Peter H. Gilligan, PhD: Professor  
 

Peter H. Gilligan, PhD

Professor
 
Office: 919-966-6313
E-mail: celtsfan@med.unc.edu
 
 
 
 
Research Interests
 
My interests include microbiology of chronic lung infection in cystic fibrosis, molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases, and laboratory utilization.
 
Selected Publications
 
Steinbach, S., L. Sun, R-Z Jiang, P. Flume, P. Gilligan, T.M. Egan, and R. Goldstein. 1994. Persistent, Clonal Pseudomonas cepacia infection in cystic fibrosis lung transplant recipients and clinical patients. NEJM. 331:981-987.

Kiska, D. L., B. Thiede, J. Caraciolo, M. Jordan, D. Johnson, E. L. Kaplan, R. P. Gruninger, J. Lohr, P.H. Gilligan, and F.W. Denny 1997. Invasive group A streptococcal infections in North Carolina: Epidemiology, clinical features and genetic and serologic analysis of causative organisms. J. Infect. Dis. 176:992-1000.

Aris, R.M., J.C. Routh, J.J. LiPuma, D. G. Heath, and P.H. Gilligan 2001. Lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis patients with Burkholderia cepacia complex: Survival linked to genomovar type. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 164:2102-2106.

Heath, D.G., K. Hohneker, C. Carriker, K. Smith, J. Routh, J.J. LiPuma, R. M. Aris, D. Weber, and P. H. Gilligan 2002. Six-year analysis of Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates among cystic fibrosis patients at a referral center for lung transplantation. J. Clin. Microbiol. (in press).