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Home environment and indoor air pollution exposure in an African birth cohort study by Vanker, Aneesa, Barnett, Whitney, Nduru, Polite M., Gie, Robert P., Sly, Peter D., Zar, Heather J.

“…Household indoor air pollution (IAP) is a global health problem and a risk factor for childhood respiratory disease; the leading cause of mortality in African…”
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Lethal fibrosing mediastinitis in a child possibly due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Goussard, Pierre, Gie, Robert P., Janson, Jacque

“…Fibrosing mediastinitis (FM) is a rare benign disease resulting from an excessive fibro‐inflammatory reaction in the mediastinum that can compress and occlude…”
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CMV pneumonia in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected infants: a neglected disease? by Gie, Robert P., Goussard, Pierre

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Evaluation of Tuberculosis Diagnostics in Children: 1. Proposed Clinical Case Definitions for Classification of Intrathoracic Tuberculosis Disease. Consensus From an Expert Panel by Graham, Stephen M., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Amanullah, Farhana, Browning, Renee, Cardenas, Vicky, Casenghi, Martina, Cuevas, Luis E., Gale, Marianne, Gie, Robert P., Grzemska, Malgosia, Grzemska, Malgorzata, Handelsman, Ed, Hatherill, Mark, Hesseling, Anneke C., Jean-Philippe, Patrick, Kampmann, Beate, Kabra, Sushil Kumar, Lienhardt, Christian, Lighter-Fisher, Jennifer, Madhi, Shabir, Makhene, Mamodikoe, Marais, Ben J., McNeeley, David F., Menzies, Heather, Mitchell, Charles, Modi, Surbhi, Mofenson, Lynne, Musoke, Philippa, Nachman, Sharon, Powell, Clydette, Rigaud, Mona, Rouzier, Vanessa, Starke, Jeffrey R., Swaminathan, Soumya, Wingfield, Claire

“…There is a critical need for improved diagnosis of tuberculosis in children, particularly in young children with intrathoracic disease as this represents the…”
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Xpert MTB/RIF on Stool Is Useful for the Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Young Children With Severe Pulmonary Disease by Walters, Elisabetta, van der Zalm, Marieke Magrieta, Palmer, Megan, Bosch, Corné, Demers, Anne-Marie, Draper, Heather, Goussard, Pierre, Schaaf, Hendrik Simon, Friedrich, Sven Olaf, Whitelaw, Andrew, Warren, Robin, Gie, Robert P, Hesseling, Anneke C

“…BACKGROUND:Tuberculosis (TB) continues to result in high morbidity and mortality in children from resource-limited settings. Diagnostic challenges, including…”
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Reducing deaths from severe pneumonia in children in Malawi by improving delivery of pneumonia case management by Enarson, Penelope M, Gie, Robert P, Mwansambo, Charles C, Maganga, Ellubey R, Lombard, Carl J, Enarson, Donald A, Graham, Stephen M

“…To evaluate the pneumonia specific case fatality rate over time following the implementation of a Child Lung Health Programme (CLHP) within the existing…”
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GeneXpert MTB/RIF on bronchoalveolar lavage samples in children with suspected complicated intrathoracic tuberculosis: A pilot study by Walters, Elisabetta, Goussard, Pierre, Bosch, Corne, Hesseling, Anneke C., Gie, Robert P.

“…Summary Background Children with complicated intrathoracic tuberculosis (TB) require rapid confirmation of TB diagnosis and of drug susceptibility to institute…”
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Stool Culture for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children by Walters, Elisabetta, Demers, Anne-Marie, van der Zalm, Marieke M, Whitelaw, Andrew, Palmer, Megan, Bosch, Corné, Draper, Heather R, Gie, Robert P, Hesseling, Anneke C

“…Bacteriological confirmation of is achieved in the minority of young children with tuberculosis (TB), since specimen collection is resource intensive and…”
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Modelling the cost-effectiveness of strategies to prevent tuberculosis in child contacts in a high-burden setting by Mandalakas, Anna M, Hesseling, Anneke C, Gie, Robert P, Schaaf, H S, Marais, Ben J, Sinanovic, Edina

