Dr. Joseph G Jemsek MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2440 M Street N.W. Suite 205 Washington DC, 20037About
Dr. Joseph Jemsek is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Jemsek 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
Univ of Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il 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- Ampicillin/Sulbactam vs. Cefoxitin for the treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease.
- Cephalosporin therapy in intraabdominal infections. A multicenter randomized, comparative study of cefotetan, moxalactam, and cefoxitin.
- A multicenter comparative study of cefotetan once daily and cefoxitin thrice daily for the treatment of infections of the skin and superficial soft tissue.
- Malignant group B streptococcal endocarditis associated with saline-induced abortion.
- Malignant group B streptococcal endocarditis associated with saline-induced abortion.
- Treatment of acute bacterial bronchitis and pneumonia with cefaclor.
- Treatment of acute bacterial bronchitis and pneumonia with cefaclor.
- Quantitative nasal cultures from carriers of Staphylococcus aureus: effects of oral therapy with erythromycin, rosamicin, and placebo.
- Quantitative nasal cultures from carriers of Staphylococcus aureus: effects of oral therapy with erythromycin, rosamicin, and placebo.
- Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Haemophilus parainfluenzae by a kinetic killing-curve method.
- Antibiotic prophylaxis during clean neurosurgery: a large, multicenter study using cefuroxime.
- Clinical efficacy of monotherapy with stavudine compared with zidovudine in HIV-infected, zidovudine-experienced patients. A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. Bristol-Myers Squibb Stavudine/019 Study Group.
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