Publicaties
Depression, stigma and quality of life in people with drug-susceptible TB and drug-resistant TB in Vietnam Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BACKGROUND: Drug resistance poses a major barrier to global control of TB - a leading infectious cause of death. Depression and stigma occur commonly among people with TB. However, the relationship between drug-resistant forms of TB, depression and stigma are not well understood.
OBJECTIVE : To compare depression, stigma and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), among people with drug-susceptible TB (DS-TB) and multidrug-resistant ...
Prevalence of pulmonary TB and spoligotype pattern of **Mycobacterium tuberculosis** among TB suspects in a rural community in Southwest Ethiopia Universiteit Antwerpen
Prevalence of pulmonary TB and spoligotype pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among TB suspects in a rural community in Southwest Ethiopia Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Association of BMI category change with TB treatment mortality in HIV-positive smear-negative and extrapulmonary TB patients in Myanmar and Zimbabwe Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
OBJECTIVE: The HIV epidemic has increased the proportion of patients with smear-negative and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) diagnoses, with related higher rates of poor TB treatment outcomes. Unlike in smear-positive pulmonary TB, no interim markers of TB treatment progress are systematically used to identify individuals most at risk of mortality. The objective of this study was to assess the association of body mass index (BMI) change at 1 ...
Mycobacterial skin and soft tissue infections: TB or not TB? Universiteit Hasselt KU Leuven
New diagnostic tests for tuberculosis: performance of LAM and Xpert MTB/RIF in urine of hospitalized patients on intensive phase of TB treatment, and its association with TB dissemination and HIV status. Preliminary results from an observational cohort st Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Continuous surveillance of drug-resistant TB burden in Rwanda: a retrospective cross-sectional study Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Background Since the roll-out of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay, continuous surveillance can provide an estimate of rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB) prevalence, provided high drug susceptibility testing (DST) coverage is achieved. We use national data from Rwanda to describe rifampicin DST coverage, estimate the prevalence of RR-TB and assess its predictors. Methods Routinely collected DST data were entered into an electronic TB case-based ...
Clinical standards for drug-susceptible pulmonary TB Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BACKGROUND: The aim of these clinical standards is to provide guidance on 'best practice' for diagnosis, treatment and management of drug-susceptible pulmonary TB (PTB).
METHODS: A panel of 54 global experts in the field of TB care, public health, microbiology, and pharmacology were identified; 46 participated in a Delphi process. A 5point Likert scale was used to score draft standards. The final document represents the broad ...
Community referral for presumptive TB in Nigeria: a comparison of four models of active case finding Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Background: Engagement of communities and civil society organizations is a critical part of the Post-2015 End TB Strategy. Since 2007, many models of community referral have been implemented to boost TB case detection in Nigeria. Yet clear insights into the comparative TB yield from particular approaches have been limited.
Methods: We compared four models of active case finding in three Nigerian states. Data on presumptive TB case ...