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2025-02-01 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
2025-02-01 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
BACKGROUND
There are few data on the treatment of children and adolescents with multidrug-resistant (MDR) or rifampicin-resistant (RR) tuberculosis, especially ...
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2024-07-01 • IJTLD OPEN
2024-07-01 • IJTLD OPEN
Background
Isoniazid (INH, H) resistance is the most common drug-resistant TB pattern, with treatment success rates lower than those in drug-susceptible TB. The...
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2024-06-25 • Globalization and Health
2024-06-25 • Globalization and Health
BACKGROUND
The Global Drug Facility (GDF) of the Stop TB Partnership was launched in 2001 with the goal of increasing access to quality-assured tuberculosis (TB) drugs and products. ...
The Global Drug Facility (GDF) of the Stop TB Partnership was launched in 2001 with the goal of increasing access to quality-assured tuberculosis (TB) drugs and products. ...
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2023-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2023-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND
Tajikistan has a high burden of rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB), with 2,700 new cases estimated for 2021 (28/100,000 population). TB is spread among household members thro...
Tajikistan has a high burden of rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB), with 2,700 new cases estimated for 2021 (28/100,000 population). TB is spread among household members thro...
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2023-08-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2023-08-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND
These clinical standards aim to provide guidance for diagnosis, treatment, and management of drug-susceptible TB in children and adolescents.
METHODS
Fifty-tw...
These clinical standards aim to provide guidance for diagnosis, treatment, and management of drug-susceptible TB in children and adolescents.
METHODS
Fifty-tw...
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2023-04-28 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-04-28 • PLOS Global Public Health
Clarity about the role of delamanid in longer regimens for multidrug-resistant TB is needed after discordant Phase IIb and Phase III randomized controlled trial results. The Phase IIb tr...
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2023-01-09 • Microbiology Spectrum
2023-01-09 • Microbiology Spectrum
We report the findings of a prospective laboratory diagnostic accuracy study to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay for Mycobact...
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2022-11-23 • Journal of Public Health
2022-11-23 • Journal of Public Health
BACKGROUND
Tuberculosis (TB) drugs and their import are costly. We assessed how shorter TB drug regimens, which were non-inferior or superior in recent TB trials, can affect the cost...
Tuberculosis (TB) drugs and their import are costly. We assessed how shorter TB drug regimens, which were non-inferior or superior in recent TB trials, can affect the cost...
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2022-08-03 • PLOS Global Public Health
2022-08-03 • PLOS Global Public Health
Tuberculosis (TB) programs depend on a continuous supply of large amounts of high-quality TB drugs. When TB programs procure TB drugs from international suppliers, such as the Global ...
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2015-09-08 • Obstetric Medicine
2015-09-08 • Obstetric Medicine
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2020-03-20 • European Respiratory Journal
2020-03-20 • European Respiratory Journal
We sought to compare the effectiveness of two World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended regimens for the treatment of rifampin- or multidrug-resistant (RR/MDR) tuberculosis (TB): a sta...
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2020-09-16 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2020-09-16 • BMC Infectious Diseases
Introduction: Person-centred care, an internationally recognised priority, describes the involvement of people in their care and treatment decisions, and the consideration of their needs...
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2020-04-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2020-04-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
Background: There are unique challenges in the diagnosis and management of multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in children. It is difficult to obtain confirmatory microbiological ...
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2017-07-21 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2017-07-21 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
INTRODUCTION
Countries in the West and Central African regions struggle to offer quality HIV care at scale, despite HIV prevalence being relatively low. In these challenging operatin...
Countries in the West and Central African regions struggle to offer quality HIV care at scale, despite HIV prevalence being relatively low. In these challenging operatin...
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2021-01-06 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2021-01-06 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVES
In this retrospective study, we evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of molecular tests (MT) for the detection of DR‐TB, compared to the gold standard liquid‐based Drug Susce...
In this retrospective study, we evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of molecular tests (MT) for the detection of DR‐TB, compared to the gold standard liquid‐based Drug Susce...
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2017-05-01 • PLOS One
2017-05-01 • PLOS One
Between August-December 2014, Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) patients from Tonkolili District were referred for care to two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Ebola Management Centres (EMCs) outs...
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2020-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020: Research
2020-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020: Research
INTRODUCTION
Person-centred care (PCC) is an internationally recognised priority, and a key underlying principle within MSF projects. PCC ensures that people are involved in their ca...
Person-centred care (PCC) is an internationally recognised priority, and a key underlying principle within MSF projects. PCC ensures that people are involved in their ca...
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2015-09-09 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2015-09-09 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
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2016-07-01
2016-07-01
Background
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened Ebola management centres (EMCs) in Sierra Leone in Kailahun in June, 2014, and Bo in September, 2014. Case fatality in the wes...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened Ebola management centres (EMCs) in Sierra Leone in Kailahun in June, 2014, and Bo in September, 2014. Case fatality in the wes...
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2016-11-17 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2016-11-17 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
It is estimated that 33,000 children develop multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) each year. In spite of these numbers, children and adolescents have limited access to the new and r...