TB reports and publications

Annual Bulletin: Summary of TB in San Francisco

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Publications

1. Amy S. Tang, Zinnia Dong, Meagan Lee, Matthew Murrill, Priya B. Shete and Susannah K. Graves. "Think, Test. Treat TB" in Action: An Innovative Primary Care and Public Health Partnership to Improve Tuberculosis Prevention and Care. NEJM Catalyst. VOL. S NO 8, Published July 17, 2024.
2. Louie JK, Agraz-Lara R, Phillips A and Velásquez G E. Experience with Four-Month Rifapentine and Moxifloxacin-Based Tuberculosis Treatment in San Francisco. Open Forum Infectious Diseases March 2024.
3. Miyakawa R, Louie JK, Keh C and Chen L. A teenage girl with altered mental status and paraparesis. Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, March 2024.
4. Louie JK, Agraz-Lara R, Romo L, and Cristy Dieterich. Uniting for Ukraine Tuberculosis Screening Experience, San Francisco, California, USA. August 2023 Emerging Infectious Diseases 29(8):1651-1654.
5. Louie JK, Keh C. Latent Tuberculosis Infection Treatment: Still a Long Road Ahead. Clinical Infectious Diseases 77(RR-1) May 2023.
6. Hernandez-Castillo C, Chow F, Louie JK, Romo L. Clinical Factors Associated with Poor Outcomes in Patients with Central Nervous System Tuberculosis Treated in San Francisco, CA from 2011 to 2021 (S25.006) April 2023.
7. Louie JK, Agraz-Lara R, Keh C and Phillips A. Adverse Events Associated with Treatment for Pan-Susceptible Tuberculosis in San Francisco. Clinical Infectious Diseases 76(6) November 2022.
8. MacDougall C, Canonica T, Keh C, P Phan BA, Louie JK. Systematic review of drug-drug interactions between rifamycin and anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents and considerations for management. Pharmacotherapy, 2022 Feb 13.
9. Louie JK, Agraz-Lara R, Romo L, Crespin F, Chen L, Graves S. Tuberculosis-Associated Hospitalizations and Deaths after COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place, San Francisco, California, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021;27(8):2227-2229.
10. Garrett R. Beeler Asay et al. “Cost of Tuberculosis Therapy Directly Observed on Video for Health Departments and Patients in New York City; San Francisco, California; and Rhode Island (2017–2018)”, American Journal of Public Health 110, no. 11 (November 1, 2020): pp. 1696-1703.
11. Louie JK, Reid M, Stella J, Agraz-Lara R, Graves S, Chen L, Hopewell P. A decrease in tuberculosis evaluations and diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 Aug 1;24(8):860-862.

Presentations, Posters, and Abstracts

1. Li V, Romo L, Agraz-Lara R, Cheung E, Huang M, Lee G, Li-Wong A, Min Naing MK, Louie JK. Characterization of Dementia in Older Patients with Tuberculosis in San Francisco. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting (Virtual Poster Presentation). July 9, 2021.
2. Miller T, Agraz-Lara R, Cheung E, Huang M, Min-Naing K, Lee G, Louie JK. Feasibility and Acceptability of a Self-Administered Regimen of 12 Weekly Doses of Isoniazid-Rifapentine (3HP). National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting (Virtual). October 2, 2020.
3. Louie JK, Li A, Lowenthal P, Roma L. Characterization of Active Tuberculosis (TB) in New B1-Notification Immigrants in San Francisco. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting (Virtual). October 2, 2020.
4. Louie JK, Crespin F, Agraz-Lara R, Keh C. Characterization of Elderly Persons with Active Tuberculosis in San Francisco. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. April 23-26, 2019.
5. Louie JK, Lin G, True L. Presentation: A challenging elderly TB case. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. April 23-26, 2019.
6. Louie JK, Padmanabhan SP, Agraz-Lara R, Huang M, Min-Naing K, Cheung E, Lee G, Miller T, Keh C. A Revised Algorithm for Screening for Ethambutol-Associated Optic Neuropathy. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA. May 21-24, 2018.
7. Louie JK, Agraz-Lara R, Haller B, Negri D, Yoo J, Huang M, Min-Naing K, Cheung E, Lee G, Miller T, Keh C. Challenges in Isoniazid Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA. May 21-24, 2018.
8. Yoo J, Louie J, Romo L, Keh C. Usefulness of interferon-gamma release assay testing in immigrants with radiographic evidence of old, healed tuberculosis (TB-4). 2018 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA. May 18-23, 2018.
9. Zhuoga P, Crespin F, Box C, Wolf M, Louie J, Keh C. Investigation of Active Tuberculosis Exposure in Hemodialysis Units: Challenges and Lessons Learned. 51st California TB Controllers Association Conference, Walnut Creek, California. March 6-8, 2017.

Posters:

• Pubu Zhuoga, MPH; Jose Luis Gonzalez-Morales, MPH; Felix Crespin; Laura Romo-Timme, MPH; Susannah Graves, MD, MPH. TB Characteristics among Food Service Workers (FSWs) in San Francisco. San Francisco Public Health TB Prevention and Control Program, 2024.
• Allison Phillips, Rocio Agraz-Lara, Janice Louie, Michelle Huang, George Lee, Ana Li-Wong, Talibah Miller, Ma Khine Min. Nursing management of patients taking the 4-month short course regimen for active TB. San Francisco Department of Public Health, 2024.
• Allison Phillips, DNP, NP, Rocio Agraz-Lara, MSN, RN, Janice Louie, MD, MPH, Pilot Project: Implementation of a student nurse practitioner latent tuberculosis infection clinical training curriculum. San Francisco Department of Public Health, 2024.
• Jose Luis Gonzalez-Morales, MPH, Cathleen Y. Xing, PhD, MPH, Laura Romo, MPH, Susannah Graves, MD, MPH, Janice K. Louie, MD,MPH, Examining Tuberculosis Incidence Rates and Foreign-Born Populations in San Francisco, 2018 - 2022, 2023.

Public Health Associate Program

1. Lupac D, Louie JK, Romo L, Keh C. Characterizing Civil Surgeons in San Francisco, following the release of the 2018 CDC Technical Instructions. CDC Public Health Associate Program: Mid-Program Training, Atlanta, GA. July 15-19, 2019.
2. Yalin E, Crespin F, Enanoria W, Louie J, Keh C. Tuberculosis Related Mortality in San Francisco 2012-2019. CDC Public Health Associate Program: Graduation Training, Atlanta, GA. March 19-22, 2019.
3. Yalin E, Gomez-Munoz M, Abadilla A, Thigpen J, Crespin F, Keh C. Effectiveness of Social Media as an Outreach Tool in Public Awareness of Tuberculosis: San Francisco World Tuberculosis Day. CDC Public Health Associate Program: Mid-Program Training, Atlanta, GA. June 2018.

Awards

1. Crespin F. Unsung Hero Award honoring his dedication and distinguished service in the field of TB. NTCA 2023.
2. Davis-Jackson S. Andy Lopez Award for Outstanding Allied Health Professional of the year in TB Controll CTCA 2022.
3. Keh C, Romo L, Ampie T. Excellence in Program or Policy Evaluation Award. National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention.
4. Louie JK. National Society of Tuberculosis Clinicians Travel Award. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. April 23-26, 2019.
5. Agraz-Lara R. Carol Pozsik TB Nursing Award. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. April 23-26, 2019.
6. Agraz-Lara R. Brenda Ashkar We DO Whatever It Takes Award. California TB Controllers Association Conference, Palm Springs, CA. May 21-24, 2018.