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Brian Wispelwey

Brian Wispelwey

William S. Jordan, Jr. Professor of Epidemiology in Medicine, Medicine- Infectious Diseases and International Health

Primary Location
PO Box 800592
Barringer, 2411
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Primary Phone Number
Fax Number
434.982.4007

Bio & Overview

AIDS, Immunocompromised host, CNS infections

Academic Information

Department
Medicine- Infectious Diseases and International Health
Academic Title
Professor

Primary Education

  • BS, Calvin College, 1976
  • Clinical Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, University of Virginianull
  • MS, Purdue University, 1978
  • MD, New Jersey Medical School, 1982
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, New England Deaconess Hospital (Harvard Universitynull

Research Interests

AIDS, Immunocompromised host, CNS infections

Selected Publications

2022

Lau, G., Dougherty, S. C., Friedman, L., & Wispelwey, B. (2022). Extreme hyperferritinemia without associated HLH in a patient with T-cell lymphoma. CLINICAL CASE REPORTS, 10(11). doi:10.1002/ccr3.6562

2021

Walsh, L. F., Sherbuk, J. E., & Wispelwey, B. (2021). Pneumococcal induced thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with features of purpura fulminans. BMJ CASE REPORTS, 14(1). doi:10.1136/bcr-2020-235580

2020

Hodges, J., Matsumoto, J., Jaeger, N., & Wispelwey, B. (2020). Gradenigo's Syndrome and Bacterial Meningitis in a Patient with a Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granuloma. CASE REPORTS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2020. doi:10.1155/2020/8822053

2019

Madden, G. R., Fleece, M. E., Gupta, A., Lopes, M. B. S., Heysell, S. K., Arnold, C. J., & Wispelwey, B. (2019). HIV-Associated Vacuolar Encephalomyelopathy. OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 6(10). doi:10.1093/ofid/ofz366

2018

Gray, M. E., Liu, P. W., & Wispelwey, B. (2018). Mycobacterium Avium complex vertebral osteomyelitis in the absence of HIV infection: a case report and review. BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 18. doi:10.1186/s12879-018-3143-4

2017

Ebers, A. M., Alkabab, Y., Wispelwey, B., Dillingham, R., Wang, X. -Q., Schexnayder, J., & Heysell, S. K. (2017). Efficacy of raltegravir, etravirine and darunavir/ritonavir for treatment-experienced HIV patients from a non-urban clinic population in the United States. THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 4(5), 135-142. doi:10.1177/2049936117718101

Gray, M. E., Wispelwey, B., & Arnold, C. J. (2017). Short-Lasting Unilateral Neuralgiform Headache Attacks with Conjunctival Injection and Tearing in a Patient with Varicella-Zoster Virus Encephalomyelitis. CASE REPORTS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2017. doi:10.1155/2017/8928017

2016

Pizzo, K., Arnold, C., & Wispelwey, B. (2017). Actinomyces neuii Causing Vertebral Osteomyelitis. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES, 353(4), 407-410. doi:10.1016/j.amjms.2016.08.017

Millard, M. A., McManus, K. A., & Wispelwey, B. (2016). Severe Sepsis due to Clostridium perfringens Bacteremia of Urinary Origin: A Case Report and Systematic Review. CASE REPORTS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2016. doi:10.1155/2016/2981729

2013

Huang, J. C., Gold, S., McManus, K. A., & Wispelwey, B. (2013). Case report: Rhabdomyolysis in the setting of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 02(03), 198-202. doi:10.4236/crcm.2013.23054

2012

Heysell, S. K., & Wispelwey, B. (2012). Perianal Plaques of Cytomegalovirus in a Patient with Central Nervous System Lymphoma. CASE REPORTS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/948530

2011

Pawlowski, S. W., Moore, C. C., & Wispelwey, B. (2011). Persistent Hiccups Due to Fixed-Dose Tenofovir and Emtricitabine. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 19(5), 354-356. doi:10.1097/ipc.0b013e3181f5eab1

2010

Kaye, K. S., Auwaerter, P., Bosso, J. A., Dean, N. C., Doern, G. V., Kays, M. B., . . . Wispelwey, B. (2010). Strategies to Address Appropriate Fluoroquinolone Use in the Hospital. Hospital Pharmacy, 45(11), 844-853. doi:10.1310/hpj4511-844

Wispelwey, B., & Schafer, K. R. (2010). Fluoroquinolones in the management of community-acquired pneumonia in primary care. EXPERT REVIEW OF ANTI-INFECTIVE THERAPY, 8(11), 1259-1271. doi:10.1586/ERI.10.110

Sifri, C. D., Sun, H. -Y., Cacciarelli, T. V., Wispelwey, B., Pruett, T. L., & Singh, N. (2010). Pretransplant Cryptococcosis and Outcome After Liver Transplantation. LIVER TRANSPLANTATION, 16(4), 499-502. doi:10.1002/lt.22024