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| Stephen E WeisSummaryAffiliation: University of North Texas Country: USA Publications
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Universal HIV screening at a major metropolitan TB clinic: HIV prevalence and high-risk behaviors among TB patientsS E Weis
Department of Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth 76107, USA
Am J Public Health 89:73-5. 1999..This study assessed the outcome of implementing a policy of universal screening of patients with tuberculosis (TB) for HIV infection at a major metropolitan public health TB clinic...
Treatment costs of directly observed therapy and traditional therapy for Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a comparative analysisS E Weis
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, 76107, USA
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 3:976-84. 1999..This study compared costs of tuberculosis treatment in DOT to the same factors in traditional therapy...- Transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in Tarrant county, TexasStephen E Weis
Division of Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, 76107, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 166:36-42. 2002.... 
Prevalence of anal intraepithelial neoplasia defined by anal cytology screening and high-resolution anoscopy in a primary care population of HIV-infected men and womenStephen E Weis
Department of Internal Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Dis Colon Rectum 54:433-41. 2011..Similarly, the prevalence of abnormal cytology, used as a screen, is not well-defined in these subgroups...- Evidence for chronic lung impairment in patients treated for pulmonary tuberculosisMauricio Vecino
Department of Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, TX, United States
J Infect Public Health 4:244-52. 2011..The stability of PIAT and the relationship of PIAT to the duration of delay in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment have not been fully characterized... - Does directly observed therapy (DOT) reduce drug resistant tuberculosis?Patrick K Moonan
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Department of Medicine, USA
BMC Public Health 11:19. 2011..This study compares the portion of drug resistant genotype clusters, representing recent transmission, within and between communities implementing programs differing only in their directly observed therapy (DOT) practices... - Pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis and its contribution to TB burdenJotam G Pasipanodya
Department of Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
BMC Public Health 10:259. 2010..We assessed the burden of TB including pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis in Tarrant County, Texas using Disability-adjusted Life Years (DALYs)... - The societal cost of tuberculosis: Tarrant County, Texas, 2002Thaddeus L Miller
School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Ft Worth, TX 76107, USA
Ann Epidemiol 20:1-7. 2010..Unmeasured TB costs lead to underestimates of the benefit of prevention and create conditions that could result in a resurgence of TB. We gathered data from Tarrant County, Texas, for 2002, to estimate the societal cost due to TB... - Non-hispanic whites have higher risk for pulmonary impairment from pulmonary tuberculosisJotam G Pasipanodya
Department of Internal Medicine, UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, USA
BMC Public Health 12:119. 2012..Pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis (PIAT) contributes heavily to the societal burden of TB. Individual impacts associated with PIAT may vary by race/ethnicity or socioeconomic status... - Using the St. George respiratory questionnaire to ascertain health quality in persons with treated pulmonary tuberculosisJotam G Pasipanodya
Department of Medicine, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Chest 132:1591-8. 2007..We measured HRQoL pattern changes and the usefulness of the SGRQ in their ascertainment... - Treatment of high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia with infrared coagulation in a primary care population of HIV-infected men and womenStephen E Weis
Dermatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, USA
Dis Colon Rectum 55:1236-43. 2012..High-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia, the putative anal carcinoma precursor, is more common in HIV-infected persons. The ideal treatment for these lesions has not been established... - What is the outcome of targeted tuberculosis screening based on universal genotyping and location?Patrick K Moonan
School of Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 174:599-604. 2006.... - What are the costs of suspected but not reported tuberculosis?Thaddeus L Miller
School of Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, TX, USA
Ann Epidemiol 16:777-81. 2006..Elimination efforts are undervalued without fully quantifying the burden of tuberculosis. This may lead to decreased support and resurgence of this disease. This report provides a preliminary quantification of these costs... - Pulmonary impairment after tuberculosisJotam G Pasipanodya
Department of Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Chest 131:1817-24. 2007..Pulmonary impairment subsequent to a cure of pulmonary tuberculosis has been described only in selected populations... - Personal and societal health quality lost to tuberculosisThaddeus L Miller
