MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention
MOTT
I appreciate all the great responses. Currently, we will not be treating MOTT even if on 2 samples or more. We cannot speciate because of lack of resources, so no point in treating. If anything changes, will post here. And please feel free to add more…
"Resistant TB: Use Available Tools Now" Nature Correspondence
The ICN TB Project has a full set of training materials based on the transformational training and education methodology which we have developed over the last 8 years. I am willing to share these if people contact me directly. The way we train is very…
New cochrane systematic review on Xpert MTB/RIF
http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts/issue-1-january-2013/xpert-mtbrif-test-detection-pulmonary-tuberculosis-and-rifampicin-resi
Start of 2013 and short introduction of members
Dear All I wish to make some corrections on the consultancy i shared earlier: Development of a* *regional *"P**olicy on Management of M/XDR TB Failures"*for the ECSA region Rgds
Expert Panel Dec. 10-14: Scaling-up GeneXpert MTB/RIF
We have used cartridges beyond the expiry date and those worked just fine.I guess you could use them,you'd just have to change the date in the system so it would accept these cartridges.
MSF: Standard TB test failing to detect the disease in children 93% of the time
Standard TB test failing to detect the disease in children 93% of the time New MSF multinational study of paediatric TB/HIV co-infection confirms crisis of undiagnosed TB among children Geneva/Kuala Lumpur, 15 November 2012 – Data from the largest-ever…
Expert Panel Apr. 2-6: Implementing Quality Management Systems to Strengthen Laboratory Capacity
In response to Regina Bhebhe, I acted in a mentoring capacity in Zimbabwe and many other places around the world and I would observe that it is very difficult for people to understand the enormous cultural change that is required to adopt the demands of…
Expert Panel Feb. 20-24: Management of Second Line anti-TB Drugs: Getting it right
Dr Dara, Dr DitiuI, Dr Lunte, Dr Jaramillo, I read the WHO 2011 TB report with great interest. While the global TB picture is scary, I believe that a great progress has been made towards reducing the burden of TB, thanks to the concerted efforts of WHO and…
Challenges in Rolling-out the GeneXpert MTB/RIF Diagnostic Test in Resource-Limited Settings - May 9-20
Thank you for your replies here. They were really helpful. Just wanted to ask if the system would take the cartridge and not reject it because we were just planning to use them for some training purpose, definitely not for patient care. Thanks a lot.…
Smear positive but culture negative
Exactly ntate Alabi. Good to hear from you