Scholars@Duke
Christopher Robert Polage

Christopher Robert Polage

Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology
Pathology
christopher.polage@duke.edu
DUMC 3879, 2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705

Selected 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