Ongoing Projects
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Management of tuberculosis in transplant recipients
This multicentric retrospective cohort study will compare the incidence of tuberculosis at least two years after transplant in those with screening and those without screening.
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Migrant-sensitive care and tuberculosis treatment outcome and completion
The aim of the study is to assess whether migrant-sensitive care strategies lead to an increase of successful active TB and LTBI treatment outcomes in migrants.
Lorenzo Guglielmetti,
Berit Lange & Heinke Kunst
Xpert MTB/RIF false positive results in patients with tuberculosis
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risk factors and impact on clinical outcome
Irina Kontsevaya
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Management of XDR-TB in Europe
Yousra Kherabi, Lorenzo Guglielmetti, Gunar Günther
This study will aim to describe the clinical management of XDR-TB in Europe according to the revised definition, and retrospectively evaluate its treatment outcomes.
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EURO SURVERY TB
Raja Idris & Nils Wetzstein
An Europe-wide Survey to evaluate the Role of Adjunctive Surgery in the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
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Performance of a new generation IGRA in immunocompromised individuals
This study is designed to evaluate the performance of this new ELISA based QuantiFERON-TB plus In-tube test in immunosuppressed populations.
Martina Sester
Pragmatic trial on safety and tolerability of an optimized (high) dose of rifampicin in tuberculosis patients’
Pragmatic Optimized
Rifampicin Trial (PORT)
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Martin Boeree
Validation of a health care index for short term mortality for tuberculosis (TB) among People Living with HIV
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We hypothesize that a Health Care Index (HCI) derived from a European TB/HIV co-infection cohort does equally predict the probability for death in other cohorts from various settings.
Christian Kraef
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Availability of mental health management in the context of TB diagnosis and during TB treatment across WHO European Region
Christina Vilaplana, Olena Rzhepishevska, Olha Konstantynovska
We hypothesise that mental health both in diagnosis and during TB treatment is underreported, poorly managed and appropriate guidelines are potentially missing in the WHO European Region