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Carlton A.W. Evans
Associate
Academic Degrees
MBBS, PhD
Departmental Affiliation
International Health
Departmental Address
615 N Wolfe Street Room W5515,
Baltimore MD21205
Phone: +1 410 614 3959
Fax: +1 410 614 6060
Research and Professional Experience

Tuberculosis control and nutritional augmentation of antimycobacteral immunity.

Keywords

Tuberculosis

Nutrition

Vitamins

Zinc

Selected Publications

1. P. Sheen, M Méndez, R Gilman, J Calla, L Caviedes, M Zimic, Y Zhang, D Moore, C Evans.

A rapid sputum SSCP test for guiding pyrazinamide use in tuberculosis therapy.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2009 Jun 17. [Epub ahead of print]

2. A Escombe, D Moore, R Gilman, M Navincopa, E Ticona, B Mitchell, C Noakes, C Martínez, P Sheen, R Ramirez, W Quino, A Gonzalez, J Friedland, C Evans.

Upper-room ultraviolet light and negative air ionization for the prevention of airborne TB transmission.

PLoS Medicine. 6(3): e1000043. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000043

3. A Escombe, D Moore, R Gilman, W Pan, M Navincopa, E Ticona, C Martínez, L Caviedes, P Sheen, A Gonzalez, C Noakes, J Friedland, C Evans.

The infectiousness of TB patients co-infected with HIV.

PLoS Medicine 2008 Sept; 5(9):e188 doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050188.http://

4. M Tovar, M Siedner, R Gilman, C Santillan, L Caviedes, T Valencia, O Jave, A Escombe, D Moore, C Evans.

Improved diagnosis of pleural TB using the Microscopic-Observation Drug-Susceptibility Technique.

Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2008 Mar 15;46(6):909-12. Epub 2008 Feb 18th http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/527447

5. H Wolf, M Mendez, R Gilman, P Sheen, G Soto, A Velarde, M Zimic, A Escombe, S Montenegro, R Oberhelman, C Evans.

The diagnosis of pediatric pulmonary TB in stool.

American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 2008 Dec;79(6):893-898

6. L Grandjean, L Martin, R Gilman, T Valencia, B Herrera, W Quino, E Ramos, M Rivero, R Montoya, A Escombe, D Coleman, D Mitchison, C Evans.

Evaluation of direct TB culture in selective broth that does not require sputum decontamination or centrifugation.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2008 Jul;46(7):2339-44.

Epub Apr 30 2008: http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/reprint/JCM.02476-07v1?view=long&pmid=18448689

7. V Rao, T Pelly, R Gilman, J Delgado, L Cabrera, R Black, C Evans.

Zinc cream and reliability of TB skin testing.

Emerging Infectious Diseases 2007 July 13(7):1101-4. Epub http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/7/1101.htm

8. A Escombe, C Oeser, R Gilman, M Navincopa,C Martinez, E Ticona, J Chacaltana, R Rodríguez, W Pan, D Moore, J Friedland, C Evans.

The detection of airborne tuberculosis transmission from HIV infected patients using an in vivo air sampling model.

Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2007 May 15;44(10):1349-57. Epub 2007 Apr 9.

9. A Escombe, C Oeser, R Gilman, M Navincopa,C Martinez, E Ticona, J Chacaltana, R Rodríguez, W Pan, D Moore, J Friedland, C Evans.

Natural ventilation for preventing airborne contagion.

PLoS Medicine. 2007 Feb;4(2):e68 and PLoS Medicine. 2007 May 4(5):e195.ePub April 17th

http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0040068

10. V Kawai, G Soto, R Gilman, C Bautista, L Caviedes, L Huaroto, E Ticona, J Ortiz, M Tovar, V Chavez, R Rodriguez, A Escombe, D Moore, C Evans.

TB mortality, drug resistance and infectiousness in patients with and without HIV infection, Peru.

American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 2006 Dec; 75(6):1027-1033

11. Moore D, Evans C, Gilman R, Caviedes L, Coronel J, Vivar A, Sanchez E, Pinedo Y, Saravia J, Salazar C, Oberhelman R, Hollm-Delgado M, LaChira D, Escombe A, Friedland J.

Microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility assay for the diagnosis of TB.

New England Journal of Medicine. 2006 Oct 12;355(15):1539-50.

12. T Pelly, C Santillan, R Gilman, L Cabrera, E Garcia, C Vidal, M Zimic, C Evans.

TB skin testing, anergy and protein malnutrition in Peru.

International Journal of Tuberculosis & Lung Disease. 2005 Sept 9(9):977-984.

13. M Baldwin, P Yori, C Ford, D Moore, R Gilman, C Vidal, E Ticona, C Evans.

TB and nutrition: disease perceptions and health seeking behaviour of household contacts in the Peruvian Amazon.

International Journal of Tuberculosis & Lung Disease. 2004 Dec;8(12):1484-91.

14. Garcia H, Pretell E, Gilman R, Martinez S, Moulton L, Del Brutto O, Herrera G, Evans C, Gonzalez A.

A trial of antiparasitic treatment to reduce the rate of seizures due to cerebral cysticercosis.

New England Journal of Medicine. 2004 Jan 15; 350(3): 249-58.

15. M Saito, C Bautista, R Gilman, A Bowering, M Levy, C Evans.

The value of counting BCG scars for interpretation of tuberculin skin tests in a TB hyper endemic country, Peru.

International Journal of TB & Lung Disease. 2004 Jul;8(7):842-7.

16. Garcia H, Gonzalez A, Evans C, Gilman R.

Taenia solium cysticercosis.

Lancet. 2003 Aug 16; 362(9383): 547-56.

17. P Joseph, M Calderón, R Gilman, M Quispe, J Cok, E Ticona, V Chavez, J Jimenez, C Chang, M Lopez, C Evans.

Optimization and evaluation of PCR for the detection of toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with AIDS.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2002 Dec;40(12):4499-503.

18. R Gilman, C Anderton, M Kosek, H Garcia, C Evans.

How many committees does it take to make a project ethical?

Lancet 2002 Sep 28;360(9338):1025-6.

19. C Evans, J Jellis, S. Hughes, D Remick, J Friedland.

TNF-?, IL-6 and IL-8 secretion and the acute phase response in patients with bacterial and TB osteomyelitis.

Journal of Infectious Diseases. 1998, 177:1582-7.

20. C Evans & P Richardson.

Improved recovery & reduced postoperative stay after therapeutic suggestions during general anaesthesia.

Lancet 1988; ii:491-3 and 955-6

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