Search Results - "MCILLERON, Helen"
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Global tuberculosis drug development pipeline: the need and the reality
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (12-06-2010)“…Summary Drugs for tuberculosis are inadequate to address the many inherent and emerging challenges of treatment. In the past decade, ten compounds have…”
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High-Dose Rifapentine with Moxifloxacin for Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Published in The New England journal of medicine (23-10-2014)“…In this report from sub-Saharan Africa, a 4-month regimen of moxifloxacin and rifapentine for pulmonary tuberculosis was not as beneficial as two 6-month…”
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Rifapentine Population Pharmacokinetics and Dosing Recommendations for Latent Tuberculosis Infection
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (15-09-2020)“…Rifapentine has been investigated at various doses, frequencies, and dosing algorithms but clarity on the optimal dosing approach is lacking. In this…”
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Optimizing Dosing and Fixed-Dose Combinations of Rifampicin, Isoniazid, and Pyrazinamide in Pediatric Patients With Tuberculosis: A Prospective Population Pharmacokinetic Study
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (24-08-2022)“…Abstract Background In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) revised dosing guidelines for treatment of childhood tuberculosis. Our aim was to investigate…”
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Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Moxifloxacin in Children With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (15-02-2015)“…Background. Moxifloxacin is currently recommended at a dose of 7.5–10 mg/kg for children with multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, but pharmacokinetic and…”
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Pharmacokinetics of once-daily darunavir/ritonavir in second-line treatment in African children with HIV
Published in Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (20-09-2024)“…Darunavir is a potent HIV protease inhibitor with a high barrier to resistance. We conducted a nested pharmacokinetic sub-study within CHAPAS-4 to evaluate…”
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis precursor rRNA as a measure of treatment-shortening activity of drugs and regimens
Published in Nature communications (18-05-2021)“…There is urgent need for new drug regimens that more rapidly cure tuberculosis (TB). Existing TB drugs and regimens vary in treatment-shortening activity, but…”
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Levofloxacin Population Pharmacokinetics in South African Children Treated for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Published in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (01-02-2018)“…Levofloxacin is increasingly used in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). There are limited pediatric pharmacokinetic data to inform…”
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Pharmacokinetics of Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, and Ethambutol in Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary TB Patients in Tanzania
Published in PloS one (26-10-2015)“…Exposure to lower-than-therapeutic levels of anti-tuberculosis drugs is likely to cause selection of resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and…”
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First Pharmacokinetic Data of Tenofovir Alafenamide Fumarate and Tenofovir With Dolutegravir or Boosted Protease Inhibitors in African Children: A Substudy of the CHAPAS-4 Trial
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (18-09-2023)“…Abstract Background We evaluated the pharmacokinetics of tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF) and tenofovir in a subset of African children enrolled in the…”
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Neuropsychiatric toxicity and cycloserine concentrations during treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Published in International journal of infectious diseases (01-04-2021)“…•Neuropsychiatric events are common in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treated with cycloserine.•Cycloserine clearance is significantly…”
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Evaluating pediatric tuberculosis dosing guidelines: A model-based individual data pooled analysis
Published in PLoS medicine (21-11-2023)“…The current World Health Organization (WHO) pediatric tuberculosis dosing guidelines lead to suboptimal drug exposures. Identifying factors altering the…”
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Pharmacogenetics of plasma efavirenz exposure in HIV‐infected adults and children in South Africa
Published in British journal of clinical pharmacology (01-07-2015)“…Aims Genetic factors, notably CYP2B6 516G→T [rs3745274] and 983T→C [rs28399499], explain much of the interindividual variability in efavirenz pharmacokinetics,…”
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A Population Pharmacokinetic Analysis Shows that Arylacetamide Deacetylase (AADAC) Gene Polymorphism and HIV Infection Affect the Exposure of Rifapentine
Published in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (01-04-2019)“…Rifapentine is a rifamycin used to treat tuberculosis. As is the case for rifampin, plasma exposures of rifapentine are associated with the treatment response…”
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SLCO1B1 rs4149032 Polymorphism Is Highly Prevalent in South Africans and Is Associated with Reduced Rifampin Concentrations: Dosing Implications
Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (01-09-2011)“…Among patients with tuberculosis, rifampin plasma concentrations and sputum conversion rates have been reported to be lower in Africans. Rifampin is a…”
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Reduced Antituberculosis Drug Concentrations in HIV-Infected Patients Who Are Men or Have Low Weight: Implications for International Dosing Guidelines
Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (01-06-2012)“…Classifications Services AAC Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Effects of rifampin-based antituberculosis therapy on plasma efavirenz concentrations in children vary by CYP2B6 genotype
Published in AIDS (London) (31-07-2013)“…An efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimen is preferred for children more than 3 years of age with tuberculosis. However, rifampin, a key…”
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Rifabutin pharmacokinetics and safety among TB/HIV-coinfected children receiving lopinavir/ritonavir-containing second-line ART
Published in Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (11-02-2021)“…Abstract Background Treatment options are limited for TB/HIV-coinfected children who require PI-based ART. Rifabutin is the preferred rifamycin for adults on…”
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Impact of alcohol consumption on tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a prospective longitudinal cohort study protocol
Published in BMC infectious diseases (29-09-2018)“…An estimated 10% of tuberculosis (TB) deaths are attributable to problematic alcohol use globally, however the causal pathways through which problem alcohol…”
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Moxifloxacin Population Pharmacokinetics and Model-Based Comparison of Efficacy between Moxifloxacin and Ofloxacin in African Patients
Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (01-01-2014)“…Classifications Services AAC Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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