Michele Tomasicchio

Affiliations

Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
UCT Lung Institute & South African MRC/UCT Centre for the Study of Antimicrobial Resistance, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Publications (14)

An Optimal Diagnostic Strategy for Tuberculosis in Hospitalized HIV-Infected Patients Using GeneXpert MTB/RIF and Alere Determine TB LAM Ag.

Journal of clinical microbiology

Avec: Aliasgar Esmail , Anil Pooran , Natasha F Sabur , Mohammed Fadul , Mantaj S Brar , Suzette Oelofse , Michele Tomasicchio , Keertan Dheda

The Injectable Contraceptive Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Attenuates Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific Host Immunity Through the Glucocorticoid Receptor.

The Journal of infectious diseases

Avec: Michele Tomasicchio , Malika Davids , Anil Pooran , Grant Theron , Liezel Smith , Lynn Semple , Richard Meldau , Janet Patricia Hapgood , Keertan Dheda

Intensive Care Unit Sluice Room Sinks as Reservoirs and Sources of Potential Transmission of Carbapenem-Resistant Bacteria in a South African Tertiary Care Hospital.

Infection and drug resistance

Avec: Khelan R Dheda , Chad M Centner , Lindsay Wilson , Anil Pooran , Shireen Grimwood , Yonas T Ghebrekristos , Suzette Oelofse , Ivan A Joubert , Aliasgar Esmail , Michele Tomasicchio

The contraceptive medroxyprogesterone acetate, unlike norethisterone, directly increases R5 HIV-1 infection in human cervical explant tissue at physiologically relevant concentrations.

Scientific reports

Avec: Roslyn M Ray , Michelle F Maritz , Chanel Avenant , Michele Tomasicchio , Sigcinile Dlamini , Zephne van der Spuy , Janet P Hapgood

The Frequency and Effect of Granulocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells on Mycobacterial Survival in Patients With Tuberculosis: A Preliminary Report.

Frontiers in immunology

Avec: Malika Davids , Anil Pooran , Liezel Smith , Michele Tomasicchio , Keertan Dheda

α1-Antitrypsin Binds to the Glucocorticoid Receptor with Anti-Inflammatory and Antimycobacterial Significance in Macrophages.

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)

Avec: Xiyuan Bai , An Bai , Michele Tomasicchio , James R Hagman , Ashley M Buckle , Arnav Gupta , Vineela Kadiyala , Shaun Bevers , Karina A Serban , Kevin Kim , Zhihong Feng , Kathrin Spendier , Guy Hagen , Lorelenn Fornis , David E Griffith , Monika Dzieciatkowska , Robert A Sandhaus , Anthony N Gerber , Edward D Chan

An autologous dendritic cell vaccine polarizes a Th-1 response which is tumoricidal to patient-derived breast cancer cells.

Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII

Avec: Michele Tomasicchio , Lynn Semple , Aliasgar Esmail , Richard Meldau , Philippa Randall , Anil Pooran , Malika Davids , Lydia Cairncross , David Anderson , Jennifer Downs , Francois Malherbe , Nicolas Novitzky , Eugenio Panieri , Suzette Oelofse , Rolanda Londt , Thurandrie Naiker , Keertan Dheda

Differential RD-1-specific IFN-γ host responses to diverse Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in HIV-uninfected persons may be explained by genotypic variation in the ESX-1 region.

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases

Avec: Michele Tomasicchio , Jason Limberis , Ruben van der Merwe , Rachael Jacobson , Richard Meldau , Grant Theron , Mark Nicol , Rob Warren , Keertan Dheda

Comparison of Xpert MTB/RIF (G4) and Xpert Ultra, including trace readouts, for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in a TB and HIV endemic setting.

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases

Avec: Aliasgar Esmail , Michele Tomasicchio , Richard Meldau , Edson Makambwa , Keertan Dheda

SARS-CoV-2 Viral Replication Persists in the Human Lung for Several Weeks after Symptom Onset.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

Avec: Michele Tomasicchio , Shameem Jaumdally , Lindsay Wilson , Andrea Kotze , Lynn Semple , Stuart Meier , Anil Pooran , Aliasgar Esmail , Komala Pillay , Riyaadh Roberts , Raymond Kriel , Richard Meldau , Suzette Oelofse , Carley Mandviwala , Jessica Burns , Rolanda Londt , Malika Davids , Charnay van der Merwe , Aqeedah Roomaney , Louié Kühn , Tahlia Perumal , Alex J Scott , Martin J Hale , Vicky Baillie , Sana Mahtab , Carolyn Williamson , Rageema Joseph , Alex Sigal , Ivan Joubert , Jenna Piercy , David Thomson , David L Fredericks , Malcolm Ga Miller , Marta C Nunes , Shabir A Madhi , Keertan Dheda

Frequency, kinetics and determinants of viable SARS-CoV-2 in bioaerosols from ambulatory COVID-19 patients infected with the Beta, Delta or Omicron variants.

Nature communications

Avec: S Jaumdally , M Tomasicchio , A Pooran , A Esmail , A Kotze , S Meier , L Wilson , S Oelofse , C van der Merwe , A Roomaney , M Davids , T Suliman , R Joseph , T Perumal , A Scott , M Shaw , W Preiser , C Williamson , A Goga , E Mayne , G Gray , P Moore , A Sigal , J Limberis , J Metcalfe , K Dheda

GeneXpert MTB/RIF Ultra vs Unstimulated Interferon γ (IRISA-TB) for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pericarditis in a Tuberculosis-Endemic Setting.

