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Additional evidence to support the phasing-out of treatment category II regimen for pulmonary tuberculosis in Peru

Ponce, M.; Ugarte Gil, Cesar Augusto; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Krapp, F.; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael (Oxford University Press, 2012)

The effectiveness of the World Health Organization's (WHO) treatment category II regimen for tuberculosis in 124 patients was compared to that of 1147 patients receiving treatment category I in Lima, Peru following WHO's ...
Association of Major Depressive Episode with Negative Outcomes of Tuberculosis Treatment

Ugarte Gil, Cesar Augusto; Ruiz, Paulo; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Canaza, Luz; Otero Vegas, Larissa; Krüger Malpartida, Hever Carlos; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael (Public Library of Science, 2013)

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) persists an important contributor to the burden of diseases in developing countries. TB control success is based on the patient’s compliance to the treatment. Depressive disorders have been ...
Características clínicas y demográficas entre pacientes VIH positivo con sospecha de tuberculosis durante la pandemia COVID 2019

Moreno Macedo, Renzo Antonino; Rodriguez Cardenas, Alessandra Yasumi (Universidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaPE, 2024)

Antecedentes: En países con escasos recursos, la tuberculosis (TB) y la infección por VIH son comunes. La falta de acceso a los programas de control de estas enfermedades pudo haber generado un cuadro clínico más grave y ...
Conocimiento y actitudes sobre tuberculosis en pacientes pertenecientes al programa de control de la tuberculosis de San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima-Perú

Calderón Arizmendi, María Laura; Pérez Dávila, Luis Andrés; Robledo Lock, Jorge Luis (Universidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaPE, 2017)

Introducción: La tuberculosis continúa siendo un problema para la salud pública en el Perú. Las deficiencias en el conocimiento de la enfermedad, barreras culturales y prácticas de la sociedad influyen en el control de la ...
Conocimiento y actitudes sobre tuberculosis en pacientes pertenecientes al programa de control de la tuberculosis de San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima-Perú

Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Calderón Arizmendi, María Laura; Calderón Arizmendi, María Laura; Shah, Lena; Gonzales-Lago, Elsa; Pérez Dávila, Luis Andrés; Robledo Lock, Jorge Luis (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, 2017)

Introducción: La tuberculosis (TB) continúa siendo un problema para la salud pública en el Perú. Las deficiencias en el conocimiento de la enfermedad, barreras culturales y prácticas de la sociedad influyen en el control ...
Cost-effectiveness of active case-finding of household contacts of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in a low HIV, tuberculosis-endemic urban area of Lima, Peru

Shah, L.; Rojas, M.; Mori, O.; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Kaufman, J. S.; Otero Vegas, Larissa; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael; Brewer, T. F. (Cambridge University Press, 2017)

We compared the cost-effectiveness (CE) of an active case-finding (ACF) programme for household contacts of tuberculosis (TB) cases enrolled in first-line treatment to routine passive case-finding (PCF) within an established ...
Design and use of mouse control DNA for DNA biomarker extraction and PCR detection from urine: Application for transrenal Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA detection

Bordelon, Hali; Ricks, Keersten M.; Pask, Megan E.; Russ, Patricia K.; Solinas, Francesca; Baglia, Mark L.; Short, Philip A.; Nel, Andrew; Blackburn, Jonathan; Dheda, Keertan; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Cáceres Nakiche, Tatiana; Wright, David W.; Haselton, Frederick R.; Pettit, April C. (Elsevier, 2017)

Urine samples are increasingly used for diagnosing infections including Escherichia coli, Ebola virus, and Zika virus. However, extraction and concentration of nucleic acid biomarkers from urine is necessary for many ...
A diagnostic accuracy study of Xpert®MTB/RIF in HIV-positive patients with high clinical suspicion of pulmonary tuberculosis in Lima, Peru.

Carriquiry, Gabriela; Otero Vegas, Larissa; González Lagos, Elsa Violeta; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Sánchez, Eduardo; Nabeta, Pamela; Campos, Miguel; Echevarria Zarate, Juan Ignacio; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo (Public Library of Science, 2012)

Background: Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients remains complex and demands easy to perform and accurate tests. Xpert®MTB/RIF (MTB/RIF) is a molecular TB diagnostic ...
Drug susceptibility testing and mortality in patients treated for tuberculosis in high-burden countries: a multicentre cohort study

Zürcher, K.; Ballif, M.; Fenner, L.; Borrell, S.; Keller, P.M.; Gnokoro, J.; Marcy, O.; Yotebieng, M.; Diero, L.; Carter, E.J.; Rockwood, N.; Wilkinson, R.J.; Cox, H.; Ezati, N.; Abimiku, A.G.; Collantes, J.; Avihingsanon, A.; Kawkitinarong, K.; Reinhard, M.; Hömke, R.; Huebner, R.; Gagneux, S.; Böttger, E.C.; Egger, M.; Chammartin, F.; Boettger, E.C.; Keller, P.; Abimiku, A.; Wenzi, L.; Tabala, M.; Warren, R.; Streicher, E.; Wilkinson, R.J.; Carter, E.J.; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Sohn, A.; Petersen, T.; Kasipong, N.; N'Guessan, K.; International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (Elsevier, 2019)

Background: Drug resistance is a challenge for the global control of tuberculosis. We examined mortality in patients with tuberculosis from high-burden countries, according to concordance or discordance of results from ...
Feasibility and Operational Performance of Tuberculosis Detection by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Platform in Decentralized Settings: Results from a Multicenter Study

