Marc R. Couturier, PhD

Professor (Clinical), University of Utah School of Medicine

Education

• Doctorate Degree—Bacteriology, University of Alberta
• Fellowship—Alberta Provincial Laboratory for Public Health
• Fellowship—Medical Microbiology, University of Utah School of Medicine

Certification/Affiliations

• American Board of Medical Microbiology

Research Interests

• Helicobacter pylori diagnostics
• Developing improved diagnostics for emerging agents of infectious gastroenteritis

Awards

• Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Young Investigators Award, American Society for Microbiology
• The Bill Roberts Award for Excellence in Laboratory Medicine, University of Utah
• Outstanding Teaching Award in Clinical Pathology, University of Utah

Recent Publications

• Couturier BA, et al. Direct-from-stool testing for Shiga toxins by an immunochromatographic assay is insensitive for detection of shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Nov 27;56(12):e01209–18.
• Miller HK, et al. Trends in Q fever serologic testing by immunofluorescence from four large reference laboratories in the United States, 2012-2016. Sci Rep. 2018;8(1):16670.
• Pegalajar-Jurado A, et al. Evaluation of modified two-tiered testing algorithms for Lyme disease laboratory diagnosis using well-characterized serum samples. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Jul 26;56(8).
• Bliss J, et al. High prevalence of Shigella or Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli carriage among residents of an internally displaced persons camp in South Sudan. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Feb;98(2):595–7.
• Jalaly JB, et al. Multicenter evaluation of Helicobacter pylori IgG antibody seroprevalence among patients seeking clinical care in the US. J Appl Lab Med. Published April 2018.
• Denys GA, et al. Multicenter evaluation of the portrait staph ID/R Blood Culture Panel for rapid identification of staphylococci and detection of the mecA gene. J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Apr;55(4): 1140–6.
• Shea S, et al. Clinical microbiology laboratories' adoption of culture-independent diagnostic tests is a threat to foodborne-disease surveillance in the United States. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Dec 28;55(1):10–9.
• Swaminathan S, et al. Fatal Zika virus infection with secondary non-sexual transmission. N Engl J Med. 2016 Nov 10;375(19):1907–09.
• Caliendo AM, et al. Maintaining life-saving testing for patients with infectious diseases: Infectious Diseases Society of America, American Society for Microbiology, and Pan American Society for Clinical Virology recommendations on the regulation of laboratory-developed tests. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Jul 15;63(2):151–4.
• Beal SG, et al. Diagnostic algorithm for the diagnosis of pediatric parasitic gastroenteritis. J Clin Lab Anal. 2016 Mar;30(2):155–60.
• Couturier BA, et al. Clinical and analytical evaluation of a single-vial stool collection device with formalin-free fixative for improved processing and comprehensive detection of gastrointestinal parasites. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Aug;53(8):2539–48.
• Couturier BA, et al. Clinical and analytical evaluation of a single-vial stool collection device with formalin-free fixative for improved processing and comprehensive detection of gastrointestinal parasites. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Aug;53(8):2539–48.