Publications

• Kissing Bug (Triatoma Spp.) Intrusion into Homes: Troublesome Bites and Domiciliation
  Environmental Health Insights. 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27042091
• HIV-Related Frailty Is Not Characterized by Sarcopenia
  Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care. Mar-Apr, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 25320145
• A Unique Biofilm in Human Deep Mycoses: Fungal Amyloid is Bound by Host Serum Amyloid P Component
  NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes. 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26366292
• Positive (1-3) B-d-glucan and Cross Reactivity of Fungal Assays in Coccidioidomycosis
  Medical Mycology. Feb, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25541557
• Kissing Bugs in the United States: Risk for Vector-borne Disease in Humans
  Environmental Health Insights. 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 25574143
• Between Amyloids and Aggregation Lies a Connection with Strength and Adhesion
  New Journal of Science. 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24729913
• Towards a Phylogenetic Approach to the Composition of Species Complexes in the North and Central American Triatoma, Vectors of Chagas Disease
  Infection, Genetics and Evolution : Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics in Infectious Diseases. Jun, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24681261
• Peptide Detection of Fungal Functional Amyloids in Infected Tissue
  PloS One. 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24465872
• Free-roaming Kissing Bugs, Vectors of Chagas Disease, Feed Often on Humans in the Southwest
  The American Journal of Medicine. May, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24398362
• Cavitary Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis: Pathologic and Clinical Correlates of Disease
  Human Pathology. Jan, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24321524
• Antiretroviral Therapy Protects Against Frailty in HIV-1 Infection
  Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care. Feb, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23042791
• Disseminated Infection Caused by Eggerthella Lenta in a Previously Healthy Young Man: A Case Report
  Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 23346432
• New Features of Invasive Candidiasis in Humans: Amyloid Formation by Fungi and Deposition of Serum Amyloid P Component by the Host
  The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Nov, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22802434
• Vector Blood Meals and Chagas Disease Transmission Potential, United States
  Emerging Infectious Diseases. Apr, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22469536
• Strengthening Relationships: Amyloids Create Adhesion Nanodomains in Yeasts
  Trends in Microbiology. Feb, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22099004
• The Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome with Tuberculosis: A Common Problem in Ethiopian HIV-Infected Patients Beginning Antiretroviral Therapy
  Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (Chicago, Ill. : 2002). May-Jun, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 21521804
• Kissing Bugs. The Vectors of Chagas
  Advances in Parasitology. 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21820556
• Abdominal and Pelvic Coccidioidomycosis
  The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. Apr, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21289507
• Cat-scratch Disease
  American Family Physician. Jan, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21243990
• Role of Posaconazole in the Treatment of Oropharyngeal Candidiasis
  Infection and Drug Resistance. 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 21694893
• Cat Scratch Disease and Arthropod Vectors: More to It Than a Scratch?
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM. Sep-Oct, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20823366
• Pulmonary Embolism Mimicking Pneumonia in a HIV Patient
  Case Reports in Medicine. 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20589218
• "Kissing Bugs": Potential Disease Vectors and Cause of Anaphylaxis
  Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Jun, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20462351
• Yeast Cell Adhesion Molecules Have Functional Amyloid-forming Sequences
  Eukaryotic Cell. Mar, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20038605
• Postmortem Candidaemia: Marker of Disseminated Disease
  Journal of Clinical Pathology. Apr, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 19939858
• Structure and Function of Glycosylated Tandem Repeats from Candida Albicans Als Adhesins
  Eukaryotic Cell. Mar, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 19820118
• Pulmonary Nocardiosis in Cystic Fibrosis
  Journal of Cystic Fibrosis : Official Journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society. Sep, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19683479
• Unfolding Individual Als5p Adhesion Proteins on Live Cells
  ACS Nano. Jul, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19534503
• Feeding Behavior of Triatomines from the Southwestern United States: an Update on Potential Risk for Transmission of Chagas Disease
  Acta Tropica. Aug, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19524078
• What's Eating You? Native and Imported Fire Ants
  Cutis; Cutaneous Medicine for the Practitioner. Jan, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19271566
• Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in a Resource-poor Setting
  Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (Chicago, Ill. : 2002). Mar-Apr, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19258527
• Animal Bites and Stings with Anaphylactic Potential
  The Journal of Emergency Medicine. Feb, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 17997071
• The Older HIV-positive Adult: a Critical Review of the Medical Literature
  The American Journal of Medicine. Dec, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 19028193
• Polymicrobial Bloodstream Infections Involving Candida Species: Analysis of Patients and Review of the Literature
  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. Dec, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17888612
• Medical Errors Arising from Outsourcing Laboratory and Radiology Services
  The American Journal of Medicine. Sep, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17765055
• Clinical Features of HIV/AIDS Patients Presenting to an Inner City Clinic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  International Journal of STD & AIDS. Jul, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17623507
• Candida Albicans Als Proteins Mediate Aggregation with Bacteria and Yeasts
  Medical Mycology : Official Publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. Jun, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17510860
• Threonine-rich Repeats Increase Fibronectin Binding in the Candida Albicans Adhesin Als5p
  Eukaryotic Cell. Oct, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16936142
• Oropharyngeal Candidiasis: a New Treatment Option
  Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Apr, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16575740
• Adverse Reactions to Ants Other Than Imported Fire Ants
  Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology : Official Publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology. Nov, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16312163
• Quality of Care in U.S. Hospitals
  The New England Journal of Medicine. Oct, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16251547
• Rothia Dentocariosa Endocarditis Complicated by Multiple Cerebellar Hemorrhages
  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. Nov, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16243473
• A Wildlife Biologist with Skin Lesions
  Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Jul, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15986509
• Inhibition of Adherence and Killing of Candida Albicans with a 23-Mer Peptide (Fn/23) with Dual Antifungal Properties
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Nov, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15504862
• Global Cell Surface Conformational Shift Mediated by a Candida Albicans Adhesin
  Infection and Immunity. Sep, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15321986
• Degenerate Peptide Recognition by Candida Albicans Adhesins Als5p and Als1p
  Infection and Immunity. Apr, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15039323
• Accessibility of the Peptide Backbone of Protein Ligands is a Key Specificity Determinant in Candida Albicans SRS Adherence
  Microbiology (Reading, England). Feb, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 14766905
• Candida Albicans and Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Expressing ALA1/ALS5 Adhere to Accessible Threonine, Serine, or Alanine Patches
  Cell Communication & Adhesion. Jan-Feb, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 12200964
• Nasal Myiasis in an Intensive Care Unit Linked to Hospital-wide Mouse Infestation
  Archives of Internal Medicine. Mar, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 11911716