Stephen M. Brecher, PhD

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Stephen Brecher, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and the Director of the Microbiology Laboratories of the Boston VA Healthcare System. Dr. Brecher gives numerous speeches about microbiology, specifically C. difficile Infections and antibiotic resistance, and has been honored as an American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Foundation Speaker. As a lecturer, he teaches second year medical and dental students in the Biology of Disease course.

Publications

  • Published 8/24/2023

    Garfinkel AC, Vaidya A, Strymish J, Brecher SM, Saukkonen J. From the Heart. N Engl J Med. 2023 Aug 24; 389(8):e14. PMID: 37611125.

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  • Published 4/13/2023

    Brecher SM, Tickler IA, Tenover FC. Phenotypic and genotypic discrepancies for carbapenemase-producing Citrobacter freundii in multiple isolates from a single patient. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2023 Apr 13; 22(1):24. PMID: 37055768.

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  • Published 5/31/2022

    Doern CD, Miller MB, Alby K, Bachman MA, Brecher SM, Casiano-Colon A, Couturier MR, Johnson JK, Kirby JE, McElvania E, Newton DW, Nolte FS, Pancholi P, McNult P, Dharmarha V, Dunbar S. Proceedings of the Clinical Microbiology Open 2018 and 2019 - a Discussion about Emerging Trends, Challenges, and the Future of Clinical Microbiology. J Clin Microbiol. 2022 Jul 20; 60(7):e0009222. PMID: 35638361.

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  • Published 7/23/2020

    Brecher SM, Dryjowicz-Burek J, Yu H, Campbell S, Ratcliffe N, Gupta K. Patients with Common Cold Coronaviruses Tested Negative for IgG Antibody to SARS-CoV-2. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jul 23; 58(8). PMID: 32461288.

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  • Published 12/23/2019

    Brecher SM. EUCAST and CLSI Point-Counterpoint on Susceptibility Breakpoints: Do Two "I Agree"s Miss the Point? J Clin Microbiol. 2019 12 23; 58(1). PMID: 31871058.

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Education

  • Northeastern University, PhD
  • Northeastern University, MS
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst, BS

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