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Persistent fever after coronavirus disease 2019 in liver/kidney transplant recipient. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society. . NIHMSID: NIHMS1986497.

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Persistent fever after coronavirus disease 2019 in liver/kidney transplant recipient. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society. . NIHMSID: NIHMS1986565.

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Bahr N. Why I went to Washington: the importance of physician voices in the health care reform debate. Minn Med. 2009 Dec;92(12):34-5. PubMed PMID: 20092168.

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Bahr N. Review of Fran Quigley, Walking Together, Walking Far. The American journal of bioethics : AJOB. 2011 September; :37-38. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2011.615622.

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Bahr N, Boulware DR, Marais S, Scriven J, Wilkinson RJ, Meintjes G. Central nervous system immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2013 Dec;15(6):583-93. doi: 10.1007/s11908-013-0378-5. PubMed PMID: 24173584; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3883050.

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Velamakanni SS, Bahr NC, Meya DB, Boulware DR, Rhein J. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head in persistent HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. International Journal of Clinical and Medical Images. 2014; 1(5):1000208. doi: 10.4172/ijcmi.1000208.

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Bahr NC, Boulware DR. Methods of rapid diagnosis for the etiology of meningitis in adults. Biomark Med. 2014;8(9):1085-103. doi: 10.2217/bmm.14.67. Review. PubMed PMID: 25402579; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4239990.

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Bahr NC, Wallace J, Frosch AE, Boulware DR. Unmasking Cryptococcal Meningitis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome due to Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Use in a Patient with a Poorly Differentiated Germ Cell Neoplasm. Case Rep Oncol. 2014 Jan;7(1):1-5. doi: 10.1159/000357666. eCollection 2014 Jan. PubMed PMID: 24575007; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3934776.

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Boulware DR, Meya DB, Muzoora C, Rolfes MA, Huppler Hullsiek K, Musubire A, Taseera K, Nabeta HW, Schutz C, Williams DA, Rajasingham R, Rhein J, Thienemann F, Lo MW, Nielsen K, Bergemann TL, Kambugu A, Manabe YC, Janoff EN, Bohjanen PR, Meintjes G. Timing of antiretroviral therapy after diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis. N Engl J Med. 2014 Jun 26;370(26):2487-98. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1312884. PubMed PMID: 24963568; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4127879.

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Kiggundu R, Rhein J, Meya DB, Boulware DR, Bahr NC. Unmasking cryptococcal meningitis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in pregnancy induced by HIV antiretroviral therapy with postpartum paradoxical exacerbation. Med Mycol Case Rep. 2014 Jul;5:16-9. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.05.001. eCollection 2014 Jul. PubMed PMID: 24944885; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4060260.

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Bahr NC, Rolfes MA, Musubire A, Nabeta H, Williams DA, Rhein J, Kambugu A, Meya DB, Boulware DR. Standardized electrolyte supplementation and fluid management improves survival during amphotericin therapy for cryptococcal meningitis in resource-limited settings. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2014 Sep;1(2):ofu070. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofu070. eCollection 2014 Sep. PubMed PMID: 25734140; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4281785.

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Velamakanni SS, Bahr NC, Musubire AK, Boulware DR, Rhein J, Nabeta HW. Central nervous system cryptococcoma in a Ugandan patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Med Mycol Case Rep. 2014 Oct;6:10-3. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.08.003. eCollection 2014 Oct. PubMed PMID: 25379390; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4216327.

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Rhein J, Bahr NC, Morawski BM, Schutz C, Zhang Y, Finkelman M, Meya DB, Meintjes G, Boulware DR. Detection of High Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels of (1→3)-β-d-Glucan in Cryptococcal Meningitis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2014 Dec;1(3):ofu105. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofu105. eCollection 2014 Dec. PubMed PMID: 25734173; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4324234.

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Nabeta HW, Bahr NC, Rhein J, Fossland N, Kiragga AN, Meya DB, Dunlop SJ, Boulware DR. Accuracy of noninvasive intraocular pressure or optic nerve sheath diameter measurements for predicting elevated intracranial pressure in cryptococcal meningitis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2014 Dec;1(3):ofu093. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofu093. eCollection 2014 Dec. PubMed PMID: 25734161; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4324219.

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Bahr NC, Boulware DR. Illuminating meningococcal diagnosis with LAMP. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 May;15(5):494-5. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)70066-6. Epub 2015 Feb 27. PubMed PMID: 25728842; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4779054.

