Publications

• 2024

  72. D Goletti, CWM Ong, JS. Friedland. Host-directed therapies: old and new approaches for the treatment of infections.. Int J Inf Dis 2024. 146, 107130. (IF 12)
  73. P du Cros, J Greig, J Alffenaar, GB Cross, C Cousins, C Berry, U Khan, PP.J. Phillips, GE. Velásquez, J Furin, M Spigelman, J Denholm, SS Thi, S Tiberi, G. KL Huang, GB. Marks, A Turkova, L Guglielmetti, KL Chew, HT Nguyen, CWM Ong, G Brigden, K Singh, I Motta, C Lange, JA. Seddon, B-T Nyang’wa, AK J Maug, MT Gler, KE Dooley, M Quelapio, B Tsogt, D Menzies, V Cox, CM. Upton, A Skrahina, L McKenna, R Horsburgh, BJ Marais. Standards for Tuberculosis Therapeutic Clinical Trials.. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2023. (IF 4.0)
  74. Ang MLT, Chan SM, Cheng LTE, Cheong HY, Chew KL, Chlebic PM, Hsu LY, Kaw GJL, Kee ACL, Ng MCW, Ong RTH, Ong CWM, Quah JL, Selvamani B, Sng LH, Tan JBX, Tan CH, Tay JY, Teo LLS, Thoon KC, Yan GZ, Chen JIP, Hud MH, Khoo BBJ , Lee DYX, Ng BXY, Park JY, Tan BYT, Yang Q. Singapore Tuberculosis Clinical Management Guidelines: A Modified Delphi Adaptation of International Guidelines for Drug-Susceptible TB Infection and Pulmonary Disease. Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore 2024. (IF 5.2)
  75. AL Garcia-Basteiro, J Ehrlich, M Bonet, M Calnan, S Graham, S Hermans, R Lewa, A Mandalakas, L Martinez, GB. Migliori, CWM Ong, L Otero, M Rangaka, M Raviglione, B Seaworth, W Ssengooba, GTheron, A Trajman, M A. Behr. A Global Tuberculosis Dictionary. Unified terms and definitions for the field of TB.. Lancet Global Health 2024 (IF 34)
  76. VWT Ho, Low HB, J Cui, Zhou J, B Shunmuganathan, R Gupta, NYJ Tan, X Qian, K Purushotorman, V Angeli, J Chen, B Kennedy, CWM Ong*, PA Macary. Relative IFNγ deficiency is strongly associated with poorer COVID-19 vaccination responses in older adults. Aging Cell 2024. (IF 7.8)

