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Kunatum Prasidthrathsint, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology

Education

  • MD, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, New York
  • Fellow, Infectious Disease, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Fellow, Medical Microbiology, Division of Pathology, University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah

Licenses & Certifications

  • Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine
  • Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
  • Certification, American Board of Pathology, Medical Microbiology

Selected Publications

  • Olthoff M, Kobayashi T, Parsons MG, Ford B, Prasidthrathsint K, Non L, Salinas JL, Diekema DJ, Ince D. (2024) Impact of metagenomic next-generation sequencing on clinical decision-making at an academic medical center, a retrospective study, Iowa, 2022-2022. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. Mar 27; 4(1):e39. DOI: 10.1017/ash.2024.31. PMID: 38562514. PMCID: PMC10983051.
  • Tholany, J., Samra, H., Kobayashi, T. & Prasidthrathsint, K. (2023). Primary spontaneous listerial peritonitis. (Vols. 32). pp. e01748. Case Reports: ID Cases. DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01748. PMID: 36974133. PMCID: PMC10038783.
  • Carender, C. N., Sekar, P., Prasidthrathsint, K., DeMik, D. E., Brown, T. S. & Bedard, N. A. (2022). Rates of Antimicrobial Resistance With Extended Oral Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Total Joint Arthroplasty. Arthroplast Today 18 112-118. DOI: 10.1016/j.artd.2022.09.007. PMID: 36312888. PMCID: PMC9615136.
  • Kakiuchi S, Livorsi DJ, Perencevich EN, Diekema DJ, Ince D, Prasidthrathsint K, Kinn P, Percival K, Heintz BH, Goto M. Days of Antibiotic Spectrum Coverage (DASC): A Novel Metric for Inpatient Antibiotic Consumption. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Sept 10; 75(4):567-576. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab1034. PMID: 34910130.
  • Prasidthrathsint, K., Lewis, J. & Couturier, M. R. (2017). The Brief Case: Angiostrongylus cantonensis Eosinophilic Meningitis in a Returned Traveler. (Vols. 55). (10), pp. 2880-2883. J Clin Microbiol. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02427-16. PMID: 28947508. PMCID: PMC5625373.
  • Prasidthrathsint, K. & Fisher, M. A. (2017). Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns among a Large, Nationwide Cohort of Abiotrophia and Granulicatella Clinical Isolates. J Clin Microbiol 55 (4) 1025-1031. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02054-16. PMID: 28077699. PMCID: PMC5377828.
  • Shah, N. S., Greenberg, J. A., McNulty, M. C., Gregg, K. S., Riddell, 4th, J., Mangino, J. E., Weber, D. M., Hebert, C. L., Marzec, N. S., Barron, M. A., Chaparro-Rojas, F., Restrepo, A., Hemmige, V., Prasidthrathsint, K., Cobb, S., Herwaldt, L., Raabe, V., Cannavino, C. R., Hines, A. G., Bares, S. H., Antiporta, P. B., Scardina, T., Patel, U., Reid, G., Mohazabnia, P., Kachhdiya, S., Le, B. M., Park, C. J., Ostrowsky, B., Robicsek, A., Smith, B. A., Schied, J., Bhatti, M. M., Mayer, S., Sikka, M., Murphy-Aguilu, I., Patwari, P., Abeles, S. R., Torriani, F. J., Abbas, Z., Toya, S., Doktor, K., Chakrabarti, A., Doblecki-Lewis, S., Looney, D. J. & David, M. Z. (2016). Bacterial and viral co-infections complicating severe influenza: Incidence and impact among 507 U.S. patients, 2013-14. J Clin Virology 80 12-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2016.04.008. PMID: 27130980.
  • Prasidthrathsint, K., Voigt, M. & Streit, J. (2015). Association of Q-fever with autoimmune hepatitis. J Autoimmun Disorders 1 (1) 3.
  • Shah, N. S., Greenberg, J. A., McNulty, M. C., Gregg, K. S., Riddell, J., Mangino, J. E., Weber, D. M., Hebert, C. L., Marzec, N. S., Barron, M. A., Chaparro-Rojas, F., Restrepo, A., Hemmige, V., Prasidthrathsint, K., Cobb, S., Herwaldt, L., Raabe, V., Cannavino, C. R., Hines, A. G., Bares, S. H., Antiporta, P. B., Scardina, T., Patel, U., Reid, G., Mohazabnia, P., Kachhdiya, S., Le, B. M., Park, C. J., Ostrowsky, B., Robicsek, A., Smith, B. A., Schied, J., Bhatti, M. M., Mayer, S., Sikka, M., Murphy-Aguilu, I., Patwari, P., Abeles, S. R., Torriani, F. J., Abbas, Z., Toya, S., Doktor, K., Chakrabarti, A., Doblecki-Lewis, S., Looney, D. J. & David, M. Z. (2015). Severe Influenza in 33 US Hospitals, 2013-2014: Complications and Risk Factors for Death in 507 Patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 36 (11) 1251-60. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.170. PMID: 26224364.
  • Suksaranjit, P. & Prasidthrathsint, K. (2013). Clinical implication of T2* cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in cardiac siderosis. (Vols. 126). (12), pp. e9-10. Am J Med. DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.07.019. PMID: 24095086.