KevinBrettMessacarMD

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• Predicting the impact of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical intervention on short- and medium-term dynamics of enterovirus D68 in the US.
  Park, S., Douek, D., Spaulding, A., Metcalf, C., Grenfell, B., Messacar, K.> ;Epidemics. 2024 Mar 1
• Gaps in diagnosing suspected infection in immunocompromised children with cancer: A systematic review.
  Sarah Y Park, Nicole G Coufal, Samuel R Dominguez, Lauge Farnaes, Kevin Messacar, Frederick D Goldman> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2024 Feb 1
• 5 citations
  Improving antimicrobial use through better diagnosis: The relationship between diagnostic stewardship and antimicrobial stewardship.
  Tsun Sheng N Ku, Mayar Al Mohajer, James A Newton, Marie H Wilson, Elizabeth Monsees, Mary K Hayden, Kevin Messacar, Jamie J Kisgen, Daniel J Diekema, Daniel J Morgan,...> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2023 Dec 1
• 9 citations
  Plasma Microbial Cell-Free DNA Sequencing from over 15,000 Patients Identified a Broad Spectrum of Pathogens.
  Sarah Y Park, Eliza J Chang, Nathan Ledeboer, Kevin Messacar, Martin S Lindner, Shivkumar Venkatasubrahmanyam, Judith C Wilber, Marla Lay Vaughn, Sivan Bercovici, Brad...> ;Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2023 Aug 23
• 2 citations
  Qualitative detection of enterovirus D68 from PrimeStore® molecular transport medium: implications for home- and self-collection.
  Samantha Reno, Eric Mwangi, Marta Mentel, Randy Hengartner, Samuel R Dominguez, Kevin Messacar, Sarah A Jung, Nguyen-Tran, H.> ;Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 2023 Aug 1
• 21 citations
  Shifting Epidemiology and Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Suchitra Rao, Isaac Armistead, Kevin Messacar, Nisha B Alden, Emma Schmoll, Elizabeth Austin, Samuel R Dominguez> ;JAMA Pediatrics. 2023 Jul 1
• Perspectives on Diagnosis and Management of All-Cause Encephalitis: A National Survey of Adult Infectious Diseases Physicians.
  Marion Le Maréchal, Luisa A Diaz-Arias, Susan E Beekmann, Philip Polgreen, Kevin Messacar, Allan R Tunkel, Kiran T Thakur, Arun Venkatesan> ;Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2023 Apr 1
• 1 citations
  Acute Liver Failure in a Child With Adenovirus Detected by PCR in the Explanted Liver.
  Julia M Boster, Samuel R Dominguez, Kevin Messacar, Megan Adams, Adriana Weinberg, Jennifer O Black, Amy G Feldman> ;Pediatrics. 2023 Feb 1
• 33 citations
  Preparing for uncertainty: endemic paediatric viral illnesses after COVID-19 pandemic disruption.
  Kevin Messacar, Rachel E Baker, Sang Woo Park, Jessica R Cataldi, Bryan Grenfell, Nguyen-Tran, H.> ;Lancet. 2022 Nov 12
• 8 citations
  Clinical and Financial Impact of a Diagnostic Stewardship Program for Children with Suspected Central Nervous System Infection.
  Kevin Messacar, Claire Palmer, LiseAnne Gregoire, Audrey Elliott, Elizabeth Ackley, Marcelo C Perraillon, Kenneth L Tyler, Samuel R Dominguez> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2022 May 1
• 3 citations
  Preventing enterovirus A71 disease: another promising vaccine for children.
  Kevin Messacar, Nguyen-Tran, H.> ;Lancet. 2022 Apr 30
• 7 citations
  Enterovirus D68: a test case for the use of immunological surveillance to develop tools to mitigate the pandemic potential of emerging pathogens.
  Sang Woo Park, Kevin Messacar, Samuel R Dominguez, Matthew R Vogt, Sallie Permar, Perdita Permaul, Michelle Hernandez, Daniel C Douek, Adrian B McDermott, C Jessica E ...> ;The Lancet. Microbe. 2022 Feb 1
• 11 citations
  Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for Diagnosis of Pediatric Meningitis and Encephalitis: A Review.
  Kelly Graff, Samuel R Dominguez, Kevin Messacar> ;Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2021 Dec 24
• Author Correction: Pan-viral serology implicates enteroviruses in acute flaccid myelitis.
