Nackers F, Huerga H, Espie E, Aloo AO, Bastard M, et al.
2012-03-12 • PLOS One
2012-03-12 • PLOS One
Good adherence to treatment is crucial to control tuberculosis (TB). Efficiency and feasibility of directly observed therapy (DOT) under routine program conditions have been questioned. ...
Yakhelef N, Audibert M, Varaine FFV, Chakaya JM, Sitienei J, et al.
2014-05-14 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2014-05-14 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING In 2007, the World Health Organization recommended introducing rapid Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture into the diagnostic algorithm of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis...
The prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is rising in low- and middle-income countries, including Kenya, disproportionately to the rest of the world. Our objective was to quant...
Zumla A, Abubakar I, Raviglione M, Hoelscher M, Ditui L, et al.
2012-04-03 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2012-04-03 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993. Following the declaration and the promotion in 1995 of directly observed treatment short cour...
Migliori GB, Tiberi S, Zumla A, Petersen E, Chakaya JM, et al.
2020-02-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2020-02-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
The continuous flow of new research articles on MDR-TB diagnosis, treatment, prevention and rehabilitation requires frequent update of existing guidelines. This review is aimed at provid...
2011-11-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2011-11-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Very limited operational research (OR) emerges from programme settings in low-income countries where the greatest burden of disease lies. The price paid for this void includes a lack of ...
Migliori GB, Marx FM, Ambrosino N, Zampogna E, Schaaf HS, et al.
2021-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2021-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND Increasing evidence suggests that post-TB lung disease (PTLD) causes significant morbidity and mortality. The aim of these clinical standards is to provide guidance on the...
McNerney R, Maeurer M, Abubakar I, Marais BJ, McHugh TD, et al.
2012-04-10 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2012-04-10 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis is unique among the major infectious diseases in that it lacks accurate rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests. Failure to control the spread of tuberculosis is largely due to...
Huerga H, Varaine FFV, Okwaro E, Bastard M, Ardizzoni E, et al.
2012-12-19 • PLOS One
2012-12-19 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND The 2007 WHO algorithm for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) including Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) culture was evaluated in a HIV prevalent are...
Zachariah R, Ford NP, Maher D, Bissell K, Van der Bergh R, et al.
2012-02-09 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2012-02-09 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Operational research in low-income countries has a key role in filling the gap between what we know from research and what we do with that knowledge-the so-called know-do gap, or impleme...