• 2023

  67. Casco N, Jorge AL, Palmero DJ, Alffenaar JW, Fox GJ, Ezz W, Cho JG, Denholm J, Skrahina A, Solodovnikova V, Arbex MA, Alves T, Rabahi MF, Pereira GR, Sales R, Silva DR, Saffie MM, Salinas NE, Miranda RC, Cisterna C, Concha C, Fernandez I, Villalón C, Vera CG, Tapia PG, Cancino V, Carbonell M, Cruz A, Muñoz E, Muñoz C, Navarro I, Pizarro R, Sánchez GPC, Riquelme MSV, Vilca E, Soto A, Flores X, Garavagno A, Bahamondes MH, Merino LM, Pradenas AM, Revillot ME, Rodriguez P, Salinas AS, Taiba C, Valdés JF, Subiabre JN, Ortega C, Palma S, Castillo PP, Pinto M, Bidegain FR, Venegas M, Yucra E, Li Y, Cruz A, Guelvez B, Plaza RV, Hoyos KYT, Van Den Boom M, Andréjak C, Blanc FX, Dourmane S, Froissart A, Izadifar A, Rivière F, Schlemmer F, Manika K, Diallo BD, Hassane-Harouna S, Artiles N, Mejia LA, Gupta N, Ish P, Mishra G, Patel JM, Singla R, Udwadia ZF, Alladio F, Angeli F, Calcagno A, Centis R, Codecasa LR, De Lauretis A, Esposito SMR, Formenti B, Gaviraghi A, Giacomet V, Goletti D, Gualano G, Matteelli A, Migliori GB, Motta I, Palmieri F, Pontali E, Prestileo T, Riccardi N, Saderi L, Saporiti M, Sotgiu G, Spanevello A, Stochino C, Tadolini M, Torre A, Villa S, Italy DV, Kurhasani X, Furjani M, Rasheed N, Danila E, Diktanas S, Ridaura RL, López FLL, Torrico MM, Rendon A, Akkerman OW, Chizaram O, Al-Abri S, Alyaquobi F, Althohli K, Aguirre S, Teixeira RC, De Egea V, Irala S, Medina A, Sequera G, Sosa N, Vázquez F, Llanos-Tejada FK, Manga S, -Villegas RV, Araujo D, Duarte R, Marques TS, Grecu VI, Socaci A, Barkanova O, Bogorodskaya M, Borisov S, Mariandyshev A, Kaluzhenina A, Vukicevic TA, Stosic M, Beh D, Ng D, Ong CWM, Solovic I, Dheda K, Gina P, Caminero JA, Cardoso-Landivar J, De Souza Galvão ML, Dominguez-Castellano A, García-García JM, Pinargote IM, Fernandez SQ, Sánchez-Montalvá A, Huguet ET, Murguiondo MZ, Bart PA, Mazza-Stalder J, D'Ambrosio L, Kamolwat P, Bakko F, Barnacle J, Bird S, Brown A, Chandran S, Killington K, Man K, Papineni P, Ritchie F, Tiberi S, Utjesanovic N, Zenner D, Hearn JL, Heysell S, Young L. Long-term outcomes of the global TB and COVID-19 coinfection cohort . Eur Respir J. 2023 Oct 12;. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 37827576* (IF 24)
  68. S Chhabra, S Wu, JN Ngiam, GB Migliori, D Goletti, CWM Ong*. Diagnosis of tuberculosis infection. European Respiratory Society Monograph: The Challenge of Tuberculosis in the 21st Century. ERS Monograph, 2023, (101), pp. 139–150.
  69. D Goletti, A Aiello, LD Tientcheu, C Muefong, TH Hu, P Niewold, SA. Joosten, CWM Ong, JS Sutherland. Host-pathogen interactions and clinical outcome of tuberculosis. European Respiratory Society Monograph: The Challenge of Tuberculosis in the 21st Century. ERS Monograph, 2023, (101), pp. 34-50.
