Hardy L, Vermoesen T, Genbrugge E, Natale A, Franquesa C, et al.
2024-03-01 • EBioMedicine
2024-03-01 • EBioMedicine
BACKGROUND Bloodstream infections (BSI) pose a significant threat due to high mortality rates and the challenges posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In 2019, an estimated 4.95 m...
Hamada Y, Gupta RS, Quartagno M, Izzard A, Acuna-Villaorduna C, et al.
2023-02-01 • eClinicalMedicine
2023-02-01 • eClinicalMedicine
BACKGROUND Evidence on the comparative performance of purified protein derivative tuberculin skin tests (TST) and interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) for predicting incident activ...
To calculate the yield and cost per diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) case for three World Health Organization screening algorithms and one using the Chinese National TB program (NTP) TB suspe...
2012-07-25 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2012-07-25 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVE There is a high burden of both diabetes (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) in China, and as DM increases the risk of TB and adversely affects TB treatment outcomes, there is a need...
AIDS-related CMV retinitis is a common clinical problem in patients with advanced HIV/AIDS in China and Southeast Asia. The disease is causing blindness, and current clinical management,...
Harries AD, Lin YD, Satyanarayana S, Lonnroth K, Li L, et al.
2011-09-06 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2011-09-06 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing at a dramatic rate, and countries in Asia, particularly India and China, will bear the brunt of this epidemic. Persons with diabetes hav...
Moon S, Van Leemput L, Durier N, Jambert E, Dahmane A, et al.
2008-09-01 • AIDS Care
2008-09-01 • AIDS Care
Financial access to HIV care and treatment can be difficult for many people in China, where the government provides free antiretroviral drugs but does not cover the cost of other medical...
Ajose O, Mookerjee S, Mills EJ, Boulle AM, Ford NP
2012-05-15 • AIDS
2012-05-15 • AIDS
A growing proportion of patients on antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings have switched to second-line regimens. We carried out a systematic review in order to summarize re...
Spillane H, Nicholas S, Tang Zhirong, Szumilin E, Balkan S, et al.
2012-08-05 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2012-08-05 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVES To identify factors influencing mortality in an HIV programme providing care to large numbers of injecting drug users (IDUs) and patients co-infected with hepatitis C (HCV...
Sauvageot D, Schaefer MM, Olson D, Pujades-Rodriguez M, O'Brien DP
2010-05-01 • BMC Pediatrics
2010-05-01 • BMC Pediatrics
OBJECTIVE: We describe medium-term outcomes for young children receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited countries. METHODS: Analyses were conducted on surveillance data...
Heiden D, Tun NL, Maningding E, Heiden M, Rose-Nussbaumer J, et al.
2014-09-22 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2014-09-22 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
PROBLEM Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis continues to be a neglected source of blindness in resource-poor settings. The main issue is...
Merker M, Blin C, Mona S, Duforet-Frebourg N, Lecher S, et al.
2015-01-19 • Nature Genetics
2015-01-19 • Nature Genetics
Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the Beijing lineage are globally distributed and are associated with the massive spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in Eurasia. Here w...
2011-11-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2011-11-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Very limited operational research (OR) emerges from programme settings in low-income countries where the greatest burden of disease lies. The price paid for this void includes a lack of ...
INTRODUCTION Mental health problems, particularly anxiety and mood disorders, are prevalent in the setting of humanitarian emergencies, both natural and man-made disasters. Evidence ...
2012-10-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2012-10-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
Objective There is a high burden of both diabetes (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) in China, and this study aimed to assess feasibility and results of screening patients with TB for DM within...
Cox V, Brigden G, Crespo RH, Lessem E, Lynch S, et al.
2018-04-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2018-04-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING The World Health Organization recommended two new drugs, bedaquiline (BDQ) and delamanid (DLM), for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 2013 and 201...
Ford NP, Kirby C, Singh KR, Mills EJ, Cooke GS, et al.
2012-02-03 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2012-02-03 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
To assess the effectiveness of treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in low- and middle-income countries and identify factors associated with successful outcomes.
