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1. Outcome of treatment of MDR-TB or drug-resistant patients treated with bedaquiline and delamanid: Results from a large global cohort

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Koirala, S., Borisov, S., Danila, E., Mariandyshev, A., Shrestha, B., Lukhele, N., Dalcolmo, M., Shakya, S.R., Miliauskas, S., Kuksa, L., Manga, S., Aleksa, A., Denholm, J.T., Khadka, H.B., Skrahina, A., Diktanas, S., Ferrarese, M., Bruchfeld, J., Koleva, A., Piubello, A., Koirala, G.S., Udwadia, Z.F., Palmero, D.J., Munoz-Torrico, M., GC, R., Gualano, G., Grecu, V.I., Motta, I., Papavasileiou, A., Li, Y., Hoefsloot, W., Kunst, H., Mazza-Stalder, J., Payen, M.-C., Akkerman, O.W., Bernal, E., Manfrin, V., Matteelli, A., Mustafa Hamdan, H., Nieto Marcos, M., Cadiñanos Loidi, J., Cebrian Gallardo, J.J., Duarte, R., Escobar Salinas, N., Gomez Rosso, R., Laniado-Laborín, R., Martínez Robles, E., Quirós Fernandez, S., Rendon, A., Solovic, I., Tadolini, M., Viggiani, P., Belilovski, E., Boeree, M.J., Cai, Q., Davidavičienė, E., Forsman, L.D., De Los Rios, J., Drakšienė, J., Duga, A., Elamin, S.E., Filippov, A., Garcia, A., Gaudiesiute, I., Gavazova, B., Gayoso, R., Gruslys, V., Jonsson, J., Khimova, E., Madonsela, G., Magis-Escurra, C., Marchese, V., Matei, M., Moschos, C., Nakčerienė, B., Nicod, L., Palmieri, F., Pontarelli, A., Šmite, A., Souleymane, M.B., Vescovo, M., Zablockis, R., Zhurkin, D., Alffenaar, J.-W., Caminero, J.A., Codecasa, L.R., García-García, J.-M., Esposito, S., Saderi, L., Spanevello, A., Visca, D., Tiberi, S., Pontali, E., Centis, R., D'Ambrosio, L., van den Boom, M., Sotgiu, G., and Migliori, G.B.

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2021
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2. MDR/XDR-TB management of patients and contacts: Challenges facing the new decade. The 2020 clinical update by the Global Tuberculosis Network

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Arkub, T. Abu, Akkerman, O.W., Aleksa, A., Belilovski, E., Bernal, E., Blanc, F-X., Boeree, M., Borisov, S., Bruchfeld, J., Cadiñanos Loidi, J., Caminero, J.A., Carvalho, A.C., Cebrian Gallardo, J.J., Charalampos, Danila, E., Davies Forsman, L., Denholm, J., Dheda, K., Diel, R., Diktanas, S., Dobler, C., Enwerem, M., Esposito, S., Escobar Salinas, N., Filippov, A., Formenti, B., García García, J.M., Goletti, D., Gomez Rosso, R., Gualano, G., Isaakidis, P., Kaluzhenina, A., Koirala, S., Kuksa, L., Kunst, H., Li, Y., Magis-Escurra, C., Manfrin, V., Manga, S., Manika, K., Marchese, V., Martínez Robles, E., Maryandyshev, A., Matteelli, A., Mariani, A., Mazza-Stalder, J., Mello, F., Mendoza, L., Mesi, A., Miliauskas, S., Mustafa Hamdan, H., Ndjeka, N., Nieto Marcos, M., Ottenhoff, T.H.M., Palmero, D.J., Palmieri, F., Papavasileiou, A., Payen, M.C., Pontarelli, A., Pretti Dalcolmo, M., Quirós Fernandez, S., Romero, R., Rossato Silva, D., Santos, A.P., Seaworth, B., Sinitsyn, M., Skrahina, A., Solovic, I., Spanevello, A., Tadolini, M., Torres, C., Udwadia, Z., van den Boom, M., Volchenkov, G.V., Yedilbayev, A., Zaleskis, R., Zellweger, J.P., Migliori, Giovanni Battista, Tiberi, Simon, Zumla, Alimuddin, Petersen, Eskild, Chakaya, Jeremiah Muhwa, Wejse, Christian, Muñoz Torrico, Marcela, Duarte, Raquel, Alffenaar, Jan Willem, Schaaf, H. Simon, Marais, Ben J., Cirillo, Daniela Maria, Alagna, Riccardo, Rendon, Adrian, Pontali, Emanuele, Piubello, Alberto, Figueroa, José, Ferlazzo, Gabriella, García-Basteiro, Alberto, Centis, Rosella, Visca, Dina, D’Ambrosio, Lia, and Sotgiu, Giovanni

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2020
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3. Tuberculosis and COVID-19 co-infection: description of the global cohort

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Casco, N, Jorge, AL, Palmero, DJ, Alffenaar, J-W, Denholm, J, Fox, GJ, Ezz, W, Cho, J-G, Skrahina, A, Solodovnikova, V, Bachez, P, Piubello, A, Arbex, MA, Alves, T, Rabahi, MF, Pereira, GR, Sales, R, Silva, DR, Saffie, MM, Miranda, RC, Cancino, V, Carbonell, M, Cisterna, C, Concha, C, Cruz, A, Salinas, NE, Revillot, ME, Valdes, JF, Fernandez, I, Flores, X, Tapia, PG, Garavagno, A, Vera, CG, Bahamondes, MH, Merino, LM, Munoz, E, Munoz, C, Navarro, I, Subiabre, JN, Ortega, C, Palma, S, Pradenas, AM, Pereira, G, Castillo, PP, Pinto, M, Pizarro, R, Bidegain, FR, Rodriguez, P, Sanchez, C, Salinas, AS, Soto, A, Taiba, C, Venegas, M, Riquelme, MSV, Vilca, E, Villalon, C, Yucra, E, Li, Y, Guelvez, B, Plaza, RV, Hoyos, KYT, Andrejak, C, Blanc, F-X, Dourmane, S, Froissart, A, Izadifar, A, Riviere, F, Schlemmer, F, Manika, K, Diallo, BD, Hassane-Harouna, S, Artiles, N, Mejia, LA, Gupta, N, Ish, P, Mishra, G, Sharma, S, Singla, R, Udwadia, ZF, Alladio, F, Angeli, F, Calcagno, A, Centis, R, Codecasa, LR, D'Ambrosio, L, Lauretis, AD, Esposito, S, Formenti, B, Gaviraghi, A, Giacomet, V, Goletti, D, Gualano, G, Matteelli, A, Migliori, GB, Motta, I, Palmieri, F, Pontali, E, Prestileo, T, Riccardi, N, Saderi, L, Saporiti, M, Sotgiu, G, Stochino, C, Tadolini, M, Torre, A, Villa, S, Visca, D, Danila, E, Diktanas, S, Ridaura, RL, Lopez, FLL, Torrico, MM, Rendon, A, Akkerman, OW, Souleymane, MB, Al-Abri, S, Alyaquobi, F, Althohli, K, Aizpurua, E, Gonzales, R, Jurado, J, Loban, A, Aguirre, S, Teixeira, RC, De Egea, V, Irala, S, Medina, A, Sequera, G, Sosa, N, Vazquez, F, Llanos-Tejada, FK, Manga, S, Villanueva-Villegas, R, Araujo, D, Duarte, R, Marques, TS, Grecu, VI, Socaci, A, Barkanova, O, Bogorodskaya, M, Borisov, S, Mariandyshev, A, Kaluzhenina, A, Vukicevic, TA, Stosic, M, Beh, D, Ng, D, Ong, CWM, Solovic, I, Dheda, K, Gina, P, Caminero, JA, Cardoso-Landivar, J, Galvao, MLDS, Dominguez-Castellano, A, Garcia-Garcia, J-M, Pinargote, IM, Fernandez, SQ, Sanchez-Montalva, A, Huguet, ET, Murguiondo, MZ, Bart, P-A, Mazza-Stalder, J, Bakko, F, Barnacle, J, Brown, A, Chandran, S, Killington, K, Man, K, Papineni, P, Tiberi, S, Utjesanovic, N, Zenner, D, Hearn, JL, Heysell, S, Young, L, Casco, N, Jorge, AL, Palmero, DJ, Alffenaar, J-W, Denholm, J, Fox, GJ, Ezz, W, Cho, J-G, Skrahina, A, Solodovnikova, V, Bachez, P, Piubello, A, Arbex, MA, Alves, T, Rabahi, MF, Pereira, GR, Sales, R, Silva, DR, Saffie, MM, Miranda, RC, Cancino, V, Carbonell, M, Cisterna, C, Concha, C, Cruz, A, Salinas, NE, Revillot, ME, Valdes, JF, Fernandez, I, Flores, X, Tapia, PG, Garavagno, A, Vera, CG, Bahamondes, MH, Merino, LM, Munoz, E, Munoz, C, Navarro, I, Subiabre, JN, Ortega, C, Palma, S, Pradenas, AM, Pereira, G, Castillo, PP, Pinto, M, Pizarro, R, Bidegain, FR, Rodriguez, P, Sanchez, C, Salinas, AS, Soto, A, Taiba, C, Venegas, M, Riquelme, MSV, Vilca, E, Villalon, C, Yucra, E, Li, Y, Guelvez, B, Plaza, RV, Hoyos, KYT, Andrejak, C, Blanc, F-X, Dourmane, S, Froissart, A, Izadifar, A, Riviere, F, Schlemmer, F, Manika, K, Diallo, BD, Hassane-Harouna, S, Artiles, N, Mejia, LA, Gupta, N, Ish, P, Mishra, G, Sharma, S, Singla, R, Udwadia, ZF, Alladio, F, Angeli, F, Calcagno, A, Centis, R, Codecasa, LR, D'Ambrosio, L, Lauretis, AD, Esposito, S, Formenti, B, Gaviraghi, A, Giacomet, V, Goletti, D, Gualano, G, Matteelli, A, Migliori, GB, Motta, I, Palmieri, F, Pontali, E, Prestileo, T, Riccardi, N, Saderi, L, Saporiti, M, Sotgiu, G, Stochino, C, Tadolini, M, Torre, A, Villa, S, Visca, D, Danila, E, Diktanas, S, Ridaura, RL, Lopez, FLL, Torrico, MM, Rendon, A, Akkerman, OW, Souleymane, MB, Al-Abri, S, Alyaquobi, F, Althohli, K, Aizpurua, E, Gonzales, R, Jurado, J, Loban, A, Aguirre, S, Teixeira, RC, De Egea, V, Irala, S, Medina, A, Sequera, G, Sosa, N, Vazquez, F, Llanos-Tejada, FK, Manga, S, Villanueva-Villegas, R, Araujo, D, Duarte, R, Marques, TS, Grecu, VI, Socaci, A, Barkanova, O, Bogorodskaya, M, Borisov, S, Mariandyshev, A, Kaluzhenina, A, Vukicevic, TA, Stosic, M, Beh, D, Ng, D, Ong, CWM, Solovic, I, Dheda, K, Gina, P, Caminero, JA, Cardoso-Landivar, J, Galvao, MLDS, Dominguez-Castellano, A, Garcia-Garcia, J-M, Pinargote, IM, Fernandez, SQ, Sanchez-Montalva, A, Huguet, ET, Murguiondo, MZ, Bart, P-A, Mazza-Stalder, J, Bakko, F, Barnacle, J, Brown, A, Chandran, S, Killington, K, Man, K, Papineni, P, Tiberi, S, Utjesanovic, N, Zenner, D, Hearn, JL, Heysell, S, and Young, L

