Jose M. Munita, MD

Jose Munita is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and Director of International Research, Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genomics (CARMiG), UTHealth, Houston, TX. His ESI grant supports VENOUS, which is a prospective, multi-site observational cohort study to evaluate the outcomes of patients with bloodstream infections due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). In addition, parallel collection of clinical isolates is underway with the idea of identifying genomic microbial determinants of outcomes in this population of patients. The primary goal of VENOUS is to address critical knowledge gaps regarding the clinical and microbial factors that determine the outcomes of VRE bacteremia and the most effective therapeutic approaches for managing these multidrug-resistant organisms.