Infectious Diseases

Vance Garrison Fowler, MD

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
Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections
Infections due to Resistant Gram Positive Organisms
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 at Chapel Hill, 1993

Grants

Publications

Guimaraes, AO, Cao, Y, Hong, K, Mayba, O, Peck, M, Gutierrez, J, Ruffin, F, Carrasco-Triguero, M, Dinoso, JB, Clemenzi-Allen, A, Koss, CA, Maskarinec, S, Chambers, HF, Fowler, VG, Baruch, A, and Rosenberger, CM. "A prognostic model of persistent bacteremia and mortality in complicated S. aureus bloodstream infection." Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (August 25, 2018).

PMID
30165412
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Ojewole, AA, Jou, JD, Fowler, VG, and Donald, BR. "BBK* (Branch and Bound Over K*): A Provable and Efficient Ensemble-Based Protein Design Algorithm to Optimize Stability and Binding Affinity Over Large Sequence Spaces." Journal of Computational Biology : a Journal of Computational Molecular Cell Biology 25, no. 7 (July 2018): 726-739.

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29641249
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Maskarinec, SA, Parlak, Z, Tu, Q, Levering, V, Zauscher, S, López, GP, Fowler, VG, and Perfect, JR. "On-demand release of Candida albicans biofilms from urinary catheters by mechanical surface deformation." Biofouling 34, no. 6 (July 2018): 595-604.

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29897277
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Jaslow, SL, Gibbs, KD, Fricke, WF, Wang, L, Pittman, KJ, Mammel, MK, Thaden, JT, Fowler, VG, Hammer, GE, Elfenbein, JR, and Ko, DC. "Salmonella Activation of STAT3 Signaling by SarA Effector Promotes Intracellular Replication and Production of IL-10." Cell Reports 23, no. 12 (June 2018): 3525-3536.

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29924996
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Hansen, BK, Medie, F, Sharma-Kuinkel, BK, Fowler, VG, and Rader, J. "Host Genetics Contribute to Susceptibility to Infection, and Outcome of Disease in the Crif1 Knockout Mouse." Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB). San Francisco, CA. January 3, 2018 - January 7, 2018.: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, March 1, 2018.

Scholars@Duke

Huskins, WC, Fowler, VG, and Evans, S. "Adaptive Designs for Clinical Trials: Application to Healthcare Epidemiology Research." Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 66, no. 7 (March 2018): 1140-1146.

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29121202
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Turner, NA, Moehring, R, Sarubbi, C, Wrenn, RH, Drew, RH, Cunningham, CK, Fowler, VG, and Anderson, DJ. "Influence of Reported Penicillin Allergy on Mortality in MSSA Bacteremia." Open Forum Infectious Diseases 5, no. 3 (March 2018): ofy042-null.

PMID
29594180
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Vora, NM, Orciari, LA, Bertumen, JB, Damon, I, Ellison, JA, Fowler, VG, Franka, R, Petersen, BW, Satheshkumar, PS, Schexnayder, SM, Smith, TG, Wallace, RM, Weinstein, S, Williams, C, Yager, P, and Niezgoda, M. "Potential Confounding of Diagnosis of Rabies in Patients with Recent Receipt of Intravenous Immune Globulin." Mmwr. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 67, no. 5 (February 9, 2018): 161-165.

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29420464
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Holland, TL, and Fowler, VG. "Rifampicin for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: give it ARREST." Lancet (London, England) 391, no. 10121 (February 2018): 634-636.

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29249277
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van Duin, D, Lok, JJ, Earley, M, Cober, E, Richter, SS, Perez, F, Salata, RA, Kalayjian, RC, Watkins, RR, Doi, Y, Kaye, KS, Fowler, VG, Paterson, DL, Bonomo, RA, Evans, S, and Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group, . "Colistin Versus Ceftazidime-Avibactam in the Treatment of Infections Due to Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae." Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 66, no. 2 (January 2018): 163-171.

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29020404
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