Ibukun Christine Kalu
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
My research focus is on developing methods to prevent infections and improve treatment outcomes in children.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics 2022
Contact Information
- 315 Trent Drive, Hanes House #365; DUMC Box 3499, Durham, NC 27710
- 315 Trent Drive, Hanes House #365; DUMC Box 3499, Durham, NC 27710
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(919) 681-3576
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Infectious Diseases, American Board of Pediatrics 2019 - 2029
- General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics 2015 - 2020
- Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medicine 2015 - 2018
- Residency, Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medicine 2012 - 2015
- M.D., Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College 2012
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics 2021 - 2022
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics 2018 - 2020
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Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
- Medical Director, Pediatric Infection Prevention
- Recognition
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In the News
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JUN 29, 2020 Duke Health News
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- Research
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Selected Grants
- Maternal Predictors of Early Childhood Bacterial Colonization or Invasive Infection awarded by Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation 2022 - 2024
- RFTOP 2022 Domain 5-E003 Strategic Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Social Determinants of Health Data in National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Measures to Promote Health Equity awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022 - 2024
- PTN Task Order 8 COVID-19 Studies awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 2020 - 2024
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External Relationships
- IPEC experts, LLC
- Pew Trust
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Kalu, Ibukunoluwa C., Sagori Mukhopadhyay, Dmitry Dukhovny, Rebecca Young, and Judith A. Guzman-Cottrill. “Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions about Antibiotic Stewardship Programs among Neonatology Trainees.” Am J Perinatol 40, no. 8 (June 2023): 893–97. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1732418.Full Text Link to Item
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Gettler, Erin B., Ibukunoluwa C. Kalu, Nwora L. Okeke, Sarah S. Lewis, Deverick J. Anderson, Becky A. Smith, and Sonali D. Advani. “Disparities in central line-associated bloodstream infection and catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates: An exploratory analysis.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, April 14, 2023, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2023.63.Full Text Link to Item
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Kalu, Ibukunoluwa C., David K. Henderson, David J. Weber, and Sarah Haessler. “Back to the future: Redefining "universal precautions" to include masking for all patient encounters.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, February 10, 2023, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2023.2.Full Text Link to Item
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Advani, Sonali D., Emily Sickbert-Bennett, Rebekah Moehring, Andrea Cromer, Yuliya Lokhnygina, Elizabeth Dodds-Ashley, Ibukunoluwa C. Kalu, et al. “The Disproportionate Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on Healthcare-Associated Infections in Community Hospitals: Need for Expanding the Infectious Disease Workforce.” Clin Infect Dis 76, no. 3 (February 8, 2023): e34–41. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac684.Full Text Link to Item
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Advani, Sonali D., Andrea Cromer, Brittain Wood, Esther Baker, Kathryn L. Crawford, Linda Crane, Linda Roach, et al. “The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response on hospital infection prevention programs and practices in the southeastern United States.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 44, no. 2 (February 2023): 338–41. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.460.Full Text Link to Item
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Talbot, Thomas R., Mary K. Hayden, Deborah S. Yokoe, Anurag N. Malani, Hala A. Amer, Ibukunoluwa C. Kalu, Latania K. Logan, et al. “Asymptomatic screening for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as an infection prevention measure in healthcare facilities: Challenges and considerations.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 44, no. 1 (January 2023): 2–7. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.295.Full Text Link to Item
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Schuster, Jennifer E., Ibukunoluwa C. Kalu, and Jennifer L. Goldman. “Modeling Cost and Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 School Testing Programs.” Jama Pediatr 176, no. 10 (October 1, 2022): 1050. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.2976.Full Text Link to Item
