Published Research + Scientific Articles

MiraVista Diagnostics’ team members are actively involved in scientific research for infectious diseases, fungal infections and diagnostic testing. Collectively, our team has written, contributed to and commented on more than 1,000 articles and reference materials published in international scientific and medical journals.

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PUBLISHED RESEARCH + SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

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Antifungal Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) Articles

• Measurement of antiretroviral drugs in the lungs of HIV-infected patients. HIV Ther 2010; 4(2): 247–251.

• Voriconazole Use for Endemic Fungal Infections. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY 2009; 1648–1651.

Aspergillus Articles

• Peripheral Blood Smear Findings in a Kidney Transplant Recipient with Disseminated Histoplasmosis and Elevated Aspergillus Galactomannan. Transplant Infectious Disease 2019 AUG; 21(4).
• Development and Evaluation of a Calibrator Material for Nucleic Acid-Based Assays for Diagnosing Aspergillosis. J Clin Microbiol 2013; 2403–2405.
• Use of Bronchoalveolar Lavage To Detect Galactomannan for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Aspergillosis among Nonimmunocompromised Hosts. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 2787–2792.

Blastomyces Articles

• Blastomycosis in Indiana: Clinical and Epidemiologic Patterns of Disease Gleaned from a Multicenter Retrospective Study. Chest 2015; 148:1276-1284.
• Development of a Highly Sensitive and Specific Blastomycosis Antibody Enzyme Immunoassay Using Blastomyces dermatitidis Surface Protein BAD-1. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2014; 21:143-146.
• Blastomyces dermatitidis Antigen Detection by Quantitative Enzyme Immunoassay. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2012; 19:53-56.
• Detection of Blastomyces dermatitidis antigen in patients with newly diagnosed blastomycosis. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2011; 69:187-191.
• Blastomyces Antigen Detection for Monitoring Progression of Blastomycosis in a Pregnant Adolescent. Infect Dis Obstet Gyn 2007.
• Antigen assay with the potential to aid in diagnosis of blastomycosis. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:4873-4875.

Coccidioides Articles

• Comparison of Three Anti-Coccidioides Antibody Enzyme Immunoassay Kits for the Diagnosis of Coccidioidomycosis. Med Mycol. 2020.
• Advances in Diagnosis of Progressive Pulmonary and Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis. Clin Infect Dis 2020.
• Characterization of an Uncinocarpus Reesii-expressed Recombinant Tube Precipitin Antigen of Coccidioides Posadasii for Serodiagnosis. 2019 AUG 14;14(8).
• Enhanced Antibody Detection and Diagnosis of Coccidioidomycosis with the MiraVista IgG and IgM Detection Enzyme Immunoassay. J Clin Microbiol 2017; 55(3):893-901.
• Role of Coccidioides Antigen Testing in the Cerebrospinal Fluid for the Diagnosis of Coccidioidal Meningitis. Clin Infect Dis 2015; 61:1521-1526.
• Cerebrospinal fluid Coccidioides antigen testing in the diagnosis and management of central nervous system coccidioidomycosis: Mycoses 2015; 598-602.
• Detection of coccidioides antigenemia following dissociation of immune complexes. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2009; 16:1453-1456.
• Diagnosis of Coccidioidomycosis with Use of the Coccidioides Antigen Enzyme Immunoassay. Clin Infect Dis 2008; 47:e69-e73.

Cryptococcus Articles

• Cryptococcal meningitis is a cause for cross‐reactivity in cerebrospinal fluid assays for anti‐Histoplasma, anti‐Coccidioides and anti‐Blastomyces antibodies. Mycoses. 2019; 62(3): 193-195
• Cryptococcal Glucoxylomannan Does Not Exhibit Cross-Reactivity in the MVista Histoplasma Antigen Enzyme Immunoassay: CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 392–393.

