Dr. Susan I Gerber M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Infectious Diseases
3745 N Kedvale Ave Chicago IL, 60641About
Dr. Susan Gerber is a pediatric infectious disease specialist practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Gerber 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
Loyola Univ of Chicago Stritch Sch of Med, Maywood Il 1987
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Outbreak of adenovirus genome type 7d2 infection in a pediatric chronic-care facility and tertiary-care hospital.
- West Nile virus: a brief review.
- Clinical characteristics and functional outcomes of West Nile Fever.
- Salmonella enterica serotype Uganda infection in New York City and Chicago.
- Outbreak of food-borne illness associated with plant material containing raphides.
- Outbreak of catheter-associated Klebsiella oxytoca and Enterobacter cloacae bloodstream infections in an oncology chemotherapy center.
- Use of a prospective space-time scan statistic to prioritize shigellosis case investigations in an urban jurisdiction.
- Describing the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus epidemic: a public health challenge.
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections among healthy full-term newborns.
- Outbreak of human adenovirus type 3 infection in a pediatric long-term care facility--Illinois, 2005.
- Molecular epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis isolates from an outbreak of meningococcal disease among men who have sex with men, Chicago, Illinois, 2003.
- Emergency care physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to surveillance for foodborne disease in the United States.
- Identifying Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: results of a laboratory evaluation.
- Control of an outbreak due to an adamantane-resistant strain of influenza A (H3N2) in a chronic care facility.
- Public health response to puffer fish (Tetrodotoxin) poisoning from mislabeled product.
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