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Devasahayam J Christopher

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Crowder R, Thangakunam B, Andama A, Christopher D, Dalay V, Nwamba W, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2024 Nov; PMID: 39509711
Background: Accessible, accurate screening tests are necessary to advance tuberculosis (TB) case finding and early detection in high-burden countries. Methods: We prospectively screened adults with ≥2 weeks of cough at...
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Christopher D, Esmail A, Scott A, Wilson L, Randall P, Thangakunam B, et al.
Open Forum Infect Dis . 2024 Oct; 11(10):ofae533. PMID: 39431148
Background: Tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) is the most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in many settings. The diagnostic performance of the frontline polymerase chain reaction-based GeneXpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra)...
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Huddart S, Yadav V, Sieberts S, Omberg L, Raberahona M, Rakotoarivelo R, et al.
Sci Data . 2024 Oct; 11(1):1149. PMID: 39424635
Cough is a common and commonly ignored symptom of lung disease. Cough is often perceived as difficult to quantify, frequently self-limiting, and non-specific. However, cough has a central role in...
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Kerkhoff A, West N, Castro M, Branigan D, Christopher D, Denkinger C, et al.
BMC Glob Public Health . 2024 Sep; 1(1). PMID: 39239641
To reach the millions of people with tuberculosis (TB) undiagnosed each year, there is an important need to provide people-centered screening and testing services. Despite people-centered care being a key...
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Arunachala S, Devapal S, Swamy D, Greeshma M, Ul Hussain I, Siddaiah J, et al.
Indian J Crit Care Med . 2024 Aug; 28(6):552-560. PMID: 39130380
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. However, there is a lack of comprehensive data from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) regarding...
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Crowder R, Thangakunam B, Andama A, Christopher D, Dalay V, Dube-Nwamba W, et al.
medRxiv . 2024 Jul; PMID: 38947093
Background: Accessible, accurate screening tests are necessary to advance tuberculosis (TB) case finding and early detection in high-burden countries. We compared the diagnostic accuracy of available TB triage tests. Methods:...
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Worodria W, Castro R, Kik S, Dalay V, Derendinger B, Festo C, et al.
medRxiv . 2024 Jul; PMID: 38946949
Background: Computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithms for automated chest X-ray (CXR) reading have been endorsed by the World Health Organization for tuberculosis (TB) triage, but independent, multi-country assessment and comparison of...
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Dhar R, Talwar D, Christopher D, Dumra H, Koul P, Chhajed P, et al.
J Asthma . 2024 May; 61(10):1152-1164. PMID: 38767570
Objective: In this document, 9 Indian experts have evaluated the factors specific to LMICs when it came to Severe Asthma (SA) diagnosis, evaluation, biologic selection, non-biologic treatment options, and follow-up....
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Christopher D, Gupta R, Thangakunam B, Daniel J, Jindal S, Kant S, et al.
Lung India . 2024 May; 41(3):230-248. PMID: 38704658
Pleural effusion is a common problem in our country, and most of these patients need invasive tests as they can't be evaluated by blood tests alone. The simplest of them...
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Sinha P, Ezhumalai K, Du X, Ponnuraja C, Dauphinais M, Gupte N, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2024 Apr; 79(1):233-236. PMID: 38652286
Undernutrition is the leading risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) globally and in India. This multicenter prospective cohort analysis from India suggests that undernutrition is associated with increased risk of TB...