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George McCracken, Jr., M.D.

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George McCracken, Jr.
Name:
  George H. McCracken, Jr., M.D.
Endowed Title:
  Glaxosmithkline Distinguished Professorship of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Academic Title:
  Professor
Primary Appointment:
  Pediatrics
School:
  Southwestern Medical School
Affiliations:
  Children's - Infectious Disease
Children's Medical Center of Dallas
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  George McCracken, Jr., M.D.
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  George McCracken, Jr., M.D.

 RESEARCH OVERVIEW
 
Pharmacology of antimicrobials in children
Pathogenesis and treatment of bacterial meningitis
 
 RESEARCH INTERESTS
 
Clinical Pharmacology of Antimicrobials
Meningitis (pathogenesis, treatment)
Respiratory Infections (pathogenesis, link to asthma)
Vaccine Development
 
 RECENT PUBLICATIONS
 
Salvatore, C.M., et al, "Respiratory tract infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae in interleukin-12 knockout mice results in improved bacterial clearance and reduced pulmonary inflammation" Infect Immun, 75(1):236-42, January 2007
Bogdanovich, T., N. Aydin, et al., "Genetic characterization of erythromycin- and methicillin-resistant community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus isolated from children in Texas" Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 2007
Messina, A. F., K. Katz-Gaynor, et al, "Impact of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Dallas, TX, children from 1999 through 2005" Pediatr Infect Dis J, 26(6):461-7, June 2007
Michelow, I.C., et al., "Systemic cytokine profile in children with community-acquired pneumonia" Pediatr Pulmonol, 42(7):640-5, July 2007
Saez-Llorens, X. and G.H. McCracken, Jr, "Glycerol and bacterial meningitis" Clin Infect Dis, 45(10):1287-9, October 2007
 
 
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