Dr. Christopher D. Pfeiffer M.D., M.H.S.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3181 Sw Sam Jackson Park Rd Ohsu Infectious Dise Portland OR, 97239About
Dr. Christopher Pfeiffer is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Portland, OR. Dr. Pfeiffer 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
Ohio State University College of Medicine 2003
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis using a galactomannan assay: a meta-analysis.
- Epidemiologic features of human babesiosis in Wisconsin, 1996-2005.
- Disseminated Mycobacterium immunogenum infection presenting with septic shock and skin lesions in a renal transplant recipient.
- Increasing echinocandin resistance in Candida glabrata: clinical failure correlates with presence of FKS mutations and elevated minimum inhibitory concentrations.
- A cross-sectional analysis of HIV and hepatitis C clinical trials 2007 to 2010: the relationship between industry sponsorship and randomized study design.
- Much to do about carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: why supplementing surveillance may be the key to stopping spread.
- Skin infections in returned travelers: an update.
- Rapid detection of blaOXA in carbapenem-susceptible Acinetobacter radioresistens bacteremia leading to unnecessary antimicrobial administration.
- Evaluation of the Carba NP Test in Oregon, 2013.
- Failure to Communicate: Transmission of Extensively Drug-Resistant bla OXA-237-Containing Acinetobacter baumannii-Multiple Facilities in Oregon, 2012-2014.
- Determination of related compounds in aspirin by liquid chromatography.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Leukemia
- Osteomyelitis
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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