Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Interests

Dr. Fritz's research interests are in the epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of pediatric methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.

Education

• BS, University of Wisconsin, 1997
• MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2001
• MSCI, Washington University School of Medicine, 2008

Training

• Intern/Resident in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 2001 - 2004
• Fellow, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Washington University , 2004 - 2007

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2003 - PresWI, Physician and Surgeon
• 2004 - PresMO, Physician and Surgeon
• 2004 - 2024American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
• 2007 - 2017ABP Sub-board of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Honors and Awards

• Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, 1994 - 1997
• Elmbrook Memorial Hospital John O. Grade, M.D. Scholarship, 1997
• University of Wisconsin-Madison: Graduated with Distinction, 1997
• Watertown Memorial Hospital Cynthia Kolasinski Scholarship, 1999 - 2000
• Wisconsin State Medical Society Foundation Scholarship, 2000
• Scholar, Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2005 - 2008
• National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program Award, 2006 - 2009
• Infectious Diseases Society of America/ National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Pfizer Fellowship in Clinical Diseases Award, 2007
• Faculty Scholar Award, Children’s Discovery Institute of Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, 2012
• Young Investigator Award, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2012
• Featured Member, Society for Pediatric Research, 2014
• Resident/Fellow Alumni Achievement Award, Washington University Medical Center Alumni Association, 2018
• Mentor of the Year, Clinical Research Training Center, Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, 2021 - Pres

Recent Publications view all (52)

Publication Co-Authors

Gregory A. Storch, M.D.

Duha Al-Zubeidi

Jason Newland, M.D., M.Ed.

Phillip I. Tarr, M.D.

David A. Hunstad, M.D.

Kristine Wylie, Ph.D.

Carly Schuetz

Barbara B. Warner, M.D., MSc

Rachel C. Orscheln, M.D.

Stacey L House (Nix)

Alexis M. Elward, M.D., M.P.H.

