Publications

1. Brajcich MR, Bau GE, Tsai W, Birkholz M, Gaensbauer J. Shifting Trends in Diagnosis of Asthma, Bronchiolitis, and Viral Pneumonia in Young Children. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2024 Oct; 63 (9):1233-1238 Epub 2023 Dec 06
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2. Gaensbauer JT, Dash N, Verma S, Hall DJ, Adler-Shohet FC, Li G, Lee G, Dinnes L, Wendorf K. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children: A practical update on epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2024 Aug; 36:100449 Epub 2024 May 01
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3. Shirley JD, Ngo TT, Patel JA, Pritt BS, Gaensbauer JT, Theel ES. The Brief Case: An unexpected cause of meningoencephalitis in an infant. J Clin Microbiol. 2023 Nov 21; 61 (11):e0185622
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4. Haley CA, Schechter MC, Ashkin D, Peloquin CA, Peter Cegielski J, Andrino BB, Burgos M, Caloia LA, Chen L, Colon-Semidey A, DeSilva MB, Dhanireddy S, Dorman SE, Dworkin FF, Hammond-Epstein H, Easton AV, Gaensbauer JT, Ghassemieh B, Gomez ME, Horne D, Jasuja S, Jones BA, Kaplan LJ, Khan AE, Kracen E, Labuda S, Landers KM, Lardizabal AA, Lasley MT, Letzer DM, Lopes VK, Lubelchek RJ, Patricia Macias C, Mihalyov A, Misch EA, Murray JA, Narita M, Nilsen DM, Ninneman MJ, Ogawa L, Oladele A, Overman M, Ray SM, Ritger KA, Rowlinson MC, Sabuwala N, Schiller TM, Schwartz LE, Spitters C, Thomson DB, Tresgallo RR, Valois P, Goswami ND, BPaL Implementation Group. Implementation of Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, and Linezolid in the United States: Experience Using a Novel All-Oral Treatment Regimen for Treatment of Rifampin-Resistant or Rifampin-Intolerant Tuberculosis Disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Oct 5; 77 (7):1053-1062
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5. Gaensbauer JT, Fernholz EC, Hiskey LM, Binnicker MJ, Corsini Campioli C. Comparison of two assays to diagnose herpes simplex virus in patients with central nervous system infections. J Clin Virol. 2023 Sep; 166:105528. Epub 2023 Jun 27.
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6. Badr HS, Colston JM, Nguyen NH, Chen YT, Burnett E, Ali SA, Rayamajhi A, Satter SM, Van Trang N, Eibach D, Krumkamp R, May J, Adegnika AA, Manouana GP, Kremsner PG, Chilengi R, Hatyoka L, Debes AK, Ateudjieu J, Faruque ASG, Hossain MJ, Kanungo S, Kotloff KL, Mandomando I, Nisar MI, Omore R, Sow SO, Zaidi AKM, Lambrecht N, Adu B, Page N, Platts-Mills JA, Mavacala Freitas C, Pelkonen T, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Ahmed T, Bessong P, Bhutta ZA, Mason C, Mduma E, Olortegui MP, Penataro Yori P, Lima AAM, Kang G, Humphrey J, Ntozini R, Prendergast AJ, Okada K, Wongboot W, Langeland N, Moyo SJ, Gaensbauer J, Melgar M, Freeman M, Chard AN, Thongpaseuth V, Houpt E, Zaitchik BF, Kosek MN. Spatiotemporal variation in risk of Shigella infection in childhood: a global risk mapping and prediction model using individual participant data. Lancet Glob Health. 2023 Mar; 11 (3):e373-e384
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7. Sebastian T, Carlson JJ, Gaensbauer J, Podewils LJ. Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics of COVID-19 in an Urban Pediatric US Population. Public Health Rep. 2022 Sep-Oct; 137 (5):1013-1022 Epub 2022 July 04
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8. McLaughlin WN, Lamb M, Gaensbauer J. Reassessing the Value of CSF Protein and Glucose Measurement in Pediatric Infectious Meningitis. Hosp Pediatr. 2022 May 1; 12 (5):481-490
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9. Dodson DS, Heizer HR. Sequential Intravenous-Oral Therapy for Pediatric Streptococcus anginosus Intracranial Infections. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jan; 9 (1):ofab628 Epub 2022 Jan 06
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10. Colston JM, Zaitchik BF, Badr HS, Burnett E, Ali SA, Rayamajhi A, Satter SM, Eibach D, Krumkamp R, May J, Chilengi R, Howard LM, Sow SO, Jahangir Hossain M, Saha D, Imran Nisar M, Zaidi AKM, Kanungo S, Mandomando I, Faruque ASG, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Breiman RF, Omore R, Page N, Platts-Mills JA, Ashorn U, Fan YM, Shrestha PS, Ahmed T, Mduma E, Yori PP, Bhutta Z, Bessong P, Olortegui MP, Lima AAM, Kang G, Humphrey J, Prendergast AJ, Ntozini R, Okada K, Wongboot W, Gaensbauer J, Melgar MT, Pelkonen T, Freitas CM, Kosek MN. Associations Between Eight Earth Observation-Derived Climate Variables and Enteropathogen Infection: An Independent Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Surveillance Studies With Broad Spectrum Nucleic Acid Diagnostics. Geohealth. 2022 Jan; 6 (1):e2021GH000452 Epub 2022 Jan 01
