Anne J. Blaschke
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Anne J. Blaschke, MD, PhD, FAAP, FPIDS, FIDSA

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services

Salt Lake City
801-213-3599

  • Dr. Blaschke completed her medical degree at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency and fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Utah. Dr. Blaschke´s clinical interests include general infectious diseases and serious bacterial infections including pneumococcal and staphylococcal infection, as well as antibiotic-resistant organisms. Dr. Blaschke´s research interests include the development of rapid diagnostic testing to improve the management of bacterial and viral infections in children, and investigation of bacterial factors that lead to severe invasive infection.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Infectious Diseases)

  • Dr. Blaschke completed her medical degree at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency and fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Utah. Dr. Blaschke´s clinical interests include general infectious diseases and serious bacterial infections including pneumococcal and staphylococcal infection, as well as antibiotic-resistant organisms. Dr. Blaschke´s research interests include the development of rapid diagnostic testing to improve the management of bacterial and viral infections in children, and investigation of bacterial factors that lead to severe invasive infection.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Academic Divisions Infectious Diseases
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Infectious Diseases)

    Education history

    Fellowship Pediatric Infectious Diseases - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Boston Medical Center Fellow
    Residency Pediatrics - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Pediatrics - University of Utah School of Medicine Intern
    Doctoral Training Biology - University of California - San Diego Ph.D.
    Medicine - University of California - San Diego School of Medicine M.D.
    Undergraduate Biology - Brown University A.B.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Shapiro DJ, Hall M, Lipsett SC, Hersh AL, Ambroggio L, Shah SS, Brogan TV, Gerber JS, Williams DJ, Grijalva CG, Blaschke AJ, Neuman MI (2021). Short- Versus Prolonged-Duration Antibiotics for Outpatient Pneumonia in Children. J Pediatr, 234, 205-211.e1. (Read full article)
    2. Desai S, Hall M, Lipsett SC, Shah SS, Brogan TV, Hersh AL, Williams DJ, Grijalva CG, Gerber JS, Blaschke AJ, Neuman MI, Ambroggio L (2021). Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Testing and Treatment Among Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Hosp Pediatr, 11(7), 760-763. (Read full article)
    3. Rostad CA, Kanwar N, Yi J, Morris CR, Bard JD, Leber A, Dunn J, Chapin KC, Blaschke AJ, Daly JA, Hueschen LA, Jones M, Ott E, Bastar J, Bourzac KM, Selvarangan R (2021). A multicenter evaluation of viral bloodstream detections in children presenting to the Emergency Department with suspected systemic infection. BMC Pediatr, 21(1), 238. (Read full article)
    4. Lipsett SC, Hall M, Ambroggio L, Hersh AL, Shah SS, Brogan TV, Gerber JS, Williams DJ, Grijalva CG, Blaschke AJ, Neuman MI (2020). Antibiotic Choice and Clinical Outcomes in Ambulatory Children with Community-Acquired Pneumonia. J Pediatr, 229, 207-215.e1. (Read full article)
    5. Crandall H, Christiansen J, Varghese AA, Russon A, Korgenski EK, Bengtson EK, Dickey M, Killpack J, Knackstedt ED, Daly JA, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Blaschke AJ (2019). Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Serotype a Infections in Utah Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc, 9(6), 650-655. (Read full article)
    6. Crandall H, Kapusta A, Killpack J, Heyrend C, Nilsson K, Dickey M, Daly JA, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Mulvey MA, Yandell M, Hulten KG, Blaschke AJ (2020). Clinical and molecular epidemiology of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection in Utah children; continued dominance of MSSA over MRSA. PLoS One, 15(9), e0238991. (Read full article)
    7. Gladstone RA, Lo SW, Goater R, Yeats C, Taylor B, Hadfield J, Lees JA, Croucher NJ, van Tonder AJ, Bentley LJ, Quah FX, Blaschke AJ, Pershing NL, Byington CL, Balaji V, Hryniewicz W, Sigauque B, Ravikumar KL, Almeida SCG, Ochoa TJ, Ho PL, du Plessis M, Ndlangisa KM, Cornick JE, Kwambana-Adams B, Benisty R, Nzenze SA, Madhi SA, Hawkins PA, Pollard AJ, Everett DB, Antonio M, Dagan R, Klugman KP, von Gottberg A, Metcalf BJ, Li Y, Beall BW, McGee L, Breiman RF, Aanensen DM, Bentley SD, The Global Pneumococcal Sequencing Consortium (2020). Visualizing variation within Global Pneumococcal Sequence Clusters (GPSCs) and country population snapshots to contextualize pneumococcal isolates. Microb Genom, 6(5). (Read full article)
    8. Meyers L, Dien Bard J, Galvin B, Nawrocki J, Niesters HGM, Stellrecht KA, St George K, Daly JA, Blaschke AJ, Robinson C, Wang H, Cook CV, Hassan F, Dominguez SR, Pretty K, Naccache S, Olin KE, Althouse BM, Jones JD, Ginocchio CC, Poritz MA, Leber A, Selvarangan R (2020). Enterovirus D68 outbreak detection through a syndromic disease epidemiology network. J Clin Virol, 124, 104262. (Read full article)
    9. Blaschke AJ, McKevitt M, Ampofo K, Lewis T, Chai H, Guo Y, Dorsch J, Vanderhoof E, Rosen P, Freimann V, Korgenski EK, Toback S, Chien JW (2018). Midturbinate Swabs Are Comparable to Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Quantitative Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Infants. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc, 8(6), 554-558. (Read full article)
    10. Lipsett SC, Hall M, Ambroggio L, Desai S, Shah SS, Brogan TV, Hersh AL, Williams DJ, Grijalva CG, Gerber JS, Blaschke AJ, Neuman MI (2019). Predictors of Bacteremia in Children Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Hosp Pediatr, 9(10), 770-778. (Read full article)
    11. Delgado-Corcoran C, Blaschke AJ, Ou Z, Presson AP, Burch PT, Pribble CG, Menon SC (2018). Respiratory Testing and Hospital Outcomes in Asymptomatic Infants Undergoing Heart Surgery. Pediatr Cardiol, 40(2), 339-348. (Read full article)
    12. Blaschke AJ (2018). Association of bacterial coinfections in febrile infants with viral infections. J Pediatr, 204, 320-323. (Read full article)
    13. Blaschke AJ, Holmberg KM, Daly JA, Leber AL, Dien Bard J, Korgenski EK, Bourzac KM, Kanack KJ (2018). Retrospective Evaluation of Infants Aged 1 to 60 Days with Residual Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Tested Using the FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) Panel. J Clin Microbiol, 56(7). (Read full article)
    14. Schlaberg R, Ampofo K, Tardif KD, Stockmann C, Simmon KE, Hymas W, Flygare S, Kennedy B, Blaschke A, Eilbeck K, Yandell M, McCullers JA, Williams DJ, Edwards K, Arnold SR, Bramley A, Jain S, Pavia AT (2017). Human Bocavirus Capsid Messenger RNA Detection in Children With Pneumonia. J Infect Dis, 216(6), 688-696. (Read full article)
    15. Flygare S, Simmon K, Miller C, Qiao Y, Kennedy B, Di Sera T, Graf EH, Tardif KD, Kapusta A, Rynearson S, Stockmann C, Queen K, Tong S, Voelkerding KV, Blaschke A, Byington CL, Jain S, Pavia A, Ampofo K, Eilbeck K, Marth G, Yandell M, Schlaberg R (2016). Taxonomer: an interactive metagenomics analysis portal for universal pathogen detection and host mRNA expression profiling. Genome Biol, 17(1), 111. (Read full article)
    16. Petti CA, Simmon KE, Bender J, Blaschke A, Webster KA, Conneely MF, Schreckenberger PC, Origitano TC, Challapalli M (2008). Culture-Negative intracerebral abscesses in children and adolescents from Streptococcus anginosus group infection: a case series. Clin Infect Dis, 46(10), 1578-80. (Read full article)

    Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

    1. Blashke, AJ (2018). Interviewed regarding Pediatrics 2018 publication about rhinovirus detection in febrile infants [Podcast]. Pediatrics Review and Perspectives (Peds RAP); 10,000 monthly listeners (CME)Taped Interview by Solomon Behar, MD (UCLA) and Ilene Claudius (USC).
    2. Blaschke AJ (2018). Interviewed regarding Pediatrics 2018 publication about rhinovirus detection in febrile infants [Podcast]. Doctor Radio, SiriusXM, Channel 110; Live Interview with Host Mikhail Kazachkov, MD (NYU). Available: www.siriusxm.com/doctorradio.

    Patent

    1. Poritz MA, Blaschke AJ, Inventors (2017). University of Utah/Idaho Technology, Inc., assignee. Organism Identification Panel. Related continuation application 15/660,609 filed 7/26/2017. U.S. Patent No. US 9,758,820 B2. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
    2. Blaschke AJ, Poritz MA, Inventors (2015). University of Utah/Idaho Technology, Inc., assignee. Rapid Epidemiologic Typing of Bacteria. U.S. Patent No. US 9,200,329 B2. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
    3. Blaschke AJ (2012). Invention Disclosure U-5466, Methods to Concentrate Organisms from Clinical Specimens for Molecular Detection, submitted, University of Utah.
    4. Blaschke AJ (2009). Invention Disclosures U-4224 (Bacterial Identification by Nested Multiplex PCR of Multiple Conserved Genes), U-4422 (Clinical Applications of the FilmArray) and U-4467 (Rapid Epidemiologic Typing of Bacteria) Licensed to Idaho Technology/BioFire Diagnostics, LLC. U.S. Patent No. 12/467,654. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
    5. Anne Jeannette Blaschke-Bonkowsky, Mark Aaron Poritz (2008). Organism Identification Panel. U.S. Patent No. WO 2008/1220022. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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