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Teixeira LAA, Santos B, Correia MG, Valiquette C, Bastos ML, Menzies D, Trajman A. Long-Term Protective Effect of Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy in a Medium/High Tuberculosis Incidence Setting. Clin Infect Dis 2024; 78:1321-1327. [PMID: 38407417 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciae101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The duration of the protective effect of tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) is controversial. Some studies have found that the protective effect of TPT is lost after cessation of therapy among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in settings with very high tuberculosis incidence, but others have found long-term protection in low-incidence settings. METHODS We estimated the incidence rate (IR) of new tuberculosis disease for up to 12 years after randomization to 4 months of rifampin or 9 months of isoniazid, among 991 Brazilian participants in a TPT trial in the state of Rio de Janeiro, with an incidence of 68.6/100 000 population in 2022. The adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) of independent variables for incident tuberculosis were calculated. RESULTS The overall tuberculosis IR was 1.7 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01- 2.7) per 1000 person-years (PY). The tuberculosis IR was higher among those who did not complete TPT than in those who did (2.9 [95% CI, 1.3-5.6] vs 1.1 [.4-2.3] per 1000 PY; IR ratio, 2.7 [1.0-7.2]). The tuberculosis IR was higher within 28 months after randomization (IR, 3.5 [95% CI, 1.6-6.6] vs 1.1 [.5-2.1] per 1000 PY between 28 and 143 months; IR ratio, 3.1 [1.2-8.2]). Treatment noncompletion was the only variable associated with incident tuberculosis (aHR, 3.2 [95% CI, 1.1-9.7]). CONCLUSIONS In a mostly HIV-noninfected population, a complete course of TPT conferred long-term protection against tuberculosis.
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- Leidy Anne Alves Teixeira
- Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Núcleo de Avaliação de Tecnologias em Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Núcleo de Avaliação de Tecnologias em Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Núcleo de Avaliação de Tecnologias em Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- McGill International Tuberculosis Centre, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- McGill International Tuberculosis Centre, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Family Medicine Department, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- McGill International Tuberculosis Centre, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Clínica Médica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- McGill International Tuberculosis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Menzies D, Obeng J, Hadisoemarto P, Ruslami R, Adjobimey M, Fisher D, Barss L, Bedingfield N, Long R, Paulsen C, Johnston J, Romanowski K, Cook VJ, Fox GJ, Nguyen TA, Valiquette C, Oxlade O, Fregonese F, Benedetti A. Sustainability and impact of an intervention to improve initiation of tuberculosis preventive treatment: results from a follow-up study of the ACT4 randomized trial. EClinicalMedicine 2024; 71:102546. [PMID: 38586588 PMCID: PMC10998081 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Background In a cluster randomized trial (clinicaltrials.gov: NCT02810678) a flexible but comprehensive health system intervention significantly increased the number of household contacts (HHC) identified and started on tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT). A follow-up study was conducted one year later to test the hypotheses that these effects were sustained, and were reproducible with a simplified intervention. Methods We conducted a follow-up study from May 1, 2018 until April 30, 2019, as part of a multinational cluster randomized trial. Eight sites in 4 countries that had received the intervention in the original trial received no further intervention; eight other sites in the same countries that had not received the intervention (control sites in the original trial) now received a simplified version of the intervention. This consisted of repeated local evaluation of the Cascade of care for TB infection, and stakeholder decision making. The number of HHC identified and starting TPT were repeatedly measured at all 16 sites and expressed as rates per 100 newly diagnosed index TB patients. The sustained effect of the original intervention was estimated by comparing these rates after the intervention in the original trial with the last 6 months of the follow-up study. The reproducibility was estimated by comparing the pre-post intervention changes in rates at sites receiving the original intervention with the pre-post changes in rates at sites receiving the later, simplified intervention. Findings With regard to the sustained impact of the original intervention, compared to the original post-intervention period, the number of HHC identified and treated per 100 newly diagnosed TB patients was 10 more (95% confidence interval: 84 fewer to 105 more), and 1 fewer (95% CI: 22 fewer to 20 more) respectively up to 14 months after the end of the original intervention. With regard to the reproducibility of the simplified intervention, at sites that had initially served as control sites, the number of HHC identified and treated per 100 TB patients increased by 33 (95% CI: -32, 97), and 16 (-69, 100) from 3 months before, to up to 6 months after receiving a streamlined intervention, although differences were larger, and significant if the post-intervention results were compared to all pre-intervention periods. Interpretation Up to one year after it ended, a health system intervention resulted in sustained increases in the number of HHC identified and starting TPT. A simplified version of the intervention was associated with non-significant increases in the identification and treatment of HHC. Inferences are limited by potential bias due to other temporal effects, and the small number of study sites. Funding Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Grant number 143350).
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- Dick Menzies
- McGill International TB Centre, Montreal Chest Institute and Research Institute of the MUHC, Canada
- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie de Cotonou, Benin
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Canada
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- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- McGill International TB Centre, Montreal Chest Institute and Research Institute of the MUHC, Canada
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- McGill International TB Centre, Montreal Chest Institute and Research Institute of the MUHC, Canada
- School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, Canada
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- McGill International TB Centre, Montreal Chest Institute and Research Institute of the MUHC, Canada
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- McGill International TB Centre, Montreal Chest Institute and Research Institute of the MUHC, Canada
- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University, Canada
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Sioufi J, Hall B, Antel R, Moussa S, Subasri M, Fakih M, Islam N, Hamdy RC, Chopra S, Harley JM, Keuhl A, Bassilious E, Sherbino J, Bilgic E, Bondok MS, Bondok M, Martel L, Law C, Posel N, Fleiszer D, Daud A, Hauer T, Carr-Pries N, Hali K, Wolfstadt J, Ferguson P, Ghasroddashti A, Sorefan-Mangou F, Del Fernandes R, Williams E, Choi K, Zevin B, Patterson ED, Kirupaharan S, Mann S, Winthrop A, Zevin B, Bondok M, Ghanmi N, Etherington C, Saddiki Y, Lefebvre I, Berthelot P, Dion PM, Raymond B, Seguin J, Sekhavati P, Islam S, Boet S, Tee T, Pachchigar P, Tarabay B, Yilmaz R, Hamdan NA, Agu C, Almansouri A, Harley J, Del Maestro R, Bondok M, Bondok MS, Nguyen AXL, Law C, Nathoo N, Bakshi N, Ahuja N, Damji KF, Grewal K, Azher S, Moreno M, Pekrun R, Wiseman J, Fried GM, Lajoie S, Brydges R, Hadwin A, Sun NZ, Khalil E, Harley JM, Nguyen ELV, Patel P, Muaddi H, Rukavina N, Bucur R, Shwaartz C, Islam N, Moussa S, Subasri M, Fakih M, Hamdy RC, Wong E, Tewari A, Brydges R, Louridas M, Balaji S, Patel P, Muaddi H, Gaebe K, Luzzi C, Kay A, Rukavina N, Selzner M, Reichman T, Shwaartz C, Balaji S, Muaddi H, Shahabinezhad A, Patel P, Rukavina N, Reichman T, Jayaraman S, Shwaartz C, Nashed J, Ramelli L, Kolasky O, Dickenson T, Dullege M, Kang A, Winthrop A, Mann S, Lau D, Henkelman E, Jacob J, Watson I, Haji F, McEwen CC, Jaffer I, Sibbald M, Blouin V, Bénard F, Pelletier F, Abdo S, Meloche-Dumas L, Kapralos B, Dubrowski A, Patocskai E, Pachchigar P, Agu C, Yilmaz R, Tee T, Maestro RD, Adedipe I, Stephens C, Ghebretatios M, Laplante S, Patel P, Balaji S, Muaddi H, Rukavina N, Shwaartz C, Brodovsky M, Lai C, Behzadi A, Blair G, Almansouri A, Hamdan NA, Yilmaz R, Tee T, Pachchigar P, Eskandari M, Agu C, Giglio B, Balasubramaniam N, Bierbrier J, Collins DL, Gueziri HE, Del Maestro RF, Koonar E, Ramazani F, Hart R, Henley J, Roberts S, Chandarana S, Matthews W, Schrag C, Matthews J, Mackenzie D, Cutting C, Lui J, Delisle É, Cordoba T, Cordoba C, Giglio B, Lacroix A, Cairns J, Alsayegh A, Alhantoobi M, Balasubramaniam N, Safih W, Hamel M, Del Maestro R, Francis G, Moise A, Omar Y, Hathi K, Mavedatnia D, Grose E, Philips T, Schneider C, Corbin D, Lesage F, Pellerin M, Ben-Ali W, Tamani Z, Joly-Chevrier M, Bénard F, Meloche-Dumas L, Laflamme L, Boulva K, Younan R, Dubrowski A, Patocskai E, Sticca G, Petruccelli J, Dorion D, Osman Y, Bénard F, Habti M, Meloche-Dumas L, Duranleau X, Boulva K, Kaviani A, Younan R, Dubrowski A, Vessella K, Patocskai E, Valji R, Turner S, Lam T, Mobilio MH, Hirsh J, Lising D, Cil T, Marcon E, Moulton CA, D'Souza A, Milazzo T, Datta S, Valiquette C, Avery E, Voineskos S, Musgrave M, Wanzel K, Schneidman J, Armstrong N, Gerardis G, Silver J, Azzam MA, Fisher R, Banks I, Young M, Nguyen LH, Skakum M, Hancock BJ, Min SL, Youssef F, Keijzer R, Morris M, Shawyer A, Retrosi G. C-CASE 2023: Promoting Excellence in Surgical Education: Canadian Conference for the Advancement of Surgical Education, Oct. 12-13, 2023, Montréal, Quebec. Can J Surg 2023; 66:S137-S150. [PMID: 38065582 PMCID: PMC10718643 DOI: 10.1503/cjs.014523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Jeffrey Sioufi
- From the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Que
- From the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Moussa, Subasri, Fakih, Islam); and the Shriners Hospital for Children and Division of Orthopaedics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montréal, Que. (Hamdy)
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- From the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Que
- From the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Moussa, Subasri, Fakih, Islam); and the Shriners Hospital for Children and Division of Orthopaedics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montréal, Que. (Hamdy)
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- From the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Que
- From the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Moussa, Subasri, Fakih, Islam); and the Shriners Hospital for Children and Division of Orthopaedics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montréal, Que. (Hamdy)
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Chopra, Keuhl, Bassilious, Sherbino, Bilgic); and McGill University, Montreal, Que. (Harley)
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Chopra, Keuhl, Bassilious, Sherbino, Bilgic); and McGill University, Montreal, Que. (Harley)
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Chopra, Keuhl, Bassilious, Sherbino, Bilgic); and McGill University, Montreal, Que. (Harley)
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Chopra, Keuhl, Bassilious, Sherbino, Bilgic); and McGill University, Montreal, Que. (Harley)
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Chopra, Keuhl, Bassilious, Sherbino, Bilgic); and McGill University, Montreal, Que. (Harley)
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Chopra, Keuhl, Bassilious, Sherbino, Bilgic); and McGill University, Montreal, Que. (Harley)
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- From the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (M.S. Bondok); the UBC Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (M. Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Martel); and the Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Law)
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que
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- From the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (M.S. Bondok); the UBC Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (M. Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Martel); and the Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Law)
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que
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- From the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (M.S. Bondok); the UBC Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (M. Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Martel); and the Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Law)
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que
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- From the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (M.S. Bondok); the UBC Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (M. Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Martel); and the Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Law)
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
- From the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Ghanmi, Saddiki, Lefebvre, Berthelot, Dion, Raymond, Seguin, Sekhavati, Islam); the Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont. (Etherington, Boet); the Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont (Boet); and the Department of Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Boet)
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
- From the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Ghanmi, Saddiki, Lefebvre, Berthelot, Dion, Raymond, Seguin, Sekhavati, Islam); the Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont. (Etherington, Boet); the Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont (Boet); and the Department of Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Boet)
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
- From the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Ghanmi, Saddiki, Lefebvre, Berthelot, Dion, Raymond, Seguin, Sekhavati, Islam); the Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont. (Etherington, Boet); the Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont (Boet); and the Department of Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Boet)
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
- From the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Ghanmi, Saddiki, Lefebvre, Berthelot, Dion, Raymond, Seguin, Sekhavati, Islam); the Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont. (Etherington, Boet); the Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont (Boet); and the Department of Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Boet)
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
- From the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Ghanmi, Saddiki, Lefebvre, Berthelot, Dion, Raymond, Seguin, Sekhavati, Islam); the Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont. (Etherington, Boet); the Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont (Boet); and the Department of Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Boet)
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- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Tee, Pachchigar, Tarabay, Yilmaz, Abou Hamdan, Agu, Almansouri, Del Maestro); the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Del Maestro); the University of Montreal Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Tarabay); and the Simulation, Affect, Innovation, Learning, and Surgery Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
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- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Tee, Pachchigar, Tarabay, Yilmaz, Abou Hamdan, Agu, Almansouri, Del Maestro); the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Del Maestro); the University of Montreal Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Tarabay); and the Simulation, Affect, Innovation, Learning, and Surgery Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
