Infectious Diseases

Vance Garrison Fowler, MD

Professor of Medicine
Florence McAlister Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Campus mail Duke Box 102359, Hanes House, Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 613-5678
Email address fowle003@mc.duke.edu

Determinants of Outcome in Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
Antibacterial Resistance
Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections
Tropical medicine/International Health

Education and Training

  • Fellow, Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Duke University, 1996 - 1999
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Duke University, 1993 - 1996
  • M.H.S., Duke University, 1999
  • M.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 1993

Grants

Publications

Choi, Seong-Ho, Michael Dagher, Felicia Ruffin, Lawrence P. Park, Batu K. Sharma-Kuinkel, Maria Souli, Alison M. Morse, et al. “Risk Factors for Recurrent Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia.” Clin Infect Dis 72, no. 11 (June 1, 2021): 1891–99. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa801.

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32564065
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Eichenberger, Emily M., Felicia Ruffin, Michael Dagher, Reginald Lerebours, Sin-Ho Jung, Batu Sharma-Kuinkel, Andrew N. Macintyre, et al. “Bacteremia in solid organ transplant recipients as compared to immunocompetent patients: Acute phase cytokines and outcomes in a prospective, matched cohort study.” Am J Transplant 21, no. 6 (June 2021): 2113–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.16388.

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33131212
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Boucher, Helen W., Thomas M. File, Vance G. Fowler, Amanda Jezek, John H. Rex, and Kevin Outterson. “Antibiotic Development Incentives That Reflect Societal Value of Antibiotics.” Clin Infect Dis 72, no. 9 (May 4, 2021): e420–21. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa092.

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31999818
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Pericàs, Juan M., Jaume Llopis, Maria Jesús Jiménez-Exposito, Wissam M. Kourany, Benito Almirante, Giampiero Carosi, Emanuele Durante-Mangoni, et al. “Infective Endocarditis in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis.” J Am Coll Cardiol 77, no. 13 (April 6, 2021): 1629–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.02.014.

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33795037
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Rincon, Sandra, Lina P. Carvajal, Sara I. Gomez-Villegas, Aura M. Echeverri, Rafael Rios, An Dinh, Claudia Pedroza, et al. “A Test for the Rapid Detection of the Cefazolin Inoculum Effect in Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.” J Clin Microbiol 59, no. 4 (March 19, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01938-20.

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33536292
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Chang, Yu-Ling, Maura Rossetti, David W. Gjertson, Liudmilla Rubbi, Michael Thompson, Dennis J. Montoya, Marco Morselli, et al. “Human DNA methylation signatures differentiate persistent from resolving MRSA bacteremia.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 118, no. 10 (March 9, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2000663118.

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33649198
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Lodise, Thomas P., Scott Van Wart, Zoe M. Sund, Adam M. Bressler, Akram Khan, Amy T. Makley, Yasir Hamad, et al. “Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Profiling of Minocycline for Injection following a Single Infusion in Critically Ill Adults in a Phase IV Open-Label Multicenter Study (ACUMIN).” Antimicrob Agents Chemother 65, no. 3 (February 17, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01809-20.

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33168615
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Doernberg, Sarah B., Lauren Komarow, Thuy Tien T. Tran, Zoe Sund, Mark W. Pandori, David Jensen, Ephraim L. Tsalik, et al. “Simultaneous Evaluation of Diagnostic Assays for Pharyngeal and Rectal Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis Using a Master Protocol.” Clin Infect Dis 71, no. 9 (December 3, 2020): 2314–22. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz1105.

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31734695
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Kuehl, Richard, Laura Morata, Christian Boeing, Isaac Subirana, Harald Seifert, Siegbert Rieg, Winfried V. Kern, et al. “Defining persistent Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study.” Lancet Infect Dis 20, no. 12 (December 2020): 1409–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30447-3.

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32763194
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Bergin, Stephen P., Adrian Coles, Sara B. Calvert, John Farley, John H. Powers, Marcus J. Zervos, Matthew Sims, et al. “PROPHETIC: Prospective Identification of Pneumonia in Hospitalized Patients in the ICU.” Chest 158, no. 6 (December 2020): 2370–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.06.034.

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32615191
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