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Does One Size Fit All? Drug Resistance and Standard Treatments: Results of Six Tuberculosis Programmes in Former Soviet Countries

Bonnet MMB, Sizaire V, Kebede YYK, Janin A, Doshetov D,  et al.
2005-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2005-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING: After the collapse of the Soviet Union, countries in the region faced a dramatic increase in tuberculosis cases and the emergence of drug resistance. OBJECTIVE: To discuss the r...
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Direct microscopy versus sputum cytology analysis and bleach sedimentation for diagnosis of tuberculosis: a prospective diagnostic study

Hepple P, Nguele P, Greig J, Bonnet MMB, Sizaire V
2010-09-21 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2010-09-21 • BMC Infectious Diseases
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Diagnostic options for pulmonary tuberculosis in resource-poor settings are commonly limited to smear microscopy. We investigated whether bleach concentration by se...
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Outcomes after chemotherapy with WHO category II regimen in a population with high prevalence of drug resistant tuberculosis

Matthys F, Rigouts L, Sizaire V, Vezhnina N, Lecoq M,  et al.
2009-11-23 • PLOS One
2009-11-23 • PLOS One
Standard short course chemotherapy is recommended by the World Health Organization to control tuberculosis worldwide. However, in settings with high drug resistance, first line standard ...
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Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: control, diagnosis, and treatment

Sizaire V, Nackers F, Comte E, Portaels F
2006-05-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2006-05-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
The skin disease Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy and mainly affects remote rural African com...
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TB in disasters

Ford NP, Sizaire V, Mills EJ
2008-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2008-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease