Christina Yoon, MD, MPH

Reeve BWP, Ndlangalavu G, Mishra H, Palmer Z, Tshivhula H, Rockman L, Naidoo S, Mbu DL, Naidoo CC, Derendinger B, Walzl G, Malherbe ST, van Helden PD, Semitala FC, Yoon C, Gupta RK, Noursadeghi M, Warren RM, Theron G. Point-of-care C-reactive protein and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for tuberculosis screening and diagnosis in unselected antiretroviral therapy initiators: a prospective, cross-sectional, diagnostic accuracy study. The Lancet. Global health 2024. PMID: 38583458

Dhana A, Gupta RK, Hamada Y, Kengne AP, Kerkhoff AD, Yoon C, Cattamanchi A, Reeve BWP, Theron G, Ndlangalavu G, Wood R, Drain PK, Calderwood CJ, Noursadeghi M, Boyles T, Meintjes G, Maartens G, Barr DA. Clinical utility of WHO-recommended screening tools and development and validation of novel clinical prediction models for pulmonary tuberculosis screening among outpatients living with HIV: an individual participant data meta-analysis. European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society 2023. PMID: 37286216

Reeve BW, Ndlangalavu G, Mishra H, Palmer Z, Tshivhula H, Rockman L, Naidoo S, Mbu DL, Naidoo CC, Derendinger B, Walzl G, Malherbe ST, van Helden PD, Semitala FC, Yoon C, Gupta RK, Noursadeghi M, Warren RM, Theron G. Point-of-care C-reactive protein and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for tuberculosis screening and diagnosis in unselected antiretroviral therapy initiators: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2023. PMID: 37333303

Broger T, Koeppel L, Huerga H, Miller P, Gupta-Wright A, Blanc FX, Esmail A, Reeve BWP, Floridia M, Kerkhoff AD, Ciccacci F, Kasaro MP, Thit SS, Bastard M, Ferlazzo G, Yoon C, Van Hoving DJ, Sossen B, García JI, Cummings MJ, Wake RM, Hanson J, Cattamanchi A, Meintjes G, Maartens G, Wood R, Theron G, Dheda K, Olaru ID, Denkinger CM, TBYield Study Consortium. Diagnostic yield of urine lipoarabinomannan and sputum tuberculosis tests in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. The Lancet. Global health 2023. PMID: 37202025

Chaisson LH, Semitala FC, Nangobi F, Steinmetz S, Marquez C, Armstrong DT, Opira B, Kamya MR, Phillips PPJ, Dowdy DW, Yoon C. Viral suppression among adults with HIV receiving routine dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy and 3HP. AIDS (London, England) 2023. PMID: 36779500

Jaganath D, Reza TF, Wambi P, Nakafeero J, Kiconco E, Nanyonga G, Oumo EA, Nsereko MC, Sekadde MP, Nabukenya-Mudiope MG, Kato-Maeda M, Andama A, Yoon C, Mohanty S, Wobudeya E, Cattamanchi A. The Role of C-Reactive Protein as a Triage Tool for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children. TO REMOVE 2022. PMID: 35451001

Chaisson LH, Semitala FC, Mwebe S, Katende J, Asege L, Nakaye M, Andama AO, Atuhumuza E, Kamya M, Cattamanchi A, Yoon C. Transaminitis prevalence among HIV-infected adults eligible for tuberculosis preventive therapy. AIDS (London, England) 2022. PMID: 35730395

Semitala FC, Chaisson LH, Dowdy DW, Armstrong DT, Opira B, Aman K, Kamya M, Phillips PPJ, Yoon C. Tuberculosis screening improves preventive therapy uptake (TB SCRIPT) trial among people living with HIV in Uganda: a study protocol of an individual randomized controlled trial. TO REMOVE 2022. PMID: 35550621