Todd N. Wylie

Reich, Patrick

Victoria Fraser

S. Celeste Morley, M.D., Ph.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Stephanie A. Fritz, M.D., M.S.C.I.

1. Evers EC, Fritz SA, Colditz GA, Burnham JP. Perceptions of Telemedicine and Costs Incurred by a Visit to a General Infectious Diseases Clinic: A Survey. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022;9(3):ofab661. PMCID:PMC8852313  PMID:35187192 
2. McLaughlin HP, Worrell MC, Malone S, Dawson P, Maricque B, Halpin JL, Lee S, Fritz SA, Tinker SC, Neidich JA, Towns K, Lee JS, Barrios LC, Neatherlin JC, Newland JG, Salzer JS, SARS-CoV-2 Specimen Collection Field Team.. Acceptance of Saliva-Based Specimen Collection for SARS-CoV-2 Testing Among K-12 Students, Teachers, and Staff. Public Health Rep. 2022;333549221074395. PMID:35137643 
3. Mistry RD, Hogan PG, Parrish KL, Thompson RM, Fritz SA.. Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Treatment and Prevention Practices by Pediatric Emergency Pediatric Emergency Care. 2022. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000002618  
4. Roper PM, Eichelberger KR, Cox L, O'Connor L, Shao C, Ford CA, Fritz SA, Cassat JE, Veis DJ. Contemporary Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from Pediatric Osteomyelitis Patients Display Unique Characteristics in a Mouse Model of Hematogenous Osteomyelitis. Infect Immun. 2021;89(10):e0018021. PMCID:PMC8445171  PMID:34097469 
5. Sherby MR, Walsh TJ, Lai AM, Neidich JA, Balls-Berry JE, Morris SM, Head R, Prener CG, Newland JG, Gurnett CA, COMPASS-T Study Group.. SARS-CoV-2 screening testing in schools for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. J Neurodev Disord. 2021;13(1):31. PMCID:PMC8407928  PMID:34465306 
6. Schuetz CR, Hogan PG, Reich PJ, Halili S, Wiseman HE, Boyle MG, Thompson RM, Warner BB, Fritz SA. Factors associated with progression to infection in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-colonized, critically ill neonates. J Perinatol. 2021;41(6):1285-1292. PMCID:PMC7917959  PMID:33649431 
7. Dawson P, Worrell MC, Malone S, Tinker SC, Fritz S, Maricque B, Junaidi S, Purnell G, Lai AM, Neidich JA, Lee JS, Orscheln RC, Charney R, Rebmann T, Mooney J, Yoon N, Petit M, Schmidt S, Grabeel J, Neill LA, Barrios LC, Vallabhaneni S, Williams RW, Goddard C, Newland JG, Neatherlin JC, Salzer JS, CDC COVID-19 Surge Laboratory Group.. Pilot Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Secondary Transmission in Kindergarten Through Grade 12 Schools Implementing Mitigation Strategies - St. Louis County and City of Springfield, Missouri, December 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021;70(12):449-455. PMCID:PMC7993558  PMID:33764961 
8. Parrish KL, Salwan NK, Thompson RM, Hogan PG, Orscheln RC, Newland JG, Fritz SA. Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Treatment and Prevention Practices by Pediatric Infectious Diseases Providers Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2020;9(6):760–765. doi:10.1093/jpids/piz080  PMCID:PMC7864142  PMID:31773168 
9. McNeil JC, Sommer LM, Boyle M, Hogan P, Vallejo JG, Hulten KG, Flores AR, Kaplan SL, Fritz SA. The cefazolin inoculum effect and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus osteoarticular infections in children: Does it matter? Antimicrob Agents Chemother . 2020;64(9):e00703-20. doi:10.1128/AAC.00703-20  PMCID:PMC7449214  PMID:32660989 
10. Briscoe C, Reich PJ, Fritz SA, Coughlin CC.. Staphylococcus aureus antibiotic susceptibility patterns in pediatric atopic dermatitis. Pediatr Dermaol. 2019. 
11. Hogan PG, Mork RL, Boyle MG, Muenks CE, Morelli JJ, Thompson RM, Sullivan ML, Gehlert SJ, Merlo JR, McKenzie MG, Bubeck Wardenburg J, Rzhetsky A, Burnham CD, Fritz SA. Interplay of personal, pet, and environmental colonization in households affected by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Infection. 2019;78(3):200-207. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2018.11.006  PMCID: PMC6408279  PMID:30503843 
12. Liang SY, Jansson DR, Hogan PG, Raclin TW, Sullivan ML, Muenks CE, Munigala S, House SL, Fritz SA.. Emergency department environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus following care of colonized patients Ann Emerg Med. 2019. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.12.014  PMID:30732980 
13. Parrish KL, Wylie KM, Reich PJ, Hogan PG, Wylie TN, Kennedy CR, Lainhart W, Hunstad DA, Burnham CD, Fritz SA.. Carriage of the Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin Gene by Contemporary Community-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Isolates. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc.. 2018. doi:10.1093/jpids/piy098  PMID:30285124 
14. Parrish KL, Hogan PG, Clemons A, Fritz SA.. Spatial relationships among public places frequented by families plagued by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. BMC Res Notes. 2018;11(1):692. doi:10.1186/s13104-018-3797-4  PMCID:PMC6167789   PMID:30285824 
15. Muenks CE, Hogan PG, Burnham CD, Fritz SA. Comparing the yield of Staphylococcus aureus recovery with static versus agitated broth incubation Journal of Pathogens. 2018;Article ID 1462671. doi:10.1155/2018/1462671  PMCID:PMC6083490  PMID:30147954 
