Krow Ampofo
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Krow Ampofo, MBChB

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services

81 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
801-213-3599
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Dr. Krow Ampofo received his medical degree from the University of Ghana Medical School, completed his pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, and his fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is currently a Professor in the Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Utah and Primary Children´s Hospital.

Dr. Ampofo´s clinical interests include:

  • the epidemiology, diagnosis and management of emerging infectious diseases including influenza, respiratory infections.
  • the evaluation of internationally adopted children
  • tuberculosis in children

Specialties

Board Certification

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

Dr. Krow Ampofo received his medical degree from the University of Ghana Medical School, completed his pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, and his fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is currently a Professor in the Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Utah and Primary Children´s Hospital.

Dr. Ampofo´s clinical interests include:

  • the epidemiology, diagnosis and management of emerging infectious diseases including influenza, respiratory infections.
  • the evaluation of internationally adopted children
  • tuberculosis in children

Board Certification and Academic Information

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

Education history

Professional Medical Medicine - University of Ghana M.B.B.Ch.
Internship Pediatrics - Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Intern
Residency Pediatrics - Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Resident
Fellowship Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Columbia University- Children's Hospital of New York/ Columbia University College of Physicians and Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Sartori LF, Nian H, Zhu Y, Johnson J, Stassun J, Ampofo K, Arnold DH, Antoon JW, Pavia AT, Grijalva CG, Williams D (2024). Removal of Race and White Blood Cell Count in an Updated Pediatric Pneumonia Severity Model. Hospital pediatrics, 14(3), e167-e169.
  2. Arnold SR, Jain S, Dansie D, Kan H, Williams DJ, Ampofo K, Anderson EJ, Grijalva CG, Bramley AM, Pavia AT, Edwards KM, Nolan VG, McCullers JA, Kaufman R (2023). Association of Radiology Findings with Etiology of Community Acquired Pneumonia among Children. The Journal of pediatrics, 261, 113333.
  3. Suarez D, Nielson C, McVicar SB, Sidesinger M, Ostrander B, O'Brien E, Ampofo K, Ling CY, Miner LJ, Park A (2023). Analysis of an Expanded Targeted Early Cytomegalovirus Testing Program. Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery, 169(3), 679-686.
  4. Antoon JW, Nian H, Ampofo K, Zhu Y, Sartori LF, Johnson J, Arnold DH, Stassun J, Pavia AT, Grijalva CG, Williams D (2023). Validation of Childhood Pneumonia Prognostic Models for Use in Emergency Care Settings. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 12(8), 451-458.
  5. Williams DJ, Martin JM, Nian H, Weitkamp AO, Slagle J, Turer RW, Suresh S, Johnson J, Stassun J, Just SL, Reale C, Beebe R, Arnold DH, Antoon JW, Rixe NS, Sartori LF, Freundlich RE, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Smith JC, Weinger MB, Zhu Y, Grijalva C (2023). Antibiotic clinical decision support for pneumonia in the ED: A randomized trial. Journal of hospital medicine, 18(6), 491-501.
  6. Ekambaram M, Nabower A, Rajbhandari P, Eisenberg J, Goodrich N, Ampofo K, Gollehon NS, Martin KC, Lyden E, Snowden (2022). Evaluation of Discordant Results Between FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel and Conventional Testing in Pediatric Patients: A Multisite Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society,
  7. Lee J, Zhu Y, Williams DJ, Self WH, Arnold SR, McCullers JA, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Anderson EJ, Jain S, Edwards KM, Grijalva C (2022). Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia Disease Severity. Hospital pediatrics, 12(9), 798-805.
