Bruce McCollister, MD

Professional Titles

• Associate Professor

Research Interests

Publications

• McCollister, BD, T Bourett, J Jones-Carson, R Gill, and A Vazquez-Torres. Repression of SPI2 transcription by nitric oxide-producing, IFNgamma-activated macrophages promotes maturation of Salmonella phagosomes. JEM. 2005. 202:625.
• McCollister, B.D., and A. Vazquez-Torres. 2006. Interactions of Salmonella with phagocytic cells, In P. Mastroeni and D. Maskell, Eds., Salmonella Infections: Clinical, Immunological and Molecular Aspects, Cambridge University Press.
• "Constitutive acid sphingomyelinaes activity enhances early and late macrophage killing of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium" Bruce D. McCollister, Jesse T. Myers, Richard Kolesnick, Dennis R. Voelker, and Andres Vazquez-Torres. Submitted to Infection and Immunity Feb. 2007
• "Segregation of nitrosative chemistry in phagosomes lessens detoxification of nitric oxide by the Salmonella Hmp flavohemoprotein" Bruce D. McCollister, Jesse T. Myers, Jessica Jones-Carson, Maroof Husain, Travis Bourret, and Andres Vazquez-Torres. Submitted to Journal of Bacteriology, Feb. 2007.
• Jones-Carson J, McCollister BD, Clambey ET, Vázquez-Torres A. Systemic CD8 T-cell memory response to a Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 effector is restricted to Salmonella enterica encountered in the gastrointestinal mucosa. Infect Immun. 2007 Jun;75(6):2708-16. Epub 2007 Apr 2. PMID: 17403871 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
• McCollister BD, Myers JT, Jones-Carson J, Voelker DR, Vázquez-Torres A. Constitutive acid sphingomyelinase enhances early and late macrophage killing of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Infect Immun. 2007 Nov;75(11):5346-52. Epub 2007 Aug 13. PMID: 17698574 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
• McCollister BD, Myers JT, Jones-Carson J, Husain M, Bourret TJ, Vázquez-Torres A. N(2)O(3) enhances the nitrosative potential of IFNgamma-primed macrophages in response to Salmonella. Immunobiology. 2007;212(9-10):759-69. Epub 2007 Dec 3. PMID: 18086377 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
• Husain M, Bourret TJ, McCollister BD, Jones-Carson J, Laughlin J, Vázquez-Torres A. Nitric oxide evokes an adaptive response to oxidative stress by arresting respiration. J Biol Chem. 2008 Mar 21;283(12):7682-9. Epub 2008 Jan 15. PMID: 18198179 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
• Jenkins TC, McCollister BD, Sharma R, McFann KK, Madinger NE, Barron M, Bessesen M, Price CS, Burman WJ. Epidemiology of Healthcare-Associated Bloodstream Infection Caused by USA300 Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 Affiliated Hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Mar;30(3):233-241. PMID: 19199535 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
• Golkowski M, Golkowski C, Leszczynski J, Plimpton SR, Maslowski P, Foltynowicz A, Jun Ye, McCollister B. Hydrogen Peroxide-Enhanced Nonthermal Plasma Effluent for Biomedical Applications. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 2012 July; 40(8): 1984-1991.
• Jenkins TC, Knepper BC, Jason Moore S, Saveli CC, Pawlowski SW, Perlman DM, McCollister BD, Burman WJ. Comparison of the microbiology and antibiotic treatment among diabetic and nondiabetic patients hospitalized for cellulitis or cutaneous abscess. J Hosp Med. 2014 Dec;9(12):788-94. PubMed PMID: 25266293
• Jenkins TC, Knepper BC, Moore SJ, O'Leary ST, Brooke Caldwell, Saveli CC, Pawlowski SW, Perlman DM, McCollister BD, Burman WJ. Antibiotic prescribing practices in a multicenter cohort of patients hospitalized for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Oct;35(10):1241-50. PubMed PMID: 25203177
• Taylor M, McCollister B, Park D. Highly Bactericidal Polyurethane Effective Against Both Normal and Drug-Resistant Bacteria: Potential Use as an Air Filter Coating. Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2015 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26581767
• Jenkins TC, Knepper BC, Jason Moore S, Saveli CC, Pawlowski SW, Perlman DM, McCollister BD, Burman WJ. Microbiology and initial antibiotic therapy for injection drug users and non-injection drug users with cutaneous abscesses in the era of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Aug;22(8):993-7. PubMed PMID: 26202847
