TB-Related Articles

Journal Articles Published by Division of TB Elimination (DTBE) Authors

2016 DTBE Publications 

Auld SC, Lee SH, Click ES, Miramontes R, Day CL, Gandhi NR, Heilig CM. Interferon Gamma Release Assay Result is Associated with Disease Site and Death in Active Tuberculosis. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Aug 31. PMID: 27580246. [Epub ahead of print.]

Baker BJ, Winston CA, Liu Y, France AM, Cain KP. Abrupt Decline in Tuberculosis among Foreign-Born Persons in the United States. PLoS One. 2016 Feb 10;11(2):e0147353. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147353. eCollection 2016. PMID: 26863004.

Bemis K, Thornton A, Rodriguez-Lainz A, Lowenthal P, Escobedo M, Sosa LE, Tibbs A, Sharnprapai S, Moser KS, Cochran J, Lobato MN. Civil Surgeon Tuberculosis Evaluations for Foreign-Born Persons Seeking Permanent U.S. Residence. J Immigr Minor Health. 2016 Apr;18(2):301-7. doi: 10.1007/s10903-015-0169-1. PMID: 25672993.

Brostrom R, Wasserman G, Hayes D. Insights in Public Health: Eliminating Tuberculosis in Hawai'i: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2016 Apr;75(4):117-20. PMID: 27099808.

Castro KG, Marks SM, Chen MP, Hill AN, Becerra JE, Miramontes R, Winston CA, Navin TR, Pratt RH, Young KH, LoBue PA. Estimating tuberculosis cases and their economic costs averted in the United States over the past two decades. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 Jul;20(7):926-33. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.1001. PMID: 27287646.

CDC (Buss BF, Keyser-Metobo A, Rother J, Holtz, L, Gall K, Jereb J, Murphy CN, Iwen PC, Robbe-Austerman S, Holcomb, MA, Infield P) Possible Airborne Person-to-Person Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis — Nebraska 2014–2015. MMWR 2016 March 4; 65(8):197–201.

CDC (Salinas JL, Mindra G, Haddad MB, Pratt R, Price SF, Langer AJ) Leveling of Tuberculosis Incidence — United States, 2013–2015. MMWR 2016 March 25; 65(11);273-78.

CDC (Young KH, Ehman M, Reves R, Peterson Maddox BL, Khan A, Chorba TL, Jereb J) Tuberculosis contact investigations—United States, 2003–2012. MMWR 2016 Jan 1;64(50-51):1369-74.

Chorba T, Breedlove B. Depictions of Heroism in Battle and Anguish from Tuberculosis. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Mar;22(3):573-4. doi: 10.3201/eid2203.AC2203. PMID: 27326438.

Clark CD, Langkjaer S, Chinikamwala S, Joseph H, Semaan S, Clement J, Marshall R, Pevzner E, Truman BI, Kroeger K. Providers' Perspectives on Program Collaboration and Service Integration for Persons Who Use Drugs. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2016 Mar 4. doi: 10.1007/s11414-016-9506-y. PMID: 26943642. [Epub ahead of print.]

Farhat MR, Sultana R, Iartchouk O, Bozeman S, Galagan J, Sisk P, Stolte C, Nebenzahl-Guimaraes H, Jacobson K, Sloutsky A, Kaur D, Posey J, Kreiswirth BN, Kurepina N, Rigouts L, Streicher EM, Victor TC, Warren RM, van Soolingen D, Murray M. Genetic Determinants of Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Their Diagnostic Value. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Feb 24. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201510-2091OC. PMID: 26910495. [Epub ahead of print.]

Fletcher R, Jones JD, Shah NS. Treatment of Active Tuberculosis in Chicago, 2008-2011: The Role of Public Health Departments. PLoS One. 2016 Oct 12;11(10):e0164162. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164162. PMID: 27732650.

Furin J, Alirol E, Allen E, Fielding K, Merle C, Abubakar I, Andersen J, Davies G, Dheda K, Diacon A, Dooley KE, Dravnice G, Eisenach K, Everitt D, Ferstenberg D, Goolam-Mahomed A, Grobusch MP, Gupta R, Harausz E, Harrington M, Horsburgh CR, Lienhardt C, McNeeley D, Mitnick CD, Nachman S, Nahid P, Nunn AJ, Phillips P, Rodriguez C, Shah S, Wells C, Thomas-Nyang'wa B, du Cros P. Drug-resistant tuberculosis clinical trials: proposed core research definitions in adults. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 Mar;20(3):290-4. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0490. PMID: 27046707.

