Barbara Haller, MD, PhD
Professor
Laboratory Medicine
School of Medicine

Publications (23)

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Patient IsolationCulture MediaMicrobiologyCompetency-Based EducationReagent Kits, DiagnosticCryptococcusCryptococcosisAIDS SerodiagnosisImmunoassayTuberculosisNebulizers and VaporizersRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanMeningitisCerebrospinal FluidGenome, Microbial

• Significant and sustained decrease in non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory viral infections during COVID-19 public health interventions.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2021 Whitman JD, Pham P, Bern C, Dekker EM, Haller BL, Jain V, Winston LG
• Draft Genome Sequence of an Extensively Drug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Strain from a Returned Traveler from Pakistan.
  Microbiology resource announcements 2020 Hao S, Veuthey T, Caldera S, Serpa PH, Haller B, Tan M, Neff N, Madera S, Langelier C
• Clinical Metagenomic Sequencing for Diagnosis of Meningitis and Encephalitis.
  The New England journal of medicine 2019 Wilson MR, Sample HA, Zorn KC, Arevalo S, Yu G, Neuhaus J, Federman S, Stryke D, Briggs B, Langelier C, Berger A, Douglas V, Josephson SA, Chow FC, Fulton BD, DeRisi JL, Gelfand JM, Naccache SN, …
• Association of Rapid Molecular Testing With Duration of Respiratory Isolation for Patients With Possible Tuberculosis in a US Hospital.
  JAMA internal medicine 2018 Chaisson LH, Duong D, Cattamanchi A, Roemer M, Handley MA, Schillinger D, Sur M, Pham P, Lin MA, Goldman LE, Quan J, Perez S, Healy M, Higashi J, Winston L, Haller B, Luetkemeyer AF, Davis JL
• Real-world performance of the new US HIV testing algorithm in medical settings.
  Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology 2017 Marson KG, Marlin R, Pham P, Cohen SE, Jones D, Roemer M, Peters PJ, Haller B, Pilcher CD

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• Novel handwashes are superior to soap and water in removal of Clostridium difficile spores from the hands.
  American journal of infection control 2015 Isaacson D, Haller B, Leslie H, Roemer M, Winston L
• Impact of GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay on triage of respiratory isolation rooms for inpatients with presumed tuberculosis: a hypothetical trial.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2014 Chaisson LH, Roemer M, Cantu D, Haller B, Millman AJ, Cattamanchi A, Davis JL
• Prevalence and outcomes of cryptococcal antigenemia in HIV-seropositive patients hospitalized for suspected tuberculosis in Uganda.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2013 Andama AO, den Boon S, Meya D, Cattamanchi A, Worodria W, Davis JL, Walter ND, Yoo SD, Kalema N, Haller B, Huang L, International HIV-Associated Opportunistic Pneumonias (IHOP) Study
• A 20-year-old woman with headache and transient numbness.
  The Neurohospitalist 2013 Tyler KL, Johnson EC, Cantu DS, Haller BL
• Leveraging a rapid, round-the-clock HIV testing system to screen for acute HIV infection in a large urban public medical center.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2013 Christopoulos KA, Zetola NM, Klausner JD, Haller B, Louie B, Hare CB, Pandori M, Nassos P, Roemer M, Pilcher CD
• Testing and linkage to care outcomes for a clinician-initiated rapid HIV testing program in an urban emergency department.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2011 Christopoulos KA, Kaplan B, Dowdy D, Haller B, Nassos P, Roemer M, Dowling T, Jones D, Hare CB
• Streptococcus suis meningitis, United States.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2008 Lee GT, Chiu CY, Haller BL, Denn PM, Hall CS, Gerberding JL
• Rapid HIV testing on labor and delivery: lessons from the field.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2007 Rahangdale L, Sarnquist C, Feakins C, Nassos P, Haller B, Cohan D
• Resident training in microbiology.
  Clinics in laboratory medicine 2007 Haller BL
• Association between rates of HIV testing and elimination of written consents in San Francisco.
  JAMA 2007 Zetola NM, Klausner JD, Haller B, Nassos P, Katz MH
• Intermediate vancomycin susceptibility in a community-associated MRSA clone.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2007 Graber CJ, Wong MK, Carleton HA, Perdreau-Remington F, Haller BL, Chambers HF
• False-positive culture results from patient tissue specimens due to contamination of RPMI medium with Cryptococcus albidus.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2007 Winston LG, Roemer M, Goodman C, Haller B
• Evaluation of the VACUTAINER PPT Plasma Preparation Tube for use with the Bayer VERSANT assay for quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2005 Elbeik T, Nassos P, Kipnis P, Haller B, Ng VL
• Evaluation of the Binax NOW, BD Directigen, and BD Directigen EZ assays for detection of respiratory syncytial virus.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2004 Ohm-Smith MJ, Nassos PS, Haller BL
• Simultaneous runs of the Bayer VERSANT HIV-1 version 3.0 and HCV bDNA version 3.0 quantitative assays on the system 340 platform provide reliable quantitation and improved work flow.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2004 Elbeik T, Markowitz N, Nassos P, Kumar U, Beringer S, Haller B, Ng V
• API 20 strep identification system may incorrectly speciate enterococci with low level resistance to vancomycin.
  Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2004 Winston LG, Pang S, Haller BL, Wong M, Chambers HF, Perdreau-Remington F
• Increasing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in California jails.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2003 Pan ES, Diep BA, Carleton HA, Charlebois ED, Sensabaugh GF, Haller BL, Perdreau-Remington F
• Multiple-use atomizers in outpatient otolaryngology clinics are not necessarily an infectious risk.
  Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2003 Visosky AM, Murr AH, Ng V, Dentoni T, Weir L, Haller BL