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Impact of Xpert MTB/RIF for TB diagnosis in a primary care clinic with high TB and HIV prevalence in South Africa: a pragmatic randomised trial by Cox, Helen S, Mbhele, Slindile, Mohess, Neisha, Whitelaw, Andrew, Muller, Odelia, Zemanay, Widaad, Little, Francesca, Azevedo, Virginia, Simpson, John, Boehme, Catharina C, Nicol, Mark P

“…Xpert MTB/RIF is approved for use in tuberculosis (TB) and rifampicin-resistance diagnosis. However, data are limited on the impact of Xpert under routine…”
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Xpert MTB/RIF versus sputum microscopy as the initial diagnostic test for tuberculosis: a cluster-randomised trial embedded in South African roll-out of Xpert MTB/RIF by Churchyard, Gavin J, Dr, Stevens, Wendy S, FCPath, Mametja, Lerole D, MPH, McCarthy, Kerrigan M, FCPath, Chihota, Violet, PhD, Nicol, Mark P, FCPath, Erasmus, Linda K, MMed, Ndjeka, Norbert O, MMed, Mvusi, Lindiwe, MBBCh, Vassall, Anna, PhD, Sinanovic, Edina, PhD, Cox, Helen S, PhD, Dye, Christopher, DPhil, Grant, Alison D, PhD, Fielding, Katherine L, PhD

“…Summary Background In South Africa, sputum smear microscopy has been replaced with Xpert MTB/RIF as the initial diagnostic test for tuberculosis. In a…”
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Adverse events among HIV/MDR-TB co-infected patients receiving antiretroviral and second line anti-TB treatment in Mumbai, India by Isaakidis, Petros, Varghese, Bhanumati, Mansoor, Homa, Cox, Helen S, Ladomirska, Joanna, Saranchuk, Peter, Da Silva, Esdras, Khan, Samsuddin, Paryani, Roma, Udwadia, Zarir, Migliori, Giovanni Battista, Sotgiu, Giovanni, Reid, Tony

“…Significant adverse events (AE) have been reported in patients receiving medications for multidrug- and extensively-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB &…”
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Loss from treatment for drug resistant tuberculosis: risk factors and patient outcomes in a community-based program in Khayelitsha, South Africa by Moyo, Sizulu, Cox, Helen S, Hughes, Jennifer, Daniels, Johnny, Synman, Leigh, De Azevedo, Virginia, Shroufi, Amir, Cox, Vivian, van Cutsem, Gilles

“…A community based drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) program has been incrementally implemented in Khayelitsha, a high HIV and TB burden community in South…”
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Ambulatory multi-drug resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in a cohort of HIV-infected patients in a slum setting in Mumbai, India by Isaakidis, Petros, Cox, Helen S, Varghese, Bhanumati, Montaldo, Chiara, Da Silva, Esdras, Mansoor, Homa, Ladomirska, Joanna, Sotgiu, Giovanni, Migliori, Giovanni B, Pontali, Emanuele, Saranchuk, Peter, Rodrigues, Camilla, Reid, Tony

“…India carries one quarter of the global burden of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and has an estimated 2.5 million people living with HIV. Despite this…”
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Genomic diversity among drug sensitive and multidrug resistant isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with identical DNA fingerprints by Niemann, Stefan, Köser, Claudio U, Gagneux, Sebastien, Plinke, Claudia, Homolka, Susanne, Bignell, Helen, Carter, Richard J, Cheetham, R Keira, Cox, Anthony, Gormley, Niall A, Kokko-Gonzales, Paula, Murray, Lisa J, Rigatti, Roberto, Smith, Vincent P, Arends, Felix P M, Cox, Helen S, Smith, Geoff, Archer, John A C

“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), is characterized by low sequence diversity making this bacterium one of…”
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Epidemic levels of drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR and XDR-TB) in a high HIV prevalence setting in Khayelitsha, South Africa by Cox, Helen S, McDermid, Cheryl, Azevedo, Virginia, Muller, Odelia, Coetzee, David, Simpson, John, Barnard, Marinus, Coetzee, Gerrit, van Cutsem, Gilles, Goemaere, Eric

“…Although multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is emerging as a significant threat to tuberculosis control in high HIV prevalence countries such as South…”
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Sequence Analyses of Just Four Genes To Detect Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains in Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients Undergoing Treatment by Feuerriegel, Silke, Cox, Helen S, Zarkua, Nana, Karimovich, Hamraev A, Braker, Kai, Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine, Niemann, Stefan

