Search Results - "Naidoo, Kogieleum"
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Evolution of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a review on the molecular determinants of resistance and implications for personalized care
Published in Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (01-05-2018)“…Drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) remains a significant challenge in TB treatment and control programmes worldwide. Advances in sequencing technology have…”
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Incipient and Subclinical Tuberculosis: a Clinical Review of Early Stages and Progression of Infection
Published in Clinical microbiology reviews (01-10-2018)“…Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide, due in part to a limited understanding of its clinical pathogenic spectrum of…”
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Application of Next Generation Sequencing for Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Updates on Recent Developments in the Field
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (24-03-2022)“…The World Health Organization's End TB Strategy prioritizes universal access to an early diagnosis and comprehensive drug susceptibility testing (DST) for all…”
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Metformin as Host-Directed Therapy for TB Treatment: Scoping Review
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (29-04-2020)“…Tuberculosis (TB) disease is an international health concern caused by the bacteria . Evolution of multi-drug-resistant strains may cause bacterial…”
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Long-term adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a South African adult patient cohort: a retrospective study
Published in BMC infectious diseases (05-09-2019)“…South Africa has the highest HIV prevalence and supports the largest antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme globally. With the introduction of a test and treat…”
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Integration of Antiretroviral Therapy with Tuberculosis Treatment
Published in The New England journal of medicine (20-10-2011)“…In this study from South Africa, earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy in patients with newly diagnosed HIV infection and TB was associated with higher…”
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Incidence and prevalence of hypertension among HIV-TB co-infected participants accessing treatment: A five-year prospective cohort analysis
Published in PloS one (29-01-2024)“…Hypertension is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH). This study determined incidence…”
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TB epidemiology: where are the young women? Know your tuberculosis epidemic, know your response
Published in BMC public health (27-03-2018)“…The global predominance of tuberculosis in men has received significant attention. However, epidemiological studies now demonstrate that there is an increased…”
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Mortality and treatment response amongst HIV-infected patients 50 years and older accessing antiretroviral services in South Africa
Published in BMC infectious diseases (10-04-2018)“…Little is known about the clinical presentation and outcomes amongst older HIV infected populations accessing ART in sub-Saharan Africa. We compared mortality…”
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Brief Report: Differentiated Service Delivery Framework for People With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis and HIV Coinfection
Published in Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) (01-05-2024)“…Introduction: For people living with HIV/AIDS, care is commonly delivered through differentiated service delivery (DSD). Although people with…”
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Long COVID: An approach to clinical assessment and management in primary care
Published in South African family practice (23-06-2023)“…Long COVID is an emerging public health threat, following swiftly behind the surges of acute infection over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is…”
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Long COVID: a review and proposed visualization of the complexity of long COVID
Published in Frontiers in immunology (2023)“…Post-Acute Sequelae of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus - 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, or Long COVID, is a prevailing second pandemic with nearly 100…”
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Bedaquiline Adherence Measured by Electronic Dose Monitoring Predicts Clinical Outcomes in the Treatment of Patients With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS
Published in Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) (01-07-2022)“…Novel regimens have revolutionized multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment; however, medication adherence remains challenging and poorly…”
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A retrospective cohort study of body mass index and survival in HIV infected patients with and without TB co-infection
Published in Infectious diseases of poverty (25-04-2018)“…High early morbidity and mortality following antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation has been a distinguishing feature of ART programmes in resource limited…”
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Affordable drug resistance genotyping of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, protease and integrase genes, for resource limited settings
Published in AIDS research and therapy (09-02-2023)“…As use of dolutegravir (DTG) becomes more common in resource limited settings (RLS), the demand for integrase resistance testing is increasing. Affordable…”
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HIV-1 Drug Resistance Genotyping in Resource Limited Settings: Current and Future Perspectives in Sequencing Technologies
Published in Viruses (11-06-2021)“…Affordable, sensitive, and scalable technologies are needed for monitoring antiretroviral treatment (ART) success with the goal of eradicating HIV-1 infection…”
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NK cell phenotypic profile during active TB in people living with HIV-evolution during TB treatment and implications for bacterial clearance and disease severity
Published in Scientific reports (20-07-2023)“…Natural killer (NK) cells, key effector cells of the innate immune system, play an important role in the clearance and control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis…”
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Dolutegravir for first-line antiretroviral therapy in low-income and middle-income countries: uncertainties and opportunities for implementation and research
Published in The lancet HIV (01-07-2018)“…A new first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimen containing dolutegravir is being rolled out in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). In studies…”
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Discordant line probe genotypic testing vs culture-based drug susceptibility phenotypic testing in TB endemic KwaZulu-Natal: Impact on bedside clinical decision making
Published in Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases (01-08-2020)“…The recommendations for Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility testing include both phenotypic and genotypic methods. This concurrent use of differing…”
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Joint modelling of longitudinal and time-to-event data: an illustration using CD4 count and mortality in a cohort of patients initiated on antiretroviral therapy
Published in BMC infectious diseases (30-03-2020)“…Modelling of longitudinal biomarkers and time-to-event data are important to monitor disease progression. However, these two variables are traditionally…”
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