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P. Joan Chesney, MD

P. Joan Chesney, MD

Member, St. Jude Faculty
Vice President and Director, Clinical Education & Training Office, Infectious Diseases

Departments

Infectious Diseases

Divisions

Clinical Education & Training Office

Contact Information

P. Joan Chesney, MD
Clinical Education & Training Office
MS 277, Room C7010
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Email: joan.chesney@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-3713
FAX: (901) 595-4651

Education

MD - McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Research Interests

  • Pediatric infectious diseases
  • Pneumococcal infections
  • Bacterial pathogenesis

Selected Publications

Arnold S, Chesney PJ. Chapter: Pneumococcal Infections. Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics 2009 (in press).

Chesney PJ, Co-author; Three Chapter Revisions. 3rd Edition: Long SS, Prober CG, and Pickering LK.  Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2008.

Leslie LK, Newman TB, Chesney PJ, Perrin JM. The Food and Drug Administration’s Deliberations on Antidepressant use in Pediatric Patients. Pediatrics 116;195-204, 2005.

Rodriguez CA, Atkinson R, Bitar W, Whitney CG, Edwards KM, Mitchell L, Li J, Sublett J, Li C-S, Liu T, Chesney PJ, Tuomanen EI. Vancomycin tolerance in pneumococci: Detection with a molecular marker and assessment of clinical impact. J Infect Dis 2005 (in press).

Chesney PJ.  Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: Pediatrics in Review 23:300-309, 2002.

Heffelfinger JD, Dowell SF, Jorgensen JH, et al. Management of community-acquired pneumonia in the era of pneumococcal resistance: A report from the drug-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae therapeutic working group. Arch Intern Med 160:1399-1408, 2000.

Tutor JD, Chesney PJ. Chylothorax associated with histoplasmosis in a child.  Ped Infect Dis J 19(3):262-263, 2000.

McCullers JA, Facchini S, Chesney PJ, Webster RG. Influenza B Encephalitis. Clin Infect Dis 28:898-900, 1999.

Dowell SF, Butler JC, Glebink GS, et al. Acute otitis media: management and surveillance in an era of pneumococcal resistance-a report from the Drug Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Therapeutic Working Group. Ped Infect Dis J 18:1-9, 1999.

Chesney PJ, Burgess IF. Louse infestations, resistance and considerations for treatment. Contemp Pediatrics 15:181-192, 1998.

Chesney PJ. Staphylococcal toxic-shock syndrome: In pursuit of needed answers: In European Conference on Toxic-Shock Syndrome. International Congress and Symposium Series 229, Proceedings of a Symposium. Edited by J. Arbuthnott and B Furman; The Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd., London UK. P. 9-14, 1998.

Principal author: Therapy for children with invasive pneumococcal infections. Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatrics 99:289-299, 1997.

Daw NC, Wilimas JA, Wang WC, Presbury GJ, Joyner RE, Harris SC, Davis Y, Chen G, Chesney PJ: Nasopharyngeal carriage of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with sickle cell disease. Pediatrics 99(4), 1997.

English BK and Chesney PJ. Infections caused by drug-resistant pneumococci, enterococci, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Ped Annals 25(9);502-510, 1996.

Chesney PJ. Should you change otitis media management? Ped Prim Care 9:45-46, 1995.

Chesney PJ, Davis Y, English BK, Wang WC: Occurrence of Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis during vancomycin and cefotaxime therapy of septicemia in a patient with sickle cell disease. Ped Infect Dis J 14:1013-1015, 1995.

Abassi SP, Chesney PJ. Pulmonary manifestations of cat scratch disease: A case report and review of the literature. Ped Infect Dis J 14:547-548, 1995.

Chesney PJ, Wilimas JA, Presbury G, Abbasi S, Leggiadro, RJ, Davis Y, SW, Schutze GE, Wang WC. Penicillin and cephalosporin-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing sepsis and meningitis in children with sickle cell disease. J Ped 127:526-32, 1995.

Geunes PM, Brooks JH, Huttula CS, Chesney PJ. Staphylococcus aureus cellulitis: An unusual presentation. Clin Ped (Phila) 33:319-20, 1994.

Chesney PJ: Cervical Adenopathy. Ped Rev 15:276-285, 1994.

Leggiadro RJ, Barrett, FF, Chesney PJ, Davis Y, Tenover FC. Invasive pneumococci with high-level penicillin and cephalosporin resistance at a mid-south children's hospital. Ped Infect Dis J 13:320-322, 1994.

Robertson KR, James DH, Chesney PJ and Leggiadro RJ. Miliary pulmonary histoplasmosis in a normal child. Arch Ped Adol Med 148:833-834, 1994.

Wilimas J, Wang W, Equiquren J, Chesney PJ, Flynn P, Day S. A randomized study of outpatient treatment with ceftriaxone for selected febrile children with sickle cell disease. N Engl J Med 329:472-476, 1993.

Sloas M, Barrett F, Chesney PJ, English B, Hill B, Tenover F, Leggiadro R. Cephalosporin treatment failure in penicillin and cephalosporin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis. Ped Infect Dis J 11:662-6, 1992.

Chesney PJ. Editorial: The escalating problem of antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae. American J Dis Child 146:912-916, 1992.

McGowan JE, Chesney PJ, Crossley KB, LaForce FM. Guidelines for the use of systemic glucocorticosteroids in the management of selected infections. J Infect Dis 165:1-3, 1992.

Chesney PJ. New concepts for antimicrobial use in opportunistic infections. Sem Ped Infect Dis 2:67-73, 1991.

Sixbey JW, Shirley P, Chesney PJ, Buntin DM, Resnick L. Detection of a second widespread strain of Epstein-Barr virus. Lancet 11:761-765, 1989.

Chesney PJ, Chesney RW. Editorial: Hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy: Reflections about a new devasting disorder that affects normal children. J Pediatrics 114:254-256, 1989.

Chesney PJ. Clinical aspects and spectrum of illness of TSS: Overview. Reviews of Infectious Diseases 11:(Suppl. 1):S1-S7, 1989.

Chesney PJ, Crosson FJ. The problem of AIDS in children; An Informational Bulletin of the Infectious Disease Committee, California Chapter 1, of the American Academy of Pediatrics: in Chapter 1 News Update VII (2):February, 1987.

Last update: June 2009

 

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