Dr Rod Escombe

Publications


Journals

  • Wolf H; Mendez M; Gilman RH; Sheen P; Soto G; Velarde AK; Zimic M; Escombe AR; et alMontenegro S; Oberhelmann RA; Evans CA. (Dec 2008). Diagnosis of Pediatric Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Stool PCR. AM J TROP MED HYG. 79:893-898.
  • Escombe AR; Moore DA; Gilman RH; Pan W; Navincopa M; Ticona E; Martínez C; Caviedes L; et alSheen P; Gonzalez A; Noakes CJ; Friedland JS; Evans CA. (30 Sep 2008). The infectiousness of tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV. PLoS Med. 5:e188. DOI.
  • Grandjean L; Martin L; Gilman RH; Valencia T; Herrera B; Quino W; Ramos E; Rivero M; et alMontoya R; Escombe AR; Coleman D; Mitchison D; Evans CA. (Jul 2008). Tuberculosis diagnosis and multidrug resistance testing by direct sputum culture in selective broth without decontamination or centrifugation. J CLIN MICROBIOL. 46:2339-2344. DOI.
  • Tovar M; Siedner MJ; Gilman RH; Santillan C; Caviedes L; Valencia T; Jave O; Escombe AR; et alMoore DAJ; Evans CA. (15 May 2008). Improved diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis using the microscopic-bservation drug-susceptibility technique (vol 46, pg 909, 2008). CLIN INFECT DIS. 46:1635-1635. DOI.
  • Tovar M; Siedner MJ; Gilman RH; Santillan C; Caviedes L; Valencia T; Jave O; Escombe AR; et alMoore DA; Evans CA. (15 Mar 2008). Improved diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis using the microscopic- observation drug-susceptibility technique. Clin Infect Dis. 46:909-912. DOI.
  • Tovar M; Siedner MJ; Gilman RH; Santillan C; Caviedes L; Valencia T; Escombe AR; Moore DA; et alEvans CA; Jave O. (8 Feb 2008). Improved Diagnosis of Pleural Tuberculosis Using the Microscopic-Observation Drug-Susceptibility Technique. Clin Infect Dis. Publisher weblink DOI.
  • Rao VB; Pelly TF; Gilman RH; Cabrera L; Delgado J; Soto G; Friedland JS; Escombe AR; et alBlack RE; Evans CA. (Jul 2007). Zinc cream and reliability of tuberculosis skin testing. EMERG INFECT DIS. 13:1101-1104.
  • Escombe AR; Moore DA; Friedland JS; Evans CA; Gilman RH. (29 May 2007). Natural Ventilation for Prevention of Airborne Contagion: Authors' Reply. PLoS Med. 4:e195. Publisher weblink DOI.
  • Escombe AR; Oeser C; Gilman RH; Navincopa M; Ticona E; Martínez C; Caviedes L; Sheen P; et alGonzalez A; Noakes C; Moore DA; Friedland JS; Evans CA. (15 May 2007). The detection of airborne transmission of tuberculosis from HIV-infected patients, using an in vivo air sampling model. Clin Infect Dis. 44:1349-1357. DOI.
  • Escombe AR; Oeser CC; Gilman RH; Navincopa M; Ticona E; Pan W; Martinez C; Chacaltana J; et alRodriguez R; Moore DAJ; Friedland JS; Evans CA. (Feb 2007). Natural ventilation for the prevention of airborne contagion. PLOS MED. 4:309-317. DOI.
  • Moore DA; Edwards M; Escombe R; Agranoff D; Bailey JW; Squire SB; Chiodini PL. (Jan 2002). African trypanosomiasis in travelers returning to the United Kingdom. Emerg Infect Dis. 8:74-76.
  • Bunn A; Escombe R; Armstrong M; Whitty CJ; Doherty JF. (Oct 2004). Falciparum malaria in malaria-naive travellers and African visitors. QJM. 97:645-649. DOI.
  • Vargas D; García L; Gilman RH; Evans C; Ticona E; Navincopa M; Luo RF; Caviedes L; et alHong C; Escombe R; Moore DA. (8 Jan 2005). Diagnosis of sputum-scarce HIV-associated pulmonary tuberculosis in Lima, Peru. Lancet. 365:150-152. DOI.
  • Moore D; Evans C; Gilman R; Vargas D; Escombe R. (30 Apr 2005). Appropriate technology in tuberculosis diagnostics. Lancet. 365:1541-1542. DOI.
  • Kawai V; Soto G; Gilman RH; Bautista CT; Caviedes L; Huaroto L; Ticona E; Ortiz J; et alTovar M; Chavez V; Rodriguez R; Escombe AR; Evans CA. (Dec 2006). Tuberculosis mortality, drug resistance, and infectiousness in patients with and without HIV infection in Peru. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 75:1027-1033.
  • Moore DA; Evans CA; Gilman RH; Caviedes L; Coronel J; Vivar A; Sanchez E; Piñedo Y; et alSaravia JC; Salazar C; Oberhelman R; Hollm-Delgado MG; LaChira D; Escombe AR; Friedland JS. (12 Oct 2006). Microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility assay for the diagnosis of TB. N Engl J Med. 355:1539-1550. DOI.
  • Moore DA; Caviedes L; Gilman RH; Coronel J; Arenas F; LaChira D; Salazar C; Carlos Saravia J; et alOberhelman RA; Hollm-Delgado MG; Escombe AR; Evans CA; Friedland JS. (Sep 2006). Infrequent MODS TB culture cross-contamination in a high-burden resource-poor setting. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 56:35-43. DOI.
  • Chow F; Espiritu N; Gilman RH; Gutierrez R; Lopez S; Escombe AR; Evans CA; Moore DA. (2006). La cuerda dulce--a tolerability and acceptability study of a novel approach to specimen collection for diagnosis of paediatric pulmonary tuberculosis. BMC Infect Dis. 6:67. DOI.
  • Oeser CC; Escombe AR; Gilman RH; Friedland JS; Evans CA; Moore DA. (Sep 2005). Does traditional medicine use hamper efforts at tuberculosis control in urban Peru?. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 73:571-575.

Conferences

  • Curatola AG; Sandhu G; Gilman RH; Soto G; Bernabe A; Saito M; Pelly T; Ahn Y; et alTovar M; Rodriguez R; Escombe AR; Evans CA. Tuberculin skin testing has limited diagnostic utility for adult pulmonary tuberculosis in endemic regions. 77:194-195. (Nov 2007).
  • Noakes CJ; Sleigh PA; Escombe AR; Beggs CB. Use of CFD analysis in modifying a TB ward in Lima, Peru. 15:41-47. (Feb 2006). DOI.
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