The cascade of care is a model for evaluating patient retention across sequential stages of
care required to achieve a successful treatment outcome. This approach was first used to …

The escalating burden of diabetes is increasing the risk of contracting tuberculosis (TB) and
has a pervasive impact on TB treatment outcomes. Therefore, we conducted this systematic …

Background Undernutrition is a common comorbidity of tuberculosis in countries with a high
tuberculosis burden, such as India. RATIONS is a field-based, cluster-randomised controlled …

BACKGROUND: Previous evidence synthesis has suggested diabetes mellitus (DM)
worsens tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes. However, these reviews are limited by the …

The care cascade—which evaluates outcomes across stages of patient engagement in a
health system—is an important framework for assessing quality of tuberculosis (TB) care. In …

Cough assessment is central to the clinical management of respiratory diseases, including
tuberculosis (TB), but strategies to objectively and unobtrusively measure cough are lacking …

Background A recurrent tuberculosis (TB) episode results from exogenous reinfection or
relapse after cure. The use of genotyping allows the distinction between both. Methods We …

Background India accounts for about one-quarter of people contracting tuberculosis (TB)
disease annually and nearly one-third of TB deaths globally. Many Indians do not navigate …

Tuberculosis (TB) recurrence can result from either relapse of an original infection or
exogenous reinfection with a new strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). The aim of …

Background Undernutrition is the leading cause of tuberculosis (TB) in India and is
associated with increased TB mortality. Undernutrition also decreases quality of life and …