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11. Ackley ER, Tchou MJ, Press CA, Parker SK, Dominguez SR, Gaensbauer J, Messacar K. AKI In Suspected Meningitis/Encephalitis May Be "Avoidable Kidney Injury". Hosp Pediatr. 2021 Aug; 11 (8):e167-e169 Epub 2021 July 08
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12. Gaensbauer J, Young J, Harasaki C, Aiona K, Belknap R, Haas MK. Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Testing in Children Younger Than 2 Years in a US-Based Health System. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Sep; 39 (9):803-807
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13. Messacar K, Gaensbauer JT, Birkholz M, Palmer C, Todd JK, Tyler KL, Dominguez SR. Impact of FilmArray meningitis encephalitis panel on HSV testing and empiric acyclovir use in children beyond the neonatal period. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2020 Aug; 97 (4):115085 Epub 2020 May 17
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14. Ahmed A, Feng PI, Gaensbauer JT, Reves RR, Khurana R, Salcedo K, Punnoose R, Katz DJ, TUBERCULOSIS EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES CONSORTIUM. Interferon-gamma Release Assays in Children <15 Years of Age. Pediatrics. 2020 Jan; 145 (1)
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15. Gaensbauer JT, Lamb M, Calvimontes DM, Asturias EJ, Kamidani S, Contreras-Roldan IL, Dominguez SR, Robinson CC, Zacarias A, Berman S, Melgar MA. Identification of Enteropathogens by Multiplex PCR among Rural and Urban Guatemalan Children with Acute Diarrhea. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Sep; 101 (3):534-540
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16. Gaensbauer J, Grubenhoff JA. Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infections: New Data, Old Conundrum. Pediatrics 2019 Apr; 143 (4)
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17. Gaensbauer J, Broadhurst R. Recent Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Tuberculosis. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2019 Feb 15; 21 (1):4
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18. Gaensbauer J, Todd JK, Grubenhoff JA, Soranno DE, Scudamore D, Cheetham A, Messacar K. A Grassroots, Resident-Based, Educational Program to Drive Institutional Culture Change in a Pediatric Training Hospital J Pediatr. 2019; (214):4-7.
    
19. Cieslak TJ, Evans L, Kortepeter MG, Grindle A, Aigbivbalu L, Boulter K, Carroll RW, Cumplido S, Danforth AG, Fry C, Gaensbauer J, Hume JR, Husain A, Kelleher A, Kratochvil CJ, Kunrath C, Morgan JS, Schwedhelm MM, Shane AL, Tennill P, Yager PH, Davies HD. Perspectives on the Management of Children in a Biocontainment Unit: Report of the NETEC Pediatric Workgroup. Health Secur. 2019 Jan/Feb; 17 (1):11-17
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20. Gaensbauer JT, Birkholz M, Smit MA, Garcia R, Todd JK. Epidemiology and Clinical Relevance of Toxic Shock Syndrome in US Children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Dec; 37 (12):1223-1226
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21. Gaensbauer JT, Gast C, Bandyopadhyay AS, O'Ryan M, Saez-Llorens X, Rivera L, Lopez-Medina E, Melgar M, Weldon WC, Oberste MS, Ruttimann R, Clemens R, Asturias EJ. Impact of Maternal Antibody on the Immunogenicity of Inactivated Polio Vaccine in Infants Immunized With Bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine: Implications for the Polio Eradication Endgame. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Oct 30; 67 (suppl_1):S57-S65
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22. Gaensbauer J, Gonzales B, Belknap R, Wilson ML, O'Connor ME. Interferon-Gamma Release Assay-Based Screening for Pediatric Latent Tuberculosis Infection in an Urban Primary Care Network. J Pediatr. 2018 Sep; 200:202-209 Epub 2018 June 01
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23. Ackley E, Williams JTB, Kunrath C, Monson M, Ignatiuk A, Gaensbauer J. Too Hot to Handle? When Vaporizers Explode. J Pediatr. 2018 May; 196:320-320.e1 Epub 2018 Feb 01
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24. Kamidani S, Melgar M, Robinson C, Asturias E, Berman S, Gaensbauer J. No Detection of Entamoeba Histolytica by Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction in Children With Acute Non-bloody Diarrhea in Guatemala. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Apr; 37 (4):e107-e108
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25. Gaensbauer J, Aiona K, Haas M, Reves R, Young J, Belknap R. Better Completion of Pediatric Latent Tuberculosis Treatment Using 4 Months of Rifampin in a US-based Tuberculosis Clinic. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Mar; 37 (3):224-228
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26. Lopez-Medina E, Melgar M, Gaensbauer JT, Bandyopadhyay AS, Borate BR, Weldon WC, Ruttimann R, Ward J, Clemens R, Asturias EJ. Inactivated polio vaccines from three different manufacturers have equivalent safety and immunogenicity when given as 1 or 2 additional doses after bivalent OPV: Results from a randomized controlled trial in Latin America. Vaccine. 2017 Jun 16; 35 (28):3591-3597 Epub 2017 Apr 25
