Recent Publications

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2021

Impact of shelter-in-place orders on TB case notifications and mortality in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases. Crowder R et al. Link

Validating novel diagnostic assays for tuberculosis in the context of existing tools. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 09; 9(9):e1209. Kerkhoff AD, Cattamanchi A, Muyoyeta M, Denkinger CM, Dowdy DW. PMID: 34416206. PubMed

Barriers to the Use of Clinical Decision Support for the Evaluation of Pulmonary Embolism: Qualitative Interview Study. JMIR Hum Factors. 2021 Aug 04; 8(3):e25046. Richardson S, Dauber-Decker KL, McGinn T, Barnaby DP, Cattamanchi A, Pekmezaris R. PMID: 34346901. PubMed  

Is Glycemic Control the Secret to Tuberculosis Control? Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 Aug 01; 204(3):254-255. Huddart S, Savic RM, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 33826869. PubMed 

Toward Comprehensive Plasma Proteomics by Orthogonal Protease Digestion. J Proteome Res. 2021 08 06; 20(8):4031-4040. Fossati A, Richards AL, Chen KH, Jaganath D, Cattamanchi A, Ernst JD, Swaney DL. PMID: 34319755. PubMed  

Field evaluation of a prototype tuberculosis lipoarabinomannan lateral flow assay on HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients. PLoS One. 2021; 16(7):e0254156. Connelly JT, Andama A, Grant BD, Ball A, Mwebe S, Asege L, Nakaye M, Lopez BB, Hsieh HV, Katumba D, Mukwatamundu J, Nalubega M, Hunt VM, Burkot S, Ramachandraiah H, Choudhary A, Ignatowicz L, Weigl BH, Bachman C, Mulondo J, Semitala F, Worodria W, Pinter A, Hamasur B, Bell D, Cattamanchi A, Somoskovi A. PMID: 34310609. PubMed    

Where will it end? Pathways to care and catastrophic costs following negative TB evaluation in Uganda. PLoS One. 2021; 16(7):e0253927. Samuels THA, Shete PB, Ojok C, Nalugwa T, Farr K, Turyahabwe S, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A, Moore DAJ. PMID: 34270582. PubMed 

Acceptance and completion of rifapentine-based TB preventive therapy (3HP) among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Kampala, Uganda-patient and health worker perspectives. Implement Sci Commun. 2021 Jun 30; 2(1):71. Semitala FC, Musinguzi A, Ssemata J, Welishe F, Nabunje J, Kadota JL, Berger CA, Katamba A, Kiwanuka N, Kamya MR, Dowdy D, Cattamanchi A, Katahoire AR. PMID: 34193311. PubMed 

The Spectrum of Tuberculosis Disease in an Urban Ugandan Community and Its Health Facilities. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 06 15; 72(12):e1035-e1043. Kendall EA, Kitonsa PJ, Nalutaaya A, Erisa KC, Mukiibi J, Nakasolya O, Isooba D, Baik Y, Robsky KO, Kato-Maeda M, Cattamanchi A, Katamba A, Dowdy DW. PMID: 33283227. PubMed   

A Prospective Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for Childhood Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Uganda. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 May 28; 10(5):586-592. Jaganath D, Wambi P, Reza TF, Nakafeero J, Aben EO, Kiconco E, Nannyonga G, Nsereko M, Sekadde MP, Mudiope M, Kato-Maeda M, Starke J, Andama A, Mohanty S, Wobudeya E, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 33416072. PubMed  

Characterization of oral swab samples for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. PLoS One. 2021; 16(5):e0251422. 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. PMID: 33999938. PubMed    

Digital adherence technology for tuberculosis treatment supervision: A stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial in Uganda. PLoS Med. 2021 05; 18(5):e1003628. Cattamanchi A, Crowder R, Kityamuwesi A, Kiwanuka N, Lamunu M, Namale C, Tinka LK, Nakate AS, Ggita J, Turimumahoro P, Babirye D, Oyuku D, Berger C, Tucker A, Patel D, Sammann A, Turyahabwe S, Dowdy D, Katamba A. PMID: 33956802. PubMed   

