Dr. Petros C. Karakousis

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Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Assistant Professor

Mailing Address

1550 Orleans Street
Room 106
Baltimore, Maryland 21231
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (410) 502-8233
Fax: (410) 614-8173
petros@jhmi.edu

Qualifications

Washington University School o, School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, 1998.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Classical Greek Language Or Literature, Health and Medicine, Infectious Diseases Or Agents, Microbial Pathogenesis, Pathogenesis, Tuberculosis.

Additional Terms:

Dormancy, Latency, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Pathogenesis.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Greek: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Spanish: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
German: (Basic, Basic, Functional)
Russian: (Basic, Basic, Basic)

Memberships

American College of Physicians
American Society of Microbiology
American Thoracic Society
Infectious Diseases Society of America

Publications

  • Karakousis PC, Sifakis FG, de Oca RM, Amorosa VC, Page KR, Manabe YC, Campbell JD (2007) U.S. medical resident familiarity with national tuberculosis guidelines, BMC Infect Dis, 7, 89
  • Jain SK, Hernandez-Abanto SM, Cheng QJ, Singh P, Ly LH, Klinkenberg LG, Morrison NE, Converse PJ, Nuermberger EL, Grosset J, McMurray DN, Karakousis PC, Lamichhane G, Bishai WR (2007) Accelerated detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes essential for bacterial survival in guinea pigs, compared with mice, J Infect Dis, 195 (11), 1634-42
  • Williams EP, Lee JH, Bishai WR, Colantuoni C, Karakousis PC (2007) Mycobacterium tuberculosis SigF regulates genes encoding cell wall-associated proteins and directly regulates the transcriptional regulatory gene phoY1, J Bacteriol, 189 (11), 4234-42
  • Karakousis PC, Magill SS, Gupta A (2007) Paraplegia caused by invasive spinal aspergillosis, Neurology, 68 (2), 158
  • Brastianos PK, Swanson JW, Torbenson M, Sperati J, Karakousis PC (2006) Tuberculosis-associated haemophagocytic syndrome, Lancet Infect Dis, 6 (7), 447-54
  • Karakousis PC, Trucksis M, Dumler JS (2006) Chronic Q fever in the United States, J Clin Microbiol., 44 (6), 2283-7
  • Karakousis PC, Moore RD, Chaisson RE (Sep 2004) Mycobacterium avium complex in patients with HIV infection in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 4 (9), 557-65
  • Karakousis PC, Yoshimatsu T, Lamichhane G, Woolwine SC, Nuermberger EL, Grosset J, Bishai WR (Sep 2004) Dormancy phenotype displayed by extracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis within artificial granulomas in mice, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, 200 (5), 647-57
  • Coppola AG, Karakousis PC, Metz DC, Go MF, Mhokashi M, Howden CW, Raufman JP, Sharma VK (Sep 2004) Hepatitis C knowledge among primary care residents: is our teaching adequate for the times?, The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 99 (9), 1720-5
  • Karakousis PC, Bishai WR, Dorman SE (Feb 2004) Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell envelope lipids and the host immune response, Cellular Microbiology, 6 (2), 105-16
  • Karakousis PC, Page KR, Bishai WR ( Jan 2004) From the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) meeting - important new findings in HIV treatment and pathogenesis, 2003., , , 2-3 pages Abstract
  • Page KR, Karakousis PC, Maslow JN (2003) Postoperative pneumococcal cellulitis in systemic lupus erythematosus, Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 35 (2), 141-3
  • Karakousis PC, Lee MS, Grostern RJ, Nichols CW (Apr 2002) The role of conjunctival biopsy in the diagnosis of Wegener's granulomatosis: a case report, Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. Journal Canadien D'ophtalmologie, 37 (3), 179-81
  • Karakousis PC, Page KR, Varello MA, Howlett PJ, Stieritz DD (Nov 2001) Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome after infection with group A streptococcus, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 76 (11), 1167-70
  • Karakousis PC, Tomaszewski JE (Oct 2001) Ulcerating subcutaneous nodules and advanced renal failure: is it time for a new liver?, Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation : Official Publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 16 (10), 2095-6
  • Karakousis PC, John SK, Behling KC, Surace EM, Smith JE, Hendrickson A, Tang WX, Bennett J, Milam AH (Jun 2001) Localization of pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) in developing and adult human ocular tissues, Molecular Vision [electronic Resource], 7, 154-63
  • Canning BJ, Undem BJ, Karakousis PC, Dey RD (Nov 1996) Effects of organotypic culture on parasympathetic innervation of guinea pig trachealis, The American Journal of Physiology, 271 (5 Pt 1), L698-706

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