“…WHO recommends isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) for young children in close contact with an infectious tuberculosis (TB) case. No models have examined the…”
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Potentially Modifiable Factors Associated with Death of Infants and Children with Severe Pneumonia Routinely Managed in District Hospitals in Malawi by Enarson, Penelope M, Gie, Robert P, Mwansambo, Charles C, Chalira, Alfred E, Lufesi, Norman N, Maganga, Ellubey R, Enarson, Donald A, Cameron, Neil A, Graham, Stephen M

“…To investigate recognised co-morbidities and clinical management associated with inpatient pneumonia mortality in Malawian district hospitals. Prospective…”
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Childhood Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Old Wisdom and New Challenges by Marais, Ben J, Gie, Robert P, Schaaf, H. Simon, Beyers, Nulda, Donald, Peter R, Starke, Jeff R

“…Childhood tuberculosis is neglected in endemic areas with resource constraints, as children are considered to develop mild forms of disease and to contribute…”
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A Refined Symptom-Based Approach to Diagnose Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children by Marais, Ben J, Gie, Robert P, Hesseling, Anneke C, Schaaf, H. Simon, Lombard, Carl, Enarson, Donald A, Beyers, Nulda

“…Tuberculosis control programs place an almost exclusive emphasis on adults with sputum smear-positive tuberculosis, because they are most infectious. However,…”
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Management of children exposed to multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Seddon, James A, Dr, Godfrey-Faussett, Peter, Prof, Hesseling, Anneke C, Prof, Gie, Robert P, Prof, Beyers, Nulda, Prof, Schaaf, H Simon, Prof

“…Summary Children exposed to multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis are at risk of developing MDR tuberculosis. Where treatment is available, it…”
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HIV-related chronic lung disease in adolescents: are we prepared for the future? by Goussard, Pierre, Gie, Robert P

“…Chronic lung diseases (CLD) are the most chronic disease occurring in adolescents living with human immunodeficiency virus (ALHIV). In ALHIV who received…”
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Specimen Pooling as a Diagnostic Strategy for Microbiologic Confirmation in Children with Intrathoracic Tuberculosis by Walters, Elisabetta, van der Zalm, Marieke M, Demers, Anne-Marie, Whitelaw, Andrew, Palmer, Megan, Bosch, Corné, Draper, Heather R, Schaaf, H Simon, Goussard, Pierre, Lombard, Carl J, Gie, Robert P, Hesseling, Anneke C

“…Three-hundred four young children with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis had a gastric aspirate, induced sputum and nasopharyngeal aspirate collected on each of…”
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Childhood tuberculosis: progress requires an advocacy strategy now by SANDGREN, Andreas, CUEVAS, Luis E, WINGFIELD, Claire, GRAHAM, Stephen M, DARA, Masoud, GIE, Robert P, GRZEMSKA, Malgorzata, HAWKRIDGE, Anthony, HESSELING, Anneke C, KAMPMANN, Beate, LIENHARDT, Christian, MANISSERO, Davide

“…Childhood tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and curable infectious disease that remains overlooked by public health authorities, health policy makers and TB…”
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Optimizing the detection of recent tuberculosis infection in children in a high tuberculosis-HIV burden setting by Mandalakas, Anna M, Kirchner, H Lester, Walzl, Gerhard, Gie, Robert P, Schaaf, H Simon, Cotton, Mark F, Grewal, Harleen M S, Hesseling, Anneke C

“…Children who are young, malnourished, and infected with HIV have significant risk of tuberculosis (TB) morbidity and mortality following TB infection…”
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If you look, you will find: time to challenge the childhood tuberculosis paradigm by Seddon, James A., Gie, Robert P.

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Early-life exposure to indoor air pollution or tobacco smoke and lower respiratory tract illness and wheezing in African infants: a longitudinal birth cohort study by Vanker, Aneesa, Barnett, Whitney, Workman, Lesley, Nduru, Polite M, Sly, Peter D, Gie, Robert P, Zar, Heather J

“…Indoor air pollution (IAP) and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) are associated with lower respiratory tract illness (LRTI) or wheezing in children. However,…”
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Bronchoscopic assessment of airway involvement in children presenting with clinically significant airway obstruction due to tuberculosis by Goussard, Pierre, Gie, Robert P., Kling, Sharon, Andronikou, Savvas, Lucas, Susan, Janson, Jacques, Roussouw, Gawie

“…Introduction The incidence of complicated lymph node disease in tuberculosis (TB) in children less than 15 years of age varies from 8% to 38%. There are few…”
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