  8. Greene C, Nian H, Zhu Y, Antoon JW, Freundlich KL, Ampofo K, Sartori LF, Johnson J, Arnold DH, Gesteland P, Stassun J, Robison J, Pavia AT, Grijalva CG, Williams D (2022). Associations between comorbidity-related functional limitations and pneumonia outcomes. Journal of hospital medicine, 17(7), 527-533.
  9. Ko ER, Henao R, Frankey K, Petzold EA, Isner PD, Jaehne AK, Allen N, Gardner-Gray J, Hurst G, Pflaum-Carlson J, Jayaprakash N, Rivers EP, Wang H, Ugalde I, Amanullah S, Mercurio L, Chun TH, May L, Hickey RW, Lazarus JE, Gunaratne SH, Pallin DJ, Jambaulikar G, Huckins DS, Ampofo K, Jhaveri R, Jiang Y, Komarow L, Evans SR, Ginsburg GS, Tillekeratne LG, McClain MT, Burke TW, Woods CW, Tsalik EL, Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Grou (2022). Prospective Validation of a Rapid Host Gene Expression Test to Discriminate Bacterial From Viral Respiratory Infection. JAMA network open, 5(4), e227299.
  10. Sekmen M, Johnson J, Zhu Y, Sartori LF, Grijalva CG, Stassun J, Arnold DH, Ampofo K, Robison J, Gesteland PH, Pavia AT, Williams D (2022). Association Between Procalcitonin and Antibiotics in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Hospital pediatrics, 12(4), 384-391.
  11. Howard LM, Edwards KM, Zhu Y, Grijalva CG, Self WH, Jain S, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Arnold SR, McCullers JA, Anderson EJ, Wunderink RG, Williams D (2021). Clinical Features of Human Metapneumovirus-Associated Community-acquired Pneumonia Hospitalizations. Clinical infectious diseases, 72(1), 108-117.
  12. Sartori LF, Zhu Y, Grijalva CG, Ampofo K, Gesteland P, Johnson J, McHenry R, Arnold DH, Pavia AT, Edwards KM, Williams D (2021). Pneumonia Severity in Children: Utility of Procalcitonin in Risk Stratification. Hospital pediatrics, 11(3), 215-222.
  13. Deloria Knoll M, Bennett JC, Garcia Quesada M, Kagucia EW, Peterson ME, Feikin DR, Cohen AL, Hetrich MK, Yang Y, Sinkevitch JN, Ampofo K, Aukes L, Bacci S, Bigogo G, Brandileone MC, Bruce MG, Camilli R, Castilla J, Chan G, Chanto Chacón G, Ciruela P, Cook H, Corcoran M, Dagan R, Danis K, de Miguel S, De Wals P, Desmet S, Galloway Y, Georgakopoulou T, Hammitt LL, Hilty M, Ho PL, Jayasinghe S, Kellner JD, Kleynhans J, Knol MJ, Kozakova J, Kristinsson KG, Ladhani SN, Lara CS, León ME, Lepp T, Mackenzie GA, Mad'arová L, McGeer A, Mungun T, Mwenda JM, Nuorti JP, Nzoyikorera N, Oishi K, De Oliveira LH, Paragi M, Pilishvili T, Puentes R, Rafai E, Saha SK, Savrasova L, Savulescu C, Scott JA, Scott KJ, Serhan F, Setchanova LP, Sinkovec Zorko N, Skoczy'ska A, Swarthout TD, Valentiner-Branth P, van der Linden M, Vestrheim DF, von Gottberg A, Yildirim I, Hayford K, The Pserenade Team (2021). Global Landscape Review of Serotype-Specific Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance among Countries Using PCV10/13: The Pneumococcal Serotype Replacement and Distribution Estimation (PSERENADE) Project. Microorganisms, 9(4),
  14. Garcia Quesada M, Yang Y, Bennett JC, Hayford K, Zeger SL, Feikin DR, Peterson ME, Cohen AL, Almeida SCG, Ampofo K, Ang M, Bar-Zeev N, Bruce MG, Camilli R, Chanto Chacón G, Ciruela P, Cohen C, Corcoran M, Dagan R, De Wals P, Desmet S, Diawara I, Gierke R, Guevara M, Hammitt LL, Hilty M, Ho PL, Jayasinghe S, Kleynhans J, Kristinsson KG, Ladhani SN, McGeer A, Mwenda JM, Nuorti JP, Oishi K, Ricketson LJ, Sanz JC, Savrasova L, Setchanova LP, Smith A, Valentiner-Branth P, Valenzuela MT, van der Linden M, van Sorge NM, Varon E, Winje BA, Yildirim I, Zintgraff J, Knoll MD, The Pserenade Team (2021). Serotype Distribution of Remaining Pneumococcal Meningitis in the Mature PCV10/13 Period: Findings from the PSERENADE Project. Microorganisms, 9(4),
  15. Bennett JC, Hetrich MK, Garcia Quesada M, Sinkevitch JN, Deloria Knoll M, Feikin DR, Zeger SL, Kagucia EW, Cohen AL, Ampofo K, Brandileone MC, Bruden D, Camilli R, Castilla J, Chan G, Cook H, Cornick JE, Dagan R, Dalby T, Danis K, de Miguel S, De Wals P, Desmet S, Georgakopoulou T, Gilkison C, Grgic-Vitek M, Hammitt LL, Hilty M, Ho PL, Jayasinghe S, Kellner JD, Kleynhans J, Knol MJ, Kozakova J, Kristinsson KG, Ladhani SN, MacDonald L, Mackenzie GA, Mad'arová L, McGeer A, Mereckiene J, Morfeldt E, Mungun T, Muñoz-Almagro C, Nuorti JP, Paragi M, Pilishvili T, Puentes R, Saha SK, Sahu Khan A, Savrasova L, Scott JA, Skoczy'ska A, Suga S, van der Linden M, Verani JR, von Gottberg A, Winje BA, Yildirim I, Zerouali K, Hayford K, The Pserenade Team (2021). Changes in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 1 Following Introduction of PCV10 and PCV13: Findings from the PSERENADE Project. Microorganisms, 9(4),
