2013
A Pilot Study of an mHealth Application for Healthcare Workers: Poor Uptake Despite High Reported Acceptability at a Rural South African Community-Based MDR-TB Treatment Program
Chaiyachati KH, Loveday M, Lorenz S, Lesh N, Larkan LM, Cinti S, Friedland GH, Haberer JE. A Pilot Study of an mHealth Application for Healthcare Workers: Poor Uptake Despite High Reported Acceptability at a Rural South African Community-Based MDR-TB Treatment Program. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e64662. PMID: 23724075, PMCID: PMC3665589, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse event formsMDR-TB patientsMDR-TB therapyHealthcare workersMobile healthcare workersMDR-TB treatment programmeMultidrug-resistant tuberculosis epidemicPoor uptakeAdverse clinical eventsResource-poor settingsRural South African communityEvent formsMixed-methods evaluationClinical eventsSpecialty centersCommunity hospitalHCWs' perceptionsTuberculosis epidemicOwn careIntensive phaseHealth professionalsHealth interventionsPoor settingsTreatment programQualitative focus groups
1994
Laboratory markers and the risk of developing HIV-1 disease among injecting drug users
Alcabes P, Selwyn P, Davenny K, Hartel D, Buono D, Schoenbaum E, Klein R, Friedland G. Laboratory markers and the risk of developing HIV-1 disease among injecting drug users. AIDS 1994, 8: 107-116. PMID: 7912083, DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199401000-00016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD4 lymphocyte countHIV-1-related outcomesLow CD4 lymphocyte countCD4 lymphocyte numbersPyogenic bacterial infectionsHIV-1 diseaseLymphocyte countLaboratory markersLymphocyte numbersClinical eventsAIDS diagnosisRelative riskDrug usersBacterial infectionsHIV-1-associated diseaseBeta 2M levelsSerum beta 2M levelsDifferent laboratory markersMultiple constitutional symptomsAIDS riskMethadone treatment programsPredictors of progressionHIV-1 infectionLow platelet countLower leukocyte counts