New developments in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment

CM Gill, L Dolan, LM Piggott, AM McLaughlin - Breathe, 2022 - publications.ersnet.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is estimated that
25% of the world's population are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, with a 5–10 …

The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis

K Dheda, T Gumbo, G Maartens, KE Dooley… - The lancet Respiratory …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Global tuberculosis incidence has declined marginally over the past decade, and
tuberculosis remains out of control in several parts of the world including Africa and Asia …

[HTML][HTML] Global Tuberculosis Report 2020–Reflections on the Global TB burden, treatment and prevention efforts

J Chakaya, M Khan, F Ntoumi, E Aklillu… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The October 2020 Global TB report reviews TB control strategies and United
Nations (UN) targets set in the political declaration at the September 2018 UN General …

[HTML][HTML] Global health burden of ambient PM2. 5 and the contribution of anthropogenic black carbon and organic aerosols

S Chowdhury, A Pozzer, A Haines, K Klingmüller… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chronic exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2. 5) poses a major global health risk,
commonly assessed by assuming equivalent toxicity for different PM 2. 5 constituents. We …

Official American thoracic society/centers for disease control and prevention/infectious diseases society of America clinical practice guidelines: treatment of drug …

P Nahid, SE Dorman, N Alipanah… - Clinical infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The American Thoracic Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and
Infectious Diseases Society of America jointly sponsored the development of this guideline …

Spinal tuberculosis: current concepts

S Rajasekaran, DCR Soundararajan… - Global Spine …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Review article. Objectives: A review of literature on the epidemiology,
diagnosis, and management of spinal tuberculosis (TB). Methods: A systematic …

[HTML][HTML] Smartphone-enabled video-observed versus directly observed treatment for tuberculosis: a multicentre, analyst-blinded, randomised, controlled superiority …

A Story, RW Aldridge, CM Smith, E Garber, J Hall… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Directly observed treatment (DOT) has been the standard of care for
tuberculosis since the early 1990s, but it is inconvenient for patients and service providers …

Treatment of tuberculosis

CR Horsburgh Jr, CE Barry III… - New England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Treatment of Tuberculosis | New England Journal of Medicine Skip to main content The New
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An introduction to systematic reviews

D Gough, J Thomas, S Oliver - 2017 - torrossa.com
Chapter 1 discussed the ways that reviews examine previous research and other forms of
evidence to answer review questions and how their methods depend upon the questions …

Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of lay health worker programmes to improve access to maternal and child health: a qualitative evidence synthesis

C Glenton, CJ Colvin, B Carlsen… - Cochrane Database …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Lay health workers (LHWs) perform functions related to healthcare delivery,
receive some level of training, but have no formal professional or paraprofessional certificate …