Second-line TB drugs: ‘It is more difficult to assess adverse effects in children’
Prof. H. Simon Schaaf, a clinical researcher from the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences,
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‘Children metabolise TB drugs much faster than adults’
Dr. Peter R. Donald, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health of the Faculty of Health
Read MoreMalnourished children in India below three years are underdosed for first-line TB drugs
“The ultimate goal of evidence-based drug treatment is to produce a desired pharmacological response in a predictable manner and also
Read More‘Sentinel Project provides guidance on preventive treatment for children with MDR-TB infection’
Mercedes C Becerra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Read MoreSentinel Project gives a fillip to managing MDR-TB in children
The Sentinel Project on Pediatric Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis is a collective power of a global partnership by experts and others
Read More‘In 80-90 %, TB bacilli in children same as in MDR-TB index case’
Prof. H. Simon Schaaf, a clinical researcher from the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences,
Read More‘Very few children in India are diagnosed and treated for MDR-TB’
“A child with TB [is] as likely as an adult with TB to have MDR-TB [multi-drug resistant TB],” notes
Read More‘Age has a significant effect on the immune system in childhood TB’
Prof Peter R. Donald, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health of the Faculty of Health Sciences
Read MoreTB: ‘There is a clearly higher risk of mortality in children of 0-4 years’
With 8.6 million people across the world developing tuberculosis in 2012 and nearly 1.3 million succumbing to the disease, and
Read MoreEditorial: Missing TB cases in India
Although tuberculosis killed 1.3 million people across the globe in 2012 and nearly 8.6 million developed the disease, the world
Read MoreWhy the true burden of paediatric TB remains unknown
“Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t
Read MorePaediatric TB: should Xpert molecular test replace smear microscopy?
Unlike adults, children under five years of age are particularly vulnerable to getting infected with TB and may develop the
Read MoreContact screening: the risk of wrong TB diagnosis
Of the nine million cases of tuberculosis (TB) across the world annually, children below 15 years of age account
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