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BACKGROUND: Information on tuberculosis (TB) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is still limited. The aim of this study was to describe the features of the TB/COVID-19 co-infected individuals from a prospective, anonymised, multicountry register-based cohort with special focus on the determinants of mortality and other outcomes. METHODS: We enrolled all patients of any age with either active TB or previous TB and COVID-19. 172 centres from 34 countries provided individual data on 767 TB-COVID-19 co-infected patients, (>50% population-based). RESULTS: Of 767 patients, 553 (74.0%) out of 747 had TB before COVID-19 (including 234 out of 747 with previous TB), 71 (9.5%) out of 747 had COVID-19 first and 123 (16.5%) out of 747 had both diseases diagnosed within the same week (n=35 (4.6%) on the same day). 85 (11.08%) out of 767 patients died (41 (14.2%) out of 289 in Europe and 44 (9.2%) out of 478 outside Europe; p=0.03): 42 (49.4%) from COVID-19, 31 (36.5%) from COVID-19 and TB, one (1.2%) from TB and 11 from other causes. In the univariate analysis on mortality the following variables reached statistical significance: age, male gender, having more than one comorbidity, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, chronic renal disease, presence of key symptoms, invasive ventilation and hospitalisation due to COVID-19. The final multivariable logistic regression model included age, male gender and invasive ventilation as independent contributors to mortality. CONCLUSION: The data suggest that TB and COVID-19 are a "cursed duet" and need immediate attention. TB should be considered a risk factor for severe COVID disease and patients with TB should be prioritised for COVID-19 preventative efforts, including vaccination.

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2022

4. Tuberculosis and COVID-19 co-infection: description of the global cohort

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Migliori, G. B., Casco, N., Jorge, A. L., Palmero, D. J., Alffenaar, J. -W., Denholm, J., Fox, G. J., Ezz, W., Cho, J. -G., Skrahina, A., Solodovnikova, V., Bachez, P., Piubello, A., Arbex, M. A., Alves, T., Rabahi, M. F., Pereira, G. R., Sales, R., Silva, D. R., Saffie, M. M., Miranda, R. C., Cancino, V., Carbonell, M., Cisterna, C., Concha, C., Cruz, A., Salinas, N. E., Revillot, M. E., Valdes, J. F., Fernandez, I., Flores, X., Tapia, P. G., Garavagno, A., Vera, C. G., Bahamondes, M. H., Merino, L. M., Munoz, E., Munoz, C., Navarro, I., Subiabre, J. N., Ortega, C., Palma, S., Pradenas, A. M., Pereira, G., Castillo, P. P., Pinto, M., Pizarro, R., Bidegain, F. R., Rodriguez, P., Sanchez, C., Salinas, A. S., Soto, A., Taiba, C., Venegas, M., Riquelme, M. S. V., Vilca, E., Villalon, C., Yucra, E., Li, Y., Guelvez, B., Plaza, R. V., Hoyos, K. Y. T., Andrejak, C., Blanc, F. -X., Dourmane, S., Froissart, A., Izadifar, A., Riviere, F., Schlemmer, F., Manika, K., Diallo, B. D., Hassane-Harouna, S., Artiles, N., Mejia, L. A., Gupta, N., Ish, P., Mishra, G., Sharma, S., Singla, R., Udwadia, Z. F., Alladio, F., Angeli, F., Calcagno, A., Centis, R., Codecasa, L. R., D'Ambrosio, L., De Lauretis, A., Esposito, S., Formenti, B., Gaviraghi, A., Giacomet, V., Goletti, D., Gualano, G., Matteelli, A., Motta, I., Palmieri, F., Pontali, E., Prestileo, T., Riccardi, N., Saderi, L., Saporiti, M., Sotgiu, G., Stochino, C., Tadolini, M., Torre, A., Villa, S., Visca, D., Danila, E., Diktanas, S., Ridaura, R. L., Lopez, F. L. L., Torrico, M. M., Rendon, A., Akkerman, O. W., Souleymane, M. B., Al-Abri, S., Alyaquobi, F., Althohli, K., Aizpurua, E., Gonzales, R., Jurado, J., Loban, A., Aguirre, S., Teixeira, R. C., De Egea, V., Irala, S., Medina, A., Sequera, G., Sosa, N., Vazquez, F., Llanos-Tejada, F. K., Manga, S., Villanueva-Villegas, R., Araujo, D., Duarte, R., Marques, T. S., Grecu, V. I., Socaci, A., Barkanova, O., Bogorodskaya, M., Borisov, S., Mariandyshev, A., Kaluzhenina, A., Vukicevic, T. A., Stosic, M., Beh, D., Ng, D., Ong, C. W. M., Solovic, I., Dheda, K., Gina, P., Caminero, J. A., Cardoso-Landivar, J., De Souza Galvao, M. L., Dominguez-Castellano, A., Garcia-Garcia, J. -M., Pinargote, I. M., Fernandez, S. Q., Sanchez-Montalva, A., Huguet, E. T., Murguiondo, M. Z., Bart, P. -A., Mazza-Stalder, J., Bakko, F., Barnacle, J., Brown, A., Chandran, S., Killington, K., Man, K., Papineni, P., Tiberi, S., Utjesanovic, N., Zenner, D., Hearn, J. L., Heysell, S., and Young, L.

