2025
[Abstract] Abad CL, Carascal MB, Ong JA. 2025. Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Community-acquired and Nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia in a Tertiary Hospital in the Philippines. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae631.1041
[Abstract] Espino AR, Alombro DF, Ong JA, Valdez CM, Daguit SEJ, Ombao DJN, Macalalad LS, Carascal MB, Cajucom MA, Malundo AF, Abad CL. 2025. An Online Registry of Carbapenemase Producing Gram Negative Organisms for Evaluating the Clinical Profile, Outcomes and Mechanisms of Resistance in Two Tertiary Level Hospitals (ORiGiN Study): An Interim Analysis. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae631.482
[Abstract] Rivera CK, Cruz IMD, Carascal MB, Perez MC, Destura RV, Henson KER. 2025. Absence of Booster Vaccination and Low Cycle Threshold Values Predict Severe and Critical COVID-19 in Fully Vaccinated Individuals: A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae631.2090
Han SM, Mo Y, Wang LF, Lye DC, Young BE, Paterson D, Tambyah PA, Wen YT, PREPARE-Temasek Foundation READI Trials Workshop Participants (including Carascal MB). 2025. Establishing clinical research networks for future infectious disease outbreak responses in Southeast Asia: Report of a workshop on challenges and opportunities. IJID Regions. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100494
2024
Carascal MB, Destura RV, Rivera WL. 2024. Molecular genotyping reveals multiple carbapenemase genes and unique blaOXA-51-like (oxaAb) alleles among clinically isolated Acinetobacter baumannii from a Philippine tertiary hospital. Tropical Medicine and Health. doi: 10.1186/s41182-024-00629-w
Carascal MB, Destura RV, Rivera WL. 2024. Colorimetric Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assays Accurately Detect blaOXA-23-like and ISAba1 Genes from Acinetobacter baumannii in Pure Cultures and Spiked Human Sera. Microbial Drug Resistance. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2024.0075
Carascal MB, Macalalad LS, Petronio-Santos JA, Destura RV, Rivera WL. 2024. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay detects multiple alleles of blaOXA-51-like genes in Acinetobacter baumannii and other Gram-negative bacteria despite primer-template mismatches. Heliyon. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35653
[Abstract] Guno MJ, Rogacion J, Gatcheco F, De Castro JA, Carascal MB, Destura RV. 2024. PHrobiotest: Assessing microbial viability, count, and contamination among probiotic products in the Philippines. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. doi: 10.1002/jpr3.12073
2023
[Abstract] Rivera CK, Carascal MB, Perez MC, Destura RV, Henson KR. 2023. Predicting severe and critical COVID-19 in fully-vaccinated individuals: A single-center retrospective cohort study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.508
[Abstract] Valdez C, Abad CL, Henson KE, Carascal MB, Destura RV. Polyclonal Burkholderia cepacia complex outbreak caused by contaminated chlorhexidine gluconate solution. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology. doi: 10.1017/ash.2023.358
Abordo AMS, Carascal MB (equal contribution/ co-first author), Remenyi R, Dalisay DS, Saludes JP. 2023. Clinically Isolated β-Lactam-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli in a Philippine Tertiary Care Hospital Harbor Multi-Class β-Lactamase Genes. Pathogens. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12081019
Jimenez MLC, Manzanera R, Carascal MB, Figueras MD, Wong JQ, Moya D, Mira JJ. 2023. Utilization and management of an emergency department in a tertiary hospital in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Health Management. doi: 10.1177/09720634221150955
2022
Carascal MB, Capistrano PE, Figueras MD, Cataylo OLA, Zuñiga SM, Reyes ME, Medriano KK, Gamo AT, Mendoza PD, Macalipay SL. 2022. Experiences of COVID-19 recovered healthcare workers in a tertiary hospital in the Philippines: A mixed-method inquiry. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 59. doi: 10.1177/00469580221107051
Carascal MB, Pavon RD, Rivera WL. 2022. Recent progress in recombinant influenza vaccine development toward heterosubtypic immune response. Frontiers in Immunology, 13:878943. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.878943
Carascal MB, dela Cruz-Papa DM, Remenyi RG, Cruz MC, Destura RV. 2022. Phage revolution against multidrug-resistant clinical pathogens in Southeast Asia. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13:820572. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.820572
2021
Carascal MB, Fontanilla IK, De Ungria MC. 2021. The Ibaloi fire mummies: The art and science of mummification in the Philippines. Anthropological Science, 129(2). doi: 10.1537/ase.210422
Berba RP, Santos JAP, Flores KMG, dela Tonga A, Galarion MJ, Carascal MB, Camacho A, Aguirre CA, Lecciones JA, Gonzales MLM. 2021. Clinical validation of Biotek-M™ Dengue Aqua kit in the diagnosis of dengue infection in the Philippines. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 52(1).
Jimenez MLC, Manzanera R, Carascal MB, Figueras MDL, Wong JQ, Moya D, Mira JJ. 2021. Factors affecting the non-urgent consultations in the emergency department of a tertiary hospital in the Philippines: A cross-sectional study. Emergency Medicine Australasia. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13725
2020
Jimenez MLC, Manzanera R, Abeleda R, Moya D, Segura JV, Carascal MB, Mira JJ. 2020. Factors Affecting 72-Hour Unplanned Return Visits After Emergency Department Post Discharge of a Tertiary Private Hospital in the Philippines. Acta Medica Philippina, 54(5): 503508. doi: 10.47895/amp.v54i5.2233
2018
Carascal MB. 2018. Coconut oil: good or bad for human health? (Asian and Philippine perspective). The Medical City Journal, 1(1): 31-35.
2017
Carascal MB, del Rosario MJG, Notarte KIR, Huyop F, Yaguchi T, dela Cruz TEE. 2017. Butachlor biodegradation potential of fungi isolated from submerged wood and surface water collected in Taal Lake, Philippines. Philippine Science Letters, 10(2): 81-88.
Carascal MB, Rea MAD, Dagamac NHA, dela Cruz TEE. 2017. Myxomycetes associated with grassland litter in the Philippines. Current Research in Environmental & Applied Mycology, 7(1): 56-63. doi: 10.5943/cream/7/1/8
