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Kap Sum Foong

TitleAffiliate - DHHA
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-MED
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0001-6259-0032 Additional info

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    Universiti Sains Malaysia, MalaysiaMD2023
    Crozer Chester Medical Center, Pennsylvania06/2017Internal Medicine Residency
    Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri06/2019Infectious Disease Fellowship

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    1. Foong KS, Dong SW. Uncertain Terrain. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Apr 30; 82(4):558-561. PMID: 40581719.
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    2. Wilk S, Foong KS, Tam R, Grigoryan L, Taylor L, Strick LB, Sandler Silva R, Wurcel A. Penicillin Allergy Labels and High-risk Antibiotic Prescribing Among Incarcerated Individuals Receiving Antibiotics Across Four US Carceral Systems. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2026 Mar; 13(3):ofag128. PMID: 41889453.
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    3. Foong KS, Fowle L, Slider A, Campion M, Leaf J, Cumming M, Bolstorff B, Brandeburg C, McHale E, Reilly C, Beaulac K, Vazquez GA, Koethe B, Doron S, Alsoubani M. A Public Health Approach to Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Multifaceted Program in Massachusetts. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Feb 13. PMID: 41686689.
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    4. Foong KS, Erdil R, Campion M, Doron S, Alsoubani M. Penicillin allergy delabeling practices and barriers across SHEA research network US institutions: a cross-sectional survey. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2025 Dec; 46(12):1268-1271. PMID: 41085356.
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    5. Weiss ZF, Nussbaum EZ, Shukla B, Doron S, Foong KS. Caution against using plasma mNGS for NHSN CLABSI surveillance. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2025 Dec; 46(12):1285-1286. PMID: 40977322.
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    6. Foong KS, Doron S, Wurcel A. Incomplete documentation of ß-lactam allergy in long-term care facility residents increases risk of high-risk antibiotic use for Clostridioides difficile infection. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2025 Jul 12; 82(14):770-771. PMID: 39726291.
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    7. Foong KS, Doron S, Wurcel A. Penicillin allergy delabeling in long-term care facilities: if not now, then when? Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2025; 5(1):e61. PMID: 40026770.
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    8. Foong KS, Doron S, Fowle L, Cumming M, Leaf J, Bolstorff B, Brandeburg C, Chen Y, Wurcel A. Documented penicillin allergy and beta-lactam antibiotic use in Massachusetts long-term care facilities: opportunities for penicillin allergy delabeling. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024; 4(1):e166. PMID: 39430796.
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    9. Gottlieb RL, Clement M, Cook P, Deveikis A, Foong KS, Robinson P, Slim J, Spak CW, Buelens A, Callewaert K, De Meyer S, Mo WL, Verbrugge I, Van Wesenbeeck L, Zhuang Y, Chien JW, Opsomer M, Van Landuyt E. The IL-6 hypothesis in COVID-19: A phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of free IL-6 sequestration by the monoclonal antibody sirukumab in severe and critical COVID-19. J Infect. 2024 Oct; 89(4):106241. PMID: 39182655.
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    10. Foong KS, Fowle L, Doron S, Cumming M, Leaf J, Bolstorff B, Brandeburg C, Chen Y, Wurcel A. Antibiotic allergy prevalence and documentation quality in Massachusetts long-term care facilities: A cross-sectional survey. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2024 09; 133(3):335-340.e1. PMID: 38897407.
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    11. Smith M, Foong KS. Cefiderocol-associated brown chromaturia. BMJ Case Rep. 2023 Dec 16; 16(12). PMID: 38103906.
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    12. Foong KS, Mabayoje M, AlMajali A. Clinical Impact of Noninvasive Plasma Microbial Cell-Free Deoxyribonucleic Acid Sequencing for the Diagnosis and Management of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia: A Single-Center Retrospective Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Dec; 9(12):ofac652. PMID: 36578518.
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    13. Foong KS, Munigala S, Kern-Allely S, Warren DK. Blood culture utilization practices among febrile and/or hypothermic inpatients. BMC Infect Dis. 2022 Oct 10; 22(1):779. PMID: 36217111.
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    14. Helms JM, Ansteatt KT, Roberts JC, Kamatam S, Foong KS, Labayog JS, Tarantino MD. Severe, Refractory Immune Thrombocytopenia Occurring After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine. J Blood Med. 2021; 12:221-224. PMID: 33854395.
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    15. Foong KS, Sung A, Burnham JP, Kronen R, Lian Q, Salazar Zetina A, Hsueh K, Lin C, Powderly WG, Spec A. Risk factors predicting Candida infective endocarditis in patients with candidemia. Med Mycol. 2020 Jul 01; 58(5):593-599. PMID: 31613365.
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    16. Foong KS, Munigala S, Jackups R, Yarbrough ML, Burnham CA, Warren DK. Incidence and Diagnostic Yield of Repeat Urine Culture in Hospitalized Patients: an Opportunity for Diagnostic Stewardship. J Clin Microbiol. 2019 10; 57(10). PMID: 31391227.
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    17. Foong KS, Carlson AL, Munigala S, Burnham CD, Warren DK. Clinical Impact of Revised Cefepime Breakpoint in Patients With Enterobacteriaceae Bacteremia. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Aug; 6(8):ofz341. PMID: 31660387.
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    18. Foong KS, Hsueh K, Bailey TC, Luong L, Iqbal A, Hoehner C, Connor L, Casabar E, Lane M, Burnett Y, Ritchie D, Krekel T, Newland H, Weilmuenster L, Heuring B, Durkin MJ, Hamad Y. A Cluster of Cefepime-induced Neutropenia During Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 07 18; 69(3):534-537. PMID: 30590400.
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    19. Foong KS, Casabar E, Warren DK. Incidence and etiology of fever following seasonal influenza vaccination in hospitalized patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 02; 40(2):235-237. PMID: 30522531.
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    20. Foong KS, Lee A, Pekez M, Bin W. Imipenem/cilastatin-induced acute eosinophilic pneumonia. BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Mar 04; 2016. PMID: 26944380.
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    21. Foong KS, Lee A, Vasquez G. Cryptococcal Infection of the Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt in an Immunocompetent Patient. Am J Case Rep. 2016 Jan 18; 17:31-4. PMID: 26778598.
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