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Asmita Gupte

Asmita Gupte, MD, MS, FIDSA

Clinical Associate Professor

Department: MD-INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Business Phone: (352) 294-5481
Business Email: asmita.gupte@medicine.ufl.edu

About Asmita Gupte

Dr. Asmita Gupte is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine. She is an Infectious Disease Specialist with expertise in general infectious diseases, infections in solid organ transplantation, HIV/AIDS, and antimicrobial stewardship. She is board-certified in infectious diseases.

Dr. Gupte received her medical degree from University of Mumbai, India. She completed her internal medicine residency from the Boston University affiliated program at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, Rhode Island. She completed her infectious disease fellowship at the University of Florida and has been a faculty member at UF since 2009. Dr. Gupte is a staff physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Malcom Randall VA Medical center and serves as the Co-Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at the VA.

Dr. Gupte enjoys teaching medical students, PA students, residents, and fellows and has received Exemplary Teaching Awards from the Department of Medicine and the UF College of Medicine. She is actively involved in the Infectious Disease Fellowship Program as a member of Clinical Competency Committee and the Program Evaluation Committee. Dr. Gupte is actively involved in clinical trials at the VA. She enjoys mentoring trainees providing guidance in writing clinical manuscripts resulting in the presentation of abstracts and published articles in peer reviewed journals.

Accomplishments

Excellence in Teaching Award
2018-2019 · University of Florida, Department of Medicine
Excellence in Teaching Award
2012-2013 · University of Florida, Department of Medicine
Exemplary Teacher Award
2010-2011 · University of Florida, College of Medicine
Research award for abstract
2009 · University of Florida, Department of Medicine, Research day

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2015
BMS6638C Kidney & Urinary Tract
2021-2024
PAS5020 Intro to Medicine 2

Board Certifications

  • Infectious Diseases
    American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Infectious Disease
Areas of Interest
  • Diabetes foot care
  • Endocarditis
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Heart Transplant
  • Infectious diseases
  • Kidney Transplant
  • Osteomyelitis

Research Profile

Areas of Interest
  • Clostridium difficile infection
  • HIV
  • Osteomyelitis

Publications

2022
A Report of Haemophilus influenzae Bacteremia With Acute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.
Cureus. 14(9) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.28970. [PMID] 36237777.
1 citation · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2022
An Unusual Case of Ehrlichiosis Manifesting With Hyponatremia, Acute Encephalopathy, and Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis.
Cureus. 14(7) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.26943. [PMID] 35989779.
2 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2021
A Report of Candida blankii Fungemia and Possible Endocarditis in an Immunocompetent Individual and the Review of Literature.
Cureus. 13(5) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.14945. [PMID] 34123642.
6 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2021
High pyocyanin production and non-motility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates are correlated with septic shock or death in bacteremic patients.
PloS one. 16(6) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0253259. [PMID] 34115807.
15 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2020
First case of minimal change nephrotic syndrome resolving with antifungal therapy for isolated pleural cryptococcal infection
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2020
First case of minimal change nephrotic syndrome resolving with antifungal therapy for isolated pleural cryptococcal infection.
IDCases. 21 [DOI] 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00838. [PMID] 32509527.
1 citation · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2020
Heart failure exacerbation as only presenting sign of COVID-19
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2020
Heart failure exacerbation as only presenting sign of COVID-19.
IDCases. 21 [DOI] 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00870. [PMID] 32607310.
4 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2020
The journey of remdesivir: from Ebola to COVID-19.
Drugs in context. 9 [DOI] 10.7573/dic.2020-4-14. [PMID] 32547625.
89 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2018
Mycobacterium bovis BCG spinal osteomyelitis in a patient with bladder cancer without a history of BCG instillation.
BMJ case reports. 2018 [DOI] 10.1136/bcr-2018-224462. [PMID] 30065051.
5 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2017
Babesiosis: An unusual cause of sepsis after kidney transplantation and review of the literature.
Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society. 19(5) [DOI] 10.1111/tid.12740. [PMID] 28636757.
4 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2015
Photo Quiz. A 57-Year-Old Mexican Woman With Epigastric Fullness, Weight Loss, and a Liver Mass.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 61(5):799, 850-1 [DOI] 10.1093/cid/civ207. [PMID] 26261277.
PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2013
Histopathologic resolution of adult liver transplantation adenovirus hepatitis with cidofovir and intravenous immunoglobulin: a case report
Transplantation proceedings. 45(1):293-296
2013
Histopathologic resolution of adult liver transplantation adenovirus hepatitis with cidofovir and intravenous immunoglobulin: a case report
Transplantation proceedings.
2013
Histopathologic resolution of adult liver transplantation adenovirus hepatitis with cidofovir and intravenous immunoglobulin: a case report
Transplantation proceedings. 45(1):293-296
2013
Histopathologic resolution of adult liver transplantation adenovirus hepatitis with cidofovir and intravenous immunoglobulin: a case report
Transplantation proceedings.
2013
Patient Preferences and Compliance With Oral Vancomycin Solution for the Management of Clostridium Difficile Infection
American Journal of Gastroenterology. 108(1)
2013
Transmission of Balamuthia mandrillaris through Solid Organ Transplantation: Utility of Organ Recipient Serology to Guide Clinical Management
American Journal of Transplantation. 13
2011
Transmission of Cryptococcus neoformans by Organ Transplantation.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 52(4):e94-8 [DOI] 10.1093/cid/ciq216. [PMID] 21220771.
70 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2010
Bacillus cereus necrotizing fasciitis in a patient with end-stage liver disease.
Surgical infections. 11(5):469-74 [DOI] 10.1089/sur.2009.026. [PMID] 20649455.
2 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2005
Epidemiology of capsular and surface polysaccharide in Staphylococcus aureus infections complicated by bacteremia
Journal of Hospital Infection. 59(1):27-32

Education

Fellowship – Infectious Disease
2009 · University of Florida
Fellowship – Infectious Disease
2007 · Roger Williams Medical Center
Residency – Internal Medicine
2006 · Roger Williams Medical Center
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
1998 · Padmashree Dr D.Y. Patil Medical College, Mumbai

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 294-5481
Emails:
Business:
asmita.gupte@medicine.ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100289
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
PO Box 100289
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610