Incorporation of social determinants of health in the peer-reviewed literature: a systematic review of articles authored by the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral …

EE Friedman, HD Dean, WA Duffus - Public Health Reports, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Social determinants of health (SDHs) are the complex, structural, and societal
factors that are responsible for most health inequities. Since 2003, the National Center for …

[HTML][HTML] A narrative review of tuberculosis in the United States among persons aged 65 years and older

IL Wu, AS Chitnis, D Jaganath - Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable infectious disease that confers significant morbidity,
mortality, and psychosocial challenges. As TB incidence in the United States (US) …

Clinical failures associated with rpoB mutations in phenotypically occult multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

DA Williamson, SA Roberts, JE Bower… - … of tuberculosis and …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
SETTING: Recently, Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates have been described that test
phenotypically susceptible to rifampicin (RMP) yet harbour genotypic rpoB mutations …

Treatment delay and fatal outcomes of pulmonary tuberculosis in advanced age: a retrospective nationwide cohort study

CH Lee, JY Wang, HC Lin, PY Lin, JH Chang… - BMC infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Background and objective Studies focusing on pulmonary tuberculosis in advanced age (≥
80 years) are lacking. This study aimed to explore treatment delay, outcomes and their …

Delay in treatment initiation and its association with clinical severity and infectiousness among new adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tigray, northern Ethiopia

K Tedla, G Medhin, G Berhe, A Mulugeta… - BMC Infectious …, 2020 - Springer
Background Delayed treatment initiation of tuberculosis (TB) increases disease progression
and development of complications which may lead to a higher level of infectiousness …

Incidence, duration and risk factors associated with delayed and missed diagnostic opportunities related to tuberculosis: a population-based longitudinal study

AC Miller, AT Arakkal, S Koeneman, JE Cavanaugh… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Missed opportunities to diagnose tuberculosis are costly to patients and society.
In this study, we (1) estimate the frequency and duration of diagnostic delays among patients …

Factors associated with delay in treatment initiation for pulmonary tuberculosis

DJ Roberts, T Mannes, NQ Verlander… - ERJ open …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background Delays in treatment initiation for tuberculosis (TB) may lead to worse clinical
outcomes and increased transmission. We aimed to determine factors associated with …

Missed opportunities to diagnose tuberculosis are common among hospitalized patients and patients seen in emergency departments

AC Miller, LA Polgreen, JE Cavanaugh… - Open forum …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background. Delayed diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) may lead to worse outcomes and
additional TB exposures. Methods. To estimate the potential number of misdiagnosed TB …

Molecular surveillance for large outbreaks of tuberculosis in the United States, 2014–2018

KM Raz, S Talarico, SP Althomsons, JS Kammerer… - Tuberculosis, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective This study describes characteristics of large tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in the
United States detected using novel molecular surveillance methods during 2014–2016 and …

Measuring health-care delays among privately insured patients with tuberculosis in the USA: an observational cohort study

J El Halabi, N Palmer, M McDuffie, JJ Golub… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background A high index of suspicion is needed to initiate appropriate testing for
tuberculosis due to its protean symptoms, yet health-care providers in low-incidence settings …