Dr. Russell Ryan Kempker M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
905 Summit Pointe Way Ne Atlanta GA, 30329About
Dr. Russell Kempker is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Kempker 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.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Favorable outcomes for multidrug and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis patients undergoing surgery.
- Infection control knowledge, attitudes, and practices among healthcare workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Performance of the MTBDRsl assay in Georgia.
- No association of cryptococcal antigenemia with poor outcomes among antiretroviral therapy-experienced HIV-infected patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Diabetes mellitus and risk of all-cause mortality among patients with tuberculosis in the state of Georgia, 2009-2012.
- Significant clinical impact of a rapid molecular diagnostic test (Genotype MTBDRplus assay) to detect multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
- A comparison of the Xpert(®) MTB/RIF and GenoType(®) MTBDRplus assays in Georgia.
- Increase in Lymphadenitis Cases after Shift in BCG Vaccine Strain.
- Risk factors associated with loss to follow-up among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Georgia.
- Diabetes mellitus and extrapulmonary tuberculosis: site distribution and risk of mortality.
- Point-of-Care Testing for Cryptococcal Disease Among Hospitalized Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Adults in Ethiopia.
- Predictors of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Treatment After Introduction of a New Regimen: A Retrospective Cohort Study at an Inner City Clinic.
- Impact of and Mutations in Improving Detection of Second-Line-Drug Resistance among Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Georgia.
- Time to Sputum Culture Conversion and Treatment Outcomes Among Patients with Isoniazid-Resistant Tuberculosis in Atlanta, Georgia.
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