Annual Report 2014-2015

Association between Regimen Composition and Treatment Response in Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Yuen CM, Kurbatova EV, Tupasi T, Caoili JC, Van Der Walt M, Kvasnovsky C, Yagui M, Bayona J, Contreras C, Leimane V, Ershova J, Via LE, Kim H, Akksilp S, Kazennyy BY, Volchenkov GV, Jou R, Kliiman K, Demikhova OV, Vasilyeva IA, Dalton T, Cegielski JP.

PLoS Med. 2015 Dec 29;12(12):e1001932. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001932. eCollection 2015 Dec.

PMID: 26714320

Additional drug resistance of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in patients in 9 countries.

Kurbatova EV, Dalton T, Ershova J, Tupasi T, Caoili JC, Van Der Walt M, Kvasnovsky C, Yagui M, Bayona J, Contreras C, Leimane V, Via LE, Kim H, Akksilp S, Kazennyy BY, Volchenkov GV, Jou R, Kliiman K, Demikhova OV, Cegielski JP.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jun;21(6):977-83. doi: 10.3201/eid2106.141329.

PMID:25988299

Sputum culture conversion as a prognostic marker for end-of-treatment outcome in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a secondary analysis of data from two observational cohort studies.

Kurbatova EV, Cegielski JP, Lienhardt C, Akksilp R, Bayona J, Becerra MC, Caoili J, Contreras C, Dalton T, Danilovits M, Demikhova OV, Ershova J, Gammino VM, Gelmanova I, Heilig CM, Jou R, Kazennyy B, Keshavjee S, Kim HJ, Kliiman K, Kvasnovsky C, Leimane V, Mitnick CD, Quelapio I, Riekstina V, Smith SE, Tupasi T, van der Walt M, Vasilyeva IA, Via LE, Viiklepp P, Volchenkov G, Walker AT, Wolfgang M, Yagui M, Zignol M.

Lancet Respir Med. 2015 Mar;3(3):201-9. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(15)00036-3. Epub 2015 Feb 26.

PMID: 25726085

Reply to Soman et al, Alffenaar et al, Metcalfe et al, and Raoult.

Cegielski JP, Chen MP, Tupasi TE, Leimane V, Volchenkov GV; Global Preserving Effective TB Treatment Study Investigators.

Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 15;60(6):971-3. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu1150. Epub 2014 Dec 19. No abstract available.PMID: 25527654