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Treatment delay among tuberculosis patients in Tanzania: data from the FIDELIS initiative
Published in BMC public health (12-05-2011)“…Several FIDELIS projects (Fund for Innovative DOTS Expansion through Local Initiatives to Stop TB) in Tanzania were conducted by the National Tuberculosis and…”
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Economic evaluation protocol of a short, all-oral bedaquiline-containing regimen for the treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis from the STREAM trial
Published in BMJ open (21-12-2020)“…IntroductionA December 2019 WHO rapid communication recommended the use of 9-month all-oral regimens for treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)…”
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Evaluation of two short standardised regimens for the treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (STREAM stage 2): an open-label, multicentre, randomised, non-inferiority trial
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (26-11-2022)“…The STREAM stage 1 trial showed that a 9-month regimen for the treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis was non-inferior to the 20-month 2011…”
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Evaluation of a standardized treatment regimen of anti-tuberculosis drugs for patients with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (STREAM): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Published in Trials (09-09-2014)“…In contrast to drug-sensitive tuberculosis, the guidelines for the treatment of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have a very poor evidence base;…”
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Severe maternal morbidity in Canada, 1991-2001
Published in Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) (27-09-2005)“…Although death rates are often used to monitor the quality of health care, in industrialized countries maternal deaths have become rare. Severe maternal…”
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Issues in design and interpretation of MDR-TB clinical trials: report of the first Global MDR-TB Clinical Trials Landscape Meeting
Published in BMC proceedings (06-11-2015)“…Recognizing that the current MDR-TB regimen is suboptimal and based on low-quality evidence, the Global MDR-TB Clinical Trials Landscape Meeting was held in…”
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Comparison of maternal mortality and morbidity between trial of labor and elective cesarean section among women with previous cesarean delivery
Published in American journal of obstetrics and gynecology (01-10-2004)“…This study was undertaken to assess the safety of trial of labor after previous cesarean delivery. Retrospective cohort study of 308,755 Canadian women with…”
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Relationship of Prenatal Diagnosis and Pregnancy Termination to Overall Infant Mortality in Canada
Published in JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (27-03-2002)“…CONTEXT Prenatal diagnosis and termination of affected pregnancies can prevent infant deaths due to congenital anomalies, but an effect at the population level…”
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Trend in prevalence of neural tube defects in Quebec
Published in Birth defects research. A Clinical and molecular teratology (01-11-2003)“…BACKGROUND In Canada, the first recommendations on the use of folic acid (FA) supplements by women planning a pregnancy or capable of becoming pregnant were…”
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FIDELIS--Innovative Approaches to Increasing Global Case Detection of Tuberculosis
Published in American journal of public health (1971) (01-01-2006)“…Tuberculosis was declared a global public health emergency in 1993. In 2003, only 45% of the world's estimated new smear-positive tuberculosis cases were…”
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Poverty and lung health
Published in Expert review of respiratory medicine (01-04-2010)“…The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) held its 40th World Conference on Lung Health in Cancun, Mexico, between 3 and 7…”
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A method to determine the utility of the third diagnostic and the second follow-up sputum smear examinations to diagnose tuberculosis cases and failures
Published in The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease (01-04-2005)“…SETTING: Forty-two laboratories in four countries.OBJECTIVE: To determine the number of sputum smear examinations required to identify one additional case of…”
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Challenges in tuberculosis clinical trials in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: A sponsor's perspective
Published in Tropical medicine and infectious disease (01-06-2020)“…The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unforeseen and extreme changes in societal and health system functioning not previously experienced inmost countries in a…”
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The impact of prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy termination on overall infant mortality in Canada
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The impact of prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy termination on overall infant mortality in Canada
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Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among injection drug users in Toronto
Published in Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) (23-03-1999)“…Injection drug users are at increased risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and active tuberculosis (TB). The primary objective of this study was to…”
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Nasopharyngeal pneumococcal colonization among Kenyan children: antibiotic resistance, strain types and associations with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection
Published in The Pediatric infectious disease journal (01-07-1997)“…OBJECTIVES.To compare pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonization rates among HIV-1-infected children with those of uninfected children born to seropositive…”
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Survey of Infection Control Procedures at Manicure and Pedicure Establishments in North York
Published in Canadian journal of public health (01-03-2001)“…Objective: To describe infection control practices used by technicians doing manicures and pedicures in an urban setting in Ontario. Methods: A random sample…”
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