Faculty Appointments
Professor of Medicine
Education
M.P.H., Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, CaliforniaM.D., Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VirginiaB.S., Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Office Address
Division of Infectious Diseases
A-2200 MCN
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, VA
A-2200 MCN
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, VA
Publications
Mailles A, Stahl JP, Bloch KC. Update and new insights in encephalitis. Clin. Microbiol. Infect [print-electronic]. 2017 Sep; 23(9): 607-13. PMID: 28501667, PII: S1198-743X(17)30257-4, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.05.002, ISSN: 1469-0691.
Bradshaw MJ, Bloch KC, Davis LT, Craig-Owens LD, Ely K, Longmuir R. Clinical Reasoning: A 57-year-old man with unilateral anosmia, papilledema, and meningismus. Neurology. 2017 Aug 8/22/2017; 89(8): e86-e90. PMID: 28827465, PII: WNL.0000000000004275, DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004275, ISSN: 1526-632X.
Fill MA, Moncayo AC, Bloch KC, Dunn JR, Schaffner W, Jones TF. Evaluation of a Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Public Health Surveillance System in Tennessee. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg [print-electronic]. 2017 Jul 7/3/2017; PMID: 28722610, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0765, ISSN: 1476-1645.
Bradshaw MJ, Lalor KB, Vu N, Pruthi S, Bloch KC. Child Neurology: Rocky Mountain spotted fever encephalitis. Neurology. 2017 Mar 3/14/2017; 88(11): e92-e95. PMID: 28289173, PII: WNL.0000000000003722, DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003722, ISSN: 1526-632X.
Bradshaw MJ, Pawate S, Bloch KC, Moots P, Reddy NM. Clinical Reasoning: A 52-year-old man with diplopia and ataxia. Neurology. 2016 Sep 9/27/2016; 87(13): e140-3. PMID: 27672172, PII: WNL.0000000000003150, DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003150, ISSN: 1526-632X.
Delisle J, Mendell NL, Stull-Lane A, Bloch KC, Bouyer DH, Moncayo AC. Human Infections by Multiple Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Tennessee. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg [print-electronic]. 2016 Jun 6/1/2016; 94(6): 1212-7. PMID: 27022147, PMCID: PMC4889736, PII: ajtmh.15-0372, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0372, ISSN: 1476-1645.
Bradshaw MJ, Pawate S, Lennon VA, Bloch KC, Brown KM. Herpes simplex virus 1 encephalitis associated with voltage-gated calcium channel autoimmunity. Neurology [print-electronic]. 2015 Dec 12/15/2015; 85(24): 2176-7. PMID: 26567268, PMCID: PMC4691688, PII: WNL.0000000000002218, DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002218, ISSN: 1526-632X.
Bloch KC, Bitnun A, Glaser CA, Mailles A, Stahl JP, Tunkel AR, Venkatesan A. Reply to Jackson [letter]. Clin. Infect. Dis [print-electronic]. 2015 Jul 7/15/2015; 61(2): 293-4. PMID: 25900176, PII: civ314, DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ314, ISSN: 1537-6591.
Hariri S, Bennett NM, Niccolai LM, Schafer S, Park IU, Bloch KC, Unger ER, Whitney E, Julian P, Scahill MW, Abdullah N, Levine D, Johnson ML, Steinau M, Markowitz LE, . Reduction in HPV 16/18-associated high grade cervical lesions following HPV vaccine introduction in the United States - 2008-2012. Vaccine [print-electronic]. 2015 Mar 3/24/2015; 33(13): 1608-13. PMID: 25681664, PII: S0264-410X(15)00151-6, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.01.084, ISSN: 1873-2518.
Hariri S, Unger ER, Schafer S, Niccolai LM, Park IU, Bloch KC, Bennett NM, Steinau M, Johnson ML, Markowitz LE, . HPV type attribution in high-grade cervical lesions: assessing the potential benefits of vaccines in a population-based evaluation in the United States. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev [print-electronic]. 2015 Feb; 24(2): 393-9. PMID: 25416715, PII: 1055-9965.EPI-14-0649, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0649, ISSN: 1538-7755.
