- Yale Center for Infectious Disease200 Orchard StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
Marwan Mikheal Azar, MD, FAST, FIDSA
Infectious Diseases
Telehealth is available
Patient type treated
Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
From physicians only
Board Certified in
Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
, and Medical Microbiology
Biography
Marwan Azar, MD, is an infectious diseases specialist with a focus on infections in patients with compromised immune systems, including organ transplant recipients and oncology patients. He has particular expertise in fungal infections, which are more common among immuno-compromised individuals.
“When I was younger, I wanted to be a biologist, studying zoology and natural ecosystems,” Dr. Azar says. “But I decided to pursue medicine because of the huge and immediate positive impact that doctors have on people’s lives. Once in medicine, I pursued both Infectious diseases and clinical microbiology, two specialties that combined my interests in human and non-human (including microbe) biology.”
Dr. Azar says some of his greatest rewards come from caring for patients, especially since infectious diseases are often curable and good treatment can usually help a patient get through a serious infection. He also enjoys helping immuno-compromised patients who may be dealing with multiple medical problems. “This kind of work is truly gratifying,” he says.
In addition, Dr. Azar is a researcher who is working on evaluating the utility of new and emerging methods to diagnose infectious diseases faster and more accurately. He is heavily involved in Yale Medicine’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He is a member of a Yale New Haven Health Ad Hoc COVID Treatment Team, which is made up of a wide range of specialists who are constantly evaluating the best approaches to treating infected patients.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Laboratory Medicine
- Infectious Disease Fellowship Program Director, Internal Medicine
Education & Training
- Clinical Microbiology FellowshipMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University (2017)
- Infectious Diseases FellowshipYale University (2016)
- Internal Medicine ResidencyIndiana University (2014)
- Post-doctoral Research FellowshipYale University (2011)
- MDAmerican University of Beirut (2009)
- BSAmerican University of Beirut, Biology (2005)
Languages Spoken
- العربية (Arabic)
- English
- Français (French)
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
Board Certifications
- AB of Pathology, Medical Microbiology (2017, recertified: 2024)
Professional Service
- CLSI (2020 - Present): Advisor
- Open Forum of Infectious Disase (2019 - Present): Reviewer
- IDSA (2018 - Present): Committee Member
- CLSI (2018 - Present): Committee Member
- ATS (2018 - Present): Committee Member
- AST (2018 - Present): Executive Board Member
- Laboratory Diagnostics (2017 - Present): Committee Member
- BMJ case reports (2017 - Present): Reviewer
- Transplantation (2017 - Present): Reviewer
- Journal of Medical Microbiology (2017 - Present): Reviewer
Publications
- Marvin J, Trubin P, Azar M. Successful combination therapy for recurrent refractory cytomegalovirus treatment in a kidney transplant recipient. Transplant Infectious Disease 2024, 26: e14329. PMID: 38971997, DOI: 10.1111/tid.14329.
- Roman F, Azar M, Trubin P. A Patient With Type 1 Diabetes and Acute Rhinosinusitis. JAMA 2024, 331: 1586-1587. PMID: 38630502, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.0642.
- Feller F, Trubin P, Malinis M, Vogel J, Merwede J, Peaper D, Azar M. Atypical pneumonia testing in transplant recipients. Transplant Infectious Disease 2024, 26: e14256. PMID: 38430482, DOI: 10.1111/tid.14256.
- Azar M. Larone’s Medically Important Fungi: A Guide to Identification, 7 Edition - Volume 30, Number 3—March 2024 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2024, 30: 625-626. PMCID: PMC10902529, DOI: 10.3201/eid3003.231623.
- Roman F, Pischel L, Azar M. Lung infections due to emerging fungal pathogens. Current Opinion In Pulmonary Medicine 2024, 30: 258-265. PMID: 38411158, DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000001059.
- Feller F, Azar M, Marvin J, Cohen E, Virmani S, Malinis M. Clinical outcomes of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in kidney transplant recipients on belatacept: a single‐center experience. Transplant Infectious Disease 2024, 26: e14253. PMID: 38351494, DOI: 10.1111/tid.14253.
- Trubin P, Azar M, Kotton C. The respiratory syncytial virus vaccines are here: Implications for solid organ transplantation. American Journal Of Transplantation 2024, 24: 897-904. PMID: 38341028, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.02.003.
- Ringer M, Malinis M, McManus D, Davis M, Shah S, Trubin P, Topal J, Azar M. Clinical outcomes of baloxavir versus oseltamivir in immunocompromised patients. Transplant Infectious Disease 2024, 26: e14249. PMID: 38319665, DOI: 10.1111/tid.14249.
- Trubin P, Azar M. A fast-track to fungal diagnosis: the potential of molecular diagnostics for fungi at the point of care. Expert Review Of Molecular Diagnostics 2023, 24: 143-146. PMID: 37991006, DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2023.2287504.
- Azar M. A Diagnostic Approach to Fungal Pneumonia An Infectious Diseases Perspective. CHEST Journal 2023, 165: 559-572. PMID: 37813181, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.10.005.
- O'Grady N, Davis M, McManus D, Topal J, Azar M, Briggs N. Response to comment on “Dosing implications for liposomal amphotericin B in pregnancy”. Pharmacotherapy The Journal Of Human Pharmacology And Drug Therapy 2023, 43: 992-992. PMID: 37701938, DOI: 10.1002/phar.2864.
- Ringer M, Azar M, Malinis M. Active and Passive Immunization Approaches in Transplant Recipients. Current Transplantation Reports 2023, 10: 188-198. DOI: 10.1007/s40472-023-00406-4.
- Turbett S, Banach D, Bard J, Gandhi R, Letourneau A, Azar M. Rapid antimicrobial resistance detection methods for bloodstream infection in solid organ transplantation: Proposed clinical guidance, unmet needs, and future directions. Transplant Infectious Disease 2023, 25: e14113. PMID: 37594214, DOI: 10.1111/tid.14113.
- Luther V, Barsoumian A, Konold V, Vijayan T, Balba G, Benson C, Blackburn B, Cariello P, Perloff S, Razonable R, Acharya K, Azar M, Bhanot N, Blyth D, Butt S, Casanas B, Chow B, Cleveland K, Cutrell J, Doshi S, Finkel D, Graber C, Hazra A, Hochberg N, James S, Kaltsas A, Kodiyanplakkal R, Lee M, Marcos L, Lora A, Moore C, Nnedu O, Osorio G, Paras M, Reece R, Salas N, Sanasi-Bhola K, Schultz S, Serpa J, Shnekendorf R, Weisenberg S, Wooten D, Zuckerman R, Melia M, Chirch L. Inclusion, Diversity, Access, and Equity in Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training: Tools for Program Directors. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad289. PMID: 37397270, PMCID: PMC10313091, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad289.
- Trubin P, Azar M. Current Concepts in the Diagnosis and Management of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Solid Organ Transplantation. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 2023, 37: 617-640. PMID: 37142510, DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2023.03.005.
- O'Grady N, McManus D, Briggs N, Azar M, Topal J, Davis M. Dosing implications for liposomal amphotericin B in pregnancy. Pharmacotherapy The Journal Of Human Pharmacology And Drug Therapy 2023, 43: 452-462. PMID: 36862037, DOI: 10.1002/phar.2784.
- Puius Y, Azar M, Tsai H, Vergidis P, Harris C, Anjan S, Barros N, Belga S, Chuang S, Czeresnia J, Goel S, Ince D, Luk A, Majeed A, Multani A, Obeid K, Swaminathan N. Transplantid.net: A Pilot Crowdsourced, Living, Online Library of Resources for the Teaching and Practice of Transplant Infectious Diseases. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad081. PMID: 36861087, PMCID: PMC9969731, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad081.
- Palacios C, Medvedeva N, Cheung H, Cohen E, Azar M, Malinis M. The cascade of care in testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in liver transplant candidates. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 25: e13999. PMID: 36484433, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13999.
- Palacios C, Peaper D, Malinis M, Malinis M, Perreault S, Cohen E, Vogel J, Azar M. 535. Evaluation of the BioFire Blood Culture Identification (BCID2) panel for transplant recipients with a bloodstream infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac492.588. PMCID: PMC9752191, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac492.588.
- Radcliffe C, Malinis M, Azar M. Antiviral Treatment of Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pneumonia. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2022, 44: 279-297. PMID: 37085220, PMCID: PMC9701636, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2022.11.008.
- Medvedeva N, Radcliffe C, Malinis M, Chen M, Azar M. Real-world assessment of the clinical utility of whole body 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of infection. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0277403. PMID: 36374789, PMCID: PMC9662742, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277403.
- Marvin JE, Azar MM, Belfield KD, Do V, Formica R, Cohen EA. Overall Infectious Complications Related to Belatacept Conversion in Comparison to Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Progress In Transplantation 2022, 32: 351-356. PMID: 36039533, DOI: 10.1177/15269248221122894.
- Azar MM, Turbett S, Gaston D, Gitman M, Razonable R, Koo S, Hanson K, Kotton C, Silveira F, Banach DB, Basu SS, Bhaskaran A, Danziger-Isakov L, Bard JD, Gandhi R, Hanisch B, John TM, John A, Letourneau AR, Luong M, Maron G, Miller S, Prinzi A, Schwartz I, Simner P, Kumar D, Group O. A consensus conference to define the utility of advanced infectious disease diagnostics in solid organ transplant recipients. American Journal Of Transplantation 2022, 22: 3150-3169. PMID: 35822346, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.17147.
- Briggs N, Wei BM, Ahuja C, Baker C, Palacios C, Lee E, O’Grady N, Singanamala S, Singh K, Bandaranayake TD, Cohen JM, Damsky W, Davis MW, Mejia R, Nelson CA, Topal JE, Azar MM. Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis in a Pregnant Immigrant. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac360. PMID: 35928503, PMCID: PMC9345408, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac360.
- Tucker M, Azar MM, Cohen E, Gan G, Deng Y, Palacios C, Malinis M. Evaluating clinical effectiveness of SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccine in solid organ transplant recipients: A propensity score matched analysis. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 24: e13876. PMID: 35684932, PMCID: PMC9348300, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13876.
- Kassab I, Isada C, Azar MM, Sarsam N, Jiang M, Camelo‐Piragua S, Kaul D, Malinis M. Into the unknown: Diagnosing mysterious brain lesions. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 24: e13829. PMID: 35307917, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13829.
