Gio J. Baracco, M.D.
Clinical Specialties
General infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, hospital epidemiology and infection control.
Research Interests
Hospital epidemiology
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Publications
Baracco GJ, Cooper EM. Racemose neurocysticercosis. Infections in Medicine 2005;22:239-241.
Schulman CI, Namias N, Doherty J, Manning RJ, Li P, Alhaddad A, Lasko D, Amortegui J, Dy CJ, Dlugasch L, Baracco G, Cohn SM. The effect of antipyretic therapy upon outcomes in critically ill patients: a randomized, prospective study. Surgical Infections. 2005;6(4): 369-375.
Servin-Abad L, Molina E, Baracco GJ, Arosemena L, Regev A, Jeffers L, Schiff E. Liver enzymes elevation after HAART in HIV-HCV co-infection. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 2005;12:429-434.
Baracco GJ, Bisno AL. Group C and Group G Streptococcal Infections: Epidemiologic and Clinical Aspects. In: Fischetti et al. eds. Gram-positive Pathogens. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: ASM Press; 2006.
Chirinos JA, Garcia J, Alcaide ML, Toledo G, Baracco GJ, Lichtstein DM. Septic thrombophlebitis: diagnosis and management. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2006;6(1):9-14. Review.
Simkins J, Alcaide M, Pano JR, Trillo C, Symes S, Baracco G. Cryptococcal meningitis in a patient with liver cirrhosis. Case report and review of the literature. Infect Med. 2007 Aug:29-32.
Corrales-Medina V, Concha R, Simkins J, Sanchez M, Baracco G. Native valve endocarditis caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria. Case report and review of the literature. Scand J Infect Dis. 2007;39(6):639-41.
Hallal A, Cohn SM, Namias N, Habib F, Baracco GJ, Manning RJ, Crookes B, Schulman CI. Aerosolized tobramycin in the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a pilot study. Surg Infect. 2007; 8 (1): 73-82.
Baracco G, Ariza-Heredia E. Chapter 75: Neisseria meningitidis. In: APIC Text of Infection Control and Epidemiology. Third Edition. 2009. In Press.
Radonovich LJ, Magalian PD, Hollingsworth MK, Baracco G. Stockpiling supplies for the next influenza pandemic [online report]. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jun. 15(6). Available from http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/15/6/e1.htm
Baracco GJ, Muder R, Jain R. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): What is the big deal?. Federal Practitioner. 2009. In Press.