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- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Tee, Pachchigar, Tarabay, Yilmaz, Abou Hamdan, Agu, Almansouri, Del Maestro); the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Del Maestro); the University of Montreal Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Tarabay); and the Simulation, Affect, Innovation, Learning, and Surgery Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
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- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Tee, Pachchigar, Tarabay, Yilmaz, Abou Hamdan, Agu, Almansouri, Del Maestro); the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Del Maestro); the University of Montreal Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Tarabay); and the Simulation, Affect, Innovation, Learning, and Surgery Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
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- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Tee, Pachchigar, Tarabay, Yilmaz, Abou Hamdan, Agu, Almansouri, Del Maestro); the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Del Maestro); the University of Montreal Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Tarabay); and the Simulation, Affect, Innovation, Learning, and Surgery Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
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- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Tee, Pachchigar, Tarabay, Yilmaz, Abou Hamdan, Agu, Almansouri, Del Maestro); the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Del Maestro); the University of Montreal Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Tarabay); and the Simulation, Affect, Innovation, Learning, and Surgery Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
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- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Tee, Pachchigar, Tarabay, Yilmaz, Abou Hamdan, Agu, Almansouri, Del Maestro); the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Del Maestro); the University of Montreal Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Tarabay); and the Simulation, Affect, Innovation, Learning, and Surgery Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
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- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Tee, Pachchigar, Tarabay, Yilmaz, Abou Hamdan, Agu, Almansouri, Del Maestro); the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Del Maestro); the University of Montreal Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Tarabay); and the Simulation, Affect, Innovation, Learning, and Surgery Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
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- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Tee, Pachchigar, Tarabay, Yilmaz, Abou Hamdan, Agu, Almansouri, Del Maestro); the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Del Maestro); the University of Montreal Health Centre, Montréal, Que. (Tarabay); and the Simulation, Affect, Innovation, Learning, and Surgery Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
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- From the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (M. Bondok); the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (M.S. Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Nguyen); the Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Law); the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Nathoo); the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Bakshi); the Division of Ophthalmology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Ahuja); and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (Damji)
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- From the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (M. Bondok); the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (M.S. Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Nguyen); the Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Law); the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Nathoo); the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Bakshi); the Division of Ophthalmology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Ahuja); and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (Damji)
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- From the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (M. Bondok); the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (M.S. Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Nguyen); the Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Law); the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Nathoo); the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Bakshi); the Division of Ophthalmology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Ahuja); and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (Damji)
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- From the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (M. Bondok); the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (M.S. Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Nguyen); the Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Law); the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Nathoo); the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Bakshi); the Division of Ophthalmology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Ahuja); and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (Damji)
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- From the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (M. Bondok); the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (M.S. Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Nguyen); the Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Law); the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Nathoo); the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Bakshi); the Division of Ophthalmology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Ahuja); and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (Damji)
| | - Nupura Bakshi
- From the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (M. Bondok); the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (M.S. Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Nguyen); the Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Law); the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Nathoo); the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Bakshi); the Division of Ophthalmology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Ahuja); and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (Damji)
| | - Nina Ahuja
- From the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (M. Bondok); the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (M.S. Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Nguyen); the Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Law); the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Nathoo); the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Bakshi); the Division of Ophthalmology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Ahuja); and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (Damji)
| | - Karim F Damji
- From the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (M. Bondok); the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (M.S. Bondok); the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Nguyen); the Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Law); the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Nathoo); the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Bakshi); the Division of Ophthalmology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Ahuja); and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (Damji)
| | - Keerat Grewal
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Grewal, Azher, Moreno, Wiseman, Fried, Lajoie, Sun, Harley); the University of Essex, Colchester, UK (Pekrun); the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany (Pekrun); the Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia (Pekrun); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brydges); the University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (Hadwin); the McGill University Health Centre for Interprofessional Simulation, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Khalil); and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
| | - Sayed Azher
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Grewal, Azher, Moreno, Wiseman, Fried, Lajoie, Sun, Harley); the University of Essex, Colchester, UK (Pekrun); the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany (Pekrun); the Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia (Pekrun); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brydges); the University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (Hadwin); the McGill University Health Centre for Interprofessional Simulation, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Khalil); and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
| | - Matthew Moreno
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Grewal, Azher, Moreno, Wiseman, Fried, Lajoie, Sun, Harley); the University of Essex, Colchester, UK (Pekrun); the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany (Pekrun); the Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia (Pekrun); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brydges); the University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (Hadwin); the McGill University Health Centre for Interprofessional Simulation, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Khalil); and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
| | - Reinhard Pekrun
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Grewal, Azher, Moreno, Wiseman, Fried, Lajoie, Sun, Harley); the University of Essex, Colchester, UK (Pekrun); the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany (Pekrun); the Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia (Pekrun); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brydges); the University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (Hadwin); the McGill University Health Centre for Interprofessional Simulation, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Khalil); and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
| | - Jeffrey Wiseman
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Grewal, Azher, Moreno, Wiseman, Fried, Lajoie, Sun, Harley); the University of Essex, Colchester, UK (Pekrun); the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany (Pekrun); the Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia (Pekrun); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brydges); the University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (Hadwin); the McGill University Health Centre for Interprofessional Simulation, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Khalil); and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
| | - Gerald M Fried
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Grewal, Azher, Moreno, Wiseman, Fried, Lajoie, Sun, Harley); the University of Essex, Colchester, UK (Pekrun); the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany (Pekrun); the Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia (Pekrun); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brydges); the University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (Hadwin); the McGill University Health Centre for Interprofessional Simulation, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Khalil); and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
| | - Susanne Lajoie
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Grewal, Azher, Moreno, Wiseman, Fried, Lajoie, Sun, Harley); the University of Essex, Colchester, UK (Pekrun); the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany (Pekrun); the Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia (Pekrun); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brydges); the University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (Hadwin); the McGill University Health Centre for Interprofessional Simulation, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Khalil); and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
| | - Ryan Brydges
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Grewal, Azher, Moreno, Wiseman, Fried, Lajoie, Sun, Harley); the University of Essex, Colchester, UK (Pekrun); the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany (Pekrun); the Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia (Pekrun); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brydges); the University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (Hadwin); the McGill University Health Centre for Interprofessional Simulation, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Khalil); and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
| | - Allyson Hadwin
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Grewal, Azher, Moreno, Wiseman, Fried, Lajoie, Sun, Harley); the University of Essex, Colchester, UK (Pekrun); the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany (Pekrun); the Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia (Pekrun); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brydges); the University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (Hadwin); the McGill University Health Centre for Interprofessional Simulation, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Khalil); and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
| | - Ning-Zi Sun
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Grewal, Azher, Moreno, Wiseman, Fried, Lajoie, Sun, Harley); the University of Essex, Colchester, UK (Pekrun); the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany (Pekrun); the Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia (Pekrun); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brydges); the University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (Hadwin); the McGill University Health Centre for Interprofessional Simulation, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Khalil); and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
| | - Elene Khalil
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Grewal, Azher, Moreno, Wiseman, Fried, Lajoie, Sun, Harley); the University of Essex, Colchester, UK (Pekrun); the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany (Pekrun); the Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia (Pekrun); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brydges); the University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (Hadwin); the McGill University Health Centre for Interprofessional Simulation, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Khalil); and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
| | - Jason M Harley
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Grewal, Azher, Moreno, Wiseman, Fried, Lajoie, Sun, Harley); the University of Essex, Colchester, UK (Pekrun); the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany (Pekrun); the Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia (Pekrun); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brydges); the University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (Hadwin); the McGill University Health Centre for Interprofessional Simulation, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Khalil); and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Harley)
| | - Emily Lan-Vy Nguyen
- From the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Nguyen); Abdominal Transplant, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz); General Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz, Muaddi); and HPB Surgical Oncology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz, Bucur, Rukavina, Patel)
| | - Prachikumari Patel
- From the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Nguyen); Abdominal Transplant, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz); General Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz, Muaddi); and HPB Surgical Oncology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz, Bucur, Rukavina, Patel)
| | - Hala Muaddi
- From the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Nguyen); Abdominal Transplant, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz); General Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz, Muaddi); and HPB Surgical Oncology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz, Bucur, Rukavina, Patel)
| | - Nadia Rukavina
- From the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Nguyen); Abdominal Transplant, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz); General Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz, Muaddi); and HPB Surgical Oncology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz, Bucur, Rukavina, Patel)