Gaps in TB preventive therapy for persons initiating antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: an explanatory sequential cascade analysis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2021 05 01; 25(5):388-394. Kalema N, Semeere A, Banturaki G, Kyamugabwa A, Ssozi S, Ggita J, Kabajaasi O, Kambugu A, Kigozi J, Muganzi A, Castelnuovo B, Cattamanchi A, Armstrong-Hough M. PMID: 33977907. PubMed 

Impact of T-Cell Xtend on T-SPOT.TB Assay in High-Risk Individuals after Delayed Blood Sample Processing. J Clin Microbiol. 2021 04 20; 59(5). Feng PJ, Wu Y, Ho CS, Chinna L, Whelen AC, Largen A, Brostrom R, Reves R, Belknap R, Cattamanchi A, Banaei N. PMID: 33658266. PubMed 

Patient Perspectives and Willingness to Accept Incentives for Tuberculosis Diagnostic Evaluation in Uganda. Value Health Reg Issues. 2021 Mar 24; 25:48-56. Kadota JL, Nabwire S, Nalugwa T, White JS, Cattamanchi A, Katamba A, Shete PB. PMID: 33773327. PubMed  

Diabetes prevention in the Caribbean using Lifestyle Intervention and Metformin Escalation (LIME): Protocol for a hybrid Type-1 effectiveness-implementation trial using a quasi-experimental study design. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2021 Jun; 22:100750. Hassan S, Sobers N, Paul-Charles J, Herbert J, Dharamraj K, Cruz E, Garcia E, Fredericks L, Desai MM, Roy S, Williams S, Linnander E, Crusto C, Horowitz CR, Arniella G, Cattamanchi A, Adams OP, Nunez-Smith M. PMID: 33997458. PubMed

Design and execution of a public randomization ceremony to enhance stakeholder engagement within a cluster randomized trial to improve tuberculosis diagnosis in Uganda. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2021 Jun; 22:100707. Reza TF, Nalugwa T, Nantale M, Adams K, Fielding K, Nakaweesa A, Oyuku D, Nabwire S, Musinguzi J, Ojok C, Babirye D, Ackerman SL, Handley MA, Kityamuwesi A, Dowdy DW, Moore DAJ, Davis JL, Turyahabwe S, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 34027222. PubMed   

Patient choice improves self-efficacy and intention to complete tuberculosis preventive therapy in a routine HIV program setting in Uganda. PLoS One. 2021; 16(2):e0246113. Lim RK, Semitala FC, Atuhumuza E, Sabiti L, Namakula-Katende J, Muyindike WR, Kamya MR, Dowdy D, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 33539400. PubMed  

The transition to Xpert MTB/RIF ultra: diagnostic accuracy for pulmonary tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 11; 21(1):49. Andama A, Jaganath D, Crowder R, Asege L, Nakaye M, Katumba D, Mukwatamundu J, Mwebe S, Semitala CF, Worodria W, Joloba M, Mohanty S, Somoskovi A, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 33430790. PubMed 

Costs along the TB diagnostic pathway in Uganda. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2021 01 01; 25(1):61-63. Tucker A, Oyuku D, Nalugwa T, Nantale M, Ferguson O, Farr K, Reza TF, Shete PB, Cattamanchi A, Dowdy DW, Sohn H, Katamba A. PMID: 33384046. PubMed   

2020

448. Disproportionate Burden of COVID-19 on Latinx Residents among Hospitalized Patients at San Francisco’s Public Health Hospital. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2020 Dec 31; 7(Suppl 1):s292-s292. Vivek Jain, Lillian B Brown, Carina Marquez, Luis Rubio, Natasha Spottiswoode, Bethlehem Churnet, Katherine Brooks, Mengyu Zhou, Timothy Muldoon, Carolyn Hendrickson, Adithya Cattamanchi, Antonio Gomez, Brian Haas, Edwin Charlebois, Annie Luetkemeyer, Annie Luetkemeyer, Monica Gandhi, Diane Havlir, Sumant Ranji, Lisa Gail Winston. Publisher Site