School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Ft Worth, Texas, United States of America
PLoS ONE 4:e5080. 2009..We estimated QALYs lost to pulmonary TB patients from all known sources, and estimated health loss to prevalent TB disease... - Using cost and health impacts to prioritize the targeted testing of tuberculosis in the United StatesThaddeus L Miller
Department of Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Ann Epidemiol 16:305-12. 2006..Non mandated targeted testing for TB in congregate settings for the homeless was more efficient than state-law mandated targeted testing for TB among jailed inmates... - Tuberculosis in the foreign-born population of Tarrant county, Texas by immigration statusS E Weis
Department of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 164:953-7. 2001..Further studies in other regions of the U.S. are needed to determine if screening and treatment recommendations of persons who spend extended periods in the U.S. should be raised to the standards set for permanent residents... - Associate investigations: detection of tuberculosis infections in children resulting in discovery of undiagnosed tuberculosis in adultsPatrick K Moonan
Department of Internal Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, 76107, USA
J Am Osteopath Assoc 102:397-400. 2002..When TB infections are discovered in children, associate investigations can result in the discovery of undiagnosed adult cases and prevent further transmission within the community... - Treatment of active tuberculosis: challenges and prospectsBehzad Sahbazian
John Peter Smith Hospital, Viola Pitts/Como Community Health Clinic, 4701 Bryant Irvin Road, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Clin Chest Med 26:273-82, vi. 2005..This article reviews the basic principles of drug treatment of tuberculosis, individual pharmacologic agents, current treatment recommendations, and several special situations that clinicians are likely to encounter in medical practice... - Tuberculosis: what is the yield of associate investigations in non-BCG-immunized children with positive tuberculin skin tests?P K Moonan
Department of Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas 76104, USA
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 9:322-7. 2005..Urban county health department in Tarrant County, Texas, USA... - Tuberculosis control in a border state. Treatment of the foreign-bornStephen E Weis
Department of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Tarrant County Health Department, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Infect Dis Clin North Am 16:59-71. 2002..As the epidemiology of TB in the United States changes, with more foreign-born and fewer native-born residents developing the disease, treatment can be expected to become more complicated and expensive... - Serum cytokine concentrations do not parallel Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced cytokine production in patients with tuberculosisRamakrishna Vankayalapati
Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, TX 75708-3154, USA
Clin Infect Dis 36:24-8. 2003..tuberculosis-induced cytokine levels, and increased IL-10 serum levels in patients with tuberculosis inhibit IFN-gamma production in response to mycobacterial antigens... - Prospective comparison of the tuberculin skin test and 2 whole-blood interferon-gamma release assays in persons with suspected tuberculosisGerald H Mazurek
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 45:837-45. 2007..tuberculosis by culture... - Transmission of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Texas and MexicoTeresa N Quitugua
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Microbiology, 78245, USA
J Clin Microbiol 40:2716-24. 2002..Although some DR M. tuberculosis strains are geographically restricted, this study suggests that a number of strains are transmitted between Mexico and the United States... - Reduced expression of nuclear cyclic adenosine 5'-monophosphate response element-binding proteins and IFN-gamma promoter function in disease due to an intracellular pathogenBuka Samten
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, TX 75708, USA
J Immunol 168:3520-6. 2002..These data suggest that reduced expression of CREB nuclear proteins in tuberculosis patients results in decreased IFN-gamma promoter activity and reduced IFN-gamma production... - The NKp46 receptor contributes to NK cell lysis of mononuclear phagocytes infected with an intracellular bacteriumRamakrishna Vankayalapati
Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, TX 75708, USA
J Immunol 168:3451-7. 2002.... - Enzyme-linked immunospot and tuberculin skin testing to detect latent tuberculosis infectionHomayoun Shams
CPIDC, University of Texas Health Center, 11937 U S Highway 271, Tyler, TX 75708 3154
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 172:1161-8. 2005..Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is currently based on the tuberculin skin test. The enzyme-linked immunospot assay (ELISPOT) is a new blood test to diagnose LTBI... - Assessing the impact of targeted tuberculosis interventionsPatrick K Moonan
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 177:557-8. 2008