Roos E Barth

Summary

Affiliation: University Medical Center Utrecht
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi Rapid accumulation of nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-associated resistance: evidence of transmitted resistance in rural South Africa
    Roos E Barth
    Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    AIDS 22:2210-2. 2008
  2. ncbi Virological follow-up of adult patients in antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
    Roos E Barth
    University Medical Centre Utrecht, Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Netherlands
    Lancet Infect Dis 10:155-66. 2010
  3. ncbi Long-term outcome of children receiving antiretroviral treatment in rural South Africa: substantial virologic failure on first-line treatment
    Roos E Barth
    Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 30:52-6. 2011
  4. ncbi Hepatitis B/C and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: an association between highly prevalent infectious diseases. A systematic review and meta-analysis
    Roos E Barth
    Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Utrecht, F02 126, Postbus 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Int J Infect Dis 14:e1024-31. 2010
  5. ncbi 'To bead or not to bead?' Treatment of osteomyelitis and prosthetic joint-associated infections with gentamicin bead chains
    Roos E Barth
    University Medical Centre Utrecht, Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Int J Antimicrob Agents 38:371-5. 2011
  6. ncbi Presence of occult HBV, but near absence of active HBV and HCV infections in people infected with HIV in rural South Africa
    Roos E Barth
    Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    J Med Virol 83:929-34. 2011
  7. ncbi Accumulation of drug resistance and loss of therapeutic options precede commonly used criteria for treatment failure in HIV-1 subtype-C-infected patients
    Roos E Barth
    Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Antivir Ther 17:377-86. 2012
  8. ncbi Sustained virological response on second-line antiretroviral therapy following virological failure in HIV-infected patients in rural South Africa
    Annelot F Schoffelen
    Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    PLoS ONE 8:e58526. 2013
  9. ncbi Long-Term Outcome of an HIV-Treatment Programme in Rural Africa: Viral Suppression despite Early Mortality
    Roos E Barth
    Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Utrecht, F02 126, Postbus 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
    AIDS Res Treat 2011:434375. 2011
  10. ncbi Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) in high-endemic settings: could they play a role in optimizing global TB diagnostics? Evaluating the possibilities of using IGRAs to diagnose active TB in a rural African setting
    Roos E Barth
    University Medical Centre Utrecht, Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases and Eijkman Winkler Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Int J Infect Dis 12:e1-6. 2008

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Publications10

  1. ncbi Rapid accumulation of nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-associated resistance: evidence of transmitted resistance in rural South Africa
    Roos E Barth
    Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    AIDS 22:2210-2. 2008
    ..Importantly, monitoring of HIV-RNA and prompt switch of treatment may prevent development of thymidine analogue-associated mutations...
  2. ncbi Virological follow-up of adult patients in antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
    Roos E Barth
    University Medical Centre Utrecht, Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Netherlands
    Lancet Infect Dis 10:155-66. 2010
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  3. ncbi Long-term outcome of children receiving antiretroviral treatment in rural South Africa: substantial virologic failure on first-line treatment
    Roos E Barth
    Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 30:52-6. 2011
    ..Data from rural areas are especially scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term virologic outcome of a pediatric cohort in rural South Africa...
  4. ncbi Hepatitis B/C and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: an association between highly prevalent infectious diseases. A systematic review and meta-analysis
    Roos E Barth
    Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Utrecht, F02 126, Postbus 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Int J Infect Dis 14:e1024-31. 2010
    ..The aim of this review was to determine the prevalence of HBV and HCV in HIV-infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa and to analyze whether HIV is associated with a higher HBV/HCV prevalence in that region...
  5. ncbi 'To bead or not to bead?' Treatment of osteomyelitis and prosthetic joint-associated infections with gentamicin bead chains
    Roos E Barth
    University Medical Centre Utrecht, Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Int J Antimicrob Agents 38:371-5. 2011
    ..It is concluded that more well-executed, prospective studies are needed to settle the discussion on the use of gentamicin-containing beads in the treatment of orthopaedic infections...
  6. ncbi Presence of occult HBV, but near absence of active HBV and HCV infections in people infected with HIV in rural South Africa
    Roos E Barth
    Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    J Med Virol 83:929-34. 2011
    ..Local HBV/HCV prevalence data are needed to optimize vaccination and antiretroviral treatment strategies. Occult HBV in patients with HIV may be missed regularly when molecular analyses are not available...
  7. ncbi Accumulation of drug resistance and loss of therapeutic options precede commonly used criteria for treatment failure in HIV-1 subtype-C-infected patients
    Roos E Barth
    Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Antivir Ther 17:377-86. 2012
    ..Here, accumulation of resistance and consequences for second-line therapy were investigated in African HIV-1 subtype-C-infected patients...
  8. ncbi Sustained virological response on second-line antiretroviral therapy following virological failure in HIV-infected patients in rural South Africa
    Annelot F Schoffelen
    Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    PLoS ONE 8:e58526. 2013
    ..This study aims to describe the virological, immunological and clinical efficacy of protease inhibitor (PI)-based second-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) in rural South Africa...
  9. ncbi Long-Term Outcome of an HIV-Treatment Programme in Rural Africa: Viral Suppression despite Early Mortality
    Roos E Barth
    Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Utrecht, F02 126, Postbus 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
    AIDS Res Treat 2011:434375. 2011
    ..Continued efforts are needed to enrol patients earlier. Furthermore, the observed viro-immunological dissociation emphasises the need to make HIV-RNA testing more widely available...
  10. ncbi Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) in high-endemic settings: could they play a role in optimizing global TB diagnostics? Evaluating the possibilities of using IGRAs to diagnose active TB in a rural African setting
    Roos E Barth
    University Medical Centre Utrecht, Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases and Eijkman Winkler Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Int J Infect Dis 12:e1-6. 2008
    ..As these settings are the ones that suffer the most from the TB epidemic, we believe that the role of IGRAs in global TB control is questionable...