| | - Roxana Bucur
- From the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Nguyen); Abdominal Transplant, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz); General Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz, Muaddi); and HPB Surgical Oncology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz, Bucur, Rukavina, Patel)
| | - Chaya Shwaartz
- From the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Nguyen); Abdominal Transplant, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz); General Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz, Muaddi); and HPB Surgical Oncology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shwaartz, Bucur, Rukavina, Patel)
| | - Nehal Islam
- From McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que
| | - Sarah Moussa
- From McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que
| | - Mathushan Subasri
- From McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que
| | - Moustafa Fakih
- From McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que
| | | | - Evan Wong
- From McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que
| | - Aradhana Tewari
- From St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Tewari, Brydges, Louridas); and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brydges, Louridas)
| | - Ryan Brydges
- From St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Tewari, Brydges, Louridas); and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brydges, Louridas)
| | - Marisa Louridas
- From St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Tewari, Brydges, Louridas); and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brydges, Louridas)
| | - Shilpa Balaji
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Gaebe, Selzner, Reichman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Luzzi, Kay, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Prachi Patel
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Gaebe, Selzner, Reichman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Luzzi, Kay, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Hala Muaddi
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Gaebe, Selzner, Reichman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Luzzi, Kay, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Karolina Gaebe
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Gaebe, Selzner, Reichman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Luzzi, Kay, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Carla Luzzi
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Gaebe, Selzner, Reichman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Luzzi, Kay, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Aileigh Kay
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Gaebe, Selzner, Reichman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Luzzi, Kay, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Nadia Rukavina
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Gaebe, Selzner, Reichman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Luzzi, Kay, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Markus Selzner
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Gaebe, Selzner, Reichman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Luzzi, Kay, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Trevor Reichman
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Gaebe, Selzner, Reichman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Luzzi, Kay, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Chaya Shwaartz
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Gaebe, Selzner, Reichman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Luzzi, Kay, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Shilpa Balaji
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Reichman, Jayaraman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shahabinezhad, Patel, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Jayaraman); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Hala Muaddi
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Reichman, Jayaraman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shahabinezhad, Patel, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Jayaraman); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Ali Shahabinezhad
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Reichman, Jayaraman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shahabinezhad, Patel, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Jayaraman); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Prachi Patel
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Reichman, Jayaraman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shahabinezhad, Patel, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Jayaraman); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Nadia Rukavina
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Reichman, Jayaraman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shahabinezhad, Patel, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Jayaraman); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Trevor Reichman
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Reichman, Jayaraman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shahabinezhad, Patel, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Jayaraman); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Shiva Jayaraman
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Reichman, Jayaraman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shahabinezhad, Patel, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Jayaraman); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Chaya Shwaartz
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji, Reichman, Jayaraman, Shwaartz); the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Shahabinezhad, Patel, Rukavina, Reichman, Shwaartz); Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Jayaraman); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Davy Lau
- From the University of British Columbia and the B.C. Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, B.C. (Lau, Henkelman, Watson, Haji); and the B.C. Children's Hospital Digital Laboratory, Vancouver, B.C., (Jacob)
| | - Erika Henkelman
- From the University of British Columbia and the B.C. Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, B.C. (Lau, Henkelman, Watson, Haji); and the B.C. Children's Hospital Digital Laboratory, Vancouver, B.C., (Jacob)
| | - John Jacob
- From the University of British Columbia and the B.C. Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, B.C. (Lau, Henkelman, Watson, Haji); and the B.C. Children's Hospital Digital Laboratory, Vancouver, B.C., (Jacob)
| | - Isabella Watson
- From the University of British Columbia and the B.C. Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, B.C. (Lau, Henkelman, Watson, Haji); and the B.C. Children's Hospital Digital Laboratory, Vancouver, B.C., (Jacob)
| | - Faizal Haji
- From the University of British Columbia and the B.C. Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, B.C. (Lau, Henkelman, Watson, Haji); and the B.C. Children's Hospital Digital Laboratory, Vancouver, B.C., (Jacob)
| | - Charlotte C McEwen
- From the Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (McEwen, Jaffer, Sibbald); Division of Cardiac Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (McEwen, Jaffer); Division of Cardiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Sibbald); and the McMaster Education Research, Innovation and Theory Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Sibbald)
| | - Iqbal Jaffer
- From the Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (McEwen, Jaffer, Sibbald); Division of Cardiac Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (McEwen, Jaffer); Division of Cardiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Sibbald); and the McMaster Education Research, Innovation and Theory Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Sibbald)
| | - Matthew Sibbald
- From the Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (McEwen, Jaffer, Sibbald); Division of Cardiac Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (McEwen, Jaffer); Division of Cardiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Sibbald); and the McMaster Education Research, Innovation and Theory Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Sibbald)
| | - Victoria Blouin
- From l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Blouin, Bénard, Pelletier, Meloche-Dumas, Patocskai); and Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Abdo, Kapralos, Dubrowski)
| | - Florence Bénard
- From l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Blouin, Bénard, Pelletier, Meloche-Dumas, Patocskai); and Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Abdo, Kapralos, Dubrowski)
| | - Florence Pelletier
- From l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Blouin, Bénard, Pelletier, Meloche-Dumas, Patocskai); and Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Abdo, Kapralos, Dubrowski)
| | - Sandy Abdo
- From l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Blouin, Bénard, Pelletier, Meloche-Dumas, Patocskai); and Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Abdo, Kapralos, Dubrowski)
| | - Léamarie Meloche-Dumas
- From l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Blouin, Bénard, Pelletier, Meloche-Dumas, Patocskai); and Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Abdo, Kapralos, Dubrowski)
| | - Bill Kapralos
- From l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Blouin, Bénard, Pelletier, Meloche-Dumas, Patocskai); and Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Abdo, Kapralos, Dubrowski)
| | - Adam Dubrowski
- From l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Blouin, Bénard, Pelletier, Meloche-Dumas, Patocskai); and Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Abdo, Kapralos, Dubrowski)
| | - Erica Patocskai
- From l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Blouin, Bénard, Pelletier, Meloche-Dumas, Patocskai); and Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Abdo, Kapralos, Dubrowski)
| | - Puja Pachchigar
- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Pachchigar, Agu, Yilmaz, Tee Del Maestro); and l'École polytechnique universitaire de Marseille, Marseille, France (Agu)
| | - Chinyelum Agu
- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Pachchigar, Agu, Yilmaz, Tee Del Maestro); and l'École polytechnique universitaire de Marseille, Marseille, France (Agu)
| | - Recai Yilmaz
- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Pachchigar, Agu, Yilmaz, Tee Del Maestro); and l'École polytechnique universitaire de Marseille, Marseille, France (Agu)
| | - Trisha Tee
- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Pachchigar, Agu, Yilmaz, Tee Del Maestro); and l'École polytechnique universitaire de Marseille, Marseille, France (Agu)
| | - Rolando Del Maestro
- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Pachchigar, Agu, Yilmaz, Tee Del Maestro); and l'École polytechnique universitaire de Marseille, Marseille, France (Agu)
| | - Ifeoluwa Adedipe
- From the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb
| | - Carolyn Stephens
- From the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb
| | - Merry Ghebretatios
- From the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb
| | - Simon Laplante
- From the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Laplante, Rukavina, Shwaartz); the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Prachi Patel
- From the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Laplante, Rukavina, Shwaartz); the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Shilpa Balaji
- From the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Laplante, Rukavina, Shwaartz); the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Hala Muaddi
- From the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Laplante, Rukavina, Shwaartz); the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Nadia Rukavina
- From the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Laplante, Rukavina, Shwaartz); the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Chaya Shwaartz
- From the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont. (Patel, Laplante, Rukavina, Shwaartz); the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Balaji); and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Muaddi)
| | - Maren Brodovsky
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brodovsky, Behzadi); the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont. (Lai); and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Blair)
| | - Carolyn Lai
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brodovsky, Behzadi); the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont. (Lai); and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Blair)
| | - Abdollah Behzadi
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brodovsky, Behzadi); the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont. (Lai); and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Blair)
| | - Geoffrey Blair
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Brodovsky, Behzadi); the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont. (Lai); and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Blair)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Ella Koonar
- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (Koonar, Ramazani, Hart, Henley, Roberts, Chandarana, W. Matthews, Schrag, J. Matthews, Mackenzie, Lui); and New York University, New York, NY (Cutting)
| | - Fatemeh Ramazani
- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (Koonar, Ramazani, Hart, Henley, Roberts, Chandarana, W. Matthews, Schrag, J. Matthews, Mackenzie, Lui); and New York University, New York, NY (Cutting)
| | - Robert Hart
- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (Koonar, Ramazani, Hart, Henley, Roberts, Chandarana, W. Matthews, Schrag, J. Matthews, Mackenzie, Lui); and New York University, New York, NY (Cutting)
| | - Jessica Henley
- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (Koonar, Ramazani, Hart, Henley, Roberts, Chandarana, W. Matthews, Schrag, J. Matthews, Mackenzie, Lui); and New York University, New York, NY (Cutting)
| | - Sam Roberts
- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (Koonar, Ramazani, Hart, Henley, Roberts, Chandarana, W. Matthews, Schrag, J. Matthews, Mackenzie, Lui); and New York University, New York, NY (Cutting)
| | - Shamir Chandarana
- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (Koonar, Ramazani, Hart, Henley, Roberts, Chandarana, W. Matthews, Schrag, J. Matthews, Mackenzie, Lui); and New York University, New York, NY (Cutting)
| | - Wayne Matthews
- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (Koonar, Ramazani, Hart, Henley, Roberts, Chandarana, W. Matthews, Schrag, J. Matthews, Mackenzie, Lui); and New York University, New York, NY (Cutting)
| | - Christiaan Schrag
- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (Koonar, Ramazani, Hart, Henley, Roberts, Chandarana, W. Matthews, Schrag, J. Matthews, Mackenzie, Lui); and New York University, New York, NY (Cutting)
| | - Jennifer Matthews
- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (Koonar, Ramazani, Hart, Henley, Roberts, Chandarana, W. Matthews, Schrag, J. Matthews, Mackenzie, Lui); and New York University, New York, NY (Cutting)
| | - David Mackenzie
- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (Koonar, Ramazani, Hart, Henley, Roberts, Chandarana, W. Matthews, Schrag, J. Matthews, Mackenzie, Lui); and New York University, New York, NY (Cutting)
| | - Court Cutting
- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (Koonar, Ramazani, Hart, Henley, Roberts, Chandarana, W. Matthews, Schrag, J. Matthews, Mackenzie, Lui); and New York University, New York, NY (Cutting)
| | - Justin Lui
- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alb. (Koonar, Ramazani, Hart, Henley, Roberts, Chandarana, W. Matthews, Schrag, J. Matthews, Mackenzie, Lui); and New York University, New York, NY (Cutting)
| | - Éolie Delisle
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Delisle, T. Cordoba); and the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (C. Cordoba)
| | - Tomas Cordoba
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Delisle, T. Cordoba); and the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (C. Cordoba)
| | - Carlos Cordoba
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Delisle, T. Cordoba); and the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (C. Cordoba)
| | - Bianca Giglio
- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que
| | - Adrien Lacroix
- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que
