Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, MD

Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, MD

Assistant Professor

Department:
SOM-Medicine-ID

Email:
zesquergarrigos@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 984-5560

Education

Mayo Clinic Rochester, Transplant Infectious Diseases2020
Mayo Clinic Rochester, Infectious Diseases2019
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Internal Medicine2016
San Luis Potosi Medical School, MD, Doctor of Medicine2010

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association2013 - 2016
Certification, Mayo Clinic Quality Fellow: Bronze Level Certification, Mayo Clinic Quality Academy2016 - Present
Certification, ECFMG, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates04/2013 - Present
NPI, National Provider Identification, CMS06/2013 - Present
Certification, Internal Medicine, American Board of Infernal Medicine10/2016 - Present
Certification, Infectious Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine12/2020 - Present
DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration05/2022 - Present
Licensure, Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure04/2020 - Present

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine

Sponsored Program Funding

Intramural, Optimal Timing of Device Removal in Patients with Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections: A Multicenter Analysis, MCCTR Pilot Project Program04/2023 - Present
Intramural, Utility of Transesophageal Echocardiogram for the Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device infection Lead Endocarditis, IDSA Medical Scholars Program05/2018 - Present
Intramural, A Molecular Diagnostic Approach for Pathogen Identification of Culture-Negative Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection, CCaTS-CBD Pilot Awards for Team Science12/2017 - Present
Intramural, A Molecular Diagnostic Approach for Pathogen Identification of Culture-Negative Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection, ID Research Small Grants Program10/2017 - Present

Publications

UpToDate

Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, MD, Margaret M Hannan, MD, Anelechi Anyanweu, MD, M Rizwan Sohail, MD Left Ventricular Device (LVAD) infections

Letter

Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Castillo Almeida NE, Gurram PR, Stevens RW, Razonable RR, In reply-The "Perfect Cytokine Storm" of COVID-19. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2020 Sep;95(9):2037-20382020
Esquer Garrigos Z, Schuetz AN, Peters MS, Factitial Panniculitis Associated With Cosmetic Filler. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2019 May;94(5):914-9152019
Albitar HAH, Gurram PR, Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Oh Deer! A Case of Fever and Myalgia in a Liver Transplant Recipient. The American journal of medicine, 2019 Sep;132(9):e707-e7082019
Esquer Garrigos Z, Barth D, Hamdi AM, Abu Saleh OM, Sohail MR, Nitazoxanide Is a Therapeutic Option for Adenovirus-Related Enteritis in Immunocompromised Adults. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2018 Dec;62(12)2018

