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Enhancing tuberculosis (TB) case detection among hospitalized patients through lay health worker led screening: a before-and-after study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Bulti AB, Dumicho AY, Shigayeva A, Van Cutsem G, Steele SJ,  et al.
2025-04-23 • Scientific Reports
2025-04-23 • Scientific Reports

Tuberculosis (TB) among hospitalized patients is underdiagnosed. This study assessed systematic TB-screenin...

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Enhancing tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis among hospitalized patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a before-and-after study of a lay health worker-driven intervention

Bulti AB, Dumicho AY, Shigayeva A, van Cutsem G, Steele SJ,  et al.
2024-03-08 • Scientific Reports
2024-03-08 • Scientific Reports
BACKGROUND
Tuberculosis (TB) among hospitalized patients is underdiagnosed. This study assessed systematic TB-screening, followed by an enhanced TB-diagnostic package for hospitaliz...
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Research

Novel FujiLAM assay to detect tuberculosis in HIV-positive ambulatory patients in four African countries: a diagnostic accuracy study

Huerga H, Bastard M, Lubega AV, Akinyi M, Antabak NT,  et al.
2023-01-01 • Lancet Global Health
2023-01-01 • Lancet Global Health
BACKGROUND
Development of rapid biomarker-based tests that can diagnose tuberculosis using non-sputum samples is a priority for tuberculosis control. We aimed to compare the diagnost...
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Safety and effectiveness of an all-oral, bedaquiline-based, shorter treatment regimen for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in high HIV burden rural South Africa: a retrospective cohort analysis

Tack I, Dumicho A, Ohler L, Shigayeva A, Bulti AB,  et al.
2020-12-29 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2020-12-29 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
Background
At the end of 2018, South Africa updated its all-oral regimen, to include bedaquiline (BDQ) and two months of linezolid (LZD) for all patients initiating the shorter 9 to...
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Prevalence of TB and health-seeking behaviour

Conan N, Simons E, Ohler L, Mbatha M, van Custem G,  et al.
2022-05-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2022-05-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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Safety and effectiveness of an all-oral, bedaquiline-based, shorter treatment regimen for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in high Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) burden rural South Africa: a retrospective cohort analysis

Tack I, Dumicho A, Ohler L, Shigayeva A, Bulti AB,  et al.
2021-11-02 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2021-11-02 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
At the end of 2018, South Africa updated its all-oral regimen to include bedaquiline (BDQ) and 2 months of linezolid (LZD) for all patients initiating the shorter 9-12 mon...
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Increase in HIV viral suppression in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Community-based cross sectional surveys 2018 and 2013. What remains to be done?

Conan N, Simons E, Chihana ML, Ohler L, FordKamara E,  et al.
2022-03-24 • PLOS One
2022-03-24 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
High coverage of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in people living with HIV (PLHIV) increases viral suppression at population level and may reduce incidence. Médecins sans F...