Contact:
Phone: 773.880.4187
Fax: 773.880.8226
e-mail: bkatz@northwestern.edu

Academic Appointment:
Professor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine 

Clinical Appointment:
Director, International Travel Immunizations Program
Associate Director, International Adoptee Program
Attending Physician
Division of Infectious Diseases
Children’s Memorial Hospital

Clinical Interests:
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Epstein-Barr Virus, Infections in Transplant Recipient, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Travel Immunizations, Viral Infections, Adenovirus Infections, Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Research Interest:
Dr. Katz’s research interests center around viral pathophysiology. He has published many papers related to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections in immunocompromised and normal hosts; most recently his involvement with EBV research has been with its relationship to post-viral fatigue (chronic fatigue syndrome). Other areas of research interest include adenoviral and respiratory viral infections (such as influenza and respiratory syncitial virus), chronic granulomatous disease (an immune deficiency disease), HIV infection and studying a new antifungal agent (micafungin) in children and adolescents undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. 

Publications (most recent):
Katz BZ, Shiraishi Y, Mears CJ, et al: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Following Infectious Mononucleosis in Adolescents: A Prospective Cohort Study. Pediatrics 2009 (in press).

Mears CJ, Lawler E, Sanders T, Katz BZ: Efficacy of LAIV-T on Absentee Rates in a School-Based Health Center Sample. J Adol Health 2009 (in press).

Katz BZ, Sullivan C: Respiratory Syncitial Virus Prophylaxis in a Tertiary Care Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009 (in press).

Zheng X, Lu X, Erdman LD, et al: Identification of Adenoviruses in Specimens from High-Risk Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Recipients and Controls. J Clin Microbiol 2008; 46:317-20.

Anderson EJ, Guzman-Cottrill JA, Kletzel M, et al: High-risk Adenovirus-Infected Pediatric Allogeneic Hematopoetic Progenitor Cell Transplant Recipients and Preemptive Cidofovir Therapy. Pediatr Transplant 2008; 12:219-227.

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