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K. Messacar

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h-index: 36
Works: 130
Citations: 6,232

Most-cited papers

Clinical Metagenomic Sequencing for Diagnosis of Meningitis and Encephalitis
M. Wilson, H. Sample, K. Zorn, Shaun Arevalo +39 more
2019New England Journal of Medicine891 citations Open access
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Laboratory validation of a clinical metagenomic sequencing assay for pathogen detection in cerebrospinal fluid
Steve Miller, S. Naccache, Erik Samayoa, K. Messacar +14 more
2018bioRxiv525 citations Open access
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Clinical, Radiologic, and Prognostic Features of Myelitis Associated With Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Autoantibody
D. Dubey, S. Pittock, Karl N. Krecke, P. Morris +18 more
2019JAMA Neurology354 citations Open access
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Implementation of Rapid Molecular Infectious Disease Diagnostics: the Role of Diagnostic and Antimicrobial Stewardship
K. Messacar, Sarah K. Parker, J. Todd, S. Dominguez
2016Journal of Clinical Microbiology290 citations Open access
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis: A Clinical Review of US Cases 2012–2015
K. Messacar, T. Schreiner, K. V. van Haren, Michele L. Yang +3 more
2016Annals of Neurology205 citations Open access
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Enterovirus D68 and acute flaccid myelitis—evaluating the evidence for causality
K. Messacar, E. Asturias, Alison M. Hixon, C. V. van Leer-Buter +4 more
2018Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)204 citations Open access
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Acute flaccid myelitis: cause, diagnosis, and management
Olwen C. Murphy, K. Messacar, L. Benson, R. Bove +105 more
2020The Lancet124 citations Open access
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Preparing for uncertainty: endemic paediatric viral illnesses after COVID-19 pandemic disruption
K. Messacar, R. Baker, Sang Woo Park, Hai Nguyen-Tran +2 more
2022The Lancet120 citations Open access
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Clinical Impact and Provider Acceptability of Real-Time Antimicrobial Stewardship Decision Support for Rapid Diagnostics in Children With Positive Blood Culture Results
K. Messacar, A. Hurst, J. Child, Kristen Campbell +6 more
2016Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society113 citations Open access
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Pan-viral serology implicates enteroviruses in acute flaccid myelitis
Ryan D. Schubert, I. Hawes, P. Ramachandran, A. Ramesh +42 more
2019Nature Medicine111 citations Open access
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2014 outbreak of enterovirus D68 in North America
K. Messacar, M. Abzug, S. Dominguez
2016Journal of Medical Virology104 citations
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Encephalitis in US Children
K. Messacar, M. Fischer, S. Dominguez, K. Tyler +1 more
2017Infectious Disease Clinics of North America89 citations Open access
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Plasma Microbial Cell-Free DNA Sequencing from over 15,000 Patients Identified a Broad Spectrum of Pathogens
Sarah Y. Park, Eliza Chang, N. Ledeboer, K. Messacar +7 more
2023Journal of Clinical Microbiology85 citations Open access
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Clinical characteristics of enterovirus A71 neurological disease during an outbreak in children in Colorado, USA, in 2018: an observational cohort study
K. Messacar, Emily Spence-Davizon, Christina M. Osborne, Craig A. Press +16 more
2019Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)85 citations Open access
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Shifting Epidemiology and Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Suchitra Rao, Isaac O. Armistead, K. Messacar, N. Alden +3 more
2023JAMA pediatrics81 citations Open access
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Outcomes of Colorado children with acute flaccid myelitis at 1 year
Jan A. Martin, K. Messacar, Michele L. Yang, J. Maloney +8 more
2017Neurology75 citations Open access
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The Emergence of Enterovirus-D68
K. Messacar, M. Abzug, S. Dominguez
2016Microbiology spectrum64 citations
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Epidemiological dynamics of enterovirus D68 in the United States and implications for acute flaccid myelitis
Sang Woo Park, M. Pons-Salort, K. Messacar, Camille V. Cook +3 more
2021Science Translational Medicine60 citations Open access
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Clinical Subpopulations in a Sample of North American Children Diagnosed With Acute Flaccid Myelitis, 2012-2016
Matthew J. Elrick, Eliza Gordon-Lipkin, T. Crawford, K. V. van Haren +12 more
2019JAMA pediatrics55 citations Open access
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Understanding Enterovirus D68-Induced Neurologic Disease: A Basic Science Review
Alison M. Hixon, J. Frost, Michael J. Rudy, K. Messacar +2 more
2019Viruses53 citations Open access
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Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of fluoxetine as an antiviral for acute flaccid myelitis
K. Messacar, Stefan Sillau, Sarah E. Hopkins, Catherine Otten +22 more
2018Neurology53 citations Open access
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Continued biennial circulation of enterovirus D68 in Colorado.
K. Messacar, K. Pretty, Samantha Reno, S. Dominguez
2019Journal of Clinical Virology50 citations
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Improvement in treatment abandonment in pediatric patients with cancer in Guatemala
Elysia M. Alvarez, Midori J. Seppa, Silvia Rivas, L. Fuentes +10 more
2017Pediatric Blood & Cancer48 citations Open access
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Enterovirus-D68 – A Reemerging Non-Polio Enterovirus that Causes Severe Respiratory and Neurological Disease in Children
Cassandra S Grizer, K. Messacar, J. Mattapallil
2024Frontiers in Virology45 citations Open access
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Surveillance for Enterovirus D68 in Colorado Children Reveals Continued Circulation
K. Messacar, C. Robinson, K. Pretty, Ji Yuan +1 more
2017Journal of Clinical Virology40 citations Open access
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Improving antimicrobial use through better diagnosis: The relationship between diagnostic stewardship and antimicrobial stewardship
