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Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to tuberculosis in pharmacy workers in a cross-sectional survey in El Agustino, Peru
(Public Library of Science, 2018)
INTRODUCTION: Although the worldwide incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is slowly decreasing, annual infection rates in Peru remain among the highest in the Americas. Pharmacies could play an important role in facilitating ...
Modelling the potential of focal screening and treatment as elimination strategy for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Peruvian Amazon Region
(BioMed Central, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Focal screening and treatment (FSAT) of malaria infections has recently been introduced in Peru to overcome the inherent limitations of passive case detection (PCD) and further decrease the malaria burden. ...
Pharmacological approaches towards rationalizing the use of endoparasitic drugs in small animals
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2006-12)
Parasitic diseases are an important health concern to small animal veterinarians worldwide, and their zoonotic potential is also of relevance to human medicine. The treatment and control of such conditions relies heavily ...
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and culture conversion with bedaquiline
(Massachusetts Medical Society, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Bedaquiline (Sirturo, TMC207), a diarylquinoline that inhibits mycobacterial ATP synthase, has been associated with accelerated sputum-culture conversion in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, when ...
Efficacy of combined antiparasitic therapy with praziquantel and albendazole for neurocysticercosis: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial
(Elsevier, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Neurocysticercosis causes a substantial burden of seizure disorders worldwide. Treatment with either praziquantel or albendazole has suboptimum efficacy. We aimed to establish whether combination of these drugs ...
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding cystic echinococcosis and sheep herding in Peru: a mixed-methods approach
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: The parasitic disease, cystic echinococcosis (CE), is prevalent in low-income, livestock-raising communities and 2000 new people will be diagnosed this year in South America alone. The disease usually passes ...
Brucellosis in pregnancy: clinical aspects and obstetric outcomes
(Elsevier, 2015)
OBJECTIVE: Brucellosis is a zoonosis with high morbidity in humans. This disease has gained interest recently due to its re-emergence and potential for weaponization. Pregnant women with this disease can develop severe ...
Criterios estomatológicos para el tratamiento del paciente con anomalías vasculares. Informe de cuatro casos
(Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, 2009)
A quantitative adaptation of the Wayne test for pyrazinamide resistance
(Elsevier, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Pyrazinamide (PZA) is the most important drug against the latent stage of tuberculosis (TB) and is used in both first and second line treatment regimens. The continued increase in multi-drug resistant TB and ...