Histoplasma Articles

• Nicolas Barros, Joseph L. Wheat, and Chadi Hage. Pulmonary Histoplasmosis: A Clinical Update. Journal of Fungi 2023.
• Diego H. Cáceres, et al. Validation and Concordance Analysis of a New Lateral Flow Assay for Detection of Histoplasma Antigen in Urine. Journal of Fungi 2021.
• Wassim Abdallah, et al. Diagnosis of Histoplasmosis Using the MVista Histoplasma Galactomannan Antigen Qualitative Lateral Flow–Based Immunoassay: A Multicenter Study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2021.
• Martinez-Gamboa, et al. Diagnostic accuracy of antigen detection in urine and molecular assays testing in different clinical samples for the diagnosis of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in patients living with HIV/AIDS: A prospective multicenter study in Mexico. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Mar 8;15(3)
• HIV-Associated Histoplasmosis: Current Perspectives. Dovepress. 2020; 12: 1113-125
• Accuracy of a novel histoplasmosis enzyme immunoassay to evaluate suspicious lung nodules. AACR. 2019; 28(2): 321-326
• In Vitro activity of isavuconazole against fluconazole-resistant isolates of Histoplasma capsulatum. Med Mycol. 2018; 56(7): 834-837
• Improvement in Diagnosis of Histoplasma Meningitis by Combined Testing for Histoplasma Antigen and Immunoglobulin G and Immunoglobulin M Anti-Histoplasma Antibody in Cerebrospinal Fluid. Clin Infect Dis 2018; 66:89-94.
• In vitro activity of isavuconazole against fluconazole-resistant isolates of Histoplasma capsulatum. Med Mycol 2017.
• Clinical and epidemiological characterization of histoplasmosis cases in a nonendemic area, Connecticut, United States. Med Mycol 2017.
• Histoplasmosis. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2016; 30:207-227.
• Standardized Surveillance Case Definition for Histoplasmosis: Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Revised Position Statement, June 2016
• Improved Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis by Combining Antigen and Antibody Detection. Clin Infect Dis 2016; 62:896-902.
• Histoplasmosis Complicating Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Blocker Therapy: A Retrospective Analysis of 98 Cases. Clin Infect Dis 2015; 61:409-417.
• Histoplasma capsulatum endocarditis: multicenter case series with review of current diagnostic techniques and treatment. Medicine (Baltimore) 2014;93:186-193.
• Histoplasmosis in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS): Multicenter Study of Outcomes and Factors Associated With Relapse. Medicine (Baltimore) 2014; 93:11-18.
• Histoplasmosis after solid organ transplant. Clin Infect Dis 2013; 57:1542-1549.
• Endemic mycoses: overlooked causes of community acquired pneumonia. Respir Med 2012; 106:769-776.
• Histoplasmosis among hospitalized febrile patients in northern Tanzania: Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2012; 106(8): 504–507.

• Cross-Reactivity in the Histoplasma Antigen Enzyme Immunoassay Caused by Sporotrichosis: CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 1781–1782.

• Investigation of the Efficacy of Micafungin in the Treatment of Histoplasmosis Using Two North American Strains of Histoplasma capsulatum: ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY 2011; 4447–4450.

• Histoplasma Antigen Clearance during Treatment of Histoplasmosis in Patients with AIDS Determined by a Quantitative Antigen Enzyme Immunoassay: CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 661–666.

• A Multicenter Evaluation of Tests for Diagnosis of Histoplasmosis: Clinical Infectious Diseases 2011; 53(5):448–454.

• Detection of Latin American Strains of Histoplasma in a Murine Model by Use of a Commercially Available Antigen Test: CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 802–806.

• Recognition, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Histoplasmosis Complicating Tumor Necrosis Factor Blocker Therapy: Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010; 50:85–92.

• Detection of Histoplasma capsulatum Antigen in Panamanian Patients with Disseminated Histoplasmosis and AIDS: CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 681–683.

• Detection of Histoplasma capsulatum Antigenuria by Ultrafiltration of Samples with False-Negative Results: CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 726–728.
• Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Histoplasmosis: 2007 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2007; 45:807-25.