Grinsdale JA, Islam S, Tran OC, Ho CS, Kawamura LM, Higashi JM. Interferon-Gamma Release Assays and Pediatric Public Health Tuberculosis Screening: The San Francisco Program Experience 2005 to 2008. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2016 Jun;5(2):122-30. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piu119. PMID: 27199468. Epub 2014 Dec 15.

Heidebrecht CL, Podewils LJ, Pym AS, Cohen T, Mthiyane T, Wilson D. Assessing the utility of Xpert(®) MTB/RIF as a screening tool for patients admitted to medical wards in South Africa. Sci Rep. 2016 Jan 20;6:19391. doi: 10.1038/srep19391. PMID: 26786396.

Heidebrecht CL, Podewils LJ, Pym A, Mthiyane T, Cohen T. Assessing Local Risk of Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Using Lot Quality Assurance Sampling. PLoS One. 2016 Apr 6;11(4):e0153143. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153143. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27050561.

Jereb JA. Interpreting False Positive Tuberculosis Tests in Occupational Screening: The Fault of the Test, the Testing Schedule, or Both? Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Jul;13(7):1189-90. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201604-252LE. PMID: 27388411.

Jewett A, Bell T, Cohen NJ, Buckley K, Leino EV, Even S, Beavers S, Brown C, Marano N. US college and university student health screening requirements for tuberculosis and vaccine-preventable diseases, 2012. J Am Coll Health. 2016 Jul;64(5):409-15. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2015.1117465. PMID: 26730492. Epub 2016 Jan 5.

Johnson MG, Stout JE, Benator DA, Whitworth WC, Holland DP. Medium matters: modeling the impact of solid medium performance on tuberculosis trial sample size requirements. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 May; 20(5):600-4. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0570. PMID: 27084812.

Juarez-Reyes M, Gallivan M, Chyorny A, O'Keeffe L, Shah NS. Completion Rate and Side-Effect Profile of Three-Month Isoniazid and Rifapentine Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in an Urban County Jail. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Jan 6;3(1):ofv220. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofv220. eCollection 2016 Jan. PMID: 26885547.

Kaniga K, Cirillo DM, Hoffner S, Ismail NA, Kaur D, Lounis N, Metchock B, Pfyffer GE, Venter A. A Multi-Laboratory, Multi-Country Study to Determine Bedaquiline Minimal Inhibitory Concentration Quality Control Ranges for Phenotypic Drug-Susceptibility Testing. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Sep 21; pii: JCM.01123-16. PMID: 27654337. [Epub ahead of print.]

Kaniga K, Cirillo DM, Hoffner S, Ismail NA, Kaur D, Lounis N, Metchock B, Pfyffer GE, Venter A. A Multi-Laboratory, Multi-Country Study to Determine Minimal Inhibitory Concentration Quality Control Ranges for PhenotypicDrug-Susceptibility Testing of Selected First-Line Anti-TB Drugs, Second-Line Injectables, Fluoroquinolones, Clofazimine and Linezolid. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Sep 21; pii: JCM.01138-16. PMID: 27654338. [Epub ahead of print.]

Kim L, Moonan PK, Heilig CM, Woodruff RS, Kammerer JS, Haddad MB. Factors associated with recurrent tuberculosis more than 12 months after treatment completion. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 Jan;20(1):49-56. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0442. PMID: 26688528.

Lambert LA, Armstrong LR, Lobato MN, Ho C, France AM, Haddad MB. Tuberculosis in Jails and Prisons: United States, 2002-2013. Am J Public Health. 2016 Sep 15:e1-e7. PMID: 27631758. [Epub ahead of print.]

Luetkemeyer AF, Firnhaber C, Kendall MA, Wu X, Mazurek GH, Benator DA; Arduino R, Fernandez M, Guy E, Johnson P, Metchock B, Sattler F, Telzak E, Wang YF, Weiner M, Swindells S, Sanne IM, Havlir DV, Grinsztejn B, Alland D; AIDS Clinical Trials Group A5295 and Tuberculosis Trials Consortium Study 34 Teams. Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF Versus AFB Smear and Culture to Identify Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients With Suspected Tuberculosis From Low and Higher Prevalence Settings. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 May 1;62(9):1081-8. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw035. PMID: 26839383. Epub 2016 Feb 2.

