BrookeKathleenDeckerMD

Deputy Chief of Staff, Infectious Diseases Physician

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University Drive C
Medicine 111eu
Pittsburgh, PA 15240
Phone+1 412-360-1696

National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine), 2013 - 2014
National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2011 - 2013
National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine), 2010 - 2011
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2010
Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClass of 2007

PubMed

22 citations
Healthcare personnel intestinal colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms
Brooke K. Decker, Anna Frances Lau, John P. Dekker, Christine Spalding, Ninet Sinaii
Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2018-01-01
66 citations
The role of water in healthcare-associated infections.
Brooke K. Decker, Tara N. Palmore
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 2013-08-01
29 citations
Single Dose of an mRNA Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) Vaccine Is Associated With Lower Nasopharyngeal Viral Load Among Nursing Home Resid...
M. Catherine McEllistrem, Cornelius J. Clancy, Deanna J. Buehrle, Aaron Lucas, Brooke K. Decker
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021-09-15

Journal Articles

Water Cultures Are More Sensitive Than Swab Cultures for the Detection of Environmental Legionella
Ali F Sonel, Brooke K Decker, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

COVID-19 in Pittsburgh: Veterans Fear They’re Being Forgotten with the VaccineDecember 16th, 2020
Covid-19 Cases in Allegheny County Rise to 40; 4 People HospitalizedMarch 23rd, 2020
Five Years in, the Flint Water Crisis Continues Its Deadly TollApril 25th, 2019
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