John Quale, MD
Professor of Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Dr. Quale has been affiliated with SUNY Downstate since medical school, and has been an attending physician in Infectious Diseases at NYC H+H/Kings County for over 25 years. He is Professor of Medicine and the hospital epidemiologist at Kings County. His research interests include various topics involving Infection Control & Prevention as well as mechanisms leading to multidrug resistance in Gram negative bacilli.
Research Interests:
Epidemiology and Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance
Current projects:Examining the mechanisms of resistance in multi-drug resistant Gram negative pathogens
Education and Training:- MD: SUNY Downstate
- Residency and Fellowship at SUNY Downstate
Friendly people and endless interesting cases. And the fellows always keep things interesting.
Mailing Address:
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
450 Clarkson Ave, MSC 77
Division of Infectious Diseases
Brooklyn, NY 11203
- Effect of Porins and blaKPC Expression on Activity of Imipenem with Relebactam in Klebsiella pneumoniae: Can Antibiotic Combinations Overcome Resistance?Balabanian G, Rose M, Manning N, Landman D, Quale J.Microb Drug Resist. 2018 May 21. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2018.0065. [Epub ahead of print]PMID:29782237
- In vitro and in vivo activity of single and dual antimicrobial agents against KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae.Nath S, Moussavi F, Abraham D, Landman D, Quale J.J Antimicrob Chemother. 2018 Feb 1;73(2):431-436. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkx419.PMID:29186402
- Activity of Ceftazidime-Avibactam Against Clinical Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Including KPC-Carrying Isolates, Endemic to New York City.Manning N, Balabanian G, Rose M, Landman D, Quale J.Microb Drug Resist. 2018 Jan/Feb;24(1):35-39. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2016.0293. Epub 2017 Jun 7.PMID:28590820
- Rise and fall of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in New York City.Abdallah M, Olafisoye O, Cortes C, Urban C, Landman D, Ghitan M, Collins B, Bratu S, Quale J.J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016 Oct;71(10):2945-8. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkw242. Epub 2016 Jun 26.PMID:27353464
- MRSA Causing Infections in Hospitals in Greater Metropolitan New York: Major Shift in the Dominant Clonal Type between 1996 and 2014.Pardos de la Gandara M, Curry M, Berger J, Burstein D, Della-Latta P, Kopetz V, Quale J, Spitzer E, Tan R, Urban C, Wang G, Whittier S, de Lencastre H, Tomasz A.PLoS One. 2016 Jun 7;11(6):e0156924. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156924. eCollection 2016.PMID:27272665