Dr. Adam L Hersh MD, PHD
Infectious Disease Specialist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Infectious Diseases
3333 California St Suite 265 Box 0936 San Francisco CA, 94118About
Dr. Adam Hersh is a pediatric infectious disease specialist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Hersh 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.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dual skin testing for latent tuberculosis infection: a decision analysis.
- National trends in osteoporosis visits and osteoporosis treatment, 1988-2003.
- National trends in ambulatory visits and antibiotic prescribing for skin and soft-tissue infections.
- Current recommended dosing of vancomycin for children with invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections is inadequate.
- Prediction of vancomycin pharmacodynamics in children with invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: a Monte Carlo simulation.
- Decreasing out-of-pocket costs of antibiotics: the good, the bad, and the unknown.
- Purpose and design of antimicrobial stewardship programs in pediatrics.
- Underdiagnosis of pediatric obesity during outpatient preventive care visits.
- National trends in visit rates and antibiotic prescribing for children with acute sinusitis.
- Factors associated with prolonged emergency department length of stay for admitted children.
- Ambulatory visit rates and antibiotic prescribing for children with pneumonia, 1994-2007.
- A retrospective review of streptococcal infections in pediatric atopic dermatitis.
- National ambulatory antibiotic prescribing patterns for pediatric urinary tract infection, 1998-2007.
- Impact of a hospitalwide increase in empiric pediatric vancomycin dosing on initial trough concentrations.
- Bartonella vinsonii endocarditis in an adolescent with congenital heart disease.
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