Doctor of Medicine
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Nicole Klein, MD has clinical interest in general infectious diseases and bone and joint infections. She is a member of the catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention committee at St. Luke’s and enjoys providing educational lectures to residents of the Family Medicine Residency of Idaho.
Prior to her medical education, Dr. Klein earned a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University. After completing a fellowship in infectious diseases, she served as an assistant professor of infectious diseases at the University of New Mexico and was the director of the outpatient antibiotic therapy clinic at the Veterans Administrative Hospital in Albuquerque.
In her free time, Dr. Klein enjoys spending time with her family and three dogs, hiking, trail running, Nordic skiing, and baking.
2016 - Salas N, Klein N. Mycobacterium goodii: An Emerging Nosocomial Pathogen. Case Report and Review of the Literature. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 2016;00- 00-00
2014 - Book Chapter: Hurwitz, Ivy; Klein, Nicole; Forshaw, Adam P; Durvasula, Ravi V. Paratransgenic Control of Chagas Disease. Transgenic Insects: Techniques and Applications, CABI Biotechnology Series, Benedict, Mark Q (Ed). December 2014.
2013 - Jose C, Klein N, Wyss S, Fieck A, Hurwitz I, Durvasula R. Recombinant Arthrobacter beta-1,3-glucanse as a potential effecter molecule for paratransgenic control of Chagas disease. Parasites and Vectors 2013, 6:65. URL: http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/6/1/65
2012 - Ivy Hurwitz, Annabeth Fieck, Nicole Klein, Christo Jose, Angray Kang, and Ravi Durvasula, “A Paratransgenic Strategy for the Control of Chagas Disease,” Psyche, vol. 2012, Article ID 178930, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/178930
2012 - Book chapter: Klein N. Chagas Disease: Epidemiology and Evolving Strategies for Control. Dynamic models of Infectious Diseases. Volume 1: Vector-Borne Diseases, Vadrevu Sree Hari Rao and Ravi Durvasula (Eds). Springer Publishing Company, 2012. Print.
2012 - Klein N, Hurwitz I, Durvasula R. Globalization of Chagas Disease: A Growing Concern in Non-Endemic Countries. Epidemiology Research International, Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 126793. http://www.hindawi.com/journals/eri/2012/136793/
2011 - Hurwitz I, Fieck A, Read A, Hillesland H, Klein N, Kang A, Durvasula R. Paratransgenic Control of Vector Borne Diseases. Int J Biol Sci 2011; 7(9):1334-1344. Available from http://www.biolsci.org/v07p1334.htm
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