible (MIC, < or = 1.0 micrograms/ml), 16...
Staneck, J L, Weckbach, L S, Allen, S D, Siders, J A, Gilligan, P H, Coppitt, G, ...
A three-center study was undertaken to compare several test methods for the detection of Clostridium difficile, associated toxin, or related markers by using 927 stool specimens. Methods included...
Rapid and effective method for preparation of fecal specimens for PCR assays.
Lou, Q, Chong, S K, Fitzgerald, J F, Siders, J A, Allen, S D, Lee, C H
We have developed a novel method for the preparation of fecal specimens for PCR assays. Approximately 100 mg of solid stool or 200 microliters of liquid fecal sample was thoroughly suspended in 1 ml...
Use of ethanol for selective isolation of sporeforming microorganisms.
Koransky, J R, Allen, S D, Dowell, V R
When mixed cultures containing sporeforming bacteria were treated with heat or with ethanol, the latter consistently resulted in better recovery of Clostridium and Bacillus species. Both techniques...
Fuchs, P C, Barry, A L, Pfaller, M A, Allen, S D, Gerlach, E H
The in vitro activities of three new quinolones (sparfloxacin, CI-960, and PD 131,628) were compared with that of ciprofloxacin against 5,252 routine clinical aerobic and facultatively anaerobic...
Washington, J A, Jones, R N, Allen, S D, Gerlach, E H, Koontz, F P, Murray, P R, ...
The activity of GR69153, a novel catechol-substituted cephalosporin, was compared with those of ceftazidime and ceftriaxone in a multicenter study against 5,203 fresh clinical isolates of...
Barry, A L, Fuchs, P C, Jorgensen, J H, Tenover, F C, Allen, S D, Hardy, D J, ...
In vitro studies evaluated methods for testing the susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae to piperacillin-tazobactam combinations. Ampicillin-resistant beta-lactamase-nonproducing strains of H....
Wilson, M L, Davis, T E, Mirrett, S, Reynolds, J, Fuller, D, Allen, S D, ...
The BACTEC high-blood-volume fungal medium (HBV-FM) (Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Instrument Systems, Sparks, Md.) was compared with the Isolator (IS) tube and the BACTEC Plus 26 (BP26) blood culture...
Comparison of five cultural procedures for isolation of Clostridium difficile from stools.
Marler, L M, Siders, J A, Wolters, L C, Pettigrew, Y, Skitt, B L, Allen, S D
Several procedures have been described for the culture of Clostridium difficile from stool specimens. The goal of this study was to determine the effectiveness of five of these methods for the...
Barry, A L, Jorgensen, J H, Hardy, D J, Allen, S D, Baker, C N
A beta-lactamase-negative, ampicillin-resistant strain of Haemophilus influenzae is currently used for quality control of broth microdilution tests performed with Haemophilus test medium (HTM)....
Barry, A L, Fuchs, P C, Allen, S D, Jorgensen, J H, Tenover, F C, Murray, P R, ...
Sparfloxacin and levofloxacin were evaluated against 150 Haemophilus influenzae isolates and 149 Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in order to define susceptibility testing parameters....
DNase production by Clostridium septicum.
Swiatek, P J, Allen, S D, Siders, J A, Lee, C H
Sixty-two Clostridium septicum isolates were assayed for extracellular DNase activity. All of the C. septicum isolates tested produced greater DNase activity than did the other DNase-producing...
Rapid MIC testing with the sensititre autoreader.
Staneck, J L, Allen, S D, Harris, E E, Tilton, R C
Automated microdilution MIC results, obtained with the Autoreader (Sensititre, Inc., Salem, N.H.) following 5 h of incubation, were compared with manually read, concurrent control MICs following 18 h...
Miles, B L, Siders, J A, Allen, S D
Seventy-eight species of bacteria (739 isolates) were tested for reactivity with a commercial latex test for Clostridium difficile. All noncytotoxic as well as cytotoxic strains of C. difficile...
Zabransky, R J, Bobey, D G, Barry, A L, Allen, S D, Fuchs, P C, Gerlach, E H, ...
Reference values for quality control of in vitro susceptibility tests with cefotetan against anaerobic bacteria were determined in two independent multilaboratory studies with the approved National...