  16. Howard LM, Edwards KM, Zhu Y, Williams DJ, Self WH, Jain S, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Arnold SR, McCullers JA, Anderson EJ, Wunderink RG, Grijalva C (2020). Parainfluenza Virus Types 1-3 Infections Among Children and Adults Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Clinical infectious diseases, 73, e4433-e4443.
  17. 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, Hryviewicz 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 S (2020). The Global Pneumococcal Sequencing Consortium Visualizing variation within Global Pneumococcal Sequence Clusters (GPSCs) and country population snapshots to contextualize pneumococcal isolates. . Microbial & comparative genomics,
  18. 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 A (2020). Clinical and molecular epidemiology of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection in Utah children; continued dominance of MSSA over MRSA. PloS one, 15(9), e0238991.
  19. 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 A (2020). Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Serotype a Infections in Utah Children. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 9(6), 650-655.
  20. Kutty PK, Jain S, Taylor TH, Bramley AM, Diaz MH, Ampofo K, Arnold SR, Williams DJ, Edwards KM, McCullers JA, Pavia AT, Winchell JM, Schrag SJ, Hicks L (2019). Mycoplasma pneumoniae Among Children Hospitalized With Community-acquired Pneumonia. Clinical infectious diseases, 68(1), 5-12.
  21. Stockmann C, Olson J, Rashid J, Lubsch L, Young DC, Hersh AL, Frymoyer A, Ampofo K, Liu X, Wang Y, Sherwin CMT, Zobell J (2019). An Evaluation of Vancomycin Area Under the Curve Estimation Methods for Children Treated for Acute Pulmonary Exacerbations of Cystic Fibrosis Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of clinical pharmacology, 59(2), 198-205.
  22. Fritz CQ, Edwards KM, Self WH, Grijalva CG, Zhu Y, Arnold SR, McCullers JA, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Wunderink RG, Anderson EJ, Bramley AM, Jain S, Williams D (2019). Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Bacteremic Pneumonia in Children. Pediatrics, 144(1),
  23. 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 J (2019). Midturbinate Swabs Are Comparable to Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Quantitative Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Infants. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 8(6), 554-558.
  24. Nolan VG, Arnold SR, Bramley AM, Ampofo K, Williams DJ, Grijalva CG, Self WH, Anderson EJ, Wunderink RG, Edwards KM, Pavia AT, Jain S, McCullers J (2018). Etiology and Impact of Coinfections in Children Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. The Journal of infectious diseases, 218(2), 179-188.
  25. Adler FR, Stockmann C, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Byington C (2018). Transmission of rhinovirus in the Utah BIG-LoVE families: Consequences of age and household structure. PloS one, 13(7), e0199388.
  26. Frush JM, Zhu Y, Edwards KM, Grijalva CG, Thomsen IP, Self WH, Jain S, Anderson EJ, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Arnold SR, McCullers JA, Williams D (2018). Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and Use of Antistaphylococcal Therapy in Children Hospitalized with Pneumonia. Journal of hospital medicine, 13(12), 848-852.
  27. Stockmann C, Ampofo K, Killpack J, Williams DJ, Edwards KM, Grijalva CG, Arnold SR, McCullers JA, Anderson EJ, Wunderink RG, Self WH, Bramley A, Jain S, Pavia AT, Blaschke A (2018). Procalcitonin Accurately Identifies Hospitalized Children With Low Risk of Bacterial Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 7(1), 46-53.
  28. Bozio CH, Flanders WD, Finelli L, Bramley AM, Reed C, Gandhi NR, Vidal JE, Erdman D, Levine MZ, Lindstrom S, Ampofo K, Arnold SR, Self WH, Williams DJ, Grijalva CG, Anderson EJ, McCullers JA, Edwards KM, Pavia AT, Wunderink RG, Jain (2018). Use of Multiple Imputation to Estimate the Proportion of Respiratory Virus Detections Among Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Open forum infectious diseases, 5(4), ofy061.
