DebraAnnBenatorMD

PubMed

• Extragenital self-collection testing for gonorrhea and chlamydia: A feasibility study for expanding STI screening in the Veterans Health Administration.
  Maria E Navas, Lewis Musoke, Puja Van Epps, Kristen Allen, K C Coffey
  American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2024-10-12
• COVID-19 Incidence, Risk Factors, Impact, and Related Stigma Among a Cohort of Persons With HIV in Washington, DC.
  Shannon K Barth, Anne K Monroe, Patricia Houston, Debra Benator, Michael Horberg
  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2024-08-15
• Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the PrEP Cascade at Two Veterans Affairs Healthcare Systems.
  Omar Harfouch, Emily Comstock, Roman Kaplan, Debra Benator, Heather Rivasplata
  AIDS and Behavior. 2024-04-01

Journal Articles

• Raccoon rabies virus variant transmission through solid organ transplantation  
  Vora NM, Basavaraju SV, Feldman KA, Paddock CD, Orciari L, Gitterman S et al, Raccoon rabies virus variant transmission through solid organ transplantation., 1/1/2013
• A Patient with Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Inflammatory Polyarticular Arthritis  
  Saddic, Nicole; Kerr, Gail; Benator, Debra; Lichy, Jack, Arthritis Care & Research, 1/1/2013
• Is Frequent CD4+ T-Lymphocyte Count Monitoring Necessary for Persons with Counts >=300 cells/{micro}L and HIV-1 Viral Suppression?  
  Howard B. Gale; Steven R. Gitterman; Heather J. Hoffman; Fred M. Gordin; Debra A. Benator; Ann M. Labriola; Virginia L. Kan, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1/1/2013
• Vitamin D Deficiency is Less Common among HIV-Infected African-American Men than in a Matched NHANES Cohort  
  Brenda ORMESHER, Sandeep DHALIWAL, Eric NYLEN2, Cynthia GIBERT1, Christina GO2, Richard AMDUR, Debra BENATOR, AIDS, 6/1/2011
• Present and Past Influences on Current Smoking Among HIV-Positive Male Veterans  
  Carol A. Reisen; Fernanda T. Bianchi; Hannah Cohen-Blair; Angelike P. Liappis; Paul J. Poppen; Maria Cecilia Zea; Debra A. Benator; Ann M. Labriola, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 1/1/2011
• Better But Not Ideal Acceptance of Routine Inpatient HIV Point-of-Care Testing among Veterans in a High Prevalence Area  
  Siegel M, Kennedy L, Rexroth K, Lankford M, Turner M, McKnight A¹, Cummins S, Benator D, Kan V, JAIDS, 6/1/2010
• Successful Treatment of Invasive Fusarium verticillioides infection with Posaconazole in a Man with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia  
  Siegel M, Kan V, Varma A, Benator D, Inf Dis Clin Pract, 1/1/2010
• Pulmonary and Prolonged Hepatosplenic Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in a Patient with HIV Infection and Tuberculosis  
  Siegel M and Benator D, Inf Dis Clin Pract, 7/1/2009
• Raltegravir for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Following Occupational Exposure to HIV  
  Siegel M, Kan V, Benator D, AIDS, 11/1/2008
• Clinical Evaluation of the Nelfinavir – Rifabutin Interaction in Patients with HIV Infection and Tuberculosis  
  Benator DA, Weiner M, Burman WJ, Vernon A, Zhao Z, Khan A, Sandman L, Engle M, Silva C, Peloquin CA, Hsyu P, Becker M for the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC)., Pharmacotherapy, 6/1/2007
• Acquired Rifamycin Resistance with Twice-Weekly Treatment of HIV-related Tuberculosis  
  William Burman MD, Debra Benator MD, Andrew Vernon MD, MHS, Awal Khan PhD, Brenda Jones MD, Claudia Silva RN, Chris Lahart MD, Stephen E. Weis DO, Barbara King RN, Bon..., Amer J Resp Crit Care Med, 1/1/2006
• The association between acquired rifamycin resistance and the pharmacokinetics of rifabutin and isoniazid among patients with HIV and tuberculosis  
  Weiner M, Benator D, Burman W, Peloquin C, Khan A, Vernon A , Jones B, Silva-Trigo C, Zhao Z, Hodge T and the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium, Clin Infect Dis, 1/1/2005
• The Presentation of Syphilitic Hepatitis Among HIV-Infected patients: A Case Series  
