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O'Brien DP, Venis S, Greig J, Shanks L, Ellman T, et al.

2010-06-17 • Conflict and Health

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Many countries ravaged by conflict have substantial morbidity and mortality attributed to HIV/AIDS yet HIV treatment is uncommonly available. Universal access to HIV car...

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O'Brien DP, Ford NP, Vitoria M, Asiedu K, Calmy A, et al.

2015-11-12 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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O'Brien DP, Athan E, Hughes AJ, Johnson PD

2008-06-01 • Journal of Medical Case Reports

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: Treatment for osteomyelitis-complicating Mycobacterium ulcerans infection typically requires extensive surgery and even amputation, with no reported benefit from ...

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O'Brien DP, Ford NP, Djirmay AG, Calmy A, Victoria M, et al.

2019-01-25 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)

Evidence suggests that there are important interactions between HIV and Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) that may have significant effects on individual and population health. Howeve...

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Ford NP, Shubber Z, Meintjes GA, Grinsztejn B, Eholie SP, et al.

2015-08-11 • Lancet HIV

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O'Brien DP, Leder K, Matchett E, Brown GV, Torresi J

2008-02-21 • Journal of Travel Medicine

BACKGROUND
Data comparing returned travelers and immigrants/refugees managed in a hospital setting is lacking.

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We prospectively collected data on 1,106 patients...

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Pottie K, Bamoueni S, Alas A, Tu D, O'Brien DP

2010-05-01 • Canadian Family Physician

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Majumdar S, O'Brien DP, Hurtado N, Hewison CCH, du Cros PAK

2011-12-08 • Internal Medicine Journal

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Mesic A, Fontaine J, Aye T, Greig J, Thwe TT, et al.

2017-07-21 • Journal of the International AIDS Society

Introduction: National AIDS Programme in Myanmar has made significant progress in scaling up antiretroviral treatment (ART) services and recognizes the importance of differentiated care ...

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Klarkowiski D, O'Brien DP, Shanks L, Singh KR

2014-01-01 • Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

HIV rapid diagnostic tests have enabled widespread implementation of HIV programs in resource-limited settings. If the tests used in the diagnostic algorithm are susceptible to the same ...

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Walker G, Friedman ND, O'Brien DP

2019-12-10 • Journal Pediatric Child Health

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This study describes an Australian cohort of paediatric Buruli ulcer (BU) patients and compares them with adult BU patients.

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Analysis of a prospective ...

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Greig J, du Cros PAK, Mills C, Ugwoeruchukwu W, Etsetowaghan A, et al.

2013-08-14 • PLOS One

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In Lagos, Nigeria, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) commenced free antiretroviral treatment (ART) in a hospital-based clinic. We performed a...

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O'Brien DP, Robson ME, Callan PP, McDonald AH

2009-11-16 • Medical Journal of Australia

We present the first clinical descriptions of immune-mediated paradoxical reactions to effective antibiotic treatment for Mycobacterium ulcerans infection, which result in clinical deter...

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Cowan R, Athan E, Friedman ND, Hughes AJ, McDonald AH, et al.

2015-02-06 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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O'Brien DP, Sauvageot D, Olson D, Schaeffer M, Humblet P, et al.

2007-05-01 • Clinical Infectious Diseases

A study of 568 children aged <5 years who commenced nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings revealed good early outcomes. ...

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Klarkowiski D, Glass K, O'Brien DP, Lokuge K, Piriou E, et al.

2013-11-25 • PLOS One

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Recent trends to earlier access to anti-retroviral treatment underline the importance of accurate HIV diagnosis. The WHO HIV testing strategy recommends the use of two or ...

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Shanks L, Klarkowiski D, O'Brien DP

2013-03-20 • PLOS One

Access to HIV diagnosis is life-saving; however the use of rapid diagnostic tests in combination is vulnerable to wrongly diagnosing HIV infection when both screening tests give a false ...

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O'Brien DP

2010-02-08 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Scientists from the WHO have presented a theoretical mathematical model of the potential impact of universal voluntary HIV testing and counselling followed by immediate antiretroviral th...

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O'Brien DP, Ford NP, Vitoria M, Christinet V, Comte E, et al.

2014-06-20 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

Buruli Ulcer (BU)-HIV co-infection is an important emerging management challenge for BU disease. Limited by paucity of scientific studies, guidance for management of this co-infection ha...

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Sauvageot D, Schaefer MM, Olson D, Pujades-Rodriguez M, O'Brien DP

2010-05-01 • BMC Pediatrics

OBJECTIVE: We describe medium-term outcomes for young children receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited countries. METHODS: Analyses were conducted on surveillance data...

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Provision of antiretroviral treatment in conflict settings: the experience of Médecins Sans Frontières

Generating evidence to improve the response to neglected diseases: how operational research in a Médecins Sans Frontières Buruli ulcer treatment programme informed international management guidance

Successful treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans osteomyelitis with minor surgical debridement and prolonged rifampicin and ciprofloxacin therapy: a case report

Female Genital Schistosomiasis and HIV: Research urgently needed to improve understanding of the health impacts of this important co-infection

Causes of hospital admission among people living with HIV worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Illness in returned travelers and immigrants/refugees: the 6-Year experience of two Australian infectious diseases units

Treating HIV in Africa: Case Report From Rural Congo

The 'frozen state' of drug-resistant tuberculosis: notes from the field in Abkhazia

Implications of Differentiated Care for Successful ART Scale-Up in a Concentrated HIV Epidemic in Yangon, Myanmar

Causes of false-positive HIV rapid diagnostic test results

Paediatric Buruli ulcer in Australia

Predictors of raised viral load during antiretroviral therapy in patients with and without prior antiretroviral use: a cross-sectional study

"Paradoxical" immune-mediated reactions to Mycobacterium ulcerans during antibiotic treatment: a result of treatment success, not failure

Mycobacterium Ulcerans Treatment – Can Antibiotic Duration Be Reduced in Selected Patients? (D/N include in MSF Publications analysis)

Treatment Outcomes Stratified by Baseline Immunological Status Among Young Children Receiving Nonnucleoside Reverse-Transcriptase Inhibitor-Based Antiretroviral Therapy in Resource-Limited Settings

Variation in specificity of HIV rapid diagnostic tests over place and time: an analysis of discordancy data using a Bayesian approach

False positive HIV diagnoses in resource limited settings: operational lessons learned for HIV programmes

Antiretroviral therapy for HIV prevention: many concerns and challenges, but are there ways forward in sub-Saharan Africa?

Management of BU-HIV co-infection

Antiretroviral therapy outcomes in resource-limited settings for HIV-infected children <5 years of age