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Outcomes of nevirapine- and efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy when coadministered with rifampicin-based antitubercular therapy

Boulle A, van Cutsem G, Cohen K, Hilderbrand K, Mathee S,  et al.
2008-08-06 • JAMA
2008-08-06 • JAMA
CONTEXT
Rifampicin-based antitubercular therapy reduces the plasma concentrations of nevirapine and efavirenz. The virological consequences of these interactions are not well describ...
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Review

Cohort profile: the Khayelitsha antiretroviral programme, Cape Town, South Africa

Stinson K, Goemaere E, Coetzee D, van Cutsem G, Hilderbrand K,  et al.
2016-05-20 • International Journal of Epidemiology
2016-05-20 • International Journal of Epidemiology
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Research

Performance of FASTPlaqueTB and a modified protocol in a high HIV prevalence community in South Africa

Trollip AP, Albert H, Mole R, Marshall T, van Cutsem G,  et al.
2009-06-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2009-06-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Modifications in the FASTPlaqueTB test protocol have resulted in an increase in the analytical limits of detection. This study investigated whether the performance of a modified prototyp...
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Research

Seven-year experience of a primary care antiretroviral treatment programme in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Boulle AM, van Cutsem G, Hilderbrand K, Cragg C, Abrahams M,  et al.
2010-02-20 • AIDS
2010-02-20 • AIDS
OBJECTIVES: We report on outcomes after 7 years of a community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme in Khayelitsha, South Africa, with death registry linkages to correct for mort...
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Exploring HIV risk perception and behaviour in the context of antiretroviral treatment: results from a township household survey

Boulle AM, Hilderbrand K, Menten J, Coetzee D, Ford NP,  et al.
2008-08-01 • AIDS Care
2008-08-01 • AIDS Care
The objective of this cross-sectional household survey was to assess factors influencing HIV risk perception, behaviour and intervention uptake in a community characterised by high HIV p...
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Outcomes after two years of providing antiretroviral treatment in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Coetzee D, Hildebrand K, Boulle AM, Maartens G, Louis F,  et al.
2004-04-09 • AIDS
2004-04-09 • AIDS
BACKGROUND
A community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme was established in 2001 in a South African township to explore the operational issues involved in providing ART in...
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Evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults

Saranchuk P, Boulle AM, Hilderbrand K, Coetzee D, Bedelu M,  et al.
2007-07-01 • South African Medical Journal
2007-07-01 • South African Medical Journal
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of and reduction in diagnostic delay attributable to a clinical algorithm used for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis ...
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Effectiveness of the first district-wide programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa

Coetzee D, Hilderbrand K, Boulle AM, Draper B, Abdullah F,  et al.
2005-07-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2005-07-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to estimate the field efficacy of the first routine programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of human immunodeficiency...
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The effect of complete integration of HIV and TB services on time to initiation of antiretroviral therapy: a before-after study

Kerschberger B, Hilderbrand K, Boulle AM, Coetzee D, Goemaere E,  et al.
2012-10-05 • PLOS One
2012-10-05 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
Studies have shown that early ART initiation in TB/HIV co-infected patients lowers mortality. One way to implement earlier ART commencement could be through integration of...
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Research

Promoting adherence to antiretroviral therapy: the experience from a primary care setting in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Coetzee D, Boulle AM, Hildebrand K, Asselman V, van Cutsem G,  et al.
2004-06-01 • AIDS
2004-06-01 • AIDS
OBJECTIVE
To describe the approach used to promote adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and to present the outcomes in the first primary care public sector ART project in South ...
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Review

Khayelitsha 2001 - 2011: 10 years of primary care HIV and Tb programs

Garone DB, Hilderbrand K, Boulle AM, Coetzee D, Goemaere E,  et al.
2011-12-01 • Southern African Journal of HIV medicine
2011-12-01 • Southern African Journal of HIV medicine
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Correcting for Mortality Among Patients Lost to Follow Up on Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa: A Cohort Analysis

van Cutsem G, Ford NP, Hilderbrand K, Goemaere E, Mathee S,  et al.
2011-02-17 • PLOS One
2011-02-17 • PLOS One
Loss to follow-up (LTF) challenges the reporting of antiretroviral treatment (ART) programmes, since it encompasses patients alive but lost to programme and deaths misclassified as LTF. ...
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Epidemic Levels of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR and XDR-TB) in a High HIV Prevalence Setting in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Cox HS, McDermid C, Azevedo VD, Muller O, Coetzee D,  et al.
2010-11-15 • PLOS One
2010-11-15 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND: Although multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is emerging as a significant threat to tuberculosis control in high HIV prevalence countries such as South Africa, limited ...
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The prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programme and infant feeding practices

Hilderbrand K, Goemaere E, Coetzee D
2003-10-01 • South African Medical Journal
2003-10-01 • South African Medical Journal
Since the first cases of HIV transmission through breast-feeding were documented, a fierce debate has raged on appropriate guidelines for infant feeding in resource-poor settings. A majo...
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Commentary

Reflections on a decade of delivering PMTCT in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Stinson K, Giddy J, Cox V, Burton R, Ibeto M,  et al.
2014-03-05 • Southern African Journal of HIV medicine
2014-03-05 • Southern African Journal of HIV medicine
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Research

Integrating tuberculosis and HIV care in the primary care setting in South Africa

Coetzee D, Hilderbrand K, Goemaere E, Matthys F, Boelaert M
2004-06-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2004-06-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
BACKGROUND: In many countries including South Africa, the increasing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) epidemics have impacted significantly on already weakened pu...