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Lina Davies Forsman

Researcher at Karolinska University Hospital

Publications -  35
Citations -  727

Lina Davies Forsman is an academic researcher from Karolinska University Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tuberculosis & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 25 publications receiving 424 citations. Previous affiliations of Lina Davies Forsman include Karolinska Institutet.

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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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Risk factors of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: A global systematic review and meta-analysis.

TL;DR: Across all regions, factors associated with previous TB disease and treatment are essential risk factors, indicating the appropriateness of diagnosis, treatment and monitoring are an important requirements for MDR-TB control.
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Surveillance of adverse events in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis: A global feasibility study

Onno W. Akkerman, +80 more
TL;DR: The aim of the a DSM project is to demonstrate the feasibility of implementing national aDSM registers and to describe the type and the frequency of adverse events (AEs) associated with exposure to the new anti-TB drugs.