Works by Messacar, Kevin

Results: 43

Return of the Biennial Circulation of Enterovirus D68 in Colorado Children in 2024 Following the Large 2022 Outbreak.

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Viruses (1999-4915), 2025, v. 17, n. 5, p. 673, doi. 10.3390/v17050673

By:

Nguyen-Tran, Hai;
Butler, Molly;
Simmons, Dennis;
Dominguez, Samuel R.;
Messacar, Kevin

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Article

Clinical, Radiologic, and Prognostic Features of Myelitis Associated With Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Autoantibody.

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JAMA Neurology, 2019, v. 76, n. 3, p. 301, doi. 10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.4053

By:

Dubey, Divyanshu;
Pittock, Sean J.;
Krecke, Karl N.;
Morris, Padraig P.;
Sechi, Elia;
Zalewski, Nicholas L.;
Weinshenker, Brian G.;
Shosha, Eslam;
Lucchinetti, Claudia F.;
Fryer, James P.;
Lopez-Chiriboga, A. Sebastian;
Chen, John C.;
Jitprapaikulsan, Jiraporn;
McKeon, Andrew;
Gadoth, Avi;
Keegan, B. Mark;
Tillema, Jan-Mendelt;
Naddaf, Elie;
Patterson, Marc C.;
Messacar, Kevin

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Article

Enterovirus and Parechovirus Neurologic Infections in Children: Clinical Presentations and Neuropathogenesis.

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Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2025, v. 14, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1093/jpids/piae069

By:

Freeman, Megan Culler;
Messacar, Kevin

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Article

Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for Diagnosis of Pediatric Meningitis and Encephalitis: A Review.

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Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2021, v. 10, p. S78, doi. 10.1093/jpids/piab067

By:

Graff, Kelly;
Dominguez, Samuel R;
Messacar, Kevin

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Article

Variability in the Use of Novel Diagnostic Technology in Children With Suspected Encephalitis and in the Management of Emerging Encephalitides by Pediatric Infectious Disease Providers.

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Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2021, v. 10, n. 4, p. 529, doi. 10.1093/jpids/piaa149

By:

Dehority, Walter;
Janowski, Andrew B;
Messacar, Kevin;
Polgreen, Philip M;
Beekmann, Susan E

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Article

Neurologic Manifestations of Influenza A(H3N2) Infection in Children During the 2016–2017 Season.

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Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2020, v. 9, n. 1, p. 71, doi. 10.1093/jpids/piy130

By:

Rao, Suchitra;
Martin, Jan;
Ahearn, M Alex;
Osborne, Christina;
Moss, Angela;
Dempsey, Amanda;
Dominguez, Samuel R;
Weinberg, Adriana;
Messacar, Kevin B

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Article

4-Year-Old Boy With an Unusual Bacterial Meningitis Infection.

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Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2019, v. 8, n. 3, p. 282, doi. 10.1093/jpids/piy096

By:

Searns, Justin;
Cataldi, Jessica R;
McCormack, Katherine;
Simões, Eric;
Messacar, Kevin;
Dominguez, Samuel R

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Article

A Child With Intermittent Headaches and Eosinophilic Meningitis.

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Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2018, v. 7, n. 4, p. 355, doi. 10.1093/jpids/piy005

By:

Saporta-Keating, Sara R;
Simões, Eric A F;
Yu, Guixia;
Federman, Scot;
Mirsky, David;
Dominguez, Samuel R;
Chiu, Charles Y;
Messacar, Kevin

Publication type:

Article

Clinical Impact and Provider Acceptability of Real-Time Antimicrobial Stewardship Decision Support for Rapid Diagnostics in Children With Positive Blood Culture Results.

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Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2017, v. 6, n. 3, p. 267, doi. 10.1093/jpids/piw047

By:

Messacar, Kevin;
Hurst, Amanda L.;
Child, Jason;
Campbell, Kristen;
Palmer, Claire;
Hamilton, Stacey;
Dowell, Elaine;
Robinson, Christine C.;
Parker, Sarah K.;
Dominguez, Samuel R.

