Hossein Salimnia
Office Address
University Health Center
Microbiology Division
4201 St. Antoine
Detroit, MI 48201
Administrative Contact
Judith WhitePhone: 313 -745 4539
Position Title
Professor
Education Training
Ph.D. (1998): Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Postdoctoral Fellowship
1998-2000: University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2000-2003: University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Medical Education Responsibilities
Teaching medical technologists, medical students, Residents and fellows
Training faculty in the area of microbiology
Areas of Interest
Antibiotic resistance and development of new antimicrobial compounds
Rapid diagnostic techniques for infectious diseases, molecular microbiology
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and its use for diagnosis of infectious diseases. LIBS is based on a short laser pulse that is focused on to the surface of a sample to create the plasma. The plasma is analyzed in real-time by spectroscopy. LIBS has the potential to overcome the limitations of current techniques.
Research Interests
The main area of my interest is the development of new diagnostic tools using molecular techniques. I am also interested in the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and its use for diagnosis of infectious diseases. LIBS is based on a short laser pulse that is focused on to the surface of a sample to create the plasma. The plasma is analyzed in real-time by spectroscopy. We are working to develop and optimize LIBS as a powerful tool in the field of diagnostic laboratory. LIBS has the potential can overcome the limitations of current techniques.
Publications
- Wolk, D. M., Young, S., Whitfield, N. N., Reid, J. L., Thornberg, A., Carroll, K. C., Buchan, B. W., Davis, T. E., & Salimnia, H. (2021). A multicenter clinical study to demonstrate the diagnostic accuracy of the genmark dx eplex blood culture identification gram-negative panel. Journal of clinical microbiology, Sept 2021, 59(9), [e02484-20]. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02484-20
- Jocelyn Y. Ang, MD1,2,3 , Nirupama Kannikeswaran, Katherine Parker,, Eric McGrath, Nahed Abdel-Haq, Harbir Arora, Jorge L. Lua, Ronald Thomas, Hossein Salimnia, Teena Chopra, Tommy Tran, and Basim Asmar.2021. COVID-19 among Minority Children in Detroit, Michigan during the Early National Surge of the Pandemic Glob Pediatr Health. 2021 May 31;8:2333794X211022710. doi: 10.1177/2333794X211022710. eCollection 2021.
- Siri S. Sarvepalli , Angela Beatriz V. Cruz , Teena Chopra , Hossein Salimnia , Andrew Davidek 3, Maureen Taylor , Daale Maue, Pranatharthi Chandrasekar. Striking Absence of “Usual Suspects” during the Winter of COVID-19 Pandemic 2020-2021. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Jun 24 : 1–2. Published online 2021 Jun 24. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.303
- Jose A. Rodrigues 1 , Wonhee Cha1†, Rebekah E. Mosci 1 , Sanjana Mukherjee1† , Duane W. Newton2†, Paul Lephart 2 , Hossein Salimnia3,4, Walid Khalife5 , James T. Rudrik 6 and Shannon D. Manning. Epidemiologic associations vary between tetracycline and fluoroquinolone resistant Campylobacter jejuni infections
Front. Public Health, 28 June 2021 - Uzoamaka A Eke, Marilynn R. Fairfax, Robert Mitchell, Maureen Taylor, Hossein Salimnia. Staphylococcus pettenkoferi-positive Blood cultures in Hospitalized Patients in a Multi-site Tertiary Center. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Apr;99(4):115284. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115284. Epub 2020 Dec 5
- Minimizing Time to Optimal Antimicrobial Therapy for Enterobacteriaceae Bloodstream Infections: A Retrospective, Hypothetical Application of Predictive Scoring Tools vs Rapid Diagnostics Tests Laura N. Cwengros, 1 Ryan P. Mynatt, 2 Tristan T. Timbrook, 3 Robert Mitchell, 4 Hossein Salimnia, 4,5 Paul Lephart, 6 and Jason M. Pogue7 Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 7, Issue 8, August 2020, ofaa278, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa278
- Hossein Salimnia, Robert Mitchell, Angela Gundel, Alicia Cambell, Fadi Gammou, Teena Chopra, and Marilynn Fairfax. Pooling samples: a testing option for SARS-CoV-2 during a supply shortage. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Jan; 99(1): 115205. Published online 2020 Sep 11. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115205
- Knight T, Gupte A, Dulay K, Mitchell R, Salimnia H, Wang ZJ. 2020. Evaluation of an Empiric Antibiotic Regimen in Pediatric Oncology Patients Presenting with Fever Does Not Reveal the Emergence of Antibiotic Resistance Over a 12-Year Period. Pediatr Hematol Oncol Journal. Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2020, Pages 80-88
- Avnish Sandhu, Glenn Tillotson, Jordan Polistico, Hossein Salimnia, Mara Cranis, Judy Moshos, Lori Cullen, Lavina Jabbo, Lawrence Diebel, and Teena Chopra.2020. Clostridioides difficile in COVID-19 Patients, Detroit, Michigan, USA, Emerging Infect. Dis. Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020.
- Laura N. Cwengros, Ryan P. Mynatt, Tristan T. Timbrook, Robert Mitchell, Hossein Salimnia, Paul Lephart, Jason M. Pogue,. Minimizing time to optimal antimicrobial therapy for Enterobacteriaceae bloodstream infections: A retrospective, hypothetical application of predictive scoring tools versus rapid diagnostics tests. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, ofaa278, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa278 Published: 02 July 2020.