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Xpert Ultra in stools and urine for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children living with HIV: Médecins Sans Frontières experience in Guinea-Bissau and South Sudan

Fidelle L, Mahajan R, Gallo J, Biague E, Goncalves R,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Xpert Ultra in stools and urine for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children living with HIV: Médecins sans Frontières experience in Guinea-Bissau and South Sudan

Fidelle L, Mahajan R, Gallo J, Biague E, Goncalves R,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Over half of childhood tuberculosis (TB) remains undiagnosed yearly. TB culture is often unavailable. WHO recommends Xpert-Ultra as first test for diagnosis...
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Xpert Ultra in stools and urine for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children living with HIV: Médecins Sans Frontières experience in Guinea-Bissau and South Sudan

Fidelle L, Mahajan R, Gallo J, Biague E, Goncalves R,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Xpert-Ultra assay on stool and urine to improve tuberculosis diagnosis in children: the Médecins Sans Frontières experience in Guinea-Bissau and South Sudan

Moretó-Planas L, Mahajan R, Fidelle Nyikayo L, Ajack YBP, Tut Chol B,  et al.
2024-05-02 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2024-05-02 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Over half of childhood tuberculosis (TB) remains undiagnosed yearly. WHO recommends Xpert-Ultra as a first paediatric diagnosis test, but microbiological confirmation rema...
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Research

Aetiology of non-malaria acute febrile illness fever in children in rural Guinea-Bissau: a prospective cross-sectional investigation

Gutierrez R, Landa M, Sambou M, Bassane H, Dia N,  et al.
2024-03-21 • Frontiers in Epidemiology
2024-03-21 • Frontiers in Epidemiology
BACKGROUND
With growing use of parasitological tests to detect malaria and decreasing incidence of the disease in Africa; it becomes necessary to increase the understanding of causes...
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Review

Carriage of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales among children in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ruef M, Emonet S, Merglen A, Dewez JE, Obama BM,  et al.
2024-03-11 • eClinicalMedicine
2024-03-11 • eClinicalMedicine
BACKGROUND
The increasing resistance of Enterobacterales to third-generation cephalosporins and carbapenems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a major public health concern. We did a sys...
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Poster

Innovative laboratory tools to improve tuberculosis diagnosis in children

Moreto-Planas L, Mahajan R, Sagrado MJ, Flevaud L, Gallo J,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
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Research

Prognostic value of different anthropometric indices over different measurement intervals to predict mortality in 6–59-month-old children

Briend A, Myatt M, Berkley JA, Black RE, Boyd EM,  et al.
2023-06-01 • Public Health Nutrition
2023-06-01 • Public Health Nutrition
OBJECTIVE
To compare the prognostic value of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) and weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ) for predicting death over periods of...
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Research

Point-of-care ultrasound for tuberculosis diagnosis in children: a Médecins Sans Frontières cross-sectional study in Guinea-Bissau

Moretó-Planas L, Sagrado MJ, Mahajan R, Gallo J, Biague E,  et al.
2023-05-19 • BMJ Open
2023-05-19 • BMJ Open
OBJECTIVE
Description of tuberculosis (TB)-focused point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) findings for children with presumptive TB.

DESIGN
Cross-sectional study (July 2019 to...
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Research

Evaluation of a Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) score on admission to a paediatric intensive care unit to predict mortality risk in a low resource setting, Guinea-Bissau

Temessadouno FW, Hiffler L, Gallo J, Gignoux EM, Domenichini C,  et al.
2023-04-11 • AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
2023-04-11 • AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
CONTEXT
The Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) is a clinical monitoring tool used routinely in emergency and observation rooms to detect rapid deterioration in paediatric patient...
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Research

Anthropometric criteria for best-identifying children at high risk of mortality: a pooled analysis of twelve cohorts

Khara T, Myatt M, Sadler K, Bahwere P, Berkley JA,  et al.
2023-02-03 • Public Health Nutrition
2023-02-03 • Public Health Nutrition
OBJECTIVE
To understand which anthropometric diagnostic criteria best discriminate higher from lower risk of death in children and explore programme implications.

DESIGN
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Cholera outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa during 2010-2019: a descriptive analysis

Zheng Q, Luquero FJ, Ciglenecki I, Wamala JF, Abubakar A,  et al.
2022-09-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2022-09-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Cholera remains a public health threat but is inequitably distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of standardized reporting and inconsistent outbreak definitions limit...
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Can point-of-care ultrasound support tuberculosis diagnosis in children? The experience of MSF in Guinea-Bissau

Moreto-Planas L, Sagrado MJ, Mahajan R, Gallo J, Biague E,  et al.
2022-06-07 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-06-07 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
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Slide Presentation

Can point-of-care ultrasound support tuberculosis diagnosis in children? The experience of MSF in Guinea-Bissau

Moreto-Planas L, Sagrado MJ, Mahajan R, Gallo J, Biague E,  et al.
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
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Research

Cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau (2008): the importance of "place"

Luquero FJ, Na Banga C, Remartinez D, Palma PP, Baron E,  et al.
2011-05-04 • PLOS One
2011-05-04 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
As resources are limited when responding to cholera outbreaks, knowledge about where to orient interventions is crucial. We describe the cholera epidemic affecting Guinea-...
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Abstract

Can point-of-care ultrasound support tuberculosis diagnosis in children? The experience of MSF in Guinea-Bissau

Moreto-Planas L, Sagrado MJ, Mahajan R, Gallo J, Biague E,  et al.
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
INTRODUCTION
Tuberculosis (TB) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children and over 50% of childhood TB remains undiagnosed every year. As microbiological confirmati...
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Research

Urban Cholera transmission hotspots and their implications for Reactive Vaccination: evidence from Bissau city, Guinea Bissau

Azman AS, Luquero FJ, Rodrigues A, Palma PP, Grais RF,  et al.
2012-11-08 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2012-11-08 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Use of cholera vaccines in response to epidemics (reactive vaccination) may provide an effective supplement to traditional control measures. In Haiti, reactive vaccination was considered...