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Elizabeth P. Harausz

Researcher at Case Western Reserve University

Publications -  14
Citations -  647

Elizabeth P. Harausz is an academic researcher from Case Western Reserve University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tuberculosis & Delamanid. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 14 publications receiving 521 citations. Previous affiliations of Elizabeth P. Harausz include Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine & United States Military HIV Research Program.

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World Health Organization treatment guidelines for drug-resistant tuberculosis, 2016 update.

TL;DR: The new WHO guidelines recommend a standardised 9–12 months shorter treatment regimen as first choice in patients with multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant TB (MDR/RR-TB) strains not resistant to fluoroquinolones or second-line injectable agents; resistance to these two classes of core second- line medicines is rapidly detectable with molecular diagnostics also approved by WHO in 2016.
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Treatment and outcomes in children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.

Elizabeth P. Harausz, +49 more
- 11 Jul 2018 - 
TL;DR: It is suggested that children respond favorably to MDR-TB treatment, and the use of second-line injectable agents and high-dose isoniazid were associated with treatment success, as well as the presence of severe disease on chest radiograph.
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QTc prolongation and treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

TL;DR: What is known about QTc prolongation and the medications currently being studied or used to treat MDR-TB are discussed, and strategies for managing QTC prolongation in the context of treating such a serious infectious disease are discussed.