A. Krishna Rao, M.D., M.S.
University of Michigan
Dr. Rao attended medical school at Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois, and completed his internal medicine residency and fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of Michigan. Rao’s clinical, administrative and research interests include diagnosing and managing healthcare-associated infections, especially Clostridium difficile infection. His clinical work includes managing the University of Michigan Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (stool transplant) program for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, a program he co-founded.
His primary research goal is to investigate how biochemical, microbiological and clinical factors can help clinical decision-making in healthcare-associated infections, and he hopes to integrate these factors into robust risk-prediction algorithms for clinicians ultimately. He is currently funded by the NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on studies pertaining to C. difficile infection, the effect of antibiotics on the gut microbiota and infections from Gram-negative bacteria, including multi-drug resistant organisms, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae.
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His primary research goal is to investigate how biochemical, microbiological and clinical factors can help clinical decision-making in healthcare-associated infections, and he hopes to integrate these factors into robust risk-prediction algorithms for clinicians ultimately. He is currently funded by the NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on studies pertaining to C. difficile infection, the effect of antibiotics on the gut microbiota and infections from Gram-negative bacteria, including multi-drug resistant organisms, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae.
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