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Schaps, Diego, Reilly Dever, Victoria M. Parente, Deverick J. Anderson, and Ibukunoluwa C. Kalu. “Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in children with cerebral palsy.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, June 23, 2022, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.149.Full Text Link to Item
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Seidelman, Jessica L., Lauren DiBiase, Ibukunoluwa C. Kalu, Sarah S. Lewis, Emily Sickbert-Bennett, David J. Weber, and Becky A. Smith. “The impact of a comprehensive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection prevention bundle on non-COVID-19 hospital-acquired respiratory viral infection (HA-RVI) rates.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, June 2, 2022, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.137.Full Text Link to Item
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Reynolds, Staci S., Christopher Sova, Halie Lozano, Kalpana Bhandari, Bonnie Taylor, Erica Lobaugh-Jin, Charlene Carriker, Sarah S. Lewis, Becky A. Smith, and Ibukunoluwa C. Kalu. “Enhancement of infection prevention case review process to optimize learning from defects.” J Infect Prev 23, no. 3 (May 2022): 120–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/17571774211066760.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Thakkar, Pavan V., Kanecia O. Zimmerman, Daniel K. Benjamin, and Ibukunoluwa C. Kalu. “SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Incidence at a North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten-12 School During In-Person Education: August 2020 to January 2021.” J Sch Health 92, no. 5 (May 2022): 461–68. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.13148.Full Text Link to Item
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Akinboyo, Ibukunoluwa C., Rebecca R. Young, Michael J. Smith, Sarah S. Lewis, Becky A. Smith, and Deverick J. Anderson. “Burden of healthcare-associated infections among hospitalized children within community hospitals participating in an infection control network.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 43, no. 4 (April 2022): 510–12. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.67.Full Text Link to Item
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Mody, Lona, Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, Hilary M. Babcock, Werner E. Bischoff, Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng, Kathleen Chiotos, Kimberly C. Claeys, et al. “Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) research agenda for healthcare epidemiology.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 43, no. 2 (February 2022): 156–66. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.25.Full Text Link to Item
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Chang, Yeh-Chung, Rebecca R. Young, Alisha M. Mavis, Eileen T. Chambers, Sonya Kirmani, Matthew S. Kelly, Ibukunoluwa C. Kalu, Michael J. Smith, and Debra J. Lugo. “Epstein-Barr Virus DNAemia and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients.” Plos One 17, no. 10 (2022): e0269766. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269766.Full Text Link to Item
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Seidelman, Jessica L., Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, Bonnie Taylor, Nancy G. Henshaw, Anfal Abdelgadir, Gregory C. Gray, Becky A. Smith, and Sarah S. Lewis. “Pseudo-outbreak of adenovirus in bronchoscopy suite.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 42, no. 8 (August 2021): 1016–17. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.129.Full Text Link to Item
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Johnson, Julia, Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, and Joshua K. Schaffzin. “Infection Prevention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.” Clin Perinatol 48, no. 2 (June 2021): 413–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clp.2021.03.011.Full Text Link to Item
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D’Agostino, Emily M., Sarah C. Armstrong, Lisa Humphreys, Stacey Coffman, Gordon Sinclair, Sallie R. Permar, and Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo. “Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Youth and Staff Attending Day Camps.” Pediatrics 147, no. 4 (April 2021). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-042416.Full Text Link to Item
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Zimmerman, Kanecia O., Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, M Alan Brookhart, Angelique E. Boutzoukas, Kathleen A. McGann, Michael J. Smith, Gabriela Maradiaga Panayotti, et al. “Incidence and Secondary Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Schools.” Pediatrics 147, no. 4 (April 2021). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-048090.Full Text Link to Item
