Publications

Department of Medicine faculty members published more than 3,600 peer-reviewed articles in 2024.

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Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979)

Vascular biomarkers in the prediction of clinical cardiovascular disease: the Strong Heart Study.

2011

Authors: Roman MJ, Kizer JR, Best LG, Lee ET, Howard BV, Shara NM, Devereux RB

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Genomic dissection of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)/PI3K pathway reveals frequent deletion of the EGFR phosphatase PTPRS in head and neck cancers.

2011

Authors: Morris LG, Taylor BS, Bivona TG, Gong Y, Eng S, Brennan CW, Kaufman A, Kastenhuber ER, Banuchi VE, Singh B, Heguy A, Viale A, Mellinghoff IK, Huse J, Ganly I, Chan TA

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Associations between sleep architecture and sleep-disordered breathing and cognition in older community-dwelling men: the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Sleep Study.

2011

Authors: Blackwell T, Yaffe K, Ancoli-Israel S, Redline S, Ensrud KE, Stefanick ML, Laffan A, Stone KL

Volume 8 of Issue 12 | Heart rhythm

Full report from the first annual Heart Rhythm Society Research Forum: a vision for our research future, "dream, discover, develop, deliver".

2011

Authors: Albert CM, Chen PS, Anderson ME, Cain ME, Fishman GI, Narayan SM, Olgin JE, Spooner PM, Stevenson WG, Van Wagoner DR, Packer DL

BMJ quality & safety

Effects of a multicentre teamwork and communication programme on patient outcomes: results from the Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) project.

2011

Authors: Auerbach AD, Sehgal NL, Blegen MA, Maselli J, Alldredge BK, Vittinghoff E, Wachter RM

PloS one

Intravenous neuromyelitis optica autoantibody in mice targets aquaporin-4 in peripheral organs and area postrema.

2011

Authors: Ratelade J, Bennett JL, Verkman AS

Digestive diseases and sciences

Increased sedation requirements during endoscopy in patients with celiac disease.

2011

Authors: Lebwohl B, Hassid B, Ludwin S, Lewis SK, Tennyson CA, Neugut AI, Green PH

American journal of hematology

Experience with use of Zostavax(®) in patients with hematologic malignancy and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients.

2011

Authors: Naidus E, Damon L, Schwartz BS, Breed C, Liu C

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and statin use and incident mobility limitation in community-dwelling older adults: the Health, Aging and Body Composition study.

2011

Authors: Gray SL, Boudreau RM, Newman AB, Studenski SA, Shorr RI, Bauer DC, Simonsick EM, Hanlon JT

Volume 6 of Issue 11 | PloS one

The role of speciation in positive Lowenstein-Jensen culture isolates from a high tuberculosis burden country.

2011

Authors: Worodria W, Anderson J, Cattamanchi A, Davis JL, den Boon S, Andama A, Yoo SD, Joloba M, Huang L, Kato-Maeda M

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OBJECTIVE

To determine the need for routine speciation of positive Lowenstein-Jensen mycobacterial cultures in HIV-infected patients suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.

METHODS

Sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage Lowenstein-Jensen mycobacterial culture isolates from consecutive, HIV-infected patients admitted to Mulago Hospital with 2 weeks or more of cough were subjected to IS6110 PCR and rpoB genetic analysis to determine the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM).

RESULTS

Eighty (100%) mycobacterial cultures from 65 patients were confirmed to be members of MTBC. Subsequent analysis of the cultures from 54 patients by PCR and sequence analyses to identify co-infection with NTM confirmed the presence of MTBC as well as the presence of Micrococcus luteus (n = 4), Janibacter spp. (n = 1) and six cultures had organisms that could not be identified.

CONCLUSIONS

Presumptive diagnosis of tuberculosis on the basis of a positive Lowenstein-Jensen culture is sufficient in HIV-infected Ugandans suspected of having tuberculosis. Routine molecular confirmation of positive Lowenstein-Jensen cultures is unnecessary in this low resource setting.

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