Prof. Athena P Kourtis MD, PHD, MPH
Infectious Disease Specialist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Infectious Diseases
2985 George Busbee Pkwy Nw Kennesaw GA, 30144About
Dr. Athena Kourtis is a pediatric infectious disease specialist practicing in Kennesaw, GA. Dr. Kourtis specializes in recurring or persistent diseases caused by bacteria, parasites or fungus in infants, children and adolescents. Pediatric infectious disease specialists also provide consultation to other health care professionals dealing with complex cases.
Education and Training
University Athens-Faculty Medical, School Of Health & Science MD
University of Athens / College of Medicine / School of Health Science National & Kapodistrian 1990
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Persistent candidemia in a premature infant treated with fluconazole.
- Tale of a toothpick: Eikenella corrodens osteomyelitis.
- Images in clinical medicine. Liver abscess due to Eikenella corrodens from a fishbone.
- Use of human CD3 monoclonal antibody for accurate CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocyte determinations in macaques: phenotypic characterization of the CD3- CD8+ cell subset.
- Sweet syndrome in infants.
- Peripheral thromboembolism associated with Malassezia furfur sepsis.
- Effects of different HIV strains on thymic epithelial cultures.
- Prevention of perinatal HIV transmission: current status and future developments in anti-retroviral therapy.
- SHIV-KB9 infection of rhesus monkeys does not always cause disease-contribution of host immune factors and thymic output.
- The effects of different HIV type 1 strains on human thymic function.
- Reconstitution of thymic function in HIV-1 patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy.
- Prevention of perinatal HIV transmission: a review of novel strategies.
- Soluble L-selectin, a marker of immune activation, in neonatal infection.
- A man with progressive swelling of the face and neck.
- Breast milk and HIV-1: vector of transmission or vehicle of protection?
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