In resource-limited settings good early outcomes can be achieved in children using adult fixed-dose combination antiretroviral therapyDaniel P O'Brien
AIDS Working Group, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Plantage Middenlaan 14, 1001 EA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
AIDS 20:1955-60. 2006
..To (a) determine early treatment outcomes and (b) assess safety in children treated with adult fixed-dose combination (FDC) antiretroviral tablets...
Treatment outcomes stratified by baseline immunological status among young children receiving nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settingsDaniel P O'Brien
AIDS Working Group, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Paris, France
Clin Infect Dis 44:1245-8. 2007
..86-0.92), with no significant difference among children stratified on the basis of baseline immunological levels; 62% attained a CD4 cell percentage >25%, and 7% continued to have a CD4 cell percentage <15%...
Successful outcomes with oral fluoroquinolones combined with rifampicin in the treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans: an observational cohort studyDaniel P O'Brien
Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6:e1473. 2012
..We describe outcomes and tolerability of fluoroquinolone-containing antibiotic regimens for Mycobacterium ulcerans in south-eastern Australia...
Viral load testing in a resource-limited setting: quality control is criticalJane Greig
Manson Unit, Medecins Sans Frontieres, London, UK
J Int AIDS Soc 14:23. 2011
..We describe the issues encountered by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) when using routine viral load testing in a large HIV programme in sub-Saharan Africa...
"Paradoxical" immune-mediated reactions to Mycobacterium ulcerans during antibiotic treatment: a result of treatment success, not failureDaniel P O'Brien
Barwon Health, Geelong, Vic, Australia
Med J Aust 191:564-6. 2009
..Recognition of this phenomenon could prevent unnecessary changes to antibiotic regimens, and might obviate the need for, or reduce the extent of, further surgery...
Outcomes for Mycobacterium ulcerans infection with combined surgery and antibiotic therapy: findings from a south-eastern Australian case seriesDaniel P O'Brien
Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Med J Aust 186:58-61. 2007
..To describe the effect of antibiotics on outcomes of treatment for Buruli or Bairnsdale ulcer (BU) in patients on the Bellarine Peninsula in south-eastern Australia...
Provision of antiretroviral treatment in conflict settings: the experience of Médecins Sans FrontièresDaniel P O'Brien
Public Health Department, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Confl Health 4:12. 2010
..Universal access to HIV care cannot be achieved unless the needs of populations in conflict-affected areas are addressed...
Antiretroviral therapy outcomes in resource-limited settings for HIV-infected children <5 years of ageDelphine Sauvageot
Epicentre, Paris, France
Pediatrics 125:e1039-47. 2010
..We describe medium-term outcomes for young children receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited countries...
Epidemiology, clinical features and diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans in an Australian populationSarah C Boyd
Barwon Health, Geelong, Vic, Australia
Med J Aust 196:341-4. 2012
..To describe the epidemiology, clinical features and diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection occurring on the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria...
Cost-effectiveness of routine and low-cost CD4 T-cell count compared with WHO clinical staging of HIV to guide initiation of antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settingsEugene Athan
Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia
AIDS 24:1887-95. 2010
..Low-cost CD4 cell count tests are comparable to conventional methods. We compared the direct healthcare costs and benefits using routine and low-cost CD4 cell count versus WHO staging to initiate ART...
Outcomes of a remote, decentralized health center-based HIV/AIDS antiretroviral program in Zambia, 2003 to 2007Riekje Elema
Medecins Sans Frontieres Holland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic) 8:60-7. 2009
..In a remote, resource-limited setting in decentralized health centers, virological and immunological assessments of patients on antiretroviral therapy >12 months showed that positive health outcomes are achievable...
The evaluation of a rapid in situ HIV confirmation test in a programme with a high failure rate of the WHO HIV two-test diagnostic algorithmDerryck B Klarkowski
Public Health Department, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
PLoS ONE 4:e4351. 2009
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Treatment of AIDS in conflict-affected settings: a failure of imaginationTom Ellman
, London WC1R 5DJ, UK
Lancet 365:278-80. 2005
HIV treatment in a conflict setting: outcomes and experiences from Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the CongoHeather Culbert
, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
PLoS Med 4:e129. 2007