Henry Chambers, MD

Professor

Dr. Chambers clinical and research interests are antimicrobial drug resistance, staphylococcal infections, experimental therapeutics, and epidemiology and pathogenesis of disease caused by Staphylococcus aureus. He is editor for the Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy and he has over 200 original publications and textbook chapters in the areas of drug resistance, endocarditis, bacterial infections, and staphylococcal diseases.

Dr. Chambers received his BA from Centre College in Kentucky and is a graduate of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He trained in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Chambers has been a member of the medical faculty of the UCSF since 1983 where he currently is Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Clinical Research Services for CTSI. He is an editor for Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, a reviewer for numerous medical publications, a peer reviewer for NIH study sections.
Education
B.A., - , Centre College Kentucky
Residency, - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
M.D., - School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University
Publications

  1. Chambers HF, Zhang S, Evans S. Duke Infective Endocarditis Criteria 3.0 for the Clinician: Defining What Is Possible. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2024. PMID: 38330224


  2. Lai L-Y, Satishkumar N, Cardozo S, Hemmadi V, Marques LB, Huang L, Filipe SR, Pinho MG, Chambers HF, Chatterjee SS. Altered PBP4 and GdpP functions synergistically mediate MRSA-like high-level, broad-spectrum β-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. mBio 2024. PMID: 38530033


  3. Minter DJ, Appa A, Chambers HF, Doernberg SB. The positioning of ceftobiprole in the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2024. PMID: 38466317


  4. Howard-Anderson J, Hamasaki T, Dai W, Collyar D, Rubin D, Nambiar S, Kinamon T, Leister-Tebbe H, Hill C, Geres H, Holland TL, Doernberg SB, Chambers HF, Fowler VG, Evans SR, Boucher HW. Moving beyond mortality: Development and Application of a Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR) Endpoint for Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023. PMID: 37740559


  5. Ersoy SC, Proctor RA, Rose WE, Abdelhady W, Fan S-H, Madrigal SL, Elsayed AM, Chambers HF, Sobral RG, Bayer AS. Sensitizing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to cefuroxime: the synergic effect of bicarbonate and the wall teichoic acid inhibitor ticlopidine. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2024. PMID: 38349162


  6. Iovleva A, McElheny CL, Fowler EL, Cober E, Herc ES, Arias CA, Hill C, Baum K, Fowler VG, Chambers HF, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Patel R, van Duin D, Bonomo RA, Doi Y. In vitro activity of sulbactam-durlobactam against colistin-resistant and/or cefiderocol-non-susceptible, carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii collected in U.S. hospitals. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2024. PMID: 38289078


  7. Minter DJ, Appa A, Chambers HF, Doernberg SB. Contemporary Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia-Controversies in Clinical Practice. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023. PMID: 37950887


  8. Minter DJ, Appa A, Chambers HF, Doernberg SB. Executive Summary: State-of-The-Art Review: Contemporary Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: Controversies in Clinical Practice. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023. PMID: 38031168


  9. Lai LY, Satishkumar N, Cardozo S, Hemmadi V, Marques LB, Huang L, Filipe SR, Pinho MG, Chambers HF, Chatterjee SS. Altered PBP4 and GdpP functions synergistically mediate MRSA-like high-level, broad-spectrum β-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023. PMID: 37961375


  11. Chambers HF, Cross HR, Souli M, Evans SR, Patel R, Fowler VG, Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group. The Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group: Scientific Advancements and Future Directions. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023. PMID: 37843121


  12. Fan SH, Proctor RA, Ersoy SC, Manna AC, Cheung AL, Götz F, Chambers HF, Bayer AS. Role of the NaHCO3 Transporter MpsABC in the NaHCO3-β-Lactam-Responsive Phenotype in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology spectrum 2023. PMID: 37102972


  13. Howard-Anderson J, Hamasaki T, Dai W, Collyar D, Rubin D, Nambiar S, Kinamon T, Hill C, Gelone SP, Mariano D, Baba T, Holland TL, Doernberg SB, Chambers HF, Fowler VG, Evans SR, Boucher HW. Improving Traditional Registrational Trial Endpoints: Development and Application of a Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR) Endpoint for Complicated Urinary Tract Infection Clinical Trials. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022. PMID: 36031403


  14. Alexander JAN, Worrall LJ, Hu J, Vuckovic M, Satishkumar N, Poon R, Sobhanifar S, Rosell FI, Jenkins J, Chiang D, Mosimann WA, Chambers HF, Paetzel M, Chatterjee SS, Strynadka NCJ. Structural basis of broad-spectrum �-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Nature 2023. PMID: 36599987


  15. Lodise TP, O'Donnell JN, Balevic S, Liu X, Gu K, George J, Raja S, Guptill JT, Zaharoff S, Schwager N, Fowler VG, Wall A, Wiegand K, Chambers HF, Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group. Pharmacokinetics of Ceftazidime-Avibactam in Combination with Aztreonam (COMBINE) in a Phase 1, Open-Label Study of Healthy Adults. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2022. PMID: 36394326