- Radcliffe C, Palacios CF, Azar MM, Cohen E, Malinis M. Real‐world experience with available, outpatient COVID‐19 therapies in solid organ transplant recipients during the omicron surge. American Journal Of Transplantation 2022, 22: 2458-2463. PMID: 35583664, PMCID: PMC9348251, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.17098.
- Christensen BB, Azar MM, Turbett SE. Laboratory Diagnosis for SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 2022, 36: 327-347. PMID: 35636903, PMCID: PMC9141924, DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2022.02.002.
- Radcliffe C, Radcliffe AJ, Azar MM, Grant M. Dematiaceous fungal infections in solid organ transplantation: Systematic review and Bayesian meta‐analysis. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 24: e13819. PMID: 35253959, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13819.
- Radcliffe C, Patel KK, Azar MM, Koff A, Belfield KD, Peaper DR, Topal JE, Malinis M. Rectal screening for azole non‐susceptible Candida species in patients undergoing liver transplantation. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 24: e13811. PMID: 35184347, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13811.
- Heldman MR, Kates OS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Multani A, Georgia SJ, Steinbrink JM, Alexander BD, Blumberg EA, Haydel B, Hemmige V, Hemmersbach-Miller M, La Hoz RM, Moni L, Condor Y, Flores S, Munoz CG, Guitierrez J, Diaz EI, Diaz D, Vianna R, Guerra G, Loebe M, Yabu JM, Kramer KH, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Rakita RM, Malinis M, Azar MM, McCort ME, Singh PP, Velioglu A, Mehta SA, van Duin D, Goldman JD, Lease ED, Wald A, Limaye AP, Fisher CE, Besharatian B, Crespo M, Tomic R, Sehgal S, Weisshaar D, Girgis R, Lawrence C, Nelson J, Bennett W, Leandro J, Sait A, Rumore A, West P, Jeng A, Bajrovic V, Bilgili E, Anderson-Haag T, Nastase A, Badami A, Alvarez-Garcia J, Bowman-Anger L, Julien L, Ortiz-Bautista C, Friedman-Morocco R, Gajurel K, Cahuayme-Zuniga L, Wakefield M, Fung M, Theodoropoulos N, Chuang S, Bhandaram S, Veroux M, Chopra B, Florescu D, Witteck D, Diaz D, Ripley K, Saharia K, Akkina S, McCarty T, Webb A, Arya A, Vedula G, El-Amm J, Dokus M, Narayanan A, de Camargo P, Ouseph R, Breuckner A, Luk A, Aujayeb A, Ganger D, Keith D, Meloni F, Haidar G, Zapernick L, Morales M, Goyal N, Sharma T, Malhotra U, Kuo A, Rossi A, Edwards A, Keller B, Beneri C, Derringer D, Dominguez E, Carlson E, Hashim F, Murad H, Wilkens H, Neumann H, Gani I, Kahwaji J, Popoola J, Michaels M, Jakharia N, De la Cruz O, Puing A, Motallebzadeh R, Velagapudi R, Kapoor R, Allam S, Silveira F, Vora S, Kelly U, Reddy U, Dharnidharka V, Wadei H, Zurabi L. Delayed Mortality Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Hospitalized for COVID-19. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 78: 711-718. PMID: 35212363, PMCID: PMC9383518, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac159.
- Radcliffe C, Azar MM, Cohen E, Tucker M, Grubaugh ND, Malinis M. Clinical effectiveness of additional primary SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccine doses for solid organ transplant recipients. Clinical Transplantation 2022, 36: e14601. PMID: 35064939, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14601.
- Roberts SC, Palacios C, Grubaugh ND, Alpert T, Ott IM, Breban MI, Initiative Y, Martinello RA, Smith C, Davis MW, Mcmanus D, Tirmizi S, Topal JE, Azar MM, Malinis M. An outbreak of SARS‐CoV‐2 on a transplant unit in the early vaccination era. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 24: e13782. PMID: 34969164, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13782.
- Klein J, Brito AF, Trubin P, Lu P, Wong P, Alpert T, Peña-Hernández MA, Haynes W, Kamath K, Liu F, Vogels CBF, Fauver JR, Lucas C, Oh J, Mao T, Silva J, Wyllie AL, Muenker MC, Casanovas-Massana A, Moore AJ, Petrone ME, Kalinich CC, Dela Cruz C, Farhadian S, Ring A, Shon J, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Israelow B, Iwasaki A, Azar MM, Team F. Longitudinal Immune Profiling of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Reinfection in a Solid Organ Transplant Recipient. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2021, 225: 374-384. PMID: 34718647, PMCID: PMC8807168, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiab553.
- Ringer M, Radcliffe C, Kerantzas CA, Malinis M, Azar MM. Nocardiosis and elevated beta-d-glucan in solid organ transplant recipients. IDCases 2021, 26: e01322. PMID: 34786341, PMCID: PMC8577490, DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01322.
- Heldman MR, Kates OS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Georgia SJ, Steinbrink JM, Alexander BD, Hemmersbach‐Miller M, Blumberg EA, Multani A, Haydel B, La Hoz RM, Moni L, Condor Y, Flores S, Munoz CG, Guitierrez J, Diaz EI, Diaz D, Vianna R, Guerra G, Loebe M, Rakita RM, Malinis M, Azar MM, Hemmige V, McCort ME, Chaudhry ZS, Singh PP, Kramer K, Velioglu A, Yabu JM, Morillis JA, Mehta SA, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Derenge AC, van Duin D, Maximin A, Gilbert C, Goldman JD, Lease ED, Fisher CE, Limaye AP, Team T. Changing trends in mortality among solid organ transplant recipients hospitalized for COVID‐19 during the course of the pandemic. American Journal Of Transplantation 2021, 22: 279-288. PMID: 34514710, PMCID: PMC8653312, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16840.
- Mackow NA, Abi-Raad R, Kerantzas CA, Hui P, Malinis M, Azar MM. Increased Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Disease Using a Tissue-Based Laboratory-Developed Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Compared to Standard Diagnostics. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2021, 105: 1657-1661. PMID: 34544041, PMCID: PMC8641361, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0104.
- McHenry A, Azar M, Wang M, Harigopal M, Abi-Raad R. Anal Cytology and Histologic Outcomes According to HIV Status: A Retrospective Study with Histologic Follow-up. Journal Of The American Society Of Cytopathology 2021, 10: s24. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasc.2021.07.031.
- Malinis M, Cohen E, Azar MM. Response to “SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccine effectiveness trumps immunogenicity in solid organ transplant recipients”. American Journal Of Transplantation 2021, 21: 4106-4107. PMID: 34328268, PMCID: PMC8441690, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16770.
- Holowka T, Cheung H, Malinis M, Gan G, Deng Y, Perreault S, Isufi I, Azar MM. Incidence and associated risk factors for invasive fungal infections and other serious infections in patients on ibrutinib. Journal Of Infection And Chemotherapy 2021, 27: 1700-1705. PMID: 34389223, DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2021.08.005.
- Heldman MR, Kates OS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Georgia SJ, Steinbrink JM, Alexander BD, Hemmersbach‐Miller M, Blumberg EA, Crespo MM, Multani A, Lewis AV, Beaird O, Haydel B, La Hoz RM, Moni L, Condor Y, Flores S, Munoz CG, Guitierrez J, Diaz EI, Diaz D, Vianna R, Guerra G, Loebe M, Rakita RM, Malinis M, Azar MM, Hemmige V, McCort ME, Chaudhry ZS, Singh P, Hughes K, Velioglu A, Yabu JM, Morillis JA, Mehta SA, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Tomic R, Derenge A, van Duin D, Maximin A, Gilbert C, Goldman JD, Sehgal S, Weisshaar D, Girgis RE, Nelson J, Lease ED, Limaye AP, Fisher CE, Team T. COVID‐19 in hospitalized lung and non‐lung solid organ transplant recipients: A comparative analysis from a multicenter study. American Journal Of Transplantation 2021, 21: 2774-2784. PMID: 34008917, PMCID: PMC9215359, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16692.
- Malinis M, Cohen E, Azar MM. Effectiveness of SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in fully vaccinated solid organ transplant recipients. American Journal Of Transplantation 2021, 21: 2916-2918. PMID: 34101990, PMCID: PMC8222879, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16713.
- Malinis M, Azar M. Transplant Adenovirus Infection: Clinical Syndromes, Diagnosis, and Management. 2021, 781-805. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25869-6_33.
- Azar M, Gaston D, Malinis M. Emerging Diagnostics for Transplant Infectious Diseases. 2021, 1535-1576. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25869-6_69.
- Azar MM, Cohen E, Ma L, Cissé OH, Gan G, Deng Y, Belfield K, Asch W, Grant M, Gleeson S, Koff A, Gaston DC, Topal J, Curran S, Kulkarni S, Kovacs JA, Malinis M. Genetic and Epidemiologic Analyses of an Outbreak of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021, 74: 639-647. PMID: 34017984, PMCID: PMC9012955, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab474.
- Gupta A, Huttner A, Azar MM. Concurrent Myotonic Dystrophy and Inflammatory Myopathy in a Patient with HIV/AIDS. Case Reports In Infectious Diseases 2021, 2021: 9998415. PMID: 34104500, PMCID: PMC8159637, DOI: 10.1155/2021/9998415.
- Price CC, Altice FL, Azar MM, McManus D, Gleeson SE, Britto CJ, Azmy V, Kaman K, Davis M, Chupp G, Bucala R, Kaminski N, Topal JE, Dela Cruz C, Malinis M. Response. CHEST Journal 2021, 159: 2116-2117. PMID: 33965143, PMCID: PMC8097398, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.12.032.
- Klein J, Brito A, Trubin P, Lu P, Wong P, Alpert T, Pena-Hernandez M, Haynes W, Kamath K, Liu F, Vogels C, Fauver J, Lucas C, Oh JE, Mao T, Silva J, Wyllie A, Muenker MC, Casanovas-Massana A, Moore A, Petrone M, Kalinich C, Cruz CD, Farhadian S, Ring A, Shon J, Ko A, Grubaugh N, Goldman-Israelow B, Iwasaki A, Azar M. Longitudinal immune profiling of a SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in a solid organ transplant recipient. Research Square 2021 PMID: 34013255, PMCID: PMC8132249, DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-405958/v1.
