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Dick Menzies

Dick Menzies

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Overview

Dick Menzies is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on infectious diseases and epidemiology.

The scientist's research spans several interconnected subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Surgery, Statistics and Probability, and Oncology. Within these areas, the main topics addressed in their work are:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
  • Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

The recent publications by Dick Menzies include the following papers:

  • "Diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for covid-19: systematic review and meta-analysis," 2020, BMJ
  • "Guidelines for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, 2020," 2020, MMWR Recommendations and Reports
  • "Proportion of asymptomatic infection among COVID-19 positive persons and their transmission potential: A systematic review and meta-analysis," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Drug-associated adverse events in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis," 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • "The Sensitivity and Costs of Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Infection With Saliva Versus Nasopharyngeal Swabs," 2021, Annals of Internal Medicine

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Dick Menzies are:

  • Jonathon R. Campbell
  • Olivia Oxlade
  • Mayara Lisboa Bastos
  • Federica Fregonese
  • Anete Trajman

Regarding dissemination venues, Dick Menzies has published multiple articles in the following journals and presses:

  • Canadian Journal of Respiratory Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
  • PLoS Medicine
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Systematic review: T-cell-based assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection: an update.

    Madhukar Pai;Alice Zwerling;Dick Menzies

  • Three Months of Rifapentine and Isoniazid for Latent Tuberculosis Infection

    Timothy R. Sterling;M. Elsa Villarino;Andrey S. Borisov;Nong Shang

  • Incidence of Serious Side Effects from First-Line Antituberculosis Drugs among Patients Treated for Active Tuberculosis

    Daphne Yee;Chantal Valiquette;Marthe Pelletier;Isabelle Parisien

  • Diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for covid-19: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Mayara Lisboa Bastos;Mayara Lisboa Bastos;Gamuchirai Tavaziva;Syed Kunal Abidi;Jonathon R. Campbell;Jonathon R. Campbell

  • Tuberculosis among Health-Care Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

    Rajnish Joshi;Arthur L Reingold;Dick Menzies;Madhukar Pai

  • Risk of Clostridium difficile diarrhea among hospital inpatients prescribed proton pump inhibitors: cohort and case–control studies

    Sandra Dial;Khalid Alrasadi;Chantal Manoukian;Allen Huang

  • The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis

    Keertan Dheda;Tawanda Gumbo;Gary Maartens;Kelly E. Dooley

  • Management of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: WHO guidelines for low tuberculosis burden countries.

    Haileyesus Getahun;Alberto Matteelli;Ibrahim Abubakar;Mohamed Abdel Aziz

  • Multidrug Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment Regimens and Patient Outcomes: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of 9,153 Patients

    Shama D. Ahuja;David Ashkin;Monika Avendano;Rita Banerjee

  • The BCG World Atlas: A Database of Global BCG Vaccination Policies and Practices

    Alice Zwerling;Marcel A. Behr;Marcel A. Behr;Aman Verma;Timothy F. Brewer

  • Predictive value of interferon-γ release assays for incident active tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Molebogeng X Rangaka;Molebogeng X Rangaka;Katalin A Wilkinson;Katalin A Wilkinson;Judith R Glynn;Daphne Ling

  • Biomarkers and diagnostics for tuberculosis: progress, needs, and translation into practice

    Robert S Wallis;Madhukar Pai;Madhukar Pai;Dick Menzies;Dick Menzies;T Mark Doherty

  • Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study.

    Rachael A Evans;Hamish McAuley;Ewen M Harrison;Aarti Shikotra

  • Treatment correlates of successful outcomes in pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis

    Nafees Ahmad;Shama D Ahuja;Onno W Akkerman

  • Resistance to fluoroquinolones and second-line injectable drugs: impact on multidrug-resistant TB outcomes

    Dennis Falzon;Neel Gandhi;Giovanni B. Migliori;Giovanni Sotgiu

  • The cascade of care in diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Hannah Alsdurf;Philip C Hill;Alberto Matteelli;Haileyesus Getahun

  • Management of patients with multidrug-resistant/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe: a TBNET consensus statement

    Christoph Lange;Ibrahim Abubakar;Jan Willem C. Alffenaar;Graham Bothamley

  • Serial testing of health care workers for tuberculosis using interferon-γ assay

    Madhukar Pai;Rajnish Joshi;Sandeep Dogra;Deepak K. Mendiratta

  • Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis. An Official ATS/CDC/ERS/IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline

    Payam Nahid;Sundari R. Mase;Giovanni Battista Migliori;Giovanni Sotgiu

  • Heterogeneous Antibody Responses in Tuberculosis

    Konstantin Lyashchenko;Roberto Colangeli;Michel Houde;Hamdan Al Jahdali

Frequent Co-Authors

Madhukar Pai
Madhukar Pai McGill University
Marcel A. Behr
Marcel A. Behr McGill University
Giovanni Battista Migliori
Giovanni Battista Migliori Queen Mary University of London
Giovanni Sotgiu
Giovanni Sotgiu University of Sassari
Philip C. Hill
Philip C. Hill University of Otago
Christoph Lange
Christoph Lange University of Lübeck
Keertan Dheda
Keertan Dheda University of Cape Town
Jean Bourbeau
Jean Bourbeau McGill University
Edward D. Chan
Edward D. Chan National Jewish Health
Helen Cox
Helen Cox University of Cape Town

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