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Overview

Brad Spellberg is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist has a particular emphasis on infectious diseases, epidemiology, molecular medicine, clinical biochemistry, and general health professions.

Their work extensively covers key topics such as antibiotic resistance in bacteria, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, antibiotics pharmacokinetics and efficacy, antibiotic use and resistance, infective endocarditis diagnosis and management, and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment.

Brad Spellberg has published research in several prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • JAMA Network Open
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Oral Is the New IV. Challenging Decades of Blood and Bone Infection Dogma: A Systematic Review" (2021) published in The American Journal of Medicine
  • "Capsule carbohydrate structure determines virulence in Acinetobacter baumannii" (2021) published in PLoS Pathogens
  • "Community Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Patients With Influenzalike Illnesses Presenting to a Los Angeles Medical Center in March 2020" (2020) published in JAMA
  • "Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis in Adults" (2023) published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Evaluation of a Paradigm Shift From Intravenous Antibiotics to Oral Step-Down Therapy for the Treatment of Infective Endocarditis" (2020) published in JAMA Internal Medicine

Brad Spellberg frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Brian Luna
  • Todd C. Lee
  • Jun Yan
  • Noah Wald-Dickler
  • Emily G. McDonald

Best Publications

  • Bad Bugs, No Drugs: No ESKAPE! An Update from the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Helen W. Boucher;George H. Talbot;John S. Bradley;John S. Bradley;John E. Edwards;John E. Edwards

  • The Epidemic of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections: A Call to Action for the Medical Community from the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Brad Spellberg;Robert Guidos;David Gilbert;John Bradley;John Bradley

  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium

    Oliver A. Cornely;Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo;Dorothee Arenz;Sharon C. A. Chen

  • Novel Perspectives on Mucormycosis: Pathophysiology, Presentation, and Management

    Brad Spellberg;Brad Spellberg;John Edwards;John Edwards;Ashraf Ibrahim;Ashraf Ibrahim

  • Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Los Angeles

    Loren G. Miller;Francoise Perdreau-Remington;Gunter Rieg;Sheherbano Mehdi

  • Type 1/Type 2 Immunity in Infectious Diseases

    Brad Spellberg;John E. Edwards

  • Trends in Antimicrobial Drug Development: Implications for the Future

    Brad Spellberg;John H. Powers;Eric P. Brass;Loren G. Miller

  • Clinical and Pathophysiological Overview of Acinetobacter Infections: a Century of Challenges.

    Darren Wong;Travis B. Nielsen;Robert A. Bonomo;Paul Pantapalangkoor

  • Nosocomial fungal infections: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment

    Joshua Perlroth;Bryan Choi;Brad Spellberg

  • Combating antimicrobial resistance: policy recommendations to save lives.

    Spellberg B;Blaser M;Guidos Rj

  • Pathogenesis of Mucormycosis

    Ashraf S. Ibrahim;Brad Spellberg;Thomas J. Walsh;Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis

  • The Future of Antibiotics and Resistance

    Brad Spellberg;John G. Bartlett;David N. Gilbert

  • Novel antipsychotics and new onset diabetes

    Donna A. Wirshing;Donna A. Wirshing;Brad J. Spellberg;Stephen M. Erhart;Stephen M. Erhart;Stephen R. Marder;Stephen R. Marder

  • Recent Advances in the Management of Mucormycosis: From Bench to Bedside

    Brad Spellberg;Thomas J. Walsh;Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis;J. John Edwards

  • Combination polyene-caspofungin treatment of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis.

    Caitlin Reed;Richard Bryant;Richard Bryant;Ashraf S. Ibrahim;John Edwards

  • Th1-Th17 Cells Mediate Protective Adaptive Immunity against Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans Infection in Mice

    Lin Lin;Ashraf S Ibrahim;Xin Xu;Joshua M Farber

  • Systemic Antibiotic Therapy for Chronic Osteomyelitis in Adults

    Brad Spellberg;Benjamin A. Lipsky

  • Seven Ways to Preserve the Miracle of Antibiotics

    John G. Bartlett;David N. Gilbert;Brad Spellberg

  • The iron chelator deferasirox protects mice from mucormycosis through iron starvation

    Ashraf S. Ibrahim;Teclegiorgis Gebermariam;Yue Fu;Lin Lin

  • Current Treatment Strategies for Disseminated Candidiasis

    Brad J. Spellberg;Scott G. Filler;John E. Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

Ashraf S. Ibrahim
Ashraf S. Ibrahim University of California, Los Angeles
John E. Edwards
John E. Edwards University of California, Los Angeles
Scott G. Filler
Scott G. Filler University of California, Los Angeles
Robert A. Bonomo
Robert A. Bonomo Case Western Reserve University
Samuel W. French
Samuel W. French UCLA Medical Center
John S. Bradley
John S. Bradley University of California, San Diego
Michael R. Yeaman
Michael R. Yeaman University of California, Los Angeles
Arnold S. Bayer
Arnold S. Bayer University of California, Los Angeles
Loren G. Miller
Loren G. Miller UCLA Medical Center
Kristine M. Hujer
Kristine M. Hujer Case Western Reserve University

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