| | - Julianne Cairns
- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que
| | - Ahmad Alsayegh
- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que
| | - Mohamed Alhantoobi
- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que
| | - Neevya Balasubramaniam
- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que
| | - Widad Safih
- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que
| | - Meriem Hamel
- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que
| | - Rolando Del Maestro
- From the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Que
| | - Gizelle Francis
- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. (Francis, Hathi); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Moise); the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. (Omar); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Mavedatnia, Grose); and Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Philips)
| | - Alexander Moise
- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. (Francis, Hathi); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Moise); the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. (Omar); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Mavedatnia, Grose); and Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Philips)
| | - Youssef Omar
- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. (Francis, Hathi); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Moise); the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. (Omar); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Mavedatnia, Grose); and Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Philips)
| | - Kalpesh Hathi
- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. (Francis, Hathi); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Moise); the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. (Omar); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Mavedatnia, Grose); and Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Philips)
| | - Dorsa Mavedatnia
- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. (Francis, Hathi); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Moise); the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. (Omar); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Mavedatnia, Grose); and Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Philips)
| | - Elysia Grose
- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. (Francis, Hathi); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Moise); the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. (Omar); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Mavedatnia, Grose); and Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Philips)
| | - Timothy Philips
- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. (Francis, Hathi); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Moise); the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. (Omar); the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Mavedatnia, Grose); and Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Philips)
| | - Clément Schneider
- From the Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; and the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que
| | - Denis Corbin
- From the Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; and the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que
| | - François Lesage
- From the Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; and the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que
| | - Michel Pellerin
- From the Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; and the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que
| | - Walid Ben-Ali
- From the Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; and the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que
| | - Zakaria Tamani
- From the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Tamani, Joly-Chevrier, Laflamme); General Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Bénard, Meloche-Dumas); Surgical Oncology, Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Younan); and Health Sciences, maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski, Patocskai)
| | - Maxine Joly-Chevrier
- From the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Tamani, Joly-Chevrier, Laflamme); General Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Bénard, Meloche-Dumas); Surgical Oncology, Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Younan); and Health Sciences, maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski, Patocskai)
| | - Florence Bénard
- From the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Tamani, Joly-Chevrier, Laflamme); General Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Bénard, Meloche-Dumas); Surgical Oncology, Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Younan); and Health Sciences, maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski, Patocskai)
| | - Léamarie Meloche-Dumas
- From the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Tamani, Joly-Chevrier, Laflamme); General Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Bénard, Meloche-Dumas); Surgical Oncology, Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Younan); and Health Sciences, maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski, Patocskai)
| | - Laurence Laflamme
- From the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Tamani, Joly-Chevrier, Laflamme); General Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Bénard, Meloche-Dumas); Surgical Oncology, Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Younan); and Health Sciences, maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski, Patocskai)
| | - Kerianne Boulva
- From the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Tamani, Joly-Chevrier, Laflamme); General Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Bénard, Meloche-Dumas); Surgical Oncology, Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Younan); and Health Sciences, maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski, Patocskai)
| | - Rami Younan
- From the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Tamani, Joly-Chevrier, Laflamme); General Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Bénard, Meloche-Dumas); Surgical Oncology, Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Younan); and Health Sciences, maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski, Patocskai)
| | - Adam Dubrowski
- From the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Tamani, Joly-Chevrier, Laflamme); General Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Bénard, Meloche-Dumas); Surgical Oncology, Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Younan); and Health Sciences, maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski, Patocskai)
| | - Erica Patocskai
- From the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Tamani, Joly-Chevrier, Laflamme); General Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Bénard, Meloche-Dumas); Surgical Oncology, Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Younan); and Health Sciences, maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski, Patocskai)
| | - Giancarlo Sticca
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Sticca); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Petruccelli); and the University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Que. (Dorion)
| | - Joseph Petruccelli
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Sticca); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Petruccelli); and the University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Que. (Dorion)
| | - Dominique Dorion
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Sticca); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Petruccelli); and the University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Que. (Dorion)
| | - Yasmin Osman
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Osman, Bénard, Habti, Meloche-Dumas); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Duranleau); the Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Kaviani, Younan, Patocskai); the maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski); and Dawson College, Montréal, Que. (Vessella)
| | - Florence Bénard
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Osman, Bénard, Habti, Meloche-Dumas); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Duranleau); the Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Kaviani, Younan, Patocskai); the maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski); and Dawson College, Montréal, Que. (Vessella)
| | - Merieme Habti
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Osman, Bénard, Habti, Meloche-Dumas); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Duranleau); the Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Kaviani, Younan, Patocskai); the maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski); and Dawson College, Montréal, Que. (Vessella)
| | - Léamarie Meloche-Dumas
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Osman, Bénard, Habti, Meloche-Dumas); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Duranleau); the Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Kaviani, Younan, Patocskai); the maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski); and Dawson College, Montréal, Que. (Vessella)
| | - Xaviery Duranleau
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Osman, Bénard, Habti, Meloche-Dumas); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Duranleau); the Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Kaviani, Younan, Patocskai); the maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski); and Dawson College, Montréal, Que. (Vessella)
| | - Kerianne Boulva
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Osman, Bénard, Habti, Meloche-Dumas); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Duranleau); the Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Kaviani, Younan, Patocskai); the maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski); and Dawson College, Montréal, Que. (Vessella)
| | - Ahmad Kaviani
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Osman, Bénard, Habti, Meloche-Dumas); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Duranleau); the Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Kaviani, Younan, Patocskai); the maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski); and Dawson College, Montréal, Que. (Vessella)
| | - Rami Younan
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Osman, Bénard, Habti, Meloche-Dumas); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Duranleau); the Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Kaviani, Younan, Patocskai); the maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski); and Dawson College, Montréal, Que. (Vessella)
| | - Adam Dubrowski
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Osman, Bénard, Habti, Meloche-Dumas); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Duranleau); the Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Kaviani, Younan, Patocskai); the maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski); and Dawson College, Montréal, Que. (Vessella)
| | - Kiara Vessella
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Osman, Bénard, Habti, Meloche-Dumas); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Duranleau); the Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Kaviani, Younan, Patocskai); the maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski); and Dawson College, Montréal, Que. (Vessella)
| | - Erica Patocskai
- From the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Osman, Bénard, Habti, Meloche-Dumas); McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Duranleau); the Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montréal, Que. (Boulva, Kaviani, Younan, Patocskai); the maxSIMhealth Laboratory, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ont. (Dubrowski); and Dawson College, Montréal, Que. (Vessella)
| | - Rahim Valji
- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alb
| | | | - Tobi Lam
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | | | - Jacob Hirsh
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - Dean Lising
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - Tulin Cil
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (D'Souza, Milazzo, Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel); and the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel)
| | - Thomas Milazzo
- From the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (D'Souza, Milazzo, Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel); and the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel)
| | - Shaishav Datta
- From the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (D'Souza, Milazzo, Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel); and the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel)
| | - Chantal Valiquette
- From the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (D'Souza, Milazzo, Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel); and the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel)
| | - Emma Avery
- From the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (D'Souza, Milazzo, Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel); and the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel)
| | - Sophocles Voineskos
- From the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (D'Souza, Milazzo, Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel); and the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel)
| | - Melinda Musgrave
- From the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (D'Souza, Milazzo, Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel); and the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel)
| | - Kyle Wanzel
- From the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (D'Souza, Milazzo, Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel); and the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Datta, Valiquette, Avery, Voineskos, Musgrave, Wanzel)
| | - Jillian Schneidman
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Schneidman); and the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Schneidman, Armstrong)
| | - Neil Armstrong
- From McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Schneidman); and the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Schneidman, Armstrong)
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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ElHawary H, Salimi A, Alam P, Karir A, Mitchell E, Huynh MNQ, Leveille CF, Halyk L, St. Denis-Katz H, Iyer H, Padeanu S, Adibfar A, Valiquette C, Morzycki A, Janis JE, Thibaudeau S. Gender Equality in Plastic Surgery Training: A Canadian Nationwide Cross-sectional Analysis. Plast Surg (Oakv) 2023; 31:300-305. [PMID: 37654539 PMCID: PMC10467441 DOI: 10.1177/22925503211051108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/05/2021] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Introduction: One of the important factors in achieving gender equity is ensuring equitable surgical training for all. Previous studies have shown that females get significantly lower surgical exposure than males in certain surgical specialties. Gender gap in surgical exposure has never been assessed in plastic surgery. To that end, the goal of this study was to assess if there are any differences in plastic surgery training between male and female residents. Methods: A survey was sent to all plastic surgery residency programs in Canada to assess the No. of surgeries residents operated on as a co-surgeon or primary assistant during their training. The survey also assessed career goals, level of interest in the specialty, and subjective perception of gender bias. Results: A total of 89 plastic surgery residents (59.3% participation rate) completed the survey and were included in the study. The average No. of reconstructive cases residents operated on as a co-surgeon or primary assistant was 245 ± 312 cases. There was no difference in either reconstructive or aesthetic surgery case logs between male and female residents (p > .05). However, a significantly larger proportion of females (39%) compared to males (4%) felt that their gender limited their exposure to surgical cases and led to a worsening of their overall surgical training (p < .001). Finally, a larger proportion of male residents were interested in academic careers while a larger proportion of female residents were interested in a community practice (p = .024). Conclusion: While there is no evidence of differences in the volume of logged cases between genders, female surgical residents still feel that their respective gender limits their overall surgical training. Gender inequalities in training should be addressed by residency programs.
