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M. Cecilia Di Pentima MD, MPH

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUMass Chan – Baystate Regional Campus
DepartmentPediatrics at UMass Chan - Baystate
AddressBaystate Health
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield MA 01199
Phone413-794-9580
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    University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Houston, TX, United StatesMPH
    National University of Rosario, Sante Fe, , ArgentinaMD

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    1. Payne AB, Gilani Z, Godfred-Cato S, Belay ED, Feldstein LR, Patel MM, Randolph AG, Newhams M, Thomas D, Magleby R, Hsu K, Burns M, Dufort E, Maxted A, Pietrowski M, Longenberger A, Bidol S, Henderson J, Sosa L, Edmundson A, Tobin-D'Angelo M, Edison L, Heidemann S, Singh AR, Giuliano JS, Kleinman LC, Tarquinio KM, Walsh RF, Fitzgerald JC, Clouser KN, Gertz SJ, Carroll RW, Carroll CL, Hoots BE, Reed C, Dahlgren FS, Oster ME, Pierce TJ, Curns AT, Langley GE, Campbell AP, Balachandran N, Murray TS, Burkholder C, Brancard T, Lifshitz J, Leach D, Charpie I, Tice C, Coffin SE, Perella D, Jones K, Marohn KL, Yager PH, Fernandes ND, Flori HR, Koncicki ML, Walker KS, Di Pentima MC, Li S, Horwitz SM, Gaur S, Coffey DC, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Hymes SR, Thomas NJ, Ackerman KG, Cholette JM. Incidence of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Among US Persons Infected With SARS-CoV-2. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 06 01; 4(6):e2116420. PMID: 34110391.
      Citations: 146     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    2. Denny V, Shah N, Petro K, Choksey K, DeSantis E, Hintz M, Rethi S, Sanchez S, Sylla B, Chiu S, Gagliardo C, Kairam N, Nwaobasi-Iwuh E, Di Pentima MC. Impact of outpatient SARS-CoV-2 infections in minority children. Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Feb 26; 100(8):e24895. PMID: 33663120.
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    3. Gagliardo C, Johnson E, Di Pentima MC. LEUCONOSTOC LACTIS SEPSIS IN A CHILD WITH CHROMOSOMAL 18 ABNORMALITY RECEIVING ENTERAL NUTRITION. J Paediatr Child Health. 2021 01; 57(1):170. PMID: 33493374.
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    4. McDonald D, Gagliardo C, Chiu S, Di Pentima MC. Impact of a Rapid Diagnostic Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel on Antimicrobial Use and Clinical Outcomes in Children. Antibiotics (Basel). 2020 Nov 18; 9(11). PMID: 33217913.
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    5. Willis ZI, Nicholson MR, Esbenshade AJ, Xu M, Slaughter JC, Friedman DL, Edwards KM, Di Pentima MC. Intensity of Therapy for Malignancy and Risk for Recurrent and Complicated Clostridium difficile Infection in Children. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2019 08; 41(6):442-447. PMID: 30664104.
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    6. Willis ZI, Duggan EM, Gillon J, Blakely ML, Di Pentima MC. Improvements in Antimicrobial Prescribing and Outcomes in Pediatric Complicated Appendicitis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 05; 37(5):429-435. PMID: 29088028.
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    7. Willis ZI, Gillon J, Xu M, Slaughter JC, Di Pentima MC. Reducing Antimicrobial Use in an Academic Pediatric Institution: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Prospective Audit With Real-Time Feedback. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Nov 24; 6(4):339-345. PMID: 28339590.
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    8. Nicholson MR, Freswick PN, Di Pentima MC, Wang L, Edwards KM, Wilson GJ, Talbot TR. The Use of a Computerized Provider Order Entry Alert to Decrease Rates of Clostridium difficile Testing in Young Pediatric Patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 05; 38(5):542-546. PMID: 28219462.
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    9. Willis ZI, Duggan EM, Bucher BT, Pietsch JB, Milovancev M, Wharton W, Gillon J, Lovvorn HN, O'Neill JA, Di Pentima MC, Blakely ML. Effect of a Clinical Practice Guideline for Pediatric Complicated Appendicitis. JAMA Surg. 2016 05 18; 151(5):e160194. PMID: 27027263.
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    10. Gillon J, Xu M, Slaughter J, Di Pentima MC. Vancomycin Use: Room for Improvement Among Hospitalized Children. J Pharm Pract. 2017 Jun; 30(3):296-299. PMID: 27044642.
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    11. Howard LM, Gilbert L, Zwerner JP, Snyder KM, Di Pentima MC. Subcutaneous Colletotrichum truncatum Infection in a Child. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Apr; 35(4):455-7. PMID: 26673980.
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    12. Ros? L, Coulter MM, Chan S, Hossain J, Di Pentima MC. Trends of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli amongst urinary isolates in children: a 10 year surveillance study. J Med Microbiol. 2015 Jul; 64(7):778-781. PMID: 26231748.