Journal Article

Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, John N. Catanzaro, Daniel Deegan, Ji Zhang, M. Rizwan Sohail Preclinical evaluation of a novel antibiotic-eluting BioEnvelope for CIED infection prevention Front. Drug Deliv., 09 September 2024
Sec. Cardiovascular Drug Delivery
Volume 4 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fddev.2024.1441956
Chesdachai S, Esquer Garrigos Z, DeSimone CV, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Infective Endocarditis Involving Implanted Cardiac Electronic Devices: JACC Focus Seminar 1/4. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2024 Apr 9;83(14):1326-13372024
Cummings S, Busby D, Hall M, Esquer Garrigos Z, Tricuspid valve infective endocarditis in disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI). BMJ case reports, 2024 Jul 29;17(7)2024
Baddour LM, Esquer Garrigos Z, Rizwan Sohail M, Havers-Borgersen E, Krahn AD, Chu VH, Radke CS, Avari-Silva J, El-Chami MF, Miro JM, DeSimone DC, American Heart Association Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young (Young Hearts); and Council on Clinical Cardiology, Update on Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections and Their Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association: Endorsed by the International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases. Circulation, 2024 Jan 9;149(2):e201-e2162024
Baddour LM, Janszky I, Thornhill MH, Esquer Garrigos Z, DeSimone DC, Welty-Wolf K, Baker AL, Jone PN, Prendergast B, Dayer MJ, American Heart Association Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young (Young Hearts) and Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Nondental Invasive Procedures and Risk of Infective Endocarditis: Time for a Revisit: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association. Circulation, 2023 Nov 7;148(19):1529-15412023
Vance MK, Cretella DA, Ward LM, Vijayvargiya P, Garrigos ZE, Wingler MJB, Risk Factors for Bloodstream Infections Due to ESBL-Producing Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., and Proteus mirabilis. Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2023 Apr 13;11(2)2023
Keck JM, Cretella DA, Stover KR, Wagner JL, Barber KE, Jhaveri TA, Vijayvargiya P, Garrigos ZE, Wingler MJB, Evaluation of an Antifungal Stewardship Initiative Targeting Micafungin at an Academic Medical Center. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023 Jan 17;12(2)2023
Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Kennedy CC, Daly RC, Wylam ME, Patel R, Beam E, Routine Donor and Recipient Screening for Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma Species in Lung Transplant Recipients. Open forum infectious diseases, 2022 Nov;9(11):ofac6072022
Baddour LM, Weimer MB, Wurcel AG, McElhinney DB, Marks LR, Fanucchi LC, Esquer Garrigos Z, Pettersson GB, DeSimone DC, American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease Committee of the Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Clinical Cardiology; and Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease, Management of Infective Endocarditis in People Who Inject Drugs: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation, 2022 Oct 4;146(14):e187-e2012022
Hernandez Acosta RA, Esquer Garrigos Z, Marcelin JR, Vijayvargiya P, COVID-19 Pathogenesis and Clinical Manifestations. Infectious disease clinics of North America, 2022 Jun;36(2):231-2492022
Esquer Garrigos Z, Wingler MJB, Svoronos PA, Vijayvargiya P, Goodman-Meza D, O'Horo JC, Navalkele BD, Cretella D, Frame IJ, Parham J, Lucar J, Increased rates of blood culture contamination during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2022 Nov;43(11):1719-17212022
