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Nancy Gail Henshaw

Nancy Gail Henshaw

Assistant Professor of Pathology
Pathology
hensh001@mc.duke.edu
Box 3560 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
116 CARL Bldg, Durham, NC 27710
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Selected Publications

Hemorrhagic Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Nephritis: An Unusual Cause of Acute Allograft Dysfunction.

Journal Article Am J Transplant · January 2017 Interstitial nephritis due to viruses is well-described after solid organ transplantation. Viruses implicated include cytomegalovirus; BK polyomavirus; Epstein-Barr virus; and, less commonly, adenovirus. We describe a rare case of hemorrhagic allograft nep ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Diagnosis of human congenital cytomegalovirus infection by amplification of viral DNA from dried blood spots on perinatal cards.

Journal Article J Mol Diagn · May 2006 Congenital human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection affects 1% of children and is the most common infectious cause of sensorineural hearing loss. Due to the difficulty of diagnosing deafness and other neurological disorders in infants, affected individuals m ... Full text Link to item Cite

Detection of Pneumocystis jiroveci in respiratory specimens by four staining methods.

Journal Article J Clin Microbiol · July 2004 We examined four staining methods on replicate smears of 313 respiratory specimens submitted for Pneumocystis jiroveci examination. The sensitivity and specificity of Calcofluor white stain (CW) were 73.8 and 99.6%, respectively. The sensitivity and specif ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development, implementation, and impact of acceptability criteria for serologic tests for infectious diseases.

Journal Article J Clin Microbiol · February 2004 Serologic testing is essential for the diagnosis of some infectious diseases and yet is fraught with potential pitfalls. All parts of the diagnostic process must be optimized to ensure that serologic tests perform adequately. Recognizing that a lack of cli ... Full text Link to item Cite

Influenza pneumonia in lung transplant recipients: clinical features and association with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.

Journal Article Chest · April 2001 Influenza infection is increasingly recognized to cause significant morbidity and mortality in the community, especially in pediatric patients and elderly persons. Influenza infection, however, has not been well described among thoracic organ transplant re ... Full text Link to item Cite

Respiratory viral infections in lung transplant recipients: radiologic findings with clinical correlation.

Journal Article Radiology · December 1999 PURPOSE: To evaluate radiologic finding of respiratory viral infection in lung transplant recipients with clinical correlation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Over 5 years, 21 episodes of respiratory viral infection (parainfluenza [n = 9], respiratory syncytial vi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Community respiratory viral infection in adult lung transplant recipients.

Journal Article Chest · April 1998 STUDY OBJECTIVE: To define the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and long-term complications of respiratory viral infections in adult lung transplant recipients. DESIGN: Retrospective review of the records of 122 adult lung transplant recipients over ... Full text Link to item Cite