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    13. Chan S, Baley ED, Hossain J, Di Pentima MC. Candida species bloodstream infections in hospitalised children: A 10-year experience. J Paediatr Child Health. 2015 Sep; 51(9):857-60; quiz 861. PMID: 25941056.
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    14. Chan S, Hossain J, Di Pentima MC. Implications and impact of prior authorization policy on vancomycin use at a tertiary pediatric teaching hospital. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 May; 34(5):506-8. PMID: 25379832.
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    15. Di Pentima MC, Chan S, Powell J, Napoli JA, Walter AW, Walsh TJ. Topical amphotericin B in combination with standard therapy for severe necrotizing skin and soft-tissue mucormycosis in an infant with bilineal leukemia: case report and review. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2014 Oct; 36(7):e468-70. PMID: 24732057.
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    16. Di Pentima MC, Chan S, Briody C, Power M, Hossain J. Driving forces of vancomycin-resistant E. faecium and E. faecalis blood-stream infections in children. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2014; 3:29. PMID: 25206975.
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    17. Willis ZI, Boyd AS, Di Pentima MC. Phototoxicity, Pseudoporphyria, and Photo-onycholysis Due to Voriconazole in a Pediatric Patient With Leukemia and Invasive Aspergillosis. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Jun; 4(2):e22-4. PMID: 26407422.
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    18. Rose L, Coulter MM, Chan S, Hossain J, Di Pentima MC. The quest for the best metric of antibiotic use and its correlation with the emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Jun; 33(6):e158-61. PMID: 24830523.
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    19. Annese V, Herrero MT, Di Pentima M, Gomez A, Lombardi L, Ros CM, De Pablos V, Fernandez-Villalba E, De Stefano ME. Metalloproteinase-9 contributes to inflammatory glia activation and nigro-striatal pathway degeneration in both mouse and monkey models of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced Parkinsonism. Brain Struct Funct. 2015 Mar; 220(2):703-27. PMID: 24558048.
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    20. Gillon JE, Cassat JE, Di Pentima MC. Validation of two vancomycin nomograms in patients 10 years of age and older. J Clin Pharmacol. 2014 Jan; 54(1):35-8. PMID: 24249098.
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    21. Schuster JE, Wushensky CA, Di Pentima MC. Chronic primary central nervous system histoplasmosis in a healthy child with intermittent neurological manifestations. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Jul; 32(7):794-6. PMID: 23838780.
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    22. Rose L, Chan S, Hossain J, Di Pentima MC. Effects of aggregate and individual antibiotic exposure on vancomycin MICs for Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from pediatric patients. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Sep; 51(9):2837-42. PMID: 23784116.
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    23. Cies JJ, Chan S, Hossain J, Brenn BR, Di Pentima MC. Influence of body mass index and antibiotic dose on the risk of surgical site infections in pediatric clean orthopedic surgery. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2012 Dec; 13(6):371-6. PMID: 23216453.
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    24. Di Pentima MC, Chan S, Hossain J. Benefits of a pediatric antimicrobial stewardship program at a children's hospital. Pediatrics. 2011 Dec; 128(6):1062-70. PMID: 22106075.
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    25. Di Pentima MC, Chan S. Impact of antimicrobial stewardship program on vancomycin use in a pediatric teaching hospital. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Aug; 29(8):707-11. PMID: 20182398.
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    26. Di Pentima MC, Chan S, Eppes SC, Klein JD. Antimicrobial prescription errors in hospitalized children: role of antimicrobial stewardship program in detection and intervention. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2009 Jun; 48(5):505-12. PMID: 19224865.
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    27. Di Pentima MC, Eppes SC, Klein JD. Pediatricians knowledge, views, and perspectives on smallpox and smallpox vaccine. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2006 Mar; 45(2):165-72. PMID: 16528437.
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    28. Di Pentima MC, Steele-Moore L, Muehlbauer L, Klein JD. Are your patients at risk? Fungal contamination of Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil (yerba mat?). Transpl Infect Dis. 2005 Mar; 7(1):47-8. PMID: 15984951.
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    29. Di Pentima MC, Doyle R, Locke R, Tuttle D. Late-onset Mycobacterium abscessus sepsis in a very low birthweight premature infant: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Am J Perinatol. 2004 Aug; 21(6):365-8. PMID: 15311374.
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    30. Di Pentima MC, Hwang LY, Skeeter CM, Edwards MS. Prevalence of antibody to Trypanosoma cruzi in pregnant Hispanic women in Houston. Clin Infect Dis. 1999 Jun; 28(6):1281-5. PMID: 10451166.
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    31. Di Pentima MC, Edwards MS. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for IgA antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi in congenital infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1999 Feb; 60(2):211-4. PMID: 10072138.
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    32. Di Pentima MC, Mason EO, Kaplan SL. In vitro antibiotic synergy against Flavobacterium meningosepticum: implications for therapeutic options. Clin Infect Dis. 1998 May; 26(5):1169-76. PMID: 9597247.
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