Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Duke University 2004
  • Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Medicineq, Yeshiva University New York 1999 - 2001
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Yeshiva University New York 1996 - 1999
  • M.D., University of Madrid (Spain) 1995
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine 2009 - 2016
  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine 2009
  • Associate in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Medicine 2004 - 2006
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Philo, Sarah E., Benjamin D. Anderson, Sylvia F. Costa, Nancy Henshaw, Sarah S. Lewis, John M. Reynolds, Jayanthi Jayakumar, Yvonne C. F. Su, and Gregory C. Gray. “Adenovirus Type 21 Outbreak Among Lung Transplant Patients at a Large Tertiary Care Hospital.” Open Forum Infect Dis 5, no. 8 (August 2018): ofy188. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy188.
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    • Abril, Maria K., Adam S. Barnett, Kara Wegermann, Eric Fountain, Andrew Strand, Benjamin M. Heyman, Britton A. Blough, et al. “Diagnosis of Capnocytophaga canimorsus Sepsis by Whole-Genome Next-Generation Sequencing.” Open Forum Infect Dis 3, no. 3 (September 2016): ofw144. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw144.
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    • Westervelt, Justin D., Barbara D. Alexander, Sylvia F. Costa, Sara E. Miller, David N. Howell, and Stephen R. Smith. “Detection of BK polyomavirus after kidney transplantation: a comparison of urine electron microscopy with plasma polymerase chain reaction.” Clin Transplant 27, no. 1 (2013): E42–48. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.12048.
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    • Pien, Brian C., Punidha Sundaram, Natalia Raoof, Sylvia F. Costa, Stanley Mirrett, Christopher W. Woods, L Barth Reller, and Melvin P. Weinstein. “The clinical and prognostic importance of positive blood cultures in adults.” Am J Med 123, no. 9 (September 2010): 819–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.03.021.
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    • Costa, Sylvia F., and Barbara D. Alexander. “Non-Aspergillus fungal pneumonia in transplant recipients.” Clin Chest Med 26, no. 4 (December 2005): 675–vii. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccm.2005.06.001.
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    • Levi, Michael H., John Bartell, Leanne Gandolfo, Sandra C. Smole, Sylvia F. Costa, Louis M. Weiss, Linda K. Johnson, Gerard Osterhout, and Lawrence H. Herbst. “Characterization of Mycobacterium montefiorense sp. nov., a novel pathogenic Mycobacterium from moray eels that is related to Mycobacterium triplex.” J Clin Microbiol 41, no. 5 (May 2003): 2147–52. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.41.5.2147-2152.2003.
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    • Mukherjee, Shankar, Huan Huang, Louis M. Weiss, Sylvia Costa, Julio Scharfstein, and Herbert B. Tanowitz. “Role of vasoactive mediators in the pathogenesis of Chagas' disease.” Front Biosci 8 (May 1, 2003): e410–19. https://doi.org/10.2741/1103.
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    • Mukherjee, S., H. Huang, L. M. Weiss, S. Costa, J. Scharfstein, and H. B. Tanowitz. “Role of vasoactive mediators in the pathogenesis of Chagas' disease.” Frontiers in Bioscience 8 (January 1, 2003).
    • Herbst, L. H., S. F. Costa, L. M. Weiss, L. K. Johnson, J. Bartell, R. Davis, M. Walsh, and M. Levi. “Granulomatous skin lesions in moray eels caused by a novel Mycobacterium species related to Mycobacterium triplex.” Infect Immun 69, no. 7 (July 2001): 4639–46. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.69.7.4639-4646.2001.
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    • Weiss, L. M., S. F. Costa, and H. Zhang. “Microsporidian methionine aminopeptidase type 2.” J Eukaryot Microbiol Suppl (2001): 88S-90S. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00465.x.
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    • Costa, Sylvia F., and Louis M. Weiss. “Drug treatment of microsporidiosis.” Drug Resist Updat 3, no. 6 (December 2000): 384–99. https://doi.org/10.1054/drup.2000.0174.
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    • Costa, S. F., M. Abril, and A. S. Barnett. “Diagnosis of Capnocytophaga canimorsus sepsis by whole genome next-generation sequencing.” Open Forum Infectious Diseases 12, no. 3 (n.d.).

  • Book Sections

    • Fishman, J. A., S. F. Costa, and B. D. Alexander. “Infection in kidney transplant recipients.” In Kidney Transplantation - Principles and Practice, 517–38, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-53186-3.00031-0.
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