Barry, A L, Fuchs, P C, Allen, S D, Thornsberry, C, Gerlach, E H, Jones, R N
Multilaboratory studies were performed to develop MIC quality control limits for the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards reference agar dilution method for anaerobic susceptibility...
Banks, E R, Allen, S D, Siders, J A, O'Bryan, N A
A rapid glutamic acid decarboxylase microdilution test for presumptive identification of certain anaerobic bacteria was marketed recently by Carr-Scarborough Microbiologicals, Inc., Stone Mountain,...
Staneck, J L, Allen, S D, Harris, E E, Tilton, R C
The Sensititre Autoreader is a microcomputer-driven instrument capable of automatically reading antimicrobial susceptibility microdilution trays. The instrument measures the fluorescence liberated by...
Volume of blood submitted for culture from neonates.
Neal, P R, Kleiman, M B, Reynolds, J K, Allen, S D, Lemons, J A, Yu, P L
We prospectively examined 298 sets (298 aerobic, 299 anaerobic, and 73 resin cultures) of blood cultures from 161 critically ill newborns. The attending physicians were unaware of the study. The mean...
Evaluation of the new RapID-ANA II system for the identification of clinical anaerobic isolates.
Marler, L M, Siders, J A, Wolters, L C, Pettigrew, Y, Skitt, B L, Allen, S D
The RapID-ANA II System (Innovative Diagnostic Systems, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.) is a recently revised and marketed 4-h system for the identification of anaerobic bacteria. The system was compared with...
Barry, A L, Jorgensen, J H, Hardy, D J, Allen, S D, Baker, C N, Fuchs, P C, ...
Haemophilus influenzae isolates were uniformly susceptible to enoxacin, ofloxacin, and temafloxacin. Zone diameter and MIC interpretive criteria were proposed to define susceptible populations so...
Brenner, D J, Davis, B R, Steigerwalt, A G, Riddle, C F, McWhorter, A C, Allen, S D, ...
DNA relatedness was used to define the biochemical boundaries of Escherichia coli. A large number of biochemically atypical strains were shown to belong to biogroups of E. coli. These included...
Immunoglobulin M antibody titers in the diagnosis of Legionnaires disease.
Zimmerman, S E, French, M L, Allen, S D, Wilson, E, Kohler, R B
The purpose of this study was to determine whether measurement of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies against Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 can aid in the diagnosis of Legionnaires disease. On the...
Ureolytic Escherichia coli of human origin: serological, epidemiological, and genetic analysis.
Wachsmuth, I K, Davis, B R, Allen, S D
Forty-five strains of ureolytic Escherichia coli of human origin, isolated in the United States between 1956 and 1977, were characterized by geographical distribution, site of infection, serotype,...
Palmer, G C, Ordy, M J, Simmons, R D, Strand, J C, Radov, L A, Mullen, G B, ...
Routine in vitro screening of a new synthetic series of 3,5-substituted 2-methylisoxazolidines revealed that three imidazole analogs (PR 967-248, PR 967-234, and PR 969-566) and, to a lesser extent,...
Powell, E L, Newsome, A L, Allen, S D, Knudson, G B
Prominent antigens of pathogenic and nonpathogenic free-living amoebae were identified by using polyclonal rabbit immune sera in immunoblot assays. The intent was to determine if prominent epitopes...
Multicenter in vitro evaluation of SM-7338, a new carbapenem.
Jones, R N, Aldridge, K E, Allen, S D, Barry, A L, Fuchs, P C, Gerlach, E H, ...
A new carbapenem, SM-7338, was compared with imipenem, cefotaxime, and ceftazidime at five medical centers. Nearly 6,000 strains were tested by reference methods of the National Committee for...
Washington, J A, Jones, R N, Gerlach, E H, Murray, P R, Allen, S D, Knapp, C C
In a multicenter study, the MICs of FK-037 for 90% of the strains tested (MIC90s) were < or = 1 microgram/ml for members of the family Enterobacteriaceae other than Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter...
Schindler, J J, Warren, R P, Allen, S D, Jackson, M K
The immunological effects of amphotericin B and liposomal amphotericin B were studied in vitro by measuring B- and T-lymphocyte proliferation on splenocytes from immune-normal,...
