Tuberculosis

Recent News

Oct 04, 2013

News Scan for Oct 04, 2013

Norovirus vaccine tested
Promising antiviral compounds
MDR-TB treatment completion
Oct 02, 2013

News Scan for Oct 02, 2013

Global plan for TB in kids
Cholera in Mexico
Crisis standards of care
Oct 01, 2013

News Scan for Oct 01, 2013

More Saudi MERS cases
Boston BSL-4 lab clears hurdle
Colorado TB investigation
Hepatitis C screening
Polio in South Sudan
Sep 25, 2013

News Scan for Sep 25, 2013

More polio in Pakistan
Raw cheese E coli outbreak
UN malaria campaign
TB spread in households
Sep 19, 2013

News Scan for Sep 19, 2013

Canadian SARS leader dies
Polio risk in Africa
MDR/XDR-TB in Europe
Jul 25, 2013

News Scan for Jul 25, 2013

HPV vaccination plateau
FDA clears rapid TB test
Hepatitis E in refugee camp
Jul 18, 2013

News Scan for Jul 18, 2013

TB in Wisconsin
Salmonella in tree nuts
Two more hepatitis outbreak cases
Jul 02, 2013

News Scan for Jul 02, 2013

Hepatitis outbreak grows
Haiti cholera source
Polio in Pakistan
Asia-Pacific lab systems
Drugs for resistant TB
Jun 13, 2013

News Scan for Jun 13, 2013

Drug for MDR-TB
Doxycycline shortage
Compounding pharmacy probe
Polio in Somalia and Kenya
Jun 05, 2013

News Scan for Jun 05, 2013

Severe H7N9 cases
Salmonella from baby poultry
MDR-TB cases
US school TB outbreak

Resources & Literature

Recent Literature

Abubakar I, Zignol M, Falzon D, et al. Drug-resistant tuberculosis: time for visionary political leadership. Lancet Infect Dis 2013 Jun;13(6):529-39

Anderson LF, Tamne S, Watson JP, et al. Treatment outcome of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in the United Kingdom: retrospective-prospective cohort study from 2004 to 2007. Euro Surveill 2013 Oct 3;18(40):pii=20601

Ayles H, Muyoyeta M, Du Toit E, et al. Effect of household and community interventions on the burden of tuberculosis in southern Africa: the ZAMSTAR community-randomized trial. Lancet 2013 (published online Aug 1)

Bernard C, Brossier F, Sougakoff W, et al. A surge of MDR and XDR tuberculosis in France among patients born in the former Soviet Union. Euro Surveill 2013 Aug 15;18(33):e20555

Cavallazzi R, Wiemken T, Christensen D, et al. Predicting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Eur Respir J 2013 (published online Jun 21)

Chang KC, Yew WW. Management of difficult multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: update 2012. Respirology 2013 Jan;18(1):8-21

Coussens AK, Wilkinson RJ, Nikolayevskyy V, et al. Ethnic variation in inflammatory profile in tuberculosis. PLoS One 2013 Jul 4;9(7):e1003468

Drobniewski F, Nikolayevskyy V, Maxeiner H, et al. Rapid diagnostics of tuberculosis and drug resistance in the industrialized world: clinical and public health benefits and barriers to implementation. BMC Med 2013 Aug 29;11:190

Hingley-Wilson SM, Casey R, Connell D, et al. Undetected multidrug-resistant tuberculosis amplified by first-line therapy in mixed infection. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Jul;19(7):1138-41

Jaganath D, Zalwango S, Okware B, et al. Contact investigation for active tuberculosis among child contacts in Uganda. Clin Infect Dis 2013 (published online Sep 27)

Klopper M, Warren RM, Hayes C, et al. Emergence and spread of extensively and totally drug-resistant tuberculosis, South Africa. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Mar;19(3):449-55

Kurbatova EV, Cavanaugh JS, Dalton T, et al. Epidemiology of pyrazinamide-resistant tuberculosis in the United States, 1999-2009. Clin Infect Dis 2013 (published online Jul 9)

Mitnick CD, Franke MF, Rich ML, et al. Aggressive regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis decrease all-cause mortality. PLoS One 2013 Mar 13;8(3):e58664

Moonan PK, Teeter LD, Salcedo K, et al. Transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the USA: a cross-sectional study. Lancet Infect Dis 2013 Sep;13(9):777-84

Nicholson A, English RA, Ruenther RS, et al. Developing and strengthening the global supply chain for second-line drugs for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: workshop summary. (IOM report) 2013 (published online Jul 1)

O'Donnell MR, Padayatchi N, Kvasnovsky C, et al. Treatment outcomes for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV co-infection. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Mar;19(3):416-24

Pasipanodya JG, Gumbo T. A meta-analysis of self-administered versus directly observed therapy effect on microbiologic failure, relapse, and acquired drug resistance in tuberculosis patients. Clin Infect Dis 2013 Jul 1;57(1):21-31

Rozales FP, Machado ABMP, De Paris F, et al. PCR to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory tract samples evaluation of clinical data. Epidemiol and Infect 2013 (published online Oct 10)

Schepisi MS, Gualano G, Fellus C, et al. Tuberculosis case finding based on symptom screening among immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Rome. BMC Public Health 2013 Sep 22;13:872

Shah NS, Yuen CM, Heo M, et al. Yield of contact investigations in households of drug-resistant tuberculosis patients: systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis 2013 (published online Sep 24)

Sullivan T, Amor YB. What's in a name? The future of drug-resistant tuberculosis classification. Lancet Infect Dis 2013 Apr;13(4):373-6

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