AnkitaPatel(Patel)DesaiMD

Pediatric Infectious Disease • Cleveland, OH

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve Univ Sch of Med

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Office
UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
11100 Euclid Ave Department of Pediatrics-Infectious Disease
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone+1 216-844-7700

Fax+1 216-844-8362
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Education & Training

Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2010 - 2013
Children's National Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2006 - 2009
Northeast Ohio Medical UniversityClass of 2006

Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 2013 - 2025
IL State Medical License 2009 - 2011
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Inpatient allergy delabeling of pediatric patients with low-risk penicillin allergy status through direct oral amoxicillin challenge.
Lim, P., Moore, L., Minich, N., Wessell, K., Desai, A.> ;Allergy and Asthma Proceedings. 2024 Jan 1
34 citations
Severe COVID-19 outcomes in pediatrics: An observational cohort analysis comparing Alpha, Delta, and Omicron variants.
Amit Bahl, Nicholas Mielke, Steven Johnson, Ankita Desai, Lihua Qu> ;Lancet Regional Health. Americas. 2023 Feb 1
The Brief Case: the Boy Who Cried Worm.
Ankita P Desai, Sree S Cherian, David C Nguyen> ;Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2023 Jan 26
14 citations
Clinical Characteristics and Etiology of Community-acquired Pneumonia in US Children, 2015-2018.
Ki Wook Yun, Rebecca Wallihan, Ankita Desai, Sherman Alter, Lilliam Ambroggio, Daniel M Cohen, Ossama El-Assal, Sarah Marzec, Todd A Florin, Meghan Keaton, Samir S Sha...> ;The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2022 May 1
2 citations
Determining the Clinical Utility of 16S rRNA Sequencing in the Management of Culture-Negative Pediatric Infections.
Peter Paul C Lim, Lisa M Stempak, Sindhoosha Malay, LeAnne N Moore, Sree Sarah S Cherian, Ankita P Desai> ;Antibiotics. 2022 Jan 26
20 citations
Vitamin K & D Deficiencies Are Independently Associated With COVID-19 Disease Severity.
Ankita P Desai, Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo, Jared Durieux, Heather Tribout, Danielle Labbato, Grace A. McComsey> ;Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2021 Oct 1
88 citations
Decline in Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Vaccine Serotypes After the Introduction of the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Children in Atlanta, Geo...
Ankita Patel Desai, Dolly Sharma, Emily K. Crispell, Wendy Baughman, Stepy Thomas, Amy Tunali, Logan K. Sherwood, April Zmitrovich, Robert C. Jerris, Sarah W. Satola, ...> ;The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2015 Nov 1
31 citations
Use of matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation–time of flight mass spectrometry in a paediatric clinical laboratory for identification of bacteria commonly isolate...
Ankita Patel Desai, Theresa Stanley, Maria Atuan, Jonelle McKey, John J. LiPuma, Beverly Barton Rogers, Robert C. Jerris> ;Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2012 Sep 1
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Hospital Affiliations

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland, Ohio
UH Rainbow Babies and Childrens HospitalCleveland, Ohio