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Jerker Jonsson

Researcher at Public Health Agency of Sweden

Publications -  37
Citations -  1183

Jerker Jonsson is an academic researcher from Public Health Agency of Sweden. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tuberculosis & Population. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 35 publications receiving 803 citations. Previous affiliations of Jerker Jonsson include Karolinska Institutet & Karolinska University Hospital.

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Effectiveness and safety of bedaquiline-containing regimens in the treatment of MDR- and XDR-TB: a multicentre study

Sergey Borisov, +64 more
TL;DR: Bedaquiline-containing regimens achieved high conversion and success rates under different nonexperimental conditions, and is safe and effective in treating MDR- and XDR-TB patients.
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Surveillance of adverse events in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis: first global report

Sergey Borisov, +90 more
TL;DR: This global project (658 patients from 26 countries) demonstrates aDSM is feasible and serious adverse events of recommended drugs are reasonably low (overall 57 out of 504, 11.3%), but implementation needs scaling up to support patient-centred care.
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Are patients with rheumatoid arthritis still at an increased risk of tuberculosis and what is the role of biological treatments

TL;DR: In this article, the authors estimate the risk of tuberculosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis both with and without exposure to biological therapy and directly compare the risks between the two groups.