Cristina R. Costales, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology

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Publications

  • Evaluation of a virulence gene repertoire as a means to investigate the role in the causal pathway to death of Escherichia coli isolated from postmortem specimens, northern Tanzania. Am J Clin Pathol. 2026 Aug 04; 166(2).. View in PubMed
  • Utility of a Multiplex Molecular Respiratory Pathogen Panel on Clinical Management of Children in the Pediatric Emergency Department. J Mol Diagn. 2026 Jul; 28(7):575-582.. View in PubMed
  • Invasive Conidiobolus infection in an immunocompromised pediatric patient in Southern California. ASM Case Rep. 2026 Mar; 2(2).. View in PubMed
  • Rapid Diagnostic Stewardship and Blood Culture Use in a Pediatric Medical Center. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 10 01; 8(10):e2535580.. View in PubMed
  • Impact on hospital length of stay and antimicrobial usage in children diagnosed with viral meningitis by rapid multiplexed PCR assay. J Clin Virol. 2025 Oct; 180:105856.. View in PubMed
  • Epidemiologic and Genomic Characterization of an Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever Among Humans and Dairy Cattle in Northern Tanzania. J Infect Dis. 2025 Aug 14; 232(2):298-307.. View in PubMed
  • Performance evaluation of early growth isolates for automated and manual broth microdilution antimicrobial-susceptibility testing. J Clin Microbiol. 2025 08 13; 63(8):e0023625.. View in PubMed
  • Implications of subtyping influenza A amongst H5N1 surveillance efforts. J Clin Virol. 2025 Aug; 179:105810.. View in PubMed
  • Diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis within a pediatric hospital setting. ASM Case Rep. 2025 Jul; 1(4).. View in PubMed
  • A novel framework for the automated characterization of Gram-stained blood culture slides using a large-scale vision transformer. J Clin Microbiol. 2025 03 12; 63(3):e0151424.. View in PubMed