Chia-Yu Chiu, MD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor

Research Interests

My research interests are infectious disease conditions in immunocompromised hosts, such as solid organ transplant recipients and patients with cancer. I am particularly focused on pre-transplant evaluation, vaccination, fungal infection and viral hepatitis.

Publications

• Chiu CY, Sampathkumar P, Brumble LM, Vikram HR, Watt KD, Beam E. Hepatitis B Vaccine Compliance, Serologic Response, and Durability in Adult Thoracic Organ Transplant Recipients. Clin Transplant. 2024 Sep;38(9):e15464. PubMed PMID: 39302222
• Chiu CY, Mustafayev K, Bhatti MM, Jiang Y, Granwehr BP, Torres HA. False-Reactive Fourth-Generation Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing in Cancer Patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Mar 20;78(3):674-680. PubMed PMID: 37930789
• Chiu CY, Jiang Y, Torres HA. Reply to Rose and Dowdy. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Aug 16;79(2):575-576. PubMed PMID: 38114100
• Chiu CY, Mahmood M, Brumble LM, Vikram HR, Theel ES, Beam E. Analysis of Indeterminate QuantiFERON Assay Results in Solid Organ Transplant Candidates and Proposed Management Algorithm. Transplantation. 2024 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39245812
• Chiu CY, Brumble LM, Vikram HR, Watt KD, Beam E. Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in Non-Liver Solid Organ Transplantation: Incidence and Risk Analysis. Clin Transplant. 2024 Jul;38(7):e15389. PubMed PMID: 38952185
• Chiu CY, Mahmood M, Razonable RR, Beam E. Discordance in serology for cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus and toxoplasma among thoracic organ donors. Clin Transplant. 2024 Apr;38(4):e15301. PubMed PMID: 38555577
• Chiu CY, Amenta E, Chavez V, Fukuta Y, Hasbun R. Undetectable JC virus CSF PCR in patients with JC virus-induced progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. J Neurovirol. 2023 Feb;29(1):94-99. PubMed PMID: 36723823
• Chiu CY, Matsuo T, Wurster S, Gerstein Y, Hammond DE, Chien KS, DiNardo C, Kontoyiannis DP. Invasive mucorales sinusitis in a young patient with Emberger syndrome and newly diagnosed AML: A case report and literature review of invasive fungal infections in GATA2 deficiency. Mycoses. 2023 Dec;66(12):1029-1034. PubMed PMID: 37550272
• Chiu CY, Ahmed S, Thomas SK, Wang LS, Mustafayev K, Fayad LE, Wierda WG, Khawaja F, Torres HA. Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in Patients Receiving Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2023 Aug;23(8):610-615. PubMed PMID: 37150651
• Chiu CY, Mustafayev K, Lee HC, Manasanch EE, Yepez Guevara E, Torres HA. Effect of anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies on hepatitis C virus replication in chronically infected patients with multiple myeloma: a prospective series. Leuk Lymphoma. 2023 Apr;64(4):900-903. PubMed PMID: 36883878
• Chiu CY, Zhang HC, Westin J, Hosing C, Torres HA. Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Cancer Patients. Transplant Cell Ther. 2022 Nov;28(11):788.e1-788.e5. PubMed PMID: 36031077
• Chiu CY, Patel K, Thomas SK, Khawaja F, Dailey Garnes NJM, Lee HC, Ohanian M, Jiang Y, Wang LS, Hwang JP, Torres HA. Hepatitis B virus reactivation in patients with past HBV infection receiving anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies. Hepatol Int. 2023 Apr;17(2):509-511. PubMed PMID: 36477692
• Chiu CY, Sarwal A, Chemarthi VS, Hennessey K. Austrian syndrome followed by severe cutaneous adverse reactions in a HIV patient. J Infect Chemother. 2021 Mar;27(3):526-529. PubMed PMID: 33071038
• Sarwal A, Chiu CY, Feinstein A. Does Clindamycin Induce Acute Kidney Injury?. Am J Med Sci. 2020 May;359(5):303. PubMed PMID: 32220469
• Chiu CY, Oria D, Yangga P, Kang D. Quality assessment of weekend discharge: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Qual Health Care. 2020 Jul 20;32(6):347-355. PubMed PMID: 32453404
• Chiu CY, Saleem M. Refractory vomiting in woman with diabetes. Emerg Med J. 2020 Apr;37(4):222-239. PubMed PMID: 32198307
• Chiu CY, Sampathkumar P, Brumble LM, Vikram HR, Watt KD, Beam E. Hepatitis B Vaccine Compliance, Serologic Response, and Durability in Adult Thoracic Organ Transplant Recipients. Clin Transplant. 2024 Sep;38(9):e15464. PubMed PMID: 39302222