George MP, Esquer Garrigos Z, Vijayvargiya P, Anavekar NS, Luis SA, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Discriminative Ability and Reliability of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Characterizing Cases of Cardiac Device Lead Vegetations Versus Noninfectious Echodensities. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2021 Jun 1;72(11):1938-19432021
Corsini Campioli C, Castillo Almeida NE, O'Horo JC, Esquer Garrigos Z, Wilson WR, Cano E, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Van Gompel JJ, Sohail MR, Bacterial Brain Abscess: An Outline for Diagnosis and Management. The American journal of medicine, 2021 Oct;134(10):1210-1217.e22021
Corsini Campioli C, Esquer Garrigos Z, Assi M, Go JR, Razonable RR, Beam E, Yao J, Cummins NW, Transient Hepatitis B Surface Antigenemia Following Immunization with Heplisav-B. Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes, 2021 Jun;5(3):542-5472021
Fida M, Wolf MJ, Hamdi A, Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Khalil S, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Thoendel MJ, Patel R, Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria From Septic Patients Using 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene-Targeted Metagenomic Sequencing. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2021 Oct 5;73(7):1165-11722021
Xiang K, Catanzaro JN, Elayi C, Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Antibiotic-Eluting Envelopes to Prevent Cardiac-Implantable Electronic Device Infection: Past, Present, and Future. Cureus, 2021 Feb 2;13(2):e130882021
Ramesh R, Assi M, Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Lawsonella clevelandensis: an emerging cause of vascular graft infection. BMJ case reports, 2021 Feb 26;14(2)2021
Vijayvargiya P, Lara Abad C, Esquer Garrigos Z, O'Horo JC, Walker RC, Hogan WJ, Tande AJ, D-index as a marker of bloodstream infections in patients with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society, 2021 Aug;23(4):e135882021
Esquer Garrigos Z, Jandhyala D, Vijayvargiya P, Castillo Almeida NE, Gurram P, Corsini Campioli CG, Stulak JM, Rizza SA, O'Horo JC, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Management of Bloodstream Infections in Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients: To Suppress, or Not to Suppress? Open forum infectious diseases, 2021 Jan;8(1):ofaa5322021
Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Castillo Almeida NE, Gurram PR, Stevens RW, Razonable RR, Treatment Considerations for COVID-19: A Critical Review of the Evidence (or Lack Thereof). Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2020 Jul;95(7):1454-14662020
Castillo Almeida NE, Gurram P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Mahmood M, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Diagnostic imaging in infective endocarditis: a contemporary perspective. Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2020 Sep;18(9):911-9252020
Gurram PR, Castillo NE, Esquer Garrigos Z, Vijayvargiya P, Abu Saleh OM, A Dimorphic Diagnosis of a Pleomorphic Disease: An Unusual Cause of Hypercalcemia. The American journal of medicine, 2020 Nov;133(11):e659-e6622020
Corsini Campioli C, Barth D, Esquer Garrigos Z, Abu Saleh O, Sohail RM, Sia IG, Linezolid and fentanyl: An underrecognized drug-to-drug interaction. Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics, 2020 Aug;45(4):825-8272020
Corsini C, Esquer Garrigos Z, Welker KM, Thoendel MJ, Toxoplasmosis-Associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in an Allogenic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipient. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2020 Apr;95(4):823-8242020
Sohail MR, Esquer Garrigos Z, Elayi CS, Xiang K, Catanzaro JN, Preclinical evaluation of efficacy and pharmacokinetics of gentamicin containing extracellular-matrix envelope. Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE, 2020 Mar;43(3):341-3492020
