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2024-12-03 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
2024-12-03 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
In refugee and internally displaced person settlements, hygienic water handling and free residual chlorine (FRC) are crucial for protecting water against recontamination after distrib...
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|Research
2024-01-25 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2024-01-25 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Quantification of recurrence risk following successful treatment is crucial to evaluating regimens for multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant (MDR/RR) tuberculosis (TB). Howev...
Quantification of recurrence risk following successful treatment is crucial to evaluating regimens for multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant (MDR/RR) tuberculosis (TB). Howev...
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2024-01-25 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2024-01-25 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
Among 43 pregnant women receiving multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) treatment with bedaquiline and/or delamanid, 98% had favorable treatment outcomes. Of ...
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2023-12-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2023-12-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND
The value, speed of completion and robustness of the evidence generated by TB treatment trials could be improved by implementing standards for best practice.
METH...
The value, speed of completion and robustness of the evidence generated by TB treatment trials could be improved by implementing standards for best practice.
METH...
Journal Article
|Protocol
2023-11-30 • Trials
2023-11-30 • Trials
BACKGROUND
Treatment for fluoroquinolone-resistant multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (pre-XDR TB) often lasts longer than treatment for less resistant strains, yi...
Treatment for fluoroquinolone-resistant multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (pre-XDR TB) often lasts longer than treatment for less resistant strains, yi...
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Effectiveness of bedaquiline use beyond six months in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
2023-06-01 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2023-06-01 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
RATIONALE
Current recommendations for the treatment of rifampin- and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis include bedaquiline used for six months or longer. Evidence is needed to inform ...
Current recommendations for the treatment of rifampin- and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis include bedaquiline used for six months or longer. Evidence is needed to inform ...
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2023-06-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2023-06-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND
Evidence of the effectiveness of the WHO-recommended design of longer individualized regimens for multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant TB (MDR/RR-TB) is limited.
OB...
Evidence of the effectiveness of the WHO-recommended design of longer individualized regimens for multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant TB (MDR/RR-TB) is limited.
OB...
Journal Article
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2023-04-28 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-04-28 • PLOS Global Public Health
Clarity about the role of delamanid in longer regimens for multidrug-resistant TB is needed after discordant Phase IIb and Phase III randomized controlled trial results. The Phase IIb tr...
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2023-01-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2023-01-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND
The WHO provides standardized outcome definitions for rifampicin-resistant (RR) and multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB. However, operationalizing these definitions can be challe...
The WHO provides standardized outcome definitions for rifampicin-resistant (RR) and multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB. However, operationalizing these definitions can be challe...
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2022-10-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2022-10-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Concomitant use of bedaquiline (Bdq) and delamanid (Dlm) for multi-drug/rifampicin resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) has raised concerns about a potentially poor risk-ben...
Concomitant use of bedaquiline (Bdq) and delamanid (Dlm) for multi-drug/rifampicin resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) has raised concerns about a potentially poor risk-ben...
Journal Article
|Research
2022-09-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2022-09-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
RATIONALE
Safety of treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) can be an obstacle to treatment completion.
OBJECTIVES
Evaluate safety of longer MDR/RR-TB...
Safety of treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) can be an obstacle to treatment completion.
OBJECTIVES
Evaluate safety of longer MDR/RR-TB...
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|Research
2022-09-06 • PLOS Water
2022-09-06 • PLOS Water
Ensuring sufficient free residual chlorine (FRC) up to the time and place water is consumed in refugee settlements is essential for preventing the spread of waterborne illnesses. Water s...
Journal Article
|Commentary
2020-03-01 • European Respiratory Journal
2020-03-01 • European Respiratory Journal
Journal Article
|Short Report
2019-11-02 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2019-11-02 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
Delamanid should be effective against highly resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but uptake has been slow globally. In the endTB (expand new drug markets for TB) Observation...
Journal Article
|Commentary
2020-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2020-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
In 2015, the initiative Expand New Drug Markets for TB (endTB) began, with the objective of reducing barriers to access to the new and repurposed TB drugs. Here we describe the major imp...
Journal Article
|Commentary
2020-11-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2020-11-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Rapid diagnostics, newer drugs, repurposed medications, and shorter regimens have radically altered the landscape for treating rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB) and multidrug-resistant TB ...
Journal Article
|Protocol
2021-09-25 • Trials
2021-09-25 • Trials
BACKGROUND
Treatment of multidrug- and rifampin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) is expensive, labour-intensive, and associated with substantial adverse events and poor outcomes. W...
Treatment of multidrug- and rifampin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) is expensive, labour-intensive, and associated with substantial adverse events and poor outcomes. W...
Protocol
|Research Protocol
2019-08-20 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2019-08-20 • BMC Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
At a time when programs were struggling to design effective regimens for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), the marketing authorization of bedaqui...
At a time when programs were struggling to design effective regimens for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), the marketing authorization of bedaqui...
Journal Article
|Letter
2020-05-01 • Journal of Hepatology
2020-05-01 • Journal of Hepatology
Journal Article
|Research
2020-07-24 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2020-07-24 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
BACKGROUND
Bedaquiline and delamanid offer the possibility of more effective and less toxic multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment. With this treatment, however, some pa...
Bedaquiline and delamanid offer the possibility of more effective and less toxic multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment. With this treatment, however, some pa...