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- McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Goff L, St. Croix R, Jing JW, Ferri D, Sivanathan M, Harris C, Pelletier F, Bénard F, Sédillot-Daniel È, Fleiszer D, Bhandari A, White A, Shah A, Zhang Y, Akbari P, Fugaru I, Aggarwal I, Zhang Y, Gold MS, Belliveau S, Lai C, Daud A, Hamdan NA, Carr L, Fazlollahi AM, Retrosi G, Del Fernandes R, Roberts S, Botelho F, Micallef J, Rathagirishnan R, Stachura N, Grewal K, Yilmaz R, Mahmood S, Tee T, Qiu R, Hindi MN, AlTinawi B, Qiu R, Tanya SM, Greene H, Munn A, Furey A, Smith N, Moffatt-Bruce S, Lefebvre G, Harvey EJ, Reindl R, Al Badi H, Berry GK, Martineau PA, Koucheki R, Lex JR, Morozova A, Hauer TM, Mirzaie S, Ferguson PC, Ballyk B, Micallef J, Franco LY, Drennan IR, Button D, Dubrowski A, Thorburn C, Skanes C, Kennedy R, Smith C, Torres A, Meloche-Dumas L, Guérard-Poirier N, Kaviani A, Kapralos B, Mercier F, Dubrowski A, Patocskai E, Habti M, Meloche-Dumas L, Bérubé S, Cadoret D, Arutiunian A, Papas Y, Torres A, Kapralos B, Mercier F, Dubrowski A, Patocskai E, Melkane A, Chiesa C, Fakhry N, Young V, Smith L, Lechien J, Guertin L, Olivier MJ, Maniakas A, Jun Lin R, Bissada É, Christopoulos A, Ayad T, Leclerc AA, Posel N, Rosenzveig A, Gariscsak P, Kemp L, Haji F, Reid A, Sidhu S, Moon M, Turner S, Zheng B, Wolfstadt JI, Hall J, Ward S, Jad A, Yee N, Ross TD, Ferguson P, Zheng B, Valiquette C, Brathwaite S, Hawley G, Martou G, Hendry M, Schouela V, Aubé-Peterkin M, Kemp L, Winthrop A, Zheng B, Belliveau S, Gold M, Lui JT, de Lotbiniere-Bassett M, Chen JM, Lin VY, Agrawal SK, Blevins NH, Ladak HM, Pirouzmand F, Hauer T, Wolfstadt J, Ferguson P, Almansouri A, Yilmaz R, Eskandari M, Tee T, Agu C, Pachchigar P, Giglio B, Balasubramniam N, Gueziri HE, Del Maestro R, McKechnie T, Hatamnejad A, Chan J, Beattie A, Yilmaz R, Alsayegh A, Bakhaidar M, Del Maestro RF, Dharamsi N, de Vries I, Mann S, McEwen L, Phillips T, Zevin B, Robart A, Brennan H, Conway J, Patey C, Harley J, Poenaru D, Sivanathan M, Clarke K, Habti M, Roy MÈ, Bedwani S, Patocskai É, Dubrowski A, Valiquette C, Zhu J, Adibfar A, Snell L, Nayak R, Malthaner R, Fortin D, Inculet R, Qiabi M, Azher S, Moreno M, Melo LP, Pekrun R, Wiseman J, Fried GM, Lajoie S, Brydges R, Hadwin A, Sun NZ, Khalil E, Harley JM, Bakhaidar M, Alsayegh A, Hamdan NA, Fazlollahi AM, Agu C, Pachchigar P, Del Maestro R, Almas S, Ryan J, Anderson B, Pachchigar P, Tarabay B, Yilmaz R, Del Maestro R, Lan L, Mao R, Kay J, Darren de SA, Blair G, Noorani A, Noorani S, Mak M, Ibrahim G, Hodaie M, van Kampen K, Domerchie E, Farrugia P, Joly-Chevrier M, Nguyen AXL, Pur DR, Power RJ, Sharma S, Costello F, Kherani F. C-CASE 2022: Competence to Excellence01. The Queen Bee phenomenon in Canadian surgical subspecialties: an evaluation of gender biases in the resident training environment02. Barriers to surgical peer coaching — What have we learned, and where do we go from here?03. Shared decision-making and evidence-based medicine: Pivotal or trivial to patient care in orthopedic trauma?04. Immersive virtual reality and cadaveric bone are equally effective in skeletal anatomy education: a randomized crossover noninferiority trial05. Development of simulators for decentralized simulation-based education IO training using design thinking and Delphi — a novel approach06. The impact of feedback on laparoscopic skills for surgical residents during COVID-1907. The role of collaborative feedback and remote practice in the acquisition of suturing skills by medical students at Université de Montréal08. Efficacy testing of an affordable and realistic small bowel simulator for hand-sewn anastomosis09. The LASER rating scale: a new teaching tool in otolaryngology10. Virtual patient case simulations: their role in undergraduate and postgraduate surgical training11. Evaluating the effectiveness of video-assisted informed consent in surgery: a systematic review12. Communication patterns in the cardiac surgery operating room are affected by task difficulty: a simulation model13. Improving adherence to postcall departure guidelines in orthopedics: a quality-improvement initiative14. Increasing familiarity among team members helps to reduce laparoscopic procedure time15. The effectiveness of a self-directed online learning module on trainee knowledge and confidence during plastic surgery clinical rotations16. Implementing an orientation handbook before a surgical rotation in urology17. An examination of equity-related experiences of surgical trainees at academic centres across Ontario: design of a targeted needs assessment18. Viewing differences between experts and trainees: implication for surgical education19. Assessment of medical student exposure to and satisfaction with surgical subspecialty education20. Assessment of student exposure to climate impacts of surgical personal protective equipment in the undergraduate medical curriculum21. Virtual reality simulation for the middle cranial fossa approach — a face, content and construct validation study22. Evaluating the Canadian Orthopaedic Surgery Medical Education Course (COSMEC)23. Subpial resection in a novel ex vivo calf brain epilepsy simulation model24. Effectiveness of the Eyesi augmented reality simulator for ophthalmology trainees: a systematic review and meta-analysis25. Learning beyond the objectives: an evidence-based analysis of AI-selected competencies in surgical simulation training26. Virtual compared with in-person surgical grand rounds: participants’ perceptions, preferences and directions for the future27. Quality of narrative feedback for entrustable professional activities assessed in the operating room: analysis of 4. years of assessments in the surgical foundations curriculum at Queen’s University28. SimOscopy: an accessible 3D-printed and laser-cut laparoscopic surgical simulator developed for a mobile device29. A debriefing tool to acquire nontechnical skills in trauma courses30. Capacity building using a hub-and-spokes model to produce customizable simulators for surgical education31. Exploring skin tone diversity in a plastic surgery resident education curriculum32. Video-based assessments of thoracic surgery trainees’ operative skills as adjuncts in competency-based medical education33. How do you feel? An examination of team leaders’ and members’ emotions in surgical simulations34. Comparing the efficacy of a real-time intelligent coaching system to human expert instruction in surgical technical skills training: randomized controlled trial35. Empowering women to pursue surgery: launching a pilot gender-congruent mentorship program for medical students36. Affective and cognitive responses to a virtual reality spine simulator37. Immersive virtual reality for patient-specific preoperative planning: a systematic review38. The categorization of surgical problems by junior and senior medical students39. The application of microlearning modules in surgical education to enhance procedural skills and surgical training40. Authorship gender disparity and trends in female authorship in 5 high-impact orthopedic journals from 2002 to 202241. The landscape of Canadian academic surgery: analysis of gender representation, academic rank, and research productivity. Can J Surg 2022. [DOI: 10.1503/cjs.014622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Trajman A, Adjobimey M, Bastos ML, Valiquette C, Oxlade O, Fregonese F, Affolabi D, Cordeiro-Santos M, Stein RT, Benedetti A, Menzies D. GeneXpert or chest-X-ray or tuberculin skin testing for household contact assessment (GXT): protocol for a cluster-randomized trial. Trials 2022; 23:624. [PMID: 35918722 PMCID: PMC9344713 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06587-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background The World Health Organization recommends tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment (TPT) for all people living with HIV (PLH) and household contacts (HHC) of index TB patients. Tests for TB infection (TBI) or to rule out TB disease (TBD) are preferred, but if not available, this should not be a barrier if access to these tests is limited for high-risk people, such as PLH and HHC under 5 years old. There is equipoise on the need for these tests in different risk populations, especially HHC aged over 5. Methods This superiority cluster-randomized multicenter trial with three arms of equal size compares, in Benin and Brazil, three strategies for HHC investigation aged 0–50: (i) tuberculin skin testing (TST) or interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) for TBI and if positive, chest X-Ray (CXR) to rule out TBD in persons with positive TST or IGRA; (ii) same as (i) but GeneXpert (GX) replaces CXR; and (iii) no TBI testing. CXR for all; if CXR is normal, TPT is recommended. All strategies start with symptom screening. Clusters are defined as HHC members of the same index patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary TBD. The main outcome is the proportion of HHC that are TPT eligible who start TPT within 3 months of the index TB patient starting TBD treatment. Societal costs, incidence of severe adverse events, and prevalence of TBD are among secondary outcomes. Stratified analyses by age (under versus over 5) and by index patient microbiological status will be conducted. All participants provide signed informed consent. The study was approved by the Research Ethic Board of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, the Brazilian National Ethical Board CONEP, and the “Comité Local d’Éthique Pour la Recherche Biomédicale (CLERB) de l’Université de Parakou,” Benin. Findings will be submitted for publication in major medical journals and presented in conferences, to WHO and National and municipal TB programs of the involved countries. Discussion This randomized trial is meant to provide high-quality evidence to inform WHO recommendations on investigation of household contacts, as currently these are based on very low-quality evidence. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04528823.
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- Anete Trajman
- McGill University, Montreal, Canada. .,Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
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- Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin
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- Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil.,Universidade Do Estado Do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil
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- Programa PROADI-SUS, Hospital Moinho de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil.,Escola de Medicina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica RGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Datta S, Valiquette C, Wanzel KR. Medical Education in a Global Pandemic: A Novel Case-Based Learning Approach to Teaching Plastic Surgery Topics to Preclerkship Students. Plast Surg (Oakv) 2021; 30:333-334. [PMID: 36212093 PMCID: PMC9535456 DOI: 10.1177/22925503211054135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Shaishav Datta
- Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Bastos ML, Oxlade O, Benedetti A, Fregonese F, Valiquette C, Lira SCC, Carvalho-Cordeiro D, Cavalcante JR, Faerstein E, Albuquerque MFM, Cordeiro-Santos M, Hill PC, Menzies D, Trajman A. A public health approach to increase treatment of latent TB among household contacts in Brazil. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2021; 24:1000-1008. [PMID: 33126931 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.19.0728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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SETTING: Two consecutive trials were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a public health approach to identify and correct problems in the care cascade for household contacts (HHCs) of TB patients in three Brazilian high TB incidence cities.METHODS: In the first trial, 12 clinics underwent standardised evaluation using questionnaires administered to TB patients, HHCs and healthcare workers, and analysis of the cascade of latent TB care among HHCs. Six clinics were then randomised to receive interventions to strengthen management of latent TB infection (LTBI), including in-service training provided by nurses, work process organisation and additional clinic-specific solutions. In the second trial, a similar but streamlined evaluation was conducted in two clinics, who then received initial and subsequent intensive in-service training provided by a physician.RESULTS: In the evaluation phase of both trials, many HHCs were identified, but few started LTBI treatment. After the intervention, the number of HHCs initiating treatment per 100 active TB patients increased by 10 (95%CI - 11 to 30) in the first trial, and by 44 (95%CI 26 to 61) in the second trial.DISCUSSION: A public health approach with standardised evaluation, local decisions for improvements, followed by intensive initial and in-service training appears promising for improved LTBI management.