- Evans SE, Jennerich AL, Azar MM, Cao B, Crothers K, Dickson RP, Herold S, Jain S, Madhavan A, Metersky ML, Myers LC, Oren E, Restrepo MI, Semret M, Sheshadri A, Wunderink RG, Dela Cruz CS. Nucleic Acid–based Testing for Noninfluenza Viral Pathogens in Adults with Suspected Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2021, 203: 1070-1087. PMID: 33929301, PMCID: PMC8314899, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202102-0498st.
- Gleeson SE, Zhang X, Azar MM. Recurrent Hematochezia in a Returning Traveler. JAMA 2021, 325: 1558-1559. PMID: 33666646, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.0368.
- Humphries RM, Azar MM, Caliendo AM, Chou A, Colgrove RC, Fabre V, Ginocchio CC, Hanson KE, Hayden MK, Pillai DR, Pollock NR, Lee FM. To Test, Perchance to Diagnose: Practical Strategies for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Testing. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2021, 8: ofab095. PMID: 33880392, PMCID: PMC7989172, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab095.
- Ringer M, Azmy V, Kaman K, Tang D, Cheung H, Azar MM, Price C, Malinis M. A retrospective matched cohort single‐center study evaluating outcomes of COVID‐19 and the impact of immunomodulation on COVID‐19‐related cytokine release syndrome in solid organ transplant recipients. Transplant Infectious Disease 2021, 23: e13556. PMID: 33378571, PMCID: PMC7883059, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13556.
- Heldman MR, Kates OS, Haydel BM, Florman SS, Rana MM, Chaudhry ZS, Ramesh MS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Blumberg EA, Besharatian BD, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Malinis M, Azar MM, Rakita RM, Morillas JA, Majeed A, Sait AS, Spaggiari M, Hemmige V, Mehta SA, Neumann H, Badami A, Jeng A, Goldman JD, Lala A, Hemmersbach‐Miller M, McCort ME, Bajrovic V, Ortiz‐Bautista C, Friedman‐Moraco R, Sehgal S, Lease ED, Limaye AP, Fisher CE. Healthcare resource use among solid organ transplant recipients hospitalized with COVID‐19. Clinical Transplantation 2020, 35: e14174. PMID: 33349940, PMCID: PMC7883125, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14174.
- Nussbaum EZ, Patel KK, Assi R, Raad RA, Malinis M, Azar MM. Clinicopathologic Features of Tissue Granulomas in Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Study in a Nontuberculosis Endemic Region. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2020, 145: 988-999. PMID: 33290524, DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2020-0271-oa.
- Azar MM, Schlaberg R, Malinis MF, Bermejo S, Schwarz T, Xie H, Dela Cruz CS. Added Diagnostic Utility of Clinical Metagenomics for the Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Adults. CHEST Journal 2020, 159: 1356-1371. PMID: 33217418, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.11.008.
- Gaston DC, Malinis M, Osborn R, Peaper DR, Landry M, Juthani-Mehta M, Azar MM. Clinical implications of SARS-CoV-2 cycle threshold values in solid organ transplant recipients. American Journal Of Transplantation 2020, 21: 1304-1311. PMID: 33043603, PMCID: PMC7675520, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16357.
- Trubin PA, Azar MM, Malinis M. Diagnostic Testing of COVID-19 in Solid Organ Transplantation: Current Clinical Application and Future Strategies. Current Transplantation Reports 2020, 7: 390-398. PMID: 33134033, PMCID: PMC7585558, DOI: 10.1007/s40472-020-00307-w.
- Ringer M, Pischel L, Azar MM. Diagnosis of oesophageal mucormycosis managed with medical therapy alone. BMJ Case Reports 2020, 13: e236869. PMID: 33093060, PMCID: PMC7583061, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236869.
- Azar MM, Shin JJ, Kang I, Landry M. Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the setting of the cytokine release syndrome. Expert Review Of Molecular Diagnostics 2020, 20: 1087-1097. PMID: 32990479, DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2020.1830760.
- Azar MM, Canterino J, Landry ML. The Brief Case: Secondary Measles and the Pitfalls of Diagnostic Testing. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2020, 58: 10.1128/jcm.01938-19. PMID: 32839284, PMCID: PMC7448623, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01938-19.
- Azar MM, Canterino J, Landry ML. Closing the Brief Case: Secondary Measles and the Pitfalls of Diagnostic Testing. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2020, 58: 10.1128/jcm.01939-19. PMID: 32839285, PMCID: PMC7448644, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01939-19.
- Kates OS, Haydel BM, Florman SS, Rana MM, Chaudhry ZS, Ramesh MS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Blumberg EA, Besharatian BD, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Malinis M, Azar MM, Rakita RM, Morilla JA, Majeed A, Sait AS, Spaggiari M, Hemmige V, Mehta SA, Neumann H, Badami A, Goldman JD, Lala A, Hemmersbach-Miller M, McCort ME, Bajrovic V, Ortiz-Bautista C, Friedman-Moraco R, Sehgal S, Lease ED, Fisher CE, Limaye AP, Arya A, Jeng A, Kuo A, Luk A, Puing A, Rossi A, Brueckner A, Multani A, Keller B, Derringer D, Florescu D, Dominguez E, Sandoval E, Bilgili E, Hashim F, Silveira F, Haidar G, Joharji H, Murad H, Gani I, el-amm J, Kahwaji J, Popoola J, Yabu J, Hughes K, Saharia K, Gajurel K, Bowman L, Veroux M, Morales M, Fung M, Theodoropoulos N, de la Cruz O, Kapoor R, La Hoz R, Allam S, Vora S, McCarty T, Anderson-Haag T, Malhotra U, Kelly U, Bhandaram V, Bennett W, Lominadze Z. Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Solid Organ Transplant: A Multicenter Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 73: e4090-e4099. PMID: 32766815, PMCID: PMC7454362, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1097.
- Azar MM, Malo J, Hage CA. Endemic Fungi Presenting as Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Review. Seminars In Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2020, 41: 522-537. PMID: 32629490, DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1702194.
- Price CC, Altice FL, Shyr Y, Koff A, Pischel L, Goshua G, Azar MM, Mcmanus D, Chen SC, Gleeson SE, Britto CJ, Azmy V, Kaman K, Gaston DC, Davis M, Burrello T, Harris Z, Villanueva MS, Aoun-Barakat L, Kang I, Seropian S, Chupp G, Bucala R, Kaminski N, Lee AI, LoRusso PM, Topal JE, Dela Cruz C, Malinis M. Tocilizumab Treatment for Cytokine Release Syndrome in Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Survival and Clinical Outcomes. CHEST Journal 2020, 158: 1397-1408. PMID: 32553536, PMCID: PMC7831876, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.06.006.
- Hanson KE, Azar MM, Banerjee R, Chou A, Colgrove RC, Ginocchio CC, Hayden MK, Holodiny M, Jain S, Koo S, Levy J, Timbrook TT, Caliendo AM. Molecular Testing for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections: Clinical and Diagnostic Recommendations From the IDSA’s Diagnostics Committee. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 71: 2744-2751. PMID: 32369578, PMCID: PMC7454374, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa508.
- Sarwar S, Koff A, Malinis M, Azar MM. Daptomycin perioperative prophylaxis for the prevention of vancomycin‐resistant Enterococcus infection in colonized liver transplant recipients. Transplant Infectious Disease 2020, 22: e13280. PMID: 32216015, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13280.
- Malinis M, Azar M. Transplant Adenovirus Infection: Clinical Syndromes, Diagnosis, and Management. 2020, 1-25. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01751-4_33-1.
- Koff A, Azar MM. Diagnosing peritoneal tuberculosis. BMJ Case Reports 2020, 13: e233131. PMID: 32033999, PMCID: PMC7035809, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-233131.
- Azar M, Gaston D, Malinis M. Emerging Diagnostics for Transplant Infectious Diseases. 2020, 1-44. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01751-4_69-1.
- Shallis RM, Patel TH, Podoltsev NA, Xu ML, Azar MM, Gore SD. Disseminated, yet dissembled: Rare infections behind the veil of classical hairy cell leukemia. Leukemia Research 2020, 90: 106315. PMID: 32036123, DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2020.106315.
- Nussbaum EZ, Azar M, Cohen E, McManus D, Topal J, Malinis M. Orally Administered Human Immunoglobulin Therapy for Norovirus Enteritis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Case Series at a Single Academic Transplant Center. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 71: e206-e209. PMID: 31999825, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa093.
- Azar MM, Loyd JL, Relich RF, Wheat LJ, Hage CA. Current Concepts in the Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Histoplasmosis Syndromes. Seminars In Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2020, 41: 013-030. PMID: 32000281, DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1698429.
- Azar MM, Muse VV, Villalba JA, Turbett SE. Case 2-2020: A 64-Year-Old Man with Fever and Respiratory Failure. New England Journal Of Medicine 2020, 382: 276-285. PMID: 31940703, DOI: 10.1056/nejmcpc1913468.
- Azar MM, Gaston DC, Kotton CN, Malinis MF. Emerging Microbiology Diagnostics for Transplant Infections: On the Cusp of a Paradigm Shift. Transplantation 2020, 104: 1358-1384. PMID: 31972701, DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003123.
- Azar MM, Slotkin R, Abi-Raad R, Liu Y, Grant MH, Malinis MF. Gomori Methenamine Silver Stain on Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Is Poorly Sensitive for Diagnosis of Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia in HIV-Negative Immunocompromised Patients and May Lead to Missed or Delayed Diagnoses. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2020, 144: 1003-1010. PMID: 31904277, DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2019-0394-oa.
- Azar M. Fungal Immunoepidemiology. 2019, 179-191. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25553-4_11.
- Turbett SE, Anahtar MN, Pattanayak V, Azar MM, Coffey KC, Eng G, Rudolf JW, Lewandrowski KB, Baron J, Rosenberg ES, Branda JA. Use of Routine Complete Blood Count Results to Rule Out Anaplasmosis Without the Need for Specific Diagnostic Testing. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2019, 70: 1215-1221. PMID: 31044232, PMCID: PMC7346887, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz346.
- Shallis RM, Gleeson S, Azar M, Malinis M, Xu ML, Seropian SE, Gowda L, Zeidan AM. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation and combination antiretroviral therapy: cautions, complications, and considerations. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2019, 60: 2584-2587. PMID: 30943051, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2019.1594221.
