Jorge L. Verdecia, M.D.

Jorge L. Verdecia M.D.

Assistant Professor & Associate Medical Director, Infection Prevention; Employee Health Officer

Department: Department of Medicine
Business Phone: (904) 244-5964
Business Email: Jorge.Verdecia@jax.ufl.edu
Appointments and Locations

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Infectious Disease
Languages
  • Speaks English and Spanish

Publications

2024
A Rare Presentation of a Periorbital Herpes Simplex Virus Pseudotumor in an Immunocompromised Patient.
Cureus.16(7):e64860-[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.64860.[PMID] 39156471.
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2024
Challenges in Managing Treatment-Resistant Mpox Complicated by Severe Superinfection.
Open forum infectious diseases.11(4):ofae138-[DOI] 10.1093/ofid/ofae138.[PMID] 38651138.
3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2024
Identification and infection control response to Candida auris at an academic level I trauma center.
American journal of infection control.52(3):371-373[DOI] 10.1016/j.ajic.2023.11.017.[PMID] 38036181.
1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2024
Recurrent Fungemia Due to Candida auris.
Cureus.16(6):e62478-[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.62478.[PMID] 39022480.
1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2024
Resolution of Stubborn Monkeypox With Tecovirimat in an HIV Patient.
Cureus.16(6):e63407-[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.63407.[PMID] 39077262.
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2023
A Case of Necrotizing Finger Lesions in a Patient With AIDS.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.76(8):1513-1515[DOI] 10.1093/cid/ciac552.[PMID] 35912719.
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2023
Balamuthia mandrillaris Encephalitis Presenting as a Symptomatic Focal Hypodensity in an Immunocompromised Patient.
Open forum infectious diseases.10(3):ofad094-[DOI] 10.1093/ofid/ofad094.[PMID] 37008568.
1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2023
Monkeypox-induced proctitis: a case report of an emerging complication.
Infection.51(4):1165-1168[DOI] 10.1007/s15010-023-01987-z.[PMID] 36750482.
6 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2023
The Time for Action Is Now: The Impact of Timing of Infectious Disease Consultation for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.76(11):2007-2009[DOI] 10.1093/cid/ciad110.[PMID] 36869697.
3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2022
A Case Report of Melioidotic Prostatic Abscess in a Traveler.
Open forum infectious diseases.9(7):ofac284-[DOI] 10.1093/ofid/ofac284.[PMID] 35891686.
3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2022
Accelerated right heart failure due to lung resection in the setting of chronic respiratory failure.
Journal of cardiology cases.25(1):42-45[DOI] 10.1016/j.jccase.2021.06.007.[PMID] 35024068.
1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2022
An Eye-Opening Presentation of Syphilis.
Cureus.14(5):e25132-[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.25132.[PMID] 35747033.
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2022
Fungemia due to Aureobasidium pullulans.
Medical mycology case reports.37():26-28[DOI] 10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.06.004.[PMID] 35855930.
4 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2022
Right hip gonococcal septic arthritis treatment with successful transition to oral fluoroquinolone.
BMJ case reports.15(9):-[DOI] 10.1136/bcr-2022-251050.[PMID] 36113957.
3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2022
Strongyloidiasis Infection As the Cause of Pancreatitis.
Cureus.14(4):e24097-[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.24097.[PMID] 35573535.
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2021
Bartonella Endocarditis: A Missed Diagnosis in Medical Practice.
Cureus.13(11):e19309-[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.19309.[PMID] 34900484.
1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2021
Elusive Enterobacter cloacae causing pacemaker endocarditis.
IDCases.24():e01149-[DOI] 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01149.[PMID] 34040983.
3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2021
Miliary Histoplasmosis in a Renal Transplant Patient.
Cureus.13(11):e19338-[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.19338.[PMID] 34909299.
2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2021
Pseudoseptic Arthritis in a Patient With Psoriasis.
Cureus.13(11):e19185-[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.19185.[PMID] 34873525.
2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2020
A Pseudo-Infarction Pattern in the Setting of Esophageal Malignancy.
Cureus.12(12):e12193-[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.12193.[PMID] 33364140.
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2019
Kaposi sarcoma with musculoskeletal manifestations in a well-controlled HIV patient.
IDCases.17():e00571-[DOI] 10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00571.[PMID] 31275805.
6 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2019
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sepsis complicated by warm autoimmune haemolytic anaemia secondary to antimicrobial therapy.
BMJ case reports.12(8):-[DOI] 10.1136/bcr-2018-229114.[PMID] 31466968.
2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2019
Trivalvular infective endocarditis secondary to Granulicatella adiacens and Peptostreptococcus spp.
IDCases.17():e00545-[DOI] 10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00545.[PMID] 31110943.
2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site

Office Information

Academic Office
4th Floor, ACC
655 West 8th Street
Jacksonville, FL 32209
(904) 244-5964
 Jorge.Verdecia@jax.ufl.edu
Administrative Manager
 Sandy Caroccio
(904) 244-5964
casandra.caroccio@jax.ufl.edu

Clinical Research

OPEN ENROLLMENT
RECOVER-ENERGIZE: A Platform Protocol for Evaluation of Interventions for Exercise Intolerance in Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC)

Education

Medical Degree
2017 · Ross University School of Medicine, St. Michael, Barbados
Internal Medicine Residency
2020 · University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA
Infectious Disease Fellowship
2022 · University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA