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FACULTY Department Members By Category Laboratories Faculty Robert Salata, MD Chief Donald Anthony, MD, PhD Keith Armitage, MD Eric Arts, PhD David Bobak, MD Robert Bonomo, MD W. Henry Boom, MD David Canaday, MD Michael Cho, PhD Curtis Donskey, MD Scott Fulton, MD Yong Gao, MD, PhD Barbara Gripshover, MD Marion Helfand, MD Christina Hirsch, MD Marta Jakubowycz, MD Wei Jiang, MD John L Johnson, MD Michael Lederman, MD Tracy Lemonovich, MD Michelle Lisgaris, MD Amy Ray, MD Louis Rice, MD Benigno, Rodriguez, MD Roxana Rojas, MD Scott Sieg, PhD Richard Silver, MD Usha Stiefel, MD Zahra Toossi, MD Gopal Yadavalli, MD Research Staff Administrative Staff SEARCH: RELATED SITES:	Usha Stiefel, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine and Biochemestry Phone: (216) 791-3800 Fax: (216) 229-8509 E-mail:uxv@case.edu Education M.D. - University of Buffalo, 1997 Residency- University Hospitals of Cleveland, 1997-2000 Chief Medical Resident- University Hospitals of Cleveland, 2001 Fellowship Infectious Diseases University Hospitals of Cleveland, 2001-2005 Research Selected Publications Stiefel, U., Harmoinen, J., Koski, P., Kaariainen, S., Wickstrand, N., Lindevall, K., Pultz, N.J., Bonomo, R., Helfand, M.S., Donskey, C.J. Orally administered recombinant metallo-ß-lactamase preserves colonization resistance of piperacillin-tazobactam-treated mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 49(12):5190-5191 (2005). Paterson DL, Stiefel, U., Donskey, CJ. Effect of a selective decontamination of the digestive tract regimen including parenteral cefepime on establishment of intestinal colonization with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. and Klebsiella pneumoniae in mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 50(7): 2537-2540 (2006). Stiefel, U., Rao, A., Pultz, M.J., Jump, R.L., Aron, D.C., Donskey, C.J. Suppression of gastric acid production by proton pump inhibitor treatment facilitates colonization of the large intestine by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. and Klebsiella pneumoniae in clindamycin-treated mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 50(11): 3905-7 (2006). Stiefel, U. and Rice, L.B. Snapshots from the ICAAC: Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other Staphylococcus Stories. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 14(2): 74-75, March 2006. Stiefel, U., Pultz, N.J., Donskey, C.J. Effect of carbapenem administration on establishment of intestinal colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci and Klebsiella pneumoniae in mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother: 51(1): 372-5 (2007). Stiefel, U., Nerandzic, M.M., Koski, P., Donskey, C.J. Orally administered ß-Lactamase Enzymes Represent a Novel Strategy to Prevent Colonization by Clostridium difficile J Antimicrob Chemother. Submitted.


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