C-Reactive Protein Testing for Active Tuberculosis among Inpatients without HIV in Uganda: a Diagnostic Accuracy Study. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 12 17; 59(1). Meyer AJ, Ochom E, Turimumahoro P, Byanyima P, Sanyu I, Lalitha R, Kaswabuli S, Andama A, Walter ND, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A, Worodria W, Huang L, Yoon C, Davis JL. PMID: 33087439. PubMed 

Iterative Adaptation of a Tuberculosis Digital Medication Adherence Technology to Meet User Needs: Qualitative Study of Patients and Health Care Providers Using Human-Centered Design Methods. JMIR Form Res. 2020 Dec 08; 4(12):e19270. Patel D, Berger CA, Kityamuwesi A, Ggita J, Kunihira Tinka L, Turimumahoro P, Feler J, Chehab L, Chen AZ, Gupta N, Turyahabwe S, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A, Sammann A. PMID: 33289494. PubMed   

Patient and health system factors associated with pretreatment loss to follow up among patients diagnosed with tuberculosis using Xpert® MTB/RIF testing in Uganda. BMC Public Health. 2020 Dec 03; 20(1):1855. Zawedde-Muyanja S, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A, Castelnuovo B, Manabe YC. PMID: 33272226. PubMed   

Predictors of Quality Improvement in Pediatric Asthma Care. Hosp Pediatr. 2020 12; 10(12):1114-1119. Kaiser S, Gupta N, Mendoza J, Azzarone G, Parikh K, Nazif J, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 33257318. PubMed  

Study protocol and implementation details for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial of a digital adherence technology to facilitate tuberculosis treatment completion. BMJ Open. 2020 11 27; 10(11):e039895. Crowder R, Kityamuwesi A, Kiwanuka N, Lamunu M, Namale C, Tinka LK, Nakate AS, Ggita J, Turimumahoro P, Babirye D, Oyuku D, Berger CA, Tucker A, Patel D, Sammann A, Dowdy D, Stavia T, Cattamanchi A, Katamba A. PMID: 33247012. PubMed 

Impact of hematocrit on point-of-care C-reactive protein-based tuberculosis screening among people living with HIV initiating antiretroviral therapy in Uganda. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Mar; 99(3):115281. Mwebe SZ, Yoon C, Asege L, Nakaye M, Katende J, Andama A, Cattamanchi A, Semitala FC. PMID: 33453673. PubMed   

Estimating the effect of pretreatment loss to follow up on TB associated mortality at public health facilities in Uganda. PLoS One. 2020; 15(11):e0241611. Zawedde-Muyanja S, Musaazi J, Manabe YC, Katamba A, Nankabirwa JI, Castelnuovo B, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 33206650. PubMed   

Impact of shelter-in-place on TB case notifications and mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 11 01; 24(11):1212-1214. Kadota JL, Reza TF, Nalugwa T, Kityamuwesi A, Nanyunja G, Kiwanuka N, Shete P, Davis JL, Dowdy D, Turyahabwe S, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 33172531. PubMed 

Costs incurred by patients with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis in semi-urban and rural settings of Western India. Infect Dis Poverty. 2020 Oct 19; 9(1):144. Rupani MP, Cattamanchi A, Shete PB, Vollmer WM, Basu S, Dave JD. PMID: 33076969. PubMed 

Opportunities to improve digital adherence technologies and TB care using human-centered design. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 10 01; 24(10):1112-1115. Berger C, Patel D, Kityamuwesi A, Ggita J, Tinka LK, Turimumahoro P, Neville K, Chehab L, Chen AZ, Gupta N, Turyahabwe S, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A, Sammann A. PMID: 33126949. PubMed 

Variation in tuberculosis treatment outcomes and treatment supervision practices in Uganda. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2020 Dec; 21:100184. Berger CA, Kityamuwesi A, Crowder R, Lamunu M, Kunihira Tinka L, Ggita J, Sanyu Nakate A, Namale C, Oyuku D, Chen K, Turyahabwe S, Cattamanchi A, Katamba A. PMID: 33204851. PubMed

