Andrea Tania Cruz, M.D., M.P.H.
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Positions
- Professor
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Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Addresses
- Texas Children's Hospital (Office)
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6621 Fannin Street
Suite A210
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-5459
Fax: (832) 824-1182
Education
- MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Nashville, TN
- Residency at Baylor College of Medicine
- Houston, TX
- Pediatrics
- Internship at Baylor College of Medicine
- 06/2002 - Houston, TX
- Pediatrics
- AB from Harvard University
- 06/1997 - Cambridge, Massachusetts United States
- Biochemistry
- Fellowship from Baylor College Of Medicine
- 06/2009 - Houston, TX United States
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- MPH from University Of Texas School Of Public Health
- 01/2009 - Houston, Texas United States
- Epidemiology
- MD from Baylor College Of Medicine
- 06/2009 - Houston, Texas United States
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics
Websites
Selected Publications
- Doughty CB, Cruz AT, Kaplan SL "A bullous lesion in a neutropenic adolescent.." Pediatr Emerg Care. 2009 Feb;25(2):100-1. Pubmed PMID: 19225377
- Cruz AT, Starke JR "A current review of infection control for childhood tuberculosis.." Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2011 Dec;91:S11-5. Pubmed PMID: 22079589
- Cazacu AC, Cruz AT, Kaplan SL "Abdominal pain and fever in an adolescent.." Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2005 Oct;16(4):234, 342-3. Pubmed PMID: 16210103
- Cruz AT, Palazzi DL "An adolescent with fever, cough, & diffuse lymphadenopathy.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2007 Mar;26(3):275, 280-1. Pubmed PMID: 17484234
- Chu TT, Groh J, Cruz AT "Cerebrospinal fluid findings in infants with pertussis or parapertussis(1)).." Clin. Chem. Lab. Med.. 2011 Aug;49(8):1341-4. Pubmed PMID: 21663570
- Cruz AT, Ong LT, Starke JR "Childhood pleural tuberculosis: a review of 45 cases.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2009 Nov;28(11):981-4. Pubmed PMID: 19672211
- Cruz AT, Mandalakas AM, Starke JR "Childhood tuberculosis: a preventable disease not being prevented.." Pediatrics. 2012 Dec;130(6):e1672-3. Pubmed PMID: 23184112
- Cruz AT, Antekeier SB "Chronic Multifocal Mycobacterium fortuitum Osteomyelitis Following Penetrating Plantar Trauma.." Am J. Orthop.. 2012 Aug;41(8):E109-11. Pubmed PMID: 22900254
- Cruz AT, Starke JR "Clinical manifestations of tuberculosis in children.." Paediatr Respir Rev. 2007 Jun;8(2):107-17. Pubmed PMID: 17574154
- Cruz AT, Geltemeyer AM, Starke JR, Flores JA, Graviss EA, Smith KC "Comparing the Tuberculin Skin Test and T-SPOT.TB Blood Test in Children.." Pediatrics. 2011 Jan;127(1):e31-8. Pubmed PMID: 21135009
- Leary TP, Erker JC, Chalmers ML, Cruz AT, Wetzel JD, Desai SM, Mushahwar IK, Dermody TS "Detection of mammalian reovirus RNA by using reverse transcription-PCR: sequence diversity within the lambda3-encoding L1 gene.." J. Clin. Microbiol.. 2002 Apr;40(4):1368-75. Pubmed PMID: 11923358
- Cruz AT, Ong LT, Starke JR "Emergency department presentation of children with tuberculosis.." Acad Emerg Med. 2011 Jul;18(7):726-32. Pubmed PMID: 21762235
- Gaines NN, Patel B, Williams EA, Cruz AT "Etiologies of septic shock in a pediatric emergency department population.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2012 Nov;31(11):1203-5. Pubmed PMID: 23073317
