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Letter

Short oral treatment regimens for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis are safe and effective for young children: results from a field-based non-randomized clinical trial, Kandahar Afghanistan

Mesic A, Decuyper I, Ishaq S, Azizi T, Hadi Ziamal F,  et al.
2024-05-30 • European Respiratory Journal
2024-05-30 • European Respiratory Journal
Journal Article
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Letter

Implementation of WHO guidelines on urine lateral flow LAM testing in the high TB/HIV burden African countries

Soares KA, Ehrlich J, Camara MS, Chaloub S, Emeka E,  et al.
2023-10-01 • European Respiratory Journal
2023-10-01 • European Respiratory Journal
Journal Article
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Commentary

WHO 2019 guidelines on drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment: based on evidence or expert opinion?

Guglielmetti L, Huerga H, Khan UT, Varaine T
2020-03-01 • European Respiratory Journal
2020-03-01 • European Respiratory Journal
Journal Article
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Letter

Linezolid in drug-resistant tuberculosis: haste makes waste

Hughes J, Isaakidis P, Andries A, Mansoor H, Cox V,  et al.
2015-12-01 • European Respiratory Journal
2015-12-01 • European Respiratory Journal
Journal Article
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Research

Standardised shorter regimens versus individualised longer regimens for rifampin- or multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Abidi S, Achar J, Assao Neino MM, Bang D, Benedetti A,  et al.
2020-03-20 • European Respiratory Journal
2020-03-20 • European Respiratory Journal
We sought to compare the effectiveness of two World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended regimens for the treatment of rifampin- or multidrug-resistant (RR/MDR) tuberculosis (TB): a sta...
Journal Article
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Research

Tuberculosis diagnostic accuracy of stool Xpert MTB/RIF and urine AlereLAM in vulnerable children

Orikiriza P, Smith JS, Ssekyanzi B, Nyehangane D, Mugisha IT,  et al.
2021-06-17 • European Respiratory Journal
2021-06-17 • European Respiratory Journal
BACKGROUND
Non-sputum-based diagnostic approaches are crucial in children at high risk of disseminated tuberculosis (TB) who cannot expectorate sputum. We evaluated the diagnostic ac...
Journal Article
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Research

High treatment success rate for multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis using a bedaquiline-containing treatment regimen

Ndjeka N, Schnippel K, Master I, Meintjes GA, Maartens G,  et al.
2018-10-25 • European Respiratory Journal
2018-10-25 • European Respiratory Journal
Background: South African patients with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis and resistance to fluoroquinolones and/or injectables (pre/XDR-TB) were granted access to bedaquiline through a ...
Journal Article
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Letter

Shortened Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment in Settings with a High Prevalence of Ofloxacin Resistance

Guglielmetti L, Varaine FFV, Huerga H, Bonnet MMB, Rich ML,  et al.
2017-07-20 • European Respiratory Journal
2017-07-20 • European Respiratory Journal
Journal Article
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Research

Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Failure Detection Depends on Monitoring Interval and Microbiological Method

Mitnick CD, White RA, Lu C, Rodriguez CA, Bayona J,  et al.
2016-09-01 • European Respiratory Journal
2016-09-01 • European Respiratory Journal
Debate persists about monitoring method (culture or smear) and interval (monthly or less frequently) during treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). We analysed existing ...
Journal Article
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Letter

Linezolid for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in HIV-infected and -uninfected patients

Hughes J, Isaakidis P, Andries A, Mansoor H, Cox V,  et al.
2015-04-02 • European Respiratory Journal
2015-04-02 • European Respiratory Journal
Journal Article
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Commentary

Barriers to New Drug Development in Respiratory Disease

Brigden G, du Cros PAK, Wong S
2016-01-01 • European Respiratory Journal
2016-01-01 • European Respiratory Journal
Journal Article
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Commentary

Towards tuberculosis elimination: an action framework for low-incidence countries

Lonnroth K, Migliori GB, Abubakar I, DAmbrosio L, de Vries G,  et al.
2015-03-18 • European Respiratory Journal
2015-03-18 • European Respiratory Journal
This paper describes an action framework for countries with low tuberculosis (TB) incidence (<100 TB cases per million population) that are striving for TB elimination. The framework set...
Journal Article
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Letter

Responding to SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa: what can we learn from drug-resistant tuberculosis?

Ndjeka N, Conradie F, Meintjes GA, Reuter A, Hughes J,  et al.
2020-07-23 • European Respiratory Journal
2020-07-23 • European Respiratory Journal
Rapid adoption of new diagnostic tools, parallel process of research and implementation, decentralisation of services, the use of personal protective equipment, as well as strong partner...
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Research

Delamanid for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective study from South Africa

Mohr E, Hughes J, Reuter A, Trivino Duran L, Ferlazzo G,  et al.
2018-05-03 • European Respiratory Journal
2018-05-03 • European Respiratory Journal
Experience with delamanid (Dlm) is limited, particularly among HIV-positive individuals. We describe early efficacy and safety data from a programmatic setting in South Africa. This was ...
Journal Article
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Research

Light-emitting diode fluorescence microscopy for tuberculosis diagnosis: a meta-analysis

Chang EW, Page AL, Bonnet MMB
2015-12-02 • European Respiratory Journal
2015-12-02 • European Respiratory Journal
Light-emitting diode fluorescence microscopy (LED-FM) is recommended by the World Health Organization to replace conventional Ziehl–Neelsen microscopy for pulmonary tuberculosis ...
Journal Article
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Letter

Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Linezolid for the Treatment of XDR-TB: a Study in China

Berry C, Yates TA, Seddon JA, Phillips PPJ, du Cros PAK
2016-05-01 • European Respiratory Journal
2016-05-01 • European Respiratory Journal
Journal Article
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Letter

Correspondence regarding "Delamanid for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective study from South Africa"

Mohr-Holland E, Reuter A, Hughes J, Daniels J, Beko B,  et al.
2020-07-01 • European Respiratory Journal
2020-07-01 • European Respiratory Journal
Journal Article
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Letter

Diagnostic sensitivity of SILVAMP TB-LAM (FujiLAM) point-of-care urine assay for extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in people living with HIV

Kerkhoff AD, Sossen B, Schutz C, Reipold EI, Trollip AP,  et al.
2019-11-07 • European Respiratory Journal
2019-11-07 • European Respiratory Journal
Journal Article
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Editorial

The coming-of-age of bedaquiline: a tale with an open ending

Guglielmetti L, Varaine FFV
2021-06-10 • European Respiratory Journal
2021-06-10 • European Respiratory Journal
EXTRACT:
Bedaquiline can probably be considered the biggest breakthrough in tuberculosis drug development of the past decades. The first compound of a new anti-tuberculosis drug cl...
Journal Article
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Research

All-oral longer regimens are effective for the management of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in high burden settings

Khan PY, Franke MF, Hewison CCH, Seung KJ, Huerga H,  et al.
2021-06-17 • European Respiratory Journal
2021-06-17 • European Respiratory Journal
BACKGROUND
Recent World Health Organisation guidance on drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment de-prioritised injectable agents, in use for decades, and endorsed all-oral longer regim...