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Target product profiles: tests for tuberculosis treatment monitoring and optimization

Gupta-Wright A, den Boon S, MacLean E, Cirillo DM, Cobelens F,  et al.
2023-11-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2023-11-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
The World Health Organization has developed target product profiles containing minimum and optimum targets for key characteristics for tests for tuberculosis treatment monitoring and opt...
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DOTS in Aral Sea area

Shafer J, Falzon D, Small I, Kittle D, Ford NP
2001-12-08 • Lancet
2001-12-08 • Lancet
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Standardised shorter regimens versus individualised longer regimens for rifampin- or multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Abidi S, Achar J, Assao Neino MM, Bang D, Benedetti A,  et al.
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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Safe water for the Aral Sea Area: Could it get any worse?

Small I, Falzon D, van der Meer J, Ford NP
2003-03-01 • European Journal of Public Health
2003-03-01 • European Journal of Public Health
The environmental adversities around the Aral Sea in Central Asia have been the subject of recent research. Attempts at sustainable provision of palatable drinking water in low chemical ...
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Assessment of dietary exposure to some persistent organic pollutants in the Republic of Karakalpakstan of Uzbekistan

Muntean N, Jermini M, Small I, Falzon D, Fürst P,  et al.
2003-08-01 • Environmental Health Perspectives
2003-08-01 • Environmental Health Perspectives
A 1999 study heightened long-standing concerns over persistent organic pollutant contamination in the Aral Sea area, detecting elevated levels in breast milk and cord blood of women in K...
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Multidrug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis treatment regimens and patient outcomes: an individual patient data meta-analysis of 9,153 patients

Ahuja SD, Ashkin D, Avendano M, Banerjee R, Bayona J,  et al.
2012-08-28 • PLOS Medicine
2012-08-28 • PLOS Medicine
Treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is lengthy, toxic, expensive, and has generally poor outcomes. We undertook an individual patient data meta-analysis to assess the ...
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Review

Eye exam with indirect ophthalmoscopy for diagnosis of disseminated tuberculosis in patients with HIV/AIDS

Abubakar I, Zignol M, Falzon D, Raviglione M, Ditui L,  et al.
2013-03-24 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2013-03-24 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Failure Detection Depends on Monitoring Interval and Microbiological Method

Mitnick CD, White RA, Lu C, Rodriguez CA, Bayona J,  et al.
2016-09-01 • European Respiratory Journal
2016-09-01 • European Respiratory Journal
Debate persists about monitoring method (culture or smear) and interval (monthly or less frequently) during treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). We analysed existing ...
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Poor treatment outcomes among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Gomel Region, Republic of Belarus

Khaliaukin A, Kumar AMV, Skrahina A, Hurevich H, Rusovich V,  et al.
2014-10-21 • Public Health Action
2014-10-21 • Public Health Action
SETTINGS
Tuberculosis (TB) health facilities in the Gomel Region, Republic of Belarus-settings with a high burden of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and human immunodeficiency virus ...
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Treatment and outcomes in children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis

Harausz EP, Garcia-Prats AJ, Law S, Schaaf HS, Kredo T,  et al.
2018-07-11 • PLOS Medicine
2018-07-11 • PLOS Medicine
An estimated 32,000 children develop multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB; Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to isoniazid and rifampin) each year. Little is known about the optima...
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Commentary

Towards tuberculosis elimination: an action framework for low-incidence countries

Lonnroth K, Migliori GB, Abubakar I, DAmbrosio L, de Vries G,  et al.
2015-03-18 • European Respiratory Journal
2015-03-18 • European Respiratory Journal
This paper describes an action framework for countries with low tuberculosis (TB) incidence (<100 TB cases per million population) that are striving for TB elimination. The framework set...
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Drug-associated adverse events in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis

Lan Z, Ahmad N, Baghaei P, Barkane L, Benedetti A,  et al.
2020-03-17 • Lancet Respiratory Medicine
2020-03-17 • Lancet Respiratory Medicine

BACKGROUND

Tre...

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Modelling the effect of short-course multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Trauer JM, Achar J, Parpieva N, Khamraev AK, Denholm JT,  et al.
2016-11-18 • BMC Medicine
2016-11-18 • BMC Medicine
BACKGROUND
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a major threat to global TB control. MDR-TB treatment regimens typically have a high pill burden, last 20 months or more and o...
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Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Central Asia

Cox HS, Orozco JD , Male R, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Falzon D,  et al.
2004-05-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2004-05-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has emerged as a major threat to TB control, particularly in the former Soviet Union. To determine levels of drug resistance within a directly o...