Dr. Richard T Ellison M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
55 Lake Ave N Umass Memorial Medic Worcester MA, 01655About
Dr. Richard Ellison is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Worcester, MA. Dr. Ellison specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Review: probiotics are effective for prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and treatment of Clostridium difficile disease.
- Impact of Bordetella pertussis exposures on a Massachusetts tertiary care medical system.
- Clinical and laboratory findings in individuals with acute norovirus disease.
- Pandemic influenza: implications for preparation and delivery of critical care services.
- Modern trends in infection control practices in intensive care units.
- Quality measures for critically ill patients: where does ventilator-associated condition fit in?
- Potential bloodborne pathogen exposure from occult mattress damage.
- A Prospective Controlled Trial of an Electronic Hand Hygiene Reminder System.
- Accidental Needlestick Exposures linked to the Administration of Local Anesthesia by Healthcare Workers.
- Reversion From Methicillin Susceptibility to Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus During Treatment of Bacteremia.
- Electronic control device prongs: a growing cause of bloodborne pathogen exposure?
- Reply to Gelfand and Cleveland.
- A 10-Year Review of Total Hospital-Onset ICU Bloodstream Infections at an Academic Medical Center.
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