2023
Pan-American Guidelines for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: a joint evidence-based guideline of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (SBI) and the Pan-American Association of Infectious Diseases (API)
Barbosa A, Chebabo A, Starling C, Pérez C, Cunha C, de Luna D, Nunes E, Zambrano G, Ferreira J, Croda J, Falavigna M, Gomes-da-Silva M, Thormann M, Cimerman S, Parahiba S, Tanni S, Bernardo W, Rodriguez-Morales A. Pan-American Guidelines for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: a joint evidence-based guideline of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (SBI) and the Pan-American Association of Infectious Diseases (API). Annals Of Clinical Microbiology And Antimicrobials 2023, 22: 67. PMID: 37550690, PMCID: PMC10408214, DOI: 10.1186/s12941-023-00623-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUse of hydroxychloroquineInfectious diseasesCOVID-19Treatment of outpatientsSARS-CoV-2/COVIDSevere COVID-19Evidence-based guidelinesPan American AssociationGuideline development processLack of benefitEvidence-based medicineAdverse eventsMechanical ventilationClinical manifestationsTherapeutic optionsPharmacological treatmentCOVID-19 episodeInpatient settingAmerican guidelinesGRADE systemSystematic reviewStrong recommendationsProphylaxisOutpatientsDisease
2022
Infant BCG vaccination and risk of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis throughout the life course: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis
Martinez L, Cords O, Liu Q, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Bonnet M, Fox G, Carvalho A, Chan P, Croda J, Hill P, Lopez-Varela E, Donkor S, Fielding K, Graham S, Espinal M, Kampmann B, Reingold A, Huerga H, Villalba J, Grandjean L, Sotgiu G, Egere U, Singh S, Zhu L, Lienhardt C, Denholm J, Seddon J, Whalen C, García-Basteiro A, Triasih R, Chen C, Singh J, Huang L, Sharma S, Hannoun D, Del Corral H, Mandalakas A, Malone L, Ling D, Kritski A, Stein C, Vashishtha R, Boulahbal F, Fang C, Boom W, Netto E, Lemos A, Hesseling A, Kay A, Jones-López E, Horsburgh C, Lange C, Andrews J. Infant BCG vaccination and risk of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis throughout the life course: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. The Lancet Global Health 2022, 10: e1307-e1316. PMID: 35961354, PMCID: PMC10406427, DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(22)00283-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant BCG vaccinationBCG vaccinationExtrapulmonary tuberculosisCohort studyIndividual participant dataPulmonary tuberculosisParticipant dataSystematic reviewIndividual-level participant dataPositive tuberculin skin testMultivariable logistic regression analysisTuberculin skin testTuberculosis infection statusParticipant-level dataLogistic regression analysisAge-specific impactStudy-level random effectWeb of ScienceIncident tuberculosisPrevious tuberculosisTuberculosis developmentSecondary outcomesTuberculosis contactsPrimary outcomeSkin test