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Alkon A, Cunningham J, Kanapathipillai R, Naim C, Shortall C, et al.

2025-05-01 • Lancet Microbe

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Review

Mathu R, Diago-Navarro E, Lynch E, Degail MA, Ousley J, et al.

2024-12-26 • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

INTRODUCTION

Despite global surveillance efforts, antibiotic resistance (ABR) is difficult to address in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In the absenc...

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Aqel R, Alnajjar M, Moussally K, Mattar M, Nyaruhirira I, et al.

2024-12-01 • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance • 33rd International Congress of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ICC)

AIM

Assess the microbiology and treatment outcomes of post-traumatic osteomyelitis (PTO) patients in Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) supported reconstructive sur...

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Research

Taher AQM, Aqel R, Alnajjar M, Walker C, Repetto E, et al.

2024-09-27 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND

The history of conflicts in the Middle East has resulted in a high burden...

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Langendorf C, Michel J, Barks P, Mollo B, Kanapathipillai R

2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024

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Almehdar H, Yousef N, van den Boogaard W, Haider A, Kanapathipillai R, et al.

2024-03-05 • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

BACKGROUND
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent global health concern, especially in countries facing instability or conflicts, with compromised healthcare systems. Médecins S...

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Commentary

Truppa C, Alonso B, Clezy K, Deglise C, Dromer C, et al.

2023-09-04 • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Fragile and conflict-affected settings bear a disproportionate burden of antimicrobial resistance, due to the compounding effects of weak health policies, disrupted medical supply chains...

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Qasim A, Aqel R, Walker C, Moussally K, Alnajjar M, et al.

2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023

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Lamrous A, Repetto EC, Depp T, Jimenez C, Chua AC, et al.

2023-05-17 • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

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C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) are widely used biomarkers in high-income countries. However, evidence for their use in low- and middle-income countries (...

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Poster

Goodyer J, Elbadawi H, Mayronne S, Lynch E, Michel J, et al.

2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022

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Lenglet AD, van Deursen B, Viana R, Abubakar N, Hoare S, et al.

2019-08-02 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

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Hand hygiene adherence monitoring and feedback can reduce health care-acquired infections in hospitals. Few low-cost hand hygiene adherence monitoring tools exist in low-r...

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Malou N, Al Asmar M, Fakhri RM, Badaro N, Kanapathipillai R, et al.

2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation

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Review

Ronat JB, Natale A, Kesteman T, Andremont A, Elamin W, et al.

2021-10-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection

BACKGROUND
In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), data related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are often inconsistently collected. Humanitarian, private and non-governmental ...

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Commentary

Kanapathipillai R, Malou N, Hopman J, Bowman C, Yousef N, et al.

2019-04-10 • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has designed context-adapted antibiotic resistance (ABR) responses in countries across the Middle East. There, some health systems have been severely damag...

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Letter

Kanapathipillai R, Malou N, Baldwin K, Marty P, Rodaix C, et al.

2018-10-15 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)

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Malou N, Al Asmar M, Fakhri RM, Badaro N, Kanapathipillai R, et al.

2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation

INTRODUCTION
Timely and accurate identification of microorganisms and assessment of antimicrobial susceptibility in clinical specimens help clinicians in selecting the most appropria...

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Fily F, Ronat JB, Malou N, Kanapathipillai R, Seguin C, et al.

2019-01-31 • BMC Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND
War-wounded civilians in Middle East countries are at risk of post-traumatic osteomyelitis (PTO). We aimed to describe and compare the bacterial etiology and proportion of...

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Dunning J, Kennedy SB, Antierens A, Whitehead J, Ciqlenecki I, et al.

2016-09-09 • PLOS One

The nucleotide analogue brincidofovir was developed to prevent and treat infections caused by double-stranded DNA viruses. Based on in vitro data suggesting an antiviral effect against E...

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Kanapathipillai R, McGuire M, Mogha R, Szumilin E, Heinzelmann A, et al.

2011-09-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

Objective Viral load testing is used in the HIV programme of Chiradzulu, Malawi, to confirm the diagnosis of immunological failure to prevent unnecessary switching to second-line therap...

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Fily F, Ronat JB, Malou N, Kanapathipillai R, Seguin C, et al.

2019-01-31 • BMC Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND
War-wounded civilians in Middle East countries are at risk of post-traumatic osteomyelitis (PTO). We aimed to describe and compare the bacterial etiology and proportion of...

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Keeping our feet on the ground: the role of innovation in scaling up diagnosis to counter antimicrobial resistance

Antibiotic resistance in the Middle East and Southern Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Outcomes of post-traumatic osteomyelitis in a conflict setting: a retrospective cohort study in Gaza

Posttraumatic pseudomonas aeruginosa osteomyelitis in Mosul and Gaza: A retrospective cohort study, 2018-2022

Local cumulative antimicrobial susceptibility report: results from MSF pediatrics and surgical programs

Antibiotic susceptibility patterns at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) acute trauma hospital in Aden, Yemen: a retrospective study from January 2018 to June 2021

Antimicrobial stewardship in primary health care programs in humanitarian settings: the time to act is now

Post-traumatic Pseudomonas aeruginosa osteomyelitis patients admitted to MSF orthopaedic centers in Mosul, Iraq and Gaza, Palestine: a retrospective study

C-reactive protein and procalcitonin use in adults in low- and middle-income countries: a narrative review

Retrospective descriptive analysis of paediatric bacteraemia - Bardnesville Junction Hospital, Liberia

Inclusion of real-time hand hygiene observation and feedback in a multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy in low-resource settings

Antibiogo: smartphone based application to tackle antibiotic resistance in low-to-middle income countries

AMR in low-resource settings: Médecins Sans Frontières bridges surveillance gaps by developing a turnkey solution, the Mini-Lab

Antibiotic resistance in conflict settings: lessons learned in the Middle East

Antibiotic resistance in Palestine: an emerging part of a larger crisis

Antibiogo: smartphone-based application to tackle antibiotic resistance challenges in low-to-middle income countries

Post-traumatic osteomyelitis in Middle Eastwar-wounded civilians: resistance to first-line antibiotics in selected bacteria over the decade 2006–2016

Experimental Treatment of Ebola Virus Disease with Brincidofovir

Benefit of viral load testing for confirmation of immunological failure in HIV patients treated in rural Malawi

Post-traumatic osteomyelitis in Middle East war-wounded civilians: resistance to first-line antibiotics in selected bacteria over the decade 2006-2016