2023
Scaling up evidence-based approaches to tuberculosis screening in prisons
Charalambous S, Velen K, Rueda Z, Croda J, Herce M, Shenoi S, Altice F, Muyoyeta M, Telisinghe L, Grandjean L, Keshavjee S, Andrews J. Scaling up evidence-based approaches to tuberculosis screening in prisons. The Lancet Public Health 2023, 8: e305-e310. PMID: 36780916, DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(23)00002-6.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConceptsIncidence of tuberculosisCase-finding strategyHigh tuberculosis burdenMinistry of HealthEvidence-based approachTuberculosis burdenTreatment cascadeTuberculosis screeningTuberculosis notificationsTuberculosis diagnosisGeneral populationCare programDiagnostic strategiesTuberculosisEvidence baseSystematic screeningHigh rateIncidenceScreeningSetting
2017
“It’s about my life”: facilitators of and barriers to isoniazid preventive therapy completion among people living with HIV in rural South Africa
Jacobson KB, Niccolai L, Mtungwa N, Moll AP, Shenoi SV. “It’s about my life”: facilitators of and barriers to isoniazid preventive therapy completion among people living with HIV in rural South Africa. AIDS Care 2017, 29: 936-942. PMID: 28147705, PMCID: PMC5545149, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1283390.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsAmbulatory Care FacilitiesAntitubercular AgentsCounselingFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth Services AccessibilityHIV InfectionsHumansIncidenceInterviews as TopicIsoniazidMalePatient ComplianceQualitative ResearchRural PopulationSocial StigmaSouth AfricaTrustTuberculosisConceptsIsoniazid preventive therapyIPT completionPreventive roleAbsence of symptomsHealth care workersKnowledge of TBHealth service deliveryResource-limited settingsHealth care systemRural KwaZulu-NatalAntiretroviral therapyHIV patientsHIV diagnosisPreventive therapyTherapy completionTB incidenceAppropriate counselingHealthcare workersIndividual patientsCare workersRural South AfricaHIVPatientsUnrelated conditionsIndividual semi-structured interviews
2009
Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: consequences for the global HIV community
Shenoi S, Heysell S, Moll A, Friedland G. Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: consequences for the global HIV community. Current Opinion In Infectious Diseases 2009, 22: 11-17. PMID: 19532076, PMCID: PMC3013226, DOI: 10.1097/qco.0b013e3283210020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-resistant tuberculosisHIV patientsHIV communityIntegration of tuberculosisIndependent risk factorCourse of treatmentCommunity-based treatmentHIV careNew rapid diagnosticsRisk factorsClinical careNegative individualsTuberculosisPatientsMultidrugRapid diagnosticsCareTreatmentSusceptibility informationMorbidityHIVInfectionMortalityPhysicians