  29. Schlaberg R, Queen K, Simmon K, Tardif K, Stockmann C, Flygare S, Kennedy B, Voelkerding K, Bramley A, Zhang J, Eilbeck K, Yandell M, Jain S, Pavia AT, Tong S, Ampofo (2017). Viral Pathogen Detection by Metagenomics and Pan-Viral Group Polymerase Chain Reaction in Children With Pneumonia Lacking Identifiable Etiology. The Journal of infectious diseases, 215(9), 1407-1415.
  30. Bramley AM, Reed C, Finelli L, Self WH, Ampofo K, Arnold SR, Williams DJ, Grijalva CG, Anderson EJ, Stockmann C, Trabue C, Fakhran S, Balk R, McCullers JA, Pavia AT, Edwards KM, Wunderink RG, Jain S, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Etiology of Pneumonia in the Community (EPIC) Study Team (2017). Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Outcomes Among Hospitalized Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. The Journal of infectious diseases, 215(12), 1873-1882.
  31. 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 A (2017). Human Bocavirus Capsid Messenger RNA Detection in Children With Pneumonia. The Journal of infectious diseases, 216(6), 688-696.
  32. Lu X, Schneider E, Jain S, Bramley AM, Hymas W, Stockmann C, Ampofo K, Arnold SR, Williams DJ, Self WH, Patel A, Chappell JD, Grijalva CG, Anderson EJ, Wunderink RG, McCullers JA, Edwards KM, Pavia AT, Erdman D (2017). Rhinovirus Viremia in Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. The Journal of infectious diseases, 216(9), 1104-1111.
  33. Nolan VG, Arnold SR, Bramley AM, Ampofo K, Williams DJ, Grijalva CG, Self WH, Anderson EJ, Wunderink RG, Edwards KM, Pavia AT, Jain S, McCullers J (2017). The Etiology and Impact of Co-infections in Children Hospitalized with Community-acquired Pneumonia. . American journal of infectious diseases,
  34. Stockmann C, Byington CL, Pavia AT, Ampofo K, Wilkes J, Korgenski EK, Hersh A (2017). Limited and Variable Use of Antivirals for Children Hospitalized With Influenza. JAMA pediatrics, 171(3), 299-301.
  35. Williams DJ, Edwards KM, Self WH, Zhu Y, Arnold SR, McCullers JA, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Anderson EJ, Hicks LA, Bramley AM, Jain S, Grijalva C (2017). Effectiveness of ß-Lactam Monotherapy vs Macrolide Combination Therapy for Children Hospitalized With Pneumonia. JAMA pediatrics, 171(12), 1184-1191.
  36. Harris AM, Bramley AM, Jain S, Arnold SR, Ampofo K, Self WH, Williams DJ, Anderson EJ, Grijalva CG, McCullers JA, Pavia AT, Wunderink RG, Edwards KM, Winchell JM, Hicks L (2017). Influence of Antibiotics on the Detection of Bacteria by Culture-Based and Culture-Independent Diagnostic Tests in Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Open forum infectious diseases, 4(1), ofx014.
  37. Stockmann C, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Blaschke AJ, Mason EO, Presson AP, Forney LJ, Byington C (2016). Clinical and Epidemiological Evidence of the Red Queen Hypothesis in Pneumococcal Serotype Dynamics. Clinical infectious diseases, 63(5), 619-626.
  38. Zhang Y, Sakthivel SK, Bramley A, Jain S, Haynes A, Chappell JD, Hymas W, Lenny N, Patel A, Qi C, Ampofo K, Arnold SR, Self WH, Williams DJ, Hillyard D, Anderson EJ, Grijalva CG, Zhu Y, Wunderink RG, Edwards KM, Pavia AT, McCullers JA, Erdman D (2016). Serology Enhances Molecular Diagnosis of Respiratory Virus Infections Other than Influenza in Children and Adults Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Journal of clinical microbiology, 55(1), 79-89.
  39. Self WH, Williams DJ, Zhu Y, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Chappell JD, Hymas WC, Stockmann C, Bramley AM, Schneider E, Erdman D, Finelli L, Jain S, Edwards KM, Grijalva C (2016). Respiratory Viral Detection in Children and Adults: Comparing Asymptomatic Controls and Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. The Journal of infectious diseases, 213(4), 584-91.
  40. Millman AJ, Finelli L, Bramley AM, Peacock G, Williams DJ, Arnold SR, Grijalva CG, Anderson EJ, McCullers JA, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Edwards KM, Jain (2016). Community-Acquired Pneumonia Hospitalization among Children with Neurologic Disorders. The Journal of pediatrics, 173, 188-195.e4.
