Professional Interests:
1) Research: Epidemiology of tuberculosis and other HIV-associated respiratory infections in developing countries; Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis; Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
2) Teaching/mentoring students and junior trainees
Current Main Activities:
Co-Principal Investigator: International HIV-Associated Opportunistic Pneumonias Study.
Education and Training:
B.A., Public Policy Studies, Duke University, 1997
M.D., UCSF, 2003
Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine, UCSF, 2003-2005
Clinical Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UCSF, 2005-2007
Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, UCSF, 2007-present
Publications
- Dorsey G, Njama D, Kamya MR, Cattamanchi A, Kyabayinze D, Staedke S, Gasasira A, Rosenthal PJ. Sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine alone or with amodiaquine or artesunate for treatment of uncomplicated malaria: a longitudinal randomized trial. Lancet. 2002 Dec 21-28; 360(9350):2031-8.
- Cattamanchi A, Dorsey G, Kyabayinze D, Hubbard A, Rosenthal PJ. Distinguishing recrudescence from reinfection in a longitudinal antimalarial drug efficacy study: comparison of results based on genotyping of msp-1, msp-2, and glurp. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Feb; 68(2):133-9.
- Cattamanchi A, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ. Validation of a simplified method for using molecular markers to predict sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine treatment failure in African children with falciparum malaria. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Sep; 69(3):247-52.
- Cattamanchi A, Hopewell P, Gonzalez L, Osmond D, Kawamura M, Daley C, Jasmer R. A Thirteen-Year Molecular Epidemiological Analysis of Tuberculosis in San Francisco. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2006 Mar; 10(3):297-304.
Selected Abstracts
- Cattamanchi A, Davis JL, Worodria W, Yoo S, Musinguzi R, Andama A, Kiidha J, Adatu F, Hopewell P, Huang L. Evaluation of Fluorescence Microscopy for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a High HIV Prevalence Setting. Medicine Sans Frontieres Tuberculosis Diagnostics Symposium (November 2007): Poster Presentation.
- Davis JL, Worodria W, Cattamanchi A, Yoo S, Musinguzi R, Andama A, Kiidha J, Adatu F, Hopewell P, Huang L. The Mulago Inpatient Noninvasive Diagnosis of Pneumonia Study: A Platform for Investigating Novel TB Diagnostics. Medicine Sans Frontieres Tuberculosis Diagnostics Symposium (November 2007): Poster Presentation.
- Cattamanchi A, Dantes R, Metcalfe JZ, Hopewell PC, Nahid P. Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Isoniazid Mono-resistant Tuberculosis. American Thoracic Society International Conference (2008): Submitted.
- Worodria W, Cattamanchi A, Davis JL, Katabazi F, Joloba M, Huang L. Absence of Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria among HIV-infected Ugandans with Pneumonia. American Thoracic Society International Conference (2008): Submitted.
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