Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Implications for the HIV Epidemic and Antiretroviral Therapy Rollout in South Africa
Andrews JR, Shah NS, Gandhi N, Moll T, Friedland G. Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Implications for the HIV Epidemic and Antiretroviral Therapy Rollout in South Africa. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2007, 196: s482-s490. PMID: 18181698, DOI: 10.1086/521121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-resistant tuberculosisMDR-TBHIV epidemicXDR-TBDrug-resistant (XDR) TBMultidrug-resistant (MDR) TBMDR-TB treatment programmeTB treatment success rateHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionAntiretroviral therapy rolloutXDR-TB epidemicImmunodeficiency virus infectionTreatment success rateDrug resistance surveillanceDrug resistance testingPublic health challengeAirborne infection controlPublic health infrastructureHIV programsMultidrug-ResistantHigh prevalenceVirus infectionInfection controlTreatment programTuberculosisPrevention 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