Dr. Shanta Mary Zimmer M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1670 Clairmont Rd Atlanta Vamc Decatur GA, 30033Rating
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Dr. Shanta Zimmer is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Decatur, GA. Dr. Zimmer 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Neisseria meningitidis lipooligosaccharide structure-dependent activation of the macrophage CD14/Toll-like receptor 4 pathway.
- Meningococcal conjugate vaccines.
- Peripheral neuropathy associated with prolonged use of linezolid.
- Differential induction of the toll-like receptor 4-MyD88-dependent and -independent signaling pathways by endotoxins.
- Comparison of mortality associated with vancomycin-resistant and vancomycin-susceptible enterococcal bloodstream infections: a meta-analysis.
- Serogroup B meningococcal vaccines.
- Human MD-2 discrimination of meningococcal lipid A structures and activation of TLR4.
- Paclitaxel binding to human and murine MD-2.
- Historical perspective--Emergence of influenza A (H1N1) viruses.
- A computer simulation of employee vaccination to mitigate an influenza epidemic.
- A computer simulation of vaccine prioritization, allocation, and rationing during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.
- Not only an introduction but also a reminder.
- Overcoming patient barriers to discussing physician hand hygiene: do patients prefer electronic reminders to other methods?
- Shining a Light on the Dark Side.
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