- Anahtar M, Pattanayak V, Branda J, Azar M, Coffey K, Eng G, Rudolf J, Baron J, Lewandrowski K, Turbett S. 1988. Development of a Laboratory Stewardship Algorithm for Anaplasma phagocytophilum Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2018, 5: s578-s578. PMCID: PMC6253421, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1644.
- Gaston D, Azar M. An Approach to Fungal Diagnostics in Solid Organ Transplantation. OBM Transplantation 2018, 2: 1-1. DOI: 10.21926/obm.transplant.1804037.
- Springer SA, Di Paola A, Barbour R, Azar MM, Altice FL. Extended-release Naltrexone Improves Viral Suppression Among Incarcerated Persons Living with HIV and Alcohol use Disorders Transitioning to the Community. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2018, 79: 92-100. PMID: 29781884, PMCID: PMC6092223, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001759.
- Azar MM, Landry ML. Detection of Influenza A and B Viruses and Respiratory Syncytial Virus by Use of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA)-Waived Point-of-Care Assays: a Paradigm Shift to Molecular Tests. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2018, 56: 10.1128/jcm.00367-18. PMID: 29695519, PMCID: PMC6018333, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00367-18.
- Springer SA, Di Paola A, Azar M, Barbour R, Biondi BE, Desabrais M, Lincoln T, Skiest DJ, Altice FL. Extended-Release Naltrexone Improves Viral Suppression Among Incarcerated Persons Living With HIV With Opioid Use Disorders Transitioning to the Community. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2018, 78: 43-53. PMID: 29373393, PMCID: PMC5889326, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001634.
- Wheat J, Myint T, Guo Y, Kemmer P, Hage C, Terry C, Azar MM, Riddell J, Ender P, Chen S, Shehab K, Cleveland K, Esguerra E, Johnson J, Wright P, Douglas V, Vergidis P, Ooi W, Baddley J, Bamberger D, Khairy R, Vikram H, Jenny-Avital E, Sivasubramanian G, Bowlware K, Pahud B, Sarria J, Tsai T, Assi M, Mocherla S, Prakash V, Allen D, Passaretti C, Huprikar S, Anderson A. Central nervous system histoplasmosis. Medicine 2018, 97: e0245. PMID: 29595679, PMCID: PMC5895412, DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000010245.
- Hibbert KA, Shepard JO, Lane RJ, Azar MM. Case 1-2018: A 39-Year-Old Woman with Rapidly Progressive Respiratory Failure. New England Journal Of Medicine 2018, 378: 182-190. PMID: 29320657, DOI: 10.1056/nejmcpc1712222.
- Azar MM, Zhang X, Assi R, Hage C, Wheat LJ, Malinis MF. Clinical and epidemiological characterization of histoplasmosis cases in a nonendemic area, Connecticut, United States. Medical Mycology 2017, 56: 896-899. PMID: 29228334, DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myx120.
- Lyons JL, Schaefer PW, Cho TA, Azar MM. Case 34-2017. New England Journal Of Medicine 2017, 377: 1878-1886. PMID: 29117489, DOI: 10.1056/nejmcpc1707557.
- Azar MM, Assi R, Valika AK, Banach DB, Hall IE, Landry ML, Malinis MF. Graft loss among renal-transplant recipients with early reduction of immunosuppression for BK viremia. World Journal Of Transplantation 2017, 7: 269-275. PMID: 29104861, PMCID: PMC5661124, DOI: 10.5500/wjt.v7.i5.269.
- Bhattacharyya RP, Flores EJ, Azar MM. Case 30-2017. New England Journal Of Medicine 2017, 377: 1274-1282. PMID: 28953442, DOI: 10.1056/nejmcpc1706100.
- Letourneau AR, Price MC, Azar MM. Case 26-2017. New England Journal Of Medicine 2017, 377: 770-778. PMID: 28834480, DOI: 10.1056/nejmcpc1616402.
- Azar MM, Turbett SE, Fishman JA, Pierce VM. Donor-Derived Transmission of Candida auris During Lung Transplantation. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017, 65: 1040-1042. PMID: 28520901, DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix460.
- Azar MM, Hage CA. Clinical Perspectives in the Diagnosis and Management of Histoplasmosis. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2017, 38: 403-415. PMID: 28797485, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2017.04.004.
- Springer SA, Di Paola A, Azar MM, Barbour R, Krishnan A, Altice FL. Extended-release naltrexone reduces alcohol consumption among released prisoners with HIV disease as they transition to the community. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2017, 174: 158-170. PMID: 28334661, PMCID: PMC5407009, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.01.026.
- Azar MM, Hage CA. Laboratory Diagnostics for Histoplasmosis. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2017, 55: 1612-1620. PMID: 28275076, PMCID: PMC5442517, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02430-16.
- Baghban A, Azar MM, Bernardo RM, Malinis M. Disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis following renal transplant with alemtuzumab induction. BMJ Case Reports 2016, 2016: bcr2016217998. PMID: 27852682, PMCID: PMC5129162, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2016-217998.
- Azar MM, Malinis MF, Moss J, Formica RN, Villanueva MS. Integrase strand transferase inhibitors: the preferred antiretroviral regimen in HIV-positive renal transplantation. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 2016, 28: 447-458. PMID: 27193421, DOI: 10.1177/0956462416651528.
- Azar MM, Malinis MF. Disseminated Histoplasmosis with Skin Lesions and Osteomyelitis in a Patient from the Philippines. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2016, 95: 70-4. PMID: 26976880, PMCID: PMC4944712, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0063.
- Wheat LJ, Azar MM, Bahr NC, Spec A, Relich RF, Hage C. Histoplasmosis. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 2016, 30: 207-227. PMID: 26897068, DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2015.10.009.
- Azar MM, Assi R, Patel N, Malinis MF. Fungal Mycotic Aneurysm of the Internal Carotid Artery Associated with Sphenoid Sinusitis in an Immunocompromised Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Mycopathologia 2015, 181: 425-433. PMID: 26687073, DOI: 10.1007/s11046-015-9975-1.
- Azar MM, Assi R, Relich RF, Schmitt BH, Norris S, Wheat LJ, Hage CA. Blastomycosis in Indiana Clinical and Epidemiologic Patterns of Disease Gleaned from a Multicenter Retrospective Study. CHEST Journal 2015, 148: 1276-1284. PMID: 26020566, DOI: 10.1378/chest.15-0289.
- Vagenas P, Azar MM, Copenhaver MM, Springer SA, Molina PE, Altice FL. The Impact of Alcohol Use and Related Disorders on the HIV Continuum of Care: a Systematic Review. Current HIV/AIDS Reports 2015, 12: 421-436. PMID: 26412084, PMCID: PMC4643391, DOI: 10.1007/s11904-015-0285-5.
- Hage CA, Azar MM, Bahr N, Loyd J, Wheat LJ. Histoplasmosis: Up-to-Date Evidence-Based Approach to Diagnosis and Management. Seminars In Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2015, 36: 729-745. PMID: 26398539, DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1562899.
- Azar M, Folk D, Henderson T, Mehra S, Vining E, Banach D. Cervicofacial necrotizing fasciitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae serotype e in a patient with Sjogren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus and hypocomplementaemia. JMM Case Reports 2015, 2 DOI: 10.1099/jmmcr.0.000040.
- Howell BA, Azar MM, Landry ML, Shaw AC. Toscana Virus Encephalitis in a Traveler Returning to the United States. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2015, 53: 1445-1447. PMID: 25673791, PMCID: PMC4365192, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.03498-14.
- Wickersham JA, Azar MM, Cannon CM, Altice FL, Springer SA. Validation of a Brief Measure of Opioid Dependence. Journal Of Correctional Health Care 2015, 21: 12-26. PMID: 25559628, PMCID: PMC4435561, DOI: 10.1177/1078345814557513.
- How J, Azar MM, Meyer JP. Are Nectarines to Blame? A Case Report and Literature Review of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Due to Listeria monocytogenes. Connecticut Medicine 2015, 79: 31-6. PMID: 25960571, PMCID: PMC4423821.
- Azar M, Assi R, Relich R, Schmitt B, Norris S, Wheat L, Hage C. 1215Blastomycosis in Indiana: Clinical and Epidemiological Patterns of Disease Gleaned from a Multicenter Retrospective Observational Study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2014, 1: s38-s39. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofu051.103.
- Azar M, Malo J, Knox K, Hage C. Pulmonary fungal infections- recent updates. Current Pulmonology Reports 2014, 3: 150-160. DOI: 10.1007/s13665-014-0089-x.
- Ermel A, Ramogola-Masire D, Zetola N, Tong Y, Qadadri B, Azar MM, Brown DR. Invasive cervical cancers from women living in the United States or Botswana: differences in human papillomavirus type distribution. Infectious Agents And Cancer 2014, 9: 22. PMID: 25053972, PMCID: PMC4105511, DOI: 10.1186/1750-9378-9-22.
- Azar MM, Relich RF, Schmitt BH, Spech RW, Hage CA. Cutaneous Blastomycosis Masquerading as Pyoderma Gangrenosum. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2014, 52: 1298-1300. PMID: 24501027, PMCID: PMC3993463, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.03356-13.
- Leathers CA, Azar MM, Badve SS, Roth TD, Loehrer PJ, Nelson RP. Opportunistic infections in a patient with HIV and thymoma. The Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology In Practice 2013, 1: 413-415. PMID: 24565551, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2013.03.017.
- Wickersham JA, Zahari MM, Azar MM, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL. Methadone dose at the time of release from prison significantly influences retention in treatment: Implications from a pilot study of HIV-infected prisoners transitioning to the community in Malaysia. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2013, 132: 378-382. PMID: 23414931, PMCID: PMC3718876, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.01.005.
- Springer SA, Dushaj A, Azar MM. The Impact of DSM-IV Mental Disorders on Adherence to Combination Antiretroviral Therapy Among Adult Persons Living with HIV/AIDS: A Systematic Review. AIDS And Behavior 2012, 16: 2119-2143. PMID: 22644066, PMCID: PMC3481055, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0212-3.
- Springer SA, Azar MM, Altice FL. HIV, alcohol dependence, and the criminal justice system: a review and call for evidence-based treatment for released prisoners. The American Journal Of Drug And Alcohol Abuse 2010, 37: 12-21. PMID: 21171933, PMCID: PMC3070290, DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2010.540280.
- Azar MM, Springer SA, Meyer JP, Altice FL. A systematic review of the impact of alcohol use disorders on HIV treatment outcomes, adherence to antiretroviral therapy and health care utilization. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2010, 112: 178-193. PMID: 20705402, PMCID: PMC2997193, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.06.014.