Esquer Garrigos Z, Farid S, Bendel MA, Sohail MR, Spinal Cord Stimulator Infection: Approach to Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2020 Jun 10;70(12):2727-27352020
Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Cunningham SA, Vijayvargiya P, Fida M, Friedman PA, Mandrekar J, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Patel R, Molecular Approach to Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2020 Feb 14;70(5):898-9062020
Vijayvargiya P, Garrigos ZE, Rodino KG, Razonable RR, Abu Saleh OM, Clostridium paraputrificum septic arthritis and osteomyelitis of shoulder: A case report and review of literature. Anaerobe, 2020 Apr;62:1021052020
Apostolopoulou A, Esquer Garrigos Z, Vijayvargiya P, Lerner AH, Farmakiotis D, Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020 Oct 10;10(10)2020
Esquer Garrigos Z, Castillo Almeida NE, Gurram P, Vijayvargiya P, Corsini Campioli CG, Stulak JM, Rizza SA, Baddour LM, Rizwan Sohail M, Management and Outcome of Left Ventricular Assist Device Infections in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Transplantation. Open forum infectious diseases, 2020 Aug;7(8):ofaa3032020
Farid S, Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Infective endocarditis due to Granulicatella elegans presenting with musculoskeletal symptoms. BMJ case reports, 2019 Aug 28;12(8)2019
Esquer Garrigos Z, George MP, Khalil S, Vijayvargiya P, Abu Saleh OM, Friedman PA, Steckelberg JM, DeSimone DC, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Predictors of Bloodstream Infection in Patients Presenting With Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Pocket Infection. Open forum infectious diseases, 2019 Apr;6(4):ofz0842019
Esquer Garrigos Z, George MP, Vijayvargiya P, Tan EM, Farid S, Abu Saleh OM, Friedman PA, Steckelberg JM, DeSimone DC, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Clinical Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections Due to Gram-Negative Versus Gram-Positive Bacteria. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2019 Jul;94(7):1268-12772019
Banuelos J, Esquer-Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Abu-Ghname A, VanBuren WM, Tran NV, Nguyen MT, Hesley GK, Asaad M, Sharaf B, Diagnosis of Infectious Fluid Collections in Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction: The Role of Ultrasound. Journal of breast imaging, 2019 Dec 5;1(4):310-3152019
Esquer Garrigos Z, George MP, Farid S, Abu Saleh OM, Vijayvargiya P, Mahmood M, Friedman PA, Steckelberg JM, DeSimone DC, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Diagnostic evaluation and management of culture-negative cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections. Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE, 2018 May 31;2018
Farid S, Mahmood M, Abu Saleh OM, Hamadah A, Nasr SH, Garrigos ZE, Leung N, Sohail MR, Clinical Manifestations and Outcomes of Fluoroquinolone-Related Acute Interstitial Nephritis. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2018 Jan;93(1):25-312018
Vijayvargiya P, Jeraldo PR, Thoendel MJ, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Chia N, Pritt BS, Patel R, Application of metagenomic shotgun sequencing to detect vector-borne pathogens in clinical blood samples. PloS one, 2019;14(10):e0222915
Vijayvargiya P, Feri A, Mairey M, Rouillon C, Jeraldo PR, Esquer Garrigos Z, Thoendel MJ, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Sohail MR, Sampathkumar P, Spychalla MT, Stewart AK, Patnaik MM, Tande AJ, Cruveiller S, Hannet I, Beurdeley P, Patel R, Metagenomic shotgun sequencing of blood to identify bacteria and viruses in leukemic febrile neutropenia. PloS one, 2022;17(6):e0269405
Baddour LM, Garrigos ZE, Gentamicin-collagen sponge and prevention of cardiac implantable electronic device infections: bargain basement or penthouse suite? Kardiologia polska, 2021;79(10):1055-1057