Isolation of a novel transposon which carries the Escherichia coli enterotoxin STII gene.
Lee, C H, Hu, S T, Swiatek, P J, Moseley, S L, Allen, S D, So, M
The Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin STII gene in P307 is flanked by inverted repeat sequences, suggesting that the STII gene is part of a transposon. To study the transposability, a DNA...
Barry, A L, Fuchs, P C, Allen, S D, Tenover, F C, Jorgensen, J H, Reller, L B
For testing bacterial susceptibility to PD131628, a 5-micrograms disk and the following tentative interpretive criteria may be used: > or = 19 mm for susceptible (MIC, < or = 1.0 micrograms/ml), 16...
Staneck, J L, Weckbach, L S, Allen, S D, Siders, J A, Gilligan, P H, Coppitt, G, ...
A three-center study was undertaken to compare several test methods for the detection of Clostridium difficile, associated toxin, or related markers by using 927 stool specimens. Methods included...
Rapid and effective method for preparation of fecal specimens for PCR assays.
Lou, Q, Chong, S K, Fitzgerald, J F, Siders, J A, Allen, S D, Lee, C H
We have developed a novel method for the preparation of fecal specimens for PCR assays. Approximately 100 mg of solid stool or 200 microliters of liquid fecal sample was thoroughly suspended in 1 ml...
Use of ethanol for selective isolation of sporeforming microorganisms.
Koransky, J R, Allen, S D, Dowell, V R
When mixed cultures containing sporeforming bacteria were treated with heat or with ethanol, the latter consistently resulted in better recovery of Clostridium and Bacillus species. Both techniques...
Fuchs, P C, Barry, A L, Pfaller, M A, Allen, S D, Gerlach, E H
The in vitro activities of three new quinolones (sparfloxacin, CI-960, and PD 131,628) were compared with that of ciprofloxacin against 5,252 routine clinical aerobic and facultatively anaerobic...
Washington, J A, Jones, R N, Allen, S D, Gerlach, E H, Koontz, F P, Murray, P R, ...
The activity of GR69153, a novel catechol-substituted cephalosporin, was compared with those of ceftazidime and ceftriaxone in a multicenter study against 5,203 fresh clinical isolates of...
Barry, A L, Fuchs, P C, Jorgensen, J H, Tenover, F C, Allen, S D, Hardy, D J, ...
In vitro studies evaluated methods for testing the susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae to piperacillin-tazobactam combinations. Ampicillin-resistant beta-lactamase-nonproducing strains of H....
Wilson, M L, Davis, T E, Mirrett, S, Reynolds, J, Fuller, D, Allen, S D, ...
The BACTEC high-blood-volume fungal medium (HBV-FM) (Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Instrument Systems, Sparks, Md.) was compared with the Isolator (IS) tube and the BACTEC Plus 26 (BP26) blood culture...
Comparison of five cultural procedures for isolation of Clostridium difficile from stools.
Marler, L M, Siders, J A, Wolters, L C, Pettigrew, Y, Skitt, B L, Allen, S D
Several procedures have been described for the culture of Clostridium difficile from stool specimens. The goal of this study was to determine the effectiveness of five of these methods for the...
Barry, A L, Jorgensen, J H, Hardy, D J, Allen, S D, Baker, C N
A beta-lactamase-negative, ampicillin-resistant strain of Haemophilus influenzae is currently used for quality control of broth microdilution tests performed with Haemophilus test medium (HTM)....
Barry, A L, Fuchs, P C, Allen, S D, Jorgensen, J H, Tenover, F C, Murray, P R, ...
Sparfloxacin and levofloxacin were evaluated against 150 Haemophilus influenzae isolates and 149 Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in order to define susceptibility testing parameters....
DNase production by Clostridium septicum.
Swiatek, P J, Allen, S D, Siders, J A, Lee, C H
Sixty-two Clostridium septicum isolates were assayed for extracellular DNase activity. All of the C. septicum isolates tested produced greater DNase activity than did the other DNase-producing...
Rapid MIC testing with the sensititre autoreader.
