Robert Libke, MD
Professor
Infectious Diseases- Fresno
School of Medicine

Robert Libke, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF Director, Infection Control, UCSF Fresno Chair, Human Investigation Review, UCSF Fresno Robert Libke, M.D., specializes in infectious diseases. He received his board certification from the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease. Dr. Libke received his residency and fellowship at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Publications (25)

Top publication keywords:
CoccidioidomycosisLymphatic DiseasesSuperior Vena Cava SyndromeTuberculosis, Male GenitalCarbenicillinLung Diseases, FungalPenile DiseasesPleural EffusionMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsTuberculosis, CutaneousReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionImmune Reconstitution Inflammatory SyndromeCoccidioidesAdenosine Deaminase

• Overview of the Current Challenges in Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis.
  Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) 2024 Fayed MA, Evans TM, Almasri E, Bilello KL, Libke R, Peterson MW
• Challenges in the Long-term Management of Patients With Coccidioidal Meningitis: A Retrospective Analysis of Treatment and Outcomes.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2023 Sivasubramanian G, Kadakia S, Kim JM, Pervaiz S, Yan Y, Libke R
• Spinal Arachnoiditis in Patients with Coccidioidomycosis Meningitis-Analysis of Clinical and Imaging Features.
  Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) 2022 Sivasubramanian G, Kadakia S, Kim JM, Pervaiz S, Yan Y, Libke R
• COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis: A Single-Center Experience in Central Valley, California, January 2020-March 2021.
  Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) 2021 Sivasubramanian G, Ghanem H, Maison-Fomotar M, Jain R, Libke R
• Miliary pattern pulmonary infiltrates in a diabetic patient: Coccidioidomycosis.
  IDCases 2020 Wormser VR, Li ZY, Libke R, Rahmati E

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• The utility of real-time polymerase chain reaction in detecting Coccidioides immitis among clinical specimens in the Central California San Joaquin Valley.
  Medical mycology 2019 Dizon D, Mitchell M, Dizon B, Libke R, Peterson MW
• The Rise of Valley Fever: Prevalence and Cost Burden of Coccidioidomycosis Infection in California.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2019 Wilson L, Ting J, Lin H, Shah R, MacLean M, Peterson MW, Stockamp N, Libke R, Brown P
• Development of a real-time PCR Assay for identification of Coccidioides immitis by use of the BD Max system.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2015 Mitchell M, Dizon D, Libke R, Peterson M, Slater D, Dhillon A
• Cutaneous tuberculosis of the penis in an HIV-infected adult.
  International journal of STD & AIDS 2013 Stockamp NW, Paul S, Sharma S, Libke RD, Boswell JS, Nassar NN
• Coccidioidomycosis: adenosine deaminase levels, serologic parameters, culture results, and polymerase chain reaction testing in pleural fluid.
  Chest 2013 Thompson GR, Sharma S, Bays DJ, Pruitt R, Engelthaler DM, Bowers J, Driebe EM, Davis M, Libke R, Cohen SH, Pappagianis D
• Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis with Clinically Evident Splenomegaly in an Immunocompetent Host, First Case Reported in the literature.
  McGill journal of medicine : MJM : an international forum for the advancement of medical sciences by students 2009 Bird GR, Libke RD, Billelo JF, Parks NA, Pollard JS
• Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome presenting as superior vena cava syndrome secondary to Coccidioides lymphadenopathy in an HIV-infected patient.
  Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (Chicago, Ill. : 2002) 2008 Mortimer RB, Libke R, Eghbalieh B, Bilello JF
• Pleural effusion in hospitalized patients with Coccidioidomycosis.
  Respiratory medicine 2007 Merchant M, Romero AO, Libke RD, Joseph J
• Treatment of coccidioidal meningitis with fluconazole.
  Reviews of infectious diseases 1990 Tucker RM, Galgiani JN, Denning DW, Hanson LH, Graybill JR, Sharkey K, Eckman MR, Salemi C, Libke R, Klein RA
• Amebic liver abscess.
  Annual review of medicine 1981 Peters RS, Gitlin N, Libke RD
• Pyomyositis mimicking malignant tumor. Three case reports.
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 1978 Tucker RE, Winter WG, Del Valle C, Uematsu A, Libke R
• Coccidioidal spondylitis.
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 1978 Winter WG, Larson RK, Zettas JP, Libke R
• Clinical pharmacology of amikacin and kanamycin.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 1976 Kirby WM, Clarke JT, Libke RD, Regamey C
• Ticarcillin vs carbenicillin: clinical pharmacokinetics.
  Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 1975 Libke RD, Clarke JT, Ralph ED, Luthy RP, Kirby WM
• Inactivation of cefazolin, cephaloridine, and cephalothin by methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 1975 Regamey C, Libke RD, Engelking ER, Clarke JT, Kirby MM
• Human pharmacokinetics of BL-P1654 compared with ampicillin.
  Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1974 Clarke JT, Libke RD, Ralph ED, Luthy RP, Kirby WM
• Pharmacokinetics of metronidazole as determined by bioassay.
  Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1974 Ralph ED, Clarke JT, Libke RD, Luthy RP, Kirby WM
• Comparative pharmacokinetics of amikacin and kanamycin.
  Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 1974 Clarke JT, Libke RD, Regamey C, Kirby WM
• Pharmacokinetics of parenteral sodium cephalexin in comparison with cephalothin and cefazolin.
  Infection 1974 Regamey C, Libke RD, Clarke JT, Kirby WM
• Synergism of carbenicillin and gentamicin against enterococci.
  Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1973 Libke RD, Regamey C, Clarke JT, Kirby WM