  16. Lodise TP, O'Donnell JN, Raja S, Guptill JT, Zaharoff S, Schwager N, Fowler VG, Beresnev T, Wall A, Wiegand K, Serti Chrisos E, Balevic S, Chambers HF, Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group. Safety of Ceftazidime-Avibactam in Combination with Aztreonam (COMBINE) in a Phase I, Open-Label Study in Healthy Adult Volunteers. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2022. PMID: 36394316


  17. Ersoy SC, Gon?alves B, Cavaco G, Manna AC, Sobral RG, Nast CC, Proctor RA, Chambers HF, Cheung A, Bayer AS. Influence of Sodium Bicarbonate on Wall Teichoic Acid Synthesis and �-Lactam Sensitization in NaHCO3-Responsive and Nonresponsive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology spectrum 2022. PMID: 36377886


  18. Chambers HF, Fowler VG, Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group. Confronting antimicrobial resistance together. American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology 2022. PMID: 36193938


  19. Ersoy SC, Manna AC, Proctor RA, Chambers HF, Harrison EM, Bayer AS, Cheung A. The NaHCO3-Responsive Phenotype in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Is Influenced by mecA Genotype. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2022. PMID: 35575577


  20. Howard-Anderson J, Dai W, Yahav D, Hamasaki T, Turjeman A, Koppel F, Franceschini E, Hill C, Sund Z, Chambers HF, Fowler VG, Boucher HW, Evans SR, Paul M, Holland TL, Doernberg SB. A Desirability of Outcome Ranking Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Seven Versus Fourteen Days of Antibiotics for Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infection. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2022. PMID: 35615299


  21. Appa A, Adamo M, Le S, Davis J, Winston L, Doernberg SB, Chambers H, Martin M, Hills NK, Coffin PO, Jain V. Comparative one-year outcomes of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections among persons with and without drug use: an observational cohort study. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021. PMID: 33904900


  22. Lodise TP, Scheetz M, Carreno JJ, Chambers H, Fowler V, Holland TL. Associations Between Vancomycin Exposure and Acute Kidney Injury Within the Recommended Area Under the Curve Therapeutic Exposure Range Among Patients With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2022. PMID: 35079599


  23. Poon R, Basuino L, Satishkumar N, Chatterjee A, Mukkayyan N, Buggeln E, Huang L, Nair V, Argudín MA, Datta SK, Chambers HF, Chatterjee SS. Loss of GdpP function in Staphylococcus aureus leads to β-lactam tolerance and enhanced evolution of β-lactam resistance. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2021. PMID: 34843389


  24. Ersoy SC, Hanson BM, Proctor RA, Arias CA, Tran TT, Chambers HF, Bayer AS. Impact of Bicarbonate-β-Lactam Exposures on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Gene Expression in Bicarbonate-β-Lactam-Responsive vs. Non-Responsive Strains. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2021. PMID: 34828256


  25. Chowdhury J, Patel R, Chambers H. Oral versus Intravenous Antibiotics for Endocarditis. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2021. PMID: 34525290


  26. Ersoy SC, Rose WE, Patel R, Proctor RA, Chambers HF, Harrison EM, Pak Y, Bayer AS. A Combined Phenotypic-Genotypic Predictive Algorithm for In Vitro Detection of Bicarbonate: β-Lactam Sensitization among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) 2021. PMID: 34572671


  27. Appa A, Adamo M, Le S, Davis J, Winston L, Doernberg SB, Chambers H, Martin M, Hills NK, Coffin P, Jain V. Patient-Directed Discharges Among Persons Who Use Drugs Hospitalized with Invasive S. aureus Infections: Opportunities for Improvement. The American journal of medicine 2021. PMID: 34508704


  28. . Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group 2.0 - Back to Business. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021. PMID: 33588438


  31. Chambers HF. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Infectious disease clinics of North America 2021. PMID: 33494875


  32. Spinelli MA, Glidden DV, Gennatas ED, Bielecki M, Beyrer C, Rutherford G, Chambers H, Goosby E, Gandhi M. Importance of non-pharmaceutical interventions in lowering the viral inoculum to reduce susceptibility to infection by SARS-CoV-2 and potentially disease severity. The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2021. PMID: 33631099


  33. Chambers HF. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Persons Who Inject Drugs. Infectious disease clinics of North America 2020. PMID: 33303334


  34. Chambers HF. Rifabutin to the Rescue? The Journal of infectious diseases 2020. PMID: 32914842


  35. Chambers HF, Bayer AS. Native-Valve Infective Endocarditis. The New England journal of medicine 2020. PMID: 32757525


  37. Alexander JAN, Radaeva M, King DT, Chambers HF, Cherkasov A, Chatterjee SS, Strynadka NCJ. -Structural analysis of avibactam-mediated activation of the bla and mec divergons in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The Journal of biological chemistry 2020. PMID: 32518158


  38. Ersoy SC, Otmishi M, Milan VT, Li L, Pak Y, Mediavilla J, Chen L, Kreiswirth B, Chambers HF, Proctor RA, Xiong YQ, Fowler VG, Bayer AS. Scope and Predictive Genetic/Phenotypic Signatures of 'Bicarbonate [NaHCO3]-Responsiveness' and ß-Lactam Sensitization Among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2020. PMID: 32041719


