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Carlton A. Evans
Researcher at Cayetano Heredia University
Publications - 135
Citations - 8938
Carlton A. Evans is an academic researcher from Cayetano Heredia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tuberculosis & Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 128 publications receiving 7806 citations. Previous affiliations of Carlton A. Evans include Wellcome Trust & Hammersmith Hospital.
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Proposed diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis
O. H. Del Brutto,Vedantam Rajshekhar,A. C. White,Victor C. W. Tsang,Theodore E. Nash,Osvaldo Massaiti Takayanagui,P.M. Schantz,Carlton A. Evans,Ana Flisser,Dolores Correa,D. Botero,J. C. Allan,Elsa Sarti,Armando E. Gonzalez,Robert H. Gilman,Robert H. Gilman,Hector H. Garcia +16 more
TL;DR: Diagnosis of neurocysticercosis is provided based on objective clinical, imaging, immunologic, and epidemiologic data and Interpretation permits two degrees of diagnostic certainty.
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Taenia solium cysticercosis
Hector H. Garcia,Armando E. Gonzalez,Armando E. Gonzalez,Carlton A. Evans,Robert H. Gilman,Robert H. Gilman +5 more
TL;DR: Clinical manifestations vary because of the variable number, size, and location of the cysts and the immune response of the host.
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Microscopic-Observation Drug-Susceptibility Assay for the Diagnosis of TB
David Moore,Carlton A. Evans,Robert H. Gilman,Luz Caviedes,Jorge Coronel,Aldo Vivar,Eduardo García Sánchez,Yvette Piñedo,Juan Carlos Saravia,Cayo Salazar,Richard A. Oberhelman,Maria Graciela Hollm-Delgado,Doris LaChira,A. Roderick Escombe,A. Roderick Escombe,Jon S. Friedland +15 more
TL;DR: A single MODS culture of a sputum sample offers more rapid and sensitive detection of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis than the existing gold-standard methods used.
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Current Consensus Guidelines for Treatment of Neurocysticercosis
Hector H. Garcia,Carlton A. Evans,Carlton A. Evans,Theodore E. Nash,Osvaldo Massaiti Takayanagui,A. Clinton White,David Botero,Vedantam Rajshekhar,Victor C. W. Tsang,Peter M. Schantz,J. C. Allan,Ana Flisser,Dolores Correa,Elsa Sarti,Jon S. Friedland,S. Manuel Martinez,Armando E. Gonzalez,Robert H. Gilman,Robert H. Gilman,Oscar H. Del Brutto +19 more
TL;DR: Overall, four general recommendations were made: individualize therapeutic decisions, including whether to use antiparasitic drugs, based on the number, location, and viability of the parasites within the nervous system.
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The Social Determinants of Tuberculosis: From Evidence to Action
TL;DR: A framework based on the recent World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health and on current understanding of the social determinants of tuberculosis is developed, suggesting interventions from outside the health sector have the potential to strengthen tuberculosis control.