16. Mork RL, Hogan PG, Muenks CE, Boyle MG, Thompson RM, Morelli JJ, Sullivan ML, Gehlert SJ, Ross DG, Yn A, Bubeck Wardenburg J, Rzhetsky A, Burnham CD, Fritz SA. Comprehensive modeling reveals proximity, seasonality, and hygiene practices as key determinants of MRSA colonization in exposed households Pediatr Res. 2018. PMCID:PMC6294678   PMID:30135590 
17. Muenks CE, Sewell WC, Hogan PG, Thompson, RM, Ross DG, Wang JW, Morelli JJ, Gehlert SJ, Fritz SA. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Its effects are more than skin deep J Pediatr. 2018;199:158-165. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.04.002  PMCID: PMC6063792  PMID:29759849 
18. Hogan PG, Rodriguez M, Spenner AM, Brenneisen JM, Boyle MG, Sullivan ML, Fritz SA. Impact of systemic antibiotics on Staphylococcus aureus colonization and recurrent skin infection Clin Infect Dis. 2017. doi:10.1093/cid/cix754  PMCID:PMC5850557  PMID:29020285 
19. Daum RS, Miller LG, Immergluck L, Fritz S, Creech CB, Young D, Kumar N, Downing M, Pettibone S, Hoagland R, Eells SJ, Boyle MG, Parker TC, Chambers HF. A placebo-controlled trial of antibiotics for smaller skin abscesses. New Engl J Med . 2017;376:2545-2555. PMID:28657870 
20. McFarland M, Szasz TP, Zhou JY, Motley K, Sivapalan JS, Isaacson-Schmid M, Todd EM, Hogan PG, Fritz SA, Burnham CD, Hoffmann S, Morley SC. Colonization with 19F and other pneumococcal conjugate vaccine serotypes in children in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Vaccine. 2017;35(34):4389-4395. PMID:28687405 
21. Burnham CA, Hogan PG, Wallace MA, Deych E, Shannon W, Warren DK, Fritz SA. Topical Decolonization Does Not Eradicate the Skin Microbiota of Community-Dwelling or Hospitalized Adults. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016;60(12):7303-7312. PMCID:PMC5119011  PMID:27671074 
22. Muenks CE, Hogan PG, Wang JW, Eisenstein KA, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Diversity of Staphylococcus aureus strains colonizing various niches of the human body. J Infect 2016. 2016;72:698-705. PMID:27045982 
23. Reich PJ, Boyle MG, Hogan PG, Johnson AJ, Wallace MA, Elward AM, Warner BB, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in the neonatal intensive care unit: an infection prevention and patient safety challenge. Clin Microbiol Infect . 2016;22:645.e1-645.e8. PMCID:PMC4987169  PMID:27126609 
24. Morelli JJ, Hogan PG, Sullivan ML, Muenks CE, Wang JW, Thompson RM, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Recovered from Humans, Environmental Surfaces, and Companion Animals in Households of Children with Community-Onset Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015;59(10):6634-7. doi:10.1128/AAC.01492-15  PMCID:PMC4576049  PMID:26248385 
25. Rodriguez M, Hogan PG, Satola SW, Crispell E, Wylie T, Gao H, Sodergren E, Weinstock GM, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Discriminatory Indices of Typing Methods for Epidemiologic Analysis of Contemporary Staphylococcus aureus Strains. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015;94(37):e1534. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000001534  PMCID:PMC4635816  PMID:26376402 
26. Creech CB, Al-Zubeidi DN, Fritz SA. Prevention of Recurrent Staphylococcal Skin Infections. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2015;29(3):429-64. doi:10.1016/j.idc.2015.05.007  PMCID:PMC4552962  PMID:26311356 
27. Wang JW, Hogan PG, Hunstad DA, Fritz SA. Vitamin D sufficiency and Staphylococcus aureus infection in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015;34(5):544-5. doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000000667  PMCID:PMC4400212  PMID:25860535 
28. Hogan PG, Burnham CA, Singh LN, Patrick CE, Lukas JC, Wang JW, Fraser VJ, Fritz SA. Evaluation of Environmental Sampling Methods for Detection of Staphylococcus aureus on Fomites. Ann Public Health Res. 2015;2(1). PMCID:PMC4399720  PMID:25893222 
29. Land AD, Hogan P, Fritz S, Levin P. Phenotypic variation is almost entirely independent of the host-pathogen relationship in clinical isolates of S. aureus. PLoS ONE. 2015;10(6):e0129670. 
30. Fritz SA, Hogan PG, Singh LN, Thompson RM, Wallace MA, Whitney K, Al-Zubeidi D, Burnham CA, Fraser VJ. Contamination of environmental surfaces with Staphylococcus aureus in households with children infected with methicillin-resistant S aureus. JAMA Pediatr. 2014;168(11):1030-8. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1218  PMCID:PMC4219733  PMID:25200331 
31. Al-Zubeidi D, Burnham CA, Hogan PG, Collins R, Hunstad DA, Fritz SA. Molecular Epidemiology of Recurrent Cutaneous Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2014;3(3):261-264. doi:10.1093/jpids/pit046  PMCID:PMC4381745  PMID:25844165 
32. Gurnee EA, Ndao IM, McGhee JE, Warner BB, Tarr PI, Fritz SA, Burnham CA. Fecal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in healthy children. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(2):1261-2. doi:10.1128/AAC.02466-13  PMCID:PMC3910844  PMID:24277049 
33. Rodriguez M, Hogan PG, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in households of children with community-associated S aureus skin and soft tissue infections. J Pediatr. 2014;164(1):105-11. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.08.072  PMCID:PMC3921902  PMID:24128648 
34. Al-Zubeidi D, Hogan PG, Boyle M, Burnham CA, Fritz SA. Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in serial cultures from the respiratory tract of children with cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013. doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000000204  PMID:24220228 