Kim DH, Tate J, Dresen WF, Papa FC, Bloch KC, Kalams SA, Ellis CR, Baker MT, Lenihan DJ, Mendes LA. Cardiac implanted electronic device-related infective endocarditis: clinical features, management, and outcomes of 80 consecutive patients. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol [print-electronic]. 2014 Aug; 37(8): 978-85. PMID: 25060820, DOI: 10.1111/pace.12452, ISSN: 1540-8159.
Bloch KC. Do Delays in Performing Lumbar Puncture After Administration of Antibiotics Alter the Results of CSF Cultures?. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2011 Aug; 13(4): 305-7. PMID: 21509591, DOI: 10.1007/s11908-011-0188-6, ISSN: 1534-3146.
Carnevale RJ, Talbot TR, Schaffner W, Bloch KC, Daniels TL, Miller RA. Evaluating the utility of syndromic surveillance algorithms for screening to detect potentially clonal hospital infection outbreaks. J Am Med Inform Assoc [print-electronic]. 2011 Jul; 18(4): 466-72. PMID: 21606134, PMCID: PMC3128411, PII: amiajnl-2011-000216, DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000216, ISSN: 1527-974X.
Johnson JA, Bloch KC, Dang BN. Varicella reinfection in a seropositive physician following occupational exposure to localized zoster. Clin. Infect. Dis [print-electronic]. 2011 Apr 4/1/2011; 52(7): 907-9. PMID: 21273297, PMCID: PMC3106231, PII: cir033, DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir033, ISSN: 1537-6591.
Reznicek JE, Mason WJ, Kaul DR, Saint S, Bloch KC. Clinical problem-solving. Avoiding a rash diagnosis. N. Engl. J. Med. 2011 Feb 2/3/2011; 364(5): 466-71. PMID: 21288099, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcps0906691, ISSN: 1533-4406.
Melekhin VV, Karem KL, Damon IK, Bloch KC. Encephalitis after secondary smallpox vaccination. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2009 Jan 1/1/2009; 48(1): e1-2. PMID: 19025490, PMCID: PMC5178130, DOI: 10.1086/595555, ISSN: 1537-6591.
Bloch KC, Glaser C. Diagnostic approaches for patients with suspected encephalitis. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2007 Jul; 9(4): 315-22. PMID: 17618552, ISSN: 1523-3847.
Thomas LD, Hongo I, Bloch KC, Tang YW, Dummer S. Human ehrlichiosis in transplant recipients. Am. J. Transplant. 2007 Jun; 7(6): 1641-7. PMID: 17511689, PII: AJT1821, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01821.x, ISSN: 1600-6135.
Hongo I, Bloch KC. Ehrlichia infection of the central nervous system. Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2006 May; 8(3): 179-84. PMID: 16569376, ISSN: 1092-8480.
Bloch KC, Schuster FL. Inability to make a premortem diagnosis of Acanthamoeba species infection in a patient with fatal granulomatous amebic encephalitis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 Jun; 43(6): 3003-6. PMID: 15956445, PMCID: PMC1151932, PII: 43/6/3003, DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.3003-3006.2005, ISSN: 0095-1137.
Weitkamp JH, Spring MD, Brogan T, Moses H, Bloch KC, Wright PF. Influenza A virus-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy in the United States. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2004 Mar; 23(3): 259-63. PMID: 15014305, PII: 00006454-200403000-00019, ISSN: 0891-3668.
Talbot TR, Comer JA, Bloch KC. Ehrlichia chaffeensis infections among HIV-infected patients in a human monocytic ehrlichiosis-endemic area. Emerging Infect. Dis. 2003 Sep; 9(9): 1123-7. PMID: 14519250, PMCID: PMC3016774, DOI: 10.3201/eid0909.020560, ISSN: 1080-6040.
Lu HZ, Bloch KC, Tang YW. Molecular Techniques in the Diagnosis of Central Nervous System Infections. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2002 Aug; 4(4): 339-50. PMID: 12126611, ISSN: 1523-3847.
