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Evaluating the Clinical Impact of the BCID2 Panel and Antimicrobial Stewardship in Pediatric Bloodstream Infections: A Pragmatic Trial in Guatemala.
Kelly E Graff, Nancy Galvez, Molly M Lamb, Rosa Cortes, Edie A Sanchez Villeda, Mario A Melgar

Pediatr Infect Dis J· November 2025

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Building and sustaining infection prevention and control teams at two pediatric cancer units in Ecuador and Guatemala through a collaboration partnership.
Joanna J Acebo, Mario A Melgar, Maysam R Homsi, Miriam L Gonzalez, Alicia C Cojulun

Front Oncol· October 2025

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Antimicrobial stewardship practices in Guatemala: communication, perceptions, and behaviors regarding antimicrobial prescribing.
Dana R Bowers, Clara Secaira, Nancy Sandoval, Mario Melgar, Nuria Chavez

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol· September 2025

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Multicenter Evaluation of Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in Latin American Hospitals.
Valeria Fabre, Sara E Cosgrove, Yea-Jen Hsu, Twisha S Patel, Fernanda C Lessa, Mario Melgar

Open Forum Infect Dis· July 2025

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Zero-dose children in Latin America: analysis of the problem and possible solutions.
Maria L Avila-Aguero, Helena Brenes-Chacon, Mario Melgar, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Enrique Chacon-Cruz

F1000Res· April 2025

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Clinical and economic burden of varicella in pediatric patients hospitalized in four institutions in Guatemala.
Mario Melgar, Ingrid Sajmolo, André Chocó, Lidia Ortiz, Ana Gabriela Cordova

PLOS Glob Public Health· January 2025

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Antibiotic Use in Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Units and General Wards in Latin American Hospitals.
Valeria Fabre, Sara E Cosgrove, Fernanda C Lessa, Twisha S Patel, Washington R Aleman, Mario Melgar

Open Forum Infect Dis· November 2024

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The role of NITAGs in government decisions on vaccine use: insights from the Fifth Global NITAG Network meeting.
Louise Henaff, Dace Zavadska, Mario Melgar, Johanna Fihman, Christoph Steffen

Lancet Infect Dis· April 2024

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Establishing priorities to strengthen National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Tracy Evans-Gilbert, J Peter Figueroa, Pablo Bonvehí, Mario Melgar, Daniel Stecher

Vaccine· April 2024

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Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of Latin American healthcare workers relating to antibiotic stewardship and antibiotic use: a cross-sectional multi-country study.
Valeria Fabre, Sara E Cosgrove, Fernanda C Lessa, Twisha S Patel, Guadalupe Reyes-Morales, Mario Melgar

Antimicrob Resist Infect Control· April 2024

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Deep Dive Into Gaps and Barriers to Implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Hospitals in Latin America.
Valeria Fabre, Clara Secaira, Sara E Cosgrove, Fernanda C Lessa, Twisha S Patel, Mario Melgar

Clin Infect Dis· July 2023

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Spatiotemporal variation in risk of Shigella infection in childhood: a global risk mapping and prediction model using individual participant data.
Hamada S Badr, Josh M Colston, Nhat-Lan H Nguyen, Yen Ting Chen, Eleanor Burnett, Mario Melgar

Lancet Glob Health· March 2023

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High morbidity and mortality associated with primary bloodstream infections among pediatric patients with cancer at a Guatemalan tertiary referral hospital.
Sheena Mukkada, Mario Melgar, Craig Bullington, Alicia Chang, Maysam R Homsi

Front Public Health· December 2022

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Impact of dry hydrogen peroxide on hospital-acquired infection at a pediatric oncology hospital.
Mario Melgar, Marilyn Ramirez, Alicia Chang, Federico Antillon

Am J Infect Control· August 2022

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Factors Associated With Hospitalization or Intensive Care Admission in Children With COVID-19 in Latin America.
Eduardo López-Medina, German Camacho-Moreno, Martin E Brizuela, Diana M Dávalos, Juan Pablo Torres, Mario Melgar

Front Pediatr· April 2022

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Associations Between Eight Earth Observation-Derived Climate Variables and Enteropathogen Infection: An Independent Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Surveillance Studies With Broad Spectrum Nucleic Acid Diagnostics.
Josh M Colston, Benjamin F Zaitchik, Hamada S Badr, Eleanor Burnett, Syed Asad Ali, Mario T Melgar

Geohealth· January 2022

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Survey of practices for the clinical management of febrile neutropenia in children in hematology-oncology units in Latin America.
Mario A Melgar, Maysam R Homsi, Brooke Happ, Yin Su, Li Tang

Support Care Cancer· December 2021

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Antimicrobial Resistance Trends at a Pediatric Hospital in Guatemala City, 2005-2019.
Kelly E Graff, William Jon Windsor, Diva M Calvimontes, Mario A Melgar, Nancy Galvez

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc· August 2021

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Effectiveness of dry hydrogen peroxide on reducing environmental microbial bioburden risk in a pediatric oncology intensive care unit.
Marilyn Ramirez, Laura Matheu, Miguel Gomez, Alicia Chang, Jose Ferrolino, Mario Melgar

Am J Infect Control· May 2021

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Guidance Statement for the Management of Febrile Neutropenia in Pediatric Patients Receiving Cancer-Directed Therapy in Central America and the Caribbean.
Mario Melgar, Tea Reljic, Guillermo Barahona, Kattia Camacho, Alicia Chang

JCO Glob Oncol· March 2020

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[Epidemiology of dengue in Central America and the Dominican Republic].
María L Ávila-Agüero, Kattia Camacho-Badilla, José Brea-Del-Castillo, Lizbeth Cerezo, Lourdes Dueñas, Mario Melgar

Rev Chilena Infectol· December 2019

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Identification of Enteropathogens by Multiplex PCR among Rural and Urban Guatemalan Children with Acute Diarrhea.
James T Gaensbauer, Molly Lamb, Diva M Calvimontes, Edwin J Asturias, Satoshi Kamidani, Mario A Melgar

Am J Trop Med Hyg· September 2019

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Impact of Maternal Antibody on the Immunogenicity of Inactivated Polio Vaccine in Infants Immunized With Bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine: Implications for the Polio Eradication Endgame.
James T Gaensbauer, Chris Gast, Ananda S Bandyopadhyay, Miguel O'Ryan, Xavier Saez-Llorens, Mario Melgar

Clin Infect Dis· October 2018

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No Detection of Entamoeba Histolytica by Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction in Children With Acute Non-bloody Diarrhea in Guatemala.
Satoshi Kamidani, Mario Melgar, Christine Robinson, Edwin Asturias, Stephen Berman

Pediatr Infect Dis J· April 2018

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Efficacy of a bovine colostrum and egg-based intervention in acute childhood diarrhoea in Guatemala: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
James T Gaensbauer, Mario A Melgar, Diva M Calvimontes, Molly M Lamb, Edwin J Asturias

BMJ Glob Health· December 2017

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