Phyllis Della-Latta

Professor
Clinical Pathology in Medicine
Columbia University
United States of America

Professor Pathology
Biography

"Phyllis Della-Latta, is a Assistant Professor at Pathology & Cell Biology with research interest eveloping and implementing laboratory assays for the rapid detection of infectious diseases, characterizing and studying the epidemiology of microbial strains causing hospital-associated and community-associated infections, particularly those that are multidrug-resistant. Research endeavors are multidisciplinary, working in collaboration with infectious disease, epidemiology and other clinical services."

Research Intrest

Clinical Pathology

List of Publications
Green DA, Stotler B, Jackman D, Whittier S, Della-Latta P(2014)Clinical characteristics of patients who test positive for Clostridium difficile by repeat PCR.J Clin Microbiol 52: 3853-3855
Pardos de la Gandara M, Curry M, Berger J, Burstein D, Della-Latta P, et al.(2016)MRSA Causing Infections in Hospitals in Greater Metropolitan New York: Major Shift in the Dominant Clonal Type between 1996 and 2014.PLoS One 11:e0156924
Chang AK, Foca MD, Jin Z, Vasudev R, Laird M,et al.(2016)Bacterial bloodstream infections in pediatric allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell recipients before and after implementation of a central line-associated bloodstream infection protocol: A single-center experience.Am J Infect Control 44:1650-1655