- Cuevas LE, Browning R, Bossuyt P, Casenghi M, Cotton MF, Cruz AT, Dodd LE, Drobniewski F, Gale M, Graham SM, Grzemska M, Heinrich N, Hesseling AC, Huebner R, Jean-Philippe P, Kabra SK, Kampmann B, Lewinsohn D, Li M, Lienhardt C, Mandalakas AM, Marais BJ, "Evaluation of tuberculosis diagnostics in children: 2. Methodological issues for conducting and reporting research evaluations of tuberculosis diagnostics for intrathoracic tuberculosis in children. Consensus from an expert panel.." J. Infect. Dis.. 2012 May;205:S209-15. Pubmed PMID: 22476719
- Yoho RA, Cruz LL, Mazaheri R, Cruz AT "Hepatitis C: a review.." Plast. Reconstr. Surg.. 2003 Aug;112(2):597-605. Pubmed PMID: 12900622
- Cruz AT, Perry AM, Williams EA, Graf JM, Wuestner ER, Patel B "Implementation of goal-directed therapy for children with suspected sepsis in the emergency department.." Pediatrics. 2011 Mar;127(3):e758-66. Pubmed PMID: 21339277
- Cruz AT, Starke JR "Increasing Adherence for Latent Tuberculosis Infection Therapy With Health Department-administered Therapy.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2012 Feb;31(2):193-5. Pubmed PMID: 21979799
- Cruz AT, Tittle KO, Smith ER, Sirbaugh PE "Increasing Out-of-Hospital Regional Surge Capacity for H1N1 2009 Influenza A Through Existing Community Pediatrician Offices: A Qualitative Description of Quality Improvement Strategies.." Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2012 Jun;6(2):113-6. Pubmed PMID: 22700018
- Laos CM, Distefano MC, Cruz AT, Chantal Caviness A, Hsu DC, Patel B "Mobile Pediatric Emergency Response Team: Patient Satisfaction During the Novel H1N1 Influenza Outbreak.." Acad Emerg Med. 2012 Mar;19(3):274-9. Pubmed PMID: 22435859
- Scott H, Melendez E, Cruz AT "Mortality after fluid bolus in African children with sepsis.." N. Engl. J. Med.. 2011 Oct 6;365(14):1350-1; author . Pubmed PMID: 21991965
- Cruz AT, Ong LT, Starke JR "Mycobacterial infections in Texas children: a 5-year case series.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2010 Aug;29(8):772-4. Pubmed PMID: 20661106
- Cruz AT, Goytia VK, Starke JR "Mycobacterium simiae complex infection in an immunocompetent child.." J. Clin. Microbiol.. 2007 Aug;45(8):2745-6. Pubmed PMID: 17537950
- Belfort MA, Saade GR, Moise KJ, Cruz A, Adam K, Kramer W, Kirshon B "Nimodipine in the management of preeclampsia: maternal and fetal effects.." Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol.. 1994 Aug;171(2):417-24. Pubmed PMID: 8059821
- Mian AI, Laham FR, Cruz AT, Garg H, Macias CG, Caviness AC, Piedra PA "Nitric oxide metabolites as biomarkers for influenza-like acute respiratory infections presenting to the emergency room.." Open Respir Med J. 2012;6:127-34. Pubmed PMID: 23166571
- Cruz AT, Patel B, DiStefano MC, Codispoti CR, Shook JE, Demmler-Harrison GJ, Sirbaugh PE "Outside the box and into thick air: implementation of an exterior mobile pediatric emergency response team for North American H1N1 (swine) influenza virus in Houston, Texas.." Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Jan;55(1):23-31. Pubmed PMID: 19837479
- Cruz AT, Cazacu AC, Allen CH "Pantoea agglomerans, a plant pathogen causing human disease.." J. Clin. Microbiol.. 2007 Jun;45(6):1989-92. Pubmed PMID: 17442803
- Cruz AT, Starke JR "Pediatric tuberculosis.." Pediatr Rev. 2010 Jan;31(1):13-25; quiz 25-. Pubmed PMID: 20048035
- Cruz AT, Cazacu AC, McBride LJ, Greer JM, Demmler GJ "Performance characteristics of a rapid immunochromatographic assay for detection of influenza virus in children during the 2003 to 2004 influenza season.." Ann Emerg Med. 2006 Mar;47(3):250-4. Pubmed PMID: 16492491
- Cruz AT, Cazacu AC, Greer JM, Demmler GJ "Performance of a rapid assay (Binax NOW) for detection of respiratory syncytial virus at a children's hospital over a 3-year period.." J. Clin. Microbiol.. 2007 Jun;45(6):1993-5. Pubmed PMID: 17428942