Abstracts

Gurram P, Castillo Almeida NE, Vijayvargiya P, Grimont C, Esquer Garrigos Z, Khalil S, AlWard R, Mahmood M, Sohail MR Utility of Sinus CT in the Evaluation of Patients with Febrile Neutropenia
Banuelos-Mancilla J, Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Sharaf BA Breast Implant Infections after Reconstruction: Clinical Characteristics Associated with Specific Microorganisms
Lawsonella clevelandensis: an Emerging Cause of Vascular Graft Infection Lawsonella clevelandensis: an Emerging Cause of Vascular Graft Infection
Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Kenney CC, Daly RC, Wylam ME, Beam E Effectiveness of routine screening for Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma spp. in Lung Transplant Recipients
Khalil S, Esquer Garrigos Z, Challener D, Hamdi A, Hernandez-Meneses M, Gurram P, Cano E, DeSimone D, Frieman P, Baddour LM, Sohail MR Utility of Post-extraction Follow up Blood Cultures in Patients with Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection
Esquer Garrigos Z, Vijayvargiya P, Stulak JM, Rizza SA, Sohail MR Management and Outcomes of Heart Transplant Recipients with Pre-Transplant Left Ventricular Assist Device Infections
Stone E, Esquer Garrigos Z, Baddour LM, Sohail RM Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections Due to Aspergillus Species
15. Khalil S., Esquer Garrigos Z., Farid, S., Fida M., Rizza S., Stulak J., Baddour L.M., Sohail M.R Incidence of Infections and Associated Outcomes in Patients with Total Artificial Heart ECCMID 2019
Farid S, Abu Saleh OM, Mahmood M, Esquer Garrigos Z, Hamadah A, Nasr S, Leung N, Sohail MR Clinical Manifestations and Outcome of Fluoroquinolone Associated Acute Interstitial Nephritis Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 4, Issue suppl_1, 1 October 2017, Pages S297
13. Esquer Garrigos Z, Vijayvargiya P, Tan EM, Abu Saleh O, Farid S, Paim AC, Baddour LM, Sohail MR Management and Outcomes of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections due to Gram-Negative Bacteria Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 4, Issue suppl_1, 1 October 2017, Pages S560
12. Farid S, Ahsan M, Mahmood M, Esquer Garrigos Z, Baddour LM, Sohail MR Management and Outcomes of Culture-Negative Endocarditis Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Mar 2018, 71 (11 Supplement) A2025; DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(18)32566-X
Paim AC, Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Tan EM, O'Horo JC Improving Transitions of Care in the Division of Infectious Diseases. Open Forum Infectious Diseases Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 5. S44-S45. 10.1093/ofid/ofy209.107.
10. Syed S, Esquer Garrigos Z, Barth DM, Abu Saleh OM, Vijayvargiya P, Sohail MR Phaeohyphomycosis due to Scopulariopsis brumptii in a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) Recipient Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 5, Issue suppl_1, 26 November 2018, Pages S132–S133
Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Abu Saleh OM, Wilhelm MP, Razonable RR, Sohail MR Utility of Serum Β-D Glucan Assay for Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 5, Issue suppl_1, 26 November 2018, Pages S596
Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Cunningham SA, Vijayvargiya P, Thoendel MJ, Friedman PA, Patel R Comparison of Primers Amplifying Two Different Regions of the 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene for Microbiologic Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 5, Issue suppl_1, 26 November 2018, Pages S591
Stone E, Esquer Garrigos Z, O'Horo JC, Sohail RM Hepatitis E Virus Serostatus: A Retrospective Assessment of Demographics and Comorbidities to Assess High Risk Populations Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Oct; 6(Suppl 2): S158.
Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Cunningham SA, Vijayvargiya P, Patel R Extraction-Free 16S Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) Gene Amplification and Sequencing from Resected Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) Sonicate Fluid Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 6, Issue Supplement_2, October 2019, Pages S302–S303
Khalil S, Esquer Garrigos Z, Challener DW, Gurram P, Tariq W, Castillo Almeida N, Baddour LM, DeSimone D, Wilson WR, Lahr B, Sohail MR Utility of Post-extraction Follow-up Blood Cultures in Patients with Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection Circulation
Volume 142, Number Suppl_3
https://doi.org/10.1161/circ.142.suppl_3.15979
4. Joseph Banuelos, Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, M Rizwan Sohail, Amjed Abu-Ghname, Nho Van Tran, Minh-Doan T Nguyen, Basel Sharaf Clinical Presentation of Infections Due to Gram-Positive Versus Gram-Negative Organisms Following Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction American Plastic Surgery 2020. October 2020.
3. Petros Svoronos, Prakhar Vijayvargiya, Pradeep Vaitla, James J Wynn, Elena Beam, Jason Parham, Muhammad R Sohail, Zerelda Esquer Garrigos Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with Donor Positive Blood Cultures Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 8, Issue Supplement_1, November 2021, Pages S213–S214
Samantha M Williams, MD, Prakhar Vijayvargiya, MD, M Rizwan Sohail, MD, Elena Beam, MD, Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, MD Outcomes of Weekly Fluconazole Antifungal Prophylaxis in Pancreas Transplant Recipients Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 9, Issue Supplement_2, December 2022, ofac492.289, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac492.289
1. Cummings, S, Bensler, J, Hall, M, Hernandez, G, McMullan, M, Sohail, M, Garrigos, Z Impact of Timing of Device Removal on Outcomes in Patients with Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Apr, 83 (13_Supplement) 141.

Book Chapter

Khalil S, Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail M. Rizwan Chest Wall Conundrum in Transplant Patient Mayo Clinic Infectious Disease Case Review: With Board-Style Questions and Answers. O’Horo JC, Kashyap R, Enzler ME, Baddour LM. Oxford University Press. 2022
Vijayvargiya P, Marcelin JR, Esquer Garrigos Z, Whitaker JA A little Atypical Mayo Clinic Infectious Disease Case Review: With Board-Style Questions and Answers.
Esquer Garrigos Z, Sampathkumar P. Streptococcus pneumoniae Bacterial Meningitis Mayo Clinic Infectious Disease Case Review: With Board-Style Questions and Answers. O’Horo JC, Kashyap R, Enzler ME, Baddour LM. Oxford University Press. 2022
R. Alfonso Hernandez Acosta, Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, Jasmine R. Marcelin and Prakhar Vijayvargiya COVID-19 Pathogenesis and Clinical Manifestations. In: COVID-19 Infection. Infectious Disease Clinics. Helen W. Boucher, Rachel A. Bender Ignacio and Rajesh T. Gandhi. Elsevier. June 2022.

Electronic Publications

Esquer Garrigos Z, George MP, Vijayvargiya P, Tan EM, Farid S, Abu Saleh OM, Friedman PA, Steckelberg JM, DeSimone DC, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Sohail MR Comparison of Clinical Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections due to Gram-Negative with Gram-Positive Bacteria Mayo Clinic Proceedings YouTube Channel
Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Castillo Almeida N, Gurram P, Stevens R, Razonable RR Treatment Considerations for COVID-19: A Critical Review of the Evidence (or Lack Thereof) Mayo Clinic Proceedings YouTube Channel
Natalia E. Castillo Almeida, Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, Maryam Mahmood, M. Rizwan Sohail Improving the Diagnosis of Intracardiac Infections Contagion. February 2021 (Vol. 06, No. 01), Volume 06, Issue 01

Editorial

Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Attachment is the source of all suffering: delineating mechanisms of adhesion in Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. European heart journal, 2019 Oct 14;40(39):3260-32622019

Presentations

Poster Presentation, Management and Outcomes of Heart Transplant Recipients with Pre-Transplant Left Ventricular Assist Device Infections, AST Meeting 2020
Invited Symposia, Infectious Complications in Transplant Recipients, UMMC 2023
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Prognosis and Management of SARS-CoV-2 in Patients with Cancer
XIII International AGEI 2020, XIII International AGEI 2020
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Management and Diagnosis Left Ventricular Device Infections, University of Florida ID Grand Rounds
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Management and Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Device Infections, University of Alabama ID Grand Rounds
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Management and Diagnosis of Implantable Electronic Device Infections, UCLA ID Grand Rounds
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Driveline Infections: Challenging Questions in Diagnosis and Management, International Society of Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Conference 2024
Poster Presentation, Late HIV Presentation in the Honduran Garifuna Community in the Bronx: A Retrospective Analysis, American College of Physician's New York Chapter
Poster Presentation, Chronic Meningitis with Brain Stem Involvement, 14th Annual Infectious Diseases Fellows Forum
Poster Presentation, Cardiovascular Implantable Device Infections due to Gram-Negative Bacilli, IDWeek 2017
Poster Presentation, Molecular Diagnostic Approaches for Identification of Culture-Negative Cardiovascular Implantable Device Infections and Analysis of Resistance, American Society of Microbiology
Poster Presentation, Comparison of Primers Amplifying Two Different Regions of the 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene for Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection, IDWeek 2018
Poster Presentation, Extraction-Free 16S Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) Gene Amplification and Sequencing from Resected Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Sonicate Fluid, IDWeek 2020

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center2021
Outstanding Infectious DIseases Research Award, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education2020
IDWeek 2019 Trainee Travel Grant, Infectious Diseases Society of America2019
American Society of Transplantation Travel Grant, American Society of Transplantation2019
Karis Award, Mayo Clinic Values Council2019
Patient Safety Award, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education2019
IDWeek 2018 Trainee Travel Grant, Infectious Diseases Society of America2018
IDWeek 2018 Mentorship Program, Infectious Diseases Society of America2018
American Society of Microbiology Infectious Diseases Fellows Award, American Society of Microbiology2018
IDSA Medical Scholars Program, Co-mentor, IDSA2018
Best Oral Presentation 15th Annual Infectious Diseases Fellows Forum, Department of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic2018
IDWeek 2017 Mentorship Program, Infectious Diseases Society of America2017
IDWeek 2017 Trainee Travel Grant, Infectious Diseases Society of America2017
Best Oral Presentation Resident/Fellow Original Research, American College of Physician's, New York Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting2015
Humanism in Medicine Award, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center2015
Outstanding Academic Achievement, National General Medicine Graduate Examination2010
Medical Research Program National Scholarship, CONACYT2010
Scholarship for Academic Excellence, San Luis Potosi Medical School2010
Outstanding Academic Achievement, San Luis Potosi Medical School2004