Publication type:

Article

Diffuse Nodular Lung Infiltrates in a Well Appearing Three-Year-Old Boy With Recurrent Sinopulmonary Infections and Parotitis.

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2015

By:

Messacar, Kevin;
Dunn, Jennifer;
Khan, Talat Z.;
Etcheverry, Aurelio;
McFarland, Elizabeth J.;
Dominguez, Samuel R.

Publication type:

Case Study

Multimodal Surveillance Model for Enterovirus D68 Respiratory Disease and Acute Flaccid Myelitis among Children in Colorado, USA, 2022.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2024, v. 30, n. 3, p. 423, doi. 10.3201/eid3003.231223

By:

Messacar, Kevin;
Matzinger, Shannon;
Berg, Kevin;
Weisbeck, Kirsten;
Butler, Molly;
Pysnack, Nicholas;
Nguyen-Tran, Hai;
Davizon, Emily Spence;
Bankers, Laura;
Jung, Sarah A.;
Birkholz, Meghan;
Wheeler, Allison;
Dominguez, Samuel R.

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Article

Duration of Enterovirus D68 RNA Shedding in the Upper Respiratory Tract and Transmission among Household Contacts, Colorado, USA.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023, v. 29, n. 11, p. 2315, doi. 10.3201/eid2911.230947

By:

Hai Nguyen-Tran;
Thompson, Careese;
Butler, Molly;
Miller, Kristen R.;
Pyle, Laura;
Jung, Sarah;
Rogers, Shannon;
Fei Fan Ng, Terry;
Routh, Janell;
Dominguez, Samuel R.;
Messacar, Kevin

Publication type:

Article

Two Blood Cultures With Age-Appropriate Volume Enhance Suspected Sepsis Decision-Making.

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Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020, v. 7, n. 2, p. N.PAG, doi. 10.1093/ofid/ofaa028

By:

Tran, Paul;
Dowell, Elaine;
Hamilton, Stacey;
Dolan, Susan A;
Messacar, Kevin;
Dominguez, Samuel R;
Todd, James

Publication type:

Article

LB14. Cerebrospinal Fluid Profiling of the Human Host Response Reveals Species-Specific Enterovirus Biosignatures in Acute Flaccid Myelitis Cases.

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Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2019, v. 6, p. S998, doi. 10.1093/ofid/ofz415.2497

By:

Briggs, Benjamin J;
Santos, Yale;
Ramesh, Akshaya;
Grabherr, Manfred;
Achari, Asmeeta;
Yu, Guixia;
Miller, Steve;
Federman, Scot;
Arevalo, Shaun;
Sample, Hannah;
Zorn, Kelsey;
Harriman, Kathleen;
Messenger, Sharon;
Domingue, Samuel;
Dominguez, Samuel;
Glaser, Carol;
Wadford, Debra;
Messacar, Kevin;
Wilson, Michael;
Chiu, Charles

Publication type:

Article

652. Impact of FilmArray Meningitis Encephalitis Panel on HSV Testing and Acyclovir Use in Children Beyond the Neonatal Period.

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Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2019, v. 6, p. S300, doi. 10.1093/ofid/ofz360.720

By:

Messacar, Kevin;
Gaensbauer, James;
Birkholz, Meghan;
Levek, Claire;
Todd, James;
Tyler, Ken;
Dominguez, Samuel

Publication type:

Article

1889. Clinical Features Distinguishing Enterovirus A71 and Enterovirus D68-Associated Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Colorado, 2013–2018.

