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Estimating post-treatment recurrence after multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment among patients with and without HIV: the impact of assumptions about death and missing follow-up

Sauer SM, Mitnick CD, Khan UT, Hewison CCH, Bastard M,  et al.
2024-01-25 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2024-01-25 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Quantification of recurrence risk following successful treatment is crucial to evaluating regimens for multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant (MDR/RR) tuberculosis (TB). Howev...
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Integrating hepatitis C treatment into multidrug-resistant TB care

Kirakosyan O, Melikyan N, Falcao J, Khachatryan N, Atshemyan H,  et al.
2022-06-21 • Public Health Action
2022-06-21 • Public Health Action
BACKGROUND
Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) are not widely used for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant TB (MDR/RR-TB). We d...
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Culture conversion in patients treated with bedaquiline and/or delamanid. A prospective multicountry study

Franke MF, Khan P, Hewison C, Khan U, Huerga H,  et al.
2021-01-01 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2021-01-01 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
RATIONALE
Bedaquiline and delamanid offer the possibility of more effective and less toxic treatment for multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB). With this treatment, however, so...
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High prevalence of infection and low incidence of disease in child contacts of patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study

Huerga H, Sanchez-Padilla E, Melikyan N, Atshemyan H, Ulumyan A,  et al.
2018-12-06 • Archives of Disease in Childhood
2018-12-06 • Archives of Disease in Childhood
OBJECTIVE
We aimed to measure the prevalence and incidence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and tuberculosis (TB) disease in children in close contact with patients with drug-...
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Culture conversion in patients treated with bedaquiline and/or delamanid: A prospective multi-country study

Franke MF, Khan PY, Hewison CCH, Khan UT, Huerga H,  et al.
2020-07-24 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2020-07-24 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
BACKGROUND
Bedaquiline and delamanid offer the possibility of more effective and less toxic multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment. With this treatment, however, some pa...
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Is 6 months of bedaquiline enough? Results from the compassionate use of bedaquiline in Armenia and Georgia

Hewison CCH, Bastard M, Khachatryan N, Kotrikadze T, Hayrapetyan A,  et al.
2018-07-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2018-07-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND AND SETTING
Bedaquiline (BDQ) was initially only available through compassionate use programmes.

OBJECTIVE
To assess the effectiveness and safety of multidrug...
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Setting up pharmacovigilance based on available endTB project data for bedaquiline

Lachenal N, Hewison CCH, Mitnick CD, Lomtadze N, Coutisson S,  et al.
2020-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2020-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING
Active pharmacovigilance (PV) is recommended for TB programmes, notably for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) patients treated with new drugs. Launched with the support of UNIT...
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Concomitant treatment of chronic hepatitis C with direct-acting antivirals and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is effective and safe

Melikyan N, Huerga H, Atshemyan H, Kirakosyan O, Sargsyants N,  et al.
2021-01-04 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2021-01-04 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
We assessed effectiveness and safety of concomitant chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Of 322 M...