Dr. John Z Metcalfe M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
2200 OFarrell St San Francisco CA, 94115About
Dr. John Metcalfe practices Pulmonology in San Francisco, CA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Metcalfe manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Clinical and radiographic factors do not accurately diagnose smear-negative tuberculosis in HIV-infected inpatients in Uganda: a cross-sectional study.
- Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: application in epidemiologic studies.
- TB/HIV: an orphan disease?
- A causal framework for understanding the effect of losses to follow-up on epidemiologic analyses in clinic-based cohorts: the case of HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in Africa.
- Test variability of the QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube assay in clinical practice.
- Microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility assay for the diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe.
- Systematic review of clofazimine for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis.
- Rifampin monoresistant tuberculosis and HIV comorbidity in California, 1993-2008: a retrospective cohort study.
- A transcriptional signature for active TB: have we found the needle in the haystack?
- Rapid molecular testing for TB to guide respiratory isolation in the U.S.: a cost-benefit analysis.
- Xpert MTB/RIF false detection of rifampin-resistant tuberculosis from prior infection.
- Genomic epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis during transcontinental spread.
- Impact of Xpert MTB/RIF on Antiretroviral Therapy-Associated Tuberculosis and Mortality: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Re-inventing adherence: toward a patient-centered model of care for
- Tuberculosis progression rates in U.S. Immigrants following screening with interferon-gamma release assays.
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