• Chiu CY, Mahmood M, Brumble LM, Vikram HR, Theel ES, Beam E. Analysis of Indeterminate QuantiFERON Assay Results in Solid Organ Transplant Candidates and Proposed Management Algorithm. Transplantation. 2024 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39245812
• Chiu CY, Brumble LM, Vikram HR, Watt KD, Beam E. Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in Non-Liver Solid Organ Transplantation: Incidence and Risk Analysis. Clin Transplant. 2024 Jul;38(7):e15389. PubMed PMID: 38952185
• Chiu CY, Sarwal A, Mon AM, Tan YE, Shah V. Gastrointestinal: COVID-19 related ischemic bowel disease. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Apr;36(4):850. PubMed PMID: 32985002
• Chiu CY, Sarwal A, Jawed M, Chemarthi VS, Shabarek N. Telemedicine experience of NYC Internal Medicine residents during COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One. 2021;16(2):e0246762. PubMed PMID: 33556151
• Chiu CY, Randhawa G, Nada K, Tomczak E, Feinstein A, Hennessey K. A nasal hypertrophic lesion as a presentation of herpes simplex virus. IDCases. 2019;15:e00512. PubMed PMID: 30937283
• Chiu CY, Sarwal A, Feinstein A, Hennessey K. Effective Dosage of Oral Vancomycin in Treatment for Initial Episode of Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Antibiotics (Basel). 2019 Oct 1;8(4). PubMed PMID: 31581576
• Chiu CY, Sarwal A, Azhar Munir R, Widjaja M, Khalid A, Khanna R. Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone (SIADH) Induced by Long-Term Use of Citalopram and Short-Term Use of Naproxen. Am J Case Rep. 2020 Sep 18;21:e926561. PubMed PMID: 32946431
• Chiu CY, Sarwal A, Yangga P, Kang D, Feinstein A. New-Onset Cervical Lymphadenopathy in a Patient Undergoing Treatment of Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection: Toxoplasmosis Lymphadenitis. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2020;2020:8876240. PubMed PMID: 32963855
• Chiu CY, Ching PR. Incidence of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Patients without Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Intravenous Pentamidine Prophylaxis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Fungi (Basel). 2023 Mar 25;9(4). PubMed PMID: 37108861
• Chiu CY, Mahmood M, Brumble LM, Vikram HR, Theel ES, Beam E. The Cascade of Care in Management of Solid Organ Transplant Candidates With Latent Tuberculosis Infection. Transplant Direct. 2024 Jul;10(7):e1672. PubMed PMID: 38911278
• Chiu CY, Sarwal A. Evaluating the Nephrotoxicity of Area-under-the-Curve-Based Dosing of Vancomycin with Concomitant Antipseudomonal Beta-Lactam Antibiotics: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Medicina (Kaunas). 2023 Mar 31;59(4). PubMed PMID: 37109649
• Randhawa G, Chiu CY, Suban Na Ayutthaya T. A Case of Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and a Pulmonary Embolus in a Patient Treated with Triple Therapy. Case Rep Hematol. 2019;2019:2564682. PubMed PMID: 31534803
• Chiu CY, Bayan SL, Yi ES, Cummins NW. Vocal cord nodules caused by Mycobacterium avium infection. QJM. 2024 May 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38696764
• Chiu CY, David M, Musa A, Gora M, Gujral MK. A Woman with Asthma and Peripheral Ground-Glass Opacities. Case Rep Pulmonol. 2019;2019:9051381. PubMed PMID: 30891324
• Xu JH, Chiu CY, Yeh YC, Chen JC. Streptococcus gordonii empyema: A case report and literature review. IDCases. 2023;31:e01693. PubMed PMID: 36704022
• Chiu CY, Hasbun R. Diffused nodular secondary syphilis. QJM. 2023 Feb 14;116(1):71-73. PubMed PMID: 36047832
• Chiu CY, Mahmood M, Brumble LM, Vikram HR, Theel ES, Beam E. The Cascade of Care in Management of Solid Organ Transplant Candidates With Latent Tuberculosis Infection. Transplant Direct. 2024 Jul;10(7):e1672. PubMed PMID: 38911278
• Chiu CY, John TM, Matsuo T, Wurster S, Hicklen RS, Khattak RR, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Bose P, Kontoyiannis DP. Disseminated Histoplasmosis in a Patient with Myelofibrosis on Ruxolitinib: A Case Report and Review of the Literature on Ruxolitinib-Associated Invasive Fungal Infections. J Fungi (Basel). 2024 Mar 31;10(4). PubMed PMID: 38667935
