2025
Factors associated with tuberculosis treatment initiation among bacteriologically negative individuals evaluated for tuberculosis: An individual patient data meta-analysis.
Kim S, Can M, Agizew T, Auld A, Balcells M, Bjerrum S, Dheda K, Dorman S, Esmail A, Fielding K, Garcia-Basteiro A, Hanrahan C, Kebede W, Kohli M, Luetkemeyer A, Mita C, Reeve B, Silva D, Sweeney S, Theron G, Trajman A, Vassall A, Warren J, Yotebieng M, Cohen T, Menzies N. Factors associated with tuberculosis treatment initiation among bacteriologically negative individuals evaluated for tuberculosis: An individual patient data meta-analysis. PLOS Medicine 2025, 22: e1004502. PMID: 39804959, PMCID: PMC11729971, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004502.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndividual patient data meta-analysisPatient data meta-analysisTreatment initiationData meta-analysisBacteriological test resultsTB treatmentFactors associated with treatment initiationMultiple factors influence decisionsAssociated with treatment initiationTuberculosis treatment initiationMeta-analysisNegative test resultsPositive test resultsFactors influence decisionsHIV infectionPulmonary tuberculosisSmear microscopyNight sweatsClinical examinationMale sexClinical criteriaHierarchical Bayesian logistic regressionCohort studySystematic reviewTreatment decisions
2023
Development of treatment-decision algorithms for children evaluated for pulmonary tuberculosis: an individual participant data meta-analysis
Gunasekera K, Marcy O, Muñoz J, Lopez-Varela E, Sekadde M, Franke M, Bonnet M, Ahmed S, Amanullah F, Anwar A, Augusto O, Aurilio R, Banu S, Batool I, Brands A, Cain K, Carratalá-Castro L, Caws M, Click E, Cranmer L, García-Basteiro A, Hesseling A, Huynh J, Kabir S, Lecca L, Mandalakas A, Mavhunga F, Myint A, Myo K, Nampijja D, Nicol M, Orikiriza P, Palmer M, Sant'Anna C, Siddiqui S, Smith J, Song R, Thuong Thuong N, Ung V, van der Zalm M, Verkuijl S, Viney K, Walters E, Warren J, Zar H, Marais B, Graham S, Debray T, Cohen T, Seddon J. Development of treatment-decision algorithms for children evaluated for pulmonary tuberculosis: an individual participant data meta-analysis. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health 2023, 7: 336-346. PMID: 36924781, PMCID: PMC10127218, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(23)00004-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment decision algorithmsPrimary health care settingsIndividual participant dataHigh tuberculosis incidencePulmonary tuberculosisManagement of tuberculosisHealth care centersComposite reference standardHealth care settingsClinical featuresTuberculosis incidenceClinical evaluationParticipant dataTreatment decisionsChest X-ray featuresPrimary health care centersFuture prospective evaluationTuberculosis-related mortalityEvidence-based algorithmChest X-rayVariable diagnostic performanceMultivariable prediction modelReference standardEvidence-based approachTuberculosis experts
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