2010
Transmission of Drug-Susceptible and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and the Critical Importance of Airborne Infection Control in the Era of HIV Infection and Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Rollouts
Shenoi SV, Escombe AR, Friedland G. Transmission of Drug-Susceptible and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and the Critical Importance of Airborne Infection Control in the Era of HIV Infection and Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Rollouts. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010, 50: s231-s237. PMID: 20397953, PMCID: PMC3029014, DOI: 10.1086/651496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfection control strategiesResource-limited settingsHIV infectionInfection controlActive antiretroviral therapy rolloutHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionAntiretroviral therapy rolloutTransmission of drugDrug-resistant TBImmunodeficiency virus infectionDrug-resistant tuberculosisHealth care workersAirborne infection controlNosocomial transmissionTuberculosis careVirus infectionCare workersInfectionCurrent outbreakHigh rateTBPotential benefitsMorbidityHIVTuberculosis
2008
Exogenous Reinfection as a Cause of Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Rural South Africa
Andrews JR, Gandhi NR, Moodley P, Shah NS, Bohlken L, Moll AP, Pillay M, Friedland G, Sturm AW, Collaboration O. Exogenous Reinfection as a Cause of Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Rural South Africa. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2008, 198: 1582-1589. PMID: 18847372, DOI: 10.1086/592991.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-resistant tuberculosisXDR tuberculosisExogenous reinfectionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionEffective infection control strategiesInitial isolatesCause of MDRTB treatment programsTransmission of MDRCulture-positive tuberculosisHIV infection statusImmunodeficiency virus infectionInfection control strategiesDevelopment of MDRResistant tuberculosisMultidrug-ResistantHigh prevalenceVirus infectionPatientsReinfectionRural South AfricaTreatment programTuberculosisInfection statusTugela Ferry
2007
Prevention of nosocomial transmission of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in rural South African district hospitals: an epidemiological modelling study
Basu S, Andrews JR, Poolman EM, Gandhi NR, Shah NS, Moll A, Moodley P, Galvani AP, Friedland GH. Prevention of nosocomial transmission of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in rural South African district hospitals: an epidemiological modelling study. The Lancet 2007, 370: 1500-1507. PMID: 17964351, PMCID: PMC3711808, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61636-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfection control strategiesDrug-resistant tuberculosisXDR tuberculosisTuberculosis casesTuberculosis transmissionRural South African district hospitalSouth African district hospitalMask useTugela FerryAfrican district hospitalEffects of HIVInfection control measuresDrug resistance testingCommunity-based dataResource-limited settingsEpidemiological modelling studyCommunity-based programsAntiretroviral therapyNosocomial transmissionHospitalisation timeHIV treatmentOutpatient therapyDistrict hospitalTuberculosis epidemicHospital staff