  39. Lodise TP, Rosenkranz SL, Finnemeyer M, Evans S, Sims M, Zervos MJ, Creech CB, Patel PC, Keefer M, Riska P, Silveira FP, Scheetz M, Wunderink RG, Rodriguez M, Schrank J, Bleasdale SC, Schultz S, Barron M, Stapleton A, Wray D, Chambers H, Fowler VG, Holland TL. The Emperor's New Clothes: PRospective Observational Evaluation of the Association Between Initial VancomycIn Exposure and Failure Rates Among ADult HospitalizEd Patients With Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections (PROVIDE). Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020. PMID: 31157370


  40. Adamson PC, Pandori MW, Doernberg SB, Komarow L, Sund Z, Tran TTT, Jensen D, Tsalik EL, Deal CD, Chambers HF, Fowler VG, Evans SR, Patel R, Klausner JD. Analytical Evaluation of the Abbott RealTime CT/NG Assay for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Rectal and Pharyngeal Swabs. The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD 2020. PMID: 32247863


  41. van Duin D, Arias CA, Komarow L, Chen L, Hanson BM, Weston G, Cober E, Garner OB, Jacob JT, Satlin MJ, Fries BC, Garcia-Diaz J, Doi Y, Dhar S, Kaye KS, Earley M, Hujer AM, Hujer KM, Domitrovic TN, Shropshire WC, Dinh A, Manca C, Luterbach CL, Wang M, Paterson DL, Banerjee R, Patel R, Evans S, Hill C, Arias R, Chambers HF, Fowler VG, Kreiswirth BN, Bonomo RA. Molecular and clinical epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in the USA (CRACKLE-2): a prospective cohort study. The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2020. PMID: 32151332


  43. Kalil AC, Holubar M, Deresinski S, Chambers HF. Is Daptomycin plus Ceftaroline Associated with Better Clinical Outcomes than Standard of Care Monotherapy for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia? Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2019. PMID: 31640977


  44. Ersoy SC, Abdelhady W, Li L, Chambers HF, Xiong YQ, Bayer AS. Bicarbonate Resensitization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus to ß-Lactam Antibiotics. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2019. PMID: 31010857


  45. Doernberg SB, Tran TTT, Tong SYC, Paul M, Yahav D, Davis JS, Leibovici L, Boucher HW, Corey GR, Cosgrove SE, Chambers HF, Fowler VG, Evans SR, Holland TL. Good Studies Evaluate the Disease While Great Studies Evaluate the Patient: Development and Application of a Desirability of Outcome Ranking Endpoint for Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2018. PMID: 30321315


  46. Guimaraes AO, Cao Y, Hong K, Mayba O, Peck M, Gutierrez J, Ruffin F, Carrasco-Triguero M, Dinoso JB, Clemenzi-Allen A, Koss CA, Maskarinec S, Chambers HF, Fowler VG, Baruch A, Rosenberger CM. A prognostic model of persistent bacteremia and mortality in complicated S. aureus bloodstream infection. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2018. PMID: 30165412


  47. Chambers HF. Omadacycline - The Newest Tetracycline. The New England journal of medicine 2019. PMID: 30726683


  48. Alexander JAN, Chatterjee SS, Hamilton SM, Eltis LD, Chambers HF, Strynadka NCJ. Structural and kinetic analysis of penicillin-binding protein 4 (PBP4)-mediated antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. The Journal of biological chemistry 2018. PMID: 30366985


  49. Doernberg SB, Abbo LM, Burdette SD, Fishman NO, Goodman EL, Kravitz GR, Leggett JE, Moehring RW, Newland JG, Robinson PA, Spivak ES, Tamma PD, Chambers HF. Essential Resources and Strategies for Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in the Acute Care Setting. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2018. PMID: 29590355


  50. da Costa TM, de Oliveira CR, Chambers HF, Chatterjee SS. PBP4: A New Perspective on Staphylococcus aureus ß-Lactam Resistance. Microorganisms 2018. PMID: 29932109


  51. Basuino L, Jousselin A, Alexander JAN, Strynadka NCJ, Pinho MG, Chambers HF, Chatterjee SS. PBP4 activity and its overexpression are necessary for PBP4-mediated high-level ß-lactam resistance. 2018. PMID: 29360990


  52. Bystritsky R, Chambers H. Cellulitis and Soft Tissue Infections. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2018. PMID: 29404597


  53. Daum RS, Kumar N, Chambers HF. A Trial of Antibiotics for Smaller Skin Abscesses. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2017. PMID: 29281570


  54. Bowen AC, Carapetis JR, Currie BJ, Fowler V, Chambers HF, Tong SYC. Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim (Cotrimoxazole) for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Including Impetigo, Cellulitis, and Abscess. Open forum infectious diseases 2017. PMID: 29255730


  55. Chatterjee SS, Chen L, Gilbert A, da Costa TM, Nair V, Datta SK, Kreiswirth BN, Chambers HF. PBP4 Mediates ß-Lactam Resistance by Altered Function. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2017. PMID: 28807923


  56. Katayama Y, Azechi T, Miyazaki M, Takata T, Sekine M, Matsui H, Hanaki H, Yahara K, Sasano H, Asakura K, Takaku T, Ochiai T, Komatsu N, Chambers HF. Prevalence of Slow-Growth Vancomycin Nonsusceptibility in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2017. PMID: 28827421


