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Supporting multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant TB treatment adherence in people with harmful use of alcohol through person-centred care

Harrison RE, Shyleika V, Vishneuski R, Leonovich O, Vetushko D,  et al.
2024-11-06 • Oxford Medical Journal
2024-11-06 • Oxford Medical Journal

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TB is concentrated in populations with complex health and social issues, including alcohol use disorders (AUD). We describe treatment adherence and o...

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Strengthening community-based surveillance: lessons learned from the 2018–2020 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak

OKeeffe J, Takahashi E, Otshudiema JO, Malembi E, Ndaliko C,  et al.
2023-08-30 • Conflict and Health
2023-08-30 • Conflict and Health
INTRODUCTION
There has been little documentation of the large networks of community health workers that contributed to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) surveillance during the 2018–2020 Dem...

Thin layer agar compared to BACTEC MGIT 960 for early detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Martin AIC, Fissette K, Varaine FFV, Portaels F, Palomino JC
2009-05-07 • Journal of Microbiological Methods
2009-05-07 • Journal of Microbiological Methods
We compared the sensitivity and time to detection of growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the thin layer agar (TLA) compared to BACTEC MGIT960. The average time for growth of M. tuber...

Thin-layer agar for detection of resistance to rifampicin, ofloxacin and kanamycin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates

Martin AIC, Paasch F, Von Groll A, Fissette K, Almeida P,  et al.
2009-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2009-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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In low-income countries there is a great need for economical methods for testing the susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to antibiotics.

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Resilience to maintain quality of intrapartum care in war torn Yemen: a retrospective pre-post study evaluating effects of changing birth volumes in a congested frontline hospital

Obel J, Martin AIC, Mullahzada AW, Kremer R, Maaloe N
2021-01-07 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2021-01-07 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Fragile and conflict-affected states contribute with more than 60% of the global burden of maternal mortality. There is an alarming need for research exploring maternal he...

Mortality and health survey, Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2017: an example of the use of survey data for humanitarian program planning

Robinson E, Crispino V, Ouabo A, Iballa F, Kremer R,  et al.
2019-11-21 • Conflict and Health
2019-11-21 • Conflict and Health
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During humanitarian crises, health information systems are often lacking and surveys are a valuable tool to assess the health needs of affected populations. In 2013, a mor...

Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to second-line drugs by use of the manual mycobacterium growth indicator tube system

Martin AIC, Von Groll A, Fissette K, Palomino JC, Varaine FFV,  et al.
2008-12-01 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2008-12-01 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
The objective of this study was to evaluate the manual mycobacterium growth indicator tube (MGIT) system for the testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis susceptibility to second-line drugs...

Implementation of the thin layer agar for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in a high HIV prevalence setting in Homa Bay, Kenya

Martin AIC, Munga Waweru P, Babu Okatch F, Amondi Ouma N, Bonte L,  et al.
2009-06-03 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2009-06-03 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of a low-cost method, the Thin Layer Agar (TLA), for the diagnosis of smear-negative patients. This prospective study was perf...

Implementation of the thin layer agar method for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in a setting with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in Homa Bay, Kenya

Martin AIC, Munga Waweru P, Babu Okatch F, Amondi Ouma N, Bonte L,  et al.
2020-12-21 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2020-12-21 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of a low-cost method, the thin layer agar (TLA) method, for the diagnosis of smear-negative patients. This prospective study w...

Multidrug- and isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis in three high HIV burden African regions

Sanchez-Padilla E, Ardizzoni E, Sauvageot D, Ahoua L, Martin AIC,  et al.
2013-08-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2013-08-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Despite major progress in the surveillance of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), data are lacking for many low-resource countries. World Health Organization estimates of multidrug-resista...

Rapid culture-based methods for drug-resistance detection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Palomino JC, Martin AIC, Von Groll A, Portaels F
2008-10-01 • Journal of Microbiological Methods
2008-10-01 • Journal of Microbiological Methods
Tuberculosis still represents a major public health problem, especially in low-resource countries where the burden of the disease is more important. Multidrug-resistant and extensively d...