Dr. Thomas M Kerkering MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2001 Crystal Spring Ave Sw Suite 301 Roanoke VA, 24014About
Dr. Thomas Kerkering is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Roanoke, VA. Dr. Kerkering 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
Va Commonwealth Univ, Med Coll of Va Sch of Med, Richmond Va 1974
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine 1974
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pharmacokinetics of [(14)C]abacavir, a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase inhibitor, administered in a single oral dose to HIV-1-infected adults: a mass balance study.
- Metabolic disposition and pharmacokinetics of [14C]-amprenavir, a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease inhibitor, administered as a single oral dose to healthy male subjects.
- Comparison study of broth macrodilution and microdilution antifungal susceptibility tests.
- Spectrophotometric method of inoculum preparation for the in vitro susceptibility testing of filamentous fungi.
- Clostridium difficile prevalence rates in a large healthcare system stratified according to patient population, age, gender, and specimen consistency.
- Glutamate dehydrogenase is highly conserved among Clostridium difficile ribotypes.
- Utility of (1-3)-β-D-glucan testing for diagnostics and monitoring response to treatment during the multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections.
- A sequence-based approach for prediction of CsrA/RsmA targets in bacteria with experimental validation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Utility of real-time PCR for detection of Exserohilum rostratum in body and tissue fluids during the multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections.
- Economic Evaluation of Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Response in New River Valley: Local Health Department Perspective.
- Zygomycosis of the basal ganglia in intravenous drug users.
- Clinical Response, Outbreak Investigation, and Epidemiology of the Fungal Meningitis Epidemic in the United States: Systematic Review.
- Evaluation of the API 20C yeast identification system for the differentiation of some dematiaceous fungi.
- Epidemiological Effectiveness and Cost of a Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Response in New River Valley, Virginia: Local Health Department and Clinical Perspectives.
- Tn2008-Driven Carbapenem-Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from a Period of Increased Incidence of Infections in a Southwest Virginia Hospital.
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