Patricia Sheen

The Infectiousness of Tuberculosis Patients Coinfected with HIV (2008)

A. Roderick Escombe, Robert H. Gilman, William Pan, Marcos Navincopa, Eduardo Ticona, ...

BackgroundThe current understanding of airborne tuberculosis (TB) transmission is based on classic 1950s studies in which guinea pigs were exposed to air from a tuberculosis ward. Recently we...

COMPARISON OF THE PEPTIDASE ACTIVITY IN THE ONCOSPHERE EXCRETORY/SECRETORY PRODUCTS OF TAENIA SOLIUM AND TAENIA SAGINATA (2007)

Mirko J. Zimic, Jesús Infantes, César López, Jeanette Velásquez, Marilú Farfán, Mónica Pajuelo, ...

We compared the peptidase activities of the excretory/secretory (E/S) antigens of oncospheres of Taenia solium and related, but nonpathogenic, Taenia saginata. Taenia solium and T. saginata...

Rapid, Efficient Detection and Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sputum by Microscopic Observation of Broth Cultures

Caviedes, Luz, Lee, Tien-Shun, Gilman, Robert H., Sheen, Patricia, Spellman, Emily, Lee, Ellen H., ...

Inexpensive, rapid, and reliable methods of detecting infection by and drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) are crucial to the control of tuberculosis. The novel microscopic...

Distinctiveness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genotypes from Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Seropositive and -Seronegative Patients in Lima, Peru

Ahmed, Niyaz, Caviedes, Luz, Alam, Mahfooz, Rao, K. Rajender, Sangal, Vartul, Sheen, Patricia, ...

Genotypic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates obtained from human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-seropositive (n = 80) and -seronegative (n = 25) patients from Lima, Peru, revealed...

Rapid, Efficient Detection and Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sputum by Microscopic Observation of Broth Cultures

Caviedes, Luz, Lee, Tien-Shun, Gilman, Robert H., Sheen, Patricia, Spellman, Emily, Lee, Ellen H., ...

Inexpensive, rapid, and reliable methods of detecting infection by and drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) are crucial to the control of tuberculosis. The novel microscopic...

Distinctiveness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genotypes from Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Seropositive and -Seronegative Patients in Lima, Peru

Ahmed, Niyaz, Caviedes, Luz, Alam, Mahfooz, Rao, K. Rajender, Sangal, Vartul, Sheen, Patricia, ...

Genotypic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates obtained from human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-seropositive (n = 80) and -seronegative (n = 25) patients from Lima, Peru, revealed...

The Infectiousness of Tuberculosis Patients Coinfected with HIV

Escombe, A. Roderick, Moore, David A. J, Gilman, Robert H, Pan, William, Navincopa, Marcos, Ticona, Eduardo, ...

Using a guinea pig detection system above an HIV-tuberculosis ward, Rod Escombe and colleagues found that most transmitted tuberculosis originated from patients with inadequately treated...