Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Global Health, Emory University
Infectious Disease
Dr. Henry M. Blumberg, MD
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Henry Blumberg works in the field of Infectious Disease. He went to medical school at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He over the years received 1 awards: "Super Doctor". Henry Blumberg is a published doctor and has 101 publications published. The lastest was: 'A tuberculin screening and isoniazid preventive therapy program in an inner-city population.'
Publications
- Contacts of retreatment tuberculosis cases with a prior poor treatment outcome are at increased risk of latent tuberculosis infection.
- Cavitary Penetration of Levofloxacin among Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis.
- Macronutrient intake and body composition changes during anti-tuberculosis therapy in adults.
- A Case of Disseminated emm Type 12 Group A Streptococcus and Review of Invasive Disease.
- Determinants of Tuberculosis Infection Control-Related Behaviors Among Healthcare Workers in the Country of Georgia.
- Latent tuberculous infection in the United States and Canada: who completes treatment and why?
- Significant clinical impact of a rapid molecular diagnostic test (Genotype MTBDRplus assay) to detect multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
- Interferon-γ release assays for the evaluation of tuberculosis infection.
- No Association of Cryptococcal Antigenemia with Poor Outcomes among Antiretroviral Therapy-Experienced HIV-Infected Patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Poor agreement between interferon-gamma release assays and the tuberculin skin test among HIV-infected individuals in the country of Georgia.
- Performance of the MTBDRsl assay in Georgia.
- Infection control knowledge, attitudes, and practices among healthcare workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Improving tuberculosis screening and isoniazid preventive therapy in an HIV clinic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Favorable outcomes for multidrug and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis patients undergoing surgery.
- The Health-System Benefits and Cost-effectiveness of Using Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing to Diagnose Tuberculosis Disease in the...
- Prevalence and incidence of latent tuberculosis infection in georgian healthcare workers.
- High prevalence of Cryptococcal antigenemia among HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia.
- A culture-specific nutrient intake assessment instrument in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Prescribed and self-medication use increase delays in diagnosis of tuberculosis in the country of Georgia.
- Prevalence of drug resistant tuberculosis among patients at high-risk for Hiv attending outpatient clinics in Delhi, India.
- Characterization of post-hospital infections in adults requiring home parenteral nutrition.
- Site of extrapulmonary tuberculosis is associated with HIV infection.
- Adjunctive surgery improves treatment outcomes among patients with multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
- Additional Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates From Resected Cavities Among Patients With Multidrug-Resistant or Extensively Drug-Resistant Pulmonar...
- Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among Patients Admitted to Adult Intensive Care Units: The STAR*ICU Trial.
- Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection among HIV discordant partners using Interferon Gamma Release Assays.
- Nosocomial infections in tbilisi, georgia: a retrospective study of microbiological data from 4 major tertiary care hospitals.
- The atlanta clinical and translational science institute: clinical and translational science education and training partnership.
- Vitamin D status and antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin (LL-37) concentrations in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Impact of an antimicrobial utilization program on antimicrobial use at a large teaching hospital: a randomized controlled trial.
- A multicenter study on optimizing piperacillin-tazobactam use: lessons on why interventions fail.
- Vitamin D for treatment and prevention of infectious diseases: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
- Emergence of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300 as a cause of necrotising community-onset pneumonia.
- Vitamin D as adjunctive therapy in refractory pulmonary tuberculosis: a case report.
- Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection associated with contamination of a flexible bronchoscope.
- Over the Counter Availability of Antituberculosis Drugs in Tbilisi, Georgia in the Setting of a High Prevalence of MDR-TB.
- Needed: new and better tools to combat latent tuberculosis infection.
- Emergence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of community origin in intensive care nurseries.
- A population-based investigation of invasive vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus infection in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, and predictors of mortality.
- Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: are we learning from history or repeating it?
- Colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms in evacuees after Hurricane Katrina.
- Reading the tea leaves or deciphering DNA microarrays: are certain methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones adapted to cause specific infections?
- Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding piperacillin-tazobactam prescribing practices: results from a multicenter study.
- Polymyxin B and doxycycline use in patients with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections in the intensive care unit.
- Nosocomial tuberculosis in India.
- Re: how many sputum specimens are necessary to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Exposure to tuberculosis among newborns in a nursery: decision analysis for initiation of prophylaxis.
- Emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA 300 clone as the predominant cause of skin and soft-tissue infections.
- Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 genotype as a major cause of health care-associated blood stream infections.
- Increased efficiency in evaluating patients with suspected tuberculosis by use of a dedicated airborne infection isolation unit.
- West Nile virus among hospitalized, febrile patients: a case for expanding diagnostic testing.
- Pre-event willingness to receive smallpox vaccine among physicians and public safety personnel.
- Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA 300 clone as a cause of health care-associated infections among patients with prosthe...
- Risk factors for colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patients admitted to an urban hospital: emergence of community-associated MRSA...
- Update on the treatment of tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection.
- How many sputum specimens are necessary to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis?
- Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection: back to the beginning.
- Furunculosis due to Mycobacterium mageritense associated with footbaths at a nail salon.
- Hospital water as a source of Mycobacterium avium complex isolates in respiratory specimens.
- Transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the neonatal intensive care unit from a patient with community-acquired disease.
- Risk of tuberculin skin test conversion among health care workers: occupational versus community exposure and infection.
- Human papillomavirus-associated oral warts among human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive patients in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: an emerging inf...
- Risk factors for methicillin-resistance among patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia at the time of hospital admission.
- Tuberculosis of the pancreas: report of two cases and review of the literature.
- Poor concordance between interferon-gamma release assays and tuberculin skin tests in diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection among HIV-infected individuals.
- Use of a Molecular Diagnostic Test in AFB Smear Positive Tuberculosis Suspects Greatly Reduces Time to Detection of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis.
- Commentary: Co-occurrence of tuberculosis and diabetes: new paradigm of epidemiological transition.
- Alterations in vitamin D status and anti-microbial peptide levels in patients in the intensive care unit with sepsis.
- High prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Georgia.
- High mortality among patients with positive blood cultures at a children''s hospital in Tbilisi, Georgia.
- Tuberculosis on the move.
- Case of Weil''s disease in an inner-city hospital in the USA.
- Risk factors for mortality among patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis at an academic inner-city hospital in the US.
- Controlling tuberculosis in the United States. Recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
- Short-course rifampin and pyrazinamide compared with isoniazid for latent tuberculosis infection: a multicenter clinical trial.
- American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America: treatment of tuberculosis.
- Increased survival of persons with tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus infection, 1991--2000.
- Risk factors for candidal bloodstream infections in surgical intensive care unit patients: the NEMIS prospective multicenter study. The National Epidemiology of Mycosi...
- Tuberculosis in the inner city: impact of a continuing epidemic in the 1990s.
- Nosocomial transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: role of health care workers in outbreak propagation.
- Preventing the nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis.
- Acceptance of isoniazid preventive therapy by health care workers after tuberculin skin test conversion.
- Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among health care workers infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
- Clinical predictors of tuberculosis as a guide for a respiratory isolation policy.
- Tuberculous meningitis at a large inner-city medical center.
- A tuberculin screening and isoniazid preventive therapy program in an inner-city population.
- Nosocomial tuberculosis exposure in an outpatient setting: evaluation of patients exposed to healthcare providers with tuberculosis.
- Risk of house staff tuberculin skin test conversion in an area with a high incidence of tuberculosis.
- Nosocomial exposure to parvovirus B19: low risk of transmission to healthcare workers.
- Pyomyositis and human immunodeficiency virus infection.
- Prevalence and risk factors for latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers in Georgia.
- Hematogenous osteomyelitis mimicking osteosarcoma due to Community Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
- Prevalence and risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the Republic of Georgia: a population-based study.
- High prevalence of hepatitis C virus but not HIV co-infection among patients with tuberculosis in Georgia.
- Risk of Cryptosporidium parvum transmission between hospital roommates.
- Few opportunities found for tuberculosis prevention among the urban poor.
- The influence of the composition of the nursing staff on primary bloodstream infection rates in a surgical intensive care unit.
- Invasive group B streptococcal disease: the emergence of serotype V.
- Epidemiology of device-associated infections related to a long-term implantable vascular access device.
- Rapid development of ciprofloxacin resistance in methicillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Schools
Vanderbilt University
Emory University Affil Hosps
Doctors Specialties
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Infectious Disease
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Super Doctor
Education
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Emory University -
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Grady Memorial Hospital -
Emory University Hospital
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1508950254 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | BLUMBERG |
| First Name Of The Provider | HENRY |
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