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Soumya Swaminathan

Researcher at Indian Council of Medical Research

Publications -  370
Citations -  78067

Soumya Swaminathan is an academic researcher from Indian Council of Medical Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tuberculosis & Population. The author has an hindex of 69, co-authored 353 publications receiving 61963 citations. Previous affiliations of Soumya Swaminathan include Yahoo! & Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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Value of bronchoalveolar lavage and gastric lavage in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children.

TL;DR: It is concluded that gastric lavage is better than BAL for bacteriologic confirmation of pulmonary tuberculosis in children and combining both procedures was 34% while gastric Lavage alone was positive in 32% of the cases.
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Subnational mapping of under-5 and neonatal mortality trends in India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000–17

TL;DR: A detailed analysis of subnational trends of child mortality to inform efforts aimed at meeting the India National Health Policy (NHP) and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets for child mortality is presented.
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Drug Concentration Thresholds Predictive of Therapy Failure and Death in Children With Tuberculosis: Bread Crumb Trails in Random Forests.

TL;DR: New antibiotic target concentrations are identified, which are potential biomarkers associated with treatment failure and death in children with tuberculosis, and age <3 years, were highly ranked predictors.
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HIV and tuberculosis in India

TL;DR: Screening of all HIV- infected persons for tuberculosis and vice-versa will help identify co-infected patients who require treatment for both infections, which requires good coordination and communication between the TB and AIDS control programs, in India.