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- M L Bastos
- Social Medicine Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit
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- Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, and Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit
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- Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit
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- Recife Municipal Health Secretariat, Recife, PE, Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Pernambuco, Recife, PE
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- Manaus Municipal Health Secretariat, Manaus, AM, Programa de Pós-gradução em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, AM
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- Social Medicine Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Social Medicine Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Tropical Medicine Post-Graduation Program, Amazonas State University, Manaus, AM, Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, AM, Brazil
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- Centre for International Health, Otago Medical School, University of Otago, Otago, New Zealand
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- Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, McGill International TB Centre, Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, and Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- McGill International TB Centre, Internal Medicine Post-Graduation Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Primary Health Care Post-Graduation Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Oxlade O, Benedetti A, Adjobimey M, Alsdurf H, Anagonou S, Cook VJ, Fisher D, Fox GJ, Fregonese F, Hadisoemarto P, Hill PC, Johnston J, Khan FA, Long R, Nguyen NV, Nguyen TA, Obeng J, Ruslami R, Schwartzman K, Trajman A, Valiquette C, Menzies D. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a health systems intervention for latent tuberculosis infection management (ACT4): a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet Public Health 2021; 6:e272-e282. [PMID: 33765453 DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(20)30261-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Revised: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Reaching the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis target of providing tuberculosis preventive treatment to at least 30 million people by 2022, including 4 million children under the age of 5 years and 20 million other household contacts, will require major efforts to strengthen health systems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a health systems intervention to strengthen management for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in household contacts of confirmed tuberculosis cases. METHODS ACT4 was a cluster-randomised, open-label trial involving 24 health facilities in Benin, Canada, Ghana, Indonesia, and Vietnam randomly assigned to either a three-phase intervention (LTBI programme evaluation, local decision making, and strengthening activities) or control (standard LTBI care). Tuberculin and isoniazid were provided to control and intervention sites if not routinely available. Randomisation was stratified by country and restricted to ensure balance of index patients with tuberculosis by arm and country. The primary outcome was the number of household contacts who initiated tuberculosis preventive treatment at each health facility within 4 months of the diagnosis of the index case, recorded in the first or last 6 months of our 20-month study. To ease interpretation, this number was standardised per 100 newly diagnosed index patients with tuberculosis. Analysis was by intention to treat. Masking of staff at the coordinating centre and sites was not possible; however, those analysing data were masked to assignment of intervention or control. An economic analysis of the intervention was done in parallel with the trial. ACT4 is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02810678. FINDINGS The study was done between Aug 1, 2016, and March 31, 2019. During the first 6 months of the study the crude overall proportion of household contacts initiating tuberculosis preventive treatment out of those eligible at intervention sites was 0·21. After the implementation of programme strengthening activities, the proportion initiating tuberculosis preventive treatment increased to 0·35. Overall, the number of household contacts initiating tuberculosis preventive treatment per 100 index patients with tuberculosis increased between study phases in intervention sites (adjusted rate difference 60, 95% CI 4 to 116), while control sites showed no statistically significant change (-12, -33 to 10). There was a difference in rate differences of 72 (95% CI 10 to 134) contacts per 100 index patients with tuberculosis initiating preventive treatment associated with the intervention. The total cost for the intervention, plus LTBI clinical care per additional contact initiating treatment was estimated to be CA$1348 (range 724 to 9708). INTERPRETATION A strategy of standardised evaluation, local decision making, and implementation of health systems strengthening activities can provide a mechanism for scale-up of tuberculosis prevention, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries. FUNDING Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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- Olivia Oxlade
- McGill International TB Centre, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- McGill International TB Centre, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Pthisiologie de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
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- McGill International TB Centre, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Provincial TB Services, BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- The Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- McGill International TB Centre, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- TB-HIV Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Centre for International Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Otago, Otago, New Zealand
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- Provincial TB Services, BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- McGill International TB Centre, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- The Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- TB-HIV Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
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- McGill International TB Centre, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- McGill International TB Centre, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- McGill International TB Centre, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- McGill International TB Centre, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Yanes-Lane M, Trajman A, Bastos ML, Oxlade O, Valiquette C, Rufino N, Fregonese F, Menzies D. Effects of programmatic interventions to improve the management of latent tuberculosis: a follow up study up to five months after implementation. BMC Public Health 2021; 21:177. [PMID: 33478452 PMCID: PMC7819253 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10195-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Background Less than 19% of those needing tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment complete it, due to losses in several steps of the cascade of care for latent TB infection. A cluster randomized trial of a programmatic public health intervention to improve management of latent TB infection in household contacts was conducted in Rio de Janeiro. Interventions included contact registry, initial and in-service training, and a TB booklet. We conducted a follow-up study starting one month after the conclusion of this trial, to measure the effect of interventions implemented, and to identify remaining barriers and facilitators to latent TB infection treatment, from different perspectives. Methods In two health clinics in Rio de Janeiro that received the interventions in the trial, data for the latent TB infection cascade of care for household contacts was collected over a five-month period. The number of household contacts initiating treatment per 100 index-TB patients was compared with the cascade of care data obtained before and during the intervention trial. Semi-structured open-ended questionnaires were administered to healthcare workers, household contacts and index-TB patients regarding knowledge and perceptions about TB and study interventions. Results In this follow-up study, 184 household contacts per 100 index-TB patients were identified. When compared to the intervention period, there were 65 fewer household contacts per 100 index-TB patients, (95% CI -115, − 15) but the number starting latent TB infection treatment was sustained (difference -2, 95% CI -8,5). A total of 31 index-TB patients, 22 household contacts and 19 health care workers were interviewed. Among index-TB patients, 61% said all their household contacts had been tested for latent TB infection. All health care workers said it was very important to test household contacts, and 95% mentioned that possessing correct knowledge on the benefits of latent TB infection treatment was the main facilitator to enable them to recommend this treatment. Conclusion In this follow-up study, we observed a sustained effect of interventions to strengthen the latent TB infection cascade of care on increasing the number of household contacts starting latent TB infection treatment. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-021-10195-z.
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- Mercedes Yanes-Lane
- Research Institute McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Research Institute McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Internal Medicine Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Social Medicine Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Research Institute McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Social Medicine Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Research Institute McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Research Institute McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Vector Bourne Diseases Department, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Research Institute McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Research Institute McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. .,McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Barss L, Obeng J, Fregonese F, Oxlade O, Adomako B, Afriyie AO, Frimpong ED, Winters N, Valiquette C, Menzies D. Solutions to improve the latent tuberculosis Cascade of Care in Ghana: a longitudinal impact assessment. BMC Infect Dis 2020; 20:352. [PMID: 32423422 PMCID: PMC7236456 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-020-05060-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Loss of patients in the latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) cascade of care is a major barrier to LTBI management. We evaluated the impact and acceptability of local solutions implemented to strengthen LTBI management of household contacts (HHCs) at an outpatient clinic in Ghana. Methods Local solutions to improve LTBI management were informed by a baseline evaluation of the LTBI cascade and questionnaires administered to index patients, HHCs, and health care workers at the study site in Offinso, Ghana. Solutions aimed to reduce patient costs and improve knowledge. We evaluated the impact and acceptability of the solutions. Specific objectives were to: 1) Compare the proportion of eligible HHCs completing each step in the LTBI cascade of care before and after solution implementation; 2) Compare knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) before and after solution implementation, based on responses of patients and health care workers (HCW) to structured questionnaires; 3) Evaluate patient and HCW acceptability of solutions using information obtained from these questionnaires. Results Pre and Post-Solution LTBI Cascades included 58 and 125 HHCs, respectively. Before implementation, 39% of expected < 5-year-old HHCs and 66% of ≥5-year-old HHCs were identified. None completed any further cascade steps. Post implementation, the proportion of eligible HHCs who completed identification, assessment, evaluation, and treatment initiation increased for HHCs < 5 to 94, 100, 82, 100%, respectively, and for HHCs ≥5 to 96, 69, 67, 100%, respectively. Pre and Post-Solutions questionnaires were completed by 80 and 95 respondents, respectively. Study participants most frequently mentioned financial support and education as the solutions that supported LTBI management. Conclusion Implementation of locally selected solutions was associated with an increase in the proportion of HHCs completing all steps in the LTBI cascade. Tuberculosis programs should consider prioritizing financial support, such as payment for chest x-rays, to support LTBI cascade completion.
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- Leila Barss
- McGill International TB Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- McGill International TB Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- McGill International TB Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada. .,Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, 5252 Boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, Office 3.58, Montreal, QC, H4A 3S5, Canada.
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Alsdurf H, Oxlade O, Adjobimey M, Ahmad Khan F, Bastos M, Bedingfield N, Benedetti A, Boafo D, Buu TN, Chiang L, Cook V, Fisher D, Fox GJ, Fregonese F, Hadisoemarto P, Johnston JC, Kassa F, Long R, Moayedi Nia S, Nguyen TA, Obeng J, Paulsen C, Romanowski K, Ruslami R, Schwartzman K, Sohn H, Strumpf E, Trajman A, Valiquette C, Yaha L, Menzies D. Resource implications of the latent tuberculosis cascade of care: a time and motion study in five countries. BMC Health Serv Res 2020; 20:341. [PMID: 32316963 PMCID: PMC7175545 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05220-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The End TB Strategy calls for global scale-up of preventive treatment for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), but little information is available about the associated human resource requirements. Our study aimed to quantify the healthcare worker (HCW) time needed to perform the tasks associated with each step along the LTBI cascade of care for household contacts of TB patients. METHODS We conducted a time and motion (TAM) study between January 2018 and March 2019, in which consenting HCWs were observed throughout a typical workday. The precise time spent was recorded in pre-specified categories of work activities for each step along the cascade. A linear mixed model was fit to estimate the time at each step. RESULTS A total of 173 HCWs in Benin, Canada, Ghana, Indonesia, and Vietnam participated. The greatest amount of time was spent for the medical evaluation (median: 11 min; IQR: 6-16), while the least time was spent on reading a tuberculin skin test (TST) (median: 4 min; IQR: 2-9). The greatest variability was seen in the time spent for each medical evaluation, while TST placement and reading showed the least variability. The total time required to complete all steps along the LTBI cascade, from identification of household contacts (HHC) through to treatment initiation ranged from 1.8 h per index TB patient in Vietnam to 5.2 h in Ghana. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that the time requirements are very modest to perform each step in the latent TB cascade of care, but to achieve full identification and management of all household contacts will require additional human resources in many settings.
