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| Adithya CattamanchiSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Bronchoalveolar lavage enzyme-linked immunospot for diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis in HIV-infected patientsAdithya Cattamanchi
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e39838. 2012..However, assessment of local immune responses has been reported to improve the accuracy of TB diagnosis...
Integrated strategies to optimize sputum smear microscopy: a prospective observational studyAdithya Cattamanchi
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183:547-51. 2011..The standard approach to smear microscopy involves sputum collection over multiple days and examination of sputum smears by light microscopy (LM), an insensitive and time-consuming technique...
Does bleach processing increase the accuracy of sputum smear microscopy for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis?A Cattamanchi
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
J Clin Microbiol 48:2433-9. 2010..Further research should focus on alternative approaches to optimizing smear microscopy, such as light-emitting diode fluorescence microscopy and same-day sputum collection strategies...
Role of interferon-gamma release assays in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with advanced HIV infectionAdithya Cattamanchi
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
BMC Infect Dis 10:75. 2010..Our objective was to examine the accuracy of a commercial IGRA for diagnosis of active tuberculosis in HIV-infected persons...
Sensitivity and specificity of fluorescence microscopy for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis in a high HIV prevalence settingA Cattamanchi
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 13:1130-6. 2009..Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda...
Sensitivity of direct versus concentrated sputum smear microscopy in HIV-infected patients suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosisAdithya Cattamanchi
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
BMC Infect Dis 9:53. 2009..Sputum concentration increases the sensitivity of smear microscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), but few studies have investigated this method in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals...
Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with isoniazid-monoresistant tuberculosisAdithya Cattamanchi
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco GeneralHospital, 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Clin Infect Dis 48:179-85. 2009..Risk factors and treatment outcomes under program conditions for isoniazid (INH)-monoresistant tuberculosis have not been well described...
Poor performance of universal sample processing method for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by smear microscopy and culture in UgandaAdithya Cattamanchi
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
J Clin Microbiol 46:3325-9. 2008....
Detailed analysis of the radiographic presentation of Mycobacterium kansasii lung disease in patients with HIV infectionAdithya Cattamanchi
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Chest 133:875-80. 2008..In patients with HIV infection, the radiographic findings of M kansasii lung disease are not well described...
Distinguishing recrudescence from reinfection in a longitudinal antimalarial drug efficacy study: comparison of results based on genotyping of msp-1, msp-2, and glurpAdithya Cattamanchi
Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 68:133-9. 2003..Comparing the 3 studied genes, msp-2 results were most accurate, and analysis of this single gene effectively distinguished recrudescence from reinfection in our study population...
Nucleic acid amplification tests for diagnosis of smear-negative TB in a high HIV-prevalence setting: a prospective cohort studyJ Lucian Davis
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e16321. 2011..Few studies have evaluated the clinical impact of these tests in low-income countries with high burdens of TB and HIV...
Impact of Xpert MTB/RIF testing on tuberculosis management and outcomes in hospitalized patients in UgandaChristina Yoon
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
PLoS ONE 7:e48599. 2012..The clinical impact of Xpert MTB/RIF for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in high HIV-prevalence settings is unknown...
HIV-associated Pneumocystis pneumoniaLaurence Huang
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, California 94110, USA
Proc Am Thorac Soc 8:294-300. 2011....
Impact of isoniazid resistance-conferring mutations on the clinical presentation of isoniazid monoresistant tuberculosisRaymund Dantes
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e37956. 2012..Specific isoniazid (INH) resistance conferring mutations have been shown to impact the likelihood of tuberculosis (TB) transmission. However, their role in the clinical presentation and outcomes of TB has not been evaluated...
Interferon-γ release assays for active pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis in adults in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and meta-analysisJohn Z Metcalfe
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Infect Dis 204:S1120-9. 2011..The diagnostic value of interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs) for active tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries is unclear...