  57. Doernberg SB, Chambers HF. Antimicrobial Stewardship Approaches in the Intensive Care Unit. Infectious disease clinics of North America 2017. PMID: 28687210


  58. Daum RS, Miller LG, Immergluck L, Fritz S, Creech CB, Young D, Kumar N, Downing M, Pettibone S, Hoagland R, Eells SJ, Boyle MG, Parker TC, Chambers HF. A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Antibiotics for Smaller Skin Abscesses. The New England journal of medicine 2017. PMID: 28657870


  59. Hamilton SM, Alexander JAN, Choo EJ, Basuino L, da Costa TM, Severin A, Chung M, Aedo S, Strynadka NCJ, Tomasz A, Chatterjee SS, Chambers HF. High-Level Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to ß-Lactam Antibiotics Mediated by Penicillin-Binding Protein 4 (PBP4). Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2017. PMID: 28373193


  60. Marshall S, Hujer AM, Rojas LJ, Papp-Wallace KM, Humphries RM, Spellberg B, Hujer KM, Marshall EK, Rudin SD, Perez F, Wilson BM, Wasserman RB, Chikowski L, Paterson DL, Vila AJ, van Duin D, Kreiswirth BN, Chambers HF, Fowler VG, Jacobs MR, Pulse ME, Weiss WJ, Bonomo RA. Can Ceftazidime-Avibactam and Aztreonam Overcome ß-Lactam Resistance Conferred by Metallo-ß-Lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae? Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2017. PMID: 28167541


  61. Chambers HF, Cross HR, Evans SR, Kreiswirth BN, Fowler VG. The Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group: Progress Report and Work in Progress. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2017. PMID: 28350896


  62. Nigo M, Diaz L, Carvajal LP, Tran TT, Rios R, Panesso D, Garavito JD, Miller WR, Wanger A, Weinstock G, Munita JM, Arias CA, Chambers HF. Ceftaroline-Resistant, Daptomycin-Tolerant, and Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Causing Infective Endocarditis. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2017. PMID: 28232309


  64. Diep BA, Le VT, Badiou C, Le HN, Pinheiro MG, Duong AH, Wang X, Dip EC, Aguiar-Alves F, Basuino L, Marbach H, Mai TT, Sarda MN, Kajikawa O, Matute-Bello G, Tkaczyk C, Rasigade JP, Sellman BR, Chambers HF, Lina G. IVIG-mediated protection against necrotizing pneumonia caused by MRSA. Volume 8 of Issue 357. Science translational medicine 2016. PMID: 27655850


  65. Baxi SM, Clemenzi-Allen A, Gahbauer A, Deck D, Imp B, Vittinghoff E, Chambers HF, Doernberg S. Vancomycin MIC Does Not Predict 90-Day Mortality, Readmission, or Recurrence in a Prospective Cohort of Adults with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2016. PMID: 27324762


  66. Pollett S, Baxi SM, Rutherford GW, Doernberg SB, Bacchetti P, Chambers HF. Cefazolin versus Nafcillin for Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection in a California Tertiary Medical Center. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2016. PMID: 27216053


  67. Chambers HF, Basuino L, Hamilton SM, Choo EJ, Moise P. Daptomycin-ß-Lactam Combinations in a Rabbit Model of Daptomycin-Nonsusceptible Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2016. PMID: 27090173


  68. Chan LC, Gilbert A, Basuino L, da Costa TM, Hamilton SM, Dos Santos KR, Chambers HF, Chatterjee SS. PBP 4 Mediates High-Level Resistance to New-Generation Cephalosporins in Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2016. PMID: 27067335


  69. Greninger AL, Chatterjee SS, Chan LC, Hamilton SM, Chambers HF, Chiu CY. Whole-Genome Sequencing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Resistant to Fifth-Generation Cephalosporins Reveals Potential Non-mecA Mechanisms of Resistance. Volume 11 of Issue 2. PloS one 2016. PMID: 26890675


  70. Miller LG, Daum RS, Chambers HF. Antibacterial Treatment for Uncomplicated Skin Infections. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2015. PMID: 26083210


  71. Chan LC, Basuino L, Dip EC, Chambers HF. Comparative efficacies of tedizolid phosphate, vancomycin, and daptomycin in a rabbit model of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2015. PMID: 25801564


  72. Miller LG, Daum RS, Creech CB, Young D, Downing MD, Eells SJ, Pettibone S, Hoagland RJ, Chambers HF. Clindamycin versus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for uncomplicated skin infections. The New England journal of medicine 2015. PMID: 25785967


  73. Chan LC, Basuino L, Diep B, Hamilton S, Chatterjee SS, Chambers HF. Ceftobiprole- and ceftaroline-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Volume 59 of Issue 5. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2015. PMID: 25753637


  75. Stevens DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, Dellinger EP, Goldstein EJ, Gorbach SL, Hirschmann JV, Kaplan SL, Montoya JG, Wade JC. Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2014. PMID: 24973422


  76. Stevens DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, Dellinger EP, Goldstein EJ, Gorbach SL, Hirschmann JV, Kaplan SL, Montoya JG, Wade JC. Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the infectious diseases society of America. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2014. PMID: 24947530


  77. Chambers HF. Pharmacology and the treatment of complicated skin and skin-structure infections. The New England journal of medicine 2014. PMID: 24897088