Dhana A, Hamada Y, Kengne AP, Kerkhoff AD, Rangaka MX, Kredo T, Baddeley A, Miller C, Singh S, Hanifa Y, Grant AD, Fielding K, Affolabi D, Merle CS, Wachinou AP, Yoon C, Cattamanchi A, Hoffmann CJ, Martinson N, Mbu ET, Sander MS, Balcha TT, Skogmar S, Reeve BWP, Theron G, Ndlangalavu G, Modi S, Cavanaugh J, Swindells S, Chaisson RE, Ahmad Khan F, Howard AA, Wood R, Thit SS, Kyi MM, Hanson J, Drain PK, Shapiro AE, Kufa T, Churchyard G, Nguyen DT, Graviss EA, Bjerrum S, Johansen IS, Gersh JK, Horne DJ, LaCourse SM, Al-Darraji HAA, Kamarulzaman A, Kempker RR, Tukvadze N, Barr DA, Meintjes G, Maartens G. Tuberculosis screening among ambulatory people living with HIV: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. TO REMOVE 2021. PMID: 34800394

Meyer AJ, Ochom E, Turimumahoro P, Byanyima P, Sanyu I, Lalitha R, Kaswabuli S, Andama A, Walter ND, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A, Worodria W, Huang L, Yoon C, Davis JL. C-Reactive Protein Testing for Active Tuberculosis among Inpatients without HIV in Uganda: a Diagnostic Accuracy Study. Journal of clinical microbiology 2020. PMID: 33087439

Mwebe SZ, Yoon C, Asege L, Nakaye M, Katende J, Andama A, Cattamanchi A, Semitala FC. Impact of hematocrit on point-of-care C-reactive protein-based tuberculosis screening among people living with HIV initiating antiretroviral therapy in Uganda. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2020. PMID: 33453673

Jaganath D, Rajan J, Yoon C, Ravindran R, Andama A, Asege L, Mwebe SZ, Katende J, Nakaye M, Semitala FC, Khan IH, Cattamanchi A. Evaluation of multi-antigen serological screening for active tuberculosis among people living with HIV. PloS one 2020. PMID: 32497095

Vanderburg S, Alipanah N, Crowder R, Yoon C, Wang R, Thakur N, Slown K, Shete PB, Rofael M, Metcalfe JZ, Merrifield C, Marquez C, Malcolm K, Lipnick M, Jain V, Gomez A, Burns G, Brown LB, Berger C, Auyeung V, Cattamanchi A, Hendrickson CM. Management and Outcomes of Critically-Ill Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia at a Safety-net Hospital in San Francisco, a Region with Early Public Health Interventions: A Case Series. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2020. PMID: 32511538

Semitala FC, Cattamanchi A, Andama A, Atuhumuza E, Katende J, Mwebe S, Asege L, Nakaye M, Kamya MR, Yoon C. Brief Report: Yield and Efficiency of Intensified Tuberculosis Case-Finding Algorithms in 2 High-Risk HIV Subgroups in Uganda. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2019. PMID: 31658185

Nathavitharana RR, Yoon C, Macpherson P, Dowdy DW, Cattamanchi A, Somoskovi A, Broger T, Ottenhoff THM, Arinaminpathy N, Lonnroth K, Reither K, Cobelens F, Gilpin C, Denkinger CM, Schumacher SG. Guidance for Studies Evaluating the Accuracy of Tuberculosis Triage Tests. The Journal of infectious diseases 2019. PMID: 31593600

Rajan JV, Semitala FC, Mehta T, Seielstad M, Montalvo L, Andama A, Asege L, Nakaye M, Katende J, Mwebe S, Kamya MR, Yoon C, Cattamanchi A. A Novel, 5-Transcript, Whole-blood Gene-expression Signature for Tuberculosis Screening Among People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2018. PMID: 30462176

Chaisson LH, Semitala FC, Asege L, Mwebe S, Katende J, Nakaye M, Andama AO, Marquez C, Atuhumuza E, Kamya M, Cattamanchi A, Yoon C. Point-of-care C-reactive protein and risk of early mortality among adults initiating antiretroviral therapy. AIDS (London, England) 2019. PMID: 30649057

Yoon C, Semitala FC, Cattamanchi A. Reply to: Implications of TB Sputum Culture Test Sensitivity on Accuracy of Other Diagnostic Modalities. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2018. PMID: 30525900

Yoon C, Dowdy DW, Esmail H, MacPherson P, Schumacher SG. Screening for tuberculosis: time to move beyond symptoms. Volume 7 of Issue 3. The Lancet. Respiratory medicine 2019. PMID: 30823972