Ando T, Perez-Perez GI, Kusugami K, Ohsuga M, Bloch KC, Blaser MJ. Anti-CagA immunoglobulin G responses correlate with interleukin-8 induction in human gastric mucosal biopsy culture. Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2000 Sep; 7(5): 803-9. PMID: 10973458, PMCID: PMC95959, ISSN: 1071-412X.
Bradshaw MJ, Bloch KC, Davis LT, Craig-Owens LD, Ely K, Longmuir R. Clinical Reasoning: A 57-year-old man with unilateral anosmia, papilledema, and meningismus. Neurology. 2017 Aug 8/22/2017; 89(8): e86-e90. PMID: 28827465, PII: WNL.0000000000004275, DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004275, ISSN: 1526-632X.
Fill MA, Moncayo AC, Bloch KC, Dunn JR, Schaffner W, Jones TF. Evaluation of a Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Public Health Surveillance System in Tennessee. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg [print-electronic]. 2017 Jul 7/3/2017; PMID: 28722610, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0765, ISSN: 1476-1645.
Bradshaw MJ, Lalor KB, Vu N, Pruthi S, Bloch KC. Child Neurology: Rocky Mountain spotted fever encephalitis. Neurology. 2017 Mar 3/14/2017; 88(11): e92-e95. PMID: 28289173, PII: WNL.0000000000003722, DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003722, ISSN: 1526-632X.
Bradshaw MJ, Pawate S, Bloch KC, Moots P, Reddy NM. Clinical Reasoning: A 52-year-old man with diplopia and ataxia. Neurology. 2016 Sep 9/27/2016; 87(13): e140-3. PMID: 27672172, PII: WNL.0000000000003150, DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003150, ISSN: 1526-632X.
Delisle J, Mendell NL, Stull-Lane A, Bloch KC, Bouyer DH, Moncayo AC. Human Infections by Multiple Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Tennessee. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg [print-electronic]. 2016 Jun 6/1/2016; 94(6): 1212-7. PMID: 27022147, PMCID: PMC4889736, PII: ajtmh.15-0372, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0372, ISSN: 1476-1645.
Bradshaw MJ, Pawate S, Lennon VA, Bloch KC, Brown KM. Herpes simplex virus 1 encephalitis associated with voltage-gated calcium channel autoimmunity. Neurology [print-electronic]. 2015 Dec 12/15/2015; 85(24): 2176-7. PMID: 26567268, PMCID: PMC4691688, PII: WNL.0000000000002218, DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002218, ISSN: 1526-632X.
Bloch KC, Bitnun A, Glaser CA, Mailles A, Stahl JP, Tunkel AR, Venkatesan A. Reply to Jackson [letter]. Clin. Infect. Dis [print-electronic]. 2015 Jul 7/15/2015; 61(2): 293-4. PMID: 25900176, PII: civ314, DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ314, ISSN: 1537-6591.
Hariri S, Bennett NM, Niccolai LM, Schafer S, Park IU, Bloch KC, Unger ER, Whitney E, Julian P, Scahill MW, Abdullah N, Levine D, Johnson ML, Steinau M, Markowitz LE, . Reduction in HPV 16/18-associated high grade cervical lesions following HPV vaccine introduction in the United States - 2008-2012. Vaccine [print-electronic]. 2015 Mar 3/24/2015; 33(13): 1608-13. PMID: 25681664, PII: S0264-410X(15)00151-6, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.01.084, ISSN: 1873-2518.
Hariri S, Unger ER, Schafer S, Niccolai LM, Park IU, Bloch KC, Bennett NM, Steinau M, Johnson ML, Markowitz LE, . HPV type attribution in high-grade cervical lesions: assessing the potential benefits of vaccines in a population-based evaluation in the United States. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev [print-electronic]. 2015 Feb; 24(2): 393-9. PMID: 25416715, PII: 1055-9965.EPI-14-0649, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0649, ISSN: 1538-7755.
Kim DH, Tate J, Dresen WF, Papa FC, Bloch KC, Kalams SA, Ellis CR, Baker MT, Lenihan DJ, Mendes LA. Cardiac implanted electronic device-related infective endocarditis: clinical features, management, and outcomes of 80 consecutive patients. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol [print-electronic]. 2014 Aug; 37(8): 978-85. PMID: 25060820, DOI: 10.1111/pace.12452, ISSN: 1540-8159.