Lipoarabinomannan antigenic epitope differences in tuberculosis disease subtypes. Sci Rep. 2020 08 18; 10(1):13944. Magni R, Rruga F, Alsaab F, Sharif S, Howard M, Espina V, Kim B, Lepene B, Lee G, Alayouni MA, Steinberg H, Araujo R, Kashanchi F, Riccardi F, Morreira S, Araujo A, Poli F, Jaganath D, Semitala FC, Worodria W, Andama A, Choudhary A, Honnen WJ, Petricoin EF, Cattamanchi A, Colombatti R, de Waard JH, Oberhelman R, Pinter A, Gilman RH, Liotta LA, Luchini A. PMID: 32811861. PubMed  

Protocol for the 3HP Options Trial: a hybrid type 3 implementation-effectiveness randomized trial of delivery strategies for short-course tuberculosis preventive therapy among people living with HIV in Uganda. Implement Sci. 2020 08 12; 15(1):65. Kadota JL, Musinguzi A, Nabunje J, Welishe F, Ssemata JL, Bishop O, Berger CA, Patel D, Sammann A, Katahoire A, Nahid P, Belknap R, Phillips PPJ, Namusobya J, Kamya M, Handley MA, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy D, Semitala FC, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 32787925. PubMed   

Willingness to accept reimbursement for visits to an HIV clinic for tuberculosis preventive therapy. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 07 01; 24(7):729-731. Kadota JL, Katamba A, Musinguzi A, Welishe F, Nabunje J, Ssemata JL, Berger CA, Kamya MR, Namusobya J, Semitala FC, Cattamanchi A, Dowdy DW. PMID: 32718409. PubMed  

Evaluation of multi-antigen serological screening for active tuberculosis among people living with HIV. PLoS One. 2020; 15(6):e0234130. Jaganath D, Rajan J, Yoon C, Ravindran R, Andama A, Asege L, Mwebe SZ, Katende J, Nakaye M, Semitala FC, Khan IH, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 32497095. PubMed   

Management and Outcomes of Critically-Ill Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia at a Safety-net Hospital in San Francisco, a Region with Early Public Health Interventions: A Case Series. medRxiv. 2020 May 29. Vanderburg S, Alipanah N, Crowder R, Yoon C, Wang R, Thakur N, Slown K, Shete PB, Rofael M, Metcalfe JZ, Merrifield C, Marquez C, Malcolm K, Lipnick M, Jain V, Gomez A, Burns G, Brown LB, Berger C, Auyeung V, Cattamanchi A, Hendrickson CM. PMID: 32511538. PubMed

Study protocol: a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of onsite GeneXpert testing at community health centers in Uganda (XPEL-TB). Implement Sci. 2020 04 21; 15(1):24. Reza TF, Nalugwa T, Farr K, Nantale M, Oyuku D, Nakaweesa A, Musinguzi J, Vangala M, Shete PB, Tucker A, Ferguson O, Fielding K, Sohn H, Dowdy D, Moore DAJ, Davis JL, Ackerman SL, Handley MA, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 32316993. PubMed

The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Training Program in Implementation Science: Program Experiences and Outcomes. Front Public Health. 2020; 8:94. Shete PB, Gonzales R, Ackerman S, Cattamanchi A, Handley MA. PMID: 32292773. PubMed 

Community-wide Screening for Tuberculosis. N Engl J Med. 2020 03 19; 382(12):1185-1186. Kerkhoff AD, Muyoyeta M, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 32187484. PubMed

Implementing pediatric inpatient asthma pathways. J Asthma. 2021 Jul; 58(7):893-902. Gupta N, Cattamanchi A, Cabana MD, Jennings B, Parikh K, Kaiser SV. PMID: 32160068. PubMed 

Challenges with scale-up of GeneXpert MTB/RIF® in Uganda: a health systems perspective. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Mar 04; 20(1):162. Nalugwa T, Shete PB, Nantale M, Farr K, Ojok C, Ochom E, Mugabe F, Joloba M, Dowdy DW, Moore DAJ, Davis JL, Cattamanchi A, Katamba A. PMID: 32131814. PubMed 

Implementation science to improve the quality of tuberculosis diagnostic services in Uganda. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2020 Feb; 18:100136. Cattamanchi A, Berger CA, Shete PB, Turyahabwe S, Joloba M, Moore DA, Davis LJ, Katamba A. PMID: 31879703. PubMed