  70. K.P. Singh, A.C.C. Carvalho, R. Centis, L. D'Ambrosio, G.B. Migliori, S.G. Mpagama, BC Nguyen, R.E. Aarnoutse, A. Aleska, R. van Altena, P.K. Bhavani, M. Bolhuis, S. Borisov, N. ‘t Boveneind-Vrubleuskaya, J. Bruchfeld, J.A. Caminero, I. Carvalho, J.G. Cho, L. Davies-Forsman, M. Dedicoat, K. Dheda, K. Dooley, J. Furin, J.M. Garcia-Garcia, A. Garcia-Prats, A.C. Hesseling, S.K. Heysell, Y. Hu, H.Y. Kim, S. Manga, B. Marais, I. Margineanu, A.G. Märtson, M. Munoz Torrico, H.M. Nataprawira, E. Nuntes, C.W.M Ong, R. Otto-Knapp, D.J. Palmero, C.A. Peloquin, A. Rendon, D. Rossato Silva, R. Ruslami, A.M.I Saktiawati, P. Santoso, H.S. Schaaf, B. Seaworth, U. Simonsson, R. Singla, A. Skrahina, I. Solovic, S.K. Srivasta, S.L. Stocker, M.G. Sturkenboom, E.M. Svensson, M. Tadolini, T.A. Thomas, S. Tiberi, J. Trubiano, Z.F. Udwadia, A. Verhage, D.H. Vu, O.W. Akkerman, J.W.C. Alffenaar, J.T. Denholm. Clinical standards for the management of adverse effects during treatment of tuberculosis . Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2023. https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.23.0078. (IF 3.4)
  71. CWM Ong, HD Blackbourn, GB Migliori. GPT-4, Artificial Intelligence and implications for publishing . Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2023. (IF 3.6)
  72. AKJ Teo, F Morishita, T Islam, K Viney, CWM Ong, S Kato, HJ Kim, Y Liu, KHyun Oh, T Yoshiyama, O Akihiro, K Rahevar, L Kawatsu, M Yanagawa, K Prem, S Yi, HTG Tran, and B Marais. Tuberculosis in older adults: a review of challenges and best practices in the Western Pacific Region. Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific 2023. (IF 8.6)
  73. Goletti D, Al-Abri S, Migliori GB, Cole R, Ong CWM, Esposito S, Tadolini M, Matteelli A, Cirillo D, Nemes E, Zumla A, Petersen E. World TB Day 2023: Yes! We Can End TB! Ending TB is feasible if countries step up their funding allocations . Int J Inf Dis 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.04.006 (IF 12)
  74. PM Thong, HT Chong, AJW Chang, CWM Ong. COVID-19, the escalation of diabetes and the repercussions on Tuberculosis . Int J Inf Dis 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.02.009 (IF 12)
  75. J Nalunjogi, S Mucching-Toscano, JP Sibomana, R Centis, L D'Ambrosio, JW Alffenaar, J Denholm, FX Blanc, S Borisov, E Danila, R Duarte, JM García-García, D Goletti, CWM Ong, A Rendon, TA Thomas, S Tiberi, M van den Boom, G Sotgiu, GB Migliori for the Global Tuberculosis Network. Impact of COVID-19 on diagnosis of TB, MDR-TB and on mortality in 11 countries in Europe, Northern America and Australia. A Global Tuberculosis Network study. Int J Inf Dis 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.02.025 (IF 12)
  76. AKJ Teo, K Rahevar, F Morishita, A Ang, T Yoshiyama, A Ohkado, L Kawatsu, N Yamada, K Uchimura, Y Choi, Z Chen, S Yi, M Yanagawa, KH Oh, Ki Viney, B Marais, H Kim, S Kato, Y Liu, CWM Ong, T Islam (Joint Senior Author). Tuberculosis in older adults: Case studies from four countries with rapidly ageing populations in the Western Pacific Region . BMC Public Health 2023, 23, Article number: 370 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15197-7 (IF 3.2)

