2023
Urine and sputum tuberculosis tests: defining the trade-offs in endemic HIV and tuberculosis settings
Wilson D, Cudahy P, Drain P. Urine and sputum tuberculosis tests: defining the trade-offs in endemic HIV and tuberculosis settings. The Lancet Global Health 2023, 11: e809-e810. PMID: 37202010, DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00215-2.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2021
Potential contribution of HIV during first-line tuberculosis treatment to subsequent rifampicin-monoresistant tuberculosis and acquired tuberculosis drug resistance in South Africa: a retrospective molecular epidemiology study
Cox H, Salaam-Dreyer Z, Goig GA, Nicol MP, Menardo F, Dippenaar A, Mohr-Holland E, Daniels J, Cudahy PGT, Borrell S, Reinhard M, Doetsch A, Beisel C, Reuter A, Furin J, Gagneux S, Warren RM. Potential contribution of HIV during first-line tuberculosis treatment to subsequent rifampicin-monoresistant tuberculosis and acquired tuberculosis drug resistance in South Africa: a retrospective molecular epidemiology study. The Lancet Microbe 2021, 2: e584-e593. PMID: 34766068, PMCID: PMC8563432, DOI: 10.1016/s2666-5247(21)00144-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst-line tuberculosis treatmentPrevious tuberculosis treatmentRifampicin-resistant tuberculosisRifampicin-monoresistant tuberculosisTuberculosis treatmentHIV positivityCohort studyLarge-scale prospective cohort studyResistance acquisitionPrevious treatmentRetrospective cohort studyProspective cohort studyTuberculosis drug resistancePatient-level dataLogistic regression analysisWhole-genome sequencingMolecular epidemiology studiesProspective databaseMDR tuberculosisRetrospective cohortFemale sexHigh burdenPatientsHIVEpidemiology studies
2018
Spatially targeted screening to reduce tuberculosis transmission in high-incidence settings
Cudahy PGT, Andrews JR, Bilinski A, Dowdy DW, Mathema B, Menzies NA, Salomon JA, Shrestha S, Cohen T. Spatially targeted screening to reduce tuberculosis transmission in high-incidence settings. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2018, 19: e89-e95. PMID: 30554997, PMCID: PMC6401264, DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(18)30443-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTuberculosis incidenceLow tuberculosis incidence settingsActive case-finding strategyHigh tuberculosis (TB) incidence countriesCase-finding strategyTuberculosis control strategiesHigh-incidence settingsInfectious causesIncidence settingsIncidence countriesTuberculosis transmissionTreatment outcomesActive screeningOnward transmissionSystematic reviewInfectious individualsInfectious periodTuberculosisIncidenceDeathCauseProximal causeHIVMixed resultsMortality