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Bahr NC, Antinori S, Wheat LJ, Sarosi GA. Histoplasmosis infections worldwide: thinking outside of the Ohio River valley. Curr Trop Med Rep. 2015 Jun 1;2(2):70-80. doi: 10.1007/s40475-015-0044-0. PubMed PMID: 26279969; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4535725.

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Bahr NC, Beaudoin A, Drekonja D. Rapid access to comprehensive care may explain better outcomes in persons with sepsis with solid organ transplant versus those without solid organ transplant. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 15;60(12):1869-70. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ167. Epub 2015 Mar 3. PubMed PMID: 25740796; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4542663.

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Bahr NC, Song J. The Effect of Structural Violence on Patients with Sickle Cell Disease. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2015 Aug;26(3):648-61. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2015.0094. PubMed PMID: 26320901; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6346732.

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Bahr NC, Tugume L, Rajasingham R, Kiggundu R, Williams DA, Morawski B, Alland D, Meya DB, Rhein J, Boulware DR. Improved diagnostic sensitivity for tuberculous meningitis with Xpert(®) MTB/RIF of centrifuged CSF. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Oct;19(10):1209-15. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0253. PubMed PMID: 26459535; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4768484.

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Rhein J, Boulware DR, Bahr NC. 1,3-β-D-glucan in cryptococcal meningitis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Oct;15(10):1136-1137. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00306-0. Epub 2015 Sep 20. PubMed PMID: 26461948.

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Hage CA, Azar MM, Bahr N, Loyd J, Wheat LJ. Histoplasmosis: Up-to-Date Evidence-Based Approach to Diagnosis and Management. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Oct;36(5):729-45. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1562899. Epub 2015 Sep 23. Review. PubMed PMID: 26398539.

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Bahr NC, Janssen K, Billings J, Loor G, Green JS. Respiratory Failure due to Possible Donor-Derived Sporothrix schenckii Infection in a Lung Transplant Recipient. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2015;2015:925718. doi: 10.1155/2015/925718. Epub 2015 Nov 30. PubMed PMID: 26697244; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4677171.

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Kiggundu R, Morawski BM, Bahr NC, Rhein J, Musubire AK, Williams DA, Abassi M, Nabeta HW, Hullsiek KH, Meya DB, Boulware DR. Brief Report: Effects of Tenofovir and Amphotericin B Deoxycholate Coadministration on Kidney Function in Patients Treated for Cryptococcal Meningitis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Jan 1;71(1):65-9. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000812. PubMed PMID: 26334743; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4713303.

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Bahr NC, Tugume L, Boulware DR. A Word of Caution in Considering the Use of the Lipoarabinomannan Lateral Flow Assay on Cerebrospinal Fluid for Detection of Tuberculous Meningitis. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Jan;54(1):241-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02753-15. PubMed PMID: 26719583; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4702762.

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Boulware DR, von Hohenberg M, Rolfes MA, Bahr NC, Rhein J, Akampurira A, Williams DA, Taseera K, Schutz C, McDonald T, Muzoora C, Meintjes G, Meya DB, Nielsen K, Huppler Hullsiek K. Human Immune Response Varies by the Degree of Relative Cryptococcal Antigen Shedding. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Jan;3(1):ofv194. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofv194. eCollection 2016 Jan. PubMed PMID: 26807426; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4722283.

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Wheat LJ, Azar MM, Bahr NC, Spec A, Relich RF, Hage C. Histoplasmosis. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2016 Mar;30(1):207-27. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2015.10.009. Review. PubMed PMID: 26897068.

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Rhein J, Bahr NC, Hemmert AC, Cloud JL, Bellamkonda S, Oswald C, Lo E, Nabeta H, Kiggundu R, Akampurira A, Musubire A, Williams DA, Meya DB, Boulware DR. Diagnostic performance of a multiplex PCR assay for meningitis in an HIV-infected population in Uganda. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 Mar;84(3):268-73. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.11.017. Epub 2015 Dec 1. PubMed PMID: 26711635; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4764472.

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Bahr NC, Sarosi GA, Meya DB, Bohjanen PR, Richer SM, Swartzentruber S, Halupnick R, Jarrett D, Wheat LJ, Boulware DR. Seroprevalence of histoplasmosis in Kampala, Uganda. Med Mycol. 2016 Mar;54(3):295-300. doi: 10.1093/mmy/myv081. Epub 2015 Nov 2. PubMed PMID: 26527637; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4837699.