Gray, Christen-M.; Katamba, Achilles; Narang, Pratibha; Giraldo, Jorge; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Joloba, Moses; Narang, Rahul; Paramasivan, C. N.; Hillemann, Doris; Nabeta, Pamela; Amisano, Danielle; Alland, David; Cobelens, Frank; Boehme, Catharina-C. (American Society for Microbiology, 2016)

Currently available nucleic acid amplification platforms for tuberculosis (TB) detection are not designed to be simple or inexpensive enough to implement in decentralized settings in countries with a high burden of disease. ...
Geographic predictors of primary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases in an endemic area of Lima, Peru

Shah, L.; Choi, H. W.; Berrang-Ford, L.; Henostroza, G.; Krapp, F.; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Heymann, S. J.; Kaufman, J. S.; Ciampi, A.; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Brewer, T. F. (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2014)

SETTING: Peru reports among the highest multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) rates in the Americas, with a growing proportion in previously untreated tuberculosis (TB) cases. The identification of clusters of primary ...
High prevalence of primary multidrug resistant tuberculosis in persons with no known risk factors.

Otero Vegas, Larissa; Krapp, Fiorella; Tomatis, Cristina; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Matthys, Francine; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Van der Stuyft, Patrick; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael (Public Library of Science, 2011)

Introduction: In high multidrug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) prevalence areas, drug susceptibility testing (DST) at diagnosis is recommended for patients with risk factors for MDR. However, this approach might miss ...
Implementation of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized design in routine public health practice: design and application for a tuberculosis (TB) household contact study in a high burden area of Lima, Peru

Shah, Lena; Rojas, Marlene; Mori, Oscar; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Kaufman, Jay S.; Otero Vegas, Larissa; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael; Brewer, Timothy F. (BioMed Central, 2015)

BACKGROUND: We designed a pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial in order to evaluate provider-initiated evaluation of household contacts (HCs) of smear positive tuberculosis (TB) cases within a routine ...
Knowledge about HIV prevention and transmission among recently diagnosed tuberculosis patients: A cross sectional study

Ugarte Gil, Cesar Augusto; Ponce, Mario; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Canaza, Luz; Samalvides Cuba, Frine; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael (BioMed Central, 2013)

Background: Patients with Tuberculosis (TB) are a vulnerable group for acquiring HIV infection. Therefore, countries with a concentrated HIV epidemic and high prevalence of TB should provide adequate information about HIV ...
Manual MGIT system for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: insights from a high TB burden setting

Quispe, R.; Valle, G. A.; Huapaya, J. A.; Novoa, I.; Giraldo, J.; Cáceres Nakiche, Tatiana; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2016)

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of manual MGIT (MMGIT) compared to the gold standard, Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ), in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in a high-burden setting. METHODS: Individuals ...
A multisite assessment of the quantitative capabilities of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay

Blakemore, R.; Nabeta, P.; Davidow, A.L.; Vadwai, V.; Tahirli, R.; Munsamy, V.; Nicol, M.; Jones, M.; Persing, D.H.; Hillemann, D.; Ruesch-Gerdes, S.; Leisegang, F.; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Rodrigues, C.; Boehme, C.C.; Perkins, M.D.; Alland, D. (American Thoracic Society, 2011)

Rationale: The Xpert MTB/RIF is an automated molecular test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis that estimates bacterial burden by measuring the threshold-cycle (Ct) of its M. tuberculosis-specific real-time polymerase chain ...
A pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of active case finding for household contacts within a routine tuberculosis program, San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, Peru

Shah, L.; Rojas Peña, M.; Mori, O.; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Kaufman, J.S.; Otero Vegas, Larissa; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael; Brewer, T.F. (Elsevier, 2020)

Background: Active case finding (ACF) in household contacts of tuberculosis (TB) patients is now recommended for National TB Programs (NTP) in low- and middle-income countries. However, evidence supporting these recommendations ...
Prevalence of positive TST among healthcare workers in high-burden TB setting in Peru

Sedamano, Juana; Schwalb Calderon, Alvaro; Cachay Figueroa, Rodrigo Antonio; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Ugarte Gil, Cesar Augusto; Soto-Cabezas, G.; Munayco, C.V.; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael (BioMed Central, 2020)

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) transmission has long been recognized as an important occupational hazard for healthcare workers (HCWs). HCWs have a 5.8% annual risk of exposure and three times greater risk of developing ...
Public transportation and tuberculosis transmission in a high incidence setting

Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Krapp, Fiorella; Choi, Howard W.; Shah, Lena; Ciampi, Antonio; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Heymann, Jody; Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael; Brewer, Timothy F. (Public Library of Science, 2015)

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) transmission may occur with exposure to an infectious contact often in the setting of household environments, but extra-domiciliary transmission also may happen. We evaluated if using buses ...
Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis with the Xpert MTB/RIF assay in high burden countries: A cost-effectiveness analysis

Vassall, A.; van Kampen, S.; Sohn, H.; Michael, J.S.; John, K.R.; den Boon, S.; Davis, J.L.; Whitelaw, A.; Nicol, M.P.; Gler, M.T.; Khaliqov, A.; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Perkins, M.D.; Boehme, C.C.; Cobelens, F. (Public Library of Science, 2011)

Background: Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) is a promising new rapid diagnostic technology for tuberculosis (TB) that has characteristics that suggest large-scale roll-out. However, because the test is expensive, there are concerns ...