• 2022

  57. JM García-García, FX Blanc, D Buonsenso, R Centis, LR Codecasa, LD'Ambrosio, D Goletti, G Gualano, H Kunst, M Tadolini, E Pontali, S Tiberi, CWM Ong, G Sotgiu, GB Migliori for the Global Tuberculosis Network. COVID-19 hampered diagnosis of TB infection in France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom . Archivos de Bronconeumologia 2022. (IF 6.3)
  58. L Saderi, M Pucia, B Di Lorenzoa, R Centis, L D’Ambrosia, O W Akkerman, JW Alffenaar, JA Caminero JM Chakaya, JT Denholm, XKurhasani, CWM Ong, A Rendon, DR Silva, S Tiberi, D Zenner, AM Cabibbe, GB Migliori, G Sotgiu. Rapid diagnosis of XDR and pre-XDR TB: A systematic review of available tools.. Archivos de Bronconeumologia 2022. 28 July. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arbres.2022.07.012 (IF 6.3)
  59. S Chhabra, CWM Ong, G Sotgiu. Tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2022 Aug 1;26(8):702-703. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.22.0314. (IF 3.4)
  60. Phuong NQM, Wang M, AM Nelisha, AY Li, HY Tan, GM Xiong, MKM Tan, AAS Bhagat, CWM Ong*, CT Lim* [Co-Corresponding author]. Modular micro PCR system for the onsite rapid diagnosis of COVID-19. Microsystems and Nanoengineering 2022. (IF 7.1)
  61. OW Akkerman, R Duarte, S Tiberi, HSS Schaaf, C Lange, JWC Alffenaar, J Denholm, ACC Carvalho, MS Bolhuis, M van den Boom, S Borisov, J Bruchfeld, AM Cabibbe, JA Caminero, I Carvalho, J Chakaya, R. Centis, MP Dalcomo, L D’Ambrosio, M Dedicoat, K. Dheda, K. Dooley, J Furin, J-M García-García, NAH van Hest, B de Jong, X. Kurhasani, AG Märtson, S Mpagama, M Munoz Torrico, E Nunes, CWM Ong, DJ Palmero, DR Silva, R Ruslami, AMI Saktiawati, C Semuto, R Singla, I Solovic, S Srivastava, J de Steenwinkel, A Story, M Sturkenboom, M Tadolini, ZF Udwadia, A Verhage, JP Zellweger, GB Migliori. Clinical standards for drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2022 Jul 1;26(7):592-604. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.22.0228. (IF 3.4)
  62. CV Choong, Thien SY, Liang EW, KC Goh, SJ Wu, Khin MKWin, CWM Ong, DHL Ng Accelerating TB diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2022. 2022 Jul 1;26(7):636-640. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.21.0640. (IF 3.4)
  63. JWC Alffenaar, SL Stocker, L Davies-Forsman, A Garcia-Prats, SK Heysell, RE Aarnoutse, OW Akkerman, A Aleska, R van Altena, W Arrazola de Oñata, PK Bhavani, N ‘t Boveneind-Vrubleuskaya, ACC. Carvalho, R Centis, JM Chakaya, DM Cirillo, JG. Cho, L D'Ambrosio, MP Dalcolmo, P Denti, K Dheda, GJ Fox, AC Hesseling HY Kim, CU Köser, B Marais, I Margineanu, AG Märtson, M Munoz Torrico, HM Nataprawira, CWM Ong, R Otto-Knapp, CA Peloquin, DR Silva, R Ruslami, P.Santoso, RM Savic, R Singla, EM Svensson, A Skrahina, D van Soolingen, S Srivastava, M Tadolini, S Tiberi, TA Thomas, ZF Udwadia, DH Vu, W Zhang, SG Mpagama, T Schon, GB Migliori. Clinical standards for the dosing and management of TB drugs. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2022. Volume 26, Number 6, 1 June 2022, pp. 483-499(17) DOI: https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.22.0188 (IF 3.4)
  64. JM Hong, H Lee, NV Menon, CT Lim, LP Lee, CWM Ong. Point-of-care diagnostic tests for tuberculosis disease. Science Translational Medicine, Vol 14, Issue 639. 10.1126/scitranslmed.abj4124 (IF 17.9)
  65. FK Loh, PM Thong, CWM Ong. The crucial need for tuberculosis translational research in the time of COVID-19. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 23 March 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00099-6 (IF 30.6)
  66. XY Poh, JM Hong, C Bai, QH Miow, PM Thong, Y Wang, R Rajarethinam, CSL Ding, CWM Ong. Nos2−/− mice infected with M. tuberculosis develop neurobehavioral changes and immunopathology mimicking human central nervous system tuberculosis. J Neuroinflammation 19, 21 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-022-02387-0 (IF 8.3)
  67. GB Migliori, SJ WuA Matteelli, D Zenner, D Goletti, S Ahmedov, SAl-Abri, DM Allen, ME Balcells, AL Garcia-Basteiro, E Cambau, RE Chaisson, CBE Chee, MP Dalcolmo, JT Denholm, C Erkens, S Esposito, P Farnia, JS Friedland, S Graham, Y Hamada, AD Harries, AW Kay, A Kritski, S Manga, BJ. Marais, D Menzies, D Ng, L Petrone, A Rendon, DR Silva, HS Schaaf, A Skrahina, G Sotgiu, G Thwaites, S Tiberi, N Tukvadze, JP Zellweger, L D’Ambrosio, R Centis,CWM Ong. Clinical Standards for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB infection. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2022. (IF 2.3)
  68. Xuan Ying Poh, Fei Kean Loh, Jon S. Friedland and Catherine W. M. Ong. Neutrophil-Mediated Immunopathology and Matrix Metalloproteinases in Central Nervous System – Tuberculosis. Front. Immunol., 12 January 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.788976. (IF 7.5)

