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Clinical Standards for Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Post-COVID-19 Lun...
Visca, D; Centis, R; Pontali, E; Zampogna, E; Russell, AM; Migliori, GB; Andrejak, C; Aro, M; Bayram, H; Berkani, K; Bruchfeld, J; Chakaya, JMBACKGROUND: The aim of these clinical standards is to provide guidance on 'best practice' care for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of post-COVID-19 lung disease.METHODS: A panel of international experts representing scientific societies, associations and groups active in post-COVID-19 lung disease was identified; 45 completed a Delphi process. A 5-point Likert scale indicated level of agreement with the...
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...
Rifapentine access in Europe: growing concerns over key tuberculosis treatment ...
Guglielmetti, L; Günther, G; Leu, C; Cirillo, D; Duarte, R; Garcia-Basteiro, AL; Goletti, D; Jankovic, M; Kuksa, L; Maurer, FP; Méchaï, F; Tiberi, S[No abstract available]
MDR/XDR-TB management of patients and contacts: challenges facing the new decad...
Battista, Migliori, G; Tiberi, S; Zumla, A; Petersen, E; Muhwa Chakaya, J; Wejse, C; Muñoz Torrico, M; Duarte, RThe continuous flow of new research articles on MDR-TB diagnosis, treatment, prevention and rehabilitation requires frequent update of existing guidelines. This review is aimed at providing clinicians and public health staff with an updated and easy-to-consult document arising from consensus of Global Tuberculosis Network (GTN) experts. The core published documents and guidelines have been reviewed, including t...
Management of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Lange, C; Aarnoutse, RE; Alffenaar, JWC; Bothamley, G; Brinkmann, F; Costa, J; Chesov, D; van Crevel, R; Dedicoat, M; Dominguez, J; Duarte, RThe emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB; defined as resistance to at least rifampicin and isoniazid) represents a growing threat to public health and economic growth. Never before in the history of mankind have more patients been affected by MDR-TB than is the case today. The World Health Organization reports that MDR-TB outcomes are poor despite staggeringly high management costs. Moreover, t...
Clinical Management of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in 16 European Countries
Guenther, G; Leth, F; Alexandru, S; Altet, N; Avsar, K; Bang, D; Barbuta, R; Bothamley, G; Ciobanu, A; Crudu, V; Danilovits, M; Dedicoat, M; Duarte, RRationale: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a major burden to public health in Europe. Reported treatment success rates are around 50% or less, and cure rates are even lower. Objectives: To document the management and treatment outcome in patients with MDR-TB in Europe. Methods: We performed a prospective cohort study, analyzing management and treatment outcomes stratified by incidence of patients w...
New and repurposed drugs to treat multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tub...
Silva, DR; Dalcolmo, M; Tiberi, S; Arbex, MA; Munoz-Torrico, M; Duarte, R; D'Ambrosio, L; Visca, D; Rendon, A; Gaga, M; Zumla, A; Migliori, GBMultidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB and XDR-TB, respectively) continue to represent a challenge for clinicians and public health authorities. Unfortunately, although there have been encouraging reports of higher success rates, the overall rate of favorable outcomes of M/XDR-TB treatment is only 54%, or much lower when the spectrum of drug resistance is beyond that of XDR-TB. ...
Treatment outcomes of MDR-TB and HIV co-infection in Europe
Magis-Escura, C; Günther, G; Lange, C; Alexandru, S; Altet, N; Avsar, K; Bang, D; Barbuta, R; Bothamley, G; Ciobanu, A; Crudu, V; Davilovits, M
Beyond multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe: a TBNET study
Günther, G; van Leth, F; Altet, N; Dedicoat, M; Duarte, R; Gualano, G; Kunst, H; Muylle, I; Spinu, V; Tiberi, S; Viiklepp, P; Lange, CThe emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a challenge to TB control in Europe. We evaluated second-line drug susceptibility testing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients with multidrug-resistant, pre-extensively drug-resistant (pre-XDR-TB) and XDR-TB at 23 TBNET sites in 16 European countries. Over 30% of bacilli from patients with pre-XDR-TB showed resistance to any fluoroquinolone an...