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Relapse and Acquired Rifampin Resistance in HIV-Infected Patients with Tuberculosis Treated with Rifampin- or Rifabutin-Based Regimens in New York City, 1997–2000 by Li, Jiehui, Munsiff, Sonal S., Driver, Cynthia R., Sackoff, Judith

“…Background. The relationship between rifamycin use and either relapse or treatment failure with acquired rifampin resistance (ARR) among human immunodeficiency…”
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Performance of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in a Large Urban Setting by Laraque, Fabienne, Griggs, Anne, Slopen, Meredith, Munsiff, Sonal S.

“…Background. A diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) relies on acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear and culture results. Two rapid tests that use nucleic acid amplification…”
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Mycobacterium szulgai cavitary lung disease progression over a three year period – A case report by Croix, Michael C., Munsiff, Sonal S.

“…•Case report of Mycobacterium szulgai pulmonary disease.•Progression of cavitary lung disease over time.•Treatment of Mycobacterium szulgai.•Outcome of…”
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Linezolid use for treatment of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, New York City, 2000–06 by Anger, Holly A., Dworkin, Felicia, Sharma, Saarika, Munsiff, Sonal S., Nilsen, Diana M., Ahuja, Shama D.

“…Rationale Linezolid may be effective for the treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB); however, serious…”
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Rifapentine for the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Munsiff, Sonal S., Kambili, Chrispin, Ahuja, Shama Desai

“…Rifapentine is a recently approved antituberculosis drug that has not yet been widely used in clinical settings. Clinical data support intermittent use of…”
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Rate of broad-spectrum antibiotic overuse in patients receiving outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) by Brenon, Jessa R., Shulder, Stephanie E., Munsiff, Sonal S., Burgoyne, Colleen M., Nagel, Angela K., Pillinger, Kelly E.

“…Broad-spectrum antibiotics with once-daily dosing are often chosen for outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) due to convenience even when…”
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Achieving international targets for tuberculosis treatment success among HIV-positive patients in New York City by KING, L, MUNSIFF, S. S, AHUJA, S. D

“…OBJECTIVE: To review outcomes of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive tuberculosis (TB) patients in New York City (NYC) to determine if the World Health…”
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Relapse in Persons Treated for Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis in a Population with High Coinfection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in New York City by Driver, Cynthia R, Munsiff, Sonal S, Li, Jiehui, Kundamal, Nicole, Osahan, Sukhminder S

“…The optimal duration of tuberculosis treatment for persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been debated. A cohort of 4571 culture-positive…”
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis cluster with developing drug resistance, New York, New York, USA, 2003-2009 by Perri, Bianca R, Proops, Douglas, Moonan, Patrick K, Munsiff, Sonal S, Kreiswirth, Barry N, Kurepina, Natalia, Goranson, Christopher, Ahuja, Shama D

“…In 2004, identification of patients infected with the same Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain in New York, New York, USA, resulted in an outbreak investigation…”
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Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis after declining incidence, New York City, 2001–2003 by DRIVER, C. R., KREISWIRTH, B., MACARAIG, M., CLARK, C., MUNSIFF, S. S., DRISCOLL, J., ZHAO, B.

“…Tuberculosis incidence in New York City (NYC) declined between 1992 and 2000 from 51·1 to 16·6 cases per 100 000 population. In January 2001, universal…”
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Persistence of a Highly Resistant Strain of Tuberculosis in New York City during 1990–1999 by Munsiff, Sonal S., Nivin, Beth, Sacajiu, Galit, Mathema, Barun, Bifani, Pablo, Kreiswirth, Barry N.

“…One multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDRTB) strain, strain W, caused several nosocomial outbreaks in New York City (NYC) during 1 January…”
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Public-private collaboration for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis control in New York City by MUNSIFF, S. S, AHUJA, S. D, LI, J, DRIVER, C. R

“…SETTING: An urban tuberculosis control program where an enhanced multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) management plan coordinated care with multiple…”
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Chronic Tenosynovitis of the Hand Caused by Mycobacterium heraklionense by Aburjania, Nana, Hammert, Warren C, Bansal, Meenakshi, Boyce, Brendan F, Munsiff, Sonal S

“…Abstract Non-tuberculous mycobacteria are increasingly recognized as a cause of infection in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts. Mycobacterium…”
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Effect of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on HIV replication. Role of immune activation by Goletti, D, Weissman, D, Jackson, RW, Graham, NM, Vlahov, D, Klein, RS, Munsiff, SS, Ortona, L, Cauda, R, Fauci, AS

“…The prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) has increased worldwide, in part due to the HIV epidemic. Epidemiology data have demonstrated that…”
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Universal genotyping in tuberculosis control program, New York City, 2001-2003 by Clark, Carla M, Driver, Cynthia R, Munsiff, Sonal S, Driscoll, Jeffrey R, Kreiswirth, Barry N, Zhao, Benyang, Ebrahimzadeh, Adeleh, Salfinger, Max, Piatek, Amy S, Abdelwahab, Jalaa

“…In 2001, New York City implemented genotyping to its tuberculosis (TB) control activities by using IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and…”
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Congenital tuberculosis and management of exposure in three neonatal intensive care units [Case study] by WINTERS, A, AGERTON, T. B, DRIVER, C. R, TRIEU, L, O'FLAHERTY, T, MUNSIFF, S. S

“…Congenital tuberculosis (TB) is uncommon, and diagnosis may be delayed. We report a case of congenital TB and the management of exposure in three different…”
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Simplifying outpatient antibiotic stewardship by Frost, Holly M, Munsiff, Sonal S, Lou, Yingbo, Jenkins, Timothy C

“…Unfortunately, while many of the elements are relatively easy for practices to implement, tracking and reporting has remained a major obstacle. Since most…”
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Emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in New York City by Frieden, T R, Munsiff, S S, Low, D E, Willey, B M, Williams, G, Faur, Y, Eisner, W, Warren, S, Kreiswirth, B

“…Enterococci, a common cause of nosocomial infection, are intrinsically resistant to most antimicrobials and readily acquire additional resistance…”
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A Prospective Study of Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: Clinical Manifestations and Factors Associated with Survival by Alpert, Peter L., Munsiff, Sonal S., Gourevitch, Marc N., Greenberg, Barbara, Klein, Robert S.

“…We prospectively studied the effect of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the presentation and outcome of tuberculosis. A total of 216 patients…”
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Hospitalizations for tuberculosis in New York City: how many could be avoided? by THOMAS, J. A, LARAQUE, F, MUNSIFF, S, PIATEK, A, HARRIS, T. G

“…To determine which factors were associated with hospitalization for tuberculosis (TB) in New York City (NYC), United States, and to estimate the proportion of…”
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