35. Fritz SA, Tiemann KM, Hogan PG, Epplin EK, Rodriguez M, Al-Zubeidi DN, Bubeck Wardenburg J, Hunstad DA. A serologic correlate of protective immunity against community-onset Staphylococcus aureus infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2013;56(11):1554-61. doi:10.1093/cid/cit123  PMCID:PMC3641868  PMID:23446627 
36. Rodriguez M, Hogan PG, Krauss M, Warren DK, Fritz SA. Measurement and Impact of Staphylococcus aureus Colonization Pressure in Households. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2013;2(2):147-154. doi:10.1093/jpids/pit002  PMCID:PMC3665327  PMID:23717786 
37. Fritz SA, Hogan PG, Camins BC, Ainsworth AJ, Patrick C, Martin MS, Krauss MJ, Rodriguez M, Burnham CA. Mupirocin and chlorhexidine resistance in Staphylococcus aureus in patients with community-onset skin and soft tissue infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013;57(1):559-68. doi:10.1128/AAC.01633-12  PMCID:PMC3535967  PMID:23147738 
38. El Feghaly RE, Stamm JE, Fritz SA, Burnham CA. Presence of the bla(Z) beta-lactamase gene in isolates of Staphylococcus aureus that appear penicillin susceptible by conventional phenotypic methods. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012;74(4):388-93. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.07.013  PMID:22959917 
39. Fritz SA, Long M, Gaebelein CJ, Martin MS, Hogan PG, Yetter J. Practices and procedures to prevent the transmission of skin and soft tissue infections in high school athletes. J Sch Nurs. 2012;28(5):389-96. doi:10.1177/1059840512442899  PMID:22472636 
40. Fritz SA, Hogan PG, Hayek G, Eisenstein KA, Rodriguez M, Krauss M, Garbutt J, Fraser VJ. Staphylococcus aureus colonization in children with community-associated Staphylococcus aureus skin infections and their household contacts. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(6):551-7. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.900  PMCID:PMC3596005  PMID:22665030 
41. Fritz SA, Hogan PG, Hayek G, Eisenstein KA, Rodriguez M, Epplin EK, Garbutt J, Fraser VJ. Household versus individual approaches to eradication of community-associated Staphylococcus aureus in children: a randomized trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2012;54(6):743-51. doi:10.1093/cid/cir919  PMCID:PMC3284213  PMID:22198793 
42. Fritz SA, Camins BC, Dukes J, Storch GA. Reply to Herigon and Newland: the role of intention-to-treat analyses in randomized trials Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol . 2012;33(208):210. 
43. Fritz SA, Camins BC, Eisenstein KA, Fritz JM, Epplin EK, Burnham CA, Dukes J, Storch GA. Effectiveness of measures to eradicate Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients with community-associated skin and soft-tissue infections: a randomized trial. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011;32(9):872-80. doi:10.1086/661285  PMCID:PMC3528015  PMID:21828967 
44. Fritz SA, Krauss MJ, Epplin EK, Burnham CA, Garbutt J, Dunne WM, Hunstad DA, Storch GA. The natural history of contemporary Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in community children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011;30(4):349-51. doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e3181fe075e  PMCID:PMC3077955  PMID:21412205 
45. Fritz SA, Epplin EK, Garbutt J, Storch GA. Skin infection in children colonized with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Infect. 2009;59(6):394-401. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2009.09.001  PMCID:PMC2788074  PMID:19747505 
46. Orscheln RC, Hunstad DA, Fritz SA, Loughman JA, Mitchell K, Storch EK, Gaudreault M, Sellenriek PL, Armstrong JR, Mardis ER, Storch GA. contribution of genetically restricted, methicillin-susceptible strains to the ongoing epidemic of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2009;49(4):536-42. doi:10.1086/600881  PMCID:PMC2965061  PMID:19589082 
47. Trehan I, Fritz SA. Group B Streptococcus vertebral osteomyelitis-discitis in an immunocompetent adolescent. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009;28(6):552-3. doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e3181a4ce6e  PMID:19483527 
48. Loughman JA, Fritz SA, Storch GA, Hunstad DA. Virulence gene expression in human community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infection. J Infect Dis. 2009;199(3):294-301. doi:10.1086/595982  PMCID:PMC2843142  PMID:19115951 
49. Fritz SA, Garbutt J, Elward A, Shannon W, Storch GA. Prevalence of and risk factors for community-acquired methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive staphylococcus aureus colonization in children seen in a practice-based research network. Pediatrics. 2008;121(6):1090-8. doi:10.1542/peds.2007-2104  PMID:18519477 
50. Lutter SA, Currie ML, Mitz LB, Greenbaum LA. Antibiotic resistance patterns in children hospitalized for urinary tract infections. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159(10):924-8. doi:10.1001/archpedi.159.10.924  PMID:16203936 
51. Lutter SA, Kerschner JE, Chusid MJ. Gradenigo syndrome: a rare but serious complication of otitis media. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2005;21(6):384-6. PMID:15942518 
52. Lutter SA, Glatz JA, Kastner KJ, Taylor SR, Willis E. Filling the cavities between children and oral health. WMJ. 2004;103(5):74-8, 83. PMID:15553570