2024
Uncertainty in tuberculosis clinical decision-making: An umbrella review with systematic methods and thematic analysis
Basile F, Sweeney S, Singh M, Bijker E, Cohen T, Menzies N, Vassall A, Indravudh P. Uncertainty in tuberculosis clinical decision-making: An umbrella review with systematic methods and thematic analysis. PLOS Global Public Health 2024, 4: e0003429. PMID: 39042611, PMCID: PMC11265660, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003429.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUmbrella reviewClinical decision-makingHealthcare system levelQualitative evidence synthesisBarriers to treatmentScarcity of healthcare resourcesTuberculosis knowledgeClinicians' attitudesCommon barriersResource-limited settingsHealth careHealthcare settingsClinical encountersEvidence synthesisInfluence clinical decisionsThematic analysisHealthcare resourcesDiagnostic test characteristicsStudy designSystematic reviewMeta-analysesNegative test resultsMulti-level modelProvidersDecision-making
2014
Magnitude and sources of bias in the detection of mixed strain M. tuberculosis infection
Plazzotta G, Cohen T, Colijn C. Magnitude and sources of bias in the detection of mixed strain M. tuberculosis infection. Journal Of Theoretical Biology 2014, 368: 67-73. PMID: 25553967, PMCID: PMC7011203, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMixed infectionsM. tuberculosis infectionIncidence of TBOutcome of treatmentPopulation-level interventionsFraction of casesTuberculosis infectionMinority strainsActual prevalenceInfected individualsInfectionStudy designMycobacterium tuberculosisPrevalenceSputumTuberculosisDistinct strainsDifferent strainsSources of biasPrevious studiesPatientsSpecific reasonsIncidenceIndividuals