Departments and Programs
Locations
- Yale Center for Infectious Disease200 Orchard StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
Biography
Marwan Azar, MD, is an infectious diseases specialist with a focus on infections in patients with compromised immune systems, including organ transplant recipients and oncology patients. He has particular expertise in fungal infections, which are more common among immuno-compromised individuals.
“When I was younger, I wanted to be a biologist, studying zoology and natural ecosystems,” Dr. Azar says. “But I decided to pursue medicine because of the huge and immediate positive impact that doctors have on people’s lives. Once in medicine, I pursued both Infectious diseases and clinical microbiology, two specialties that combined my interests in human and non-human (including microbe) biology.”
Dr. Azar says some of his greatest rewards come from caring for patients, especially since infectious diseases are often curable and good treatment can usually help a patient get through a serious infection. He also enjoys helping immuno-compromised patients who may be dealing with multiple medical problems. “This kind of work is truly gratifying,” he says.
In addition, Dr. Azar is a researcher who is working on evaluating the utility of new and emerging methods to diagnose infectious diseases faster and more accurately. He is heavily involved in Yale Medicine’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He is a member of a Yale New Haven Health Ad Hoc COVID Treatment Team, which is made up of a wide range of specialists who are constantly evaluating the best approaches to treating infected patients.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Laboratory Medicine
- Infectious Disease Fellowship Program Director, Internal Medicine
Education & Training
- Clinical Microbiology FellowshipMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University (2017)
- Infectious Diseases FellowshipYale University (2016)
- Internal Medicine ResidencyIndiana University (2014)
- Post-doctoral Research FellowshipYale University (2011)
- MDAmerican University of Beirut (2009)
- BSAmerican University of Beirut, Biology (2005)
Languages Spoken
- العربية (Arabic)
- English
- Français (French)
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
Board Certifications
- AB of Pathology, Medical Microbiology (2017, recertified: 2024)
Professional Service
- CLSI (2020 - Present): Advisor
- Open Forum of Infectious Disase (2019 - Present): Reviewer
- IDSA (2018 - Present): Committee Member
- CLSI (2018 - Present): Committee Member
- ATS (2018 - Present): Committee Member
- AST (2018 - Present): Executive Board Member
- Laboratory Diagnostics (2017 - Present): Committee Member
- BMJ case reports (2017 - Present): Reviewer
- Transplantation (2017 - Present): Reviewer
- Journal of Medical Microbiology (2017 - Present): Reviewer
Publications
- Marvin J, Trubin P, Azar M. Successful combination therapy for recurrent refractory cytomegalovirus treatment in a kidney transplant recipient. Transplant Infectious Disease 2024, 26: e14329. PMID: 38971997, DOI: 10.1111/tid.14329.
- Roman F, Azar M, Trubin P. A Patient With Type 1 Diabetes and Acute Rhinosinusitis. JAMA 2024, 331: 1586-1587. PMID: 38630502, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.0642.
- Feller F, Trubin P, Malinis M, Vogel J, Merwede J, Peaper D, Azar M. Atypical pneumonia testing in transplant recipients. Transplant Infectious Disease 2024, 26: e14256. PMID: 38430482, DOI: 10.1111/tid.14256.
- Azar M. Larone’s Medically Important Fungi: A Guide to Identification, 7 Edition - Volume 30, Number 3—March 2024 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2024, 30: 625-626. PMCID: PMC10902529, DOI: 10.3201/eid3003.231623.
- Roman F, Pischel L, Azar M. Lung infections due to emerging fungal pathogens. Current Opinion In Pulmonary Medicine 2024, 30: 258-265. PMID: 38411158, DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000001059.
- Feller F, Azar M, Marvin J, Cohen E, Virmani S, Malinis M. Clinical outcomes of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in kidney transplant recipients on belatacept: a single‐center experience. Transplant Infectious Disease 2024, 26: e14253. PMID: 38351494, DOI: 10.1111/tid.14253.
- Trubin P, Azar M, Kotton C. The respiratory syncytial virus vaccines are here: Implications for solid organ transplantation. American Journal Of Transplantation 2024, 24: 897-904. PMID: 38341028, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.02.003.
- Ringer M, Malinis M, McManus D, Davis M, Shah S, Trubin P, Topal J, Azar M. Clinical outcomes of baloxavir versus oseltamivir in immunocompromised patients. Transplant Infectious Disease 2024, 26: e14249. PMID: 38319665, DOI: 10.1111/tid.14249.
- Trubin P, Azar M. A fast-track to fungal diagnosis: the potential of molecular diagnostics for fungi at the point of care. Expert Review Of Molecular Diagnostics 2023, 24: 143-146. PMID: 37991006, DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2023.2287504.
- Azar M. A Diagnostic Approach to Fungal Pneumonia An Infectious Diseases Perspective. CHEST Journal 2023, 165: 559-572. PMID: 37813181, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.10.005.
- O'Grady N, Davis M, McManus D, Topal J, Azar M, Briggs N. Response to comment on “Dosing implications for liposomal amphotericin B in pregnancy”. Pharmacotherapy The Journal Of Human Pharmacology And Drug Therapy 2023, 43: 992-992. PMID: 37701938, DOI: 10.1002/phar.2864.
- Ringer M, Azar M, Malinis M. Active and Passive Immunization Approaches in Transplant Recipients. Current Transplantation Reports 2023, 10: 188-198. DOI: 10.1007/s40472-023-00406-4.
- Turbett S, Banach D, Bard J, Gandhi R, Letourneau A, Azar M. Rapid antimicrobial resistance detection methods for bloodstream infection in solid organ transplantation: Proposed clinical guidance, unmet needs, and future directions. Transplant Infectious Disease 2023, 25: e14113. PMID: 37594214, DOI: 10.1111/tid.14113.
- Luther V, Barsoumian A, Konold V, Vijayan T, Balba G, Benson C, Blackburn B, Cariello P, Perloff S, Razonable R, Acharya K, Azar M, Bhanot N, Blyth D, Butt S, Casanas B, Chow B, Cleveland K, Cutrell J, Doshi S, Finkel D, Graber C, Hazra A, Hochberg N, James S, Kaltsas A, Kodiyanplakkal R, Lee M, Marcos L, Lora A, Moore C, Nnedu O, Osorio G, Paras M, Reece R, Salas N, Sanasi-Bhola K, Schultz S, Serpa J, Shnekendorf R, Weisenberg S, Wooten D, Zuckerman R, Melia M, Chirch L. Inclusion, Diversity, Access, and Equity in Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training: Tools for Program Directors. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad289. PMID: 37397270, PMCID: PMC10313091, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad289.
- Trubin P, Azar M. Current Concepts in the Diagnosis and Management of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Solid Organ Transplantation. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 2023, 37: 617-640. PMID: 37142510, DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2023.03.005.
- O'Grady N, McManus D, Briggs N, Azar M, Topal J, Davis M. Dosing implications for liposomal amphotericin B in pregnancy. Pharmacotherapy The Journal Of Human Pharmacology And Drug Therapy 2023, 43: 452-462. PMID: 36862037, DOI: 10.1002/phar.2784.
- Puius Y, Azar M, Tsai H, Vergidis P, Harris C, Anjan S, Barros N, Belga S, Chuang S, Czeresnia J, Goel S, Ince D, Luk A, Majeed A, Multani A, Obeid K, Swaminathan N. Transplantid.net: A Pilot Crowdsourced, Living, Online Library of Resources for the Teaching and Practice of Transplant Infectious Diseases. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad081. PMID: 36861087, PMCID: PMC9969731, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad081.
- Palacios C, Medvedeva N, Cheung H, Cohen E, Azar M, Malinis M. The cascade of care in testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in liver transplant candidates. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 25: e13999. PMID: 36484433, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13999.
- Palacios C, Peaper D, Malinis M, Malinis M, Perreault S, Cohen E, Vogel J, Azar M. 535. Evaluation of the BioFire Blood Culture Identification (BCID2) panel for transplant recipients with a bloodstream infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac492.588. PMCID: PMC9752191, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac492.588.
- Radcliffe C, Malinis M, Azar M. Antiviral Treatment of Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pneumonia. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2022, 44: 279-297. PMID: 37085220, PMCID: PMC9701636, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2022.11.008.
- Medvedeva N, Radcliffe C, Malinis M, Chen M, Azar M. Real-world assessment of the clinical utility of whole body 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of infection. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0277403. PMID: 36374789, PMCID: PMC9662742, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277403.
- Marvin JE, Azar MM, Belfield KD, Do V, Formica R, Cohen EA. Overall Infectious Complications Related to Belatacept Conversion in Comparison to Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Progress In Transplantation 2022, 32: 351-356. PMID: 36039533, DOI: 10.1177/15269248221122894.
- Azar MM, Turbett S, Gaston D, Gitman M, Razonable R, Koo S, Hanson K, Kotton C, Silveira F, Banach DB, Basu SS, Bhaskaran A, Danziger-Isakov L, Bard JD, Gandhi R, Hanisch B, John TM, John A, Letourneau AR, Luong M, Maron G, Miller S, Prinzi A, Schwartz I, Simner P, Kumar D, Group O. A consensus conference to define the utility of advanced infectious disease diagnostics in solid organ transplant recipients. American Journal Of Transplantation 2022, 22: 3150-3169. PMID: 35822346, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.17147.
- Briggs N, Wei BM, Ahuja C, Baker C, Palacios C, Lee E, O’Grady N, Singanamala S, Singh K, Bandaranayake TD, Cohen JM, Damsky W, Davis MW, Mejia R, Nelson CA, Topal JE, Azar MM. Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis in a Pregnant Immigrant. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac360. PMID: 35928503, PMCID: PMC9345408, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac360.
- Tucker M, Azar MM, Cohen E, Gan G, Deng Y, Palacios C, Malinis M. Evaluating clinical effectiveness of SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccine in solid organ transplant recipients: A propensity score matched analysis. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 24: e13876. PMID: 35684932, PMCID: PMC9348300, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13876.
- Kassab I, Isada C, Azar MM, Sarsam N, Jiang M, Camelo‐Piragua S, Kaul D, Malinis M. Into the unknown: Diagnosing mysterious brain lesions. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 24: e13829. PMID: 35307917, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13829.