• Chiu CY, Bayan SL, Yi ES, Cummins NW. Vocal cord nodules caused by Mycobacterium avium infection. QJM. 2024 May 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38696764
• Chiu CY, John TM, Matsuo T, Wurster S, Hicklen RS, Khattak RR, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Bose P, Kontoyiannis DP. Disseminated Histoplasmosis in a Patient with Myelofibrosis on Ruxolitinib: A Case Report and Review of the Literature on Ruxolitinib-Associated Invasive Fungal Infections. J Fungi (Basel). 2024 Mar 31;10(4). PubMed PMID: 38667935
• Chiu CY, Mahmood M, Razonable RR, Beam E. Discordance in serology for cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus and toxoplasma among thoracic organ donors. Clin Transplant. 2024 Apr;38(4):e15301. PubMed PMID: 38555577
• Chiu CY, Jiang Y, Torres HA. Reply to Rose and Dowdy. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Aug 16;79(2):575-576. PubMed PMID: 38114100
• Chiu CY, Mustafayev K, Bhatti MM, Jiang Y, Granwehr BP, Torres HA. False-Reactive Fourth-Generation Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing in Cancer Patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Mar 20;78(3):674-680. PubMed PMID: 37930789
• Chiu CY, Matsuo T, Wurster S, Gerstein Y, Hammond DE, Chien KS, DiNardo C, Kontoyiannis DP. Invasive mucorales sinusitis in a young patient with Emberger syndrome and newly diagnosed AML: A case report and literature review of invasive fungal infections in GATA2 deficiency. Mycoses. 2023 Dec;66(12):1029-1034. PubMed PMID: 37550272
• Chiu CY, Ahmed S, Thomas SK, Wang LS, Mustafayev K, Fayad LE, Wierda WG, Khawaja F, Torres HA. Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in Patients Receiving Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2023 Aug;23(8):610-615. PubMed PMID: 37150651
• Chiu CY, Sarwal A. Evaluating the Nephrotoxicity of Area-under-the-Curve-Based Dosing of Vancomycin with Concomitant Antipseudomonal Beta-Lactam Antibiotics: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Medicina (Kaunas). 2023 Mar 31;59(4). PubMed PMID: 37109649
• Chiu CY, Ching PR. Incidence of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Patients without Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Intravenous Pentamidine Prophylaxis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Fungi (Basel). 2023 Mar 25;9(4). PubMed PMID: 37108861
• Chiu CY, Mustafayev K, Lee HC, Manasanch EE, Yepez Guevara E, Torres HA. Effect of anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies on hepatitis C virus replication in chronically infected patients with multiple myeloma: a prospective series. Leuk Lymphoma. 2023 Apr;64(4):900-903. PubMed PMID: 36883878
• Chiu CY, Amenta E, Chavez V, Fukuta Y, Hasbun R. Undetectable JC virus CSF PCR in patients with JC virus-induced progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. J Neurovirol. 2023 Feb;29(1):94-99. PubMed PMID: 36723823
• Xu JH, Chiu CY, Yeh YC, Chen JC. Streptococcus gordonii empyema: A case report and literature review. IDCases. 2023;31:e01693. PubMed PMID: 36704022
• Chiu CY, Patel K, Thomas SK, Khawaja F, Dailey Garnes NJM, Lee HC, Ohanian M, Jiang Y, Wang LS, Hwang JP, Torres HA. Hepatitis B virus reactivation in patients with past HBV infection receiving anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies. Hepatol Int. 2023 Apr;17(2):509-511. PubMed PMID: 36477692

Professional Memberships

• Infectious Diseases Society of America, Member
• American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Member
• The American Society of Transplantation, Member
• American College of Physicians, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Infectious Disease Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
7th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0191

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2021)
• Infectious Disease, Board Certification (2023)

Conditions & Treatments

• Infections
• Infections - Bacterial Infections
• Infections - Fungal Infections
• Infections - Viral Infections
• Infections - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Infections - Influenza
• Infections - Pneumonia