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The world-wide increase in tuberculosis: how demographic changes, HIV infection and increasing numbers in poverty are increasing tuberculosisPeter D O Davies
Tuberculosis Research Unit, Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, L14 3PE, UK
Ann Med 35:235-43. 2003..But until world conditions of poverty and HIV spread are addressed, it is unlikely that tuberculosis can be controlled...
The challenge of tuberculosisP D O Davies
Tuberculosis Research and Resource Centre (TRRU, Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool L14 3PE, UK
J R Soc Med 96:262-5. 2003- Recent developments in the treatment of tuberculosisPeter D O Davies
Tuberculosis Research Unit, Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, L14 3PE, UK
Expert Opin Investig Drugs 12:1297-312. 2003..The quest for new agents is, however, impeded by obstacles. Hopefully, tackling these through collaborative public-private partnerships on an international scale will lead to a fruitful outcome... - Smoking and tuberculosis: the epidemiological association and immunopathogenesisP D O Davies
Tuberculosis Research and Resources Unit, Cardiothoracic Centre, Thomas Drive, Liverpool L14 3PE, UK
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 100:291-8. 2006.... - The diagnosis and misdiagnosis of tuberculosisP D O Davies
Tuberculosis Research Unit, Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, UK
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 12:1226-34. 2008..In this review, we provide an overview of clinical, radiological, molecular and immunological diagnosis of TB and highlight the common difficulties and pitfalls in TB diagnosis... - Risk factors for tuberculosisP D O Davies
Tuberculosis Research Unit, Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, UK
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 63:37-46. 2005..Where these two infections are prevalent tuberculosis case rates have risen dramatically and will continue to do so unless either infection can be curtailed... - Tuberculosis in humans and animals: are we a threat to each other?P D O Davies
Tuberculosis Research and Resources Unit, Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool L14 3PE, UK
J R Soc Med 99:539-40. 2006 - Tuberculosis: where are we going?Peter D O Davies
Clin Med 7:90. 2007 - The role of DOTS in tuberculosis treatment and controlPeter D O Davies
Tuberculosis Research Unit, Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, UK
Am J Respir Med 2:203-9. 2003..With no new drugs or adjuvant treatment available to bring the length of treatment down to substantially less than 6 months, DOTS offers the best means we have at our disposal for TB control... - Commentary: Tuberculosis down the generations--a comment on 'Continued studies of Tuberculosis as a generation illness' by Kr F AndvordPeter D O Davies
Tuberculosis Research and resource Unit, Cardiothoracic Centre, Thomas Drive, Liverpool L14 3PE, UK
Int J Epidemiol 37:934-6. 2008 - Drug resistant tuberculosis: Service for drug resistant tuberculosis exists in the UKPeter D O Davies
BMJ 336:1324. 2008 - Tuberculosis and its incidence, special nature, and relationship with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseBiswajit Chakrabarti
Clinical Sciences Centre, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK
Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2:263-72. 2007..Patients diagnosed with TB may often have extensive co-morbidity such as COPD and the effect of an underlying diagnosis of COPD on outcomes in TB is also reviewed... - TB in the elderly in industrialised countriesPeter D O Davies
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 11:1157-9. 2007 - Clinical presentation of adults with pulmonary tuberculosis with and without HIV infection in NigeriaLovett Lawson
Zankli Medical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria
Scand J Infect Dis 40:30-5. 2008..The presence of HIV decreases the sensitivity of smear microscopy and complicates the diagnosis of TB. Selected clinical and laboratory parameters could be used to identify individuals with TB who are likely to be coinfected with HIV... - Key issues in multidrug-resistant tuberculosisBiswajit Chakrabarti
Clinical Sciences Centre, University Hospital, Aintree, Liverpool, UK
Future Microbiol 2:51-61. 2007..There is a need for greater research into developing more effective antituberculous medications and immunotherapy may play an adjunctive role in future management... - Severe acute respiratory syndrome: Threat of tuberculosis persistsPeter D O Davies
BMJ 326:1396. 2003 - War and peacePeter D O Davies
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 7:707; author reply 707-8. 2003 - Learning from low income countries: experience in low income countries should count towards specialist registrar trainingPeter D O Davies
BMJ 330:478; discussion 479. 2005 - Current medical treatment for tuberculosis. Aspects of chemotherapy and management need clarifyingLawrence P Ormerod
BMJ 326:550; author reply 550. 2003