• 2021

  45. The TB/COVID-19 Global Study Group. Tuberculosis and COVID-19 co-infection: description of the global cohort . Eur Respir J 2021. Online publication 11 Nov 2021. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02538-2021 (IF 16.7)
  46. GB Migliori, FM Marx, N Ambrosino, E Zampogna, HS Schaaf, MM van der Zalm, B Allwood, AL Byrne, K Mortimer, RS Wallis, GJ Fox, CC Leung, JM Chakaya, B Seaworth, A Rachow, BJ Marais, J Furin, OW Akkerman, F Al Yaquobi, AFS Amaral, S Borisov, JA Caminero, ACC Carvalho, D Chesov, LR Codecasa, RC Teixeira, MP Dalcolmo, S Datta, A-T Dinh-Xuan, R Duarte, CA Evans, J-M. García-García, G Günther, G Hoddinott, S Huddart, O Ivanova, R Laniado-Laborín, S Manga, K Manika, A Mariandyshev, FCQ Mello, SG Mpagama, M Muñoz-Torrico, P Nahid, CWM Ong, DJ Palmero, A Piubello, E Pontali, DR Silva, R Singla, A Spanevello, S Tiberi, ZF Udwadia, M Vitacca, R Centis, L D’Ambrosio, G Sotgiu, C Lange, D Visca. Clinical standards for the assessment, management, and rehabilitation of post-TB lung disease . Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2021. Volume 25, Number 10, 1 October 2021, pp. 797-813(17) (IF 2.4)
  47. V Teng, YT Chua, E Lai, S Mukherjee, J Michaels, CS Wong, YS Leo, B Young, S Archuleta, CWM Ong. Lack of latent tuberculosis screening and delay in Anti-Retroviral Therapy initiation in HIV-TB co-infection: A 11-year study in an intermediate TB-burden country . Int J Infect Dis . 2021 Sep 23;S1201-9712(21)00756-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.048. (IF 3.6)
  48. H Zhao, Y Zhang, Y Chen, NRY Ho, NR Sundah, A Natalia, Y L, QH Miow, Y Wang, PA Tambyah, CWM Ong, H Shao. Accessible detection of SARS-CoV-2 through molecular nanostructures and automated microfluidics . Biosensors and Bioelectronics. Volume 194, 15 December 2021, 113629 (IF 10.3)
  49. GB Migliori, CWM Ong, L Petrone, L D’Ambrosio, R Centis, D Goletti. The definition of tuberculosis infection based on the spectrum of tuberculosis disease. Breathe 2021 17: 210079; DOI: 10.1183/20734735.0079-2021 (IF 2)
  50. GB Migliori, PM Thong, JW Alffenaar, J Denholm, M Tadolini, F Al Yaquobi, FX Blanc, D Buonsenso, JG Cho, LR Codecasa, E Danila, R Duarte, JM García-García, G Gualano, A Rendon, DR Silva, MB Souleymane, SM Tham, TA Thomas, S Tiberi, ZF Udwadia, D Goletti, R Centis, L D'Ambrosio, G Sotgiu, CWM Ong, for the Global Tuberculosis Network. Gauging the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis services: a global study.. Eur Respir J 2021 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01786-2021 (IF 16.7)
  51. Y Chen, NR Sundah, NRY Ho, A Natalia, Y Liu, QH Miao, Y Wang, DLL Beh, KL Chew, D Chan, PA Tambyah, CWM Ong, H Shao. Collaborative equilibrium coupling of catalytic DNA nanostructures enables programmable detection of SARS-CoV-2. Advanced Science 2021. 18 July 2021. DOI: 10.1002/advs.202101155. (IF 16.8)
  52. QH Miow, AF Vallejo, Y Wang, JM Hong, C Bai, FSW Teo, ADY Wang, HR Loh, TZ Tan, Y Ding, HW She, SH Gan, NI Paton, J Lum, A Tay, CBE Chee, PA Tambyah, ME Polak, YT Wang, A Singhal, PT Elkington*, JS Friedland, CWM Ong*. Doxycycline as host-directed therapy in human pulmonary tuberculosis . J Clin Invest 2021 (In Press) https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI141895. (IF 12)
  53. AKJ Teo, CWM Ong, LY Hsu. COVID-19 and tuberculosis: a progression-regression conundrum. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2021 Volume 25, Number 6, 1 June 2021, pp. 421-423(3), https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.21.0219(IF 2.3)
  54. NR Sundah, A Natalia, Y Liu, NRY Ho, H Zhao, Y Chen, QH Miao, Y Wang, DLL Beh, D Chan, KL Chew, PA Tambyah,CWM Ong, H Shao Catalytic amplification by transition-state molecular switches for direct and sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2. Science Advances 17 Mar 2021: Vol. 7, no. 12, eabe5940, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe5940 . (IF 13.1)
  55. D Visca, CWM Ong, S Tiberi, R Centis, L D’Ambrosio, B Chen, J Mueller, P Mueller, R Duarte, M Dalcolmo, G Sotgiu, GB Migliori, D Goletti. Tuberculosis and COVID-19 interaction: a review of biological, clinical and public health effects. Pulmonol. 2021 (In Press). doi: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2020.12.012. (IF 2.778)
  56. MK Labude, L Shen, Y Zhu, GO Schaefer, C Ong , V Xafis. Perspectives of Singaporean biomedical researchers and research support staff on actual and ideal IRB review functions and characteristics: A quantitative analysis. PLoS One. 2020 Dec 31;15(12):e0241783. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241783. eCollection 2020. (IF 2.7)