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Alpern JD, Bahr NC, Vazquez-Benitez G, Boulware DR, Sellman JS, Sarosi GA. Diagnostic Delay and Antibiotic Overuse in Acute Pulmonary Blastomycosis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Apr;3(2):ofw078. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw078. eCollection 2016 Apr. PubMed PMID: 27419155; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4943562.

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Dyal J, Akampurira A, Rhein J, Morawski BM, Kiggundu R, Nabeta HW, Musubire AK, Bahr NC, Williams DA, Bicanic T, Larsen RA, Meya DB, Boulware DR. Reproducibility of CSF quantitative culture methods for estimating rate of clearance in cryptococcal meningitis. Med Mycol. 2016 May;54(4):361-9. doi: 10.1093/mmy/myv104. Epub 2016 Jan 14. PubMed PMID: 26768372; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4834857.

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Bahr NC, Marais S, Caws M, van Crevel R, Wilkinson RJ, Tyagi JS, Thwaites GE, Boulware DR. GeneXpert MTB/Rif to Diagnose Tuberculous Meningitis: Perhaps the First Test but not the Last. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 May 1;62(9):1133-5. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw083. Epub 2016 Mar 10. PubMed PMID: 26966284; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4826457.

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Rhein J, Morawski BM, Hullsiek KH, Nabeta HW, Kiggundu R, Tugume L, Musubire A, Akampurira A, Smith KD, Alhadab A, Williams DA, Abassi M, Bahr NC, Velamakanni SS, Fisher J, Nielsen K, Meya DB, Boulware DR. Efficacy of adjunctive sertraline for the treatment of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: an open-label dose-ranging study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Jul;16(7):809-818. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)00074-8. Epub 2016 Mar 10. PubMed PMID: 26971081; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4927382.

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Tugume L, Morawski BM, Abassi M, Bahr NC, Kiggundu R, Nabeta HW, Hullsiek KH, Taseera K, Musubire AK, Schutz C, Muzoora C, Williams DA, Rolfes MA, Meintjes G, Rhein J, Meya DB, Boulware DR. Prognostic implications of baseline anaemia and changes in haemoglobin concentrations with amphotericin B therapy for cryptococcal meningitis. HIV Med. 2017 Jan;18(1):13-20. doi: 10.1111/hiv.12387. Epub 2016 Apr 28. PubMed PMID: 27126930; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5507613.

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Lofgren S, Hullsiek KH, Morawski BM, Nabeta HW, Kiggundu R, Taseera K, Musubire A, Schutz C, Abassi M, Bahr NC, Tugume L, Muzoora C, Williams DA, Rolfes MA, Velamakanni SS, Rajasingham R, Meintjes G, Rhein J, Meya DB, Boulware DR. Differences in Immunologic Factors Among Patients Presenting with Altered Mental Status During Cryptococcal Meningitis. J Infect Dis. 2017 Mar 1;215(5):693-697. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix033. PubMed PMID: 28329080; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5388270.

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Bahr NC, Trotman RL, Samman H, Jung RS, Rosterman LR, Weil GJ, Hinthorn DR. Eosinophilic Meningitis Due to Infection With Paragonimus kellicotti. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 May 1;64(9):1271-1274. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix102. PubMed PMID: 28158416.

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Montgomery MP, Nakasujja N, Morawski BM, Rajasingham R, Rhein J, Nalintya E, Williams DA, Huppler Hullsiek K, Kiragga A, Rolfes MA, Donahue Carlson R, Bahr NC, Birkenkamp KE, Manabe YC, Bohjanen PR, Kaplan JE, Kambugu A, Meya DB, Boulware DR. Neurocognitive function in HIV-infected persons with asymptomatic cryptococcal antigenemia: a comparison of three prospective cohorts. BMC Neurol. 2017 Jun 12;17(1):110. doi: 10.1186/s12883-017-0878-2. PubMed PMID: 28606065; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5469183.

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Neill BC, Bahr NC, Bryan Z, Aires DJ. Cutaneous infection with Mycobacterium fortuitum after subcutaneous injection of human chorionic gonadotropin. Dermatol Online J. 2017 Aug 15;23(8). PubMed PMID: 29469752.

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Bahr NC, Nuwagira E, Evans EE, Cresswell FV, Bystrom PV, Byamukama A, Bridge SC, Bangdiwala AS, Meya DB, Denkinger CM, Muzoora C, Boulware DR. Diagnostic accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for tuberculous meningitis in HIV-infected adults: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 Jan;18(1):68-75. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30474-7. Epub 2017 Sep 14. PubMed PMID: 28919338; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5739874.

