2022
The effect of incarceration on TB treatment outcomes
O Marr J, Gonçalves C, Arakaki-Sanchez D, Pelissari D, Costa F, Croda J, Walter K, Andrews J. The effect of incarceration on TB treatment outcomes. The International Journal Of Tuberculosis And Lung Disease 2022, 26: 252-258. PMID: 35197165, DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.21.0449.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDirectly Observed TherapyHumansOdds RatioPrisonersPrisonsRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeTuberculosisConceptsNon-incarcerated individualsTreatment successTreatment outcomesDrug-susceptible TB casesImproved treatment successTB treatment outcomesTB treatment successClinical risk factorsIncarcerated individualsMultivariate logistic regressionGreater treatment successTB casesClinical factorsObserved therapyPoor outcomeTB notificationsRisk factorsElevated riskGreater efficacyLogistic regressionNotifiable diseaseOutcomesIncarcerated populationsVulnerable individualsUse of DOT
2012
Tuberculosis control in a highly endemic indigenous community in Brazil
Croda M, Trajber Z, da Costa Lima R, Croda J. Tuberculosis control in a highly endemic indigenous community in Brazil. Transactions Of The Royal Society Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2012, 106: 223-229. PMID: 22365154, DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTB treatmentNon-Indigenous populationsTB patientsTB case fatality rateImplementation of DOTSRetrospective cohort studyCase fatality rateNumber of patientsHIV-positive statusTimes higher mortalityHigh rateCohort studyTB controlCase fatalityDOTS implementationHIV prevalenceTuberculosis controlFatality rateHigh mortalityMultivariate analysisPatientsYoung adultsMortalityPriority groupsIndigenous populations