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Medical ResearchMedical data and research from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field operations are regularly published in the peer-reviewed literature. Below is a selection of recently published MSF medical research articles. For copies or to search all MSF research publications, please visit the MSF Field Research website, or contact Dr. Patricia Kahn, Medical Editor, patricia.kahn[at]newyork.msf.org.
MSF research articles on TuberculosisApril 19, 2011Feasibility, diagnostic accuracy, and effectiveness of decentralised use of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance: a multicentre implementation study
Catharina C Boehme, Mark P Nicol, Pamela Nabeta, Joy S Michael, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Rasim Tahirli, Ma Tarcela Gler, Robert Blakemore, William Worodria, Christen Gray, Laurence Huang, Tatiana Caceres, Rafail Mehdiyev, Lawrence Raymond, Andrew Whitelaw, Kalaiselvan Sagadevan, Heather Alexander, Heidi Albert, Frank Cobelens, Helen Cox, David Alland, Mark D Perkins
December 1, 2010Tuberculosis treatment in a refugee and migrant population: 20 years of experience on the Thai-Burmese border
Minetti A, Camelique O, Hsa Thaw K, Thi S, Swaddiwudhipong W, Hewison C, Pinoges L, Bonnet M, Guerin PJ
October 25, 2010New diagnostics for tuberculosis: fulfilling patient needs first
Jean-Francois Lemaire, Martina Casenghi
April 9, 2010Impact of introducing human immunodeficiency virus testing, treatment and care in a tuberculosis clinic in rural Kenya
H Huerga, H Spillane, W Guerrero, A Odongo, F Varaine
January 26, 2010Microscopy quality control in Médecins Sans Frontières programs in resource-limited settings
Derryck B Klarkowski, Juan Daniel Orozco
November 23, 2009Outcomes after chemotherapy with WHO category II regimen in a population with high prevalence of drug resistant tuberculosisFrancine Matthys, Leen Rigouts, Vinciane Sizaire, Natalia Vezhnina, Maryvonne Lecoq, Vera Golubeva, Françoise Portaels, Patrick Van der Stuyft, Michael Kimerling
September 1, 2009Evaluation of FASTPlaqueTB to diagnose smear-negative tuberculosis in a peripheral clinic in Kenya
M Bonnet, L Gagnidze, F Varaine, A Ramsay, W Githui, PJ Guerin
July 17, 2009An integrated approach of community health worker support for HIV/AIDS and TB care in Angónia district, MozambiqueSandrine Simon, Kathryn Chu, Marthe Frieden, Baltazar Candrinho, Nathan Ford, Helen Schneider, Marc Biot
June 18, 2009Characteristics of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Abkhazia (Georgia), a high-prevalence area in Eastern EuropeManuela Pardinia, Stefan Niemann, Francis Varaine, Elisabetta Iona, Francesca Meacci, Germano Orrù, Hasan Yesilkaya, Thierry Jarosz, Peter Andrew, Mike Barer, Francesco Checchi, Heinz Rinder, Graziella Orefici, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Lanfranco Fattorini, Marco Rinaldo Oggioni, Maryline Bonnet
June 10, 2008Adapting the DOTS framework for tuberculosis control to the management of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan AfricaAnthony D. Harries, Andreas Jahn, Rony Zachariah, Donald Enarson
June 1, 2008Bleach sedimentation: An opportunity to optimize smear microscopy for tuberculosis diagnosis in settings of high prevalence of HIVMaryline Bonnet, Andrew Ramsay, Willie Githui, Laramie Gagnidze, Francis Varaine, Philippe J. Guerin
December 19, 2007Effect of rifampicin-based antitubercular therapy on nevirapine plasma concentrations in South African adults with HIV-associated tuberculosisKaren Cohen, Gilles van Cutsem, Andrew Boulle, Helen McIlleron, Eric Goemaere, Peter J. Smith, Gary Maartens
November 7, 2007Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan: Treatment complexity and XDR-TB among treatment failuresHelen S. Cox, Stobdan Kalon, Sholpan Allamuratova, Vinciane Sizaire, Zinaida N. Tigay, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Hamraev A. Karimovich, Yared Kebede, Clair Mills
November 6, 2007Randomized trials to optimize treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: The time for action is nowCarole D. Mitnick, Kenneth G. Castro, Mark Harrington, Leonard V. Sacks, William Burman
November 6, 2007Building clinical trials capacity for tuberculosis drugs in high-burden countriesNeil Schluger, Unni Karunakara, Christian Lienhardt, Thomas Nyirenda, Richard Chaisson
November 6, 2007New approaches to filling the gap in tuberculosis drug discoveryMartina Casenghi, Stewart T. Cole, Carl F. Nathan
October 1, 2007Population differences in death rates in HIV-positive patients with tuberculosisI Ciglenecki, JR Glynn, A Mwinga, B Ngwira, A Zumla, PEM Fine, A Nunn HIV/AIDS, Malawi, Tuberculosis, Vaccination Campaign, Zambia
September 1, 2007Reducing the number of sputum samples examined and thresholds for positivity: An opportunity to optimise smear microscopyM Bonnet, A Ramsay, L Gagnidze, W Githui, PJ Guerin, F Varaine
August 1, 2007Does antiretroviral treatment reduce case fatality among HIV-positive patients with tuberculosis in Malawi?R Zachariah, M Fitzgerald, M Massaquoi, A Acabu, D Chilomo, FM Salaniponi, AD Harries
July 1, 2007Evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected adultsP Saranchuk, A Boulle, K Hilderbrand, D Coetzee, M Bedelu, G van Cutsem, G Meintjes
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