• Henao-Martínez AF, Gross L, Mcnair B, McCollister B, DeSanto K, Montoya JG, Shapiro L, Beckham JD. Risk Factors for Cryptococcal Meningitis: A Single United States Center Experience. Mycopathologia. 2016 Dec;181(11-12):807-814. PubMed PMID: 27502502
• Taylor M, McCollister B, Park D. Highly Bactericidal Polyurethane Effective Against Both Normal and Drug-Resistant Bacteria: Potential Use as an Air Filter Coating. Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2016 Mar;178(5):1053-67. PubMed PMID: 26581767
• McCollister B, Kotter CV, Frank DN, Washburn T, Jobling MG. Whole-Genome Sequencing Identifies In Vivo Acquisition of a blaCTX-M-27-Carrying IncFII Transmissible Plasmid as the Cause of Ceftriaxone Treatment Failure for an Invasive Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 Dec;60(12):7224-7235. PubMed PMID: 27671066
• Barron MA, Richardson K, Jeffres M, McCollister B. Risk factors and influence of carbapenem exposure on the development of carbapenem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infections and infections at sterile sites. Springerplus. 2016 Jun 17;5(1):755. PubMed PMID: 27386239
• Jenkins TC, Knepper BC, McCollister BD, Moore SJ, Pawlowski SW, Perlman DM, Saveli CC, O'Leary ST, Burman WJ. Failure of outpatient antibiotics among patients hospitalized for acute bacterial skin infections: What is the clinical relevance?. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jun;34(6):957-62. PubMed PMID: 26947377
• Jarrett MJ, Vázquez-Torres A, Frank DN, McCollister BD, Henthorn PK, Ir D, Sheeder J, Guy MS, Anwar HQ, Behbakht K. Influence of Gelatin-Thrombin Matrix Tissue Sealant on Bacterial Colony Formation and Risk of Pelvic Infection. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2016;2016:2649708. PubMed PMID: 27199534
• Lum J, Z Abidi M, McCollister B, Henao-Martínez AF. Miliary Histoplasmosis in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Case Rep Med. 2018;2018:2723489. PubMed PMID: 29849657
• Kashef Hamadani BH, Franco-Paredes C, McCollister B, Shapiro L, Beckham JD, Henao-Martínez AF. Cryptococcosis and cryptococcal meningitis: New predictors and clinical outcomes at a United States academic medical centre. Mycoses. 2018 May;61(5):314-320. PubMed PMID: 29284182
• Kashef Hamadani BH, Franco-Paredes C, McCollister B, Shapiro L, Beckham JD, Henao-Martínez AF. Cryptococcosis and cryptococcal meningitis: New predictors and clinical outcomes at a United States academic medical centre. Mycoses. 2017 Dec 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29284182
• Canfield GS, Chatterjee A, Espinosa J, Mangalea MR, Sheriff EK, Keidan M, McBride SW, McCollister BD, Hang HC, Duerkop BA. Lytic bacteriophages facilitate antibiotic sensitization of Enterococcus faecium . Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2021 Mar 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33649110
• Zehr EP, Erzen CL, Oshima K, Langouët-Astrié CJ, LaRiviere WB, Shi D, Zhang F, McCollister BD, Windham SL, Rizzo AN, Bastarache JA, Horswill AR, Schmidt EP, Kwiecinski JM, Colbert JF. Bacterial pneumonia-induced shedding of epithelial heparan sulfate inhibits the bactericidal activity of cathelicidin in a murine model. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2023 Dec 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38113313
• Colbert JF, Kirsch JM, Erzen CL, Langouët-Astrié CJ, Thompson GE, McMurtry SA, Kofonow JM, Robertson CE, Kovacs EJ, Sullivan RC, Hippensteel JA, Sawant NV, De Nisco NJ, McCollister BD, Schwartz RS, Horswill AR, Frank DN, Duerkop BA, Schmidt EP. Aging-Associated Augmentation of Gut Microbiome Virulence Capability Drives Sepsis Severity. mBio. 2023 Jun 27;14(3):e0005223. PubMed PMID: 37102874
• Canfield GS, Chatterjee A, Espinosa J, Mangalea MR, Sheriff EK, Keidan M, McBride SW, McCollister BD, Hang HC, Duerkop BA. Lytic bacteriophages facilitate antibiotic sensitization of Enterococcus faecium. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2023 May 1;65(5). PubMed PMID: 33649110

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Infectious Disease, Board Certification (2004)
• Internal Medicine, Board Certification (1998)