Staneck, J L, Allen, S D, Harris, E E, Tilton, R C
Automated microdilution MIC results, obtained with the Autoreader (Sensititre, Inc., Salem, N.H.) following 5 h of incubation, were compared with manually read, concurrent control MICs following 18 h...
Miles, B L, Siders, J A, Allen, S D
Seventy-eight species of bacteria (739 isolates) were tested for reactivity with a commercial latex test for Clostridium difficile. All noncytotoxic as well as cytotoxic strains of C. difficile...
Zabransky, R J, Bobey, D G, Barry, A L, Allen, S D, Fuchs, P C, Gerlach, E H, ...
Reference values for quality control of in vitro susceptibility tests with cefotetan against anaerobic bacteria were determined in two independent multilaboratory studies with the approved National...
Barry, A L, Fuchs, P C, Allen, S D, Thornsberry, C, Gerlach, E H, Jones, R N
Multilaboratory studies were performed to develop MIC quality control limits for the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards reference agar dilution method for anaerobic susceptibility...
Banks, E R, Allen, S D, Siders, J A, O'Bryan, N A
A rapid glutamic acid decarboxylase microdilution test for presumptive identification of certain anaerobic bacteria was marketed recently by Carr-Scarborough Microbiologicals, Inc., Stone Mountain,...
Staneck, J L, Allen, S D, Harris, E E, Tilton, R C
The Sensititre Autoreader is a microcomputer-driven instrument capable of automatically reading antimicrobial susceptibility microdilution trays. The instrument measures the fluorescence liberated by...
Volume of blood submitted for culture from neonates.
Neal, P R, Kleiman, M B, Reynolds, J K, Allen, S D, Lemons, J A, Yu, P L
We prospectively examined 298 sets (298 aerobic, 299 anaerobic, and 73 resin cultures) of blood cultures from 161 critically ill newborns. The attending physicians were unaware of the study. The mean...
Evaluation of the new RapID-ANA II system for the identification of clinical anaerobic isolates.
Marler, L M, Siders, J A, Wolters, L C, Pettigrew, Y, Skitt, B L, Allen, S D
The RapID-ANA II System (Innovative Diagnostic Systems, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.) is a recently revised and marketed 4-h system for the identification of anaerobic bacteria. The system was compared with...
Barry, A L, Jorgensen, J H, Hardy, D J, Allen, S D, Baker, C N, Fuchs, P C, ...
Haemophilus influenzae isolates were uniformly susceptible to enoxacin, ofloxacin, and temafloxacin. Zone diameter and MIC interpretive criteria were proposed to define susceptible populations so...
Brenner, D J, Davis, B R, Steigerwalt, A G, Riddle, C F, McWhorter, A C, Allen, S D, ...
DNA relatedness was used to define the biochemical boundaries of Escherichia coli. A large number of biochemically atypical strains were shown to belong to biogroups of E. coli. These included...
Immunoglobulin M antibody titers in the diagnosis of Legionnaires disease.
Zimmerman, S E, French, M L, Allen, S D, Wilson, E, Kohler, R B
The purpose of this study was to determine whether measurement of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies against Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 can aid in the diagnosis of Legionnaires disease. On the...
Ureolytic Escherichia coli of human origin: serological, epidemiological, and genetic analysis.
Wachsmuth, I K, Davis, B R, Allen, S D
Forty-five strains of ureolytic Escherichia coli of human origin, isolated in the United States between 1956 and 1977, were characterized by geographical distribution, site of infection, serotype,...
Palmer, G C, Ordy, M J, Simmons, R D, Strand, J C, Radov, L A, Mullen, G B, ...
Routine in vitro screening of a new synthetic series of 3,5-substituted 2-methylisoxazolidines revealed that three imidazole analogs (PR 967-248, PR 967-234, and PR 969-566) and, to a lesser extent,...
Powell, E L, Newsome, A L, Allen, S D, Knudson, G B
Prominent antigens of pathogenic and nonpathogenic free-living amoebae were identified by using polyclonal rabbit immune sera in immunoblot assays. The intent was to determine if prominent epitopes...
Johnson, L. N., Krohel, G. B., Allen, S. D., Mozayeni, R.
This case-control study was undertaken to determine if recurrent herpes labialis posed an independent risk factor for the development of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy among...