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cohort Studies, Male, Coinfection, Humans, Prospective Studies, COVID-19, Tuberculosis, Original Research Article
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BackgroundInformation on tuberculosis (TB) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is still limited. The aim of this study was to describe the features of the TB/COVID-19 co-infected individuals from a prospective, anonymised, multicountry register-based cohort with special focus on the determinants of mortality and other outcomes.MethodsWe enrolled all patients of any age with either active TB or previous TB and COVID-19. 172 centres from 34 countries provided individual data on 767 TB-COVID-19 co-infected patients, (>50% population-based).ResultsOf 767 patients, 553 (74.0%) out of 747 had TB before COVID-19 (including 234 out of 747 with previous TB), 71 (9.5%) out of 747 had COVID-19 first and 123 (16.5%) out of 747 had both diseases diagnosed within the same week (n=35 (4.6%) on the same day). 85 (11.08%) out of 767 patients died (41 (14.2%) out of 289 in Europe and 44 (9.2%) out of 478 outside Europe; p=0.03): 42 (49.4%) from COVID-19, 31 (36.5%) from COVID-19 and TB, one (1.2%) from TB and 11 from other causes. In the univariate analysis on mortality the following variables reached statistical significance: age, male gender, having more than one comorbidity, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, chronic renal disease, presence of key symptoms, invasive ventilation and hospitalisation due to COVID-19. The final multivariable logistic regression model included age, male gender and invasive ventilation as independent contributors to mortality.ConclusionThe data suggest that TB and COVID-19 are a “cursed duet” and need immediate attention. TB should be considered a risk factor for severe COVID disease and patients with TB should be prioritised for COVID-19 preventative efforts, including vaccination.

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2021

5. TB and COVID-19 co-infection: rationale and aims of a global study

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Casco, N., Jorge, A. L., Palmero, D., Alffenaar, J. -W., Fox, G., Ezz, W., Cho, J. -G., Skrahina, A., Solodovnikova, V., Bachez, P., Arbex, M. A., Galvao, T., Rabahi, M., Pereira, G. R., Sales, R., Silva, D. R., Saffie, M. M., Miranda, R. C., Cancino, V., Carbonell, M., Cisterna, C., Concha, C., Cruz, A., Salinas, N. E., Revillot, M. E., Farias, J., Fernandez, I., Flores, X., Gallegos, P., Garavagno, A., Guajardo, C., Bahamondes, M. H., Merino, L. M., Munoz, E., Munoz, C., Navarro, I., Navarro, J., Ortega, C., Palma, S., Pardenas, A. M., Pereira, G., Castillo, P. P., Pinto, M., Pizarro, R., Rivas, F., Rodriguez, P., Sanchez, C., Serrano, A., Soto, A., Taiba, C., Venegas, M., Vergara, M. S., Vilca, E., Villalon, C., Yucra, E., Li, Y., Guelvez, B., Plaza, R., Tello, K., Andrejak, C., Blanc, F. -X., Dourmane, S., Froissart, A., Izadifar, A., Riviere, F., Schlemmer, F., Gupta, N., Ish, P., Mishra, G., Sharma, S., Singla, R., Udwadia, Z. F., Manika, K., Diallo, B. D., Hassane-Harouna, S., Artiles, N., Mejia, L. A., Alladio, F., Calcagno, A., Centis, R., Codecasa, L. R., D'Ambrosio, L., Formenti, B., Gaviraghi, A., Giacomet, V., Goletti, D., Gualano, G., Matteelli, A., Migliori, G. B., Motta, I., Palmieri, F., Prestileo, T., Riccardi, N., Saderi, L., Saporiti, M., Sotgiu, G., Stochino, C., Tadolini, M., Torre, A., Visca, D., Villa, S., Kuksa, L., Danila, E., Diktanas, S., Miliauskas, S., Ridaura, R. L., Lopez, F. L. L., Torrico, M. M., Rendon, A., Akkerman, O. W., Piubello, A., Souleymane, M. B., Aizpurua, E., Gonzales, R., Jurado, J., Loban, A., Aguirre, S., De Egea, V., Irala, S., Medina, A., Sequera, G., Sosa, N., Vazquez, F., Manga, S., Villanueva, R., Araujo, D., Duarte, R., Marques, T. S., Grecu, V. I., Socaci, A., Barkanova, O., Bogorodskaya, M., Borisov, S., Mariandyshev, A., Kaluzhenina, A., Stosic, M., Beh, D., Ng, D., Ong, C. W. M., Solovic, I., Dheda, D., Gina, P., Caminero, J. A., Cardoso-Landivar, J., De Souza Galvao, M. L., Dominguez-Castellano, A., Garcia-Garcia, J. -M., Pinargote, I. M., Fernandez, S. Q., Sanchez-Montalva, A., Huguet, E. T., Murguiondo, M. Z., Bruchfeld, J., Bart, P. -A., Mazza-Stalder, J., Tiberi, S., Arrieta, F., Heysell, S., Logsdon, J., Young, L., Department of Physics [Glasgow], University of Strathclyde [Glasgow], Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (IFIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Universitat de València (UV), Laboratoire d'Etude des Mécanismes Cognitifs (EMC), Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2), Added Value Solutions (AVS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela [Spain] (USC ), Departamento de Ingeniería Térmica y de Fluidos, Avda. Universidad 30, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), CHU Amiens-Picardie, Agents infectieux, résistance et chimiothérapie - UR UPJV 4294 (AGIR ), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-CHU Amiens-Picardie, Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale (IMRB), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-IFR10-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12), Réanimation Médicale [CHU Henri Mondor - APHP] (DHU A-TVB), CHU Henri Mondor-Université Paris-Est Créteil, Faculté de Médecine [Créteil] (UPEC-Médecine), Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics [Pune] (IUCAA), Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (UNIBO), Laboratoire des EcoSystèmes et des Sociétés en Montagne (UR LESSEM), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan (UNIMI), Vilnius University [Vilnius], Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares [Mexico], Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México = National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo (IMP), University of Cadiz, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda [Madrid, Spain], Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Southwest Research Institute [Boulder] (SwRI), BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH USA, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Microbes in Health and Disease (MHD), Université Paris-Est Créteil, Faculté de Médecine [Créteil] (UPEC-Médecine)-CHU Henri Mondor, Università degli Studi di Milano [Milano] (UNIMI), and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Research design, medicine.medical_specialty, Tuberculosis, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], MEDLINE, Global Health, medicine, Global health, Humans, Multicenter Studies as Topic, Prospective Studies, Intensive care medicine, Prospective cohort study, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, business.industry, Coinfection, COVID-19, Pulmonary, medicine.disease, Infectious Diseases, Research Design, business, Co infection
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2021
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6. Outcome of treatment of MDR-TB or drug-resistant patients treated with bedaquiline and delamanid: Results from a large global cohort

