Brian A. Kendall
University of Utah
17 Papers
45 Citations
Brian A. Kendall is an academic researcher from University of Utah. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Nontuberculous mycobacteria. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 16 publications. Previous affiliations of Brian A. Kendall include Veterans Health Administration & Providence Portland Medical Center.
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Papers
Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease Prevalence and Clinical Features An Emerging Public Health Disease
Kevin L. Winthrop,Erin McNelley,Brian A. Kendall,Allison Marshall-Olson,Christy Morris,Maureen Cassidy,Ashlen Saulson,Katrina Hedberg +7 more
TL;DR: The ATS/IDSA microbiologic criteria are highly predictive of disease and could be useful for laboratory-based NTM disease surveillance.
Update on the epidemiology of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infections.
TL;DR: The incidence of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has been reported to be increasing, yet formal epidemiological evaluation of this notion has been lacking until recently and epidemiological data are not readily available.
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A community-based outbreak of severe respiratory illness caused by human adenovirus serotype 14.
Paul Lewis,Mark A. Schmidt,Xiaoyan Lu,Dean D. Erdman,Mary Campbell,Ann Thomas,Paul R. Cieslak,La Donna Grenz,Laura Tsaknardis,Curt A. Gleaves,Brian A. Kendall,David N. Gilbert +11 more
TL;DR: Investigation of a community-based outbreak that had substantial morbidity caused primarily by Ad14, an uncommon serotype, in Oregon found older age, chronic underlying condition, low absolute lymphocyte counts, and elevated creatinine levels were associated with severe illness.
Distinguishing tuberculosis from nontuberculous mycobacteria lung disease, Oregon, USA
Brian A. Kendall,Cara D. Varley,Dongseok Choi,P. Maureen Cassidy,Katrina Hedberg,Mary A. Ware,Kevin L. Winthrop +6 more
TL;DR: The finding that age, birthplace, and presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease could differentiate TB and NTM disease could assist tuberculosis control efforts.
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Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria from the sputum of patients with active tuberculosis.
TL;DR: Tuberculous mycobacteria in the sputum of patients diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis in Oregon in 2005-2006 were found to be more likely to have cavitary disease and be born in the United States.
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