- Radcliffe C, Palacios CF, Azar MM, Cohen E, Malinis M. Real‐world experience with available, outpatient COVID‐19 therapies in solid organ transplant recipients during the omicron surge. American Journal Of Transplantation 2022, 22: 2458-2463. PMID: 35583664, PMCID: PMC9348251, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.17098.
- Christensen BB, Azar MM, Turbett SE. Laboratory Diagnosis for SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 2022, 36: 327-347. PMID: 35636903, PMCID: PMC9141924, DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2022.02.002.
- Radcliffe C, Radcliffe AJ, Azar MM, Grant M. Dematiaceous fungal infections in solid organ transplantation: Systematic review and Bayesian meta‐analysis. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 24: e13819. PMID: 35253959, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13819.
- Radcliffe C, Patel KK, Azar MM, Koff A, Belfield KD, Peaper DR, Topal JE, Malinis M. Rectal screening for azole non‐susceptible Candida species in patients undergoing liver transplantation. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 24: e13811. PMID: 35184347, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13811.
- Heldman MR, Kates OS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Multani A, Georgia SJ, Steinbrink JM, Alexander BD, Blumberg EA, Haydel B, Hemmige V, Hemmersbach-Miller M, La Hoz RM, Moni L, Condor Y, Flores S, Munoz CG, Guitierrez J, Diaz EI, Diaz D, Vianna R, Guerra G, Loebe M, Yabu JM, Kramer KH, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Rakita RM, Malinis M, Azar MM, McCort ME, Singh PP, Velioglu A, Mehta SA, van Duin D, Goldman JD, Lease ED, Wald A, Limaye AP, Fisher CE, Besharatian B, Crespo M, Tomic R, Sehgal S, Weisshaar D, Girgis R, Lawrence C, Nelson J, Bennett W, Leandro J, Sait A, Rumore A, West P, Jeng A, Bajrovic V, Bilgili E, Anderson-Haag T, Nastase A, Badami A, Alvarez-Garcia J, Bowman-Anger L, Julien L, Ortiz-Bautista C, Friedman-Morocco R, Gajurel K, Cahuayme-Zuniga L, Wakefield M, Fung M, Theodoropoulos N, Chuang S, Bhandaram S, Veroux M, Chopra B, Florescu D, Witteck D, Diaz D, Ripley K, Saharia K, Akkina S, McCarty T, Webb A, Arya A, Vedula G, El-Amm J, Dokus M, Narayanan A, de Camargo P, Ouseph R, Breuckner A, Luk A, Aujayeb A, Ganger D, Keith D, Meloni F, Haidar G, Zapernick L, Morales M, Goyal N, Sharma T, Malhotra U, Kuo A, Rossi A, Edwards A, Keller B, Beneri C, Derringer D, Dominguez E, Carlson E, Hashim F, Murad H, Wilkens H, Neumann H, Gani I, Kahwaji J, Popoola J, Michaels M, Jakharia N, De la Cruz O, Puing A, Motallebzadeh R, Velagapudi R, Kapoor R, Allam S, Silveira F, Vora S, Kelly U, Reddy U, Dharnidharka V, Wadei H, Zurabi L. Delayed Mortality Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Hospitalized for COVID-19. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 78: 711-718. PMID: 35212363, PMCID: PMC9383518, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac159.
- Radcliffe C, Azar MM, Cohen E, Tucker M, Grubaugh ND, Malinis M. Clinical effectiveness of additional primary SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccine doses for solid organ transplant recipients. Clinical Transplantation 2022, 36: e14601. PMID: 35064939, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14601.
- Roberts SC, Palacios C, Grubaugh ND, Alpert T, Ott IM, Breban MI, Initiative Y, Martinello RA, Smith C, Davis MW, Mcmanus D, Tirmizi S, Topal JE, Azar MM, Malinis M. An outbreak of SARS‐CoV‐2 on a transplant unit in the early vaccination era. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 24: e13782. PMID: 34969164, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13782.
- Klein J, Brito AF, Trubin P, Lu P, Wong P, Alpert T, Peña-Hernández MA, Haynes W, Kamath K, Liu F, Vogels CBF, Fauver JR, Lucas C, Oh J, Mao T, Silva J, Wyllie AL, Muenker MC, Casanovas-Massana A, Moore AJ, Petrone ME, Kalinich CC, Dela Cruz C, Farhadian S, Ring A, Shon J, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Israelow B, Iwasaki A, Azar MM, Team F. Longitudinal Immune Profiling of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Reinfection in a Solid Organ Transplant Recipient. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2021, 225: 374-384. PMID: 34718647, PMCID: PMC8807168, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiab553.
- Ringer M, Radcliffe C, Kerantzas CA, Malinis M, Azar MM. Nocardiosis and elevated beta-d-glucan in solid organ transplant recipients. IDCases 2021, 26: e01322. PMID: 34786341, PMCID: PMC8577490, DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01322.
- Heldman MR, Kates OS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Georgia SJ, Steinbrink JM, Alexander BD, Hemmersbach‐Miller M, Blumberg EA, Multani A, Haydel B, La Hoz RM, Moni L, Condor Y, Flores S, Munoz CG, Guitierrez J, Diaz EI, Diaz D, Vianna R, Guerra G, Loebe M, Rakita RM, Malinis M, Azar MM, Hemmige V, McCort ME, Chaudhry ZS, Singh PP, Kramer K, Velioglu A, Yabu JM, Morillis JA, Mehta SA, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Derenge AC, van Duin D, Maximin A, Gilbert C, Goldman JD, Lease ED, Fisher CE, Limaye AP, Team T. Changing trends in mortality among solid organ transplant recipients hospitalized for COVID‐19 during the course of the pandemic. American Journal Of Transplantation 2021, 22: 279-288. PMID: 34514710, PMCID: PMC8653312, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16840.
- Mackow NA, Abi-Raad R, Kerantzas CA, Hui P, Malinis M, Azar MM. Increased Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Disease Using a Tissue-Based Laboratory-Developed Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Compared to Standard Diagnostics. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2021, 105: 1657-1661. PMID: 34544041, PMCID: PMC8641361, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0104.
- McHenry A, Azar M, Wang M, Harigopal M, Abi-Raad R. Anal Cytology and Histologic Outcomes According to HIV Status: A Retrospective Study with Histologic Follow-up. Journal Of The American Society Of Cytopathology 2021, 10: s24. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasc.2021.07.031.
- Malinis M, Cohen E, Azar MM. Response to “SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccine effectiveness trumps immunogenicity in solid organ transplant recipients”. American Journal Of Transplantation 2021, 21: 4106-4107. PMID: 34328268, PMCID: PMC8441690, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16770.
- Holowka T, Cheung H, Malinis M, Gan G, Deng Y, Perreault S, Isufi I, Azar MM. Incidence and associated risk factors for invasive fungal infections and other serious infections in patients on ibrutinib. Journal Of Infection And Chemotherapy 2021, 27: 1700-1705. PMID: 34389223, DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2021.08.005.
- Heldman MR, Kates OS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Georgia SJ, Steinbrink JM, Alexander BD, Hemmersbach‐Miller M, Blumberg EA, Crespo MM, Multani A, Lewis AV, Beaird O, Haydel B, La Hoz RM, Moni L, Condor Y, Flores S, Munoz CG, Guitierrez J, Diaz EI, Diaz D, Vianna R, Guerra G, Loebe M, Rakita RM, Malinis M, Azar MM, Hemmige V, McCort ME, Chaudhry ZS, Singh P, Hughes K, Velioglu A, Yabu JM, Morillis JA, Mehta SA, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Tomic R, Derenge A, van Duin D, Maximin A, Gilbert C, Goldman JD, Sehgal S, Weisshaar D, Girgis RE, Nelson J, Lease ED, Limaye AP, Fisher CE, Team T. COVID‐19 in hospitalized lung and non‐lung solid organ transplant recipients: A comparative analysis from a multicenter study. American Journal Of Transplantation 2021, 21: 2774-2784. PMID: 34008917, PMCID: PMC9215359, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16692.
- Malinis M, Cohen E, Azar MM. Effectiveness of SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in fully vaccinated solid organ transplant recipients. American Journal Of Transplantation 2021, 21: 2916-2918. PMID: 34101990, PMCID: PMC8222879, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16713.
- Malinis M, Azar M. Transplant Adenovirus Infection: Clinical Syndromes, Diagnosis, and Management. 2021, 781-805. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25869-6_33.
- Azar M, Gaston D, Malinis M. Emerging Diagnostics for Transplant Infectious Diseases. 2021, 1535-1576. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25869-6_69.
- Azar MM, Cohen E, Ma L, Cissé OH, Gan G, Deng Y, Belfield K, Asch W, Grant M, Gleeson S, Koff A, Gaston DC, Topal J, Curran S, Kulkarni S, Kovacs JA, Malinis M. Genetic and Epidemiologic Analyses of an Outbreak of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021, 74: 639-647. PMID: 34017984, PMCID: PMC9012955, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab474.
- Gupta A, Huttner A, Azar MM. Concurrent Myotonic Dystrophy and Inflammatory Myopathy in a Patient with HIV/AIDS. Case Reports In Infectious Diseases 2021, 2021: 9998415. PMID: 34104500, PMCID: PMC8159637, DOI: 10.1155/2021/9998415.
- Price CC, Altice FL, Azar MM, McManus D, Gleeson SE, Britto CJ, Azmy V, Kaman K, Davis M, Chupp G, Bucala R, Kaminski N, Topal JE, Dela Cruz C, Malinis M. Response. CHEST Journal 2021, 159: 2116-2117. PMID: 33965143, PMCID: PMC8097398, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.12.032.
- Klein J, Brito A, Trubin P, Lu P, Wong P, Alpert T, Pena-Hernandez M, Haynes W, Kamath K, Liu F, Vogels C, Fauver J, Lucas C, Oh JE, Mao T, Silva J, Wyllie A, Muenker MC, Casanovas-Massana A, Moore A, Petrone M, Kalinich C, Cruz CD, Farhadian S, Ring A, Shon J, Ko A, Grubaugh N, Goldman-Israelow B, Iwasaki A, Azar M. Longitudinal immune profiling of a SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in a solid organ transplant recipient. Research Square 2021 PMID: 34013255, PMCID: PMC8132249, DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-405958/v1.
