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Overview

Kent A. Sepkowitz is affiliated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on the intersection of oncology and infectious diseases, with a particular emphasis on the effects of COVID-19 among cancer patients.

Their recent publications include studies on COVID-19 severity and infectiousness within immunocompromised populations. Notable papers are:

  • Determinants of COVID-19 disease severity in patients with cancer, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Shedding of Viable SARS-CoV-2 after Immunosuppressive Therapy for Cancer, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Determinants of Severity in Cancer Patients with COVID-19 Illness, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Institutional quality and patient safety programs: An overview for the healthcare epidemiologist, 2020, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • Improving Urinary Tract Infection Diagnostics in Oncology: Reliability of Reflex Urine Culture in Immunosuppressed Neutropenic and Non-neutropenic Cancer Patients, 2025, Clinical Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include Mini Kamboj, N. Esther Babady, Anabella Lucca Bianchi, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou, and Tobias M. Hohl. These collaborations often contribute to research situated at the interface of cancer care and infectious disease management.

The primary venues for publication are Clinical Infectious Diseases and Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, each featuring multiple works. Other journals include Nature Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine, and bioRxiv.

Kent A. Sepkowitz's main field of study is Medicine, with specific focus areas including:

  • Oncology
  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • General Health Professions
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Their research topics cover various aspects of healthcare impact due to COVID-19, clinical studies related to COVID-19, and infection control. Key research themes include:

  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Neutropenia and Cancer Infections

Best Publications

  • Clinical Practice Guideline for the Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer: 2010 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Alison G. Freifeld;Eric J. Bow;Kent A. Sepkowitz;Michael J. Boeckh

  • Guidelines for preventing infectious complications among hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients: a global perspective.

    Marcie Tomblyn;Tom Chiller;Hermann Einsele;Ronald Gress

  • Guidelines for preventing infectious complications among hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: a global perspective

    M. Tomblyn;T. Chiller;H. Einsele;R. Gress

  • Effect of Daily Chlorhexidine Bathing on Hospital-Acquired Infection

    Michael W. Climo;Michael W. Climo;Deborah S. Yokoe;David K. Warren;Trish M. Perl

  • Guidelines for preventing opportunistic infections among HIV-infected persons - 2002

    Henry Masur;Jonathan E. Kaplan;King K. Holmes;Beverly Alston

  • Determinants of COVID-19 disease severity in patients with cancer.

    Elizabeth V. Robilotti;Elizabeth V. Robilotti;N. Esther Babady;Peter A. Mead;Peter A. Mead;Thierry Rolling

  • Opportunistic Infections in Patients with and Patients without Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

    Kent A. Sepkowitz

  • AIDS — The First 20 Years

    Kent A. Sepkowitz

  • Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer: 2010 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Alison G. Freifeld;Eric J. Bow;Kent A. Sepkowitz;Michael J. Boeckh

  • Copper surfaces reduce the rate of healthcare-acquired infections in the intensive care unit.

    Cassandra D. Salgado;Kent A. Sepkowitz;Joseph F. John;J. Robert Cantey

  • Shedding of Viable SARS-CoV-2 after Immunosuppressive Therapy for Cancer.

    Teresa Aydillo;Ana S Gonzalez-Reiche;Sadaf Aslam;Adriana van de Guchte

  • The effect of daily bathing with chlorhexidine on the acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, and healthcare-associated bloodstream infections: results of a quasi-experimental multicenter trial.

    Michael W. Climo;Kent A. Sepkowitz;Gianna Zuccotti;Victoria J. Fraser

  • Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia among patients without AIDS at a cancer hospital.

    Kent A. Sepkowitz;Arthur E. Brown;Edward E. Telzak;Scott Gottlieb

  • Adverse outcomes associated with contact precautions: A review of the literature

    Daniel J. Morgan;Daniel J. Diekema;Kent Sepkowitz;Eli N. Perencevich

  • Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Patients without HIV Infection

    Edward E. Telzak;Kent Sepkowitz;Peter Alpert;Sharon B. Mannheimer

  • Selective CD4+ Lymphopenia in Melanoma Patients Treated With Temozolomide: A Toxicity With Therapeutic Implications

    Y.B. Su;Sejean Sohn;Susan E. Krown;Philip O. Livingston

  • Nosocomial infections in patients with cancer

    Mini Kamboj;Kent A Sepkowitz

  • Complication Rates Among Cancer Patients With Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters

    Louise J. Walshe;Sharp F. Malak;Janet Eagan;Kent A. Sepkowitz

  • Occupationally Acquired Infections in Health Care Workers: Part II

    Kent A. Sepkowitz

  • Why don't physicians test for HIV? A review of the US literature.

    Ryan C Burke;Kent A Sepkowitz;Kyle T Bernstein;Adam M Karpati

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy E. Kiehn
Timothy E. Kiehn Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Eric G. Pamer
Eric G. Pamer Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Ying Taur
Ying Taur Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Trish M. Perl
Trish M. Perl The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Donald Armstrong
Donald Armstrong Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michael Boeckh
Michael Boeckh Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Daniel J. Diekema
Daniel J. Diekema University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Douglas A. Jabs
Douglas A. Jabs Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Michael S. Glickman
Michael S. Glickman Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Victoria J. Fraser
Victoria J. Fraser Washington University in St. Louis

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