Yoon C, Semitala FC, Asege L, Katende J, Mwebe S, Andama AO, Atuhumuza E, Nakaye M, Armstrong DT, Dowdy DW, McCulloch CE, Kamya M, Cattamanchi A. Yield and Efficiency of Novel Intensified Tuberculosis Case-Finding Algorithms for People Living with HIV. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2018. PMID: 30192649

Farr K, Ravindran R, Strnad L, Chang E, Chaisson LH, Yoon C, Worodria W, Andama A, Ayakaka I, Bbosa Nalwanga P, Byanyima P, Kalema N, Kaswabuli S, Katagira W, Aman KD, Musisi E, Tumwine NW, Sanyu I, Ssebunya R, Davis JL, Huang L, Khan IH, Cattamanchi A. Diagnostic performance of blood inflammatory markers for tuberculosis screening in people living with HIV. PloS one 2018. PMID: 30352099

Yoon C, Chaisson LH, Patel SM, Allen IE, Drain PK, Wilson D, Cattamanchi A. Diagnostic accuracy of C-reactive protein for active pulmonary tuberculosis: a meta-analysis. Volume 21 of Issue 9. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2017. PMID: 28826451

Yoon C, Semitala FC, Atuhumuza E, Katende J, Mwebe S, Asege L, Armstrong DT, Andama AO, Dowdy DW, Davis JL, Huang L, Kamya M, Cattamanchi A. Point-of-care C-reactive protein-based tuberculosis screening for people living with HIV: a diagnostic accuracy study. Volume 17 of Issue 12. The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2017. PMID: 28847636

Walter ND, Miller MA, Vasquez J, Weiner M, Chapman A, Engle M, Higgins M, Quinones AM, Rosselli V, Canono E, Yoon C, Cattamanchi A, Davis JL, Phang T, Stearman RS, Datta G, Garcia BJ, Daley CL, Strong M, Kechris K, Fingerlin TE, Reves R, Geraci MW. Blood Transcriptional Biomarkers for Active Tuberculosis among Patients in the United States: a Case-Control Study with Systematic Cross-Classifier Evaluation. Volume 54 of Issue 2. Journal of clinical microbiology 2015. PMID: 26582831

Jayakumar A, Vittinghoff E, Segal MR, MacKenzie WR, Johnson JL, Gitta P, Saukkonen J, Anderson J, Weiner M, Engle M, Yoon C, Kato-Maeda M, Nahid P. Serum biomarkers of treatment response within a randomized clinical trial for pulmonary tuberculosis. Volume 95 of Issue 4. Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) 2015. PMID: 26022314

Yoon C, Davis JL, Huang L, Muzoora C, Byakwaga H, Scibetta C, Bangsberg DR, Nahid P, Semitala FC, Hunt PW, Martin JN, Cattamanchi A. Point-of-care C-reactive protein testing to facilitate implementation of isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV. Volume 65 of Issue 5. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2014. PMID: 24346636

Schulman JM, Yoon C, Schwarz J, Vagefi PA, Mully TW, Shinkai K. Absence of peripheral blood chimerism in graft-vs-host disease following orthotopic liver transplantation: case report and review of the literature. Volume 53 of Issue 11. International journal of dermatology 2013. PMID: 24372059

Yoon C, Davis JL, Cattamanchi A. C-reactive protein and tuberculosis screening: a new trick for an old dog? Volume 17 of Issue 12. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2013. PMID: 24200285

Yoon C, Subramanian A, Chi A, Crothers K, Meshnick SR, Taylor SM, Beard CB, Jarlsberg LG, Lawrence GG, Avery M, Swartzman A, Fong S, Roth B, Huang L. Dihydropteroate synthase mutations in Pneumocystis pneumonia: impact of applying different definitions of prophylaxis, mortality endpoints and mutant in a single cohort. Volume 51 of Issue 6. Medical mycology 2013. PMID: 23470037

Yoon C, Cattamanchi A, Davis JL, Worodria W, den Boon S, Kalema N, Katagira W, Kaswabuli S, Miller C, Andama A, Albert H, Nabeta P, Gray C, Ayakaka I, Huang L. Impact of Xpert MTB/RIF testing on tuberculosis management and outcomes in hospitalized patients in Uganda. Volume 7 of Issue 11. PloS one 2012. PMID: 23139799