Professor, Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia School of Medicine
Infectious Disease
Dr. Richard P. Wenzel, MD
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Richard Wenzel works in the field of Infectious Disease. He studied medicine at Jefferson Medical College. He received awards:"Elected Member". Richard Wenzel is a published doctor and has 58 publications published. The lastest was: 'Ebola, Through Air or Not Through Air: That is the Question.' Richard P. Wenzel is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Nosocomial bloodstream infections due to Candida spp. in the USA: species distribution, clinical features and antifungal susceptibilities.
- Disseminated toxoplasmosis presenting as septic shock five weeks after renal transplantation.
- Antibiotic prevention of acute exacerbations of COPD.
- Nosocomial bloodstream infections due to Acinetobacter baumannii, Acinetobacterpittii and Acinetobacternosocomialis in the United States.
- Residual attributable mortality, a new concept for understanding the value of antibiotics in treating life-threatening acute infections.
- Minimizing surgical-site infections.
- Preparing for 2009 H1N1 Influenza.
- Screening for MRSA: a flawed hospital infection control intervention.
- R = 20: bias in the reporting of respiratory rates.
- A controlled trial of universal gloving versus contact precautions for preventing the transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms.
- Health care-associated infections: major issues in the early years of the 21st century.
- Team-based prevention of catheter-related infections.
- A prospective study of outcomes, healthcare resource utilization, and costs associated with postoperative nosocomial infections.
- Clinical practice. Acute bronchitis.
- Infection control and the prevention of nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit.
- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome in nosocomial bloodstream infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus Species: comparison of elderly and nonelderly...
- Time to blood culture positivity as a predictor of clinical outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection.
- Bacteremias: a leading cause of death.
- Lessons from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): implications for infection control.
- Bloodstream infections due to Candida species in the intensive care unit: identifying especially high-risk patients to determine prevention strategies.
- John E. Bennett Forum on Deep Mycoses Study Design 2004: Candidiasis and salvage therapy for aspergillosis.
- Patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis C virus.
- Predicting hospital rates of fluoroquinolone-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from fluoroquinolone use in US hospitals and their surrounding communities.
- The antibiotic pipeline--challenges, costs, and values.
- Nosocomial bloodstream infections in US hospitals: analysis of 24,179 cases from a prospective nationwide surveillance study.
- Preoperative risk factors for nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus.
- Listening to SARS: lessons for infection control.
- In vitro susceptibilities of gram-negative bacteria isolated from hospitalized patients in four European countries, Canada, and the United States in 2000-2001 to expan...
- Nosocomial bloodstream infections in pediatric patients in United States hospitals: epidemiology, clinical features and susceptibilities.
- Managing SARS amidst uncertainty.
- Current trends in the epidemiology of nosocomial bloodstream infections in patients with hematological malignancies and solid neoplasms in hospitals in the United States.
- High altitude headache: efficacy of acetaminophen vs. ibuprofen in a randomized, controlled trial.
- Treating sepsis.
- Vancomycin susceptibility of oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing nosocomial bloodstream infections.
- Recognizing the real threat of biological terror.
- Value of the hospital epidemiologist.
- Ebola, Through Air or Not Through Air: That is the Question.
- Intranasal mupirocin to prevent postoperative Staphylococcus aureus infections.
- Emerging resistance among bacterial pathogens in the intensive care unit--a European and North American Surveillance study (2000-2002).
- Using theater to teach clinical empathy: a pilot study.
- Hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile-associated disease in the intensive care unit setting: epidemiology, clinical course and outcome.
- Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): new issues for infection control.
- Comparison of severity of illness scoring systems for patients with nosocomial bloodstream infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome in adult patients with nosocomial bloodstream infections due to enterococci.
- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome in adult patients with nosocomial bloodstream infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Comparison of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome between monomicrobial and polymicrobial Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial bloodstream infections.
- Voriconazole: a broad-spectrum triazole for the treatment of invasive fungal infections.
- Antibiotic options for treating community-acquired MRSA.
- Nasal carriage of inducible dormant and community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an ambulatory population of predominantly university students.
- Infection control: the case for horizontal rather than vertical interventional programs.
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: the superbug.
- Intranasal mupirocin for reduction of Staphylococcus aureus infections in surgical patients with nasal carriage: a systematic review.
- Ramoplanin: a topical lipoglycodepsipeptide antibacterial agent.
- Mupirocin ointment for preventing Staphylococcus aureus infections in nasal carriers.
- The case of the cold thermometers.
- Epidemiology of bone fractures occurring during hospitalization.
- The design of clinical trials that evaluate antifungal prophylaxis and combination therapy: introduction and overview.
Schools
Jefferson Medical College Of Thomas Jefferson University Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia General Hospital
University MD Hospital
Doctors Specialties
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Infectious Disease
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Elected Member
Education
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University of Maryland -
Jefferson Medical College
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1255421806 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | WENZEL | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | RICHARD | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 232985051 | |
| NPPES Provider State | VA | |
| Specialty Description | Infectious Disease | |
| Total Claim Count | 25.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1255421806 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | WENZEL |
| First Name Of The Provider | RICHARD |
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