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Improving equitable access for effective antibacterial: An ecosystem approach

Cohn J, Balasegaram M, Srinivasan H, Menghaney L, Mpundu M,  et al.
2025-03-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2025-03-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection

BACKGROUND

Antibiotics are indispensable to modern healthcare, yet their equitable access remains a pressing global challenge. Factors contributing to inequitie...

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Review

Recent advances in the treatment of tuberculosis

Motta I, Boeree M, Chesov D, Dheda K, Günther G,  et al.
2023-07-21 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2023-07-21 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
BACKGROUND
Tuberculosis is a global health challenge and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In the last decade, the tuberculosis treatment landscape has dramatically chang...
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Review

AMR in low-resource settings: Médecins Sans Frontières bridges surveillance gaps by developing a turnkey solution, the Mini-Lab

Ronat JB, Natale A, Kesteman T, Andremont A, Elamin W,  et al.
2021-10-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2021-10-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
BACKGROUND
In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), data related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are often inconsistently collected. Humanitarian, private and non-governmental ...
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Commentary

Putting cholera rapid tests to work in surveillance and control of cholera

Azman AS, Ciglenecki I, Luquero FJ
2021-10-29 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2021-10-29 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
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Review

Culture media for clinical bacteriology in low- and middle-income countries: challenges, best practices for preparation and recommendations for improved access

Orekan J, Barbe B, Oeng S, Ronat JB, Letchford J,  et al.
2021-05-18 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2021-05-18 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
BACKGROUND
Culture media are fundamental in clinical microbiology. In laboratories in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), they are mostly prepared in-house, which is challengin...
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Commentary

Research & development in the dark: what does it take to make one medicine? And what could it take?

Reid J, Balasegaram M
2016-06-29 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2016-06-29 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Earlier this year a series of advertisements appeared in London's Westminster tube stations asking viewers to consider a seemingly simple question, 'what does it take to make one medicin...
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Research

Chagas disease knocks on our door: a cross-sectional study among Latin American immigrants in Milan, Italy

Antinori S, Galimberti L, Grande R, Bianco R, Oreni L,  et al.
2018-03-16 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2018-03-16 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
OBJECTIVES:
We aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors for Chagas disease (CD) in Latin American immigrants and to evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic tests. Moreover, we of...
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Review

Sleeping sickness

Malvy D, Chappuis F
2011-04-04 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2011-04-04 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is a vector-borne disease that flourishes in impoverished, rural parts of sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by infection with th...
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Rapid diagnostic tests for non-malarial febrile illness in the tropics

Chappuis F, Alirol E, d'Acremont V, Bottieau E, Yansouni CP
2013-05-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2013-05-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
The recent roll-out of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria has highlighted the decreasing proportion of malaria-attributable illness in endemic areas. Unfortunately, once malaria i...