Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine
·
2016 - Present
Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Infection in kidney transplant recipients
Chapter · January 1, 2019 In organ transplant recipients, impaired inflammatory responses suppress the clinical and radiologic findings of infection. The possible etiologies of infection are diverse, ranging from common bacterial and viral pathogens that affect the entire community ... Full text CiteAdenovirus Type 21 Outbreak Among Lung Transplant Patients at a Large Tertiary Care Hospital.
Journal Article Open Forum Infect Dis · August 2018 Here we summarize an April 2016, 7-patient cluster of human adenovirus (HAdV) infections in a cardiothoracic surgery intensive care unit. We show that the patients were infected with a single HAdV21b type. Rapid HAdV typing diagnostics and effective antivi ... Full text Link to item CiteDiagnosis of Capnocytophaga canimorsus Sepsis by Whole-Genome Next-Generation Sequencing.
Journal Article Open Forum Infect Dis · September 2016 We report the case of a 60-year-old man with septic shock due to Capnocytophaga canimorsus that was diagnosed in 24 hours by a novel whole-genome next-generation sequencing assay. This technology shows great promise in identifying fastidious pathogens, and ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of Madrid (Spain) ·
1995
M.D.