Clinical and radiographic factors do not accurately diagnose smear-negative tuberculosis in HIV-infected inpatients in Uganda: a cross-sectional studyJ Lucian Davis
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e9859. 2010..Therefore, we sought to assess the accuracy of symptoms, physical signs, and radiographic findings for diagnosing tuberculosis in this population in a low-income country with a high incidence of tuberculosis...
Evaluation of quantitative IFN-gamma response for risk stratification of active tuberculosis suspectsJohn Z Metcalfe
San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, 94110 0111, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 181:87-93. 2010..Objectives: To determine whether the addition of quantitative IGRA results to a prediction model incorporating clinical criteria improves risk stratification of smear-negative-tuberculosis suspects...
Diagnostic accuracy of same-day microscopy versus standard microscopy for pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysisJ Lucian Davis
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Lancet Infect Dis 13:147-54. 2013..To inform policy recommendations by a WHO-convened Expert Group, we aimed to assess the accuracy of sputum smear examination with strategies for obtaining sputum on 1 day compared with strategies for obtaining sputum over 2 days...
Polymerase chain reaction of secA1 on sputum or oral wash samples for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosisJ Lucian Davis
Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital and University of California, San Francisco, California 94110, USA
Clin Infect Dis 48:725-32. 2009..Few studies have assessed their performance among patients infected with HIV, and no studies have assessed their performance with oral wash specimens, which may be easier to obtain than sputum samples...
Determinants of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis clusters, California, USA, 2004-2007John Z Metcalfe
University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 16:1403-9. 2010..In multivariate analysis, the katG S315T mutation (odds ratio 11.2, 95% confidence interval 2.2-Yen; p = 0.004), but not strain lineage, was independently associated with case clustering...
Is scale-up worth it? Challenges in economic analysis of diagnostic tests for tuberculosisDavid W Dowdy
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America
PLoS Med 8:e1001063. 2011....
Serologic responses to recombinant Pneumocystis jirovecii major surface glycoprotein among Ugandan patients with respiratory symptomsRobert J Blount
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
PLoS ONE 7:e51545. 2012..Little is known about the serologic responses to Pneumocystis jirovecii major surface glycoprotein (Msg) antigen in African cohorts, or the IgM responses to Msg in HIV-positive and HIV-negative persons with respiratory symptoms...
Interferon-gamma release assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysisAdithya Cattamanchi
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 56:230-8. 2011..To determine whether interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) improve the identification of HIV-infected individuals who could benefit from latent tuberculosis infection therapy...
Interferon-γ release assays for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection: evidence in immune-mediated inflammatory disordersRachel Smith
Department of Medicine, University of California, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, CA, USA
Curr Opin Rheumatol 23:377-84. 2011..To provide a narrative synthesis of evidence on interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in individuals with immune-mediated inflammatory disorders (IMIDs)...
Sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine alone or with amodiaquine or artesunate for treatment of uncomplicated malaria: a longitudinal randomised trialGrant Dorsey
Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, 94110, USA
Lancet 360:2031-8. 2002..We aimed to compare the short-term and long-term effectiveness of three antimalarial regimens in children from Kampala, Uganda...
Test variability of the QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube assay in clinical practiceJohn Z Metcalfe
University of California, San Francisco, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, Room 5K1, San Francisco, CA 94110 0111, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 187:206-11. 2013..Although IFN-γ release assays (IGRAs) are widely used to screen for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in high-income countries, published data on repeatability are limited...
Evaluating tuberculosis case detection via real-time monitoring of tuberculosis diagnostic servicesJlucian Davis
Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, California
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 184:362-7. 2011..Real-time monitoring and evaluation of adherence to widely endorsed standards of tuberculosis care might facilitate improved case finding...
Validation of a simplified method for using molecular markers to predict sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine treatment failure in African children with falciparum malariaDaniel Kyabayinze
Department of Biochemistry, Makerere University Medical School, Kampala, Uganda
Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:247-52. 2003..7, P = 0.009). These results support a previously proposed method of predicting clinical outcomes based on the prevalence of these two mutations...
