Faris Bakri, M.D.

Jordan University Hospital

P. O. Box 13046

Amman 11942

JORDAN

Tel: (9626) 5353666

Email:

Education

Faculty of Medicine
University of Jordan

Post Graduate Training

University at Buffalo,
State University of New York / Internal Medicine Residency
University at Buffalo,
State University of New York / Fellowship, Infectious Diseases

Work Experience

Dept. of Internal Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Jordan University Hospital / Associate Professor of Medicine

License and Board Certification

-  Diploma in Hospital Infection Control (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK)
-  Diplomate, Jordanian Board of Infectious Diseases
-  Diplomate, American Board of Infectious Diseases
-  Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine

Publications

1.  Dandona P, Qutob T, Hamouda W, Bakri F, et al. Heparin inhibits reactive oxygen species generation by polymorphonuclear and mononuclear leukocytes. Thrombosis Research 1999; 96: 437-43.

2.  Khushalani N, Bakri FG, Wentling D, et al. Respiratory syncytial virus infection in the late bone marrow transplant period: report of three cases and review. Bone Marrow Transplant 2001 May; 27(10): 1071-3

3.  Bakri F, Brauer AL, Sethi S, Murphy TF. Systemic and mucosal antibody response to Moraxella catarrhalis after exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2002 Mar 1; 185(5): 632-40

4.  Peter E, Bakri F, Ball DM, Cheney RT, Segal BH. Invasive pulmonary filamentous fungal infection in a patient receiving inhaled corticosteroid therapy. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2002 Sep 1; 35(5): e54-6

5.  Alhyari AR, Bakri FG, Al-Mousa EN, Al-Smady MM. Successful treatment of Brucella endocarditis with aortic root abscess. Saudi Med J. 2005 Mar;26(3):473-5.

6.  Shaukat A, Bakri FG, Young P, Hahn T, Ball D, Baer MR, Wetzler M, Slack JL, Loud P, Czuczman M, McCarthy PL, Walsh TJ, Segal BH. Invasive filamentous fungal infections in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients after recovery from neutropenia: clinical, radiologic, and pathologic characteristics. Mycopathologia. 2005 Feb; 159(2):181-8

7.  Younes N, Bakri FG. Diabetic foot infection, Saudi Med J 2006, 27 (5) 596-603

8.  Masri AT, Bakri FG, Al-Hadidy AM, Musharbash AF, and Al-Hussaini M. Ataxia-telangiectasia complicated by craniopharyngioma - a new observation. Pediatr Neurol 2006; 35; 287- 8

9.  Bakri FG, Al-Hommos NA, Shehabi A, Naffa RG, Cui L, Hiramatsu K. Persistent bacteraemia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin in a patient with erythrodermic psoriasis. Scand J Infect Dis. 2007;39(5):457-60

10.  Bakri FG, Wahbeh A, Mahafzah A, Tarawneh M. Brucella glomerulonephritis resulting in end-stage renal disease: a case report and a brief review of the literature. Int Urol Nephrol. 2008;40(2):529-33

11.  Masri A, Bakri FG, Al-Hussaini M, Al-Hadidy A, Hirzallah R, de Saint Basile G, Hamamy H. Griscelli Syndrome Type 2: A Rare and Lethal Disorder. J Child Neurol. 2008 Aug;23(8):964-7

12.  Rumman KA, Sabra NA, Bakri F, Seita A, Bassili A. Prevalence of tuberculosis suspects and their healthcare-seeking behavior in urban and rural Jordan. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Oct;79(4):545-51

13.  Mahafzah AM, Abu-khader IB, Bakri FG. Characterization of Enterococci causing nosocomial infections at the Jordan University Hospital over a five year period. Jordan Medical Journal. 2008 Dec; 42 (4) 229-236

14.  Bakri FG, Martel C, Khuri-Bulos N, Mahafzah A, El-Khateeb MS, Al-Wahadneh AM, Hayajneh WA, Hamamy HA, Maquet E, Molin M, Stasia MJ. First Report of Clinical, Functional, and Molecular Investigation of Chronic Granulomatous Disease in Nine Jordanian Families. J Clin Immunol. 2009 Mar; 29(2):215-30.

15.  Masri A, Bakri FG, Assaf A, Musharbash A, Haroun AA, Zak I. Intra-axial dermoid tumor mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma. Childs Nerv Syst. 2009 Apr;25(4):395-6

  1. Bakri FG, Al-Bsoul NM, Magableh AY, Shehabi A, Tarawneh M, Al-Hadidy AM, Abu-Fara MA, Awidi AS. Brucellosis presenting as myelofibrosis: First case report. International Journal of Infectious Disease. 2010 Feb;14(2):e158-60
  1. Nasereddin LM, Bakri FG, Shehabi AA. Clostridium difficile infections among Jordanian adult hospitalized patients. American Journal of Infection Control. 2009 Dec;37(10):864-6

18.  Dar-Odeh NS, Hayajneh WA, Abu-Hammad OA, Hammad HM, Al-Wahadneh AM, Khuri-Bulos NK, Mahafzah AM, Shomaf MS, El-Maaytah MA, Bakri FG. Orofacial findings in chronic granulomatous disease: report of twelve patients and review of the literature. BMC Research Notes. 2010 Feb 17;3:37.

19.  Dar-Odeh NS, Bakri FG, Al-Omiri MK, Al-Mashni HM, Eimar HA, Khraisat AS, Abu-Hammad SM, Dudeen AA, Abdallah MN, Alkilani SM, Al-Shami L, Abu-Hammad OA. Narghile (water pipe) smoking among university students in Jordan: prevalence, pattern and beliefs. Harm Reduction Journal. 2010 May 24;7:10

20.  Faris G Bakri, Rajai S Al-Azzeh, Amal Irshaid, Bassam Hijjawi. Human immunodeficiency virus disease in Jordan - Data from the National AIDS Program from 1986 until 2008. International Journal of Infectious Disease 2010 Oct; 14(10):e923-4.

21.  Masri A, Bakri FG, Birkenhäger R, Alassaf A, Musharbash AF, Haroun A, Zak I. Mondini malformation associated with diastematomyelia and presenting with recurrent meningitis. J Child Neurol. 2011 May;26(5):622-4

  1. Dar-Odeh NS, Alsmadi OM, Bakri F, Abu-Hammour Z, Shehabi AA, Al-Omiri MK, Abu-Hammad SM, Al-Mashni H, Saeed MB, Muqbil W, Abu-Hammad OA. Predicting recurrent aphthous ulceration using genetic algorithms-optimized neural networks. Adv Appl Bioinform Chem. 2010;3:7-1.

23.  Faris G Bakri, Ali Allan, Yousef Khader, Nidal Younes, and Kamel M Ajlouni. Prevalence of diabetic foot ulcer and its associated risk factors among diabetic patients in Jordan. Jordan Medical Journal 2012; Vol. 46 (2):118-125

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