Dr. John Robert Koethe M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
Division Of Infectious Diseases Vumc 1161 21st Avenue Sou Nashville TN, 37232About
Dr. John Koethe is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Nashville, TN. Dr. Koethe 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dyspnea and hemoptysis in a 53-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer.
- An optimal body mass index range associated with improved immune reconstitution among HIV-infected adults initiating antiretroviral therapy.
- Clinic-Based Food Assistance is Associated with Increased Medication Adherence among HIV-Infected Adults on Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy in Zambia.
- Circulating interleukin-6, soluble CD14, and other inflammation biomarker levels differ between obese and nonobese HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy.
- Cardiometabolic risk factors among HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy.
- Adipose tissue and immune function: a review of evidence relevant to HIV infection.
- Detectable serum tobramycin levels in patients with renal dysfunction and recent placement of antibiotic-impregnated cement knee or hip spacers.
- Appetite testing in HIV-infected African adults recovering from malnutrition and given antiretroviral therapy.
- A 12 week longitudinal study of microbial translocation and systemic inflammation in undernourished HIV-infected Zambians initiating antiretroviral therapy.
- Increased systemic inflammation is associated with cardiac and vascular dysfunction over the first 12 weeks of antiretroviral therapy among undernourished, HIV-infected adults in Southern Africa.
- Mortality and loss to follow-up among HIV-infected persons on long-term antiretroviral therapy in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Minimal impact of an iron-fortified lipid-based nutrient supplement on Hb and iron status: a randomised controlled trial in malnourished HIV-positive African adults starting antiretroviral therapy.
- The metabolic and cardiovascular consequences of obesity in persons with HIV on long-term antiretroviral therapy.
- A longitudinal study of systemic inflammation and recovery of lean body mass among malnourished HIV-infected adults starting antiretroviral therapy in Tanzania and Zambia.
- A longitudinal study of systemic inflammation and recovery of lean body mass among malnourished HIV-infected adults starting antiretroviral therapy in Tanzania and Zambia.
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