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Tzelios C, Malatesta S, Carney T, White L, Weber S, Thomson S, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2025 Feb; PMID: 39973802
Background: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to tuberculosis (TB) medications make treatment completion challenging. We investigated the impact of alcohol, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and other patient determinants on ADRs and...
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Overbeck V, Malatesta S, Carney T, Myers B, Parry C, Horsburgh C, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2024 Oct; 24(1):1154. PMID: 39396938
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted tuberculosis (TB) treatment services, including directly observed therapy (DOT) programs used to promote medication adherence. We compared DOT adherence embedded in a research study...
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Kulkarni S, Weber S, Buys C, Lambrechts T, Myers B, Drainoni M, et al.
BMC Public Health . 2024 Aug; 24(1):2216. PMID: 39143513
Background: Unhealthy alcohol use is widespread in South Africa and has been linked to tuberculosis (TB) disease and poor treatment outcomes. This study used qualitative methods to explore the relationship...
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Kulkarni S, Weber S, Buys C, Lambrechts T, Myers B, Drainoni M, et al.
Res Sq . 2023 Oct; PMID: 37841852
Background: Unhealthy alcohol use is widespread in South Africa and has been linked to tuberculosis (TB) disease and poor treatment outcomes. This study used qualitative methods to explore the relationship...
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Malatesta S, Weir I, Weber S, Bouton T, Carney T, Theron D, et al.
BMC Med Res Methodol . 2022 Nov; 22(1):297. PMID: 36402979
Background: The occurrence and timing of mycobacterial culture conversion is used as a proxy for tuberculosis treatment response. When researchers serially sample sputum during tuberculosis studies, contamination or missed visits...
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Carney T, Rooney J, Niemand N, Myers B, Theron D, Wood R, et al.
PLoS One . 2022 Feb; 17(2):e0262440. PMID: 35167586
People who use illicit drugs (PWUDs) have been identified as a key at-risk group for tuberculosis (TB). Examination of illicit drug use networks has potential to assess the risk of...
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Bouton T, De Vos M, Ragan E, White L, Van Zyl L, Theron D, et al.
PLoS One . 2019 Oct; 14(10):e0223308. PMID: 31622366
South Africa led the world with guidelines on bedaquiline (BDQ) use as a single drug substitution to manage rifampin resistant tuberculosis regimen toxicity. We examined reasons for giving BDQ in...
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Myers B, Bouton T, Ragan E, White L, McIlleron H, Theron D, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2018 Oct; 18(1):488. PMID: 30268101
Background: An estimated 10% of tuberculosis (TB) deaths are attributable to problematic alcohol use globally, however the causal pathways through which problem alcohol use has an impact on TB treatment...
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Kendall E, Theron D, Franke M, van Helden P, Victor T, Murray M, et al.
PLoS One . 2013 Dec; 8(12):e83480. PMID: 24349518
Background: Default from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment remains a major barrier to cure and epidemic control. We sought to identify patient risk factors for default from MDR-TB treatment and high-risk...
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Jacobson K, Theron D, Kendall E, Franke M, Barnard M, van Helden P, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2012 Oct; 56(4):503-8. PMID: 23090928
Background: Diagnosis of drug resistance and timely initiation of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis therapy are essential to reduce transmission and improve patient outcomes. We sought to determine whether implementation of the...