Selected publications

Preferences of health care workers using tongue swabs for tuberculosis diagnosis during COVID-19

Renée Codsi, Nicole A. Errett, Angelique K. Luabeya, Mark Hatherill, Adrienne E. Shapiro, Katherine A. Lochner, Alexandria R. Vingino, Marlena J. Kohn, Gerard A. Cangelosi medRxiv 2022.12.06.22283185. 

 

Complementary Nonsputum Diagnostic Testing for Tuberculosis in People with HIV Using Oral Swab PCR and Urine Lipoarabinomannan Detection

Shapiro AE, Olson AM, Kidoguchi L, Niu X, Ngcobo Z, Magcaba ZP, Ngwane MW, Whitman GR, Weigel KM, Wood RC, Wilson DPK, Drain PK, Cangelosi GA.J Clin Microbiol. 2022 Aug 17;60(8):e0043122. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00431-22. Epub 2022 Aug 1.PMID: 35913145.

 

Accuracy of Tongue Swab Testing Using Xpert MTB-RIF Ultra for Tuberculosis Diagnosis

Andama A, Whitman GR, Crowder R, Reza TF, Jaganath D, Mulondo J, Nalugwa TK, Semitala FC, Worodria W, Cook C, Wood RC, Weigel KM, Olson AM, Lohmiller Shaw J, Kato-Maeda M, Denkinger CM, Nahid P, Cangelosi GA, Cattamanchi A.J Clin Microbiol. 2022 Jul 20;60(7):e0042122. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00421-22. Epub 2022 Jun 27.PMID: 35758702.

 

Pooling in a Pod: A Strategy for COVID-19 Testing to Facilitate a Safe Return to School

Berke EM, Newman LM, Jemsby S, Hyde B, Bhalla N, Sheils NE, Oomman N, Reppas J, Verma P, Cangelosi GA (2021). Pooling in a Pod: A Strategy for COVID-19 Testing to Facilitate a Safe Return to School. Public Health Rep. September 2021 Sep. PMID: 34487461.

 

Steady-State Pre-rRNA Analysis to Investigate the Functional Microbiome

Weigel KM, Olson AM, Cangelosi GA (2021). Steady-state pre-rRNA analysis to investigate the functional microbiome. Curr Protoc. 2021 Jul;1(7):e209. PMID: 34314573.

 

Characterization of oral swab samples for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

Wood RC, Andama A, Hermansky G, Burkot S, Asege L, Job M, Katumba D, Nakaye M, Mwebe SZ, Mulondo J, Bachman CM, Nichols KP, Le Ny AM, Ortega C, Olson RN, Weigel KM, Olson AM, Madan D, Bell D, Cattamanchi A, Worodria W, Semitala FC, Somoskovi A, Cangelosi GA, Minch KJ (2021). Characterization of oral swab samples for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. PLoS One. 2021 May 17;16(5):e0251422. PMID: 33999938.

 

Swabs Collected by Patients or Health Care Workers for SARS-CoV-2 Testing

Tu YP, Jennings R, Hart B, Cangelosi GA, Wood RC, Wehber K, Verma P, Vojta D, Berke EM (2020).. Patient-collected tongue, nasal, and mid-turbinate swabs for SARS-CoV-2 yield equivalent sensitivity to health care worker collected nasopharyngeal swabs. N Engl J Med. 2020;10.1056/NEJMc2016321. PMID: 32492294.

 

Association between Mycobacterium avium Complex Pulmonary Disease and Mycobacteria in Home Water and Soil

Tzou CL, Dirac MA, Becker AL, Beck NK, Weigel KM, Meschke JS, and Cangelosi GA (2020). Association between Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease and mycobacteria in home water and soil: A case-control study. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 17:57-62. PMID: 31644315.

 

Noninvasive Detection of Tuberculosis by Oral Swab Analysis

Luabeya AK, Wood RC, Shenje J, Filander E, Ontong C, Mabwe S, Africa H, Nguyen FK, Olson A, Weigel KM, Jones-Engel L, Hatherill M, Cangelosi GA (2019). Non-invasive detection of tuberculosis by oral swab analysis. J Clin Microbiol. 57:e01847-18. PMID: 30541931.

 

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