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Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2019, v. 6, p. S54, doi. 10.1093/ofid/ofz359.119

By:

Messacar, Kevin;
Spence-Davizon, Emily;
Osborne, Christina;
Press, Craig;
Schreiner, Teri;
Martin, Jan;
Messer, Ricka;
Maloney, John;
Burakoff, Alexis;
Barnes, Meghan;
Abzug, Mark;
Tyler, Ken;
Dominguez, Samuel

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Article

Improvement in treatment abandonment in pediatric patients with cancer in Guatemala.

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2017

By:

Alvarez, Elysia;
Seppa, Midori;
Rivas, Silvia;
Fuentes, Lucia;
Valverde, Patricia;
Antillón‐Klussmann, Federico;
Castellanos, Mauricio;
Sweet‐Cordero, E. Alejandro;
Messacar, Kevin;
Kurap, John;
Bustamante, Marisol;
Howard, Scott C.;
Efron, Bradley;
Luna‐Fineman, Sandra

Publication type:

journal article

Notes from the Field: Enterovirus A71 Neurologic Disease in Children - Colorado, 2018.

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2018

By:

Messacar, Kevin;
Burakoff, Alexis;
Nix, W Allan;
Rogers, Shannon;
Oberste, M Steven;
Gerber, Susan I;
Spence-Davizon, Emily;
Herlihy, Rachel;
Dominguez, Samuel R

Publication type:

journal article

Enterovirus A71 Neurologic Disease in Children -- Colorado, 2018.

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MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2018, v. 67, n. 36, p. 1017, doi. 10.15585/mmwr.mm6736a5

By:

Messacar, Kevin;
Burakoff, Alexis;
Nix, W. Allan;
Rogers, Shannon;
Oberste, M. Steven;
Gerber, Susan I.;
Spence-Davizon, Emily;
Herlihy, Rachel;
Dominguez, Samuel R.

Publication type:

Article

Acute flaccid myelitis in low- to middle-income countries: diagnosis and surveillance.

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Brain Communications, 2024, v. 6, n. 4, p. 1, doi. 10.1093/braincomms/fcae167

By:

Helfferich, Jelte;
Fall, Amary;
Pardo, Carlos A;
Jacobs, Bart C;
Messacar, Kevin

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Article

Epidemiological dynamics of enterovirus D68 in the United States and implications for acute flaccid myelitis.

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Science Translational Medicine, 2021, v. 13, n. 584, p. 1, doi. 10.1126/scitranslmed.abd2400

By:

Park, Sang Woo;
Pons-Salort, Margarita;
Messacar, Kevin;
Cook, Camille;
Meyers, Lindsay;
Farrar, Jeremy;
Grenfell, Bryan T.

Publication type:

Article

A Handshake From Antimicrobial Stewardship Opens Doors for Infectious Disease Consultations.

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Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017, v. 64, n. 10, p. 1449, doi. 10.1093/cid/cix139

By:

Messacar, Kevin;
Campbell, Kristen;
Pearce, Kelly;
Pyle, Laura;
Hurst, Amanda L.;
Child, Jason;
Parker, Sarah K.

Publication type:

Article

Acute flaccid myelitis: A clinical review of US cases 2012-2015.

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2016

By:

Messacar, Kevin;
Schreiner, Teri L.;
Van Haren, Keith;
Yang, Michele;
Glaser, Carol A.;
Tyler, Kenneth L.;
Dominguez, Samuel R.

Publication type:

journal article

Enterovirus-D68 - a reemerging non-polio enterovirus that causes severe respiratory and neurological disease in children.

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Frontiers in Virology, 2024, p. 1, doi. 10.3389/fviro.2024.1328457

By:

Grizer, Cassandra S.;
Messacar, Kevin;
Mattapallil, Joseph J.

Publication type:

Article

Enterovirus-D68 – a reemerging non-polio enterovirus that causes severe respiratory and neurological disease in children.

Published in:

Frontiers in Virology, 2024, p. 1, doi. 10.3389/fviro.2024.1328457

By:

Grizer, Cassandra S.;
Messacar, Kevin;
Mattapallil, Joseph J.