- Cruz AT, Demmler-Harrison GJ, Caviness AC, Buffone GJ, Revell PA "Performance of a Rapid Influenza Test in Children During the H1N1 2009 Influenza A Outbreak.." Pediatrics. 2010 Mar;125(3):e645-50. Pubmed PMID: 20156902
- Cruz AT, Cazacu AC, Greer JM, Demmler GJ "Rapid assays for the diagnosis of influenza A and B viruses in patients evaluated at a large tertiary care children's hospital during two consecutive winter seasons.." J. Clin. Virol.. 2008 Feb;41(2):143-7. Pubmed PMID: 18083627
- Cruz AT "Review: physical interventions may reduce the transmission of respiratory viruses.." Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2011 Aug;96(4):160. Pubmed PMID: 21653737
- Cruz AT, Williams EA, Graf JM, Perry AM, Harbin DE, Wuestner ER, Patel B "Test characteristics of an automated age- and temperature-adjusted tachycardia alert in pediatric septic shock.." Pediatr Emerg Care. 2012 Sep;28(9):889-94. Pubmed PMID: 22929140
- Cruz AT, Franklin GY, Kaplan SL "Toxocariasis causing eosinophilic ascites.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2008 Jun;27(6):563-4. Pubmed PMID: 18434937
- Cruz AT, Starke JR "Treatment of tuberculosis in children.." Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2008 Dec;6(6):939-57. Pubmed PMID: 19053906
- Lopez MA, Cruz AT, Kowalkowski MA, Raphael JL "Trends in resource utilization for hospitalized children with skin and soft tissue infections.." Pediatrics. 2013 Mar;131(3):e718-25. Pubmed PMID: 23439899
- Cruz AT, Medina D, Whaley EM, Ware KM, Koy TH, Starke JR "Tuberculosis among Families of Children with Suspected Tuberculosis and Employees at a Children's Hospital.." Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Feb;32(2):188-90. Pubmed PMID: 21460477
- Cruz AT, Starke JR "Twice-weekly therapy for children with tuberculosis infection or exposure.." Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis.. 2013 Feb;17(2):169-74. Pubmed PMID: 23317951
- Crouse HL, Macias CG, Cruz AT, Wilson KA, Torrey SB "Utilization of a mobile medical van for delivering pediatric care in the bateys of the Dominican Republic.." Int J Emerg Med. 2010;3(4):227-32. Pubmed PMID: 21373288
- Cruz AT, Starke JR "Unsuspected central nervous system lesions in a small child.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2007 Jan;26(1):91, 94-5. Pubmed PMID: 17195718
- Cruz AT, Marape M, Graviss EA, Starke JR "Performance of the QuantiFERON interferon gamma release assay in HIV-infected children in Botswana." J Int Assoc Providers AIDS Care. 2015;14(4):4-7. Pubmed PMID: 25149414
- Highsmith HY, Cruz AT, Guffey H, Minard CG, Starke JR "Healthcare workers’ knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of Ebola at a children’s hospital." Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015;34(8):901-903. Pubmed PMID: 26020407
- Zhorne DJ, Altobelli ME, Cruz AT "Impact of antibiotic pretreatment on bone biopsy yield for children with acute hematogenous osteomyelitis." Hosp Pediatr. 2015;5(6):337-341. Pubmed PMID: 26020407
- Sloas HA, Ence TC, Mendez DR, Cruz AT "At the intersection of toxicology, psychiatry, and genetics: a diagnosis of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency." Am J Emerg Med. 2013;31(9):e5-6. Pubmed PMID: 23790482
- vi. Chiang SS, Cruz AT, Del Castillo H, Contreras C, Becerra MC, Lecca L "Evaluation of providers’ knowledge of childhood tuberculosis." Paediatr Int Child Health. 2015;35(1):29-35. Pubmed PMID: 25161060
- Cruz AT, Karam LB, Orth RC, Starke JR "Disseminated tuberculosis in two children with inflammatory bowel disease receiving infliximab." Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014;33(7):779-781. Pubmed PMID: 24469071
- iv. Crouse HL, Torres F, Vaides H, Walsh MT, Ishigami EM, Cruz AT, Torrey SB, Soto MA "Impact of an emergency triage assessment and treatment (ETAT) process in the pediatric emergency department of a Guatemalan public hospital." Paediatr Int Child Health. 2015; Pubmed PMID: 25940386