  41. Kendall BA, Dascomb KK, Mehta RR, Stockmann C, Mason EO, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Byington C (2016). Early Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype changes in Utah adults after the introduction of PCV13 in children. Vaccine, 34(4), 474-478.
  42. 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 (2016). Taxonomer: an interactive metagenomics analysis portal for universal pathogen detection and host mRNA expression profiling. Genome biology, 17(1), 111.
  43. Byington CL, Ampofo K, Stockmann C, Adler FR, Herbener A, Miller T, Sheng X, Blaschke AJ, Crisp R, Pavia A (2015). Community Surveillance of Respiratory Viruses Among Families in the Utah Better Identification of Germs-Longitudinal Viral Epidemiology (BIG-LoVE) Study. Clinical infectious diseases, 61(8), 1217-24.
  44. Stockmann C, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Byington CL, Sheng X, Greene TH, Korgenski EK, Hersh A (2015). Comparative Effectiveness of Oral Versus Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy for Empyema. Hospital pediatrics, 5(12), 605-12.
  45. Siefkes H, Hamele M, Ampofo K, Poss W (2014). Risk factors for poor outcomes and therapeutic strategies for seasonal and pandemic influenza. Journal of pediatric intensive care, 3(4), 217-226.
  46. Stockmann C, Ampofo K, Hersh A, Blaschke A, Kendall B, Korgenski K, Byington C, Pavia A (2012). Evolving Epidemiology of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease in Utah, 2002 ¿ 2010. Clinical infectious diseases,
  47. Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Chris S, Hersh AL, Bender JM, Blaschke AJ, Weng HY, Korgenski KE, Daly J, Mason EO, Byington C (2012). The changing epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease at a tertiary children's hospital through the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era: a case for continuous surveillance. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 31(3), 228-34.
  48. Zobell JT, Stockmann C, Young DC, Cash J, McDowell BJ, Korgenski K, Sherwin CM, Spigarelli M, Chatfield BA, Ampofo (2011). Population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling of high-dose intermittent ticarcillin-clavulanate administration in pediatric cystic fibrosis patients. Clinical therapeutics, 33(11), 1844-50.
  49. Zobell JT, Young DC, Waters CD, Ampofo K, Cash J, Marshall BC, Olson J, Chatfield B (2011). A survey of the utilization of anti-pseudomonal beta-lactam therapy in cystic fibrosis patients. Pediatric pulmonology, 46(10), 987-90.
  50. Blaschke AJ, Heyrend C, Byington CL, Obando I, Vazquez-Barba I, Doby EH, Korgenski EK, Sheng X, Poritz MA, Daly JA, Mason EO, Pavia AT, Ampofo (2011). Molecular analysis improves pathogen identification and epidemiologic study of pediatric parapneumonic empyema. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 30(4), 289-94.
  51. Hersh AL, Herigon JC, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Newland J (2011). Rapid increase in use of antiviral therapy for hospitalized children with influenza during the 2009 H1N1 epidemic. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 30(10), 895-7.
  52. Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Stockmann CR, Blaschke AJ, Weng HY, Korgenski KE, Daly J, Byington C (2011). Evolution of the epidemiology of pneumococcal disease among Utah children through the vaccine era. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 30(12), 1100-3.
  53. Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Stockmann C, Hersh AL, Bender JM, Blaschke AJ, Weng HY, Korgenski KE, Daly J, Mason EO, Byington C (2011). The Changing Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease at a Tertiary Children's Hospital through the PCV7 Era. The Pediatric infectious disease journal,
  54. Kendall BA, Dascomb KK, Mehta RR, Mason EO, Ampofo K, Pombo DJ, Pavia AT, Byington C (2011). Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in Utah adults at the end of the PCV7 era. Vaccine, 29(49), 9123-6.
  55. Ekstrand JJ, Herbener A, Rawlings J, Turney B, Ampofo K, Korgenski EK, Bonkowsky JL (2010). Heightened neurologic complications in children with pandemic H1N1 influenza. Ann Neurol, 68(5), 762-6.
