Sherwood Gorbach

Sherwood Leslie Gorbach (born 1934) is an Emeritus Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine.[1] He was editor-in-chief of the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases from 2000 to 2016.[2]

Education

He graduated from Brandeis University in 1955,[3] and completed his MD at Tufts University School of Medicine in 1962.[4]

Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (ATCC 53103) is a strain of Lactobacillus rhamnosus that was isolated in 1983 from the intestinal tract of a healthy human being; filed for a patent on 17 April 1985, by Gorbach and Barry Goldin,[5] the 'GG' derives from the first letters of their surnames.[6]

Awards

He was awarded the Alexander Fleming Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2007.[7]

Note

Sherwood Gorbach should not be confused with the Austrian chemist Siegbert Gorbach (born 1926).

Selected publications

Articles
  • Evans, D. G.; Silver, R. P.; Evans, D. J.; Chase, D. G.; Gorbach, S. L. (1975). "Plasmid-controlled colonization factor associated with virulence in Esherichia coli enterotoxigenic for humans". Infection and Immunity. 12 (3): 656–667. doi:10.1128/iai.12.3.656-667.1975. PMID 1100526. S2CID 37713987.
  • Goldin, Barry R.; Adlercreutz, Herman; Gorbach, Sherwood L.; Warram, James H.; Dwyer, Johanna T.; Swenson, Linda; Woods, Margo N. (1982). "Estrogen Excretion Patterns and Plasma Levels in Vegetarian and Omnivorous Women". New England Journal of Medicine. 307 (25): 1542–1547. doi:10.1056/NEJM198212163072502. PMID 7144835.
  • Simon, Gary L.; Gorbach, Sherwood L. (1984). "Intestinal flora in health and disease". Gastroenterology. 86 (1): 174–193. doi:10.1016/0016-5085(84)90606-1. PMID 6357937.
  • Goldin, B. R.; Gorbach, S. L. (1984). "The effect of milk and lactobacillus feeding on human intestinal bacterial enzyme activity". The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 39 (5): 756–761. doi:10.1093/ajcn/39.5.756. PMID 6424430.
  • Conway, P.L.; Gorbach, S.L.; Goldin, B.R. (1987). "Survival of Lactic Acid Bacteria in the Human Stomach and Adhesion to Intestinal Cells". Journal of Dairy Science. 70 (1): 1–12. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(87)79974-3. PMID 3106442.
  • Silva, M.; Jacobus, N. V.; Deneke, C.; Gorbach, S. L. (1987). "Antimicrobial substance from a human Lactobacillus strain". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 31 (8): 1231–1233. doi:10.1128/AAC.31.8.1231. PMC 174909. PMID 3307619.
  • Meydani, Simin Nikbin; Endres, Stefan; Woods, Margo M.; Goldin, Barry R.; Soo, Cynthia; Morrill-Labrode, Ann; Dinarello, Charles A.; Gorbach, Sherwood L. (1991). "Oral (N-3) Fatty Acid Supplementation Suppresses Cytokine Production and Lymphocyte Proliferation: Comparison between Young and Older Women". The Journal of Nutrition. 121 (4): 547–555. doi:10.1093/jn/121.4.547. PMID 2007907.
  • Goldin, Barry R.; Gorbach, Sherwood L.; Saxelin, Maija; Barakat, Susan; Gualtieri, Lisa; Salminen, Seppo (1992). "Survival of Lactobacillus species (Strain GG) in human gastrointestinal tract". Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 37 (1): 121–128. doi:10.1007/BF01308354. PMID 1728516. S2CID 7178083.
  • Gorbach, S. L. (1993). "Treatment of intra-abdominal infections". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 31: 67–78. doi:10.1093/jac/31.suppl_a.67. PMID 8449835.
  • Herman, C.; Adlercreutz, T.; Goldin, Barry R.; Gorbach, Sherwood L.; Höckerstedt, Krister A. V.; Watanabe, Shaw; Hämäläinen, Esa K.; Markkanen, M. Helene; Mäkelä, Taru H.; Wähälä, Kristiina T.; Hase, Tapio A.; Fotsis, Theodore (March 1995). "Soybean Phytoestrogen Intake and Cancer Risk". The Journal of Nutrition. 125 (suppl_3): 757S–770S.
  • Gorbach, S. (2000). "Probiotics and gastrointestinal health". The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 95 (1 Suppl): S2–S4. doi:10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00806-0. PMID 10634218.
  • Stevens, Dennis L.; Bisno, Alan L.; Chambers, Henry F.; Everett, E. Dale; Dellinger, Patchen; Goldstein, Ellie J. C.; Gorbach, Sherwood L.; Hirschmann, Jan V.; Kaplan, Edward L.; Montoya, Jose G.; Wade, James C.; Infectious Diseases Society of America (2005). "Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 41 (10): 1373–1406. doi:10.1086/497143. PMID 16231249.
  • Doron, Shira; Gorbach, Sherwood L. (2006). "Probiotics: Their role in the treatment and prevention of disease". Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy. 4 (2): 261–275. doi:10.1586/14787210.4.2.261. PMID 16597207. S2CID 11325238.
  • Doron, S.; Gorbach, S. L. (2008). "Bacterial Infections: Overview". International Encyclopedia of Public Health: 273–282. doi:10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00596-7. ISBN 9780123739605. PMC 7149789.
  • Stevens, Dennis L.; Bisno, Alan L.; Chambers, Henry F.; Dellinger, E. Patchen; Goldstein, Ellie J. C.; Gorbach, Sherwood L.; Hirschmann, Jan V.; Kaplan, Sheldon L.; Montoya, Jose G.; Wade, James C. (2014). "Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: 2014 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 59 (2): e10–e52. doi:10.1093/cid/ciu296. PMID 24947530.

Books

References
  1. "Sherwood Leslie Gorbach, MD". Tufts University School of Medicine. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. "PAST EDITORS". Clinical Infectious Diseases. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. "Repairing the World, Pioneering New Drug". Brandeis Magazine. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  4. "Physician honored for pioneering work in infectious disease". Tufts Journal. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  5. US 4839281
  6. Silva M, Jacobus NV, Deneke C, Gorbach SL (August 1987). "Antimicrobial substance from a human Lactobacillus strain". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 31 (8): 1231–3. doi:10.1128/aac.31.8.1231. PMC 174909. PMID 3307619.
  7. "Alexander Fleming Award Winners". Infectious Diseases Society of America. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  8. Wormser, Gary P.; Finch, Douglas A. (2004). "Review of Therapy of Infectious Diseases edited by L. M. Baddour and S. L. Gorbach". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 38 (4): 598. doi:10.1086/381265.


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