Mangan JM, Tupasi TE, Garfin AM, Lofranco V, Orillaza-Chi R, Basilio R, Naval LC, Balane GI, Joson ES, Burt D, Lew WJ, Mantala M, Pancho S, Sarol JN, Golubkov A, Kurbatova EV. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients lost to follow-up: self-reported readiness to restart treatment. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 Sep;20(9):1205-11. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.16.0029. PMID: 27510247.

Marks SM, Hirsch-Moverman Y, Salcedo K, Graviss EA, Oh P, Seaworth B, Flood J, Armstrong L, Armitige L, Mase S; TB Epidemiologic Studies Consortium. Characteristics and costs of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in-patient care in the United States, 2005-2007. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 Apr;20(4):435-41. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0575. PMID: 26970150.

Mase SR, Jereb JA, Gonzalez D, Martin F, Daley CL, Fred D, Loeffler AM, Menon LR, Bamrah Morris S, Brostrom R, Chorba T, Peloquin CA. Pharmacokinetics and Dosing of Levofloxacin in Children Treated for Active or Latent Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of the Marshall Islands. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Apr;35(4):414-21. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001022. PMID: 26658531. 

Moro RN, Borisov A, Saukkonen J, Khan A, Sterling TR, Villarino ME, Scott NA, Shang N, Kerrigan A, Goldberg SV. Factors Associated With Noncompletion of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Treatment: Experience From the PREVENT TB Trial in the United States and Canada. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 1;62(11):1390-400. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw126. PMID: 26951571. Epub 2016 Mar 6.

Nahid P, Dorman SE, Alipanah N, Barry PM, Brozek JL, Cattamanchi A, Chaisson LH, Chaisson RE, Daley CL, Grzemska M, Higashi JM, Ho CS, Hopewell PC, Keshavjee SA, Lienhardt C, Menzies R, Merrifield C, Narita M, O'Brien R, Peloquin CA, Raftery A, Saukkonen J, Schaaf HS, Sotgiu G, Starke JR, Migliori GB, Vernon A. Executive Summary: Official American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Oct 1;63(7):853-67. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw566. PMID: 27621353.

Nandakumar S, Kannanganat S, Dobos KM, Lucas M, Spencer JS, Amara RR, Plikaytis BB, Posey JE, Sable SB. Boosting BCG-primed responses with a subunit Apa vaccine during the waning phase improves immunity and imparts protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Sci Rep. 2016 May 13;6:25837. doi: 10.1038/srep25837. PMID: 27173443.

Nnadi CD, Anderson LF, Armstrong LR, Stagg HR, Pedrazzoli D, Pratt R, Heilig CM, Abubakar I, Moonan PK. Mind the gap: TB trends in the USA and the UK, 2000-2011. Thorax. 2016 Apr;71(4):356-63. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207915. PMID: 26907187. Epub 2016 Feb 23.

Olea-Popelka F, Muwonge A, Perera A, Dean AS, Mumford E, Erlacher-Vindel E, Forcella S, Silk BJ, Ditiu L, El Idrissi A, Raviglione M, Cosivi O, LoBue P, Fujiwara PI. Zoonotic tuberculosis in human beings caused by Mycobacterium bovis-a call for action. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Sep 30; pii: S1473-3099(16)30139-6. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30139-6. Review. PMID: 27697390. [Epub ahead of print.]

Pathak RR, Mishra BK, Moonan PK, Nair SA, Kumar AM, Gandhi MP, Mannan S, Ghosh S. Can Intensified Tuberculosis Case Finding Efforts at Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers Lead to Pediatric Case Detection in Bihar, India? J Tuberc Res. 2016 Mar 30;4(1):46-54. PMID: 27066518.

Podewils LJ, Bronner Murrison L, Bristow C, Bantubani N, Mametja LD. The other side of surveillance: Monitoring, application, and integration of tuberculosis data to guide and evaluate programme activities in South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2016 Mar 10;106(4):394-8. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i4.10207. PMID: 27032857.

