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Peter J Kitonsa

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Articles 7
Citations 79
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General Medicine
Science
Infectious Diseases
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Achilles Katamba
Emily A Kendall
Annet Nalutaaya
James Mukiibi
Olga Nakasolya
David W Dowdy
David Isooba
Yeonsoo Baik
Katherine O Robsky
Adithya Cattamanchi
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PLoS One
Clin Infect Dis
Infect Dis Poverty
Thorax
PLoS Med
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Recent Articles
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Decline in prevalence of tuberculosis following an intensive case finding campaign and the COVID-19 pandemic in an urban Ugandan community
Kendall E, Kitonsa P, Nalutaaya A, Robsky K, Erisa K, Mukiibi J, et al.
Thorax . 2023 Dec; 79(4):325-331. PMID: 38050134
Background: Systematic screening is a potential tool for reducing the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) and counteracting COVID-19-related disruptions in care. Repeated community-wide screening can also measure changes in the prevalence...
2.
Characterization of geographic mobility among participants in facility- and community-based tuberculosis case finding in urban Uganda
Robsky K, Isooba D, Nakasolya O, Mukiibi J, Nalutaaya A, Kitonsa P, et al.
PLoS One . 2021 May; 16(5):e0251806. PMID: 33989343
Background: International and internal migration are recognized risk factors for tuberculosis (TB). Geographic mobility, including travel for work, education, or personal reasons, may also play a role in TB transmission,...
3.
Evaluation of underweight status may improve identification of the highest-risk patients during outpatient evaluation for pulmonary tuberculosis
Kitonsa P, Nalutaaya A, Mukiibi J, Nakasolya O, Isooba D, Kamoga C, et al.
PLoS One . 2020 Dec; 15(12):e0243542. PMID: 33306710
Background: When evaluating symptomatic patients for tuberculosis (TB) without access to same-day diagnostic test results, clinicians often make empiric decisions about starting treatment. The number of TB symptoms and/or underweight...
4.
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis Disease in an Urban Ugandan Community and Its Health Facilities
Kendall E, Kitonsa P, Nalutaaya A, Erisa K, Mukiibi J, Nakasolya O, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2020 Dec; 72(12):e1035-e1043. PMID: 33283227
Background: New, sensitive diagnostic tests facilitate identification and investigation of milder forms of tuberculosis (TB) disease. We used community-based TB testing with the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay ("Ultra") to characterize...
5.
A clinical score for identifying active tuberculosis while awaiting microbiological results: Development and validation of a multivariable prediction model in sub-Saharan Africa
Baik Y, Rickman H, Hanrahan C, Mmolawa L, Kitonsa P, Sewelana T, et al.
PLoS Med . 2020 Nov; 17(11):e1003420. PMID: 33170838
Background: In highly resource-limited settings, many clinics lack same-day microbiological testing for active tuberculosis (TB). In these contexts, risk of pretreatment loss to follow-up is high, and a simple, easy-to-use...
6.
Spatial distribution of people diagnosed with tuberculosis through routine and active case finding: a community-based study in Kampala, Uganda
Robsky K, Kitonsa P, Mukiibi J, Nakasolya O, Isooba D, Nalutaaya A, et al.
Infect Dis Poverty . 2020 Jun; 9(1):73. PMID: 32571435
Background: Routine tuberculosis (TB) notifications are geographically heterogeneous, but their utility in predicting the location of undiagnosed TB cases is unclear. We aimed to identify small-scale geographic areas with high...
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Empiric treatment of pulmonary TB in the Xpert era: Correspondence of sputum culture, Xpert MTB/RIF, and clinical diagnoses
Kendall E, Kamoga C, Kitonsa P, Nalutaaya A, Salvatore P, Robsky K, et al.
PLoS One . 2019 Jul; 14(7):e0220251. PMID: 31339935
Background: Clinical tuberculosis diagnosis and empiric treatment have traditionally been common among patients with negative bacteriologic test results. Increasing availability of rapid molecular diagnostic tests, including Xpert MTB/RIF and the...