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Pathology

Houston, Texas

Department of Pathology
Pathology
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Faculty

Charles E. Stager, Ph.D. Associate Professor

Charles E. Stager

Education

  1. Ph.D., The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Galveston, Texas

Post-doctoral Training

  1. Public Health and Clinical Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1976

Area of Interest

  1. Diplomate by the American Board of Medical Microbiology, 1976

  2. Clinical Microbiology

  3. Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Diagnostics

  4. Rapid methods for detection and identification of microbes

Current Position

  1. Director of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Diagnostics, Ben Taub General Hospital and Michael E. DeBakey, Veterans Administration Hospital

Membership on professional organizations

  1. American Society for Microbiology

  2. Southwest Association of Clinical Microbiology

  3. Houston Society of Clinical Pathologists

Representative Publications

  1. Greenberg, B.M., Atmar, R.L., Stager, C.E. and Greenberg, S.B.: Bacteremia in the elderly: predictors of outcome in an urban teaching hospital. Journal of Infection, 2004; 50:288-295

  2. Werch, J.B., Mhawech, P., Stager, C.E., Banez, E.I. and Lichtiger, B: Detecting bacteria in platelet concentrates by use of reagent strips. Transfusion, 2002; 42:1027-1031

  3. Ramswamy, S.V., Amin, A.G., Goksel, S., Stager, C.E., Shu-Jun Dou, El Sahly, H., Moghazeh, S.L., Kreiswirth, B.N. and Musser, J.M.: Molecular genetic analysis of nucleotide polymorphisms associated with ethambutol resistance in human isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2000; 44:326-336

  4. Garcia-Prats, J.A., Cooper, T.R., Schneider, V.F., Stager, C.E. and Hansen, T.N.: Rapid detection of microorganisms in blood cultures of newborn infants utilizing an automated blood culture system. Pediatrics, 2000; 105:523-527