Open forum infectious diseases

Avec: Philippa Randall , Aliasgar Esmail , Lindsay Wilson , Edson Makambwa , Anil Pooran , Michele Tomasicchio , Keertan Dheda , Mpiko Ntsekhe

Increased HIV-1 infection in PBMCs treated in vitro with menstrual cycle phase hormones or medroxyprogesterone acetate likely occurs via different mechanisms.

American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989)

Avec: Alexis J Bick , Chanel Avenant , Michele Tomasicchio , Zephne van der Spuy , Janet P Hapgood

Comparison of two diagnostic intervention packages for community-based active case finding for tuberculosis: an open-label randomized controlled trial.

Nature medicine

Avec: Aliasgar Esmail , Philippa Randall , Suzette Oelofse , Michele Tomasicchio , Anil Pooran , Richard Meldau , Edson Makambwa , Lynelle Mottay , Shameem Jaumdally , Gregory Calligaro , Stuart Meier , Marianna de Kock , Tawanda Gumbo , Robin Mark Warren , Keertan Dheda

Réseau de co-auteurs

Keertan Dheda 9 collaborations

Anil Pooran 8 collaborations

Aliasgar Esmail 7 collaborations

Richard Meldau 6 collaborations

Suzette Oelofse 5 collaborations

Malika Davids 4 collaborations

Lynn Semple 3 collaborations

Lindsay Wilson 3 collaborations

Philippa Randall 3 collaborations

Edson Makambwa 3 collaborations

Grant Theron 2 collaborations

Liezel Smith 2 collaborations

Chanel Avenant 2 collaborations

Zephne van der Spuy 2 collaborations

Janet P Hapgood 2 collaborations

Rolanda Londt 2 collaborations

Shameem Jaumdally 2 collaborations

Stuart Meier 2 collaborations

Natasha F Sabur 1 collaboration

Mohammed Fadul 1 collaboration

Mantaj S Brar 1 collaboration

Janet Patricia Hapgood 1 collaboration

Khelan R Dheda 1 collaboration

Chad M Centner 1 collaboration

Shireen Grimwood 1 collaboration

Yonas T Ghebrekristos 1 collaboration

Ivan A Joubert 1 collaboration

Roslyn M Ray 1 collaboration

Michelle F Maritz 1 collaboration

Sigcinile Dlamini 1 collaboration

Xiyuan Bai 1 collaboration

An Bai 1 collaboration

James R Hagman 1 collaboration

Ashley M Buckle 1 collaboration

Arnav Gupta 1 collaboration

Vineela Kadiyala 1 collaboration

Shaun Bevers 1 collaboration

Karina A Serban 1 collaboration

Kevin Kim 1 collaboration

Zhihong Feng 1 collaboration

Kathrin Spendier 1 collaboration

Guy Hagen 1 collaboration

Lorelenn Fornis 1 collaboration

David E Griffith 1 collaboration

Monika Dzieciatkowska 1 collaboration

Robert A Sandhaus 1 collaboration

Anthony N Gerber 1 collaboration

Edward D Chan 1 collaboration

Lydia Cairncross 1 collaboration

David Anderson 1 collaboration

Jennifer Downs 1 collaboration

Francois Malherbe 1 collaboration

Nicolas Novitzky 1 collaboration

Eugenio Panieri 1 collaboration

Thurandrie Naiker 1 collaboration

Jason Limberis 1 collaboration

Ruben van der Merwe 1 collaboration

Rachael Jacobson 1 collaboration

Mark Nicol 1 collaboration

Rob Warren 1 collaboration

Andrea Kotze 1 collaboration

Komala Pillay 1 collaboration

Riyaadh Roberts 1 collaboration

Raymond Kriel 1 collaboration

Carley Mandviwala 1 collaboration

Jessica Burns 1 collaboration

Charnay van der Merwe 1 collaboration

Aqeedah Roomaney 1 collaboration

Louié Kühn 1 collaboration

Tahlia Perumal 1 collaboration

Alex J Scott 1 collaboration

Martin J Hale 1 collaboration

Vicky Baillie 1 collaboration

Sana Mahtab 1 collaboration

Carolyn Williamson 1 collaboration

Rageema Joseph 1 collaboration

Alex Sigal 1 collaboration

Ivan Joubert 1 collaboration

Jenna Piercy 1 collaboration

David Thomson 1 collaboration

David L Fredericks 1 collaboration

Malcolm Ga Miller 1 collaboration

Marta C Nunes 1 collaboration

Shabir A Madhi 1 collaboration

S Jaumdally 1 collaboration

M Tomasicchio 1 collaboration

A Pooran 1 collaboration

A Esmail 1 collaboration

A Kotze 1 collaboration

S Meier 1 collaboration

L Wilson 1 collaboration

S Oelofse 1 collaboration

C van der Merwe 1 collaboration

A Roomaney 1 collaboration

M Davids 1 collaboration

T Suliman 1 collaboration

R Joseph 1 collaboration

T Perumal 1 collaboration

A Scott 1 collaboration

M Shaw 1 collaboration

W Preiser 1 collaboration

C Williamson 1 collaboration

A Goga 1 collaboration

E Mayne 1 collaboration

G Gray 1 collaboration

P Moore 1 collaboration

A Sigal 1 collaboration

J Limberis 1 collaboration

J Metcalfe 1 collaboration

K Dheda 1 collaboration

Mpiko Ntsekhe 1 collaboration

Alexis J Bick 1 collaboration

Lynelle Mottay 1 collaboration

Gregory Calligaro 1 collaboration

Marianna de Kock 1 collaboration

Tawanda Gumbo 1 collaboration

Robin Mark Warren 1 collaboration