Professional Membership and Service

American Heart Association Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young, Council Member2024 - Present
UpToDate, Author2021 - Present
American Heart Association, Vice Chair, Writing Group2021 - Present
American Society of Transplantation, Member2020 - Present
American Society for Microbiology, Member2018 - 2020
Mayo Fellows Association, Member2016 - 2020
Infectious Diseases Society of America, Member2015 - Present
HIV Medical Association, Member2015 - Present
American College of Physicians, Member2013 - 2016

Committee Service

Abdominal Transplant Morbidity and Mortality Committee, Member2020 - Present
Abdominal Transplant QAPI Committee, Member2020 - Present
Fellowship Selection Committee, Member2020 - Present
Program Evaluation Committee, Member2020 - Present
Transplant Infectious Disease Focus Group, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Member2019 - 2020
Infectious Diseases Associate Chief Fellow, Member2018 - 2019
Infectious Diseases Clinical Practice Committee, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Member2017 - 2019
Infectious Diseases Education Committee, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Member2017 - 2019
Infection Prevention and Control Specialty Council, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Member2017 - 2019
Infectious Disease Research Committee, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Member2016 - 2019
Infectious Diseases Methodist Hospital ID Focus Group, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Member2016 - 2020
Infectious Diseases Outpatient Practice Committee, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Member2016 - 2019

Community Service

American Heart Association, Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease Committee, Council member01/2024 - Present
UpToDate author, LVAD infections01/2021 - Present
HIV Prevention in the Garifuna Community, Speaker and Organizer04/2016 - Present

Other Service

Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease, Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease2024 - Present
Open forum of Infectious Disease2021 - Present
American Journal of Infection Control2021 - Present
Journal of Cardiac Failure10/2020 - Present
The Lancet Infectious Diseases04/2020 - Present
Transplant Infectious Disease2020 - Present
Journal of Bone and Joint Infection06/2019 - Present
Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases05/2019 - Present
European Heart Journal2018 - Present
Immunizations in transplant recipients, Protocol Author
Protocol: CMV screening, prophylaxis and treatment post kidney & pancreas transplant, Protocol Author
Protocol: BK infection screening and management, post kidney transplant, Protocol Author
Protocol: Screening and Management of EBV infection in high risk kidney transplant recipients, Protocol Author
Protocol: Kidney transplantation in HIV positive recipients, Protocol author
Mississippi Transplant Symposium - 2023, Speaker

Teaching Experience

Lecture, Lecturer, Journal ClubSpring 2024
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Guideline reviewSummer 2023
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Bugs and DrugsWinter 2023
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Infections in Liver transplant Patients, GI weekly conferenceSpring 2023
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ID case conferenceSummer 2023
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ID case conferenceWinter 2022
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Journal ReviewSpring 2022
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Bugs and DrugsSpring 2022
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ID case conferenceFall 2022
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ID Case ConferenceWinter 2021
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ID Conference ResearchSummer 2021
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ID research conferenceSummer 2020
Nursing, Lecture, Course Presenter, ID series - IM resident conferenceFall 2020

Directed Student Learning

Supervised Research, Advised: Cristina Corsini
Supervised Research, Advised: Merit George
Supervised Research, Advised: Rommel Ramesh
Supervised Research, Advised: Natalia Castillo
Supervised Research, Advised: Shenae A. Cummings
Supervised Research, Advised: Samantha M. Williams
Supervised Research, Advised: Valencia M. Oglesby
Supervised Research, Advised: Petros Svoronos
Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: KriShunda Joiner
Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Sarah Boone
Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Franshayla Poe
Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Dakota White
Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Dakota Turner

Fellows supervised

UMMC, Research Advisor, 2 fellows supervised
UMMC, Attending Physician, 3 fellows supervised

Residency Training

Transplant Infectious Diseases, Subspecialty/Activity Director2023 - Present
Infectious Diseases Inpatient Consul, Attending Physician2020 - Present
Infectious Diseases Outpatient Service, Subspecialty/Activity Director2020 - Present