• 2020

  33. N Casco, AL Jorge, D Palmero, J-W Alffenaar, G Fox, W Ezz, J-G Cho, A Skrahina, V Solodovnikova, P Bachez, MA Arbex, T Galvão, M Rabahi, GR Pereira, R Sales, DR Silva, MM Saffie, RC Miranda, V Cancino, M Carbonell, C Cisterna, C Concha, A Cruz, NE Salinas, ME Revillot, J Farias, I Fernandez, X Flores, P Gallegos, A Garavagno, C Guajardo, MH Bahamondes, LM Merino, E Muñoz, C Muñoz, I Navarro, J Navarro, C Ortega, S Palma, AM Pardenas, G Pereira, PP Castillo, M Pinto, R Pizarro, F Rivas, P Rodriguez, C Sánchez, A Serrano, A Soto, C Taiba, M Venegas, MS Vergara, E Vilca, C Villalon, E Yucra, Y Li, A Cruz, B Guelvez, R Plaza, K Tello, C Andréjak, F-X Blanc, S Dourmane, A Froissart, A Izadifar, F Rivière, F Schlemmer, N Gupta, P Ish, G Mishra, S Sharma, R Singla, ZF Udwadia, K Manika, BD Diallo, S Hassane-Harouna, N Artiles, LA Mejia, F Alladio, A Calcagno, R Centis, LR Codecasa, L D'Ambrosio, B Formenti, A Gaviraghi, V Giacomet, D Goletti, G Gualano, A Matteelli, G B Migliori, I Motta, F Palmieri, T Prestileo, N Riccardi, L Saderi, M Saporiti, G Sotgiu, C Stochino, M Tadolini, A Torre, D Visca, S Villa, L Kuksa, E Danila, S Diktanas, S Miliauskas, RL Ridaura, FLL López, MM Torrico, A Rendon, OW Akkerman, A Piubello, MB Souleymane, E Aizpurua, R Gonzales, J Jurado, A Loban, S Aguirre, V de Egea, S Irala, A Medina, G Sequera, N Sosa, F Vázquez, S Manga, R Villanueva, D Araujo, R Duarte, TS Marques, VI Grecu, A Socaci, O Barkanova, M Bogorodskaya, S Borisov, A Mariandyshev, A Kaluzhenina, M Stosic, D Beh, D Ng, CWM Ong, I Solovic, D Dheda, P Gina, JA Caminero, J CardosoLandivar, ML de Souza Galvão, A Dominguez-Castellano, J-M García-García, IM Pinargote, SQ Fernandez, A Sánchez-Montalvá, ET Huguet, MZ Murguiondo, J Bruchfeld, P-A Bart, J Mazza-Stalder, S Tiberi, F Arrieta, S Heysell, J Logsdon, L Young. TB and COVID-19 co-infection: rationale and aims of a global study. Int J Tuberc Lung D. 2020 (In Press). doi: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0786. (IF 2.268)
  34. GB Migliori^ , PM Thong^, O Akkerman, JW Alffenaar, F Álvarez-Navascués, MM Assao-Neino, PV Bernard, JS Biala, FX Blanc, EM Bogorodskaya, S Borisov, D Buonsenso, M Calnan, PF Castellotti, R Centis, JM Chakaya, JG Cho, LR Codecasa, L D'Ambrosio, J Denholm, M Enwerem, M Ferrarese, T Galvão, M García-Clemente, J García-García, G Gualano, JA Gullón-Blanco, S Inwentarz, G Ippolito, H Kunst, A Maryandyshev, M Melazzini, FCQ Mello, M Muñoz-Torrico, PB Njungfiyini, DJ Palmero, F Palmieri, P Piccioni, A Piubello, A Rendon, J Sabriá, M Saporiti, P Scognamiglio, S Sharma, DR Silva, MB Souleymane, A Spanevello, E Tabernero, M Tadolini, ME Tchangou, ABY Thornton, S Tiberi, ZF Udwadia, G Sotgiu, CWM Ong*, D Goletti. Worldwide effects of coronavirus disease pandemic on tuberculosis services, January–April 2020. Emerg Inf Dis 2020 (In Press). (IF 6.3)
  35. Ong CWM, Migliori GB, Raviglione M, MacGregor-Skinner G, Sotgiu G, Alffenaar JW, Tiberi S, Adlhoch C, Alonzi T, Archuleta S, Brusin S, Cambau E, Capobianchi MR, Castilletti C, Centis R, Cirillo DM, D'Ambrosio L, Delogu G, Esposito SMR, Figueroa J, Friedland JS, Choon Heng BH, Ippolito G, Jankovic M, Kim HY, Klintz SR, Ködmön C, Lalle E, Leo YS, Leung CC, Märtson AG, Melazzini M, Najafi Fard S, Penttinen P, Petrone L, Petruccioli E, Pontali E, Saderi L, Santin M, Spanevello A, van Crevel R, van der Werf MJ, Visca D, Viveiros M, Zellweger JP, Zumla A, Goletti D. Epidemic and pandemic viral infections: impact on tuberculosis and the lung. A consensus by the World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders (WAidid), Global Tuberculosis Network (GTN) and members# of ESCMID Study Group for Mycobacterial Infections (ESGMYC). Eur Respir J. 2020 Jul 2:2001727. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01727-2020. (IF 11.807)
  36. Archuleta S, Cross G, Somani J, Lum L, Santosa A, Alagha RA, Allen DM, Ang A, Beh D, Chai L, Chan SM, Lim SM, Olszyna DP, Ong C, Oon J, Salada BMA, Smitasin N, Sun L, Tambyah PA, Tham SM, Yan G, Yee CH, Dan YY, Jureen R, Tee N, Mahadevan M, Yau YW, Quek SC, Liu EH, Sin C, Bagdasarian N, Fisher DA. Responding to COVID-19: how an academic infectious diseases division mobilized in Singapore. BMC Med.2020 Jun 8;18(1):179. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01641-7. (IF 8.285)
  37. Tadolini M, Codecasa LR, García-García JM, Blanc FX, Borisov S, Alffenaar JW, Andréjak C, Bachez P, Bart PA, Belilovski E, Cardoso-Landivar J, Centis R, D'Ambrosio L, De Souza-Galvão ML, Dominguez-Castellano A, Dourmane S, Jachym MF, Froissart A, Giacomet V, Goletti D, Grard S, Gualano G, Izadifar A, Le Du D, Royo MM, Mazza-Stalder J, Motta I, Ong CWM, Palmieri F, Rivière F, Rodrigo T, Rossato Silva D, Sánchez-Montalvá A, Saporiti M, Scarpellini P, Schlemmer F, Spanevello A, Sumarokova E, Tabernero E, Tambyah PA, Tiberi S, Torre A, Visca D, Murguiondo MZ, Sotgiu G, Migliori GB. Active tuberculosis, sequelae and COVID-19 co-infection: first cohort of 49 cases. Eur Respir J. 2020 May 26:2001398. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01398-2020. (IF 11.807)
  38. CWM Ong , D Goletti. Impact of the global COVID-19 outbreak on the management of other communicable diseases. Int J Tuberc Lung D. 2020 Mar 20:1-4. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0140. (IF 2.024)

