Clinical Instructor, Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Infectious Disease
Dr. Layne O. Gentry, MD
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Layne Gentry works in the field of Infectious Disease. He studied medicine at Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine. He over the years received 1 awards: "Top MD". Layne O. Gentry, MD is a published doctor. He has 74 publications published. The most current publication "Multicenter, randomized study comparing levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin for uncomplicated skin and skin structure infections."
Publications
- Economic benefit of appropriate timing of vancomycin prophylaxis in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery.
- Outcomes of bacteremia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa with reduced susceptibility to piperacillin-tazobactam: implications on the appropriateness of the resistance brea...
- An integrated pharmacoeconomic approach to antimicrobial formulary decision-making.
- Tolerance of vancomycin for surgical prophylaxis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery and incidence of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus colonization.
- The transition from open to endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting and its clinical impact: The Texas Heart Institute experience.
- Reducing the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia in cardiovascular surgery patients.
- Effectiveness of 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate oral rinse in reducing prevalence of nosocomial pneumonia in patients undergoing heart surgery.
- Comparative Effects of Ceftazidime Two or Three Times Daily in Patients with Skin and Skin Structure Infections.
- Prosthetic valve endocarditis: superiority of surgical valve replacement versus medical therapy only.
- Treatment of acute bacterial bronchitis and pneumonia with cefaclor.
- Treatment of systemic fungal infections with liposomal amphotericin B.
- Multicenter open-label study of parenteral ofloxacin in treatment of pyelonephritis in adults.
- Multicenter, randomized study comparing levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin for uncomplicated skin and skin structure infections.
- Single agent cephalosporin prophylaxis for penetrating abdominal trauma. Results and comment on the emergence of the enterococcus.
- Perioperative antibiotic therapy for penetrating injuries of the abdomen.
- Disseminated histoplasmosis manifesting as a soft-tissue chest wall mass in a heart transplant recipient.
- Ecological effects of short-term ciprofloxacin treatment of travellers'' diarrhoea.
- Cefamandole nafate therapy in the treatment of acute urinary tract infections.
- A comparative trial of ceftizoxime versus cefamandole in the treatment of acute urinary tract infections.
- Intra-abdominal infections-an update.
- Ofloxacin treatment of difficult infections of the skin and skin structure.
- Results of noncomparative studies of cefotetan in the treatment of obstetric and gynecologic infections.
- Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Haemophilus parainfluenzae by a kinetic killing-curve method.
- Antimicrobial activity, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic indications and adverse reactions of ceftazidime.
- Prescribing considerations in fluoroquinolone therapy.
- Prosthetic valve endocarditis resulting from nosocomial bacteremia. A prospective, multicenter study.
- Cephalosporins in urinary tract infection.
- Cefotaxime and prophylaxis. New approaches with a proven agent.
- Bacterial resistance.
- Newer concepts in antimicrobial therapy.
- Ofloxacin versus parenteral therapy for chronic osteomyelitis.
- Future developments in nosocomial infections: the perspective in the United States.
- Oral ciprofloxacin compared with parenteral antibiotics in the treatment of osteomyelitis.
- Intravenous/oral ciprofloxacin versus intravenous ceftazidime in the treatment of serious gram-negative infections of the skin and skin structure.
- A comparative evaluation of oral ofloxacin versus intravenous cefotaxime therapy for serious skin and skin structure infections.
- Nosocomial and other difficult infections in the immunocompromised cardiac transplant patient.
- Oral ciprofloxacin vs parenteral cefotaxime in the treatment of difficult skin and skin structure infections. A multicenter trial.
- Management of osteomyelitis.
- Gamma radiation-sterilized, triple-lumen catheters coated with a low concentration of chlorhexidine were not efficacious at preventing catheter infections in intensive...
- A random comparative trial of 0.25, 0.5 and 1.0 g ceftazidime twice daily in urinary tract infection.
- Parenteral followed by oral ofloxacin for nosocomial pneumonia and community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization.
- Ciprofloxacin treatment of sternal wound infections following open heart surgery.
- Cardiac transplantation and related infections.
- Review of quinolones in the treatment of infections of the skin and skin structure.
- Scopulariopsis endocarditis associated with Duran ring valvuloplasty.
- Therapy with newer oral beta-lactam and quinolone agents for infections of the skin and skin structures: a review.
- Osteomyelitis: options for diagnosis and management.
- Evaluation of roxithromycin (RU-965) versus cephradine in pneumococcal pneumonia.
- Systemic antifungal agents.
- Roxithromycin, a new macrolide antibiotic, in the treatment of infections in the lower respiratory tract: an overview.
- Diagnosis and management of the diabetic foot ulcer.
- Oral ofloxacin therapy for lower respiratory tract infection.
- Improving patient care through implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program.
- Successful treatment of invasive aspergillosis in a heart transplant patient.
- New approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis: review of 100 consecutive cases.
- Management of infection in the post-cardiac-transplant patient.
- In-vitro comparison of ceftazidime and nine other antimicrobial agents against hospital strains of Gram-negative bacteria.
- Randomized comparison of cefepime and ceftazidime for treatment of skin, surgical wound, and complicated urinary tract infections in hospitalized subjects.
- Cefuroxime prophylaxis in cardiovascular surgery: clinical, microbiological, and ecological impact.
- Antibiotic prophylaxis in open-heart surgery: a comparison of cefamandole, cefuroxime, and cefazolin.
- Cefamandole prophylaxis for cardiovascular surgery: a dosage comparison.
- Fluconazole susceptibilities of Candida species and distribution of species recovered from blood cultures over a 5-year period.
- Epidemiology and incidence of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea diagnosed upon admission to a university hospital.
- Comparison of risk factors for candidemia versus bacteremia in hospitalized patients.
- A clinical risk index for Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalised patients receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics.
- Prevalence of AmpC over-expression in bloodstream isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Management of invasive candidal infections: results of a prospective, randomized, multicenter study of fluconazole versus amphotericin B and review of the literature.
- Prevalence of nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in selected patient populations.
- Risk factors for postoperative chest wound infections due to gram-negative bacteria in cardiac surgery patients.
- Prevalence of type III secretion protein exoenzymes and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns from bloodstream isolates of patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bactere...
- Interrupted time series analysis of vancomycin compared to cefuroxime for surgical prophylaxis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
- Timing of vancomycin prophylaxis for cardiac surgery patients and the risk of surgical site infections.
- Evaluation of antifungals in the surgical intensive care unit: a multi-institutional study.
Schools
Oregon Health Sciences University
University Oreg Hospital
Stanford University Hospital
Doctors Specialties
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Infectious Disease
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Top MD
Education
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Oregon Health & Science University -
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
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