Publication type:

Article

Gaps in diagnosing suspected infection in immunocompromised children with cancer: A systematic review.

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Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2024, v. 71, n. 2, p. 1, doi. 10.1002/pbc.30794

By:

Park, Sarah Y.;
Coufal, Nicole G.;
Dominguez, Samuel R.;
Farnaes, Lauge;
Messacar, Kevin;
Goldman, Frederick D.

Publication type:

Article

Acute neurologic illness of unknown etiology in children - Colorado, August-September 2014.

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2014

By:

Pastula, Daniel M;
Aliabadi, Negar;
Haynes, Amber K;
Messacar, Kevin;
Schreiner, Teri;
Maloney, John;
Dominguez, Samuel R;
Davizon, Emily Spence;
Leshem, Eyal;
Fischer, Marc;
Nix, W Allan;
Oberste, M Steven;
Seward, Jane;
Feikin, Daniel;
Miller, Lisa;
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Publication type:

journal article

Acute Neurologic Illness of Unknown Etiology in Children -- Colorado, August-September 2014.

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MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2014, v. 63, n. 40, p. 901

By:

Pastula, Daniel M.;
Aliabadi, Negar;
Haynes, Amber K.;
Messacar, Kevin;
Schreiner, Teri;
Maloney, John;
Dominguez, Samuel R.;
Davizon, Emily Spence;
Leshem, Eyal;
Fischer, Marc;
Nix, W. Allan;
Oberste, M. Steven;
Seward, Jane;
Feikin, Daniel;
Miller, Lisa

Publication type:

Article

Shifting Epidemiology and Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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JAMA Pediatrics, 2023, v. 177, n. 7, p. 730, doi. 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.1088

By:

Rao, Suchitra;
Armistead, Isaac;
Messacar, Kevin;
Alden, Nisha B.;
Schmoll, Emma;
Austin, Elizabeth;
Dominguez, Samuel R.

Publication type:

Article

Acute Flaccid Myelitis—Keys to Diagnosis, Questions About Treatment, and Future Directions.

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2019

By:

Hopkins, Sarah E.;
Elrick, Matthew J.;
Messacar, Kevin

Publication type:

Opinion

Clinical Subpopulations in a Sample of North American Children Diagnosed With Acute Flaccid Myelitis, 2012-2016.

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JAMA Pediatrics, 2019, v. 173, n. 2, p. 134, doi. 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4890

By:

Elrick, Matthew J.;
Gordon-Lipkin, Eliza;
Crawford, Thomas O.;
Van Haren, Keith;
Messacar, Kevin;
Thornton, Nicole;
Dee, Elizabeth;
Voskertchian, Annie;
Nance, Jessica R.;
Muñoz, Laura S.;
Gorman, Mark P.;
Benson, Leslie A.;
Thomas, David L.;
Pardo, Carlos A.;
Milstone, Aaron M.;
Duggal, Priya

Publication type:

Article

Resource Burden During the 2014 Enterovirus D68 Respiratory Disease Outbreak at Children's Hospital Colorado: An Unexpected Strain.

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JAMA Pediatrics, 2016, v. 170, n. 3, p. 294, doi. 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.3879

By:

Messacar, Kevin;
Hawkins, Stephen M. M.;
Baker, Joyce;
Pearce, Kelly;
Suhong Tong;
Dominguez, Samuel R.;
Parker, Sarah

Publication type:

Article

Acute Flaccid Myelitis Associated With Enterovirus D68: A Review.

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Journal of Child Neurology, 2019, v. 34, n. 9, p. 511, doi. 10.1177/0883073819838376

By:

Christy, Alison;
Messacar, Kevin

Publication type:

Article

The changing epidemiology of acute flaccid paralysis warrants a paradigm shift in surveillance.

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Journal of Medical Virology, 2018, v. 90, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1002/jmv.24920

By:

Messacar, Kevin;
Abzug, Mark J.;
Dominguez, Samuel R.

