Items tagged with Treatment
Use of transnational services to prevent treatment interruption in TB-infected persons who leave the United States (post)
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Monitoring therapy adherence of TB patients by using video-enabled electronic devices (post)
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Preliminary favorable outcome for medically and surgically managed extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in France, 2009–2014 (post)
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Collaboration to develop new treatments for tuberculosis (post)
World-leading medicinal chemistry and biology at the Universities of Dundee (Scotland) and Cape Town (South Africa) have been allied to the industrial expertise of the Pharmaceuticals Division of Bayer (Germany), one of the world’s leading pharma companies, in an effort to develop critically needed new treatments for tuberculosis (TB).
North Korean tuberculosis patients at risk as sanctions hamper medicine shipments (post)
TOKYO, March 9, 2016 — The lives of more than 1,500 North Korean tuberculosis patients are at risk, an American-run humanitarian foundation said Wednesday, because tough new sanctions are stopping medicine from getting to sick people.
Patients of Ukraine celebrate access to tuberculosis medications (post)
After relentless advocacy by patient groups in Ukraine, a partnership between the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Ukraine Ministry of Health has resulted in the successful procurement of first and second-line drugs for tuberculosis (TB). Through their open bidding process, UNDP was able to secure significantly lower prices for 15 of the 18 TB medicines they will purchase on behalf of Ukraine, and save USD 1 million, which could be reinvested to treat an additional 28,000 patients with drug-sensitive TB or 700 patients with drug-resistant TB. Delivery of the first shipment of medicines is expected as early as April.
Statins cut tuberculosis treatment time in mice (post)
In a study using mice, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine infectious disease experts have added to evidence that statin drugs — known primarily for their cholesterol-lowering effects — can significantly reduce the time it takes to clear tuberculosis infection.
Proactively treating HIV patients at risk for tuberculosis with multidrug TB therapy doesn’t save more lives (post)
March 17, 2016 - In what investigators say is a surprise finding, results of a new study appear to strongly affirm the effectiveness of prescribing the anti-tuberculosis drug isoniazid alone — in place of the standard four-drug regimen — to prevent TB and reduce death in people with advanced HIV/AIDS infections. Those with HIV and AIDS are highly susceptible to TB.
Changing the game for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (post)
Promising new drugs and shorter regimens for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis are beginning to emerge. Bharathi Ghanashyam reports ahead of World TB Day.
India: Anti-TB drug cocktail does not work in 70% of patients, says study (post)
In seven out of every ten patients detected with drug-resistant Tuberculosis (TB) in Mumbai, four drugs out of the six-drug cocktail are ineffective, according to a study by doctors at PD Hinduja Hospital in Mahim which said that a new drug regime that looked at a patient’s unique requirements instead of a standard prescription for everyone, was needed to control the disease.
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