  Mullick CM, Liappis AP, Benator DA Roberts AD, Parenti DM and Simon GL, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 11/15/2004
• Low INH Concentration Associated with Outcome of TB Treatment with Once-Weekly INH and Rifapentine  
  Weiner M, Burman W, Vernon A, Benator D, Peloquin CA, Kahn A, Weis S, King B, Shah N and The TBTC, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/2003
• Kikuchi’s Disease Presenting as a Flu-like Illness with Rash and Lymphadenopathy  
  Mugnaini EN, Watson T, Guccion J, Benator D, American Journal of Medical Sciences, 12/1/2002
• Successful Treatment of HIV-related Multicentric Castleman’s Disease with alpha interferon  
  Kumari P, Schechter G, Saini A, Benator D, Clin Infect Dis, 1/1/2000
• Relapse with rifamycin mono-resistant tuberculosis in HIV-infected TB patients treated with supervised once-weekly rifapentine and isoniazid in USPHS Study 22  
  Vernon A, Burman W, Benator D, Khan A, Bozeman L, for the TB Trials Consortium and the Division of TB Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lancet, 1/1/1999
• Mycobacterium szulgai infection of the lung: Case report and review of an unusual pathogen  
  Benator DA, Kan V, Gordin FM, American Journal of Medical Sciences, 1/1/1997
• Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in HIV-infected patients  
  French AL, Benator DA, Gordin FM, Medical Clinics of North America, 1/1/1997
• The impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection on drug resistant tuberculosis  
  Gordin FM, Nelson ET, Matts JP, Cohn DL, Ernst J, Benator D, Besch CL, Crane LR, Sampson JH, Bragg PS, El-Sadr w and the Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Re..., Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 1/1/1996
• Nontuberculosis mycobacteria in patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection  
  Benator DA, Gordin FM, Seminars in Respiratory Infections, 1/1/1996
• Disseminated Toxoplasmosis and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Diagnosis by Transmission Electron Microscopy  
  Guccion JG, Benator DA, Gibert CL, Dave HPG, Ultrastruct Pathol, 1/1/1995
• Intestinal Spirochetosis and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Ultrastructural studies of two cases  
  Guccion JG, Benator DA, Zeller J, Termanini B, Saini N, Ultrastruct Pathol, 1/1/1995
• Microsporidia and HIV-related diarrhea (letter)  
  Orenstein JM, Benator DA, Kotler DP, Ann Intern Med, 1/1/1994
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Abstracts/Posters

• Receipt of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator among HIV+ and HIV- Veterans with Cardiomyopathy.
  Fatemi O, Singh S, Benator D, Karasik P, American Heart Association, Dallas, TX, 11/19/2013
• Fear of Exposure among Healthcare Workers (HCWs) after a Sentinel Case of Rabies.
  Virginia L. Kan,, Patrick Joyce, Debra Benator, Katherine Feldman, Kathleen Agnes, Janet Gill, Monica Irmler, Arlene Clark, George Giannakos, Audrey Gabourel, and Fr..., ID Week, San Francisco, CA, 10/1/2013
• Paralytic Rabies and Early Confusion with Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Potential Impact of Plasmapheresis on Premortem Rabies Serologies
  A Kresch, VL Kan, S Gitterman, DA Mobarek, KC Tsagaris, V Vakil, A Sharma, CM Cook, F Haroun, DA Benator, Program of the 53rd Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Denver, CO, 9/10/2013
• UCSF/SFGH - San Francisco, CA/US Automated Quantitative PCR using Xpert® MTB/RIF to Monitor Tuberculosis Treatment
  C.K. Everett, D. Benator, J.L. Davis, D. Alland, C. Heilig, D.H. Persing, F.C. Tenover, M. Weiner, Zamudio, W.C. Whitworth, S.V. Goldberg, P. Nahid, American Thoracic Society, Philadephia, PA, 5/1/2013
• Implementation of a City-Wide Cohort of HIV-Infected Persons in Care in Washington DC
  The DC Cohort Executive Committee (Castel AD, presenting author), The DC Cohort. XIX International AIDS Conference, Washington, DC, 7/22/2012
• Frequent CD4 Cell Count Monitoring is Not Necessary for Persons with Counts >350 cells/µL and Sustained Viral Suppression.