Scott C, Cavanaugh JS, Pratt R, Silk BJ, LoBue P, Moonan PK.  Human tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis in the United States, 2006-2013. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 13. pii: ciw371. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw371. PMID: 27298329. [Epub ahead of print.]

Shah NS, Grace Lin SY, Barry PM, Cheng YN, Schecter G, Desmond E. Clinical Impact on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes of Discordance Between Molecular and Growth-Based Assays for Rifampin Resistance, California 2003-2013. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 24;3(3):ofw150. PMID: 27704008.

Shah NS, Yuen CM, Heo M, Tolman AW, Becerra MC. Reply to Hong-min et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Jan 15;62(2):267-8. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ834. PMID: 26400992. Epub 2015 Sep 23.

Sterling TR, Scott NA, Miro JM, Calvet G, La Rosa A, Infante R, Chen MP, Benator DA, Gordin F, Benson CA, Chaisson RE, Villarino ME; Tuberculosis Trials Consortium, the AIDS Clinical Trials Group for the PREVENT TB Trial (TBTC Study 26ACTG 5259). Three months of weekly rifapentine and isoniazid for treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in HIV-coinfected persons. AIDS. 2016 Jun 19;30(10):1607-15. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001098. PMID:27243774.

Tupasi T, Garfin AM, Kurbatova EV, Mangan JM, Orillaza-Chi R, Naval LC, Balane GI, Basilio R, Golubkov A, Joson ES, Lew WJ, Lofranco V, Mantala M, Pancho S, Sarol JN Jr. Factors Associated with Loss to Follow-up during Treatment for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, the Philippines, 2012-2014. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Mar;22(3). doi: 10.3201/eid2203.151788. PMID: 26889786.  

Velásquez GE, Cegielski JP, Murray MB, Yagui MJ, Asencios LL, Bayona JN, Bonilla CA, Jave HO, Yale G, Suárez CZ, Sanchez E, Rojas C, Atwood SS, Contreras CC, Cruz JS, Shin SS. Impact of HIV on mortality among patients treated for tuberculosis in Lima, Peru: a prospective cohort study. BMC Infect Dis. 2016 Feb 1;16(1):45. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1375-8. PMID: 26831140.

Volkmann T, Moonan PK, Miramontes R, Oeltmann JE. Excess Alcohol Use and Death among Tuberculosis Patients in the United States, 1997-2012. J Tuberc Res. 2016 Mar;4(1):18-22. doi: 10.4236/jtr.2016.41003. PMID: 27054144.

Webb Mazinyo E, Kim L, Masuku S, Lancaster JL, Odendaal R, Uys M, Podewils LJ, Van der Walt ML. Adherence to Concurrent Tuberculosis Treatment and Antiretroviral Treatment among Co-Infected Persons in South Africa, 2008-2010.  PLoS One. 2016 Jul 21;11(7):e0159317. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159317. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27442440.

Willby MJ, Green KD, Gajadeera CS, Hou C, Tsodikov OV, Posey JE, Garneau-Tsodikova S. Potent Inhibitors of Acetyltransferase Eis Overcome Kanamycin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ACS Chem Biol. 2016 Jun 17;11(6):1639-46. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00110. PMID: 27010218. Epub 2016 Apr 7. 

Yakrus, MA, Driscoll J, McAlister A, Sikes A, Hartline D, Metchock B, Starks AM. Molecular and Growth-Based Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex for Ethambutol Resistance in the United States. Tuberc Res Treat. 2016;2016:3404860. doi: 10.1155/2016/3404860. PMID: 27375902. Epub 2016 Jun 8.

Yuen CM, Kammerer JS, Marks K, Navin TR, France AM. Recent Transmission of Tuberculosis - United States, 2011-2014. PLoS One. 2016 Apr 15;11(4):e0153728. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153728. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27082644.

Zetola NM, Modongo C, Moonan PK, Click E, Oeltmann JE, Shepherd J, Finlay A. Protocol for a population-based molecular epidemiology study of tuberculosis transmission in a high HIV-burden setting: the Botswana Kopanyo study. BMJ Open. 2016 May 9;6(5):e010046. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010046. PMID: 27160840.

Last updated October 21, 2016