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PLOS One. 2014 April 10; Volume 9 (Issue 4); DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0094393
Oladimeji O, Isaakidis P, Obasanya OJ, Eltayeb O, Khogali MA, et al.
PLOS One. 2014 April 10; Volume 9 (Issue 4); DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0094393
Nigeria is faced with a high burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Treatment outcomes among MDR-TB patients registered across the globe have been poor, partly due to high loss-to-follow-up. To address this challenge, MDR-TB patients in Nigeria are hospitalized during the intensive-phase(IP) of treatment (first 6-8 months) and are provided with a package of care including standardized MDR-TB treatment regimen, antiretroviral therapy (ART) and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis (CPT) for HIV-infected patients, nutritional and psychosocial support. In this study, we report the end-IP treatment outcomes among them.
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J Infect Dis. 2012 May 15; Volume 205 (Issue suppl_2); S199-S208.; DOI:10.1093/infdis/jis008
Graham SM, Ahmed T, Amanullah F, Browning R, Cardenas V, et al.
J Infect Dis. 2012 May 15; Volume 205 (Issue suppl_2); S199-S208.; DOI:10.1093/infdis/jis008
There is a critical need for improved diagnosis of tuberculosis in children, particularly in young children with intrathoracic disease as this represents the most common type of tuberculosis in children and the greatest diagnostic challenge. There is also a need for standardized clinical case definitions for the evaluation of diagnostics in prospective clinical research studies that include children in whom tuberculosis is suspected but not confirmed by culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A panel representing a wide range of expertise and child tuberculosis research experience aimed to develop standardized clinical research case definitions for intrathoracic tuberculosis in children to enable harmonized evaluation of new tuberculosis diagnostic technologies in pediatric populations. Draft definitions and statements were proposed and circulated widely for feedback. An expert panel then considered each of the proposed definitions and statements relating to clinical definitions. Formal group consensus rules were established and consensus was reached for each statement. The definitions presented in this article are intended for use in clinical research to evaluate diagnostic assays and not for individual patient diagnosis or treatment decisions. A complementary article addresses methodological issues to consider for research of diagnostics in children with suspected tuberculosis.