Dr. Pedro Juan Cardona M.D.
Internist
600 Grant St Us Steel Tower, Floo Pittsburgh PA, 15219About
Dr. Pedro Cardona is an internist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Cardona specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Cardona provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Education and Training
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine 1985
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Risk factors for lower airway bacterial colonization in chronic bronchitis.
- The intravenous model of murine tuberculosis is less pathogenic than the aerogenic model owing to a more rapid induction of systemic immunity.
- Evolution of granulomas in lungs of mice infected aerogenically with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- [Delayed-type hypersensitivity and caseous necrosis in tuberculous granuloma. New ideas for the design of a new vaccine against human tuberculosis].
- Towards a 'human-like' model of tuberculosis: intranasal inoculation of LPS induces intragranulomatous lung necrosis in mice infected aerogenically with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- [Histopathology of tuberculosis. Approximation to the clinical course of lung lesions in animal experimentation models induced with aerosols].
- Production of antibodies against glycolipids from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- [Origin and development of RUTI, a new therapeutic vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection].
- The tuberculin skin test increases the responses measured by T cell interferon-gamma release assays.
- Extended safety studies of the attenuated live tuberculosis vaccine SO2 based on phoP mutant.
- Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase I Clinical Trial of the therapeutical antituberculous vaccine RUTI.
- [Invasive Streptococcus agalactiae infections at a general university hospital over a 10-year period].
- Treatment of experimental endocarditis due to Enterococcus faecalis using once-daily dosing regimen of gentamicin plus simulated profiles of ampicillin in human serum.
- Direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in nonrespiratory specimens by Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test.
- Evaluation of the semiautomated Abbott LCx Mycobacterium tuberculosis assay for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory specimens.
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