Tsun Sheng N. Ku, M. Al Mohajer, James A. Newton, Marie H. Wilson +8 more
2023Infection control and hospital epidemiology38 citations Open access
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis-Keys to Diagnosis, Questions About Treatment, and Future Directions.
Sarah E. Hopkins, Matthew J. Elrick, K. Messacar
2019JAMA pediatrics36 citations
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Clinical and Financial Impact of a Diagnostic Stewardship Program for Children with Suspected Central Nervous System Infection
K. Messacar, C. Palmer, LiseAnne Gregoire, Audrey Elliott +4 more
2022Jornal de Pediatria30 citations Open access
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Notes from the Field: Enterovirus A71 Neurologic Disease in Children — Colorado, 2018
K. Messacar, Alexis Burakoff, W. A. Nix, Shannon L. Rogers +5 more
2018MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report30 citations Open access
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Enterovirus D68–Associated Acute Flaccid Myelitis
K. Messacar, K. Tyler
2019Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)28 citations Open access
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A Handshake From Antimicrobial Stewardship Opens Doors for Infectious Disease Consultations
K. Messacar, Kristen Campbell, Kelly M. Pearce, L. Pyle +3 more
2017Clinical Infectious Diseases28 citations Open access
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Hospitalized Children With Encephalitis in the United States: A Pediatric Health Information System Database Study.
D. Bagdure, J. Custer, Suchitra Rao, K. Messacar +3 more
2016Pediatric Neurology27 citations
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis Associated With Enterovirus D68: A Review
A. Christy, K. Messacar
2019Journal of Child Neurology23 citations
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Enterovirus-D68 in Critically Ill Children: a Comparison with Pandemic H1N1 Influenza
Suchitra Rao, K. Messacar, M. Torok, Anne-Marie Rick +9 more
2016Pediatric Critical Care Medicine23 citations Open access
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Multimodal Surveillance Model for Enterovirus D68 Respiratory Disease and Acute Flaccid Myelitis among Children in Colorado, USA, 2022
K. Messacar, S. Matzinger, Kevin Berg, Kirsten Weisbeck +9 more
2024Emerging Infectious Diseases21 citations Open access
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Enterovirus D68: a test case for the use of immunological surveillance to develop tools to mitigate the pandemic potential of emerging pathogens
Hai Nguyen-Tran, Sang Woo Park, K. Messacar, S. Dominguez +9 more
2022The Lancet Microbe21 citations Open access
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Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes Among Children With Acute Flaccid Myelitis: A Population-based Cohort Study in a California Health Network Between 2011 and 2016.
Miranda Kane, C. Sonne, Shiyun Zhu, Amit Malhotra +3 more
2019The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal21 citations
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Two Blood Cultures With Age-Appropriate Volume Enhance Suspected Sepsis Decision-Making
P. Tran, E. Dowell, Stacey L. Hamilton, S. Dolan +3 more
2020Open Forum Infectious Diseases20 citations Open access
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A state-wide assessment of the association between epidural analgesia, maternal fever and neonatal antibiotics in Colorado, 2007–2012
Alice E. White, Daniel Olson, K. Messacar
2016Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition20 citations
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Impact of FilmArray Meningitis Encephalitis Panel on HSV Testing and Empiric Acyclovir Use in Children Beyond the Neonatal Period
K. Messacar, James T. Gaensbauer, M. Birkholz, C. Palmer +3 more
2020Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease19 citations Open access
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Resource Burden During the 2014 Enterovirus D68 Respiratory Disease Outbreak at Children's Hospital Colorado: An Unexpected Strain.
K. Messacar, S. Hawkins, Joyce A Baker, Kelly M. Pearce +3 more
2016JAMA pediatrics19 citations Open access
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Predicting the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 on Mycoplasma pneumoniae in the United States
Sang Woo Park, Brooklyn Noble, Emily Howerton, B. F. Nielsen +5 more
2024medRxiv16 citations Open access
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Enterovirus D68 Subclade B3 in Children with Acute Flaccid Paralysis in West Africa, 2016
Amary Fall, Ndack Ndiaye, K. Messacar, O. Kébé +9 more
2020Emerging Infectious Diseases15 citations Open access
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Plasma Microbial Cell-free DNA Sequencing from Over 15,000 Patients Identified a Broad Spectrum of Pathogens
S. Y. Park, E. Chang, N. Ledeboer, K. Messacar +6 more
2023medRxiv14 citations Open access
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A new densovirus in cerebrospinal fluid of a case of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
Tung Phan, K. Messacar, S. Dominguez, A. D. da Costa +2 more
2016Archives of Virology13 citations Open access
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Clinical impact of pleural fluid Streptococcus pneumoniae PCR testing in children with complicated pneumonia.
Erin C Ho, Kaitlin E. Olson, Molly Butler, Meghan C. Birkholz +6 more
2024Clinical Infectious Diseases11 citations Open access
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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.
Sang Woo Park, K. Messacar, Daniel C. Douek, A. Spaulding +2 more
2023Epidemics11 citations Open access
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Duration of Enterovirus D68 RNA Shedding in the Upper Respiratory Tract and Transmission among Household Contacts, Colorado, USA
Hai Nguyen-Tran, Careese Thompson, Molly Butler, Kristen Miller +7 more
2023Emerging Infectious Diseases9 citations Open access
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Blood PCR testing for enteroviruses in young children.
K. Messacar, S. Dominguez
2018Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)9 citations
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Return of the Biennial Circulation of Enterovirus D68 in Colorado Children in 2024 Following the Large 2022 Outbreak
Hai Nguyen-Tran, Molly Butler, Dennis Simmons, S. Dominguez +1 more
2025Viruses8 citations Open access
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