  78. Date SV, Modrusan Z, Lawrence M, Morisaki JH, Toy K, Shah IM, Kim J, Park S, Xu M, Basuino L, Chan L, Zeitschel D, Chambers HF, Tan MW, Brown EJ, Diep BA, Hazenbos WL. Global gene expression of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 during human and mouse infection. Volume 209 of Issue 10. The Journal of infectious diseases 2013. PMID: 24286981


  79. Diep BA, Afasizheva A, Le HN, Kajikawa O, Matute-Bello G, Tkaczyk C, Sellman B, Badiou C, Lina G, Chambers HF. Effects of linezolid on suppressing in vivo production of staphylococcal toxins and improving survival outcomes in a rabbit model of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing pneumonia. Volume 208 of Issue 1. The Journal of infectious diseases 2013. PMID: 23532096


  81. Tattevin P, Schwartz BS, Graber CJ, Volinski J, Bhukhen A, Bhukhen A, Mai TT, Vo NH, Dang DN, Phan TH, Basuino L, Perdreau-Remington F, Chambers HF, Diep BA. Concurrent epidemics of skin and soft tissue infection and bloodstream infection due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Volume 55 of Issue 6. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012. PMID: 22670044


  82. Doernberg SB, Winston LG, Deck DH, Chambers HF. Does doxycycline protect against development of Clostridium difficile infection? Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012. PMID: 22563022


  83. Gardete S, Kim C, Hartmann BM, Mwangi M, Roux CM, Dunman PM, Chambers HF, Tomasz A. Genetic pathway in acquisition and loss of vancomycin resistance in a methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain of clonal type USA300. PLoS pathogens 2012. PMID: 22319446


  84. Liu C, Bayer A, Cosgrove SE, Daum RS, Fridkin SK, Gorwitz RJ, Kaplan SL, Karchmer AW, Levine DP, Murray BE, J Rybak M, Talan DA, Chambers HF. Clinical practice guidelines by the infectious diseases society of america for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in adults and children: executive summary. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011. PMID: 21217178


  85. Liu C, Bayer A, Cosgrove SE, Daum RS, Fridkin SK, Gorwitz RJ, Kaplan SL, Karchmer AW, Levine DP, Murray BE, J Rybak M, Talan DA, Chambers HF. Clinical practice guidelines by the infectious diseases society of america for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in adults and children. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011. PMID: 21208910


  86. Banerjee R, Gretes M, Harlem C, Basuino L, Chambers HF. A mecA-negative strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with high-level ß-lactam resistance contains mutations in three genes. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2010. PMID: 20805396


  87. Diep BA, Chan L, Tattevin P, Kajikawa O, Martin TR, Basuino L, Mai TT, Marbach H, Braughton KR, Whitney AR, Gardner DJ, Fan X, Tseng CW, Liu GY, Badiou C, Etienne J, Lina G, Matthay MA, DeLeo FR, Chambers HF. Polymorphonuclear leukocytes mediate Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin-induced lung inflammation and injury. Volume 107 of Issue 12. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2010. PMID: 20231457


  88. DeLeo FR, Otto M, Kreiswirth BN, Chambers HF. Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Lancet (London, England) 2010. PMID: 20206987


  89. Mendes RE, Sader HS, Deshpande LM, Diep BA, Chambers HF, Jones RN. Characterization of baseline methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from phase IV clinical trial for linezolid. Volume 48 of Issue 2. Journal of clinical microbiology 2009. PMID: 19940054


  91. DeLeo FR, Chambers HF. Reemergence of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the genomics era. The Journal of clinical investigation 2009. PMID: 19729844


  92. Chambers HF, Deleo FR. Waves of resistance: Staphylococcus aureus in the antibiotic era. 2009. PMID: 19680247


  93. Winston L, Chambers H. Coming home with MRSA. Archives of internal medicine 2009. PMID: 19667300


  94. Schwartz BS, Graber CJ, Diep BA, Basuino L, Perdreau-Remington F, Chambers HF. Doxycycline, not minocycline, induces its own resistance in multidrug-resistant, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone USA300. Volume 48 of Issue 10. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009. PMID: 19374563


  96. Li M, Diep BA, Villaruz AE, Braughton KR, Jiang X, DeLeo FR, Chambers HF, Lu Y, Otto M. Evolution of virulence in epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Volume 106 of Issue 14. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2009. PMID: 19293374


  97. Cosgrove SE, Vigliani GA, Fowler VG, Abrutyn E, Corey GR, Levine DP, Rupp ME, Chambers HF, Karchmer AW, Boucher HW. Initial low-dose gentamicin for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis is nephrotoxic. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009. PMID: 19207079


  98. Chambers HF, Basuino L, Diep BA, Steenbergen J, Zhang S, Tattevin P, Alder J. Relationship between susceptibility to daptomycin in vitro and activity in vivo in a rabbit model of aortic valve endocarditis. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2009. PMID: 19171803


  99. Graber CJ, Jacobson MA, Perdreau-Remington F, Chambers HF, Diep BA. Recurrence of skin and soft tissue infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a HIV primary care clinic. Volume 49 of Issue 2. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2008. PMID: 18820536


  100. Diep BA, Palazzolo-Ballance AM, Tattevin P, Basuino L, Braughton KR, Whitney AR, Chen L, Kreiswirth BN, Otto M, DeLeo FR, Chambers HF. Contribution of Panton-Valentine leukocidin in community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis. Volume 3 of Issue 9. PloS one 2008. PMID: 18787708


  101. Chambers HF, Moellering RC, Kamitsuka P. Clinical decisions. Management of skin and soft-tissue infection. The New England journal of medicine 2008. PMID: 18768953


  102. Hersh AL, Chambers HF, Maselli JH, Gonzales R. National trends in ambulatory visits and antibiotic prescribing for skin and soft-tissue infections. Archives of internal medicine 2008. PMID: 18663172


  103. Liu C, Graber CJ, Karr M, Diep BA, Basuino L, Schwartz BS, Enright MC, O'Hanlon SJ, Thomas JC, Perdreau-Remington F, Gordon S, Gunthorpe H, Jacobs R, Jensen P, Leoung G, Rumack JS, Chambers HF. A population-based study of the incidence and molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in San Francisco, 2004-2005. Volume 46 of Issue 11. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2008. PMID: 18433335


  104. Stryjewski ME, Chambers HF. Skin and soft-tissue infections caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2008. PMID: 18462092


  105. Diep BA, Stone GG, Basuino L, Graber CJ, Miller A, des Etages SA, Jones A, Palazzolo-Ballance AM, Perdreau-Remington F, Sensabaugh GF, DeLeo FR, Chambers HF. The arginine catabolic mobile element and staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec linkage: convergence of virulence and resistance in the USA300 clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Volume 197 of Issue 11. The Journal of infectious diseases 2008. PMID: 18700257


  106. Banerjee R, Gretes M, Basuino L, Strynadka N, Chambers HF. In vitro selection and characterization of ceftobiprole-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2008. PMID: 18378703


  107. David MZ, Siegel JD, Chambers HF, Daum RS. Determining whether methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is associated with health care. JAMA 2008. PMID: 18252879


  108. Diep BA, Chambers HF, Graber CJ, Szumowski JD, Miller LG, Han LL, Chen JH, Lin F, Lin J, Phan TH, Carleton HA, McDougal LK, Tenover FC, Cohen DE, Mayer KH, Sensabaugh GF, Perdreau-Remington F. Emergence of multidrug-resistant, community-associated, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone USA300 in men who have sex with men. Volume 148 of Issue 4. Annals of internal medicine 2008. PMID: 18283202


  109. Rajendran PM, Young D, Maurer T, Chambers H, Perdreau-Remington F, Ro P, Harris H. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of cephalexin for treatment of uncomplicated skin abscesses in a population at risk for community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2007. PMID: 17846141


  111. Mitchell J, Siboo IR, Takamatsu D, Chambers HF, Sullam PM. Mechanism of cell surface expression of the Streptococcus mitis platelet binding proteins PblA and PblB. Molecular microbiology 2007. PMID: 17462028


  112. Graber CJ, Wong MK, Carleton HA, Perdreau-Remington F, Haller BL, Chambers HF. Intermediate vancomycin susceptibility in a community-associated MRSA clone. Volume 13 of Issue 3. Emerging infectious diseases 2007. PMID: 17552110


  113. Fowler VG, Boucher HW, Corey GR, Abrutyn E, Karchmer AW, Rupp ME, Levine DP, Chambers HF, Tally FP, Vigliani GA, Cabell CH, Link AS, DeMeyer I, Filler SG, Zervos M, Cook P, Parsonnet J, Bernstein JM, Price CS, Forrest GN, Fätkenheuer G, Gareca M, Rehm SJ, Brodt HR, Tice A, Cosgrove SE. Daptomycin versus standard therapy for bacteremia and endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus. The New England journal of medicine 2006. PMID: 16914701


  114. Rutar T, Chambers HF, Crawford JB, Perdreau-Remington F, Zwick OM, Karr M, Diehn JJ, Cockerham KP. Ophthalmic manifestations of infections caused by the USA300 clone of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Ophthalmology 2006. PMID: 16766029


  115. Seeley EJ, Chambers HF. Diabetic ketoacidosis precipitated by Staphylococcus aureus abscess and bacteremia due to acupuncture: case report and review of the literature. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2006. PMID: 16758409


  116. Chambers HF. Ceftobiprole: in-vivo profile of a bactericidal cephalosporin. Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2006. PMID: 16524424


  117. Stevens DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, Everett ED, Dellinger P, Goldstein EJ, Gorbach SL, Hirschmann JV, Kaplan EL, Montoya JG, Wade JC. Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft-tissue infections. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2005. PMID: 16231249


  119. Chambers HF, Turner J, Schecter GF, Kawamura M, Hopewell PC. Imipenem for treatment of tuberculosis in mice and humans. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2005. PMID: 15980354


  120. Eguia JM, Liu C, Moore M, Wrone EM, Pont J, Gerberding JL, Chambers HF. Low colonization prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus with reduced vancomycin susceptibility among patients undergoing hemodialysis in the San Francisco Bay area. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2005. PMID: 15889359


  121. Chambers HF. Community-associated MRSA--resistance and virulence converge. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2005. PMID: 15814886


