Kenneth Patrick Smith, Ph.D.

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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
Education:
BS (Biology)
Westfield State University, 2007.
MS (Biology)
Eastern New Mexico University, 2010.
PhD (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)
University of Vermont, 2015.
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Selected Publications

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.

Kitt E, Yoon H, Comar CE, Smith KP, Harris RM, Esona MD, Gautam R, Mijatovic-Rustempasic S, Hopkins A, Jaimes J, and Handy LK: Genotypic Investigation of a Rotavirus Cluster at a Quaternary Pediatric Hospital. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Jan 2023.

Yoon H, Kitt E, Smith KP, Comar C, Harris RM, Hopkins A, Jaimes J, Rustempasic SM, Gautam R, Esona MD, Handy L: Genotypic Investigation of a Rotavirus Cluster at a Pediatric Hospital in 2022. ID Week, Washington DC 2022 Oct 2022.

Rodino K.G., Smith K.P., Pettengill M.A.: Novel assays for molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2. Clinics in Laboratory Medicine 42: 299-307, Jun 2022.

Dowgiallo M., Miller B., Kassu M., Smith K.P., Fetigan A., Guo J., Kirby J.E., and Manetsch R.: The convergent total synthesis and antibacterial profile of the natural product streptothricin F. Chemical Science 13: 3447-3453 Feb 2022.

Arnaout R, Lee RA, Lee GR, Callahan C, Cheng A, Yen CF, Smith KP, Arora R, Kirby JE: The Limit of Detection Matters: The Case for Benchmarking Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Testing. Clinical Infectious Diseases 73(9): e3046, Nov 2021.

Kim C, Kassu M, Smith KP, Kirby JE, Manetsch R: Pyrazole-Thiazole Core-Containing Analogs Exhibit Adjunctive Activity with Meropenem against Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). ChemMedChem 16(18): 2775-2780, Sep 2021.

Kenneth P. Smith : A Brief History of Tuberculosis Diagnostics. American Society for Microbiology Bugs and Drugs Blog Mar 2021.

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Last updated: 09/13/2023
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