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Sherwood Leslie Gorbach (born 1934) is an Emeritus Professor at
Tufts University School of Medicine .
[1] He was editor-in-chief of the journal
Clinical Infectious Diseases from 2000 to 2016.
[2]
Education
He graduated from
Brandeis University in 1955,
[3] and completed his
MD at Tufts University School of Medicine in 1962.
[4]
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (ATCC 53103) is a
strain of
Lactobacillus rhamnosus that was isolated in 1983 from the intestinal tract of a healthy human by Gorbach and Barry Goldin;
[5] the 'GG' derives from the first letters of their surnames.
[6]
Awards
He was awarded the Alexander Fleming Award for Lifetime Achievement from the
Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2007.
[7]
Selected publications
Articles
Books
Gorbach, S. L. (1994).
Intra-abdominal Infections: The Role of Piperacillin/Tazobactam . PharmaLibri.
ISBN
9780919839205 .
Miller, T. L.; Gorbach, S. L. (1999).
Nutritional Aspects of HIV Infection . Arnold.
Baddour, L. M.; Gorbach, S. L., eds. (2003).
Therapy of Infectious Diseases . Saunders.
ISBN
9780721681450 .
[8]
Gorbach, S.; Mylonakis, E. (January 2003).
Treatment Strategies in Infectious Diseases . Pocketmedicine.Com Incorporated.
ISBN
9781931998345 .
Gorbach, S. L.; Bartlett, J. G.; Blacklow, N. R. (2004).
Infectious Diseases (3rd ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
ISBN
9780781733717 .
Falagas, M. E.; Mylonakis, eds. (6 November 2012).
Gorbach's 5-Minute Infectious Diseases Consult (2nd ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
ISBN
9781451154085 .
Wanke, C. L.; Gorbach, S. L., eds. (6 December 2012).
Lipodystrophy Syndrome in HIV . Springer.
ISBN
9781461504719 .
References
^
"Sherwood Leslie Gorbach, MD" .
Tufts University School of Medicine . Retrieved 15 May 2018 .
^
"PAST EDITORS" .
Clinical Infectious Diseases . Retrieved 16 May 2018 .
^
"Repairing the World, Pioneering New Drug" . Brandeis Magazine . Retrieved 16 May 2018 .
^
"Physician honored for pioneering work in infectious disease" . Tufts Journal . Retrieved 15 May 2018 .
^
US 483928 , Gorbach, Sherwood L. & Goldin, Barry R., "Lactobacillus strains and methods of selection", assigned to
New England Medical Centre Inc.
^ Silva M, Jacobus NV, Deneke C, Gorbach SL (August 1987).
"Antimicrobial substance from a human Lactobacillus strain" . Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy . 31 (8): 1231–3.
doi :
10.1128/aac.31.8.1231 .
PMC
174909 .
PMID
3307619 .
^
"Alexander Fleming Award Winners" .
Infectious Diseases Society of America . Retrieved 15 May 2018 .
^ Wormser, Gary P.; Finch, Douglas A. (2004).
"Review of Therapy of Infectious Diseases edited by L. M. Baddour and S. L. Gorbach" . Clinical Infectious Diseases . 38 (4): 598.
doi :
10.1086/381265 .
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