• 2019

  27. ME Png, J Yoong, Ong CWM, DA Fisher, N Bagdasarian. A Screening Strategy for Latent Tuberculosis in Healthcare Workers: Cost-effectiveness and Budget Impact of Universal versus Targeted Screening. Infect Cont Hosp Ep. 2019 Feb 21:1-9. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.334. (IF 3.1)

• 2018

  26. Brilha S, Ong CWM, Weksler B, Romero N, Couraud PO, Friedland JS. Author Correction: Matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity and a downregulated Hedgehog pathway impair blood-brain barrier function in an in vitro model of CNS tuberculosis. Scientific Reports. 2018 Sep 12;8(1):13956. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-31948-8.
  27. KL Chew, DHL Ng, JWP Teo, KB Tan, MLM Poon, PA Tambyah, CWM Ong. Disseminated Volvariella volvacea infections in patients with hematological malignancies. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2018 Aug 9. pii: S1198-743X(18)30563-9. (IF 5.4)
  28. CWM Ong, K Fox, A Ettorre, P Elkington, JS Friedland. Hypoxia increases neutrophil-dependent matrix destruction after exposure to M. tuberculosis Scientific Reports volume 8, Article number: 11475 (2018) (IF 4.6)
  29. S Brilha, A Khawaja, D Chong, CWM Ong, NJ Guppy, JC Porter, JS Friedland. Integrin α2β1 expression regulates matrix metalloproteinase-1-dependent bronchial epithelial repair in pulmonary tuberculosis Front. Immunol., 22 June 2018 https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.01348 (IF 6.4)

• 2017

  22. S Brilha, CWM Ong, B Weksler, N Romero, P Couraud, and J Friedland. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity and a downregulated Hedgehog pathway impairs blood-brain barrier function in an in vitro culture-based CNS TB model Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 16031 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41598-017-16250-3 (IF 4.6)
  23. CWM Ong, PJ Pabisiak, S Brilha, P Singh, F Roncaroli, PT Elkington, JS Friedland. Complex regulation of neutrophil-derived MMP-9 secretion in central nervous system tuberculosis J Neuroinflammation 2017 Feb 7;14(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s12974-017-0801-1. (IF 5.1)

• 2015

  20. CWM Ong, P Elkington, S Brilha, C Ugarte-Gil, M Tome-Esteban, LB Tezera, PJ Pabisiak, RC Moores, T Sathyamoorthy, V Patel, RH Gilman, JC Porter, JS Friedland. Neutrophil-derived MMP-8 drives AMPK-dependent matrix destruction in human pulmonary tuberculosis PLOS Pathogens 2015 May 21;11(5):e1004917. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004917. eCollection 2015 May. (IF 6.6)

