Dr. Christine A. Wanke M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
750 Washington St Nemc Box #836 Boston MA, 02111About
Dr. Christine Wanke is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Wanke 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.
Education and Training
Univ of Wi Med Sch, Madison Wi 1980
New Jersey College of Dentistry 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The Sixth John M. Kinney-Nestlé Clinical Nutrition Award for Enteral Nutrition. Recombinant human tumor necrosis factor and recombinant murine interleukin-1 alter the binding of Escherichia coli to intestine, mucin glycoprotein, and the HT29-C1 intes
- Epidemiological and clinical aspects of the metabolic complications of HIV infection the fat redistribution syndrome.
- A comparison of two dosing regimens of zidovudine in Thai adults with early symptomatic HIV infection. Conducting clinical HIV trials in South-East Asia.
- To know Escherichia coli is to know bacterial diarrheal disease.
- Do probiotics prevent childhood illnesses?
- High-fiber diet in HIV-positive men is associated with lower risk of developing fat deposition.
- Protothecosis complicating prolonged endotracheal intubation: case report and literature review.
- Comparing megestrol acetate therapy with oxandrolone therapy for HIV-related weight loss: similar results in 2 months.
- Understanding the role of HIV load in determining weight change in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.
- Predicting CD4 count using total lymphocyte count: a sustainable tool for clinical decisions during HAART use.
- Oral ingestion of egg yolk immunoglobulin from hens immunized with an enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strain prevents diarrhea in rabbits challenged with the same strain.
- Combination megestrol acetate, oxandrolone, and dietary advice restores weight in human immunodeficiency virus.
- Body composition in adults infected with human immunodeficiency virus in Khon Kaen, Thailand.
- Multilocus genotyping of Cryptosporidium sp. isolates from human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals in South India.
- Nutrition and HIV infection: review of weight loss and wasting in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy from the nutrition for healthy living cohort.
Awards
- Certified By American Board Of Internal Medicine
- In Infectious Disease
Fellowships
- George Washington Univ Med Ctr, Fellow:Infectious Disease 1984
- Univ Of Virginia Med Center, VA, Fellow:Infectious Disease 1985
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