  56. Byington CL, Hulten KG, Ampofo K, Sheng X, Pavia AT, Blaschke AJ, Pettigrew M, Korgenski K, Daly J, Mason E (2010). Molecular epidemiology of pediatric pneumococcal empyema from 2001 to 2007 in Utah. Journal of clinical microbiology, 48(2), 520-5.
  57. Bender JM, Ampofo K, Gesteland P, Sheng X, Korgenski K, Raines B, Daly JA, Valentine K, Srivastava R, Pavia AT, Byington C (2010). Influenza virus infection in infants less than three months of age. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 29(1), 6-9.
  58. Ampofo K, Herbener A, Blaschke AJ, Heyrend C, Poritz M, Korgenski K, Rolfs R, Jain S, Carvalho Mda G, Pimenta FC, Daly J, Mason EO, Byington CL, Pavia A (2010). Association of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) infection and increased hospitalization with parapneumonic empyema in children in Utah. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 29(10), 905-9.
  59. Bender JM, Ampofo K, Byington CL, Grinsell M, Korgenski K, Daly JA, Mason EO, Pavia A (2010). Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae-induced hemolytic uremic syndrome in Utah children. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 29(8), 712-6.
  60. Zobell JT, Ampofo K, Cash J, Korgenski K, Chatfield B (2010). High dose intermittent ticarcillin-clavulanate administration in pediatric cystic fibrosis patients. Journal of cystic fibrosis, 9(4), 280-3.
  61. She RC, Simmon KE, Bender JM, Ampofo K, Petti C (2009). Mollicute infections in neonates. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 28(3), 248-50.
  62. Bender JM, Ampofo K, Gesteland P, Stoddard GJ, Nelson D, Byington CL, Pavia AT, Srivastava (2009). Development and validation of a risk score for predicting hospitalization in children with influenza virus infection. Pediatric emergency care, 25(6), 369-75.
  63. Bender JM, Ampofo K, Sheng X, Pavia AT, Cannon-Albright L, Byington C (2009). Parapneumonic empyema deaths during past century, Utah. Emerging infectious diseases, 15(1), 44-8.
  64. Bender JM, Ampofo K, Korgenski K, Daly J, Pavia AT, Mason EO, Byington CL (2008). Pneumococcal necrotizing pneumonia in Utah: does serotype matter? Clin Infect Dis, 46(9), 1346-52.
  65. Byington CL, Bender JM, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Korgenski K, Daly J, Christenson JC, Adderson E (2008). Tularemia with vesicular skin lesions may be mistaken for infection with herpes viruses. Clin Infect Dis, 47(1), e4-6.
  66. Blaschke AJ, Bender J, Byington CL, Korgenski K, Daly J, Petti CA, Pavia AT, Ampofo K (2007). Gordonia species: emerging pathogens in pediatric patients that are identified by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing. Clin Infect Dis, 45(4), 483-6.
  67. Ampofo K, Byington (2007). Management of parapneumonic empyema. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 26(5), 445-6.
  68. Byington CL, Korgenski K, Daly J, Ampofo K, Pavia A, Mason E (2006). Impact of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal parapneumonic empyema. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 25(3), 250-4.
  69. Gupta A, Ampofo K, Rubenstein D, Saiman (2003). Extended spectrum beta lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: a review of the literature. Journal of perinatology, 23(6), 439-43.
  70. Ampofo K, Saiman L, LaRussa P, Steinberg S, Annunziato P, Gershon A (2002). Persistence of immunity to live attenuated varicella vaccine in healthy adults. Clin Infect Dis, 34(6), 774-9.
  71. Ampofo KK, Saiman (2002). Pediatric tuberculosis. Pediatric annals, 31(2), 98-108.
  72. Graham PL, Ampofo K, Saiman (2002). Linezolid treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ventriculitis. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 21(8), 798-800.
  73. Ampofo K, Graham P, Ratner A, Rajagopalan L, Della-Latta P, Saiman (2001). Plesiomonas shigelloides sepsis and splenic abscess in an adolescent with sickle-cell disease. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 20(12), 1178-9.

Case Report

  1. Olarte L, Ampofo K, Thorell EA, Sanderson S, Doby E, Pavia AT, Rosado H, Raoult D, Socolovschi C, Hersh A (2012). Bartonella vinsonii Endocarditis in an Adolescent with Congenital Heart Disease. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 31(3), 228.

Letter

  1. Byington CL, Ampofo K, Korgenski K, Daly J, Pavia A (2006). Empyema and Viral Illness in UT. Pediatric infectious disease, 25(9), 854.