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Teresa Rodrigo

Researcher at Carlos III Health Institute

Publications -  27
Citations -  777

Teresa Rodrigo is an academic researcher from Carlos III Health Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tuberculosis & Standard treatment. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 27 publications receiving 619 citations.

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Active tuberculosis, sequelae and COVID-19 co-infection: first cohort of 49 cases.

TL;DR: Diagnostic, treatment and outcome details of 49 COVID-19 patients with concurrent or previous tuberculosis from 8 countries show varied clinical profiles.
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Tuberculosis treatment adherence and fatality in Spain.

TL;DR: Immigrants, those living alone, residents of confined institutions, patients treated previously, those with treatment comprehension difficulties, and IDU patients have poor adherence and should be targeted for Directly Observed Therapy.
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Characteristics of tuberculosis patients who generate secondary cases.

TL;DR: The study of the contacts of smear positive TB patients allows us to detect an important number of secondary cases, and young adults, those with cavitary radiology pattern, and IVDU are more likely to generate secondary cases.
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Social, clinical and microbiological differential characteristics of tuberculosis among immigrants in Spain.

TL;DR: The differences show the need to introduce specific strategies in the management of TB within the immigrant population, including the improvement of social and work conditions.
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Proposing indicators for evaluation of tuberculosis control programmes in large cities based on the experience of Barcelona.

TL;DR: Decline in incidence, meningitis in children, treatment adherence rates, diagnostic delay and percentage of cases with studied contacts were considered the best indicators for evaluation of TB programmes.