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Koirala, S, Borisov, S, Danila, E, Mariandyshev, A, Shrestha, B, Lukhele, N, Dalcolmo, M, Shakya, SR, Miliauskas, S, Kuksa, L, Manga, S, Aleksa, A, Denholm, JT, Khadka, HB, Skrahina, A, Diktanas, S, Ferrarese, M, Bruchfeld, J, Koleva, A, Piubello, A, Koirala, GS, Udwadia, ZF, Palmero, DJ, Munoz-Torrico, M, Gc, R, Gualano, G, Grecu, V, Motta, I, Papavasileiou, A, Li, Y, Hoefsloot, W, Kunst, H, Mazza-Stalder, J, Payen, M-C, Akkerman, OW, Bernal, E, Manfrin, V, Matteelli, A, Hamdan, HM, Marcos, MN, Cadinanos Loidi, J, Cebrian Gallardo, JJ, Duarte, R, Escobar Salinas, N, Gomez Rosso, R, Laniado-Laborin, R, Martinez Robles, E, Quiros Fernandez, S, Rendon, A, Solovic, I, Tadolini, M, Viggiani, P, Belilovski, E, Boeree, MJ, Cai, Q, Davidaviciene, E, Forsman, LD, De Los Rios, J, Draksiene, J, Duga, A, Elamin, SE, Filippov, A, Garcia, A, Gaudiesiute, I, Gavazova, B, Gayoso, R, Gruslys, V, Jonsson, J, Khimova, E, Madonsela, G, Magis-Escurra, C, Marchese, V, Matei, M, Moschos, C, Nakceriene, B, Nicod, L, Palmieri, F, Pontarelli, A, Smite, A, Souleymane, MB, Vescovo, M, Zablockis, R, Zhurkin, D, Alffenaar, J-W, Caminero, JA, Codecasa, LR, Garcia-Garcia, J-M, Esposito, S, Saderi, L, Spanevello, A, Visca, D, Tiberi, S, Pontali, E, Centis, R, D'Ambrosio, L, van den Boom, M, Sotgiuw, G, Migliori, GB, Koirala, S, Borisov, S, Danila, E, Mariandyshev, A, Shrestha, B, Lukhele, N, Dalcolmo, M, Shakya, SR, Miliauskas, S, Kuksa, L, Manga, S, Aleksa, A, Denholm, JT, Khadka, HB, Skrahina, A, Diktanas, S, Ferrarese, M, Bruchfeld, J, Koleva, A, Piubello, A, Koirala, GS, Udwadia, ZF, Palmero, DJ, Munoz-Torrico, M, Gc, R, Gualano, G, Grecu, V, Motta, I, Papavasileiou, A, Li, Y, Hoefsloot, W, Kunst, H, Mazza-Stalder, J, Payen, M-C, Akkerman, OW, Bernal, E, Manfrin, V, Matteelli, A, Hamdan, HM, Marcos, MN, Cadinanos Loidi, J, Cebrian Gallardo, JJ, Duarte, R, Escobar Salinas, N, Gomez Rosso, R, Laniado-Laborin, R, Martinez Robles, E, Quiros Fernandez, S, Rendon, A, Solovic, I, Tadolini, M, Viggiani, P, Belilovski, E, Boeree, MJ, Cai, Q, Davidaviciene, E, Forsman, LD, De Los Rios, J, Draksiene, J, Duga, A, Elamin, SE, Filippov, A, Garcia, A, Gaudiesiute, I, Gavazova, B, Gayoso, R, Gruslys, V, Jonsson, J, Khimova, E, Madonsela, G, Magis-Escurra, C, Marchese, V, Matei, M, Moschos, C, Nakceriene, B, Nicod, L, Palmieri, F, Pontarelli, A, Smite, A, Souleymane, MB, Vescovo, M, Zablockis, R, Zhurkin, D, Alffenaar, J-W, Caminero, JA, Codecasa, LR, Garcia-Garcia, J-M, Esposito, S, Saderi, L, Spanevello, A, Visca, D, Tiberi, S, Pontali, E, Centis, R, D'Ambrosio, L, van den Boom, M, Sotgiuw, G, and Migliori, GB

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends countries introduce new anti-TB drugs in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. The aim of the study is to prospectively evaluate the effectiveness of bedaquiline (and/or delamanid)- containing regimens in a large cohort of consecutive TB patients treated globally. This observational, prospective study is based on data collected and provided by Global Tuberculosis Network (GTN) centres and analysed twice a year. All consecutive patients (including children/adolescents) treated with bedaquiline and/or delamanid were enrolled, and managed according to WHO and national guidelines. Overall, 52 centres from 29 countries/regions in all continents reported 883 patients as of January 31st 2021, 24/29 countries/regions providing data on 100% of their consecutive patients (10-80% in the remaining 5 countries). The drug-resistance pattern of the patients was severe (>30% with extensively drug-resistant -TB; median number of resistant drugs 5 (3-7) in the overall cohort and 6 (4-8) among patients with a final outcome). For the patients with a final outcome (477/883, 54.0%) the median (IQR) number of months of anti-TB treatment was 18 (13-23) (in days 553 (385-678)). The proportion of patients achieving sputum smear and culture conversion ranged from 93.4% and 92.8% respectively (whole cohort) to 89.3% and 88.8% respectively (patients with a final outcome), a median (IQR) time to sputum smear and culture conversion of 58 (30-90) days for the whole cohort and 60 (30-100) for patients with a final outcome and, respectively, of 55 (30-90) and 60 (30-90) days for culture conversion. Of 383 patients treated with bedaquiline but not delamanid, 284 (74.2%) achieved treatment success, while 25 (6.5%) died, 11 (2.9%) failed and 63 (16.5%) were lost to follow-up.

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2021

7. Surveillance of adverse events in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis: first global report

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Borisov, S., Danila, E., Maryandyshev, A., Dalcolmo, M., Miliauskas, S., Kuksa, L., Manga, S., Skrahina, A., Diktanas, S., Codecasa, L.R., Aleksa, A., Bruchfeld, J., Koleva, A., Piubello, A., Udwadia, Z.F., Akkerman, O.W., Belilovski, E., Bernal, E., Boeree, M.J., Loidi, J., Cai, Q., Gallardo, J.J. Cebrian, Dara, M., Davidaviciene, E., Forsman, L.D., Rios, J. De Los, Denholm, J., Draksiene, J., Duarte, R., Elamin, S.E., Salinas, N. Escobar, Ferrarese, M., Filippov, A., Garcia, A., Garcia-Garcia, J.M., Gaudiesiute, I., Gavazova, B., Gayoso, R., Rosso, R., Gruslys, V., Gualano, G., Hoefsloot, W., Jonsson, J., Khimova, E., Kunst, H., Laniado-Laborin, R., Li, Y, Magis-Escurra, C., Manfrin, V., Marchese, V., Robles, E. Martinez, Matteelli, A., Mazza-Stalder, J., Moschos, C., Munoz-Torrico, M., Hamdan, H. Mustafa, Nakceriene, B., Nicod, L., Marcos, M., Palmero, D.J., Palmieri, F., Papavasileiou, A., Payen, M.C., Pontarelli, A., Quiros, S., Rendon, A., Saderi, L., Smite, A., Solovic, I., Souleymane, M.B., Tadolini, M., Boom, M. van den, Vescovo, M., Viggiani, P., Yedilbayev, A., Zablockis, R., Zhurkin, D., Zignol, M., Visca, D., Spanevello, A., Caminero, J.A., Alffenaar, J.W.C., Tiberi, S., Centis, R., D'Ambrosio, L., Pontali, E., Sotgiu, G., Migliori, G.B., Borisov, S., Danila, E., Maryandyshev, A., Dalcolmo, M., Miliauskas, S., Kuksa, L., Manga, S., Skrahina, A., Diktanas, S., Codecasa, L.R., Aleksa, A., Bruchfeld, J., Koleva, A., Piubello, A., Udwadia, Z.F., Akkerman, O.W., Belilovski, E., Bernal, E., Boeree, M.J., Loidi, J., Cai, Q., Gallardo, J.J. Cebrian, Dara, M., Davidaviciene, E., Forsman, L.D., Rios, J. De Los, Denholm, J., Draksiene, J., Duarte, R., Elamin, S.E., Salinas, N. Escobar, Ferrarese, M., Filippov, A., Garcia, A., Garcia-Garcia, J.M., Gaudiesiute, I., Gavazova, B., Gayoso, R., Rosso, R., Gruslys, V., Gualano, G., Hoefsloot, W., Jonsson, J., Khimova, E., Kunst, H., Laniado-Laborin, R., Li, Y, Magis-Escurra, C., Manfrin, V., Marchese, V., Robles, E. Martinez, Matteelli, A., Mazza-Stalder, J., Moschos, C., Munoz-Torrico, M., Hamdan, H. Mustafa, Nakceriene, B., Nicod, L., Marcos, M., Palmero, D.J., Palmieri, F., Papavasileiou, A., Payen, M.C., Pontarelli, A., Quiros, S., Rendon, A., Saderi, L., Smite, A., Solovic, I., Souleymane, M.B., Tadolini, M., Boom, M. van den, Vescovo, M., Viggiani, P., Yedilbayev, A., Zablockis, R., Zhurkin, D., Zignol, M., Visca, D., Spanevello, A., Caminero, J.A., Alffenaar, J.W.C., Tiberi, S., Centis, R., D'Ambrosio, L., Pontali, E., Sotgiu, G., and Migliori, G.B.

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Item does not contain fulltext, The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that countries implement pharmacovigilance and collect information on active drug safety monitoring (aDSM) and management of adverse events.The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the frequency and severity of adverse events to anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs in a cohort of consecutive TB patients treated with new (i.e. bedaquiline, delamanid) and repurposed (i.e. clofazimine, linezolid) drugs, based on the WHO aDSM project. Adverse events were collected prospectively after attribution to a specific drug together with demographic, bacteriological, radiological and clinical information at diagnosis and during therapy. This interim analysis included patients who completed or were still on treatment at time of data collection.Globally, 45 centres from 26 countries/regions reported 658 patients (68.7% male, 4.4% HIV co-infected) treated as follows: 87.7% with bedaquiline, 18.4% with delamanid (6.1% with both), 81.5% with linezolid and 32.4% with clofazimine. Overall, 504 adverse event episodes were reported: 447 (88.7%) were classified as minor (grade 1-2) and 57 (11.3%) as serious (grade 3-5). The majority of the 57 serious adverse events reported by 55 patients (51 out of 57, 89.5%) ultimately resolved. Among patients reporting serious adverse events, some drugs held responsible were discontinued: bedaquiline in 0.35% (two out of 577), delamanid in 0.8% (one out of 121), linezolid in 1.9% (10 out of 536) and clofazimine in 1.4% (three out of 213) of patients. Serious adverse events were reported in 6.9% (nine out of 131) of patients treated with amikacin, 0.4% (one out of 221) with ethionamide/prothionamide, 2.8% (15 out of 536) with linezolid and 1.8% (eight out of 498) with cycloserine/terizidone.The aDSM study provided valuable information, but implementation needs scaling-up to support patient-centred care.

