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Dr. Itzhak Brook, MD
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Itzhak Brook practices Infectious Disease. He went to medical school at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hadassah Medical School. Dr. Itzhak Brook is a published doctor. He has 100 papers published. The most current publication "Clostridial Infections in Children: Spectrum and Management."
Publications
- Clostridial Infections in Children: Spectrum and Management.
- Otitis media: an update on current pharmacotherapy and future perspectives.
- The effects of antimicrobials and exposure to smoking on bacterial interference in the upper respiratory tract of children.
- Antianaerobic antimicrobials: spectrum and susceptibility testing.
- Long-term use of heat and moisture exchangers among laryngectomees: medical, social, and psychological patterns.
- Fusobacterial Infections in Children.
- Acute sinusitis in children.
- Penicillin Failure in the Treatment of Streptococcal Pharyngo-Tonsillitis.
- Role of anaerobic bacteria in infections following tracheostomy, intubation, or the use of ventilatory tubes in children.
- Effect of antimicrobial therapy with amoxicillin and cefprozil on bacterial interference and beta-lactamase production in the adenoids.
- Microbiology and management of peritonsillar, retropharyngeal, and parapharyngeal abscesses.
- Rhinosinusitis: Establishing definitions for clinical research and patient care.
- Antimicrobial resistance in the nasopharyngeal flora of children with acute otitis media and otitis media recurring after amoxicillin therapy.
- Anaerobic pulmonary infections in children.
- The role of anaerobic bacteria in tonsillitis.
- Treatment of non-streptococcal tonsillitis with metronidazole.
- Pseudomembranous colitis in children.
- Recovery of anaerobic bacteria from wounds after lawn-mower injuries.
- Microbiology and management of infected neck cysts.
- Microbiology of acute and chronic maxillary sinusitis associated with an odontogenic origin.
- Long-term effects on the nasopharyngeal flora of children following antimicrobial therapy of acute otitis media with cefdinir or amoxycillin-clavulanate.
- Bacteriology of chronic maxillary sinusitis associated with nasal polyposis.
- Infected neonatal cephalohematomas caused by anaerobic bacteria.
- Management of human and animal bite wounds: an overview.
- Recovery of potential pathogens and interfering bacteria in the nasopharynx of smokers and nonsmokers.
- Microbiology and antimicrobial management of sinusitis.
- Recovery of potential pathogens and interfering bacteria in the nasopharynx of otitis media-prone children and their smoking and nonsmoking parents.
- Bacteriology of acute and chronic ethmoid sinusitis.
- Minimum inhibitory concentrations of herbal essential oils and monolaurin for gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
- The role of bacterial interference in otitis, sinusitis and tonsillitis.
- Microbiology of acute exacerbation of chronic sinusitis.
- Effects of amoxicillin and cefdinir on nasopharyngeal bacterial flora.
- A pooled comparison of cefdinir and penicillin in the treatment of group a beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis.
- Chronic sinusitis in children and adults: role of bacteria and antimicrobial management.
- Eradication of pathogens from the nasopharynx after therapy of acute maxillary sinusitis with low- or high-dose amoxicillin/clavulanic acid.
- Clindamycin in dentistry: more than just effective prophylaxis for endocarditis?
- Efficacy of penicillin versus cefdinir in eradication of group A streptococci and tonsillar flora.
- Recovery of interfering bacteria in the nasopharynx following antimicrobial therapy of acute maxillary sinusitis with telithromycin or amoxicillin-clavulanate.
- Comparison of clarithromycin and ciprofloxacin therapy for Bacillus anthracis Sterne infection in mice with or without (60)Co gamma-photon irradiation.
- Microbiology of intracranial abscesses and their associated sinusitis.
- The role of bacteria in chronic rhinosinusitis.
- Recovery of anaerobic bacteria from a case of dissecting cellulitis.
- Suppurative sialadenitis associated with anaerobic bacteria in newborns.
- The role of anaerobic bacteria in mediastinitis.
- Meningitis and shunt infection caused by anaerobic bacteria in children.
