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Itzhak Brook
Researcher at Georgetown University
Publications - 453
Citations - 15719
Itzhak Brook is an academic researcher from Georgetown University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anaerobic bacteria & Peptostreptococcus. The author has an hindex of 63, co-authored 448 publications receiving 14710 citations. Previous affiliations of Itzhak Brook include Boston Children's Hospital & University of Washington.
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Are public library books contaminated by bacteria
Sara J. Brook,Itzhak Brook +1 more
TL;DR: This data illustrates the safety of using library books, as they do not serve as a potential source of transmission of virulent bacteria.
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Recovery of Anaerobic Bacteria from 3 Patients with Infection at a Pierced Body Site
TL;DR: 3 adolescents who developed infections due to anaerobes at pierced body sites: the nipple, the umbilicus, and the nasal septum resolved after removal of the ornaments and use of antimicrobial drug treatment.
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Beta-lactamase producing bacteroides species recovered from children: possible clue to failure of penicillin treatment.
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Recovery of Anaerobic Bacteria from a Post-Traumatic Nasal Septal Abscess A Report of Two Cases
TL;DR: Cultures for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria revealed Peptostreptococcus magnus and a ß-lactamase—producing Prevotella intermedia in the first patient, and Peptobacterium anaerobius, Streptitis intermedius, andPrevotella melaninogenica in the second patient.
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Effect of Diving and Diving Hoods on the Bacterial Flora of the External Ear Canal and Skin
TL;DR: The data show the acquisition of gram-negative rods when dives were made in polluted water and the increase in bacterial counts that occurs when rubber diving rods are worn and that this increase can be controlled by pretreatment of ears with acetic acid.