Nathan Ledeboer, Ph.D.
414-805-7556
Dr. Ledeboer received his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Iowa after which he completed a clinical fellowship in Clinical Microbiology at Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He joined the Department of Pathology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2007 as an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Director of Clinical Microbiology for Dynacare Laboratories and Froedtert Hospital. Dr. Ledeboer's area of patient care emphasis include: Virology, Molecular Pathology, Mycology, and Clinical Microbiology.
Dr. Ledeboer's investigative activities involve the rapid diagnosis of infections. The infectious agents of choice are those for which existing methods are inadequate, either because the agent cannot be cultivated or because current diagnostic methods are too slow or insufficiently sensitive. The emphasis is on viral and fungal agents. Dr. Ledeboer is also involved in a multi-center study investigating improved fungal diagnostics.
Publications:
Ledeboer, N.A., Frye, J.G., Porwollik, S., McClelland, M., and Jones, B.D Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium requires the Lpf, Pef, and Tafi Fimbriae for biofilm formation on HEp-2 tissue culture cells and chicken intestinal epithelium. Infection and Immunity 2006;74(6):3156-3169.
Daly, M.W., Riddle, D., Ledeboer, N.A., Dunne, W.M., and Ritchie D. Successful Use of Tigecycline for Treatment of Pneumonia and Empyema Caused by Carbapenemase (KPC) Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. Pharmacotherapy 2007; 27(7):1052-1057.
Ledeboer, N.A., Das, K., Eveland, M., Roger-Dalbert, C., Mailler, S., Chatellier, S., and Dunne, W.M. Evaluation of a Novel Chromogenic Agar Medium for Isolation and Differentiation of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis. J Clin Microbiol. 2007;45(5):1556-60.
Ledeboer, N.A., Tibbetts, R.J., and Dunne, W.M. A New Chromogenic Agar Medium, ChromID VRE, to Screen for Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecium and faecalis. Manuscript in Press, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.