- Effect of amoxicillin and co-amoxiclav on the aerobic and anaerobic nasopharyngeal flora.
- Pericarditis due to anaerobic bacteria.
- Bacteriology of acute and chronic frontal sinusitis.
- Anaerobic bacteria in upper respiratory tract and other head and neck infections.
- Aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of suppurative sialadenitis.
- Bacterial contamination of saline nasal spray/drop solution in patients with respiratory tract infection.
- Cutaneous and subcutaneous infections in newborns due to anaerobic bacteria.
- Clinical review: bacteremia caused by anaerobic bacteria in children.
- The role of anaerobic bacteria in acute and chronic mastoiditis.
- The association of anaerobic bacteria with infectious mononucleosis.
- The role of anaerobic bacteria in sinusitis.
- Frequency of recovery of pathogens causing acute maxillary sinusitis in adults before and after introduction of vaccination of children with the 7-valent pneumococcal ...
- In vitro effects of penicillin and telithromycin on the expression of Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule.
- Increased recovery of Moraxella catarrhalis and Haemophilus influenzae in association with group A beta-haemolytic streptococci in healthy children and those with phar...
- Recovery of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from the surface and core of tonsils in children.
- Sinusitis of odontogenic origin.
- Isolation of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus from the surface and core of tonsils in children.
- Disease severity in acute bacterial rhinosinusitis is greater in patients infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae than in those infected with Haemophilus influenzae.
- Frequency of recovery of pathogens from the nasopharynx of children with acute maxillary sinusitis before and after the introduction of vaccination with the 7-valent p...
- Effect of smoking cessation on the microbial flora.
- Watchful waiting versus immediate antibiotic treatment in the management of acute otitis media in children.
- Wait-and-see versus immediate antibiotic treatment in the management of acute otitis media in children.
- The role of anaerobic bacteria in upper respiratory tract and other head and neck infections.
- Bacterial infection and antibiotic treatment in chronic rhinosinusitis.
- Microbiology and principles of antimicrobial therapy for head and neck infections.
- Acute and chronic bacterial sinusitis.
- Microbiology of acute sinusitis of odontogenic origin presenting with periorbital cellulitis in children.
- Current issues in the management of acute bacterial sinusitis in children.
- Overcoming penicillin failures in the treatment of Group A streptococcal pharyngo-tonsillitis.
- Microbiology and management of soft tissue and muscle infections.
- The role of anaerobic bacteria in cutaneous and soft tissue abscesses and infected cysts.
- Cephalosporins in overcoming beta-lactamase-producing bacteria and preservation of the interfering bacteria in the treatment of otitis, sinusitis and tonsillitis.
- Treatment of anaerobic infection.
- Suppurative parotitis caused by anaerobic bacteria in newborns.
- Bacillus anthracis infection in irradiated mice: susceptibility, protection, and therapy.
- Management of postirradiation sepsis.
- Nuclear, biological, and chemical combined injuries and countermeasures on the battlefield.
- Bacteriology of chronic sinusitis and acute exacerbation of chronic sinusitis.
- Recovery of interfering and beta-lactamase-producing bacteria from group A beta-haemolytic streptococci carriers and non-carriers.
- Management of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis in children.
- Microbiology and management of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis.
- Failure to eradicate streptococci and beta-lactamase producing bacteria.
- Microbiology and management of abdominal infections.
- Recovery of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a child with acute otitis media.
- Microbiology and management of joint and bone infections due to anaerobic bacteria.
- Ocular infections due to anaerobic bacteria in children.
- Concurrent influenza A and group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis.
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections of the eyes.
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections of the sinuses.
- Current concepts in the management of Clostridium tetani infection.
- Increase in the frequency of recovery of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in acute and chronic maxillary sinusitis.
- The role of fusobacteria in ear infections.
- Current management of upper respiratory tract and head and neck infections.
- Recovery of potential pathogens in the nasopharynx of healthy and otitis media-prone children and their smoking and nonsmoking parents.
Doctors Specialties
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Infectious Disease
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Education
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hadassah Medical School
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