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Christopher Robert Polage

Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology
Pathology
DUMC 3879, 2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology · 2024 - Present Pathology, Clinical Science Departments

Recent Publications


Uncovering the Harms of Treating Clostridioides difficile Colonization.

Journal Article mSphere · January 13, 2021 Patients with toxin-negative Clostridioides difficile-positive diarrhea are often treated with oral vancomycin with the assumption that treatment is more beneficial than harmful. However, this hypothesis has never been formally tested, and recent studies s ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Diagnostic Approach to Health Care- and Device-Associated Central Nervous System Infections.

Journal Article J Clin Microbiol · November 2018 Health care- and device-associated central nervous system (CNS) infections have a distinct epidemiology, pathophysiology, and microbiology that require a unique diagnostic approach. Most clinical signs, symptoms, and tests used to diagnose community-acquir ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


CORonavirus VAriant Sequencing (CORVASEQ) Surveillance Network

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2021 - 2023

RFTOP #2018 Domain 2-B-0001 Option 2

ResearchLaboratory Director · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2021 - 2022

Evaluating SARS-CoV2 vaccine effectiveness among health care personnel during early phase vaccination

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2020 - 2021

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of New Mexico, School of Medicine · 2000 M.D.