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Delays in Cryptococcal Meningitis Diagnosis and Care: A Mixed Methods Study in Rural Uganda
(Annals of global health,, 2022)
Background: Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) remains a major cause of mortality for HIV infected persons in sub-Saharan Africa, despite widespread access to antiretroviral
therapy. Delays in CM diagnosis and treatment ...
Prevalence of Intestinal Helminth Coinfection in Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Uganda
(Oxford University Press., 2022)
Background. Although a third of people with tuberculosis (TB) are estimated to be coinfected with helminths, the prevalence is
largely unknown among people with drug-resistant TB (DR-TB). We determined the prevalence of ...
Blood Culture Testing Outcomes among Non-Malarial Febrile Children at Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Sites in Uganda, 2017–2018
(Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021)
: Blood culture (BC) processes are critical to the utility of diagnostic testing, bloodstream
infection (BSI) management, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance. While Uganda has
established BC guidelines, often ...