Robert W. Bradsher

High Impact Emeritus

Professor Emeritus

UAMS primary UA Little Rock

Also affiliated: Roosevelt University (2017); Louisiana State University (1997); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1987); Arkansas Children's Hospital (1983–2004); University of Wisconsin–Madison (1987); Johns Hopkins University (1997–2016); Wingate University (2017); University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2016–2021); University of Pittsburgh (2016); Pfizer (United States) (1995); Vanderbilt University (1980); Medical College of Wisconsin (1987); Augusta University (1997); Indiana University Hospital (1997); University of Michigan (1995–1997); University of Arkansas Medical Center (1984–2017); Johns Hopkins Medicine (2016); University of Mississippi Medical Center (1997); University of Alabama at Birmingham (1995–1998); University of California San Diego (2016); University of Mississippi (1995); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2003–2010); Milwaukee VA Medical Center (1987); Nashville VA Medical Center (1980); Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center (1997); Michigan Medicine (1997); Birmingham VA Medical Center (1998); Ann Arbor VA Medical Center (1995–1997); Duke Medical Center (2020); Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (1997); Methodist University Hospital (2017); John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital (1997); UAB Medicine (1995–1998); Indiana University School of Medicine (1997); Chiang Mai University (1997); University of Pennsylvania (2016); Vanderbilt University Medical Center (1980)

37 h-index 120 pubs 9,391 cited

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Robert W. Bradsher's research focuses on infectious diseases, particularly fungal infections, and their clinical management. He has contributed to publications on the clinical testing guidance for coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, and blastomycosis in patients with community-acquired pneumonia. His work also includes a case series on the use of rezafungin for invasive candidiasis and a case report on renal cell carcinoma presenting with unusual metastatic patterns.

With an h-index of 36 and over 9,000 citations across 120 publications, Bradsher is recognized as a highly cited researcher. He leads a research group at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and collaborates with several faculty members, including Michael Saccente, Juan Carlos Rico, Ryan K Dare, and Jacob M. Keck.

Metrics

h-index: 37
Publications: 120
Citations: 9,391

Positions

Professor Emeritus publications 1982–2025

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institution web page

Selected Publications

It’s Here, It’s There, There’s Fungi Everywhere: A Case Series Utilizing Rezafungin for Invasive Candidiasis (2025)

Infectious Diseases and Therapy 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
Bloodstream Infections With a Novel Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Involving 52 Outpatient Oncology Clinic Patients―Arkansas, 2018 (2019)

Clinical Infectious Diseases 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Revision and Update of the Consensus Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease From the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium (2019)

Clinical Infectious Diseases 2952 citations DOI OpenAlex
Serendipitous Treatment of Tularemia in Pregnancy (2019)

Open Forum Infectious Diseases 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
700: SUCCESSFULLY TREATED LISTERIA RHOMBOENECEPHALITIS WITH HYDROCEPHALUS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT (2017)

Critical Care Medicine DOI OpenAlex
Suspected Infective Endocarditis Finally Turned Out to Be Levamisole-Induced Vasculitis: A Case Report and Review of Literature (2016)

Journal of Medical Cases DOI OpenAlex
Suspected Infective Endocarditis Finally Turned Out to Be Levamisole-Induced Vasculitis: A Case Report and Review of Literature (2016)

Journal of Medical Cases DOI OpenAlex
Disseminated Histoplasmosis Presenting with Intestinal Ulcers and Adrenal Insufficiency (2014)

The American Journal of Medicine 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Blastomyces dermatitidis Antigen Detection by Quantitative Enzyme Immunoassay (2011)

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 120 citations DOI OpenAlex
Detection of Blastomyces dermatitidis antigen in patients with newly diagnosed blastomycosis (2011)

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 102 citations DOI OpenAlex
Blastomycosis (2010)

4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Treatment of endemic mycoses (2010)

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Blastomycosis of the Central Nervous System: A Multicenter Review of Diagnosis and Treatment in the Modern Era (2010)

Clinical Infectious Diseases 191 citations DOI OpenAlex
Beta-Lactam Antibiotic Susceptibility of Bacteria Responsible for Neonatal Meningitis (2009)

Chemotherapy 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Estrogens attenuate oxidative stress and the differentiation and apoptosis of osteoblasts by DNA-binding-independent actions of the ERα (2009)

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 119 citations DOI OpenAlex