Kenneth Patrick Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Assistant Director, Infectious Disease Diagnostics Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Infectious Disease Diagnostics Laboratory
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
5th Floor, Main Building, Room 5132
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Infectious Disease Diagnostics Laboratory
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
5th Floor, Main Building, Room 5132
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Biology)
Westfield State University, 2007.
MS (Biology)
Eastern New Mexico University, 2010.
PhD (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)
University of Vermont, 2015.
Permanent linkBS (Biology)
Westfield State University, 2007.
MS (Biology)
Eastern New Mexico University, 2010.
PhD (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)
University of Vermont, 2015.
Selected Publications
Kang YS, Silva SC, Smith KP, Sumida K, Wang Y, Chiaraviglio L, Donthiri RR, Aljahdali AZ, Kirby JE, and O'Doherty GA: Exploration of the Fusidic Acid Structure Activity Space for Antibiotic Activity. Molecules January 2025.Regan B, Spiegel D, Smith KP, Goodbody C, Baldwin KD: Low Prevalence of Anaerobic Bacteria in Pediatric Septic Arthritis Makes Obtaining Anaerobic Cultures of Questionable Value. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Accepted, Nov 2024.
Yoon H, Meyahnwi D, Chiotos K, Dunn M, Green R, Ku B, Mutucumarana C, Overland M, Polsky T, Sharer G, Smith KP, Swami SK, and Same R: Identifying Opportunities for Urine Culture Diagnostic Stewardship in a Pediatric Health System. ID Week, Los Angeles CA 2024 Oct 2024.
Musa AO, Faber SR, Forrest K, Smith KP, Sengupta S, and López CB : Identification of Distinct Genotypes in Circulating RSV A Strains Based on Variants in the Virus Replication-associated Genes. Journal of Virology July 2024.
Regan M, Spiegel D, Smith KP, and Baldwin K: Low Prevalence of Anaerobic Bacteria in Pediatric Septic Arthritis Makes Obtaining Anaerobic Cultures of Questionable Value. Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America 2024 Annual Meeting May 2024.
Proaño A, Chan J, Galchen GC, Ahsan MU, Gilman RH, Smith KP, Wang K, Flannery DD, CMV Working Group in the Americas: Neonatal cytomegalovirus characterization using nanopore sequencing: a novel approach. Eastern Society for Pediatric Research March 2024.
Dowling J., Werz D., Smith K.P., Harris R.M., Smathers S., Harrison-Long C., Sammons J., and Hayes E.: Persistent Increased Invasive Pediatric Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus) Infections with Correlated Increase in Superficial Infection and Pharyngitis. ID Week, Boston MA 2023 October 2023.
Smith K.P. and Harris R.M.: Listeria and Erysipelothrix. Manual of Clinical Microbiology. McAdam A., Nagy E., Carroll K.C., Pfaller M.A. (eds.). Sept 2023.
Smith, K.P.: Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Microbiology. Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Practice. Krittanawong, C. (eds.). Elsevier, Page: 47-50, Sept 2023.
Morgan CE, Kang Y-S, Green AB, Smith KP, Dowgiallo MG, Miller BC, Chiaraviglio L, Truelson KA, Zulauf KE, Rodriguez S, Kang AD, Manetsch R, Yu EW, and Kirby JE : Streptothricin F is a bactericidal antibiotic effective against highly drug resistant gram negative bacteria that interacts with the 30S subunit of the 70S ribosome. PLoS Biology 21: e3002091, May 2023.