Associate Professor of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital

Pathology

Alexander McAdam is an expert in the field of Pathology. He studied medicine at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Alexander J. McAdam is a published doctor as well. He has 35 publications published. The latest was: The Brief Case: a New Feature in Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

Publications

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• The Brief Case: a New Feature in Journal of Clinical Microbiology.
• Genetic variation of a bacterial pathogen within individuals with cystic fibrosis provides a record of selective pressures.
• Changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in paediatric intensive-care units.
• Polymerase Chain Reaction Test for Clostridium Difficile Toxin B Gene Reveals Similar Prevalence Rates in Children With and Without IBD.
• Reply to "to differentiate taenia eggs".
• Nasopharyngeal lactate dehydrogenase concentrations predict bronchiolitis severity in a prospective multicenter emergency department study.
• Molecular testing for infectious diseases should be done in the clinical microbiology laboratory.
• Impact of in-hospital enteroviral polymerase chain reaction testing on the clinical management of children with meningitis.
• Targeting Pan-Resistant Bacteria With Antibodies to a Broadly Conserved Surface Polysaccharide Expressed During Infection.
• Parallel bacterial evolution within multiple patients identifies candidate pathogenicity genes.
• Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in children: diagnosis and clinical manifestations of O157:H7 and non-O157:H7 infection.
• Improved sensitivity of a commercial reverse transcription-PCR test for subtyping of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus.
• Streptococcus milleri group pleuropulmonary infection in children: computed tomographic findings and clinical features.
• Higher prevalence of pharyngeal than nasal Staphylococcus aureus carriage in pediatric intensive care units.
• Multicenter study of clinical performance of the 3M Rapid Detection RSV test.
• Trimethoprim in vitro antibacterial activity is not increased by adding sulfamethoxazole for pediatric Escherichia coli urinary tract infection.
• Swine-origin influenza a (H1N1) viral infection in children: initial chest radiographic findings.
• Test characteristics of commercial influenza assays for detecting pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in children.
• Human metapneumovirus.
• Respiratory viruses in pediatric and adult populations. Preface.
• Developments in tissue culture detection of respiratory viruses.
• Relative impact of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in young children.
• Prospective multicenter study of the viral etiology of bronchiolitis in the emergency department.
• Association of the pneumococcal pilus with certain capsular serotypes but not with increased virulence.
• Influenza and other respiratory virus-related emergency department visits among young children.
• Validation of syndromic surveillance for respiratory infections.
• Impact of Burkholderia dolosa on lung function and survival in cystic fibrosis.
• Pathology of human metapneumovirus infection: insights into the pathogenesis of a newly identified respiratory virus.
• Cerebrospinal latex agglutination fails to contribute to the microbiologic diagnosis of pretreated children with meningitis.
• Human metapneumovirus in children tested at a tertiary-care hospital.
• Detection of multiple macrolide- and lincosamide-resistant strains of Streptococcus pyogenes from patients in the Boston area.
• Resistance of group B streptococcus to selected antibiotics, including erythromycin and clindamycin.
• Human metapneumovirus--an important new respiratory virus.
• Cutting edge: inducible costimulator protein regulates both Th1 and Th2 responses to cutaneous leishmaniasis.

Schools

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• University Of Rochester

• Brigham and Women39s Hospital

Doctors Specialties

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• Clinical Pathology
• Pathology

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Hospital

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• Boston Children's Hospital

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