J R Starke

Summary

Affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi New concepts in childhood tuberculosis
    Jeffrey R Starke
    Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children s Hospital, 1102 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Curr Opin Pediatr 19:306-13. 2007
  2. ncbi Commentary: The natural history of nontuberculous mycobacterial cervical adenitis
    Jeffrey R Starke
    Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:923-4. 2008
  3. ncbi Pediatric tuberculosis: time for a new approach
    Jeffrey R Starke
    Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Tuberculosis (Edinb) 83:208-12. 2003
  4. ncbi Childhood tuberculosis: treatment strategies and recent advances
    J R Starke
    Texas Children s Hospital, MC 3 2371, 1102 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Paediatr Respir Rev 2:103-12. 2001
  5. ncbi Directly observed therapy for tuberculosis in children
    J R Starke
    Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Clinical Care Center, Houston, TX 77030 3498, USA
    Pediatr Pulmonol Suppl 18:131-5. 1999
  6. ncbi Diagnosis of tuberculosis in children: increased need for better methods
    E A Khan
    Baylor Collge of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 1:115-23. 1995
  7. ncbi Congenital tuberculosis presenting as sepsis syndrome: case report and review of the literature
    M A Mazade
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 20:439-42. 2001
  8. ncbi Interpretation of repeat tuberculin skin testing in international adoptees: conversions or boosting
    Anna M Mandalakas
    Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:913-9. 2008
  9. ncbi Clinical manifestations of tuberculosis in children
    Andrea T Cruz
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    Paediatr Respir Rev 8:107-17. 2007
  10. ncbi Mycobacterium simiae complex infection in an immunocompetent child
    Andrea T Cruz
    Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Disease, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030 2399, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 45:2745-6. 2007

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Publications20

  1. ncbi New concepts in childhood tuberculosis
    Jeffrey R Starke
    Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children s Hospital, 1102 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Curr Opin Pediatr 19:306-13. 2007
    ..Childhood tuberculosis has long been neglected in international tuberculosis control efforts. There are, however, many opportunities to prevent childhood tuberculosis that are not being fully employed...
  2. ncbi Commentary: The natural history of nontuberculous mycobacterial cervical adenitis
    Jeffrey R Starke
    Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:923-4. 2008
  3. ncbi Pediatric tuberculosis: time for a new approach
    Jeffrey R Starke
    Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Tuberculosis (Edinb) 83:208-12. 2003
  4. ncbi Childhood tuberculosis: treatment strategies and recent advances
    J R Starke
    Texas Children s Hospital, MC 3 2371, 1102 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Paediatr Respir Rev 2:103-12. 2001
    ..Finally, the next frontier of antituberculosis therapy may be the manipulation of the host immune system...
  5. ncbi Directly observed therapy for tuberculosis in children
    J R Starke
    Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Clinical Care Center, Houston, TX 77030 3498, USA
    Pediatr Pulmonol Suppl 18:131-5. 1999
    ..In countries with adequate resources, DOT should be considered the standard of care for children with tuberculosis disease. The goal for the world should be to treat every child with tuberculosis with DOT...
  6. ncbi Diagnosis of tuberculosis in children: increased need for better methods
    E A Khan
    Baylor Collge of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 1:115-23. 1995
    ..Better techniques would especially benefit children and infants in whom early diagnosis is imperative for preventing progressive TB...
  7. ncbi Congenital tuberculosis presenting as sepsis syndrome: case report and review of the literature
    M A Mazade
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 20:439-42. 2001
    ..We reviewed six other cases with a similar presentation. Congenital tuberculosis should be in the differential of the infant presenting acutely with sepsis syndrome...
  8. ncbi Interpretation of repeat tuberculin skin testing in international adoptees: conversions or boosting
    Anna M Mandalakas
    Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:913-9. 2008
    ..No study has measured the incidence of TST conversion in these children...
  9. ncbi Clinical manifestations of tuberculosis in children
    Andrea T Cruz
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    Paediatr Respir Rev 8:107-17. 2007
    ..This is reflected in the low yield of diagnostic tests; consequently, the diagnosis of tuberculosis is often based upon a positive skin test, epidemiological information, and compatible clinical and radiographic presentation...
  10. ncbi Mycobacterium simiae complex infection in an immunocompetent child
    Andrea T Cruz
    Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Disease, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030 2399, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 45:2745-6. 2007
    ..We describe a pediatric case of Mycobacterium simiae complex lymphadenitis in an immunocompetent child and review the natural history, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and current management of the disease...
  11. ncbi Interferon-gamma release assays for diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in children
    Jeffrey R Starke
    Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:941-2. 2006
  12. ncbi Epidemiology of pediatric tuberculosis using traditional and molecular techniques: Houston, Texas
    Susan H Wootton
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
    Pediatrics 116:1141-7. 2005
    ..Recent transmission plays a significant role in the transmission of TB to children as evident by the high degree of clustering found in our study population...
  13. ncbi Alleles of the NRAMP1 gene are risk factors for pediatric tuberculosis disease
    Suneil Malik
    McGill Centre for the Study of Host Resistance, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:12183-8. 2005
    ..To explain the different direction of allelic association between adult and pediatric disease, we hypothesize that NRAMP1 influences the speed of progression from infection to tuberculosis disease...
  14. ncbi Current concepts of childhood tuberculosis
    Anna M Mandalakas
    Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 6003, USA
    Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 16:93-104. 2005
    ..The challenges of accurate surveillance, confirmation of diagnoses, and effective treatment of childhood TB in resource-poor settings are highlighted...
  15. ncbi Treatment of childhood tuberculosis with a six month directly observed regimen of only two weeks of daily therapy
    Fahad S Al-Dossary
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:91-7. 2002
    ..Determining treatment response in pediatric tuberculosis is difficult because of the slow resolution of chest radiograph abnormalities. DOT is an important aspect of treatment but does not solve all problems with treatment adherence...
  16. ncbi Childhood tuberculosis: ending the neglect
    Jeffrey R Starke
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 6:373-4. 2002
  17. ncbi American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America: treatment of tuberculosis
    Henry M Blumberg
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167:603-62. 2003
  18. ncbi Population pharmacokinetic modeling of pyrazinamide in children and adults with tuberculosis
    Min Zhu
    Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA
    Pharmacotherapy 22:686-95. 2002
    ..Apparent half-life was somewhat shorter than that in previous reports. Compared with adults, absorption of pyrazinamide in children appeared more likely to be incomplete or delayed...
  19. ncbi Tuberculosis screening in immigrant children
    Anna M Mandalakas
    School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:71-2. 2004