  122. Siboo IR, Chambers HF, Sullam PM. Role of SraP, a Serine-Rich Surface Protein of Staphylococcus aureus, in binding to human platelets. Volume 73 of Issue 4. 2005. PMID: 15784571


  124. Young DM, Harris HW, Charlebois ED, Chambers H, Campbell A, Perdreau-Remington F, Lee C, Mankani M, Mackersie R, Schecter WP. An epidemic of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus soft tissue infections among medically underserved patients. Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2004. PMID: 15381611


  125. Wilke MS, Hills TL, Zhang HZ, Chambers HF, Strynadka NC. Crystal structures of the Apo and penicillin-acylated forms of the BlaR1 beta-lactam sensor of Staphylococcus aureus. The Journal of biological chemistry 2004. PMID: 15322076


  126. Charlebois ED, Perdreau-Remington F, Kreiswirth B, Bangsberg DR, Ciccarone D, Diep BA, Ng VL, Chansky K, Edlin BR, Edlin B, Chambers HF. Origins of community strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Volume 39 of Issue 1. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2004. PMID: 15206052


  127. Winston LG, Pang S, Haller BL, Wong M, Chambers HF, Perdreau-Remington F. API 20 strep identification system may incorrectly speciate enterococci with low level resistance to vancomycin. Volume 48 of Issue 4. 2004. PMID: 15062923


  128. Carpenter CF, Chambers HF. Daptomycin: another novel agent for treating infections due to drug-resistant gram-positive pathogens. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2004. PMID: 15034832


  129. Katayama Y, Zhang HZ, Chambers HF. PBP 2a mutations producing very-high-level resistance to beta-lactams. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2004. PMID: 14742194


  132. Katayama Y, Zhang HZ, Hong D, Chambers HF. Jumping the barrier to beta-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. 2003. PMID: 12949098


  133. Chambers HF. Solving staphylococcal resistance to beta-lactams. Trends in microbiology 2003. PMID: 12706985


  135. Eguia JM, Chambers HF. Methicillin-resistant staphylococci and their treatment in the intensive care unit. Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine 2003. PMID: 16088523


  137. Winston LG, Bangsberg DR, Chambers HF, Felt SC, Rosen JI, Charlebois ED, Wong M, Steele L, Gerberding JL, Perdreau-Remington F. Epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium under a selective isolation policy at an urban county hospital. 2002. PMID: 12410216


  138. Charlebois ED, Bangsberg DR, Moss NJ, Moore MR, Moss AR, Chambers HF, Perdreau-Remington F. Population-based community prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the urban poor of San Francisco. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2002. PMID: 11797167


  139. Kanaya AM, Glidden DV, Chambers HF. Identifying pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with negative sputum smear results. Chest 2001. PMID: 11502628


  140. Chambers HF. The changing epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus? Emerging infectious diseases 2001. PMID: 11294701


  142. Chambers HF, Xiang Q, Chow LL, Hackbarth C. Efficacy of levofloxacin for experimental aortic-valve endocarditis in rabbits infected with viridans group streptococcus or Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1999. PMID: 10543757


  143. Martin JN, Perdreau-Remington F, Kartalija M, Pasi OG, Webb M, Gerberding JL, Chambers HF, Täuber MG, Lee BL. A randomized clinical trial of mupirocin in the eradication of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in human immunodeficiency virus disease. The Journal of infectious diseases 1999. PMID: 10438389


  144. Kim YS, Liu Q, Chow LL, Chambers HF, Täuber MG. Comparative efficacy of trovafloxacin in experimental endocarditis caused by ciprofloxacin-sensitive, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1998. PMID: 9835540


  145. Sheppard DC, Chambers HF. Suppurative parotitis. The Western journal of medicine 1998. PMID: 9735697


  146. Chambers HF, Kocagöz T, Sipit T, Turner J, Hopewell PC. Activity of amoxicillin/clavulanate in patients with tuberculosis. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 1998. PMID: 9564467


  147. Hackbarth CJ, Unsal I, Chambers HF. Cloning and sequence analysis of a class A beta-lactamase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1997. PMID: 9145897


  148. Sweet-Cordero EA, Chambers HF, Cicero-Sabido R, Santos-Preciado JI. Burden of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples can be reliably determined using a quantitative, non-radioactive polymerase chain reaction assay. Tubercle and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 1996. PMID: 9039441


  149. Kocagöz T, Hackbarth CJ, Unsal I, Rosenberg EY, Nikaido H, Chambers HF. Gyrase mutations in laboratory-selected, fluoroquinolone-resistant mutants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1996. PMID: 8843279


  151. Lee BL, Täuber MG, Sadler B, Goldstein D, Chambers HF. Atovaquone inhibits the glucuronidation and increases the plasma concentrations of zidovudine. Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 1996. PMID: 8549029


  152. Chambers HF, Moreau D, Yajko D, Miick C, Wagner C, Hackbarth C, Kocagöz S, Rosenberg E, Hadley WK, Nikaido H. Can penicillins and other beta-lactam antibiotics be used to treat tuberculosis? Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1995. PMID: 8592990


  153. Yajko DM, Wagner C, Tevere VJ, Kocagöz T, Hadley WK, Chambers HF. Quantitative culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from clinical sputum specimens and dilution endpoint of its detection by the Amplicor PCR assay. Journal of clinical microbiology 1995. PMID: 7665679


  156. Hackbarth CJ, Kocagoz T, Kocagoz S, Chambers HF. Point mutations in Staphylococcus aureus PBP 2 gene affect penicillin-binding kinetics and are associated with resistance. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1995. PMID: 7695289


  157. Hackbarth CJ, Miick C, Chambers HF. Altered production of penicillin-binding protein 2a can affect phenotypic expression of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1994. PMID: 7872749


  158. Chambers HF, Fournier MA. Efficacy of cefoperazone in combination with sulbactam in experimental Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis in rabbits. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1993. PMID: 8262867


  159. Chambers HF. Detection of methicillin-resistant staphylococci. Infectious disease clinics of North America 1993. PMID: 8345177


  160. Hackbarth CJ, Chambers HF. blaI and blaR1 regulate beta-lactamase and PBP 2a production in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1993. PMID: 8517704


  161. Chambers HF. Short-course combination and oral therapies of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. Infectious disease clinics of North America 1993. PMID: 8463654


  165. Lee BL, Sachdeva M, Chambers HF. Effect of protein binding of daptomycin on MIC and antibacterial activity. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1991. PMID: 1667253


  166. Barg N, Chambers H, Kernodle D. Borderline susceptibility to antistaphylococcal penicillins is not conferred exclusively by the hyperproduction of beta-lactamase. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1991. PMID: 1759816


  167. Chambers HF. Treatment of infection and colonization caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infection control and hospital epidemiology 1991. PMID: 1847961


  169. Stratton CW, Gelfand MS, Gerberding JL, Chambers HF. Characterization of mechanisms of resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics in methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus saprophyticus. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1990. PMID: 2285290


  170. Chambers HF, Sachdeva M. Binding of beta-lactam antibiotics to penicillin-binding proteins in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The Journal of infectious diseases 1990. PMID: 2345297


  171. Small PM, Chambers HF. Vancomycin for Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis in intravenous drug users. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1990. PMID: 2393284


  173. Dworkin RJ, Lee BL, Sande MA, Chambers HF. Treatment of right-sided Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis in intravenous drug users with ciprofloxacin and rifampicin. Lancet (London, England) 1989. PMID: 2572799


  174. Padula A, Chambers HF. Evaluation of cilofungin (LY121019) for treatment of experimental Candida albicans endocarditis in rabbits. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1989. PMID: 2686548


  175. Kennedy S, Chambers HF. Daptomycin (LY146032) for prevention and treatment of experimental aortic valve endocarditis in rabbits. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1989. PMID: 2554799


  176. Hackbarth CJ, Chambers HF. Methicillin-resistant staphylococci: detection methods and treatment of infections. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1989. PMID: 2675760


  177. Hackbarth CJ, Chambers HF. Methicillin-resistant staphylococci: genetics and mechanisms of resistance. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1989. PMID: 2675759


  178. Chambers HF, Archer G, Matsuhashi M. Low-level methicillin resistance in strains of Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1989. PMID: 2729937


  179. Chambers HF, Miller RT, Newman MD. Right-sided Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis in intravenous drug abusers: two-week combination therapy. Annals of internal medicine 1988. PMID: 3421575


  180. Jacobson MA, Gellermann H, Chambers H. Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and recurrent staphylococcal infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and AIDS-related complex. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 1988. PMID: 3400693


  181. Chambers HF. Methicillin-resistant staphylococci. Clinical microbiology reviews 1988. PMID: 3069195


  184. Sachdeva M, Hackbarth C, Stella FB, Chambers HF. Comparative activity of CGP 31608, nafcillin, cefamandole, imipenem, and vancomycin against methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant staphylococci. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1987. PMID: 3481245


  186. Carpenter TC, Hackbarth CJ, Chambers HF, Sande MA. Efficacy of ciprofloxacin for experimental endocarditis caused by methicillin-susceptible or -resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1986. PMID: 3640590


  187. Hackbarth CJ, Chambers HF, Sande MA. Serum bactericidal activity of rifampin in combination with other antimicrobial agents against Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1986. PMID: 3707110


  188. Chambers HF, Hartman BJ, Tomasz A. Increased amounts of a novel penicillin-binding protein in a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus exposed to nafcillin. The Journal of clinical investigation 1985. PMID: 4019783


  189. Sullam PM, Täuber MG, Hackbarth CJ, Chambers HF, Scott KG, Sande MA. Pefloxacin therapy for experimental endocarditis caused by methicillin-susceptible or methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1985. PMID: 3860185


  190. Chambers HF, Mills J, Drake TA, Sande MA. Failure of a once-daily regimen of cefonicid for treatment of endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus. Reviews of infectious diseases 1984. PMID: 6522927


  192. Chambers HF, Hackbarth CJ, Drake TA, Rusnak MG, Sande MA. Endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in rabbits: expression of resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics in vivo and in vitro. The Journal of infectious diseases 1984. PMID: 6564133


  193. Chambers HF, Korzeniowski OM, Sande MA. Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis: clinical manifestations in addicts and nonaddicts. Medicine 1983. PMID: 6843356