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Longer-term virologic outcomes on tenofovir-lamivudine-dolutegravir in second-line ART

Van Heerden JK, Zhao Y, Keene CM, Griesel R, Omar Z,  et al.
2025-04-30 • South African Journal of HIV Medicine
2025-04-30 • South African Journal of HIV Medicine

BACKGROUND

Dol...

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Relationship between tenofovir diphosphate concentrations in dried blood spots and virological outcomes after initiating tenofovir-lamivudine-dolutegravir as first-line or second-line antiretroviral therapy

van Heerden JK, Meintjes G, Barr D, Zhao Y, Griesel R,  et al.
2024-03-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)
2024-03-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)
BACKGROUND
Tenofovir diphosphate (TFV-DP) concentration in dried blood spots is a marker of long-term adherence. We investigated the relationship between TFV-DP concentrations and vi...
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Diagnostic yield of urine lipoarabinomannan and sputum tuberculosis tests in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data

Broger T, Koeppel L, Huerga H, Miller P, Gupta-Wright A,  et al.
2023-06-01 • Lancet Global Health
2023-06-01 • Lancet Global Health
BACKGROUND
Sputum is the most widely used sample to diagnose active tuberculosis, but many people living with HIV are unable to produce sputum. Urine, in contrast, is readily availab...
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Standard-dose versus double-dose dolutegravir in HIV-associated tuberculosis in South Africa (RADIANT-TB): a phase 2, non-comparative, randomised controlled trial

Griesel R, Zhao Y, Simmons B, Omar Z, Wiesner L,  et al.
2023-05-22 • Lancet HIV
2023-05-22 • Lancet HIV
BACKGROUND
The drug-drug interaction between rifampicin and dolutegravir can be overcome by supplemental dolutegravir dosing, which is difficult to implement in high-burden settings....
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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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Effect of HIV-1 infection on T-Cell-based and skin test detection of tuberculosis infection

Rangaka MX, Wilkinson KA, Seldon R, van Cutsem G, Meintjes GA,  et al.
2007-12-07 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2007-12-07 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
RATIONALE: Two forms of the IFN-gamma release assay (IFNGRA) to detect tuberculosis infection are available, but neither has been evaluated in comparable HIV-infected and uninfected pers...
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Isoniazid plus antiretroviral therapy to prevent tuberculosis: a randomised double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Rangaka MX, Wilkinson RJ, Boulle AM, Glynn JR, Fielding K,  et al.
2014-05-14 • Lancet
2014-05-14 • Lancet
Antiretroviral therapy reduces the risk of tuberculosis, but tuberculosis is more common in people with HIV than in people without HIV. We aimed to assess the effect of isoniazid prevent...
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Changes in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Over Time in South African HIV-1-Infected Patients Receiving Tenofovir: a Retrospective Cohort Study

de Waal R, Cohen K, Fox MP, Stinson K, Maartens G,  et al.
2017-04-10 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2017-04-10 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Tenofovir has been associated with decline in kidney function, but in patients with low baseline kidney function, improvements over time have been reported. Additionally, the magnitude a...
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The Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Transmission, Diagnosis, and Management of Multidrug-Resistant, Extensively Drug-Resistant, and Incurable Tuberculosis

Dheda K, Gumbo T, Maartens G, Dooley KE, McNerney R,  et al.
2017-03-15 • Lancet Respiratory Medicine
2017-03-15 • Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Global tuberculosis incidence has declined marginally over the past decade, and tuberculosis remains out of control in several parts of the world including Africa and Asia. Although tube...
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Treatment outcomes 24 months after initiating short, all-oral bedaquiline-containing or injectable-containing rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis treatment regimens in South Africa a retrospective cohort study

Ndjeka N, Campbell JR, Meintjes GA, Maartens G, Schaaf HS,  et al.
2022-05-02 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2022-05-02 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
There is a need for short and safe all-oral treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis. We compared outcomes up to 24 months after treatment initiation for patients wi...
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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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Assessment of epidemiological and genetic characteristics and clinical outcomes of resistance to bedaquiline in patients treated for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study

Ismail N, Omar SV, Moultrie H, Bhyat Z, Conradie F,  et al.
2021-11-12 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2021-11-12 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Bedaquiline improves outcomes of patients with rifampicin-resistant and multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis; however, emerging resistance threatens this success. We did...
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Implementing novel regimens for drug-resistant TB in South Africa: what can the world learn?

Ndjeka N, Hughes J, Reuter A, Conradie F, Enwerem M,  et al.
2020-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2020-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Worldwide uptake of new drugs in the treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) has been extremely low. In June 2018, ahead of the release of the updated WHO guidelines for t...
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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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First-Line Antiretroviral Drug Discontinuations in Children

Fortuin-de Smidt M, de Waal R, Cohen K, Technau KG, Stinson K,  et al.
2017-02-13 • PLOS One
2017-02-13 • PLOS One
There are a limited number of paediatric antiretroviral drug options. Characterising the long term safety and durability of different antiretrovirals in children is important to optimise...
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High treatment success rate for multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis using a bedaquiline-containing treatment regimen

Ndjeka N, Schnippel K, Master I, Meintjes GA, Maartens G,  et al.
2018-10-25 • European Respiratory Journal
2018-10-25 • European Respiratory Journal
Background: South African patients with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis and resistance to fluoroquinolones and/or injectables (pre/XDR-TB) were granted access to bedaquiline through a ...
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Effect of rifampicin-based antitubercular therapy on nevirapine plasma concentrations in South African adults with HIV-associated tuberculosis

Cohen K, van Cutsem G, Boulle AM, McIlleron HM, Goemaere E,  et al.
2008-02-01 • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
2008-02-01 • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Nevirapine-containing antiretroviral therapy (ART) and rifampicin-based antitubercular therapy are commonly co-administered in Africa, where nevirapine is ofte...
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Treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis with bedaquiline in a high HIV prevalence setting: an interim cohort analysis

Ndjeka N, Conradie F, Schnippel K, Hughes J, Bantubani N,  et al.
2015-07-19 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2015-07-19 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND
South Africa has a large burden of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB); only 15% of XDR-TB patients have successful outcomes.

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To descri...
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Effect of bedaquiline on mortality in South African patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study

Schnippel K, Ndjeka N, Maartens G, Meintjes GA, Master I,  et al.
2018-09-01 • Lancet Respiratory Medicine
2018-09-01 • Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Addition of bedaquiline to treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis was associated with an increased risk of death in a phase 2b clinical trial, resulting in caution from WHO. Foll...
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Effect of Antiretroviral Therapy on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Symptom Screening for Intensified Tuberculosis Case Finding in a South African HIV clinic

Rangaka MX, Wilkinson RJ, Glynn JR, Boulle AM, van Cutsem G,  et al.
2012-09-05 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2012-09-05 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
Current symptom screening algorithms for intensified tuberculosis case finding or prior to isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...