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- H Alsdurf
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, 5252 Boulevard de Maisonneuve, Room 3D.58, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit (RECRU), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Programme National contre la Tuberculose-Bénin, Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie-Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
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- McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, 5252 Boulevard de Maisonneuve, Room 3D.58, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit (RECRU), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Social Medicine Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, 5252 Boulevard de Maisonneuve, Room 3D.58, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Chest Clinic, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Provincial Tuberculosis Services, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Provincial Tuberculosis Services, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- The Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney Central Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, 5252 Boulevard de Maisonneuve, Room 3D.58, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, TB-HIV Research Center, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Provincial Tuberculosis Services, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Programme National contre la Tuberculose-Bénin, Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie-Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Chest Clinic, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Provincial Tuberculosis Services, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Pharmacology & Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, 5252 Boulevard de Maisonneuve, Room 3D.58, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit (RECRU), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Social Medicine Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, 5252 Boulevard de Maisonneuve, Room 3D.58, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Programme National contre la Tuberculose-Bénin, Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie-Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. .,McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, 5252 Boulevard de Maisonneuve, Room 3D.58, Montreal, QC, Canada. .,Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit (RECRU), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Pasricha S, Valiquette C, Singh M, Pasricha R, Jimal D, Khurshid F. 138 HINIC: Hand Hygiene – Improving NICU Infection Control. Paediatr Child Health 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxz066.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Oxlade O, Trajman A, Benedetti A, Adjobimey M, Cook VJ, Fisher D, Fox GJ, Fregonese F, Hadisoemarto P, Hill PC, Johnston J, Long R, Obeng J, Ruslami R, Valiquette C, Menzies D. Enhancing the public health impact of latent tuberculosis infection diagnosis and treatment (ACT4): protocol for a cluster randomised trial. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e025831. [PMID: 30898826 PMCID: PMC6527985 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Treatment of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) is an important component of the End-TB strategy. However, the number of individuals who successfully complete LTBI treatment remains low as there are losses at all steps in the LTBI 'cascade-of-care'. The reasons for these losses are variable and highly dependent on the setting. We have planned a trial of a standardised public health approach to strengthen the management of household contacts (HHCs) of newly diagnosed patients with pulmonary TB. Assessing costs related to approach is a secondary objective of the study. METHODS AND ANALYSIS A cluster randomised trial will be conducted in 24 randomisation units (health facilities or groups of health facilities) in five countries. In Phase 1, at intervention sites, we will conduct a standardised assessment of the current LTBI programme, with a focus on cascade-of-care endpoints. Standardised open-ended questionnaires on practices, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding TB prevention are then administered to key patient groups and healthcare workers. At each site, local stake-holders will review study findings and select solutions based on their acceptability, cost and effectiveness. In Phase 2, intervention clinics will implement the selected solutions, along with contact measurement registries and regular in-service LTBI management training. Control sites will continue their usual LTBI care with no explicit evaluation, strengthening or training activities. The primary study outcome is the number of HHC initiating LTBI treatment per newly diagnosed active TB patient, within 3 months of diagnosis of the index patient. An intention-to-treat analysis will be performed, using a Poisson regression approach. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval from the MUHC ethical review board (ERB) was obtained in November 2015. During the study standardised tools will be developed and made publicly available. Key study findings and novel methodologic contributions will be detailed in publications and other dissemination activities. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT02810678; Pre-Results.
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- Olivia Oxlade
- McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Internal Medicine Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre National Hospitalier, Universitaire de Pneumo-Pthisiologie de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin
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- BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, TB-HIV Research Center, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Otago, New Zealand
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- BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, TB-HIV Research Center, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
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- McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Menzies D, Adjobimey M, Ruslami R, Trajman A, Sow O, Kim H, Obeng Baah J, Marks GB, Long R, Hoeppner V, Elwood K, Al-Jahdali H, Gninafon M, Apriani L, Koesoemadinata RC, Kritski A, Rolla V, Bah B, Camara A, Boakye I, Cook VJ, Goldberg H, Valiquette C, Hornby K, Dion MJ, Li PZ, Hill PC, Schwartzman K, Benedetti A. Four Months of Rifampin or Nine Months of Isoniazid for Latent Tuberculosis in Adults. N Engl J Med 2018; 379:440-453. [PMID: 30067931 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1714283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND A 9-month regimen of isoniazid can prevent active tuberculosis in persons with latent tuberculosis infection. However, the regimen has been associated with poor adherence rates and with toxic effects. METHODS In an open-label trial conducted in nine countries, we randomly assigned adults with latent tuberculosis infection to receive treatment with a 4-month regimen of rifampin or a 9-month regimen of isoniazid for the prevention of confirmed active tuberculosis within 28 months after randomization. Noninferiority and potential superiority were assessed. Secondary outcomes included clinically diagnosed active tuberculosis, adverse events of grades 3 to 5, and completion of the treatment regimen. Outcomes were adjudicated by independent review panels. RESULTS Among the 3443 patients in the rifampin group, confirmed active tuberculosis developed in 4 and clinically diagnosed active tuberculosis developed in 4 during 7732 person-years of follow-up, as compared with 4 and 5 patients, respectively, among 3416 patients in the isoniazid group during 7652 person-years of follow-up. The rate differences (rifampin minus isoniazid) were less than 0.01 cases per 100 person-years (95% confidence interval [CI], -0.14 to 0.16) for confirmed active tuberculosis and less than 0.01 cases per 100 person-years (95% CI, -0.23 to 0.22) for confirmed or clinically diagnosed tuberculosis. The upper boundaries of the 95% confidence interval for the rate differences of the confirmed cases and for the confirmed or clinically diagnosed cases of tuberculosis were less than the prespecified noninferiority margin of 0.75 percentage points in cumulative incidence; the rifampin regimen was not superior to the isoniazid regimen. The difference in the treatment-completion rates was 15.1 percentage points (95% CI, 12.7 to 17.4). The rate differences for adverse events of grade 3 to 5 occurring within 146 days (120% of the 4-month planned duration of the rifampin regimen) were -1.1 percentage points (95% CI, -1.9 to -0.4) for all events and -1.2 percentage points (95% CI, -1.7 to -0.7) for hepatotoxic events. CONCLUSIONS The 4-month regimen of rifampin was not inferior to the 9-month regimen of isoniazid for the prevention of active tuberculosis and was associated with a higher rate of treatment completion and better safety. (Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00931736 .).
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- Dick Menzies
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
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- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
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- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
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- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
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- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
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- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
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- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
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- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Richard Long
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Vernon Hoeppner
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Kevin Elwood
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Hamdan Al-Jahdali
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Martin Gninafon
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Lika Apriani
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Raspati C Koesoemadinata
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Afranio Kritski
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Valeria Rolla
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Boubacar Bah
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Alioune Camara
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Isaac Boakye
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Victoria J Cook
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Hazel Goldberg
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Chantal Valiquette
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Karen Hornby
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Marie-Josée Dion
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Pei-Zhi Li
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Philip C Hill
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Kevin Schwartzman
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
| | - Andrea Benedetti
- From the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (D.M., A.T., C.V., K.H., M.-J.D., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B.), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.M., A.B.), McGill University, Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (V.H.), and the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E., V.J.C.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., L.A., R.C.K.); State University of Rio de Janeiro (A.T.), Programa Academico de Tuberculose-Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Rede TB (A.K.), and National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (V.R.) - all in Rio de Janeiro; Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (O.S., B.B., A.C.); Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, South Korea (H.K.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B., I.B.); University of New South Wales (G.B.M.) and University of Sydney (H.G.), Sydney; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.); and the Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A.-J.)
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Diallo T, Adjobimey M, Ruslami R, Trajman A, Sow O, Obeng Baah J, Marks GB, Long R, Elwood K, Zielinski D, Gninafon M, Wulandari DA, Apriani L, Valiquette C, Fregonese F, Hornby K, Li PZ, Hill PC, Schwartzman K, Benedetti A, Menzies D. Safety and Side Effects of Rifampin versus Isoniazid in Children. N Engl J Med 2018; 379:454-463. [PMID: 30067928 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1714284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The treatment of latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is important in children because of their vulnerability to life-threatening forms of tuberculosis disease. The current standard treatment - 9 months of isoniazid - has been associated with poor adherence and toxic effects, which have hampered the effectiveness of the drug. In adults, treatment with 4 months of rifampin has been shown to be safer and to have higher completion rates than 9 months of isoniazid. METHODS In this multicenter, open-label trial, we randomly assigned 844 children (<18 years of age) with latent M. tuberculosis infection to receive either 4 months of rifampin or 9 months of isoniazid. The primary outcome was adverse events of grade 1 to 5 that resulted in the permanent discontinuation of a trial drug. Secondary outcomes were treatment adherence, side-effect profile, and efficacy. Independent review panels whose members were unaware of trial-group assignments adjudicated all adverse events and progression to active tuberculosis. RESULTS Of the children who underwent randomization, 829 were eligible for inclusion in the modified intention-to-treat analysis. A total of 360 of 422 children (85.3%) in the rifampin group completed per-protocol therapy, as compared with 311 of 407 (76.4%) in the isoniazid group (adjusted difference in the rates of treatment completion, 13.4 percentage points; 95% confidence interval [CI], 7.5 to 19.3). There were no significant between-group differences in the rates of adverse events, with fewer than 5% of the children in the combined groups with grade 1 or 2 adverse events that were deemed to be possibly related to a trial drug. Active tuberculosis, including 1 case with resistance to isoniazid, was diagnosed in 2 children in the isoniazid group during 542 person-years of follow-up, as compared with no cases in the rifampin group during 562 person-years (rate difference, -0.37 cases per 100 person-years; 95% CI, -0.88 to 0.14). CONCLUSIONS Among children under the age of 18 years, treatment with 4 months of rifampin had similar rates of safety and efficacy but a better rate of adherence than 9 months of treatment with isoniazid. (Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00170209 .).
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Affiliation(s)
- Thierno Diallo
- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
| | - Menonli Adjobimey
- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
| | - Rovina Ruslami
- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
| | - Anete Trajman
- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
| | - Oumou Sow
- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
| | - Joseph Obeng Baah
- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
| | - Guy B Marks
- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
| | - Richard Long
- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
| | - Kevin Elwood
- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
| | - David Zielinski
- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
| | - Martin Gninafon
- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
| | - Diah A Wulandari
- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
| | - Lika Apriani
- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
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- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
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- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
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- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
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- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
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- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
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- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
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- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
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- From Service de Pneumophtisiologie, Hôpital National Ignace Deen, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinea (T.D., O.S.); the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute (T.D., A.T., D.Z., C.V., F.F., K.H., P.Z.L., K.S., A.B., D.M.), the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (A.B.), and Montreal Children's Hospital (D.Z.), McGill University, Montreal, the TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton (R.L.), and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (K.E.) - all in Canada; Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Cotonou, Benin (M.A., M.G.); Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (R.R., D.A.W., L.A.); the Social Medicine Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro (A.T.); Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (J.O.B.); the University of New South Wales, Sydney (G.B.M.); and the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C.H.)
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Albanna AS, Bachmann K, White D, Valiquette C, Menzies D. Serum lipids as biomarkers for therapeutic monitoring of latent tuberculosis infection. Eur Respir J 2014; 42:547-50. [PMID: 23904552 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00064713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Yee D, Valiquette C, Pelletier M, Parisien I, Rocher I, Menzies D. Incidence of serious side effects from first-line antituberculosis drugs among patients treated for active tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 167:1472-7. [PMID: 12569078 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200206-626oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 505] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Major adverse reactions to antituberculosis drugs can cause significant morbidity, and compromise treatment regimens for tuberculosis (TB). Among patients treated for active TB we estimated the incidence, and risk factors, of major side effects from first-line anti-TB drugs. Side effects, resulting in modification or discontinuation of therapy, or hospitalization, were attributed on the basis of resolution after withdrawal, and/or recurrence with rechallenge. Among 430 patients treated between 1990 and 1999, the incidence of all major adverse effects was 1.48 per 100 person-months of exposure (95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.31 to 1.61) for pyrazinamide, compared with 0.49 (95% CI, 0.42 to 0.55) for isoniazid, 0.43 (95% CI, 0.37 to 0.49) for rifampin, and 0.07 (95% CI, 0.04 to 0.10) for ethambutol. Occurrence of any major side effect was associated with female sex (adjusted hazard ratio, 2.5; 95% CI, 1.3 to 4.7), age over 60 years (adjusted hazard ratio, 2.9; 95% CI, 1.3 to 6.3), birthplace in Asia (adjusted hazard ratio, 2.5; 95% CI, 1.3 to 5.0), and human immunodeficiency virus-positive status (adjusted hazard ratio, 3.8; 95% CI, 1.05 to 13.4). Pyrazinamide-associated adverse events were associated with age over 60 years (adjusted hazard ratio, 2.6; 95% CI, 1.01 to 6.6) and birthplace in Asia (adjusted hazard ratio, 3.4; 95% CI, 1.4 to 8.3), whereas rifampin-associated adverse events were associated with age over 60 years (adjusted hazard ratio, 3.9; 95% CI, 1.02 to 14.9) and human immunodeficiency virus-positive status (adjusted hazard ratio, 8.0; 95% CI, 1.5 to 43). The incidence of pyrazinamide-induced hepatotoxicity and rash during treatment for active TB was substantially higher than with the other first-line anti-TB drugs, and higher than previously recognized.
