A. Rekha K. Murthy, MD FRCP(C)
Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Director, Department of Hospital Epidemiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Division of Infectious Diseases, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Dept of Hospital Epidemiology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Boulevard, Becker 220
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone: 310-423-5574
Fax: 310-423-0441
Rekha.Murthy@cshs.org

Areas of Research Interest:
Healthcare associated infections
Epidemiology and control of antimicrobial resistance
Novel antimicrobials for antimicrobial resistant infections

Selected Publications:

1.    Umabala P, Lakshmi V, Murthy AR, Prasad VS, Sundaram C, Beguin H. Isolation of a Nodulisporium species from a case of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Nov;39(11):4213-8.

2.    Pegues C, Daar E, Murthy ARK. Epidemiology of invasive Aspergillosis at a tertiary care medical center. Inf Cont Hosp Epi 22(6):370-4, 2001.

3.    Murthy AR. Strategies to control Antimicrobial Resistance. Chest. 119(2 Suppl):405S-411S, 2001.

4.    Voganatsi A, Murthy AR. Secretion of calprotectin from polymorphonuclear leukocytes. J Leuk Biol 2001:70:130-134

5.    Dundoo M, Murthy ARK. Nursing-home acquired pneumonia. Oschner Clinic Reports, Sept 2000

6.    Buchholz U, Richards C, Murthy ARK, Arduino M, Peterson C, Kool JL, Pon D , Boghossian N, Mascola L, Jarvis W. Pyrogenic reactions associated with single daily dosing of intravenous gentamicin. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2000;21(12):771-775.

7.    Murthy ARK, Pekerol M, Daar E. Nosocomial Pneumonia. In Practical Critical Care in Cardiology.Edited by Z Mohsenifar, L Rubin, and PK Shah. Marcel Dekker, Inc, New York, NY. 1997

8.    Miyasaki KT, Bodeau AL, Shafer WM, Pohl J, Murthy ARK, Lehrer RI. 1994. New ideas about neutrophil antimicrobial mechanisms: Antibiotic peptides, postphagocytic protein processing, and cytosolic defense factors. In: Molecular Pathogenesis of Periodontal Disease. Ed Robert Genco et al. Am Soc for Microbiology, Washington DC.  pp 321-336.

9.    Murthy AR, Lehrer RI, Harwig SSL, Miyasaki KT. In vitro antimicrobial activity of the human neutrophil calprotectin complex. Journal of  Immunology. 1993; 151(11):6291-6301.

10.    Wong R, Murthy ARK, Mathisen G.  Treatment of severe malaria during pregnancy with quinidine and exchange transfusion. American Journal of Medicine 1992; 92(5):561-2.

11. Lee B-E, Murthy AR, Abraham JJ. Congenital malformations in an infant born to a woman treated with fluconazole. Ped. Inf. Dis. J. 1992; 11(12):1062-64

 


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