Christina M. Marra

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University of Washington
School of Medicine
Neurology
ProfessorAppointed: 1998
University of Washington
School of Medicine
Medicine
Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Adjunct ProfessorAppointed: 1998

Mailing Address

Department of Neurology, Box 359775
University of Washington
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, Washington 98195
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (206) 341-5400
Fax: (206) 341-5401
cmarra@u.washington.edu

Qualifications

M.D., Oregon Health & Science University, 1984.
M.S., Oregon State University, 1979.
B.A., University of California, San Diego, 1976.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

AIDS, Allergy, Bacteria, Bacteriology, Blood or Blood Products or Transfusions, Central Nervous System, Immunobiology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases or Agents, Medical Treatment, Microbiology, Nervous System, Neurobiology, Neurological Disorders, Preventive Medicine, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Stroke.

Additional Terms:

AIDS, Bacteria, Bacterial Disease, Blood/Blood Cells, Central Nervous System, Disorders of Nervous System, Immunobiology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Nervous System, Neurobiology, Peripheral Nervous System, Syphilis, Treatment/Prevention.

Memberships

Alpha Omega Alpha
American Academy of Neurology
American Neurological Association
American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association

Previous Positions

1996-1997, Assistant Professor, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Neurology
1995-1996, Assistant Professor, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Medicine, Neurology
1992-1995, Acting Assistant Professor, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Medicine, Neurology

Funding Received

  • NINDS: Neurologic AIDS research consortium, May 1997 to Apr 2002.
  • Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS): Persistence of CNS T Pallidum in HIV Infection, Jul 1996 to Apr 2001.
  • Royalty Research Fund: Role of antiretrovirals in the pathogenesis of hearing loss, Feb 1996 to Jan 1998.
  • National Inst of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID): AIDS Clinical Trials Unit Conversion for ATEU, Feb 1996 to Dec 1999.

Publications

  • Marra CM, Krone MR, Koutsky LA, Holmes KK, Diagnostic accuracy of HIV-associated central nervous system toxoplasmosis., International Journal of STD and AIDS, 9(12), 761-4, December 1998 Abstract
  • Marra CM, Boutin P, Collier AC, Screening for distal sensory peripheral neuropathy in HIV-infected persons in research and clinical settings., Neurology, 51(6), 1678-81, December 1998 Abstract
  • Marra CM, Treatment of early syphilis [letter], New England Journal of Medicine, 337(23), 1698, December 1997 Abstract
  • Zunt JR, Tu RK, Anderson DM, Copass MC, Marra CM, Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy presenting as human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV)-associated dementia, Neurology, 49(1), 263-5, July 1997 Abstract
  • Centurion-Lara A, Castro C, Shaffer J M, Van Voorhis W C, Marra C M, Lukehart S A, Detection of Treponema pallidum by a sensitive reverse transcriptase PCR, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 35(6), 1348-52, June 1997 Abstract
  • Marra C M, Wechkin H A, Longstreth W T Jr, Rees T S, Syapin C L, Gates G A, Hearing loss and antiretroviral therapy in patients infected with HIV-1, Archives of Neurology, 54(4), 407-10, April 1997 Abstract
  • Cummings M C, Lukehart S A, Marra C, Smith B L, Shaffer J, Demeo L R, Castro C, McCormack W M, Comparison of methods for the detection of treponema pallidum in lesions of early syphilis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 23(5), 366-9, Autumn 1996 Abstract
  • Marra C M, Gary D W, Kuypers J, Jacobson M A, Diagnosis of neurosyphilis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 174(1), 219-21, July 1996 Abstract
  • Marra C M, Longstreth W T Jr, Maxwell C L, Lukehart S A, Resolution of serum and cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities after treatment of neurosyphilis. Influence of concomitant human immunodeficiency virus infection, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 23(3), 184-9, Spring 1996 Abstract
  • Marra C M, Neurologic complications of Bartonella henselae infection, Current Opinion In Neurology, 8(3), 164-9, June 1995 Abstract
  • Marra C M, Critchlow C W, Hook E W 3rd, Collier A C, Lukehart S A, Cerebrospinal fluid treponemal antibodies in untreated early syphilis, Archives of Neurology, 52(1), 68-72, January 1995 Abstract
  • Gordon S M, Eaton M E, George R, Larsen S, Lukehart S A, Kuypers J, Marra C M, Thompson S, The response of symptomatic neurosyphilis to high-dose intravenous penicillin G in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection, New England Journal of Medicine, 331(22), 1469-73, 1 Dec 1994 Abstract
  • Claypoole K H, Townes B D, Collier A C, Marra C, Longstreth W T Jr, Cohen W, Martin D, Coombs R W, Goldstein D, Sanchez P, et al, Cognitive risk factors and neuropsychological performance in HIV infection, International Journal of Neuroscience, 70(1-2), 13-27, May 1993 Abstract
  • Wilhelm C S, Marra C M, Chronic meningitis, Seminars In Neurology, 12(3), 234-47, September 1992 Abstract
  • Cohen W A, Maravilla K R, Gerlach R, Claypoole K, Collier A C, Marra C, Maxwell C, Coombs R W, Longstreth W T Jr, Townes B D, et al, Prospective cerebral MR study of HIV seropositive and seronegative men: correlation of MR findings with neurologic, neuropsychologic, and cerebrospinal fluid analysis, AJNR American Journal of Neuroradiology, 13(4), 1231-40, Summer 1992 Abstract
  • Marra C M, Handsfield H H, Kuller L, Morton W R, Lukehart S A, Alterations in the course of experimental syphilis associated with concurrent simian immunodeficiency virus infection, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 165(6), 1020-5, June 1992 Abstract
  • Hook E W 3d, Marra C M, Acquired syphilis in adults, New England Journal of Medicine, 326(16), 1060-9, 16 Apr 1992 Abstract
  • Marra C M, Syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus infection, Seminars In Neurology, 12(1), 43-50, March 1992 Abstract
  • Marra C M, Slatter V, Tartaglione T A, Baker-Zander S A, Lukehart S A, Evaluation of aqueous penicillin G and ceftriaxone for experimental neurosyphilis, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 165(2), 396-7, February 1992 Abstract
  • Collier A C, Marra C, Coombs R W, Claypoole K, Cohen W, Longstreth W T Jr, Townes B D, Maravilla K R, Critchlow C, Murphy V L, et al, Central nervous systm manifestations in human immunodeficiency virus infection without AIDS, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 5(3), 229-41, 1992 Abstract
  • Marra C, Baker-Zander S A, Hook E W 3d, Lukehart S A, An experimental model of early central nervous system syphilis, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 163(4), 825-9, April 1991 Abstract

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