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ATHENA LEFORT, M.D.
M.D.
Pediatrics Physician
NPI: 1386836476IndividualAccepts Medicare
Specialties, Licenses & Credentials
Pediatrics PhysicianPrimary
Pediatrics
Code: 208000000X
MD.201781(LA)
Education
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Class of 2006
Research & Publications (20)
Serratia marcescens prosthesis infection successfully treated with meropenem after imipenem failure.
PMID 16038749·J Infect·2005
5-case
Expression of glycopeptide-resistance gene in response to vancomycin and teicoplanin in the cardiac vegetations of rabbits infected with VanB-type Enterococcus faecalis.
PMID 14702158·J Infect Dis·2004
7-preclinical
Activity and diffusion of tigecycline (GAR-936) in experimental enterococcal endocarditis.
PMID 12499194·Antimicrob Agents Chemother·2003
7-preclinical
Influence of VanD type resistance on activities of glycopeptides in vitro and in experimental endocarditis due to Enterococcus faecium.
PMID 14576110·Antimicrob Agents Chemother·2003
7-preclinical
Comparison between adult endocarditis due to beta-hemolytic streptococci (serogroups A, B, C, and G) and Streptococcus milleri: a multicenter study in France.
PMID 12437404·Arch Intern Med·2002
4-observational
Streptococcus pneumoniae endocarditis in adults. A multicenter study in France in the era of penicillin resistance (1991-1998). The Pneumococcal Endocarditis Study Group.
PMID 11039081·Medicine (Baltimore)·2000
4-observational
Bactericidal activity of gentamicin against Enterococcus faecalis in vitro and in vivo.
PMID 10898678·Antimicrob Agents Chemother·2000
7-preclinical
Activity of LY333328 combined with gentamicin in vitro and in rabbit experimental endocarditis due to vancomycin-susceptible or -resistant Enterococcus faecalis.
PMID 11036016·Antimicrob Agents Chemother·2000
7-preclinical
Contribution of the autolysin AtlA to the bactericidal activity of amoxicillin against Enterococcus faecalis JH2-2.
PMID 19188384·Antimicrob Agents Chemother·2009
8-other
Kit K641E oncogene up-regulates Sprouty homolog 4 and trophoblast glycoprotein in interstitial cells of Cajal in a murine model of gastrointestinal stromal tumours.
PMID 19453770·J Cell Mol Med·2009
7-preclinical
StaphVar-DNA microarray analysis of accessory genome elements of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
PMID 19299473·J Antimicrob Chemother·2009
8-other
LGR5 deficiency deregulates Wnt signaling and leads to precocious Paneth cell differentiation in the fetal intestine.
PMID 19394326·Dev Biol·2009
7-preclinical
Genotypic and gene expression studies in congenital melanocytic nevi: insight into initial steps of melanotumorigenesis.
PMID 18633438·J Invest Dermatol·2009
8-other
Long-term follow-up of patients with tuberculosis as a complication of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha antagonist therapy: safe re-initiation of TNF-alpha blockers after appropriate anti-tuberculous treatment.
PMID 18076664·Clin Microbiol Infect·2008
8-other
Technetium 99m-labeled annexin V scintigraphy of platelet activation in vegetations of experimental endocarditis.
PMID 18227388·Circulation·2008
7-preclinical
Early diagnosis of disseminated Mycobacterium genavense infection.
PMID 18258141·Emerg Infect Dis·2008
5-case
Accuracy and potential usefulness of triplex real-time PCR for improving antibiotic treatment of patients with blood cultures showing clustered gram-positive cocci on direct smears.
PMID 18417663·J Clin Microbiol·2008
8-other
Modulation of murine dendritic cell function by adenine nucleotides and adenosine: involvement of the A(2B) receptor.
PMID 18465770·Eur J Immunol·2008
7-preclinical
Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of antibacterial drugs in the management of febrile neutropenia.
PMID 18922483·Lancet Infect Dis·2008
6-review
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Contact & Hours
- Address
- 1101 MEDICAL CENTER BLVD, WEST JEFFERSON PEDIATRIC ER
MARRERO, LA 70072 - Phone
- (504) 349-1554
Quick Facts
- NPI
- 1386836476
- Entity Type
- Individual
- Gender
- Female
- Medicare
- Accepted
- Specialties
- 1
- Locations
- 1
- Years in Practice
- 20
- Publications
- 20
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