Sylvia M LaCourse, Daniel Leon, Nuttada Panpradist, Barbra A Richardson, Elizabeth Maleche-Obimbo, Jerphason Mecha, Daniel Matemo, Jaclyn N Escudero, John Kinuthia, Barry Lutz, Grace John-Stewart,
We assessed adherence in an infant tuberculosis prevention trial in Kenya with a urine isoniazid metabolite-detecting dipstick. Ninety-seven infants had 155 assays performed; 77 (49.7%) were found to be positive despite caregiver-reported adherence. Positive assays were associated with maternal secondary education, HIV suppression and no reported missed doses in past ... Read more >>
Pediatr Infect Dis J (The Pediatric infectious disease journal)
[2021, 40(1):e43-e45]
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Sylvia M LaCourse, Barbra A Richardson, John Kinuthia, A J Warr, Elizabeth Maleche-Obimbo, Daniel Matemo, Lisa M Cranmer, Jerphason Mecha, Jaclyn N Escudero, Thomas R Hawn, Grace John-Stewart,
<h4>Background</h4>HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) infants in endemic settings are at high risk of tuberculosis (TB). For infants, progression from primary M. tuberculosis infection to TB disease can be rapid. We assessed whether isoniazid (INH) prevents primary Mtb infection.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a randomized non-blinded controlled trial enrolling HEU infants 6 weeks of age ... Read more >>
Clin Infect Dis (Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America)
[2020, :]
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Samantha Kaplan, Daniel Matemo, Jerphason O Mecha, John Kinuthia, Grace John-Stewart, Sylvia LaCourse,
AbstractBackgroundPregnancy and HIV-associated immunologic changes may affect latent TB infection (LTBI) interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) QuantiFERON TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) diagnostic performance.MethodsIn this ongoing study, HIV-infected and -uninfected women 20–34 weeks gestation without TB in the past year are enrolled from antenatal clinics in western Kenya and tested with QFT-Plus. ... Read more >>
Open Forum Infect Dis (Open forum infectious diseases)
[2019, 6(Suppl 2):S486-S487]
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