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Lewis, Sarah S., Becky A. Smith, Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, Jessica Seidelman, Cameron Wolfe, Allan B. Kirk, Gavin Martin, et al. “Early experience with universal preprocedural testing for SARS-CoV-2 in a relatively low-prevalence area.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 42, no. 3 (March 2021): 341–43. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.398.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Flannery, Dustin D., Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, Sagori Mukhopadhyay, Alison C. Tribble, Lihai Song, Feiyan Chen, Yun Li, Jeffrey S. Gerber, and Karen M. Puopolo. “Antibiotic Susceptibility of Escherichia coli Among Infants Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units Across the US From 2009 to 2017.” Jama Pediatr 175, no. 2 (February 1, 2021): 168–75. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.4719.Full Text Link to Item
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Boutzoukas, Angelique E., Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, Charlene A. Wong, Daniel K. Benjamin, and Kanecia O. Zimmerman. “Impact of COVID-19-related School Closures on the Drivers of Child Health.” N C Med J 82, no. 1 (2021): 50–56. https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.82.1.50.Full Text Link to Item
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Akinboyo, Ibukunoluwa C., and Jeffrey S. Gerber. “Principles, policy and practice of antibiotic stewardship.” Semin Perinatol 44, no. 8 (December 2020): 151324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semperi.2020.151324.Full Text Link to Item
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Seidelman, Jessica L., Sarah S. Lewis, Sonali D. Advani, Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, Carol Epling, Matthew Case, Kristen Said, et al. “Universal masking is an effective strategy to flatten the severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) healthcare worker epidemiologic curve.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 41, no. 12 (December 2020): 1466–67. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.313.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Shane, Andi L., Alice I. Sato, Carol Kao, Felice C. Adler-Shohet, Surabhi B. Vora, Jeffery J. Auletta, Sharon Nachman, et al. “A Pediatric Infectious Diseases Perspective of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Children.” J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 9, no. 5 (November 10, 2020): 596–608. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaa099.Full Text Link to Item
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Akinboyo, Ibukunoluwa C., Kenneth M. Zangwill, Wendy M. Berg, Joseph B. Cantey, Beth Huizinga, and Aaron M. Milstone. “SHEA neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) white paper series: Practical approaches to Staphylococcus aureus disease prevention.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 41, no. 11 (November 2020): 1251–57. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.51.Full Text Link to Item
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Heston, Sarah M., Rebecca R. Young, Hwanhee Hong, Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, John S. Tanaka, Paul L. Martin, Richard Vinesett, et al. “Microbiology of Bloodstream Infections in Children After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience Over Two Decades (1997-2017).” Open Forum Infect Dis 7, no. 11 (November 2020): ofaa465. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa465.Full Text Link to Item
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Akinboyo, Ibukunoluwa C., Rebecca R. Young, Lisa P. Spees, Sarah M. Heston, Michael J. Smith, Yeh-Chung Chang, Lauren E. McGill, et al. “Microbiology and Risk Factors for Hospital-Associated Bloodstream Infections Among Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients.” Open Forum Infect Dis 7, no. 4 (April 2020): ofaa093. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa093.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Seidelman, Jessica L., Becky Smith, Brittain Wood, Linda Adcock, Barry Shelton, Kirk Huslage, Art Baker, et al. “Shifting surgical site infection denominators and implications for National Health Safety Network reporting.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 40, no. 11 (November 2019): 1316–17. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2019.255.Full Text Link to Item
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Khamash, Dina F., Annie Voskertchian, Pranita D. Tamma, Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, Karen C. Carroll, and Aaron M. Milstone. “Increasing Clindamycin and Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Resistance in Pediatric Staphylococcus aureus Infections.” J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 8, no. 4 (September 25, 2019): 351–53. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piy062.Full Text Link to Item
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Chen, May W., Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, Paul K. Sue, Pamela K. Donohue, Khalil G. Ghanem, Barbara Detrick, Frank R. Witter, Kathleen R. Page, Ravit Arav-Boger, and W Christopher Golden. “Evaluating congenital syphilis in a reverse sequence testing environment.” J Perinatol 39, no. 7 (July 2019): 956–63. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-019-0387-9.Full Text Link to Item