  H. Gale, S. Gitterman, F. Gordin, D. Benator, V. Kan, XIX International AIDS Conference, Washington, DC, 7/22/2012
• Progress Realized: Trends in Community HIV-1 Viral Load and CD4 Cell Count in a VA Medical Center in Washington, DC during 1999-2011.
  Manuel Rodriguez, Howard Gale, Debra Benator, Fred Gordin, Virginia Kan, XIX International AIDS Conference, Washington, DC, 7/22/2012
• Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and female sex are risk factors for treatment limiting hepatotoxicity in a large clinical trial of treatment of latent tuberculosis i...
  Erin E. Bliven, Timothy R. Sterling, Nong Shang, Debra Benator, Kevin Schwartzman, Randall Reves, Jan Drobeniuc, Phillip R. Spradling, Elsa Villarino for the Tuberculo..., ATS, 1/1/2011
• CDC’s Tuberculosis Trials Consortium.
  Vernon A, Erin Bliven, Neil Schluger, William Burman, Fred Gordin, Tim Sterling, Carol Dukes Hamilton, Debra Benator, Donna Conwell, Nancy Dianis, Elsa Villarino, and ..., EDCTP Meeting, Arusha, Tanzania, 10/1/2009
• Characterization of Vitamin D Levels in an HIV- Positive Cohort.
  Go Christina G, Benator D, Gibert C, Dhaliwal S, Nylen E, The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 6/10/2009
• Bartonella quintana Endocarditis of the Mitral and Aortic Valves in a US Veteran: A Diagnostic Challenge to Clinicians
  Liappis AP, Treakle A, Delman M, Ajmera R, Fahle GA, Kan GL, Benator DA and Gibert CL, 109th annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2009
• Tolerability in the Routine Clinical-Use of Raltegravir in a Large Veteran Cohort.
  Treakle AM, Benator DA and Liappis AP, IDSA, 1/1/2009
• Outpatient HIV Point-of-Care (HIV-POC) Testing
  S Mishra, M Siegel, L Kennedy, D Benator and V Kan, Program of the 2008 National Summit on HIV Diagnosis, Prevention and Access to Care, Arlington, VA, 11/19/2008
• "Inpatient HIV Point-of-Care (HIV-POC) Testing"
  M Siegel, L Kennedy, S Mishra, D Benator and V Kan, Program of the 49th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Washington, DC, 10/25/2008
• Clinical pharmacist role in medication management in an HIV ambulatory clinic at the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center (DC VAMC).
  Malati C, Amdur R, Cephas I, Digiacinto J, Benator D, Eastern States Pharmacy Resident Conference, 5/2/2008
• Efficacy of National Treatment Guidelines for HIV-Related Tuberculosis with Rifabutin and Antiretroviral Therapy.
  Weiner M, Benator D, Burman W, Peloquin C, Vernon A, Khan A and the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium, Proc Am Thorac Soc, 1/1/2005
• Efficacy of National Treatment Guidelines for HIV-Related Tuberculosis with Rifabutin and Antiretroviral Therapy
  Weiner M, Benator D, Burman W, Peloquin C, Vernon A, Khan A and the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2005
• Low drug concentrations in acquired rifamycin resistance treatment failure or relapse among patients with HIV-related tuberculosis treated with largely twice-weekly ri...
  Weiner M, Benator D, Peloquin C, Burman W, Khan A, Jones B, Weis S, Zhao Z, Vernon A, and the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium, International Union Against TB and Lung Disease, Paris, France, 10/1/2004
• Immune reconstitution inflammatory reactions among patients with HIV-related tuberculosis.
  Weis S, Burman W, Khan A, Vernon A, Benator D and the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Boston, MA, 9/1/2004
• The Epidemiology of Herpes Zoster (HZ) Infection in HIV-Infected Patients in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART)
  Seraphin Healey L, Klouj A, Rice M, Parenti DM, Benator DA, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Boston, MA, 9/1/2004
• Intermittent Rifabutin and Isoniazid with Daily Efavirenz in Combination with Two Nucleosides for Treatment of HIV Infectionand Tuberculosis Disease (Abstract #761).
