Search Results - "Ferro, Beatriz"
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Systematic Review and Meta-analyses of the Effect of Chemotherapy on Pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus Outcomes and Disease Recurrence
Published in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (01-11-2017)“…In pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic models of pulmonary complex, the recommended macrolide-containing combination therapy has poor kill rates. However, clinical…”
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Genetic profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis revealed "modern" Beijing strains linked to MDR-TB from Southwestern Colombia
Published in PloS one (24-04-2020)“…Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (lineage 2) have been associated with drug-resistance and transmission of tuberculosis worldwide. Most of the…”
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Clofazimine Prevents the Regrowth of Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium avium Type Strains Exposed to Amikacin and Clarithromycin
Published in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (01-02-2016)“…Multidrug therapy is a standard practice when treating infections by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), but few treatment options exist. We conducted this…”
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Population structure among mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Colombia
Published in PloS one (01-04-2014)“…Phylogeographic composition of M. tuberculosis populations reveals associations between lineages and human populations that might have implications for the…”
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Failure of the Amikacin, Cefoxitin, and Clarithromycin Combination Regimen for Treating Pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus Infection
Published in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (01-10-2016)“…In a hollow-fiber model, we mimicked the drug exposures achieved in the lungs of humans treated with standard amikacin, clarithromycin, and cefoxitin…”
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Tigecycline Is Highly Efficacious against Mycobacterium abscessus Pulmonary Disease
Published in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (01-05-2016)“…Mycobacterium abscessus causes chronic pulmonary infections that are extremely difficult to cure. The currently recommended combination therapy is associated…”
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Treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: A comparative analysis of programmatic outcome indicators between Buenaventura and other municipalities of Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Published in Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud (29-08-2024)“…Introduction. Proper management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is a prioritized strategy for tuberculosis control worldwide. Objective. To evaluate…”
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Amikacin Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics in a Novel Hollow-Fiber Mycobacterium abscessus Disease Model
Published in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (01-03-2016)“…The treatment of pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus disease is associated with very high failure rates and easily acquired drug resistance. Amikacin is the key…”
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Time-kill kinetics of slowly growing mycobacteria common in pulmonary disease
Published in Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (01-10-2015)“…This study aimed to provide basic pharmacodynamic information for key antibiotics used to treat Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium xenopi pulmonary disease…”
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Time-kill kinetics of antibiotics active against rapidly growing mycobacteria
Published in Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (01-03-2015)“…This study was conducted to generate basic pharmacodynamic information on the relationship between antibiotic concentrations and the growth of rapidly growing…”
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Evaluation of the Antibacterial Activity of Crude Extracts Obtained From Cultivation of Native Endophytic Fungi Belonging to a Tropical Montane Rainforest in Colombia
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (17-09-2021)“…Bioactive secondary metabolite production from endophytic fungi has gained a recurring research focus in recent decades as these microorganisms represent an…”
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Drug treatment of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in HIV-negative patients: the evidence
Published in Expert review of anti-infective therapy (01-10-2013)“…Pulmonary disease (PD) caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria is an emerging infection mainly in countries where the incidence of tuberculosis is in decline. It…”
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Evaluating the Quality of Tuberculosis Contact Investigation in Cali, Colombia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (22-02-2021)“…Tuberculosis (TB) contact investigation facilitates earlier TB diagnosis and initiation of preventive therapy, but little data exist about the quality of its…”
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Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Drinking Water in Cali, Colombia
Published in International journal of environmental research and public health (10-08-2021)“…Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous microorganisms naturally resistant to antibiotics and disinfectants that can colonize drinking water supply…”
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Moxifloxacin's Limited Efficacy in the Hollow-Fiber Model of Mycobacterium abscessus Disease
Published in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (01-06-2016)“…Current regimens used to treat pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus disease have limited efficacy. There is an urgent need for new drugs and optimized…”
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Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Southwestern Colombia
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-07-2011)“…Using spoligotyping, we identified 13 genotypes and 17 orphan types among 160 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients in Valle del Cauca, Colombia…”
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The stability of antimycobacterial drugs in media used for drug susceptibility testing
Published in Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease (01-12-2018)“…The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis and disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria has increased the need for accurate drug susceptibility testing…”
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First Report of Acanthocheilonema reconditum Outbreak in Canines with Clinical Signs of Anemia from Southwestern Colombia
Published in Pathogens (Basel) (28-11-2022)“…Different nematodes affect canines, however Acanthocheilonema reconditum was considered mostly a non-pathogenic parasite. Climate change, animal migration, and…”
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Prevalence of non‐communicable diseases among household contacts of people with tuberculosis: A systematic review and individual participant data meta‐analysis
Published in Tropical medicine & international health (01-09-2024)“…Objective To investigate the prevalence of non‐communicable diseases among household contacts of people with tuberculosis. Methods We conducted a systematic…”
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Predictive Value of Molecular Drug Resistance Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology (01-07-2013)“…Article Usage Stats Services JCM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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