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Johnson, Julia, Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, Melanie S. Curless, Aaron M. Milstone, and Susan E. Coffin. “Saving neonatal lives by improving infection prevention in low-resource units: tools are needed.” J Glob Health 9, no. 1 (June 2019): 010319. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.09.010319.Full Text Link to Item
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Akinboyo, Ibukunoluwa C., Genevieve M. Crane, Lingling Chen, and Ravit Arav-Boger. “A 17-Year-Old Boy With Right Face Palsy, Left Leg Weakness, and Lytic Skull-Bone Lesions.” J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 7, no. 4 (December 3, 2018): 350–54. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/pix101.Full Text Link to Item
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Akinboyo, Ibukunoluwa C., Annie Voskertchian, Gezahegn Gorfu, Joshua F. Betz, Tracy L. Ross, Karen C. Carroll, and Aaron M. Milstone. “Epidemiology and risk factors for recurrent Staphylococcus aureus colonization following active surveillance and decolonization in the NICU.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39, no. 11 (November 2018): 1334–39. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.223.Full Text Link to Item
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Voskertchian, Annie, Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, Elizabeth Colantuoni, Julia Johnson, and Aaron M. Milstone. “Association of an Active Surveillance and Decolonization Program on Incidence of Clinical Cultures Growing Staphylococcus aureus in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39, no. 7 (July 2018): 882–84. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.81.Full Text Link to Item
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Singeltary, Emily, Ibukunoluwa Akinboyo, Anna C. Sick-Samuels, Mary Elizabeth Griffith, Aaron Milstone, Judith Ascenzi, Karen C. Carroll, and James Fackler. “Enteral Medication as the Source of a Burkholderia Cepacia Complex Outbreak in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patients.” American Journal of Infection Control 46, no. 6 (June 2018): S22–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2018.04.038.Full Text
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Seth, Rajeev, Ibukunoluwa Akinboyo, Ankur Chhabra, Yawar Qaiyum, Anita Shet, Nikhil Gupte, Ajay K. Jain, and Sanjay K. Jain. “Mobile Phone Incentives for Childhood Immunizations in Rural India.” Pediatrics 141, no. 4 (April 2018). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-3455.Full Text Link to Item
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Akinboyo, Ibukunoluwa C., Anna C. Sick-Samuels, Emily Singeltary, James Fackler, Judith Ascenzi, Karen C. Carroll, Yvonne Maldonado, et al. “Multistate Outbreak of an Emerging Burkholderia cepacia Complex Strain Associated With Contaminated Oral Liquid Docusate Sodium.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39, no. 2 (February 2018): 237–39. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2017.265.Full Text Link to Item
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Salazar-Austin, Nicole, Ibukunoluwa Akinboyo, and Sanjay K. Jain. “Successful cure of extensively drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in a young child.” Lancet Infect Dis 17, no. 9 (September 2017): 898–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30457-7.Full Text Link to Item
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Voskertchian, Annie, Ibukunoluwa Akinboyo, Anna Sick, Susan W. Aucott, and Aaron M. Milstone. “Association of Active Surveillance and Decolonization Program on Incidence of Clinical Cultures Growing Staphylococcus aureus in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.” Open Forum Infectious Diseases 4, no. suppl_1 (2017): S640–S640. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1699.Full Text
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Flannery, Dustin D., Ibukunoluwa Akinboyo, Jennifer M. Ty, Lauren W. Averill, and Abigail Freedman. “Septic arthritis and concern for osteomyelitis in a child with rat bite fever.” J Clin Microbiol 51, no. 6 (June 2013): 1987–89. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.03139-12.Full Text Link to Item
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Book Sections
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Akinboyo, I. C., and D. Nolt. “Hospital infection prevention for pediatric transplant recipients and oncology patients.” In Pediatric Transplant and Oncology Infectious Diseases, 82-89.e3, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-64198-2.00021-X.Full Text
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Akinboyo, I. C., J. B. Cantey, and P. J. Sánchez. “Syphilis.” In The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 8th Edition, 910–11, 2018.
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Conference Papers
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Akinboyo, Ibukunoluwa C., Sharah Collier, Kelly Ellington, Jennifer Turi, Rebecca R. Young, Michael J. Smith, Becky A. Smith, and Sarah S. Lewis. “Enhanced Bundled Interventions to Reduce Surgical Site Infections for Patients with Congenital Cardiac Disease.” In Infection Control &Amp; Hospital Epidemiology, 41:s212–13. Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2020. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.755.Full Text
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