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Melissa Cutshaw

Melissa Cutshaw

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Medicine, Infectious Diseases
melissa.cutshaw@duke.edu
2424 Erwin Road, Hock I, Suite 702, Room 7058, Box 2709, Durham, NC 27710
2424 Erwin Road, Hock I, Suite 702, Room 7058, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Publications

Bartonella henselae tricuspid valve endocarditis presenting as fever of unknown origin

Journal Article BMJ Case Reports · February 2026 Cat scratch disease (CSD), caused by Bartonella henselae , is an uncommon cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO) and rarely presents with visceral organ involve ... Full text Cite

Virtual adaptation of a nurse-driven strategy to improve blood pressure control among people with HIV.

Journal Article HIV Res Clin Pract · December 2025 People with HIV are at increased risk of cardiovascular events; thus, care delivery strategies that increase access to comprehensive cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk management are a priority. We report the results of a multi-component telemedicine-based ... Full text Link to item Cite

Congenital transmission of Chagas disease by vector circulation zone in Bolivia.

Journal Article PLoS neglected tropical diseases · October 2025 BackgroundBolivia has one of the highest burdens of Chagas disease. Transmission is most common through the triatomine bug vector carrying Trypanosoma cruzi infection, but a rising proportion of cases occurs through congenital transmission from mo ... Full text Cite

Preswitch Regimens Associated With Weight Gain Among Persons With HIV who Switch to Integrase Inhibitor-Containing Regimens.

Journal Article Open Forum Infect Dis · March 2025 BACKGROUND: Weight gain associated with integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) is well documented. However, recent reports suggest that the observed weight gain among persons who switch to INSTIs may be associated with their preswitch regimen. METHO ... Full text Link to item Cite

Seroprevalence of spotted fever rickettsiosis and ehrlichiosis among food processing workers and their families in Latino communities in North Carolina.

Journal Article PLOS global public health · January 2025 Workers in food processing industries are subject to many occupational health risks and disparities, but little is known about their risk of tickborne diseases. We examined a cohort of Latino individuals working in the meat packing, produce processing, and ... Full text Cite

Prevalence of Maternal Chagas Disease and Vertical Transmission Rates in Bolivia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal Article The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · April 3, 2024 ABSTRACT.Bolivia has one of the highest burdens of Chagas disease in the world. Vertical transmission from mother to infant accounts for a growing number of cases. We performed a systematic review of articles assessing the ... Full text Cite

Seroepidemiology and risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection among household members of food processing and farm workers in North Carolina.

Journal Article IJID regions · June 2023 BackgroundRacial and ethnic minorities have borne a disproportionate burden from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Certain essential occupations, including food processing and farm work, employ large numbers of Hispanic migrant workers and have ... Full text Cite

Risk Factors for Progression to Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal Article The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · April 5, 2023 ABSTRACT.Approximately one-third of people with chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection develop Chagas cardiomyopathy, which carries a poor prognosis. Accurate prediction of which individuals will go ... Full text Cite

Social Disparities among Sudden Death victims with HIV.

Journal Article AIDS and behavior · December 2022 Although cardiovascular death is a growing source of mortality for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the risk factors and circumstances surrounding sudden death in this population are poorly understood. We compared 399 adult sudden dea ... Full text Cite

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and risk factors among meat packing, produce processing, and farm workers.

Journal Article PLOS global public health · January 2022 Meat packing, produce processing, and farm workers are known to have an elevated risk of COVID-19, but occupational risk factors in this population are unclear. We performed an observational cohort study of meat packing, produce processing, and farm worker ... Full text Cite

Sudden Cardiac Death and Myocardial Fibrosis in Persons with HIV

Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine · October 7, 2021 Full text Cite

Risk Factors for Maternal Chagas Disease and Vertical Transmission in a Bolivian Hospital.

Journal Article Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · October 2021 BackgroundVertical transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection accounts for a growing proportion of new cases of Chagas disease. Better risk stratification is needed to predict which women are more likely to transmit the infection.Methods ... Full text Cite

Increasing Hepatitis C Screening in a Federally Qualified Health Center: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Journal Article Journal for Healthcare Quality · September 2021 ABSTRACTHepatitis C virus (HCV) is a chronic infection that can lead to severe liver damage if left untreated. With increased availability and affordability of curative treatments, screening for HCV has become an ... Full text Cite

Risk factors for vertical transmission of Chagas disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal Article International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · April 2021 BackgroundVertical transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection from mother to infant accounts for a growing proportion of new Chagas disease cases. However, no systematic reviews of risk factors for T. cruzi vertical transmission have been perform ... Full text Cite

Frequency and clinical outcomes of CYP2C19 genotype-guided escalation and de-escalation of antiplatelet therapy in a real-world clinical setting.

Journal Article Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · January 2020 PurposeTo evaluate the frequency and clinical impact of switches in antiplatelet therapy following implementation of CYP2C19 genotyping after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).MethodsThe frequency of escalation (clopidogrel switche ... Full text Cite

Phase 1b trial of docetaxel, prednisone, and pazopanib in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Journal Article Prostate · November 2019 BACKGROUND: Docetaxel prednisone is a standard of care for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), and plasma vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels are a poor prognostic factor in this population; therefore, we evaluate ... Full text Link to item Cite

CYP2C19 Genotype-Guided Antiplatelet Therapy and 30-Day Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Journal Article Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine · February 2019 Full text Cite

Clinical outcomes of CYP2C19 genotype-guided antiplatelet therapy: existing evidence and future directions.

Journal Article Pharmacogenomics · August 2018 It is well established that the CYP2C19 nonfunctional *2 and *3 polymorphisms impair the bioactivation and antiplatelet effects of clopidogrel, and increase the risk of adverse cardiovascular events following percutaneous coronary intervention. In contrast ... Full text Cite