Dr. Randy Allison Taplitz MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3855 Health Sciences Dr La Jolla CA, 92093About
Dr. Randy Taplitz is an infectious disease specialist practicing in La Jolla, CA. Dr. Taplitz specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
UC San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA Medical Degree
Clinical Director, Infectious Diseases Medical Degree
Professor of Medicine Medical Degree
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pneumonia caused by herpesviruses in recipients of hematopoietic cell transplants.
- Managing bite wounds. Currently recommended antibiotics for treatment and prophylaxis.
- Transmission of group A Streptococcus limited to healthcare workers with exposure in the operating room.
- Control of an outbreak of human parainfluenza virus 3 in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.
- Novel H1N1 influenza in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients: two centers' experiences.
- Cholecystokinin bioactivity in human plasma. Molecular forms, responses to feeding, and relationship to gallbladder contraction.
- Selection of an avian retrovirus mutant with extended receptor usage.
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