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Kajumbula H, Fujita AW, Mbabazi O, Najjuka C, Izale C, Akampurira A, Aisu S, Lamorde M, Walwema R, Bahr NC, Meya DB, Boulware DR, Manabe YC. Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Blood Culture Isolates at a Tertiary Hospital, Uganda. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jan;24(1):174-175. doi: 10.3201/eid2401.171112. PubMed PMID: 29260682; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5749445.

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Bahr NC, Boulware DR, Cresswell FV. Xpert Ultra's place in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis - Authors' reply. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 Mar;18(3):249-250. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30078-1. PubMed PMID: 29485087; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6371973.

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Cresswell FV, Bangdiwala AS, Meya DB, Bahr NC, Vidal JE, Török ME, Thao LTP, Thwaites GE, Boulware DR. Absence of cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in tuberculous meningitis is a common occurrence in HIV co-infection and a predictor of poor outcomes. Int J Infect Dis. 2018 Mar;68:77-78. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.01.014. Epub 2018 Jan 31. PubMed PMID: 29391245; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5893425.

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Bahr NC, Lee D, Stauffer WM, Durkin M, Cetron MS, Wheat LJ, Boulware DR. Seroprevalence of Histoplasmosis in Somali, Burmese, and Hmong Refugees Residing in Thailand and Kenya. J Immigr Minor Health. 2018 Apr;20(2):334-338. doi: 10.1007/s10903-017-0595-3. PubMed PMID: 28474198; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6044430.

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Cresswell FV, Bangdiwala AS, Bahr NC, Trautner E, Nuwagira E, Ellis J, Rajasingham R, Rhein J, Williams DA, Muzoora C, Elliott AM, Meya DB, Boulware DR. Can improved diagnostics reduce mortality from Tuberculous meningitis? Findings from a 6.5-year cohort in Uganda. Wellcome Open Res. 2018;3:64. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14610.2. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 30027125; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6039934.

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Alpern JD, Leventhal TM, Bahr NC. Hepatitis B Vaccination, Screening, and Linkage to Care. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Jun 19;168(12):902. doi: 10.7326/L18-0099. PubMed PMID: 29913501.

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Bahr NC, Halupnick R, Linder G, Kiggundu R, Nabeta HW, Williams DA, Musubire AK, Morawski BM, Sreevatsan S, Meya DB, Rhein J, Boulware DR. Delta-like 1 protein, vitamin D binding protein and fetuin for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis meningitis. Biomark Med. 2018 Jul;12(7):707-716. doi: 10.2217/bmm-2017-0373. Epub 2018 Jun 1. PubMed PMID: 29856234; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6161141.

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Rhein J, Hullsiek KH, Evans EE, Tugume L, Nuwagira E, Ssebambulidde K, Kiggundu R, Mpoza E, Musubire AK, Bangdiwala AS, Bahr NC, Williams DA, Abassi M, Muzoora C, Meya DB, Boulware DR. Detrimental Outcomes of Unmasking Cryptococcal Meningitis With Recent ART Initiation. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Aug;5(8):ofy122. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy122. eCollection 2018 Aug. PubMed PMID: 30094292; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6080052.

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Bahr NC, Panackal AA, Durkin MM, Smedema ML, Keown W, Davis TE, Raymond-Guillen L, Park YD, Marr KA, Fries BC, Williamson PR, Boulware DR, Wheat LJ. Cryptococcal meningitis is a cause for cross-reactivity in cerebrospinal fluid assays for anti-Histoplasma, anti-Coccidioides and anti-Blastomyces antibodies. Mycoses. 2019 Mar;62(3):268-273. doi: 10.1111/myc.12882. Epub 2019 Jan 1. PubMed PMID: 30565753; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6380936.

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Bahr NC, Meintjes G, Boulware DR. Inadequate diagnostics: the case to move beyond the bacilli for detection of meningitis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Med Microbiol. 2019 May;68(5):755-760. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.000975. Epub 2019 Apr 17. PubMed PMID: 30994435; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7176281.

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Pormohammad A, Nasiri MJ, McHugh TD, Riahi SM, Bahr NC. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Tuberculous Meningitis. J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Jun;57(6). doi: 10.1128/JCM.01113-18. Print 2019 Jun. PubMed PMID: 30944198; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6535607.

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Bahr NC, Yarlagadda SG. Fanconi Syndrome and Tenofovir Alafenamide: A Case Report. Ann Intern Med. 2019 Jun 4;170(11):814-815. doi: 10.7326/L18-0592. Epub 2019 Jan 29. PubMed PMID: 30690644.