- Evans SE, Jennerich AL, Azar MM, Cao B, Crothers K, Dickson RP, Herold S, Jain S, Madhavan A, Metersky ML, Myers LC, Oren E, Restrepo MI, Semret M, Sheshadri A, Wunderink RG, Dela Cruz CS. Nucleic Acid–based Testing for Noninfluenza Viral Pathogens in Adults with Suspected Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2021, 203: 1070-1087. PMID: 33929301, PMCID: PMC8314899, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202102-0498st.
- Gleeson SE, Zhang X, Azar MM. Recurrent Hematochezia in a Returning Traveler. JAMA 2021, 325: 1558-1559. PMID: 33666646, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.0368.
- Humphries RM, Azar MM, Caliendo AM, Chou A, Colgrove RC, Fabre V, Ginocchio CC, Hanson KE, Hayden MK, Pillai DR, Pollock NR, Lee FM. To Test, Perchance to Diagnose: Practical Strategies for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Testing. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2021, 8: ofab095. PMID: 33880392, PMCID: PMC7989172, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab095.
- Ringer M, Azmy V, Kaman K, Tang D, Cheung H, Azar MM, Price C, Malinis M. A retrospective matched cohort single‐center study evaluating outcomes of COVID‐19 and the impact of immunomodulation on COVID‐19‐related cytokine release syndrome in solid organ transplant recipients. Transplant Infectious Disease 2021, 23: e13556. PMID: 33378571, PMCID: PMC7883059, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13556.
- Heldman MR, Kates OS, Haydel BM, Florman SS, Rana MM, Chaudhry ZS, Ramesh MS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Blumberg EA, Besharatian BD, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Malinis M, Azar MM, Rakita RM, Morillas JA, Majeed A, Sait AS, Spaggiari M, Hemmige V, Mehta SA, Neumann H, Badami A, Jeng A, Goldman JD, Lala A, Hemmersbach‐Miller M, McCort ME, Bajrovic V, Ortiz‐Bautista C, Friedman‐Moraco R, Sehgal S, Lease ED, Limaye AP, Fisher CE. Healthcare resource use among solid organ transplant recipients hospitalized with COVID‐19. Clinical Transplantation 2020, 35: e14174. PMID: 33349940, PMCID: PMC7883125, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14174.
- Nussbaum EZ, Patel KK, Assi R, Raad RA, Malinis M, Azar MM. Clinicopathologic Features of Tissue Granulomas in Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Study in a Nontuberculosis Endemic Region. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2020, 145: 988-999. PMID: 33290524, DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2020-0271-oa.
- Azar MM, Schlaberg R, Malinis MF, Bermejo S, Schwarz T, Xie H, Dela Cruz CS. Added Diagnostic Utility of Clinical Metagenomics for the Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Adults. CHEST Journal 2020, 159: 1356-1371. PMID: 33217418, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.11.008.
- Gaston DC, Malinis M, Osborn R, Peaper DR, Landry M, Juthani-Mehta M, Azar MM. Clinical implications of SARS-CoV-2 cycle threshold values in solid organ transplant recipients. American Journal Of Transplantation 2020, 21: 1304-1311. PMID: 33043603, PMCID: PMC7675520, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16357.
- Trubin PA, Azar MM, Malinis M. Diagnostic Testing of COVID-19 in Solid Organ Transplantation: Current Clinical Application and Future Strategies. Current Transplantation Reports 2020, 7: 390-398. PMID: 33134033, PMCID: PMC7585558, DOI: 10.1007/s40472-020-00307-w.
- Ringer M, Pischel L, Azar MM. Diagnosis of oesophageal mucormycosis managed with medical therapy alone. BMJ Case Reports 2020, 13: e236869. PMID: 33093060, PMCID: PMC7583061, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236869.
- Azar MM, Shin JJ, Kang I, Landry M. Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the setting of the cytokine release syndrome. Expert Review Of Molecular Diagnostics 2020, 20: 1087-1097. PMID: 32990479, DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2020.1830760.
- Azar MM, Canterino J, Landry ML. The Brief Case: Secondary Measles and the Pitfalls of Diagnostic Testing. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2020, 58: 10.1128/jcm.01938-19. PMID: 32839284, PMCID: PMC7448623, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01938-19.
- Azar MM, Canterino J, Landry ML. Closing the Brief Case: Secondary Measles and the Pitfalls of Diagnostic Testing. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2020, 58: 10.1128/jcm.01939-19. PMID: 32839285, PMCID: PMC7448644, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01939-19.
- Kates OS, Haydel BM, Florman SS, Rana MM, Chaudhry ZS, Ramesh MS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Blumberg EA, Besharatian BD, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Malinis M, Azar MM, Rakita RM, Morilla JA, Majeed A, Sait AS, Spaggiari M, Hemmige V, Mehta SA, Neumann H, Badami A, Goldman JD, Lala A, Hemmersbach-Miller M, McCort ME, Bajrovic V, Ortiz-Bautista C, Friedman-Moraco R, Sehgal S, Lease ED, Fisher CE, Limaye AP, Arya A, Jeng A, Kuo A, Luk A, Puing A, Rossi A, Brueckner A, Multani A, Keller B, Derringer D, Florescu D, Dominguez E, Sandoval E, Bilgili E, Hashim F, Silveira F, Haidar G, Joharji H, Murad H, Gani I, el-amm J, Kahwaji J, Popoola J, Yabu J, Hughes K, Saharia K, Gajurel K, Bowman L, Veroux M, Morales M, Fung M, Theodoropoulos N, de la Cruz O, Kapoor R, La Hoz R, Allam S, Vora S, McCarty T, Anderson-Haag T, Malhotra U, Kelly U, Bhandaram V, Bennett W, Lominadze Z. Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Solid Organ Transplant: A Multicenter Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 73: e4090-e4099. PMID: 32766815, PMCID: PMC7454362, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1097.
- Azar MM, Malo J, Hage CA. Endemic Fungi Presenting as Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Review. Seminars In Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2020, 41: 522-537. PMID: 32629490, DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1702194.
- Price CC, Altice FL, Shyr Y, Koff A, Pischel L, Goshua G, Azar MM, Mcmanus D, Chen SC, Gleeson SE, Britto CJ, Azmy V, Kaman K, Gaston DC, Davis M, Burrello T, Harris Z, Villanueva MS, Aoun-Barakat L, Kang I, Seropian S, Chupp G, Bucala R, Kaminski N, Lee AI, LoRusso PM, Topal JE, Dela Cruz C, Malinis M. Tocilizumab Treatment for Cytokine Release Syndrome in Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Survival and Clinical Outcomes. CHEST Journal 2020, 158: 1397-1408. PMID: 32553536, PMCID: PMC7831876, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.06.006.
- Hanson KE, Azar MM, Banerjee R, Chou A, Colgrove RC, Ginocchio CC, Hayden MK, Holodiny M, Jain S, Koo S, Levy J, Timbrook TT, Caliendo AM. Molecular Testing for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections: Clinical and Diagnostic Recommendations From the IDSA’s Diagnostics Committee. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 71: 2744-2751. PMID: 32369578, PMCID: PMC7454374, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa508.
- Sarwar S, Koff A, Malinis M, Azar MM. Daptomycin perioperative prophylaxis for the prevention of vancomycin‐resistant Enterococcus infection in colonized liver transplant recipients. Transplant Infectious Disease 2020, 22: e13280. PMID: 32216015, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13280.
- Malinis M, Azar M. Transplant Adenovirus Infection: Clinical Syndromes, Diagnosis, and Management. 2020, 1-25. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01751-4_33-1.
- Koff A, Azar MM. Diagnosing peritoneal tuberculosis. BMJ Case Reports 2020, 13: e233131. PMID: 32033999, PMCID: PMC7035809, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-233131.
- Azar M, Gaston D, Malinis M. Emerging Diagnostics for Transplant Infectious Diseases. 2020, 1-44. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01751-4_69-1.
- Shallis RM, Patel TH, Podoltsev NA, Xu ML, Azar MM, Gore SD. Disseminated, yet dissembled: Rare infections behind the veil of classical hairy cell leukemia. Leukemia Research 2020, 90: 106315. PMID: 32036123, DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2020.106315.
- Nussbaum EZ, Azar M, Cohen E, McManus D, Topal J, Malinis M. Orally Administered Human Immunoglobulin Therapy for Norovirus Enteritis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Case Series at a Single Academic Transplant Center. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 71: e206-e209. PMID: 31999825, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa093.
- Azar MM, Loyd JL, Relich RF, Wheat LJ, Hage CA. Current Concepts in the Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Histoplasmosis Syndromes. Seminars In Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2020, 41: 013-030. PMID: 32000281, DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1698429.
- Azar MM, Muse VV, Villalba JA, Turbett SE. Case 2-2020: A 64-Year-Old Man with Fever and Respiratory Failure. New England Journal Of Medicine 2020, 382: 276-285. PMID: 31940703, DOI: 10.1056/nejmcpc1913468.
- Azar MM, Gaston DC, Kotton CN, Malinis MF. Emerging Microbiology Diagnostics for Transplant Infections: On the Cusp of a Paradigm Shift. Transplantation 2020, 104: 1358-1384. PMID: 31972701, DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003123.
- Azar MM, Slotkin R, Abi-Raad R, Liu Y, Grant MH, Malinis MF. Gomori Methenamine Silver Stain on Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Is Poorly Sensitive for Diagnosis of Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia in HIV-Negative Immunocompromised Patients and May Lead to Missed or Delayed Diagnoses. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2020, 144: 1003-1010. PMID: 31904277, DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2019-0394-oa.
- Azar M. Fungal Immunoepidemiology. 2019, 179-191. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25553-4_11.
- Turbett SE, Anahtar MN, Pattanayak V, Azar MM, Coffey KC, Eng G, Rudolf JW, Lewandrowski KB, Baron J, Rosenberg ES, Branda JA. Use of Routine Complete Blood Count Results to Rule Out Anaplasmosis Without the Need for Specific Diagnostic Testing. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2019, 70: 1215-1221. PMID: 31044232, PMCID: PMC7346887, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz346.
- Shallis RM, Gleeson S, Azar M, Malinis M, Xu ML, Seropian SE, Gowda L, Zeidan AM. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation and combination antiretroviral therapy: cautions, complications, and considerations. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2019, 60: 2584-2587. PMID: 30943051, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2019.1594221.
- Anahtar M, Pattanayak V, Branda J, Azar M, Coffey K, Eng G, Rudolf J, Baron J, Lewandrowski K, Turbett S. 1988. Development of a Laboratory Stewardship Algorithm for Anaplasma phagocytophilum Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2018, 5: s578-s578. PMCID: PMC6253421, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1644.