- Lopez MA, Cruz AT, Kowalkowski MA, Raphael JL "Factors associated with high resource utilization in pediatric skin and soft tissue hospitalizations." Hosp Pediatr. 2013;3(4) Pubmed PMID: 24377057
- Daftary R, Cruz AT, Reaves E, Garrett A, Fagbuyi D, Kapur BG, Christian M, Burkle F, Sirbaugh PE "Making disaster care count: consensus formulation of measures of effectiveness for natural disaster acute phase medical response." Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014;29(5):431-467. Pubmed PMID: 25226070
- Correa JA, Fallon SC, Cruz AT, Grawe GH, Vu PV, Rubalcava DM, Kaziny B, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Brandt ML "Management of pediatric snakebites: are we doing too much?." J Pediatr Surg. 2014;49(6):1009-1015. Pubmed PMID: 24888853
- Starke JR, Cruz AT "The global nature of childhood tuberculosis." Pediatrics. 2014;133(3):e725-727. Pubmed PMID: 24515521
- Cruz AT, Ahmed A, Mandalakas AM, Starke JR. "Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection." J Pediatr Infect Dis Soc. 2013;2:248-258.
- viii. Lopez MA, Cruz AT, Kowalkowski M, Raphael JL "Trends in hospitalizations and resource utilization for pediatric pertussis." Hosp Pediatr. 2015;4(5):269-275. Pubmed PMID: 25318108
- Cruz AT, Merchant O, Zafar A, Starke JR "Tuberculosis exposure, infection, and disease among children with medical comorbidities." Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014;33(8):885-888. Pubmed PMID: 24642517
- Cruz AT, Airewele G, Starke JR "Tuberculosis in pediatric oncology and bone marrow transplantation patients." Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014;61(8):1484-1485. Pubmed PMID: 24623644
- Cruz AT, Starke JR "What’s in a number? The importance of accurate estimates of childhood tuberculosis cases." Lancet Global Health. 2014;2(8):e432-433. Pubmed PMID: 25103504
- Cruz AT, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Bisset GS "Pneumatosis intestinalis in a corticosteroid-dependent child." J Emerg Med. 2015;48(5):607-608. Pubmed PMID: 25726256
- Bui D, Cruz AT, Graviss EA "Procedural factors associated with indeterminate pediatric interferon gamma release assays." Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014;33(2):220-222. Pubmed PMID: 24413410
- Cruz AT, Starke JR "Relationship between tuberculin skin test (TST) size and interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) result: when should clinicians obtain IGRAs in children with positive PPDs?." Clin Pediatr. 2014;53(12):1196-1199. Pubmed PMID: 24367000
- Cruz AT, Starke JR "Safety and completion of a four-month course of rifampin for latent tuberculosis infection in children." Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014;18(9):1057-1061. Pubmed PMID: 25189552
- Kazi BA, Revell PA, Buffone GJ, Cruz AT "Performance of point-of-care versus traditional urinalysis for the prediction of urinary tract infection in children." Am J Emerg Med. 2013;31(9):1405-1407. Pubmed PMID: 23891600
- ix. Birnbaum GD, Marquez L, Hwang KM, Cruz AT "Neurological deterioration in a child undergoing treatment for tuberculosis meningitis." Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014;30(8):566-567. Pubmed PMID: 25098802
- Cruz AT, Starke JR, Lobato MN "Old and new approaches to diagnosing and treating latent tuberculosis in children in low-incidence countries." Curr Opin Pediatr. 2014;26(1):106-113. Pubmed PMID: 24377057
- Cruz AT, Birnbaum GD, Hwang KM, Starke JR "Adolescent tuberculosis: a review of 145 cases." Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013;32(9):937-941. Pubmed PMID: 23538527
Languages
Spanish
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