  Weiner M, Peloquin C, Khan A, Vernon A, Engle M, Benator D, Fitzgerald M, Zhao Z, Burman B and the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium, Program and Abstracts of the 11th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, 1/1/2004
• Intensive Pharmacokinetics of the Nelfinavir – Rifabutin Interaction in Patients with HIV Related Tuberculosis Treated with a Twice-Weekly Rifabutin-Based Regimen.
  Benator DA, Weiner M, Burman WJ, Vernon A, Zhao Z, Khan A, Sandman L, Engle M, Silva C, Peloquin CA, Hsyu P, Becker M and the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC), Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 1/1/2004
• The Presentation of Syphilitic Hepatitis Among HIV-Infected patients: A Case Series.
  Mullick CM, Liappis AP, Benator DA Roberts AD, Parenti DM and Simon GL, Infectious Diseases Society of America, San Diego, CA, 10/1/2003
• Low serum levels of isoniazid are associated with acquired rifamycin resistance among patients with HIV-related TB treated with largely twice-weekly rifabutin and ison...
  Benator D, Peloquin C, Vernon A, Khan A, Jones B, Weis S, Weinter M, Burman B, ALA/ATS International Conference, Seattle, WA, 5/1/2003
• Use of Antiretroviral Therapy during Treatment of Active Tuberculosis with a Rifabutin-Based Regimen
  Burman W, Benator D, Vernon A, Khan A, El-Sadr W, Silva C, Lahart C, Weis S, Mangura B, King B, Weiner M, 10th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, MA, 2/1/2003
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Lectures

• A Patient with Hepatitis C and Inflammatory Polyarticular Arthritis 
  Washington, DC - 11/11/2012
• MDR and XDR Tuberculosis 
  George Washington University School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology (Nov 2009, 2010, 20 - 11/1/2012
• What’s New Update, “HIV and Tuberculosis” 
  Silver Spring, MD; Central East ATTC and Perelman, UPenn, Fairfax, VA (May 3, 2012) - 8/22/2012
• Tuberculosis, Update in Diagnosis and Treatment 
  George Washington University Medical Center - 1/26/2012
• Tuberculosis, Update 2011 
  VAMC, Washington, DC - 11/1/2011
• Tuberculosis, 2011 
  Washington, DC - 4/12/2011
• “Anti-TB Regimens: How Good are they and what does the future hold?” 
  New Castle, DE - 8/5/2010
• “The use of intermittent treatment regimens in HIV.” 
  New Orleans, LA - 5/14/2010
• The Tuberculosis Trials Consortium, Where It’s Been and Where It’s Going. 
  Clarkesville, MD - 9/17/2009
• TBTC: Past, Present and Future. 
  Stellenbosch University, Capetown, South Africa - 2/27/2009
• Treatment of Tuberculosis, Reason for Optimism? 
  George Washington University Medical Center - 12/17/2008
• TB Treatment Update 
  Washington, DC - 10/1/2008
• Organization and Delivery of Community Care for Mult-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis 
  7/27/2006
• Management of TB Patients with HIV Infection. 
  New York, NY - 12/9/2005
• Tuberculosis in 2005, What’s New and on the Horizon. 
  George Washington University Medical Center - 5/26/2005
• TB and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections. 
  Chevy Chase, MD - 4/20/2005
• Tuberculosis and Pregnancy. 
  George Washington University Medical Center - 1/22/2003
• Current Status of the VA Sites and Subsites of the TBTC 
  CDC, Atlanta, GA - 9/1/2002
• “Tuberculosis, Trends, Testing, and New Treatment Regimens.” 
  Washington, DC - 3/19/2002
• Sexual Assault and the Risk of Sexually Transmitted Diseases 
  Washington, DC - 8/29/2000
• Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections. 
  Chevy Chase, MD - 7/12/2000
• New Fever and New Disease in a Patient Being Treated for Tuberculosis. 
  Washington, DC - 7/11/2000
• Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections in Patients with AIDS. Chair, Poster Discussion Session 
  Toronto, Canada - 5/1/2000
• Drug Interactions in the Treatment of HIV-Related Tuberculosis. 
  Washington, DC - 7/26/1999
• City Wide Tuberculosis Grand Rounds, Medical Society of DC. Paradoxical Reactions in Patients with HIV-Related Tuberculosis Treated with HAART. 
  Washington, DC - 2/9/1999
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