Keith B. Armitage, MD

Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair for Education, Department of Medicine
Co-Director, Medicine/Pediatrics Residency
Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Phone: (216) 844-1103
Fax: (216) 844-8216
E-mail: kba@case.edu
Education
MD - University of Colorado
Infectious Diseases and Geriatrics – Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland
Special Clinical Interests
Bone and joint infections, Community acquired pneumonia, Fever of unknown origin, Soft tissue infections
Research Area
Research Process of Care in Community Acquired Pneumonia
Medical Education
Selected References:
• Cooper GS. Armitage KB., Ashar B. Costantini O., Creighton FA., Raiz P., Wong RCK., Carlson MD.
Design and implementation of an inpatient disease management program. American Journal of Managed Healthcare. 6(7):793-801, 2000 Jul.
• Lange CG, Getty PJ, Morrissey AB, George AL, Young PC, Armitage KB. Destructive osteoarthritis after delayed diagnosis of tuberculosis. Infection 2002; 30: 46-9
• Armitage KB., Duffy, ER, Edmonds, KM, Mincek, MA Hom, DS, Ellner, JJ. Transient normalization of lymphocyte blastogenic and specific antibody responses following boosting of healthy elderly subjects with tetanus toxoid. Journal of Gerontology, 48:M19-M25, 1993.
• Hornbuckle, KL, Bonomo, RW, Armitage KB. Tuberculosis presenting as a chronic gluteal abscess with fistulas drainage. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 1997; 6(6): 413
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