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2019

8. Surveillance of adverse events in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis: first global report

Author

José-María García-García, Jerker Jonsson, Fabrizio Palmieri, Luigi Codecasa, Matteo Zignol, Andrei Maryandyshev, Qingshan Cai, Domingo Palmero, Magnolia Nieto Marcos, Seifeldin Eltaeb Elamin, Enrique Bernal, Simon Tiberi, Alberto Matteelli, Marisa Vescovo, Judith Bruchfeld, Edita Davidavičienė, Saulius Diktanas, Skaidrius Miliauskas, Rolandas Zablockis, Raquel Duarte, R. Rosso, Martin J. Boeree, Marcela Muñoz-Torrico, Valentina Marchese, Adrian Rendon, Evgeny Belilovski, Sergey Borisov, Zarir F Udwadia, Antoniya Koleva, Jorge De Los Rios, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Ana Garcia, Elena Martínez Robles, Hamdan Mustafa Hamdan, Vygantas Gruslys, Marina Tadolini, Laurent P. Nicod, Laura Saderi, Alena Aleksa, Mahamadou Bassirou Souleymane, Rafael Laniado-Laborín, Vinicio Manfrin, Jesica Mazza-Stalder, Alberto Piubello, Charalampos Moschos, Liga Kuksa, Alexey Filippov, Giovanni Sotgiu, Lia D'Ambrosio, Agostina Pontarelli, Heinke Kunst, Pietro Viggiani, Jan-Willem C. Alffenaar, Emanuele Pontali, Maurizio Ferrarese, Regina Gayoso, Ieva Gaudiesiute, Onno W. Akkerman, Agnese Šmite, Edvardas Danila, Marie-Christine Payen, Justin T Denholm, Jacinta Drakšienė, Blagovesta Gavazova, Wouter Hoefsloot, Elena Khimova, Dina Visca, Askar Yedilbayev, Nadia Escobar Salinas, Julen Cadiñanos Loidi, Sarai Quirós, Ivan Solovic, Jose A. Caminero, Margareth Pretti Dalcolmo, Apostolos Papavasileiou, Gina Gualano, Birutė Nakčerienė, Martin van den Boom, Lina Davies Forsman, Dmitry Zhurkin, Yang Li, Alena Skrahina, Antonio Spanevello, Cecile Magis-Escurra, Masoud Dara, Selene Manga, Jose Joaquin Cebrian Gallardo, Rosella Centis, Microbes in Health and Disease (MHD), Borisov S., Danila E., Maryandyshev A., Dalcolmo M., Miliauskas S., Kuksa L., Manga S., Skrahina A., Diktanas S., Codecasa L.R., Aleksa A., Bruchfeld J., Koleva A., Piubello A., Udwadia Z.F., Akkerman O.W., Belilovski E., Bernal E., Boeree M.J., Loidi J.C., Cai Q., Gallardo J.J.C., Dara M., Davidaviciene E., Forsman L.D., de Los Rios J., Denholm J., Draksiene J., Duarte R., Elamin S.E., Salinas N.E., Ferrarese M., Filippov A., Garcia A., Garcia-Garcia J.-M., Gaudiesiute I., Gavazova B., Gayoso R., Rosso R.G., Gruslys V., Gualano G., Hoefsloot W., Jonsson J., Khimova E., Kunst H., Laniado-Laborin R., Li Y., Magis-Escurra C., Manfrin V., Marchese V., Robles E.M., Matteelli A., Mazza-Stalder J., Moschos C., Munoz-Torrico M., Hamdan H.M., Nakceriene B., Nicod L., Marcos M.N., Palmero D.J., Palmieri F., Papavasileiou A., Payen M.-C., Pontarelli A., Quiros S., Rendon A., Saderi L., Smite A., Solovic I., Souleymane M.B., Tadolini M., Boom M.V.D., Vescovo M., Viggiani P., Yedilbayev A., Zablockis R., Zhurkin D., Zignol M., Visca D., Spanevello A., Caminero J.A., Alffenaar J.-W., Tiberi S., Centis R., D'Ambrosio L., Pontali E., Sotgiu G., and Migliori G.B.

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Adult, Male, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Tuberculosis, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions, Antitubercular Agents, Terizidone, Clofazimine, Antitubercular Agent, Pharmacovigilance, chemistry.chemical_compound, Internal medicine, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant, medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, Adverse effect, Aged, business.industry, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Prospective Studie, lnfectious Diseases and Global Health Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 4], chemistry, Tolerability, Female, Delamanid, Bedaquiline, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reaction, business, Human, medicine.drug
Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that countries implement pharmacovigilance and collect information on active drug safety monitoring (aDSM) and management of adverse events.The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the frequency and severity of adverse events to anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs in a cohort of consecutive TB patients treated with new (i.e. bedaquiline, delamanid) and repurposed (i.e. clofazimine, linezolid) drugs, based on the WHO aDSM project. Adverse events were collected prospectively after attribution to a specific drug together with demographic, bacteriological, radiological and clinical information at diagnosis and during therapy. This interim analysis included patients who completed or were still on treatment at time of data collection.Globally, 45 centres from 26 countries/regions reported 658 patients (68.7% male, 4.4% HIV co-infected) treated as follows: 87.7% with bedaquiline, 18.4% with delamanid (6.1% with both), 81.5% with linezolid and 32.4% with clofazimine. Overall, 504 adverse event episodes were reported: 447 (88.7%) were classified as minor (grade 1–2) and 57 (11.3%) as serious (grade 3–5). The majority of the 57 serious adverse events reported by 55 patients (51 out of 57, 89.5%) ultimately resolved. Among patients reporting serious adverse events, some drugs held responsible were discontinued: bedaquiline in 0.35% (two out of 577), delamanid in 0.8% (one out of 121), linezolid in 1.9% (10 out of 536) and clofazimine in 1.4% (three out of 213) of patients. Serious adverse events were reported in 6.9% (nine out of 131) of patients treated with amikacin, 0.4% (one out of 221) with ethionamide/prothionamide, 2.8% (15 out of 536) with linezolid and 1.8% (eight out of 498) with cycloserine/terizidone.The aDSM study provided valuable information, but implementation needs scaling-up to support patient-centred care.

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2019
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9. Effectiveness and safety of modified fully oral 9-month treatment regimens for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study.

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Korotych O, Achar J, Gurbanova E, Hovhannesyan A, Lomtadze N, Ciobanu A, Skrahina A, Dravniece G, Kuksa L, Rich M, Khachatryan N, Germanovych M, Kadyrov A, Terleieva I, Akhundova I, Adenov M, Durdyeva M, Kiria N, Parpieva N, Yatskevich N, Jumayev R, Nurov R, Diktanas S, Vilc V, Migliori GB, and Yedilbayev A