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27. Gaensbauer JT, Melgar MA, Calvimontes DM, Lamb MM, Asturias EJ, Contreras-Roldan IL, Dominguez SR, Robinson CC, Berman S. Efficacy of a bovine colostrum and egg-based intervention in acute childhood diarrhoea in Guatemala: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. BMJ Glob Health. 2017; 2 (4):e000452 Epub 2017 Dec 04
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28. Asturias EJ, Bandyopadhyay AS, Self S, Rivera L, Saez-Llorens X, Lopez E, Melgar M, Gaensbauer JT, Weldon WC, Oberste MS, Borate BR, Gast C, Clemens R, Orenstein W, O'Ryan G M, Jimeno J, Clemens SA, Ward J, Ruttimann R, Latin American IPV001BMG Study Group. Humoral and intestinal immunity induced by new schedules of bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine and one or two doses of inactivated poliovirus vaccine in Latin American infants: an open-label randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2016 Jul 9; 388 (10040):158-69 Epub 2016 May 19
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29. Gaensbauer JT, Asturias EJ, Soto M, Holt E, Olson D, Halsey NA, Guatemala Pediatric Bacterial Surveillance Working Group. Pediatric Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Guatemala City: Importance of Serotype 2. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 May; 35 (5):e139-43
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30. Olson D, Lamb MM, Gaensbauer JT, Todd JK, Halsey NA, Asturias EJ, Guatemala Pediatric Bacterial Surveillance Working Group. Risk Factors for Death and Major Morbidity in Guatemalan Children with Acute Bacterial Meningitis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Jul; 34 (7):724-8
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31. Olson D, Birkholz M, Gaensbauer JT, Asturias EJ, Todd JK. Analysis of the pediatric health information system database as a surveillance tool for travel-associated infectious diseases. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 May; 92 (5):1067-9 Epub 2015 Mar 16
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32. Gaensbauer JT, Rakhola JT, Onyango-Makumbi C, Mubiru M, Westcott JE, Krebs NF, Asturias EJ, Fowler MG, McFarland E, Janoff EN. Impaired haemophilus influenzae type b transplacental antibody transmission and declining antibody avidity through the first year of life represent potential vulnerabilities for HIV-exposed but -uninfected infants. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2014 Dec; 21 (12):1661-7 Epub 2014 Oct 08
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33. Gaensbauer JT, Lindsey NP, Messacar K, Staples JE, Fischer M. Neuroinvasive arboviral disease in the United States: 2003 to 2012. Pediatrics. 2014 Sep; 134 (3):e642-50 Epub 2014 Aug 11
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34. Gaensbauer JT, Birkholz M, Pfannenstein K, Todd JK. Herpes PCR testing and empiric acyclovir use beyond the neonatal period. Pediatrics. 2014 Sep; 134 (3):e651-6 Epub 2014 Aug 11
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35. Geevarghese B, Gaensbauer J, Cataldi J, Schultz M, Asturias EJ, Dominguez SR. Acute Demyelinating Lesion of the Upper Thoracic Spine Complicating Kawasaki Disease. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2013 Dec; 2 (4):397-401 Epub 2012 Dec 12
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36. Gaensbauer JT, Press CA, Hollister JR, Asturias EJ. Procalcitonin: a marker of infection not subverted by treatment with interleukin-6 receptor inhibition. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2013 Sep; 32 (9):1040
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37. Gaensbauer JT, Ni Chroinin M. "What we learn in time of pestilence...". Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2009 Aug; 94 (4):108-14
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38. Gaensbauer JT, Vandaleur M, O'Neil M, Altaf A, Ni Chroinin M. BCG protects toddlers during a tuberculosis outbreak. Arch Dis Child. 2009 May; 94 (5):392-3 Epub 2009 Feb 03
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39. Bhat N, Gaensbauer J, Peek RM, Bloch K, Tham KT, Blaser MJ, Perez-Perez G. Local and systemic immune and inflammatory responses to Helicobacter pylori strains. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2005 Dec; 12 (12):1393-400
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40. Perez-Perez GI, Bhat N, Gaensbauer J, Fraser A, Taylor DN, Kuipers EJ, Zhang L, You WC, Blaser MJ. Country-specific constancy by age in cagA+ proportion of Helicobacter pylori infections. Int J Cancer. 1997 Jul 29; 72 (3):453-6
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