Ebbing Lautenbach M.D., M.P.H., M.S.C.E.
Dr. Lautenbach is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiologyand. He is also a Senior Scholar at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatics (CCEB), Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics, Senior Fellow at the Center for Public Health Initiatives, and Fellow in the Institute on Aging, all at the University of Pennsylvania, all at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Lautenbach is the Associate Director of the Clinical Epidemiology Unit (CCEB) for Educational Programs and the Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania His research focuses on antimicrobial resistance in gram-negative bacterial pathogens in healthcare and community settings. He is particularly interested in the relationship between patterns of antibiotic utilization and antimicrobial resistance as well as the impact of antibiotic resistance on clinical and economic outcomes. Dr. Lautenbach is an Associate Editor for Annals of Internal Medicine, Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, and Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Selected publications:
Lautenbach Expanding the universe of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevention. Ann Intern Med 2008;148:474-6.
Gasink LB, Blumberg EA, Localio AR, Desai SS, Israni AK, Lautenbach E. Hepatitis C virus seropositivity and survival in heart transplant recipients. JAMA 2006;296:1843-50.
Lautenbach E, Fishman NO, Metlay JP, Mao X, Bilker WB, Tolomeo P, Nachamkin I. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of fecal Escherichia coli isolates with decreased susceptibility to fluoroquinolones: Results from a large hospital-based surveillance initiative. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2006;194:79-85.
Lautenbach E, Metlay JP, Bilker WB, Edelstein PH, Fishman NO.: Association between fluoroquinolone resistance and mortality in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: The role of inadequate empirical antimicrobial therapy. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2005;41:923-9.
Hyle EP, Lipworth AD, Zaoutis TE, Nachamkin I, Bilker WB, Lautenbach E.: Impact of inadequate initial antibiotic therapy on mortality in infections due to extended spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: Variability by site of infection. Archives of Internal Medicine 2005;165:1375-80.
Mikanatha N, Welliver DP, Rohn DD, Julian KG, Lautenbach E.: Use of the web by state and territorial health departments to promote reporting of infectious disease. JAMA 2004;291:1069-70.
Lautenbach E, Fishman NO, Bilker WB, Castiglioni A, Metlay JP, Edelstein PH, Strom BL.: Risk factors for fluoroquinolone resistance in nosocomial Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae infections. Archives of Internal Medicine 2002;162:2469-77.
Contact:
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
825 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Phone: (215)898-6977
Fax: (215) 573-5315
Email: ebbing@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education:
Medical School - Columbia University
School of Public Health – Columbia University
ID Training - University of Pennsylvania
Academic Rank – Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Masters Degree in Clinical Epidemiology: University of Pennsylvania
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