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Humans, Prospective Studies, Male, Female, Adult, Child, Adolescent, Child, Preschool, Middle Aged, Young Adult, Infant, Administration, Oral, Treatment Outcome, Drug Therapy, Combination, Aged, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary drug therapy, Infant, Newborn, Europe, Cohort Studies, Antitubercular Agents therapeutic use, Antitubercular Agents adverse effects, Antitubercular Agents administration & dosage, Rifampin therapeutic use, Rifampin adverse effects, Rifampin administration & dosage, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant drug therapy
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Background: In 2020, WHO guidelines prioritised the use of a standard fully oral short treatment regimen (STR) consisting of bedaquiline, levofloxacin or moxifloxacin, ethionamide, ethambutol, high-dose isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and clofazimine for the management of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis. A high prevalence of resistance to constituent drugs precluded its widespread use by countries in the WHO European region. We evaluated three 9-month fully oral modified STRs (mSTRs) in which ethionamide, ethambutol, isoniazid, and pyrazinamide were replaced by linezolid, cycloserine, or delamanid (or a combination)., Methods: This multicountry, prospective, single-arm, cohort study examined the effectiveness and safety of mSTRs for fluoroquinolone-susceptible, rifampicin-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in 13 countries in the WHO European region during 2020-23. We enrolled adults and children of all ages with bacteriologically confirmed rifampicin-resistant, fluoroquinolone-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis, and children (aged 0-18 years) with clinically diagnosed disease and a confirmed contact with rifampicin-resistant, fluoroquinolone-susceptible tuberculosis. Participants aged 6 years or older received one of two regimens: bedaquiline, linezolid, levofloxacin, clofazimine, and cycloserine; or bedaquiline, linezolid, levofloxacin, clofazimine, and delamanid. Children younger than 6 years received delamanid, linezolid, levofloxacin, and clofazimine. Participants were followed up for 12 months after successful treatment completion to detect recurrence and death. The primary outcome was the cumulative probability of not having an unsuccessful study outcome (defined as treatment failure, on-treatment loss to follow-up, death, or recurrence) before 22 months of study follow-up. The primary safety outcome was the incidence of each adverse event of interest (peripheral neuropathy, optic neuritis, myelosuppression, hepatitis, prolonged QT interval, hypokalaemia, and acute kidney injury) of grade 3 or higher severity during the treatment course., Findings: Between Aug 28, 2020 and May 26, 2021, 7272 patients were screened and 2636 were included in the treatment cohort. 1966 (74·6%) were male, 670 (25·4%) were female, and median age was 43 years (IQR 33-53). Treatment success was recorded for 2181 (82·7%) participants. The cumulative probability of not having an unsuccessful study outcome 22 months after treatment initiation was 79% (95% CI 78-81). Increasing age (adjusted hazard ratio 2·61 [95% CI 1·70-4·04] for people aged >64 years vs 35-44 years), HIV-positive status (1·53 [1·16-2·01]), presence of bilateral cavities (1·68 [1·29-2·19]), smoking history (1·34 [1·05-1·71]), baseline anaemia (1·46 [1·15-1·86]), unemployment (1·37 [1·04-1·80]), elevated baseline liver enzymes (1·40 [1·13-1·73]), and excessive alcohol use (1·47 [1·14-1·89]) were positively associated with unsuccessful study outcomes. In the safety cohort of 2813 participants who received at least one dose, 301 adverse events of interest were recorded in 252 (9·0%) participants with the most frequent being myelosuppression (139 [4·9%] participants, 157 [52·2%] events)., Interpretation: The high treatment success and good safety results indicate considerable potential for the use of mSTRs in programmatic conditions, especially for individuals not eligible for the current WHO-recommended 6-month regimen and in settings with a need for alternative options., Funding: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; United States Agency for International Development; Government of Germany; and WHO., Translation: For the Russian translation of the abstract see Supplementary Materials section., Competing Interests: Declaration of interests We declare no competing interests., (Copyright © 2024 World Health Organization. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an Open Access article published under the CC BY 3.0 IGO license which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In any use of this article, there should be no suggestion that WHO endorses any specific organisation, products or services. The use of the WHO logo is not permitted. This notice should be preserved along with the article's original URL.)

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2024
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10. Long-term outcomes of the global tuberculosis and COVID-19 co-infection cohort.

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Casco N, Jorge AL, Palmero DJ, Alffenaar JW, Fox GJ, Ezz W, Cho JG, Denholm J, Skrahina A, Solodovnikova V, Arbex MA, Alves T, Rabahi MF, Pereira GR, Sales R, Silva DR, Saffie MM, Salinas NE, Miranda RC, Cisterna C, Concha C, Fernandez I, Villalón C, Vera CG, Tapia PG, Cancino V, Carbonell M, Cruz A, Muñoz E, Muñoz C, Navarro I, Pizarro R, Cristina Sánchez GP, Vergara Riquelme MS, Vilca E, Soto A, Flores X, Garavagno A, Bahamondes MH, Merino LM, Pradenas AM, Revillot ME, Rodriguez P, Salinas AS, Taiba C, Valdés JF, Subiabre JN, Ortega C, Palma S, Castillo PP, Pinto M, Bidegain FR, Venegas M, Yucra E, Li Y, Cruz A, Guelvez B, Victoria Plaza R, Tello Hoyos KY, Cardoso-Landivar J, Van Den Boom M, Andréjak C, Blanc FX, Dourmane S, Froissart A, Izadifar A, Rivière F, Schlemmer F, Manika K, Diallo BD, Hassane-Harouna S, Artiles N, Mejia LA, Gupta N, Ish P, Mishra G, Patel JM, Singla R, Udwadia ZF, Alladio F, Angeli F, Calcagno A, Centis R, Codecasa LR, De Lauretis A, Esposito SMR, Formenti B, Gaviraghi A, Giacomet V, Goletti D, Gualano G, Matteelli A, Migliori GB, Motta I, Palmieri F, Pontali E, Prestileo T, Riccardi N, Saderi L, Saporiti M, Sotgiu G, Spanevello A, Stochino C, Tadolini M, Torre A, Villa S, Visca D, Kurhasani X, Furjani M, Rasheed N, Danila E, Diktanas S, Ridaura RL, Luna López FL, Torrico MM, Rendon A, Akkerman OW, Chizaram O, Al-Abri S, Alyaquobi F, Althohli K, Aguirre S, Teixeira RC, De Egea V, Irala S, Medina A, Sequera G, Sosa N, Vázquez F, Llanos-Tejada FK, Manga S, Villanueva-Villegas R, Araujo D, Sales Marques RD, Socaci A, Barkanova O, Bogorodskaya M, Borisov S, Mariandyshev A, Kaluzhenina A, Vukicevic TA, Stosic M, Beh D, Ng D, Ong CWM, Solovic I, Dheda K, Gina P, Caminero JA, De Souza Galvão ML, Dominguez-Castellano A, García-García JM, Pinargote IM, Fernandez SQ, Sánchez-Montalvá A, Huguet ET, Murguiondo MZ, Bart PA, Mazza-Stalder J, D'Ambrosio L, Kamolwat P, Bakko F, Barnacle J, Bird S, Brown A, Chandran S, Killington K, Man K, Papineni P, Ritchie F, Tiberi S, Utjesanovic N, Zenner D, Hearn JL, Heysell S, and Young L

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Humans, Male, Risk Factors, Retrospective Studies, COVID-19 complications, HIV Infections complications, Coinfection, Tuberculosis, Miliary
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Background: Longitudinal cohort data of patients with tuberculosis (TB) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are lacking. In our global study, we describe long-term outcomes of patients affected by TB and COVID-19., Methods: We collected data from 174 centres in 31 countries on all patients affected by COVID-19 and TB between 1 March 2020 and 30 September 2022. Patients were followed-up until cure, death or end of cohort time. All patients had TB and COVID-19; for analysis purposes, deaths were attributed to TB, COVID-19 or both. Survival analysis was performed using Cox proportional risk-regression models, and the log-rank test was used to compare survival and mortality attributed to TB, COVID-19 or both., Results: Overall, 788 patients with COVID-19 and TB (active or sequelae) were recruited from 31 countries, and 10.8% (n=85) died during the observation period. Survival was significantly lower among patients whose death was attributed to TB and COVID-19 versus those dying because of either TB or COVID-19 alone (p<0.001). Significant adjusted risk factors for TB mortality were higher age (hazard ratio (HR) 1.05, 95% CI 1.03-1.07), HIV infection (HR 2.29, 95% CI 1.02-5.16) and invasive ventilation (HR 4.28, 95% CI 2.34-7.83). For COVID-19 mortality, the adjusted risks were higher age (HR 1.03, 95% CI 1.02-1.04), male sex (HR 2.21, 95% CI 1.24-3.91), oxygen requirement (HR 7.93, 95% CI 3.44-18.26) and invasive ventilation (HR 2.19, 95% CI 1.36-3.53)., Conclusions: In our global cohort, death was the outcome in >10% of patients with TB and COVID-19. A range of demographic and clinical predictors are associated with adverse outcomes., Competing Interests: Conflict of interest: The authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose., (Copyright ©The authors 2023.)

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2023
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11. The socio-demographic, clinical characteristics and outcomes of tuberculosis among HIV infected adults in Lithuania: A thirteen-year analysis.

