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

Lilje, B, Rasmussen, RV, Dahl, A, Stegger, M, Skov, RL, Fowler, VG, Ng, KL, Kiil, K, Larsen, AR, Petersen, A, Johansen, HK, Schønheyder, HC, Arpi, M, Rosenvinge, FS, Korup, E, Høst, U, Hassager, C, Gill, SUA, Hansen, TF, Johannesen, TB, Smit, J, Søgaard, P, Skytt Andersen, P, and Eske-Bruun, N. "Whole-genome sequencing of bloodstream Staphylococcus aureus isolates does not distinguish bacteraemia from endocarditis." Microbial Genomics 3, no. 11 (November 2017).

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29208121
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Chaudry, MS, Carlson, N, Gislason, GH, Kamper, A-L, Rix, M, Fowler, VG, Torp-Pedersen, C, and Bruun, NE. "Risk of Infective Endocarditis in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 12, no. 11 (November 2017): 1814-1822.

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28974524
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Strand, A, Paddock, CD, Rinehart, AR, Condit, ME, Marus, JR, Gillani, S, Chung, IH, and Fowler, VG. "African Tick Bite Fever Treated Successfully With Rifampin in a Patient With Doxycycline Intolerance." Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 65, no. 9 (October 2017): 1582-1584.

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28505276
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Anderson, DJ, Addison, R, Lokhnygina, Y, Warren, B, Sharma-Kuinkel, B, Rojas, LJ, Rudin, SD, Lewis, SS, Moehring, RW, Weber, DJ, Rutala, WA, Bonomo, RA, Fowler, VG, Sexton, DJ, and CDC Prevention Epicenters Program, . "The Antimicrobial Scrub Contamination and Transmission (ASCOT) Trial: A Three-Arm, Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial With Crossover Design to Determine the Efficacy of Antimicrobial-Impregnated Scrubs in Preventing Healthcare Provider Contamination." Infection control and hospital epidemiology 38, no. 10 (October 2017): 1147-1154.

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28847326
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Seidelman, J, Garza, RM, Smith, CM, and Fowler, VG. "More than a Mite Contagious: Crusted Scabies." The American journal of medicine 130, no. 9 (September 2017): 1042-1044.

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28601538
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Harris, PNA, McNamara, JF, Lye, DC, Davis, JS, Bernard, L, Cheng, AC, Doi, Y, Fowler, VG, Kaye, KS, Leibovici, L, Lipman, J, Llewelyn, MJ, Munoz-Price, S, Paul, M, Peleg, AY, Rodríguez-Baño, J, Rogers, BA, Seifert, H, Thamlikitkul, V, Thwaites, G, Tong, SYC, Turnidge, J, Utili, R, Webb, SAR, and Paterson, DL. "Proposed primary endpoints for use in clinical trials that compare treatment options for bloodstream infection in adults: a consensus definition." Clinical Microbiology and Infection : the Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 23, no. 8 (August 2017): 533-541. (Review)

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27810466
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Pericàs, JM, Messina, JA, Garcia-de-la-Mària, C, Park, L, Sharma-Kuinkel, BK, Marco, F, Wray, D, Kanafani, ZA, Carugati, M, Durante-Mangoni, E, Tattevin, P, Chu, VH, Moreno, A, Fowler, VG, Miró, JM, and International Collaboration on Endocarditis Microbiology Investigators, . "Influence of vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration on the outcome of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus left-sided infective endocarditis treated with antistaphylococcal β-lactam antibiotics: a prospective cohort study by the International Collaboration on Endocarditis." Clinical Microbiology and Infection : the Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 23, no. 8 (August 2017): 544-549.

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28159672
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Thaden, JT, Park, LP, Maskarinec, SA, Ruffin, F, Fowler, VG, and van Duin, D. "Results from a 13-Year Prospective Cohort Study Show Increased Mortality Associated with Bloodstream Infections Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Compared to Other Bacteria." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 61, no. 6 (June 2017).

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28373189
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Evans, SR, Hujer, AM, Jiang, H, Hill, CB, Hujer, KM, Mediavilla, JR, Manca, C, Tran, TTT, Domitrovic, TN, Higgins, PG, Seifert, H, Kreiswirth, BN, Patel, R, Jacobs, MR, Chen, L, Sampath, R, Hall, T, Marzan, C, Fowler, VG, Chambers, HF, and Bonomo, RA. "Correction for Evans et al., "Informing Antibiotic Treatment Decisions: Evaluating Rapid Molecular Diagnostics To Identify Susceptibility and Resistance to Carbapenems against Acinetobacter spp. in PRIMERS III"." Journal of Clinical Microbiology 55, no. 6 (June 2017): 1970-null.

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28536161
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Corneli, A, Perry, B, Collyar, D, Powers, JH, Donnelly, HK, De Anda, C, Hinton, D, Santiago, J, Calvert, SB, and Jr, FVG. "Formative research findings on the design of an early enrollment clinical trial on hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia (HABP) and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VABP)." May 8, 2017.

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