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Sarita Shah
Researcher at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Publications - 17
Citations - 652
Sarita Shah is an academic researcher from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tuberculosis & Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 15 publications receiving 598 citations. Previous affiliations of Sarita Shah include Emory University & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Development of a standardized screening rule for tuberculosis in people living with HIV in resource-constrained settings: individual participant data meta-analysis of observational studies.
Haileyesus Getahun,Wanitchaya Kittikraisak,Charles M. Heilig,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Helen Ayles,Helen Ayles,Kevin P. Cain,Alison D. Grant,Gavin J. Churchyard,Michael E. Kimerling,Sarita Shah,Stephen D. Lawn,Stephen D. Lawn,Robin Wood,Gary Maartens,Reuben Granich,Anand Date,Jay K. Varma +17 more
TL;DR: A simple, standardized tuberculosis screening rule for resource-constrained settings is reported, to identify people living with HIV who need further investigation for TB disease.
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Intensified tuberculosis case finding among HIV-Infected persons from a voluntary counseling and testing center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Sarita Shah,Meaza Demissie,Lauren Lambert,Jelaludin Ahmed,Sileshi Leulseged,Tekeste Kebede,Zenebe Melaku,Yohannes Mengistu,Eshetu Lemma,Charles D. Wells,Tadesse Wuhib,Lisa J. Nelson +11 more
TL;DR: Traditional symptom screening is insufficient for detecting TB disease among HIV-infected persons but may serve to exclude TB disease, and more sensitive, rapid, and low-cost diagnostic tests are needed to meet the demand of resource-limited settings.
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Old Drugs, New Purpose: Retooling Existing Drugs for Optimized Treatment of Resistant Tuberculosis
Kelly E. Dooley,Carole D. Mitnick,Mary Ann DeGroote,Ekwaro A. Obuku,Vera Belitsky,Carol Dukes Hamilton,Mamodikoe Makhene,Sarita Shah,James C.M. Brust,Nadza Durakovic,Eric L. Nuermberger +10 more
TL;DR: An extensive review of existing in vitro, animal, and clinical studies involving World Health Organization-defined group 1, 2, and 4 drugs used in drug-resistant tuberculosis regimens to inform clinical trials and identify critical research questions suggests that optimizing the dosing of pyrazinamide, the injectables, and isoniazid is a high priority.
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Consensus Statement on Research Definitions for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Children
James A Seddon,Carlos M. Perez-Velez,H. Simon Schaaf,Jennifer Furin,Ben J. Marais,Marc Tebruegge,Anne Detjen,Anneke C. Hesseling,Sarita Shah,Lisa V. Adams,Jeffrey R. Starke,Soumya Swaminathan,Mercedes C. Becerra +12 more
TL;DR: This consensus statement proposes standardized definitions to be used in research and suggests consistent terminology, as well as definitions for measures of exposure, drug resistance testing, previous episodes and treatment, certainty of diagnosis, site and severity of disease, adverse events, and treatment outcome.
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Blood cultures for the diagnosis of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients from rural South Africa: a cross-sectional study
Scott K. Heysell,Tania A Thomas,Neel R. Gandhi,Anthony P. Moll,Francois J Eksteen,Yacoob Coovadia,Lynette Roux,Palav Babaria,Umesh G. Lalloo,Gerald Friedland,Sarita Shah +10 more
TL;DR: Mycobacterial blood cultures provided an additive yield for diagnosis of drug-resistant TB in patients with HIV from rural South Africa, and should be considered in all patients suspected ofDrug- resistant TB in similar settings.