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Cynthia Whitener
Title Professor
Institution College of Medicine
Department Medicine
Division Infectious Disease
Address 500 University Drive Hershey PA 17033
Telephone 7175318881
Email
Background
PREFERRED TITLE/ROLE:

Physician, Professor of Medicine

EDUCATION:

Fellowship, Infectious Disease, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (1994)
Residency, Internal Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (1992)
M.D., West Virginia University, School of Medicine (1988)
Publications
1. Davis MF, Peterson AE, Julian KG, Greene WH, Price LB, Nelson K, Whitener CJ, Silbergeld EK. Household Risk Factors for Colonization with Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates. PLoS One. 2013; 8(1):e54733.
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2. Peterson AE, Davis MF, Julian KG, Awantang G, Greene WH, Price LB, Waters A, Doppalapudi A, Krain LJ, Nelson K, Silbergeld EK, Whitener CJ. Molecular and phenotypic characteristics of healthcare- and community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a rural hospital. PLoS One. 2012; 7(6):e38354.
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3. Whitener, CJ. Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control. Mayhall CG, ed. Healthcare-associated infections in dental, oral, and maxillofacial surgery. 2012; 775-786.
 
4. Kosowska-Shick K, Julian KG, McGhee PL, Appelbaum PC, Whitener CJ. Molecular and epidemiologic characteristics of linezolid-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci at a tertiary care hospital. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Sep; 68(1):34-9.
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5. Julian KG, Subramanian K, Brumbach A, Whitener CJ. Attitudes of healthcare workers and patients toward individualized hand hygiene reminders. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Aug; 29(8):781-2.
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6. Julian K, Kosowska-Shick K, Whitener C, Roos M, Labischinski H, Rubio A, Parent L, Ednie L, Koeth L, Bogdanovich T, Appelbaum PC. Characterization of a daptomycin-nonsusceptible vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus strain in a patient with endocarditis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 Sep; 51(9):3445-8.
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7. Julian KG, Brumbach AM, Chicora MK, Houlihan C, Riddle AM, Umberger T, Whitener CJ. First year of mandatory reporting of healthcare-associated infections, Pennsylvania: an infection control-chart abstractor collaboration. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Sep; 27(9):926-30.
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8. Powell DL, Whitener CJ, Dye CE, Ballard JO, Shaffer ML, Eyster ME. Knee and hip arthroplasty infection rates in persons with haemophilia: a 27 year single center experience during the HIV epidemic. Haemophilia. 2005 May; 11(3):233-9.
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9. Whitener CJ, Park SY, Browne FA, Parent LJ, Julian K, Bozdogan B, Appelbaum PC, Chaitram J, Weigel LM, Jernigan J, McDougal LK, Tenover FC, Fridkin SK. Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the absence of vancomycin exposure. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Apr 15; 38(8):1049-55.
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10. Bozdogan B, Esel D, Whitener C, Browne FA, Appelbaum PC. Antibacterial susceptibility of a vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain isolated at the Hershey Medical Center. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2003 Nov; 52(5):864-8.
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11. Ostrowsky BE, Whitener C, Bredenberg HK, Carson LA, Holt S, Hutwagner L, Arduino MJ, Jarvis WR. Serratia marcescens bacteremia traced to an infused narcotic. N Engl J Med. 2002 May 16; 346(20):1529-37.
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12. Templin KS, Crook T, Riley T, Whitener C, Aber RC. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and bacteremia due to Leuconostoc species in a patient with end-stage liver disease: a case report. J Infect. 2001 Aug; 43(2):155-7.
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13. Caputo GM, Weitekamp MR, Bacon AE, Whitener C. Clostridium difficile infection: a common clinical problem for the general internist. J Gen Intern Med. 1994 Sep; 9(9):528-33.
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14. Whitener C, Caputo GM, Weitekamp MR, Karchmer AW. Endocarditis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci. Microbiologic, epidemiologic, and clinical considerations. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 1993 Mar; 7(1):81-96.
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15. O'Bryan TA, Whitener CJ, Katzman M, Appelbaum PC. Hepatobiliary infections caused by Haemophilus species. Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Oct; 15(4):716-9.
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16. Whitener CJ, Parker JE, Lapp NL. Erythromycin ototoxicity: a call to heighten recognition. South Med J. 1991 Oct; 84(10):1214-6.
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Keyword
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Keywords   
Cross Infection
Staphylococcal Infections
Staphylococcus
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Acetamides
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Co-Authors  
Appelbaum, Peter
Caputo, Gregory
Julian, Kathleen
Parent, Leslie
Weitekamp, Michael
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