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Finding Cures. Saving Children.
Miguela Caniza, MD
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Infectious Diseases Program Director - International Outreach
Departments
Infectious Diseases
Contact Information
Miguela Caniza, MD
Infectious Diseases
MS 721, Room S2014D
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Email: miguela.caniza@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-4194
FAX: (901) 595-2099
Education
BSL- Colegio Inmaculada Concepción, Caaguazú, Paraguay
MD- Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Asunción, Paraguay
MA-Linda Vista Bible College and Seminary, El Cajon, California
Research Interests
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Educational programs in infectious diseases for international health care professionals who take care of children
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Infection control in pediatric hematology/oncology services in countries of limited resources
Selected Publications
Gupta S, Bonilla M, Fluentes SL, Caniza M, Howard SC, Barr R, Greenberg M, Ribeiro R, Sung L. Incidence and Predictors of Treatment Related Mortality in Pediatric Acute Leukemia in El Salvador. Br J Cancer Apr 7;100(7):1026-31, 2009. Epub 2009 Mar 17.
Camp JW, Barfield RC, Rodriguez V, Young AJ, Finerman R, Caniza MA. Challenges faced by research ethics committees in El Salvador: results from a focus group study. Dev World Bioeth Apr;9(1):11-7, 2009. Epub 2007 Dec 18.
Caniza MA, Maron G, McCullers J, Clara WA, Cedillos R, Dueñas L, Arnold S, Williams B, Tuomanen EI. Planning and Implementation of an Infection Control Program for Health Care Providers in Latin America. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:1328-33, 2007.
Caniza MA, Maron G, Moore EJ, Quintana Y, Liu T. Effective hand hygiene education with the use of flipcharts in a hospital in El Salvador. J Hosp Infect 65:58-64, 2007.
Caniza MA, Clara W, Maron G, Navarro-Marin JE, Rivera R, Howard SC, Camp J, Barfield RC. Establishment of ethical oversight of human research in El Salvador: lessons learned. Lancet Oncol 7:1027-33, 2006.
Ostronoff M, Ostronoff F, Sucupira A, Souto Maior AP, Caniza M, Florêncio R, Domingues MC, Calixto R, Matias K. Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in neutropenic patients successfully treated with a combination of polymyxin B and rifampin. Int J Infect Dis Jan 9, 2006. [Epub ahead of print].
Kocher MS, Caniza MA. Parrot pseudoparalisis of the upper extremities. A case report. J Bone Joint Surg 78:284-287, 1996.
Caniza MA, Granger DL, Wilson KH, et al. Bartonella henselae: Etiology of pulmonary nodules in a patient with depressed cell-mediated immunity. Clin Infect Dis 20:1505-1511, 1995.
Last update: June 2009