  Ryan D. Schubert, Isobel A. Hawes, Prashanth S. Ramachandran, Akshaya Ramesh, Emily D. Crawford, John E. Pak, Wesley Wu, Carly K. Cheung, Brian D. O’Donovan, Cristina ...> ;Nature Medicine. 2021 Sep 21
• 29 citations
  Epidemiological dynamics of enterovirus D68 in the United States and implications for acute flaccid myelitis.
  Sang Woo Park, Margarita Pons-Salort, Kevin Messacar, Camille V Cook, Lindsay Meyers, Jeremy Farrar, Bryan T. Grenfell> ;Science Translational Medicine. 2021 Mar 10
• 60 citations
  Acute flaccid myelitis: cause, diagnosis, and management.
  Olwen C. Murphy, Kevin Messacar, Leslie Benson, Riley Bove, Jessica L. Carpenter, Thomas O. Crawford, Janet Dean, Roberta L. DeBiasi, Jay Desai, Matthew J. Elrick, Raq...> ;Lancet. 2021 Jan 23
• 2 citations
  Variability in the Use of Novel Diagnostic Technology in Children With Suspected Encephalitis and in the Management of Emerging Encephalitides by Pediatric Infectious ...
  Walter Dehority, Andrew B. Janowski, Kevin Messacar, Philip M. Polgreen, Susan E. Beekmann> ;Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2020 Dec 21
• Evaluation for Arboviral Infection Among Children Hospitalized in Colorado With Aseptic Meningitis and Encephalitis.
  Carolyn V. Gould, Kevin Messacar, Samuel R. Dominguez, Amanda J. Panella, Farrell A Tobolowsky, Marc Fischer> ;The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2020 Nov 1
• 6 citations
  Enterovirus D68 Subclade B3 in Children with Acute Flaccid Paralysis in West Africa, 2016.
  Amary Fall, Ndack Ndiaye, Kevin Messacar, Ousmane Kebe, Mamadou Malado Jallow, Hamid Harouna, Davy Evrard Kiori, Sara Sy, Déborah Goudiaby, Mohamed Dia, Mbayame Ndiaye...> ;Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2020 Sep 1
• 12 citations
  Impact of FilmArray meningitis encephalitis panel on HSV testing and empiric acyclovir use in children beyond the neonatal period.
  Kevin Messacar, James Gaensbauer, Meghan Birkholz, Claire Palmer, Jim Todd, Kenneth L. Tyler, Samuel R. Dominguez> ;Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 2020 Aug 1
• 3 citations
  Epidemiological dynamics of enterovirus D68 in the US: implications for acute flaccid myelitis.
  Sang Woo Park, Jeremy Farrar, Kevin Messacar, Lindsay Meyers, Margarita Pons-Salort, Bryan T. Grenfell> ;Medrxiv. 2020 Jul 29
• 3 citations
  Foreign Body Esophageal Perforation Leading to Multifocal Brain Abscesses: A Case Report.
  Priya V. Shah, Joseph Wathen, Jill Keyes, Christina Osborne, Kevin Messacar, Nicholas V. Stence, Kathryn Kothari> ;The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2020 Jul 18
• 10 citations
  Neurologic Manifestations of Influenza A(H3N2) Infection in Children During the 2016–2017 Season
  Suchitra Rao, Jan Martin, M Alex Ahearn, Christina Osborne, Angela Moss, Amanda F. Dempsey, Samuel R. Dominguez, Adriana Weinberg, Kevin Messacar> ;Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2020 Feb 28
• 56 citations
  Clinical characteristics of enterovirus A71 neurological disease during an outbreak in children in Colorado, USA, in 2018: an observational cohort study
  Kevin Messacar, Emily Spence-Davizon, Christina Osborne, Craig A. Press, Teri Schreiner, Jan Martin, Ricka Messer, John A Maloney, Alexis Burakoff, Meghan Barnes, Shan...> ;The Lancet. Infectious Diseases. 2020 Feb 1
• 12 citations
  Two Blood Cultures With Age-Appropriate Volume Enhance Suspected Sepsis Decision-Making.
  Paul Tran, Elaine Dowell, Stacey Hamilton, Susan A. Dolan, Kevin Messacar, Samuel R. Dominguez, Jim Todd> ;Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2020 Jan 27
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Lectures

• Acute Flaccid Myelitis 
  National Conference & Exhibition 2019 - American Academy of Pediatrics - New Orleans, LA - 10/28/2019