- Gaston D, Azar M. An Approach to Fungal Diagnostics in Solid Organ Transplantation. OBM Transplantation 2018, 2: 1-1. DOI: 10.21926/obm.transplant.1804037.
- Springer SA, Di Paola A, Barbour R, Azar MM, Altice FL. Extended-release Naltrexone Improves Viral Suppression Among Incarcerated Persons Living with HIV and Alcohol use Disorders Transitioning to the Community. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2018, 79: 92-100. PMID: 29781884, PMCID: PMC6092223, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001759.
- Azar MM, Landry ML. Detection of Influenza A and B Viruses and Respiratory Syncytial Virus by Use of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA)-Waived Point-of-Care Assays: a Paradigm Shift to Molecular Tests. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2018, 56: 10.1128/jcm.00367-18. PMID: 29695519, PMCID: PMC6018333, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00367-18.
- Springer SA, Di Paola A, Azar M, Barbour R, Biondi BE, Desabrais M, Lincoln T, Skiest DJ, Altice FL. Extended-Release Naltrexone Improves Viral Suppression Among Incarcerated Persons Living With HIV With Opioid Use Disorders Transitioning to the Community. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2018, 78: 43-53. PMID: 29373393, PMCID: PMC5889326, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001634.
- Wheat J, Myint T, Guo Y, Kemmer P, Hage C, Terry C, Azar MM, Riddell J, Ender P, Chen S, Shehab K, Cleveland K, Esguerra E, Johnson J, Wright P, Douglas V, Vergidis P, Ooi W, Baddley J, Bamberger D, Khairy R, Vikram H, Jenny-Avital E, Sivasubramanian G, Bowlware K, Pahud B, Sarria J, Tsai T, Assi M, Mocherla S, Prakash V, Allen D, Passaretti C, Huprikar S, Anderson A. Central nervous system histoplasmosis. Medicine 2018, 97: e0245. PMID: 29595679, PMCID: PMC5895412, DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000010245.
- Hibbert KA, Shepard JO, Lane RJ, Azar MM. Case 1-2018: A 39-Year-Old Woman with Rapidly Progressive Respiratory Failure. New England Journal Of Medicine 2018, 378: 182-190. PMID: 29320657, DOI: 10.1056/nejmcpc1712222.
- Azar MM, Zhang X, Assi R, Hage C, Wheat LJ, Malinis MF. Clinical and epidemiological characterization of histoplasmosis cases in a nonendemic area, Connecticut, United States. Medical Mycology 2017, 56: 896-899. PMID: 29228334, DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myx120.
- Lyons JL, Schaefer PW, Cho TA, Azar MM. Case 34-2017. New England Journal Of Medicine 2017, 377: 1878-1886. PMID: 29117489, DOI: 10.1056/nejmcpc1707557.
- Azar MM, Assi R, Valika AK, Banach DB, Hall IE, Landry ML, Malinis MF. Graft loss among renal-transplant recipients with early reduction of immunosuppression for BK viremia. World Journal Of Transplantation 2017, 7: 269-275. PMID: 29104861, PMCID: PMC5661124, DOI: 10.5500/wjt.v7.i5.269.
- Bhattacharyya RP, Flores EJ, Azar MM. Case 30-2017. New England Journal Of Medicine 2017, 377: 1274-1282. PMID: 28953442, DOI: 10.1056/nejmcpc1706100.
- Letourneau AR, Price MC, Azar MM. Case 26-2017. New England Journal Of Medicine 2017, 377: 770-778. PMID: 28834480, DOI: 10.1056/nejmcpc1616402.
- Azar MM, Turbett SE, Fishman JA, Pierce VM. Donor-Derived Transmission of Candida auris During Lung Transplantation. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017, 65: 1040-1042. PMID: 28520901, DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix460.
- Azar MM, Hage CA. Clinical Perspectives in the Diagnosis and Management of Histoplasmosis. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2017, 38: 403-415. PMID: 28797485, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2017.04.004.
- Springer SA, Di Paola A, Azar MM, Barbour R, Krishnan A, Altice FL. Extended-release naltrexone reduces alcohol consumption among released prisoners with HIV disease as they transition to the community. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2017, 174: 158-170. PMID: 28334661, PMCID: PMC5407009, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.01.026.
- Azar MM, Hage CA. Laboratory Diagnostics for Histoplasmosis. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2017, 55: 1612-1620. PMID: 28275076, PMCID: PMC5442517, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02430-16.
- Baghban A, Azar MM, Bernardo RM, Malinis M. Disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis following renal transplant with alemtuzumab induction. BMJ Case Reports 2016, 2016: bcr2016217998. PMID: 27852682, PMCID: PMC5129162, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2016-217998.
- Azar MM, Malinis MF, Moss J, Formica RN, Villanueva MS. Integrase strand transferase inhibitors: the preferred antiretroviral regimen in HIV-positive renal transplantation. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 2016, 28: 447-458. PMID: 27193421, DOI: 10.1177/0956462416651528.
- Azar MM, Malinis MF. Disseminated Histoplasmosis with Skin Lesions and Osteomyelitis in a Patient from the Philippines. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2016, 95: 70-4. PMID: 26976880, PMCID: PMC4944712, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0063.
- Wheat LJ, Azar MM, Bahr NC, Spec A, Relich RF, Hage C. Histoplasmosis. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 2016, 30: 207-227. PMID: 26897068, DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2015.10.009.
- Azar MM, Assi R, Patel N, Malinis MF. Fungal Mycotic Aneurysm of the Internal Carotid Artery Associated with Sphenoid Sinusitis in an Immunocompromised Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Mycopathologia 2015, 181: 425-433. PMID: 26687073, DOI: 10.1007/s11046-015-9975-1.
- Azar MM, Assi R, Relich RF, Schmitt BH, Norris S, Wheat LJ, Hage CA. Blastomycosis in Indiana Clinical and Epidemiologic Patterns of Disease Gleaned from a Multicenter Retrospective Study. CHEST Journal 2015, 148: 1276-1284. PMID: 26020566, DOI: 10.1378/chest.15-0289.
- Vagenas P, Azar MM, Copenhaver MM, Springer SA, Molina PE, Altice FL. The Impact of Alcohol Use and Related Disorders on the HIV Continuum of Care: a Systematic Review. Current HIV/AIDS Reports 2015, 12: 421-436. PMID: 26412084, PMCID: PMC4643391, DOI: 10.1007/s11904-015-0285-5.
- Hage CA, Azar MM, Bahr N, Loyd J, Wheat LJ. Histoplasmosis: Up-to-Date Evidence-Based Approach to Diagnosis and Management. Seminars In Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2015, 36: 729-745. PMID: 26398539, DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1562899.
- Azar M, Folk D, Henderson T, Mehra S, Vining E, Banach D. Cervicofacial necrotizing fasciitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae serotype e in a patient with Sjogren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus and hypocomplementaemia. JMM Case Reports 2015, 2 DOI: 10.1099/jmmcr.0.000040.
- Howell BA, Azar MM, Landry ML, Shaw AC. Toscana Virus Encephalitis in a Traveler Returning to the United States. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2015, 53: 1445-1447. PMID: 25673791, PMCID: PMC4365192, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.03498-14.
- Wickersham JA, Azar MM, Cannon CM, Altice FL, Springer SA. Validation of a Brief Measure of Opioid Dependence. Journal Of Correctional Health Care 2015, 21: 12-26. PMID: 25559628, PMCID: PMC4435561, DOI: 10.1177/1078345814557513.
- How J, Azar MM, Meyer JP. Are Nectarines to Blame? A Case Report and Literature Review of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Due to Listeria monocytogenes. Connecticut Medicine 2015, 79: 31-6. PMID: 25960571, PMCID: PMC4423821.
- Azar M, Assi R, Relich R, Schmitt B, Norris S, Wheat L, Hage C. 1215Blastomycosis in Indiana: Clinical and Epidemiological Patterns of Disease Gleaned from a Multicenter Retrospective Observational Study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2014, 1: s38-s39. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofu051.103.
- Azar M, Malo J, Knox K, Hage C. Pulmonary fungal infections- recent updates. Current Pulmonology Reports 2014, 3: 150-160. DOI: 10.1007/s13665-014-0089-x.
- Ermel A, Ramogola-Masire D, Zetola N, Tong Y, Qadadri B, Azar MM, Brown DR. Invasive cervical cancers from women living in the United States or Botswana: differences in human papillomavirus type distribution. Infectious Agents And Cancer 2014, 9: 22. PMID: 25053972, PMCID: PMC4105511, DOI: 10.1186/1750-9378-9-22.
- Azar MM, Relich RF, Schmitt BH, Spech RW, Hage CA. Cutaneous Blastomycosis Masquerading as Pyoderma Gangrenosum. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2014, 52: 1298-1300. PMID: 24501027, PMCID: PMC3993463, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.03356-13.
- Leathers CA, Azar MM, Badve SS, Roth TD, Loehrer PJ, Nelson RP. Opportunistic infections in a patient with HIV and thymoma. The Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology In Practice 2013, 1: 413-415. PMID: 24565551, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2013.03.017.
- Wickersham JA, Zahari MM, Azar MM, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL. Methadone dose at the time of release from prison significantly influences retention in treatment: Implications from a pilot study of HIV-infected prisoners transitioning to the community in Malaysia. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2013, 132: 378-382. PMID: 23414931, PMCID: PMC3718876, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.01.005.
- Springer SA, Dushaj A, Azar MM. The Impact of DSM-IV Mental Disorders on Adherence to Combination Antiretroviral Therapy Among Adult Persons Living with HIV/AIDS: A Systematic Review. AIDS And Behavior 2012, 16: 2119-2143. PMID: 22644066, PMCID: PMC3481055, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0212-3.
- Springer SA, Azar MM, Altice FL. HIV, alcohol dependence, and the criminal justice system: a review and call for evidence-based treatment for released prisoners. The American Journal Of Drug And Alcohol Abuse 2010, 37: 12-21. PMID: 21171933, PMCID: PMC3070290, DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2010.540280.
- Azar MM, Springer SA, Meyer JP, Altice FL. A systematic review of the impact of alcohol use disorders on HIV treatment outcomes, adherence to antiretroviral therapy and health care utilization. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2010, 112: 178-193. PMID: 20705402, PMCID: PMC2997193, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.06.014.
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