Bloch KC. Do Delays in Performing Lumbar Puncture After Administration of Antibiotics Alter the Results of CSF Cultures?. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2011 Aug; 13(4): 305-7. PMID: 21509591, DOI: 10.1007/s11908-011-0188-6, ISSN: 1534-3146.
Carnevale RJ, Talbot TR, Schaffner W, Bloch KC, Daniels TL, Miller RA. Evaluating the utility of syndromic surveillance algorithms for screening to detect potentially clonal hospital infection outbreaks. J Am Med Inform Assoc [print-electronic]. 2011 Jul; 18(4): 466-72. PMID: 21606134, PMCID: PMC3128411, PII: amiajnl-2011-000216, DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000216, ISSN: 1527-974X.
Johnson JA, Bloch KC, Dang BN. Varicella reinfection in a seropositive physician following occupational exposure to localized zoster. Clin. Infect. Dis [print-electronic]. 2011 Apr 4/1/2011; 52(7): 907-9. PMID: 21273297, PMCID: PMC3106231, PII: cir033, DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir033, ISSN: 1537-6591.
Reznicek JE, Mason WJ, Kaul DR, Saint S, Bloch KC. Clinical problem-solving. Avoiding a rash diagnosis. N. Engl. J. Med. 2011 Feb 2/3/2011; 364(5): 466-71. PMID: 21288099, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcps0906691, ISSN: 1533-4406.
Melekhin VV, Karem KL, Damon IK, Bloch KC. Encephalitis after secondary smallpox vaccination. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2009 Jan 1/1/2009; 48(1): e1-2. PMID: 19025490, PMCID: PMC5178130, DOI: 10.1086/595555, ISSN: 1537-6591.
Bloch KC, Glaser C. Diagnostic approaches for patients with suspected encephalitis. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2007 Jul; 9(4): 315-22. PMID: 17618552, ISSN: 1523-3847.
Thomas LD, Hongo I, Bloch KC, Tang YW, Dummer S. Human ehrlichiosis in transplant recipients. Am. J. Transplant. 2007 Jun; 7(6): 1641-7. PMID: 17511689, PII: AJT1821, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01821.x, ISSN: 1600-6135.
Hongo I, Bloch KC. Ehrlichia infection of the central nervous system. Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2006 May; 8(3): 179-84. PMID: 16569376, ISSN: 1092-8480.
Bloch KC, Schuster FL. Inability to make a premortem diagnosis of Acanthamoeba species infection in a patient with fatal granulomatous amebic encephalitis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 Jun; 43(6): 3003-6. PMID: 15956445, PMCID: PMC1151932, PII: 43/6/3003, DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.3003-3006.2005, ISSN: 0095-1137.
Weitkamp JH, Spring MD, Brogan T, Moses H, Bloch KC, Wright PF. Influenza A virus-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy in the United States. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2004 Mar; 23(3): 259-63. PMID: 15014305, PII: 00006454-200403000-00019, ISSN: 0891-3668.
Talbot TR, Comer JA, Bloch KC. Ehrlichia chaffeensis infections among HIV-infected patients in a human monocytic ehrlichiosis-endemic area. Emerging Infect. Dis. 2003 Sep; 9(9): 1123-7. PMID: 14519250, PMCID: PMC3016774, DOI: 10.3201/eid0909.020560, ISSN: 1080-6040.
Lu HZ, Bloch KC, Tang YW. Molecular Techniques in the Diagnosis of Central Nervous System Infections. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2002 Aug; 4(4): 339-50. PMID: 12126611, ISSN: 1523-3847.
Ando T, Perez-Perez GI, Kusugami K, Ohsuga M, Bloch KC, Blaser MJ. Anti-CagA immunoglobulin G responses correlate with interleukin-8 induction in human gastric mucosal biopsy culture. Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2000 Sep; 7(5): 803-9. PMID: 10973458, PMCID: PMC95959, ISSN: 1071-412X.