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- Daphne Yee
- Respiratory Epidemiology Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, 1110 Pine Avenue West, Room 103, Montreal, PQ, H3A 1A3 Canada
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Studies have shown that the use of a conventional sling backrest in a wheelchair may have a negative impact on the posture and health of users. To avoid such problems, this backrest is often replaced by a back cushion on a rigid surface. However, the use of the latter deprives many wheelchair users of the advantages provided by the sling backrest (easy folding, lightweight, low cost, unobtrusive, simplicity of design). In an effort to maintain these features while providing adequate posture, a new backrest was designed according to specific criteria. The "flexible contour backrest" has been developed so that it can be adapted to a person's back contour with stays, adjustable straps, and curved back posts. Preliminary comparisons done by some experts with commercially available backrests showed that design criteria were reached at 62.9% by the back cushion on a rigid surface, at 64% by the sling backrest, and at 67.7% by the adjustable-tension backrest. On the other hand, design criteria were reached at 80% by the new flexible contour backrest because its design brings together most of the positive features provided by these other backrests (easy to fold, light weight, unobtrusive, airy) as well as providing adequate posture and better fit to the user's morphology.
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- F Parent
- Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Lesage AD, Cyr M, Toupin J, Cormier H, Valiquette C. [Training of interviewers in the utilization of standardized questionnaires in psychiatry: studies realized with the Present State Examination (PSE)]. Acta Psychiatr Belg 1991; 91:129-44. [PMID: 1670414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Interview questionnaires offer more validity than self-administered format in exploring psychopathological or psychosocial phenomena of interest in psychiatric research. If used, special care needs to be paid to interviewers' training and ensuring that they maintain their reliability. No widespread training standards exist and each schedule may carry its own procedure. Our aims are to indicate how we trained interviewers with the French version of the Present State Examination (Wing, Cooper and Sartorius, 1974) and how we checked and kept acceptable interraters reliability during one study. We will provide data on the interraters reliability during the training and the study, as well as the test-retest reliability. These results will be used to support some guidelines when using this sort of psychiatric research questionnaires in order to ensure comparability both within the study and between studies.
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- A D Lesage
- Centre de recherche, Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine, Montréal
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1. Mastication was studied in awake rabbits that had previously been prepared for chronic recording of jaw movement and jaw muscle electromyography (EMG) under general anesthesia. Data were stored on tape and replayed for computer-assisted analysis. Most data was taken from the mastication of rabbit chow, but the basic features described in the paper also apply to eating of other foods. The series of movements was divided into cycles, and the phases that compose them, using peaks in the vertical movement, velocity, and acceleration. 2. The whole series of movements from ingestion to swallowing was termed the masticatory sequence. We found, as have others, that the sequence can be divided into three consecutive periods, based on the form of the movements. These were named the preparatory, reduction, and preswallowing series of cycles. 3. The results of earlier studies suggest that the food is transported back to the molar teeth during the preparatory series, ground up during the reduction series, and that the bolus is formed for swallowing during the preswallowing series. 4. The typical cycle of the preparatory series was called type I; it had two phases: opening (O) and fast closing (FC). The jaw-opening muscles were very active during O, but EMG bursts from the closer muscles were small or undefinable during FC. There was not much movement away from the midline in either phase, and the cycles were the shortest in the sequence. 5. The reduction series was predominantly composed of type II cycles. These were of intermediate duration and had three phases [O, a short FC, and a slow closing phase (SC)], during which the pellets were crushed between the molar teeth. The jaw moved toward the working side during FC. At or soon after the start of SC, the closer muscles became very active and continued to contract as the teeth were drawn toward the midline and slightly backwards. 6. The preswallowing series was made up of five-phase cycles that we called type III. These were the longest of the sequence. Jaw opening now occurred in three stages: O1 was the fall from tooth contact to approximately the postural position, O2 was a pause, and O3 was defined as the final movement to maximum opening. The digastric burst occurred during O3. There were again two closing phases, FC and SC, but closer bursts were smaller than in type II, and SC was shorter.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- G Schwartz
- Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Olsson KA, Lund JP, Valiquette C, Veilleux D. Activity during mastication of periodontal mechanosensitive neurons of the trigeminal subnucleus oralis of the rabbit. J Neurophysiol 1988; 59:341-57. [PMID: 3351567 DOI: 10.1152/jn.1988.59.2.341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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1. The activity of mechanosensitive neurons was examined before and during mastication. One hundred and seventy-eight neurons were recorded in the rostral parts of the trigeminal sensory nuclei of 20 rabbits anesthetized with urethan. Twenty-eight neurons received inputs from the periodontal mechanoreceptors, all on the ipsilateral side. Nineteen had receptive fields that were restricted to one tooth; 2 could be activated from more than 1 tooth, and 6 included parts of the mucosa. Only the latter were spontaneously active. 2. All periodontal neurons with a mandibular input responded to graded electrical stimulation of the inferior alveolar nerve at minimum latencies of less than or equal to 3.4 ms, and approximately half had inputs from the sensorimotor cortex. 3. Almost all periodontal units recorded were found to lie in, or just outside, the dorsal part of the most rostral subdivision of the spinal trigeminal nucleus (subnucleus oralis, pars gamma). None projected to the ipsi- or contralateral thalamus. 4. All periodontal neurons fired during mastication. Those without mucosal receptive fields fired during jaw closure, with almost all activity confined to the slow-closing phase when pressure is applied to the teeth. Injections of local anesthetic showed that input from mucosal fields was responsible for activating neurons in other phases of the cycle. 5. Possible roles in the control of mastication for these periodontal interneurons were discussed.
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- K A Olsson
- Faculté de médecine dentaire, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Hewitt LA, Valiquette C, Plaa GL. The role of biotransformation-detoxication in acetone-, 2-butanone-, and 2-hexanone-potentiated chloroform-induced hepatotoxicity. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1987; 65:2313-8. [PMID: 3449191 DOI: 10.1139/y87-367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The hepatotoxicity of chloroform (CHCl3) is thought to require biotransformation, by the polysubstrate monooxygenase system (P-450), to a reactive intermediate(s). Therefore, the potentiation of CHCl3-induced hepatotoxicity, which occurs following exposure to certain ketones, may hypothetically be explained by a reduced capacity of the cell to form glutathione conjugates (detoxicate the intermediate) and (or) by an increased rate of reactive intermediate(s) generation secondary to a modification of the P-450 system. To test these hypotheses, liver damage, as indicated by elevation in plasma alanine aminotransferase and ornithine carbamyl transferase activities, was modulated in male Sprague-Dawley rats by varying the time interval (10, 18, 24, 48, 72, 96 h) between acetone, 2-butanone, or 2-hexanone (15 mmol/kg, p.o.) pretreatment and CHCl3 (0.5 mL/kg, p.o.) administration. These data were compared with hepatic glutathione and with various parameters of the polysubstrate monooxygenase system: cytochrome P-450, cytochrome c reductase, cytochrome b5, and microsomal binding of 14CHCl3-derived radiolabel. Reduced detoxication capacity does not appear to be involved as hepatic glutathione levels were not reduced. Globally, a relationship between modifications to the polysubstrate monooxygenase system and potentiation of CHCl3-induced hepatotoxicity appears to exist. The rank order of each ketone's ability to modify P-450 parameters was the same in most instances as that based on peak ability to potentiate CHCl3-induced hepatotoxicity: 2-hexanone greater than 2-butanone greater than or equal to acetone. Therefore, these results suggest that a general relationship exists between the ketone-induced potentiation of CHCl3-induced hepatotoxicity and increased CHCl3 reactive metabolite generation. However, other factors may also contribute to the phenomenon.
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- L A Hewitt
- Département de pharmacologie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Lavigne G, Kim JS, Valiquette C, Lund JP. Evidence that periodontal pressoreceptors provide positive feedback to jaw closing muscles during mastication. J Neurophysiol 1987; 58:342-58. [PMID: 3655872 DOI: 10.1152/jn.1987.58.2.342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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1. Mastication was produced by stimulation of the right motor-sensory cortex of urethan-anesthetized rabbits with 15-s trains of shocks (1-ms duration) at 50 Hz. Movements of the lower jaw and jaw muscle electromyograms (EMGs) were recorded on magnetic tape for later computer analysis. 2. The stimulus site was chosen, and stimulus intensity adjusted, so that stereotyped movements were produced that included a wide swing of the mandible to the left side during jaw closure. 3. Control trials were alternated with trials in which a steel ball (2 mm diam) was thrust between the anterior molar teeth on the left side and left in place for several seconds. 4. When the obstruction was first introduced, a jaw opening reflex was sometimes evoked if the ball struck the buccal surface of the advancing mandibular molar teeth. Thereafter, when the ball was crushed between the occlusal surfaces of the teeth, no jaw opening reflex was seen. 5. Instead, the amplitude and duration of all the jaw closing EMGs increased, beginning at least 12 ms after contact with the ball. This caused a prolongation of the slow closing (SC) phase of the cycle that, coupled with a delay in the start of activity in the digastric muscle (jaw opener), prolonged the cycle by more than 60 ms. 6. During the SC phase of the obstructed trials, the medially directed grinding stroke was exaggerated because of an increase in the contraction of the contralateral zygomaticomandibular and anterior temporal muscles. 7. After collecting data, the sensory nerves to the maxillary and mandibular anterior molar teeth were cut to eliminate feedback from the periodontal pressoreceptors. Control and obstructed trials were repeated. 8. Following denervation, the obstructed cycles were of shorter duration. The mandible still moved to the right during SC in some animals, but the increase in closer muscle EMG activity was much reduced. 9. We conclude that periodontal receptors provide positive feedback to the jaw closing muscles during mastication. This is supplemented by input from other receptors, probably muscle spindles. In addition, an increase in periodontal feedback prolongs the SC phase and the early phases of the opening stroke.
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- G Lavigne
- Centre de Recherche en Sciences Neurologiques et Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, Montréal, Canada
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