
Marc R. Couturier, PhD
Medical Director: Emerging Public Health Crises, Parasitology/Fecal Testing, and Infectious Disease Antigen Testing
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.