Publication type:

Article

2014 outbreak of enterovirus D68 in North America.

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Journal of Medical Virology, 2016, v. 88, n. 5, p. 739, doi. 10.1002/jmv.24410

By:

Messacar, Kevin;
Abzug, Mark J.;
Dominguez, Samuel R.

Publication type:

Article

Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of infants with human parechovirus or human herpes virus-6 detected in cerebrospinal fluid tested for enterovirus or herpes simplex virus.

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Journal of Medical Virology, 2015, v. 87, n. 5, p. 829, doi. 10.1002/jmv.24119

By:

Messacar, Kevin;
Breazeale, Garrett;
Wei, Qi;
Robinson, Christine C.;
Dominguez, Samuel R.

Publication type:

Article

Understanding Enterovirus D68-Induced Neurologic Disease: A Basic Science Review.

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Viruses (1999-4915), 2019, v. 11, n. 9, p. 821, doi. 10.3390/v11090821

By:

Hixon, Alison M.;
Frost, Joshua;
Rudy, Michael J.;
Messacar, Kevin;
Clarke, Penny;
Tyler, Kenneth L.

Publication type:

Article

Enterovirus D68-Associated Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Rising to the Clinical and Research Challenges.

Published in:

2019

By:

Messacar, Kevin;
Tyler, Kenneth L.

Publication type:

journal article

Clinical Impact of Pleural Fluid Streptococcus pneumoniae Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing in Children With Complicated Pneumonia.

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Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2024, v. 79, n. 6, p. 1487, doi. 10.1093/cid/ciae439

By:

Ho, Erin C;
Olson, Kaitlin E;
Butler, Molly;
Birkholz, Meghan;
Miller, Kristen;
MacBrayne, Christine E;
Jung, Sarah;
Messacar, Kevin;
Asturias, Edwin J;
Dominguez, Samuel R

Publication type:

Article

A new densovirus in cerebrospinal fluid from a case of anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis.

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2016

By:

Phan, Tung;
Messacar, Kevin;
Dominguez, Samuel;
Costa, Antonio;
Deng, Xutao;
Delwart, Eric

Publication type:

Report

Enterovirus D68 Subclade B3 in Children with Acute Flaccid Paralysis in West Africa, 2016.

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2020

By:

Fall, Amary;
Ndiaye, Ndack;
Messacar, Kevin;
Kebe, Ousmane;
Jallow, Mamadou Malado;
Harouna, Hamid;
Kiori, Davy Evrard;
Sy, Sara;
Goudiaby, Déborah;
Dia, Mohamed;
Niang, Mbayame Ndiaye;
Ndiaye, Kader;
Dia, Ndongo

Publication type:

journal article

Enterovirus D68 Infection in Children with Acute Flaccid Myelitis, Colorado, USA, 2014.

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2016

By:

Aliabadi, Negar;
Messacar, Kevin;
Pastula, Daniel M.;
Robinson, Christine C.;
Leshem, Eyal;
Sejvar, James J.;
Allan Nix, W.;
Steven Oberste, M.;
Feikin, Daniel R.;
Dominguez, Samuel R.;
Nix, W Allan;
Oberste, M Steven

Publication type:

journal article

Clinical metagenomic identification of Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis and assembly of the draft genome: the continuing case for reference genome sequencing.

Published in:

Genome Medicine, 2015, v. 7, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s13073-015-0235-2

By:

Greninger, Alexander L.;
Messacar, Kevin;
Dunnebacke, Thelma;
Naccache, Samia N.;
Federman, Scot;
Bouquet, Jerome;
Mirsky, David;
Nomura, Yosuke;
Yagi, Shigeo;
Glaser, Carol;
Vollmer, Michael;
Press, Craig A.;
Klenschmidt-DeMasters, Bette K.;
Dominguez, Samuel R.;
Chiu, Charles Y.

Publication type:

Article