Publications

Routine Amoxicillin for Uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: High-quality evidence supporting a community-based treatment protocol for children with severe acute malnutrition, including routine antibiotic use at admission to a nutritional treatment program, remains limited.

Isanaka S Langendorf C Berthé F Gnegne S Li N Ousmane N Harouna S Hassane H Schaefer M Adehossi E Grais RF
The New England journal of medicine 2016 Feb 04; 374(5); 444-53. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1507024. Epub 2016 02 12

Identification of patients who could benefit from bedaquiline or delamanid: a multisite MDR-TB cohort study.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends adding bedaquiline or delamanid to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) regimens for which four effective drugs are not available, and delamanid for patients at high risk of poo

Bonnet M Bastard M du Cros P Khamraev A Kimenye K Khurkhumal S Hayrapetyan A Themba D Telnov A Sanchez-Padilla E Hewison C Varaine F
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2016 Feb ; 20(2); 177-86. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0962. Epub 2017 01 10

Effect of Artesunate-Amodiaquine on Mortality Related to Ebola Virus Disease.

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BACKGROUND: Malaria treatment is recommended for patients with suspected Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa, whether systeomatically or based on confirmed malaria diagnosis.

Gignoux E Azman AS de Smet M Azuma P Massaquoi M Job D Tiffany A Petrucci R Sterk E Potet J Suzuki M Kurth A Cannas A Bocquin A Strecker T Logue C Pottage T Yue C Cabrol JC Serafini M Ciglenecki I
The New England journal of medicine 2016 Jan 07; 374(1); 23-32. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1504605. Epub 2016 01 19

The scenario approach for countries considering the addition of oral cholera vaccination in cholera preparedness and control plans.

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Oral cholera vaccination could be deployed in a diverse range of situations from cholera-endemic areas and locations of humanitarian crises, but no clear consensus exists.

Deen J von Seidlein L Luquero FJ Troeger C Reyburn R Lopez AL Debes A Sack DA
The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2016 Jan ; 16(1); 125-129. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00298-4. Epub 2015 10 19

Sustainable HIV treatment in Africa through viral-load-informed differentiated care.

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There are inefficiencies in current approaches to monitoring patients on antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa. Patients typically attend clinics every 1 to 3 months for clinical assessment.

Phillips A Shroufi A Vojnov L Cohn J Roberts T Ellman T Bonner K Rousseau C Garnett G Cambiano V Nakagawa F Ford D Bansi-Matharu L Miners A Lundgren JD Eaton JW Parkes-Ratanshi R Katz Z Maman D Ford N Vitoria M Doherty M Dowdy D Nichols B Murtagh M Wareham M Palamountain KM Chakanyuka Musanhu C Stevens W Katzenstein D Ciaranello A Barnabas R Braithwaite RS Bendavid E Nathoo KJ van de Vijver D Wilson DP Holmes C Bershteyn A Walker S Raizes E Jani I Nelson LJ Peeling R Terris-Prestholt F Murungu J Mutasa-Apollo T Hallett TB Revill P
Nature 2015 Dec 03; 528(7580); S68-76. doi: 10.1038/nature16046. Epub 2015 12 29

The thin-layer agar method for direct phenotypic detection of multi- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Molecular techniques rapidly detect resistance to rifampicin (RMP) and isoniazid (INH), but do not eliminate the need for culture-based drug susceptibility testing (DST) against other drugs.

Ardizzoni E Mulders W Kotrikadze T Aspindzelashvili R Goginashvili L Pangtey H Varaine F Bastard M Rigouts L de Jong BC
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2015 Dec ; 19(12); 1547-52. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0136. Epub 2016 09 19