Micah M Bhatti, M.D., Ph.D
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2005 | Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA, PHD, Pharmacology & Toxicology |
| 2005 | Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA, MD, Infectious Disease |
| 2000 | Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, USA, BS, Chemistry |
Postgraduate Training
| 2014-2015 | Clinical Fellowship, Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN |
| 2010-2013 | Clinical Fellowship, Pediatric Infectious Disease, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 2007-2010 | Clinical Residency, Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, CA |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Chao AW, Bhatti MM, DuPont HL, Nataro JP, Carlin LG, Okhuysen PC. Clinical features and molecular epidemiology of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes identified by fecal gastrointestinal multiplex nucleic acid amplification in patients with cancer and diarrhea. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 89(3):235-240, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28931467.
- Ariza-Heredia EJ, Granwehr BP, Viola GM, Bhatti M, Kelley JM, Kochenderfer J, Hosing C. False-positive HIV nucleic acid amplification testing during CAR T-cell therapy. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 88(4):305-307, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28610774.
- Khan M, Siddiqi R, Konopleva M, Bhatti MM, Benton CB. Increased peripheral leukemia blasts leading to false-positive blood culture. Blood Cells Mol Dis 64:8-9, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28285097.
- Ghosh T, Jandhyala D, Bhatti MM, Pritt BS. The Brief Case: Crusted Scabies in a Leukemic Patient following a Stay in a Long-Term Acute Care Facility. J Clin Microbiol 55(5):1233-1236, 2017. PMID: 28442611.
- Bhatti MM, Rucinski SL, Schwab JJ, Cole NC, Gebrehiwot SA, Patel R. Eight-Year Review of Bordetella pertussis Testing Reveals Seasonal Pattern in the United States. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 6(1):91-93, 2017. PMID: 26621328.
- Bhatti MM, Kalia A, Sahasrabhojane P, Kim J, Greenberg DE, Shelburne SA. Identification and Whole Genome Sequencing of the First Case of Kosakonia radicincitans Causing a Human Bloodstream Infection. Front Microbiol 8:62, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28174569.
- Aitken SL, Tarrand JJ, Deshpande LM, Tverdek FP, Jones AL, Shelburne SA, Prince RA, Bhatti MM, Rolston KVI, Jones RN, Castanheira M, Chemaly RF. High Rates of Nonsusceptibility to Ceftazidime-avibactam and Identification of New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase Production in Enterobacteriaceae Bloodstream Infections at a Major Cancer Center. Clin Infect Dis 63(7):954-8, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27313265.
- Aitken SL, Kontoyiannis DP, DePombo AM, Bhatti MM, Tverdek FP, Gettys SC, Nicolau DP, Nunez CA. Use of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam in the Treatment of Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infection in a Pediatric Leukemia Patient. Pediatr Infect Dis J 35(9):1040-2, 2016. PMID: 27254038.
- Cawcutt KA, Bhatti MM, Nelson DR. Pleural fluid infection caused by Dietzia cinnamea. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 85(4):496-7, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27312689.
- Bhatti MM, Boonlayangoor S, Beavis KG, Tesic V. Rapid identification of positive blood cultures by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry using prewarmed agar plates. J Clin Microbiol 52(12):4334-8, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25232166.
- Bhatti MM, Boonlayangoor S, Beavis KG, Tesic V. Evaluation of FilmArray and Verigene systems for rapid identification of positive blood cultures. J Clin Microbiol 52(9):3433-6, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25031445.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified January 27, 2023