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Ashuro Z, Debela B, Daba C, Hareru H, Abaya S, Byrne A
Front Public Health . 2024 Nov; 12:1424315. PMID: 39555040
Introduction: Inadequate ventilation and improper use of personal protective equipment are often observed in many occupational settings with a high risk of dust and other fine particle exposure. Workers who...
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Dupnik K, Rivera V, Dorvil N, Duffus Y, Akbarnejad H, Gao Y, et al.
Open Forum Infect Dis . 2024 Jul; 11(7):ofae356. PMID: 39022393
Background: The World Health Organization recommends initiating same-day antiretroviral therapy (ART) while tuberculosis (TB) testing is under way for patients with non-meningitic symptoms at HIV diagnosis, though safety data are...
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Dupnik K, Rivera V, Dorvil N, Akbarnejad H, Gao Y, Liu J, et al.
medRxiv . 2024 Jan; PMID: 38196598
Article Summary: We assessed the association between C-reactive protein (CRP) and (TB) diagnosis in symptomatic patients at HIV diagnosis. We found that CRP concentrations can improve tuberculosis risk stratification, facilitating...
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Dorvil N, Rivera V, Riviere C, Berman R, Severe P, Bang H, et al.
PLoS Med . 2023 Jun; 20(6):e1004246. PMID: 37294843
Background: Same-day HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is being widely implemented. However, the optimal timing of ART among patients with tuberculosis (TB) symptoms is unknown. We hypothesized that...
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Menzies N, Quaife M, Allwood B, Byrne A, Coussens A, Harries A, et al.
Lancet Glob Health . 2021 Nov; 9(12):e1679-e1687. PMID: 34798027
Background: Many individuals who survive tuberculosis disease face ongoing disability and elevated mortality risks. However, the impact of post-tuberculosis sequelae is generally omitted from policy analyses and disease burden estimates....
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Coates M, Kintu A, Gupta N, Wroe E, Adler A, Kwan G, et al.
Lancet Glob Health . 2020 Oct; 8(12):e1489-e1498. PMID: 33098769
Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) cause a large burden of disease globally. Some infectious diseases cause an increased risk of developing specific NCDs. Although the NCD burden from some infectious causes...
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Byrne A, Bennett M, Chatterji R, Symons R, Thomas P
Intern Med J . 2020 Jan; 50(1):133-134. PMID: 31943620
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Yeong C, Byrne A, Cho J, Sintchenko V, Crighton T, Marais B
Int J Infect Dis . 2019 Dec; 92:175-180. PMID: 31881274
Background: Patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) are usually placed in respiratory isolation awaiting three sputum smear microscopy results for acid-fast bacilli (3AFB). GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) on a pooled sample...
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Byrne A, Marais B, Mitnick C, Garden F, Lecca L, Contreras C, et al.
BMC Pulm Med . 2019 Feb; 19(1):40. PMID: 30760258
Background: Although there are theoretical reasons for believing that asthma and atopy may be negatively correlated with tuberculosis, epidemiological studies have had conflicting findings. Objective: To determine if people with...
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Byrne A, Fox G, Marais B
Future Microbiol . 2018 Mar; 13:577-588. PMID: 29521120
Diagnostic and treatment delays contribute to increased death and disability among the 490,000 adults and children who develop multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis every year. Since the treatment of MDR tuberculosis is...