• 2014

  19. CWM Ong, P Elkington, JS Friedland. Tuberculosis, pulmonary cavitation and matrix metalloproteinases American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2014, Vol.190: 9-18, 10.1164/rccm.201311-2106PP (IF 13.2)

• Pre-2014

  18. Low SY, CWM Ong, PR Hseuh, P Tambyah, TT Yeo. Neisseria gonorrhoeae paravertebral abscess - case report and review of the literature J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Jul;17(1):93-7. (IF 1.98)
  19. J Green, S Dholakia, K Janczar, CWM Ong, R Moores, J Fry, P Elkington, F Roncaroli, P Elkington, J Friedland. Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected human monocytes down-regulate microglial MMP-2 secretion in CNS tuberculosis via TNFα, NFκB, p38 and caspase 8 dependent pathways. J Neuroinflammation 2011 May 11;8:46. doi: 10.1186/1742-2094-8-46. (IF 5.1)
  20. CWM Ong, JS Friedland. Rapid Response: The hidden costs of ethical research. BMJ 2011;342:d185 doi (IF 20.8)
  21. Oon J, Ong CWM, Robless PA, Fisher DA. Late relapse of non-typhoidal salmonella vascular graft infection after 5 years. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2011 Jan;19(3-4):262-4.
  22. JSP Loh, CWM Ong. Letter to Editor: Efficacy of nimesulide versus meloxicam in the control of pain, swelling and trismus following extraction of impacted lower third molar Int. J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. 2011 Jan;40(1):125 (IF 1.82)
  23. CWM Ong, PA Tambyah. The dollars and sense of managing drug-resistant Tuberculosis in Singapore. Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore. 2011 Mar; 40 (3): 113-5 (IF 1.36)
  24. CWM Ong, DCB Lye, KL Khoo, GSW Chua, SF Yeoh, YS Leo, PA Tambyah, AC Chua. Severe community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia – an emerging highly lethal infectious disease in the Asia-Pacific. Respirology. 2009 Nov;14(8):1200-5 (IF 3.3)
  25. CWM Ong, Khek Yu Ho, Li Yang Hsu, Aymeric YT Lim, Dale A Fisher, Paul A Tambyah. Reacting to the emergence of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) Lancet Infect Dis 2009 July; 9 (7): 397-8 (IF 19.9)
  26. Ong CW, Lee SY, Koh WH, Ooi EE, Tambyah PA. Monkey malaria in humans in Singapore: A diagnostic dilemma with conflicting laboratory data. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2009 Jun;80 (6): 927-928. (IF 2.5)
  27. Ong CWM, Chua LS, Ng A, Ng, Low SY. Langerhans cell histiocytosis with hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism. Singapore Med J. 2009 May;50(5):e185-8. (IF 0.73)
  28. CWM Ong, BSP Ang, CC Lee. Severe varicella infection occurring after herpes zoster reactivation in a patient with AIDS. BMJ Case Reports, 2009; doi:10.1136/bcr.09.2008.0952 (Published 7 April 2009)
  29. C Ong, Low SY, Thirugnanam A, Loh A, P Eng. Metastatic trophoblastic disease masquerading as pulmonary embolism. Thorax. 2008 Nov;63(11):1030. (IF 8.3)
  30. CWM Ong, PA Tambyah. Update on antivirals and vaccines for seasonal and potential pandemic use. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, June 2008, Vol. 2, No. 3, Pages 391-402.
  31. CWM Ong, Hsu LY, PA Tambyah. Correspondance letter: Corticosteroids in Bacterial Meningitis in Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa” N Engl J Med 2008 Mar 27;358(13):1399-400 (IF 72.4)
  32. Ong C, Chua AC, Tambyah PA, Fei YS. Seizures associated with ertapenem. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2008 Mar;31(3):290 (IF 4.3)
  33. CWM Ong, PA Tambyah. Antibiotics in the management of Diabetic Foot Infections. Diabetic Foot Problems. World Scientific, 2008.
  34. Tan HH, Ong WMC, Lai SH, Chow WC. Nimesulide-induced hepatotoxicity and fatal hepatic failure. Singapore Med J 2007 Jun; 48(6): 582-585. (IF 0.73)
  35. Chiam P, Ong C, Kwok BW. Images in cardiology. Widespread ST segment elevation caused by cerebral infarction. Heart. 2006 Apr;92(4):535. (IF 6.0)