Physician
Infectious Disease
Dr. William A. Agger, MD
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William Agger is an expert in the field of Infectious Disease. He studied medicine at University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago is ranked 49/85 in Research/PrimaryCare. He over the years received 1 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Dr. William A. Agger is also a published doctor. He has 74 paper published. The most recent paper is: Coinfection with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in a western Wisconsin resident. He is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Acromioclavicular septic arthritis and sternoclavicular septic arthritis with contiguous pyomyositis.
- Reflexive culture for diagnosis of group a streptococcal pharyngitis remains of questionable value.
- Epidemiologic factors and urogenital infections associated with preterm birth in a midwestern u.s. Population.
- Intracellular patterns of sialophorin expression define a new molecular classification of breast cancer and represent new targets for therapy.
- Successful Treatment of Brainstem Blastomycosis with Fluconazole.
- Escherichia coli pyomyositis in an immunocompromised host.
- Oral antibiotic treatment and long-term outcomes of Lyme facial nerve palsy.
- The differential diagnosis of pulmonary blastomycosis using case vignettes: a Wisconsin Network for Health Research (WiNHR) study.
- The effect of residual osteomyelitis at the resection margin in patients with surgically treated diabetic foot infection.
- Use of optical mapping to sort uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains into distinct subgroups.
- Chronic granulomatous disease, catalase, and Actinomyces.
- Antibiotic treatment duration and long-term outcomes of patients with early lyme disease from a lyme disease-hyperendemic area.
- The Wisconsin Network for Health Research (WiNHR): a statewide, collaborative, multi-disciplinary, research group.
- Art supports new plague science.
- Adolescent presentation of x-linked lymphoproliferative disease.
- A critical appraisal of "chronic Lyme disease".
- How should we approach adolescent and adult pertussis?
- HIV testing and privacy laws.
- Tularemia, lawn mowers, and rabbits' nests.
- A comparison of two treatment regimens of ceftriaxone in late Lyme disease.
- Milkers' nodules complicated by erythema multiforme and graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma.
- High prevalence of genital mycoplasmas among sexually active young adults with urethritis or cervicitis symptoms in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
- Exophiala jeanselmei infection in a heart transplant recipient successfully treated with oral terbinafine.
- Ability of the borreliacidal antibody test to confirm lyme disease in clinical practice.
- Reassessment of a midwestern Lyme disease focus for Borrelia burgdorferi and the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent.
- Antibiotic resistance: unnatural selection in the office and on the farm.
- Clinical features of clostridial bacteremia: a review from a rural area.
- Chronic sternal wound infection and endocarditis with Coxiella burnetii.
- Coinfection with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in a western Wisconsin resident.
- Performance measurement in pneumonia care: beyond report cards.
- Ceftriaxone compared with doxycycline for the treatment of acute disseminated Lyme disease.
- AIDS-related lymphomas with neurologic manifestations.
- Clinical comparison of borreliacidal-antibody test with indirect immunofluorescence and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for diagnosis of Lyme disease.
- Leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and Lyme borreliosis: is there an association?
- Mental neuropathy in patients with AIDS-associated malignant lymphoma.
- Pemphigus foliaceus coexisting with IgA nephropathy in a patient with psoriasis vulgaris.
- Subclavian hemodialysis catheter infections: a prospective, randomized trial of an attachable silver-impregnated cuff for prevention of catheter-related infections.
- Babesiosis in Wisconsin: a potentially fatal disease.
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections of intact skin.
- Isolating Borrelia burgdorferi from erythema migrans.
- Predator and prey.
- Subcutaneous alternariosis of the foot in a patient on corticosteroids.
- In vitro susceptibilities of Borrelia burgdorferi to five oral cephalosporins and ceftriaxone.
- Lyme disease: clinical features, classification, and epidemiology in the upper midwest.
- Pleuropneumonia caused by multiply resistant Haemophilus influenzae type B infection acquired in the United States.
- Survey for Ixodes spp. and Borrelia burgdorferi in southeastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois.
- Effects of bovine serum albumin on the ability of Barbour-Stoenner-Kelly medium to detect Borrelia burgdorferi.
- Efficacy of the urinary bladder for isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi from naturally infected, wild Peromyscus leucopus.
- Borrelia burgdorferi infection surrounding La Crosse, Wis.
- Enterococcal bacteremia: clinical features, the risk of endocarditis, and management.
- Hepatitis due to recurrent Lyme disease.
- Intestinal infections with Aeromonas.
- Enumeration and characterization of Aeromonas hydrophila and Aeromonas caviae isolated from grocery store produce.
- Wounds caused by corn-harvesting machines: an unusual source of infection due to gram-negative bacilli.
- Diarrhea associated with Aeromonas hydrophila.
- Visceral larva migrans. A case from the La Crosse area.
- Clinical and microbiological features of Aeromonas hydrophila-associated diarrhea.
- Granulomas of the vocal cords caused by Sporothrix schenckii.
- Epidemic typhus acquired in Wisconsin.
- Fatal necrotizing enterocolitis in a neonate with DiGeorge syndrome.
- Psoas muscle abscess due to Yersinia enterocolitica.
- Pulmonary dirofilariasis and transitional cell carcinoma. Benign lung nodules mimicking metastatic malignant neoplasms.
- Human orf infection complicated by erythema multiforme.
- The source of biliary infections associated with T-tube drainage.
- Penicillin-resistant Bacteroides melaninogenicus.
- Nitrofurantoin-induced granulomatous hepatitis.
- Cutaneous larva migrans; recent experience in the La Crossa area.
- Carbenicillin for treatment of Bacteroides fragilis infections: why not penicillin G?
- Mucormycosis. A complication of critical care.
- Ocular sporotrichosis mimicking mucormycosis in a diabetic.
- Efficacy of direct Gram stain in differentiating staphylococci from streptococci in blood cultures positive for gram-positive cocci.
- Pneumococcal sepsis with disseminated intravascular coagulation in an asplenic woman: case report.
- Septicemia from heparin-lock needles.
Doctors Specialties
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Infectious Disease
Accepted Insurances
- American Enterprise Group
- American Republic
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
- Blue Preferred Plus POS
- Assurant Health
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Blue Cross Accord
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
- Medicare MCR
- Medico
- MultiPlan PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
- Universal American
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
Education
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University of Wisconsin -
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago -
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1982607263 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | AGGER | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | WILLIAM | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 546015429 | |
| NPPES Provider State | WI | |
| Specialty Description | Infectious Disease | |
| Total Claim Count | 1020.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1982607263 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | AGGER |
| First Name Of The Provider | WILLIAM |
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