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Matulyte E, Davidaviciene E, Kancauskiene Z, Diktanas S, Kausas A, Velyvyte D, Urboniene J, Lipnickiene V, Laurencikaite M, Danila E, Costagliola D, and Matulionyte R

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Adult, Humans, Male, Female, Retrospective Studies, Lithuania epidemiology, Antitubercular Agents therapeutic use, Risk Factors, Treatment Outcome, Demography, Alcoholism complications, HIV Infections complications, HIV Infections drug therapy, HIV Infections epidemiology, Tuberculosis complications, Tuberculosis drug therapy, Tuberculosis epidemiology, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant complications, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant drug therapy, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant epidemiology, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome drug therapy
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Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a public health problem in Lithuania, among the 18 high-priority TB countries in the European region, and the most common AIDS-indicative disease with the highest proportion in the EU/EEA since 2015. The study aimed to identify socio-demographic, clinical characteristics and their relationship with TB outcomes in TB-HIV co-infected patients in Lithuania., Methods: A retrospective chart review analysed the characteristics of TB-HIV co-infected adults registered in State Information System of Tuberculosis over 2008-2020. The factors associated with drug-resistant TB and unsuccessful treatment outcome were identified by multivariable logistic regression., Results: The study included 345 cases in 311 patients (239 new, 106 previously treated cases), median age 40 years (IQR 35-45), 80.7% male. 67.8% patients knew their HIV-positive status before TB diagnosis, median time to TB diagnosis was 8 years (IQR 4-12). 83.6% were unemployed, 50.5%-anytime intravenous drug users (IDU), 34.9% abused alcohol. Drug-resistant TB rates in new and previously treated TB cases were 38.1% and 61.3%, respectively. In multivariable analysis, higher risk of drug-resistant TB was associated with imprisonment in new (aOR 3.35; 95%CI 1.17-9.57) and previously treated (aOR 6.63; 95%CI 1.09-40.35) cases. In 52.3% of new TB cases and in 42.5% previously treated TB cases the treatment outcomes were unsuccessful. In multivariable analysis of new TB cases, current imprisonment (aOR 2.77; 95%CI 1.29-5.91) and drug-resistant TB (aOR 2.18; 95%CI 1.11-4.28) were associated with unsuccessful treatment outcome. In multivariable analysis of previously treated TB cases, female gender (aOR 11.93; 95%CI 1.86-76.69), alcohol abuse (aOR 3.17; 95%CI 1.05-9.58), drug-resistant TB (aOR 4.83; 95%CI 1.53-15.28) were associated with unsuccessful treatment outcome., Conclusions: In the TB-HIV-infected adult cohort in Lithuania, unemployment, imprisonment, IDU, alcohol abuse, known to be risk factors for TB, were very frequent. Drug resistance was an undeniable risk factor for unsuccessful treatment outcome and imprisonment was associated with drug resistant TB., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Copyright: © 2023 Matulyte et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)

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2023
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12. Factors associated with time to sputum culture conversion of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis patients in Klaipeda, Lithuania in 2016-2019: a cohort study.

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Diktanas S, Korotych O, Sereda Y, Gozalov O, Rubcova O, and Achar J

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Antitubercular Agents therapeutic use, Cohort Studies, Humans, Lithuania epidemiology, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Sputum, Treatment Outcome, Rifampin therapeutic use, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant drug therapy, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant epidemiology
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The global proportion of successful treatment outcomes of Multidrug-Resistant/Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) remains unacceptably low. Time to culture conversion is important in making treatment-related decisions and is used as an interim predictor of pulmonary MDR/RR-TB treatment success. No previous studies have been conducted to assess determinants of time to culture conversion for MDR/RR-TB patients in Lithuania. Secondary analysis of data of culture-positive MDR/RR-TB patients, treated in Republican Klaipeda Hospital between 1st July 2016 and 1st July 2019 was performed. Culture conversion was defined as two consecutive negative cultures on solid media submitted at least 30 days apart. Factors associated with culture conversion were estimated by crude and multivariable Cox regression accounting for competing risks. In total, 115 consecutive patients starting treatment were included in the study. Of them, the majority was male (86/115; 74.8%) with a mean age of 48 (standard deviation (SD) ±12) years and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) negative (105/115; 91.3%). Nearly two-thirds (72/115; 62.6%) had XDR (extensive drug resistance) or MDR/RR-TB with additional resistance to second-line injectables or fluoroquinolones. Of 115 culture-positive patients at baseline, 103 (89.6%) patients achieved culture conversion during 12 months of treatment. The median time to culture conversion was 1.1 months (interquartile range: 0.9-1.8). Patients aged ≥60 years compared with <40 years [adjusted hazard ration (aHR): 0.40, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.18-0.86], smokers (aHR: 0.39, 95% CI: 0.2-0.73), patients with positive sputum smear microscopy at baseline (aHR: 0.40, 95% CI: 0.25-0.63), cavities on initial chest X-ray (aHR: 0.56, 95% CI: 0.35-0.88) and resistance to at least one fluoroquinolone drug (aHR: 0.52, 95% CI: 0.32-0.84) were slower to culture convert. In conclusion, we recommend providing additional counseling, treatment adherence interventions and scale up the use of new and repurposed TB drugs to patient groups at risk of worse interim treatment outcome: patients aged 60 and above, with resistance to fluoroquinolones, smear-positive, smokers, or with signs of extensive disease evident on initial chest radiography.

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2021
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13. TB and COVID-19 co-infection: rationale and aims of a global study.

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Casco N, Jorge AL, Palmero D, Alffenaar JW, Fox G, Ezz W, Cho JG, Skrahina A, Solodovnikova V, Bachez P, Arbex MA, Galvão T, Rabahi M, Pereira GR, Sales R, Silva DR, Saffie MM, Miranda RC, Cancino V, Carbonell M, Cisterna C, Concha C, Cruz A, Salinas NE, Revillot ME, Farias J, Fernandez I, Flores X, Gallegos P, Garavagno A, Guajardo C, Bahamondes MH, Merino LM, Muñoz E, Muñoz C, Navarro I, Navarro J, Ortega C, Palma S, Pardenas AM, Pereira G, Castillo PP, Pinto M, Pizarro R, Rivas F, Rodriguez P, Sánchez C, Serrano A, Soto A, Taiba C, Venegas M, Vergara MS, Vilca E, Villalon C, Yucra E, Li Y, Cruz A, Guelvez B, Plaza R, Tello K, Andréjak C, Blanc FX, Dourmane S, Froissart A, Izadifar A, Rivière F, Schlemmer F, Gupta N, Ish P, Mishra G, Sharma S, Singla R, Udwadia ZF, Manika K, Diallo BD, Hassane-Harouna S, Artiles N, Mejia LA, Alladio F, Calcagno A, Centis R, Codecasa LR, D Ambrosio L, Formenti B, Gaviraghi A, Giacomet V, Goletti D, Gualano G, Kuksa L, Danila E, Diktanas S, Miliauskas S, Ridaura RL, López F, Torrico MM, Rendon A, Akkerman OW, Piubello A, Souleymane MB, Aizpurua E, Gonzales R, Jurado J, Loban A, Aguirre S, de Egea V, Irala S, Medina A, Sequera G, Sosa N, Vázquez F, Manga S, Villanueva R, Araujo D, Duarte R, Marques TS, Grecu VI, Socaci A, Barkanova O, Bogorodskaya M, Borisov S, Mariandyshev A, Kaluzhenina A, Stosic M, Beh D, Ng D, Ong C, Solovic I, Dheda D, Gina P, Caminero JA, Cardoso-Landivar J, de Souza Galvão ML, Dominguez-Castellano A, García-García JM, Pinargote IM, Fernandez SQ, Sánchez-Montalvá A, Huguet ET, Murguiondo MZ, Bruchfeld J, Bart PA, Mazza-Stalder J, Tiberi S, Arrieta F, Heysell S, Logsdon J, and Young L

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Coinfection, Global Health, Humans, Multicenter Studies as Topic, Prospective Studies, Research Design, COVID-19 complications, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary complications
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2021
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14. Association between the Khorana score and pulmonary embolism risk in patients with advanced stage lung cancer.