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The need to accelerate access to new drugs for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis by Cox, Helen S, Furin, Jennifer J, Mitnick, Carole D, Daniels, Colleen, Cox, Vivian, Goemaere, Eric

“…Approximately half a million people are thought to develop multidrug-resistant tuberculosis annually. Barely 20% of these people currently receive recommended…”
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan: treatment complexity and XDR-TB among treatment failures by Cox, Helen S, Kalon, Stobdan, Allamuratova, Sholpan, Sizaire, Vinciane, Tigay, Zinaida N, Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine, Karimovich, Hamraev A, Kebede, Yared, Mills, Clair

“…A pilot programme to treat multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) was implemented in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan in 2003. This region has particularly high levels of…”
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Risk of Acquired Drug Resistance during Short-Course Directly Observed Treatment of Tuberculosis in an Area with High Levels of Drug Resistance by Cox, Helen S., Niemann, Stefan, Ismailov, Gabit, Doshetov, Daribay, Orozco, Juan Daniel, Blok, Lucie, Gerdes, Sabine Rüsch, Kebede, Yared

“…Background. Data on the performance of standardized short-course directly observed treatment (DOTS) of tuberculosis (TB) in areas with high levels of drug…”
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Serogroup X in meningococcal disease, Western Kenya by Materu, Sadiki, Cox, Helen S, Isaakidis, Petros, Baruani, Bienvenu, Ogaro, Thomas, Caugant, Dominique A

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Resistance to fluoroquinolones and second-line injectable drugs: impact on multidrug-resistant TB outcomes by FALZON, Dennis, GANDHI, Neel, D'AMBROSIO, Lia, LANGE, Christoph G, BAUER, Melissa, MENZIES, Dick, MIGLIORI, Giovanni B, SOTGIU, Giovanni, COX, Helen S, HOLTZ, Timothy H, HOLLM-DELGADO, Maria-Graciela, KESHAVJEE, Salmaan, DERIEMER, Kathryn, CENTIS, Rosella

“…A meta-analysis for response to treatment was undertaken using individual data of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) (resistance to isoniazid and…”
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Long term efficacy of DOTS regimens for tuberculosis: systematic review by Cox, Helen S, Morrow, Martha, Deutschmann, Peter W

“…Objective To identify published studies assessing tuberculosis recurrence after successful treatment with standard short course regimens for six months to…”
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The benefits and risks of mathematical modelling in tuberculosis by Cox, Helen S

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Impact of Decentralized Care and the Xpert MTB/RIF Test on Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Initiation in Khayelitsha, South Africa by Cox, Helen S, Daniels, Johnny F, Muller, Odelia, Nicol, Mark P, Cox, Vivian, van Cutsem, Gilles, Moyo, Sizulu, De Azevedo, Virginia, Hughes, Jennifer

“…Background.  Globally, case detection and treatment access are poor for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB). The Xpert MTB/RIF test has the potential to…”
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Emergence of Extensive Drug Resistance during Treatment for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis by Kalon, Stobdan, Khamraev, Atadjan K, Niemann, Stefan, Sibilia, Caterina, Mills, Clair, Cox, Helen S, Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine, Feuerriegel, Silke, Polonsky, Jonny

“…This report from Uzbekistan describes the development of fluoroquinolone-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis during second-line treatment for…”
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embCAB sequence variation among ethambutol-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates without embB306 mutation by Plinke, Claudia, Cox, Helen S., Zarkua, Nana, Karimovich, Hamraev A., Braker, Kai, Diel, Roland, Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine, Feuerriegel, Silke, Niemann, Stefan

“…Objectives Mechanisms of resistance to ethambutol in Mycobacterium tuberculosis remain inadequately described. Although there is mounting evidence that…”
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Effects of aging on the responsiveness of the human cardiac sympathetic nerves to stressors by ESLER, M. D, THOMPSON, J. M, KAYE, D. M, TURNER, A. G, JENNINGS, G. L, LAMBERT, G. W, SEALS, D. R

“…Aging increases human sympathetic nervous activity at rest. Beause of the probable importance of neural stress responses in the heart as triggers for clinical…”
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Tuberculosis ethambutol resistance: Concordance between phenotypic and genotypic test results by Plinke, Claudia, Cox, Helen S, Kalon, Stobdan, Doshetov, Daribay, Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine, Niemann, Stefan

“…Summary embB 306 mutations are potential markers for detecting ethambutol resistance in clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. However, more recently,…”
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