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Updates on the Treatment of Drug-Susceptible and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis An...
Duarte, R; Munsiff, SS; Nahid, P; Saukkonen, JJ; Winston, CA; Abubakar, I; Acuña-Villaorduña, C; Barry, PM; Bastos, ML; Carr, W; Chami, H; Chen, LBackground: On the basis of recent clinical trial data for the treatment of drug-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), the American Thoracic Society, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, European Respiratory Society, and Infectious Diseases Society of America have updated clinical practice guidelines for TB treatment in children and adults in settings in which mycobacterial cultures, mol...
Long-term outcomes of the global tuberculosis and COVID-19 co-infection cohort
Casco, N; Jorge, AL; Palmero, DJ; Alffenaar, JW; Fox, GJ; Ezz, W; Cho, JG; Denholm, J; Skrahina, A; Solodovnikova, V; Arbex, MA; Alves, T; Rabahi, MFBackground Longitudinal cohort data of patients with tuberculosis (TB) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are lacking. In our global study, we describe long-term outcomes of patients affected by TB and COVID-19. Methods We collected data from 174 centres in 31 countries on all patients affected by COVID-19 and TB between 1 March 2020 and 30 September 2022. Patients were followed-up until cure, death or end...
Impact of COVID-19 on diagnosis of tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant tuberculos...
Nalunjogi, J; Mucching-Toscano, S; Sibomana, JP; Centis, R; D'Ambrosio, L; Alffenaar, JW; Denholm, J; Blanc, FX; Borisov, S; Danila, E; Duarte, RObjectives: Although evidence is growing on the overall impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis (TB) services, global studies based on national data are needed to better quantify the extent of the impact and the countries' preparedness to tackle the two diseases. The aim of this study was to compare the number of people with new diagnoses or recurrence of TB disease, the number of drug-resistant (DR)-TB...
Standard operating procedures for tuberculosis care
Solovic, I; Abubakar, I; Sotgiu, G; Dara, M; Goletti, D; Duarte, R; Aliberti, S; de Benedictis, FM; Ward, B; Teixeira, V; Gratziou, C; Migliori, GB
Tuberculosis care among refugees arriving in Europe: a ERS/WHO Europe Region su...
Dara, M; Solovic, I; Sotgiu, G; D'Ambrosio, L; Centis, R; Tran, R; Goletti, D; Duarte, R; Aliberti, S; de Benedictis, FM; Bothamley, G; Schaberg, TNo evidence exists on tuberculosis (TB) and latent TB infection (LTBI) management policies among refugees in European countries.A questionnaire investigating screening and management practices among refugees was sent to 38 national TB programme representatives of low and intermediate TB incidence European countries/territories of the WHO European Region.Out of 36 responding countries, 31 (86.1%) reported screen...
Call for urgent actions to ensure access to early diagnosis and care of tubercu...
Dara, M; Solovic, I; Sotgiu, G; D'Ambrosio, L; Centis, R; Goletti, D; Duarte, R; Aliberti, S; de Benedictis, FM; Bothamley, G; Schaberg, T; Abubakar, I