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Dapkevičiūtė A, Daškevičiūtė A, Zablockis R, Kuzaitė A, Jonušienė G, Diktanas S, and Danila E

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Aged, Drug Therapy methods, Female, Humans, Incidence, Inpatients, Lung Neoplasms drug therapy, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Pulmonary Embolism epidemiology, Retrospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Anticoagulants therapeutic use, Lung Neoplasms complications, Pulmonary Embolism etiology, Pulmonary Embolism prevention & control
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Introduction: The Khorana score may help physicians to identify patients at high risk of Pulmonary embolism (PE) and decide who is eligible for thromboprophylaxis, however, its role in lung cancer patients remains unclear., Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate association between the Khorana score and risk of PE development among advanced stage lung cancer inpatients treated with chemotherapy., Materials and Methods: A retrospective cohort study included 2008-2017 year data of 217 lung cancer inpatients with IIIB and IV clinical stages receiving chemotherapy. The Khorana score was evaluated and patients were divided in two groups: a group of patients with 1 point and a group of patients with 2 or more points of the Khorana score., Results: The study population included 46 (21.2%) female and 171 (78.8%) male patients whose median age was 62. During median observation period of 308.5 days 26 (11.9%) patients developed PE. Study included 137 patients with 1 point and 80 patients with 2 or more points of the Khorana score. The frequency of PE was 17 (12.4%) among patients with 1 point and 9 (11.3%) among patients with 2 points of the Khorana score. The relative risk of PE for patients with 2 or more points was 0.895 (95% CI = 0.379-2.114), P = 0.800., Conclusion: The Khorana score was not associated with PE development risk among advanced stage lung cancer inpatients treated with chemotherapy., (© 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)

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2020
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15. Surveillance of adverse events in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis: first global report.

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Borisov S, Danila E, Maryandyshev A, Dalcolmo M, Miliauskas S, Kuksa L, Manga S, Skrahina A, Diktanas S, Codecasa LR, Aleksa A, Bruchfeld J, Koleva A, Piubello A, Udwadia ZF, Akkerman OW, Belilovski E, Bernal E, Boeree MJ, Cadiñanos Loidi J, Cai Q, Cebrian Gallardo JJ, Dara M, Davidavičienė E, Forsman LD, De Los Rios J, Denholm J, Drakšienė J, Duarte R, Elamin SE, Escobar Salinas N, Ferrarese M, Filippov A, Garcia A, García-García JM, Gaudiesiute I, Gavazova B, Gayoso R, Gomez Rosso R, Gruslys V, Gualano G, Hoefsloot W, Jonsson J, Khimova E, Kunst H, Laniado-Laborín R, Li Y, Magis-Escurra C, Manfrin V, Marchese V, Martínez Robles E, Matteelli A, Mazza-Stalder J, Moschos C, Muñoz-Torrico M, Mustafa Hamdan H, Nakčerienė B, Nicod L, Nieto Marcos M, Palmero DJ, Palmieri F, Papavasileiou A, Payen MC, Pontarelli A, Quirós S, Rendon A, Saderi L, Šmite A, Solovic I, Souleymane MB, Tadolini M, van den Boom M, Vescovo M, Viggiani P, Yedilbayev A, Zablockis R, Zhurkin D, Zignol M, Visca D, Spanevello A, Caminero JA, Alffenaar JW, Tiberi S, Centis R, D'Ambrosio L, Pontali E, Sotgiu G, and Migliori GB

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Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pharmacovigilance, Prospective Studies, Antitubercular Agents adverse effects, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions diagnosis, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions epidemiology, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant drug therapy
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The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that countries implement pharmacovigilance and collect information on active drug safety monitoring (aDSM) and management of adverse events.The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the frequency and severity of adverse events to anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs in a cohort of consecutive TB patients treated with new ( i.e. bedaquiline, delamanid) and repurposed ( i.e. clofazimine, linezolid) drugs, based on the WHO aDSM project. Adverse events were collected prospectively after attribution to a specific drug together with demographic, bacteriological, radiological and clinical information at diagnosis and during therapy. This interim analysis included patients who completed or were still on treatment at time of data collection.Globally, 45 centres from 26 countries/regions reported 658 patients (68.7% male, 4.4% HIV co-infected) treated as follows: 87.7% with bedaquiline, 18.4% with delamanid (6.1% with both), 81.5% with linezolid and 32.4% with clofazimine. Overall, 504 adverse event episodes were reported: 447 (88.7%) were classified as minor (grade 1-2) and 57 (11.3%) as serious (grade 3-5). The majority of the 57 serious adverse events reported by 55 patients (51 out of 57, 89.5%) ultimately resolved. Among patients reporting serious adverse events, some drugs held responsible were discontinued: bedaquiline in 0.35% (two out of 577), delamanid in 0.8% (one out of 121), linezolid in 1.9% (10 out of 536) and clofazimine in 1.4% (three out of 213) of patients. Serious adverse events were reported in 6.9% (nine out of 131) of patients treated with amikacin, 0.4% (one out of 221) with ethionamide/prothionamide, 2.8% (15 out of 536) with linezolid and 1.8% (eight out of 498) with cycloserine/terizidone.The aDSM study provided valuable information, but implementation needs scaling-up to support patient-centred care., Competing Interests: Conflict of interest: S. Borisov has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E. Danila has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Maryandyshev has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Dalcolmo has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Miliauskas has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L. Kuksa reports personal fees for trial participation from Otsuka and Tibotec, personal fees for lectures from Johnson and Johnson Services Inc., outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: S. Manga has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Skrahina has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Diktanas reports personal fees for trial participation from Otsuka, grants for meeting attendance from Janssen (Sirturo), outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: L.R. Codecasa has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Aleksa has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J. Bruchfeld has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Koleva has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Piubello has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Z.F. Udwadia has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: O.W. Akkerman has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E. Belilovski has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E. Bernal has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M.J. Boeree has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J. Cadiñanos Loidi has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Q. Cai has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J.J. Cebrian Gallardo has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Dara has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E. Davidavičienė has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L. Davies Forsman has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J. De Los Rios has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J. Denholm has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J. Drakšienė has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R. Duarte has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S.E. Elamin has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: N. Escobar Salinas has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Ferrarese has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Filippov has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Garcia has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J.M. García-García has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: I. Gaudiesiute has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: B. Gavazova has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R. Gayoso has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R. Gomez Rosso has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: V. Gruslys has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: G. Gualano has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: W. Hoefsloot has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J. Jonsson has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E. Khimova has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: H. Kunst has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R. Laniado-Laborín has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Y. Li has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: C. Magis-Escurra has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: V. Manfrin has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: V. Marchese has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E. Martínez Robles has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Matteelli has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J. Mazza-Stalder has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: C. Moschos has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Muñoz-Torrico has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: H. Mustafa Hamdan has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: B. Nakčerienė has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L. Nicod has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Nieto Marcos has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: D.J. Palmero has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: F. Palmieri has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Papavasileiou has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M-C. Payen has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Pontarelli has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Quirós has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Rendon has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L. Saderi has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Šmite has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: I. Solovic has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M.B. Souleymane has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Tadolini has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. van den Boom has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Vescovo has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: P. Viggiani has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Yedilbayev has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R. Zablockis has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: D. Zhurkin has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Zignol has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: D. Visca has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Spanevello has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J.A. Caminero has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J-W. Alffenaar has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Tiberi has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R. Centis has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L. D'Ambrosio has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E. Pontali has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: G. Sotgiu has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: G.B. Migliori has nothing to disclose., (Copyright ©ERS 2019.)

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2019
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16. Factors Associated with Persistent Sputum Positivity at the End of the Second Month of Tuberculosis Treatment in Lithuania.

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Diktanas S, Vasiliauskiene E, Polubenko K, Danila E, Celedinaite I, Boreikaite E, and Misiunas K

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Background: Non-conversion of sputum smear and culture prolongs the infectivity of the patient and has been associated with unfavorable outcomes. We aimed to evaluate factors associated with persistent sputum positivity at the end of two months of treatment of new case pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)., Methods: Data of 87 human immunodeficiency virus-negative patients with culture-positive drug-susceptible pulmonary TB admitted to local university hospital between September 2015 and September 2016 were reviewed. Factors associated with sputum smear and/or culture positivity at the end of the second month of treatment were analyzed., Results: Twenty-two patients (25.3%) remained smear and/or culture-positive. Male sex, lower body mass index (BMI), unemployment, alcohol abuse, higher number of lobes involved and cavities on chest X-rays, shorter time to detection (TTD) on liquid cultures, higher respiratory sample smear grading and colony count in solid cultures, higher C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, leukocytosis, thrombocytosis, and anemia were all significantly associated with persistent sputum positivity. However, in the logistic regression analysis only male sex, lower BMI, alcohol abuse, higher radiological involvement, cavitation, higher smear grading, higher colony count in solid cultures and shorter TTD were determined as independent factors associated with persistent sputum positivity at the end of 2 months of treatment., Conclusion: In conclusion, higher sputum smear and culture grading at diagnosis, shorter TTD, higher number of lobes involved, cavitation, male sex, alcohol abuse, and lower BMI were independently associated with persistent sputum positivity. These factors should be sought when distinguishing which patients will remain infectious longer and possibly have worse outcomes., Competing Interests: No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported., (Copyright©2018. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases.)

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2018
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