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Ongoing Projects

Migrant-sensitive care and tuberculosis treatment outcome and completion

The aim of the study is to assess whether migrant-sensitive care strategies lead to an increase of successful active TB and LTBI treatment outcomes in migrants.

Lorenzo Guglielmetti,

Berit Lange & Heinke Kunst

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Pragmatic trial on safety and tolerability of an optimized (high) dose of rifampicin in tuberculosis patients’

Pragmatic Optimized
Rifampicin Trial (PORT)
Martin Boeree

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Screening and Treatment of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection (TBI) in Migrants
Heinke Kunst

This study hypothesises that significant variation exists in TBI management among migrants in Europe, driven by differences in national screening policies, healthcare access and training.

Xpert MTB/RIF false positive results in patients with tuberculosis

risk factors and impact on clinical outcome

Irina Kontsevaya

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Evaluation of an Educational Escape Room in an International, Multidisciplinary Learning Environment
Raquel Duarte, Thomas Brehm, Ohanna Kirakosyan, Chiara Sepulcri

We hypothesize that an educational escape room is a feasible and well-received teaching format in an international, multidisciplinary tuberculosis training context, as evidenced by high satisfaction scores, strong participation rates, improved knowledge integration, increased self-reported confidence, and positive teamwork reflections.

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Treatment failure on short-course therapies for drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe
Dumitru Chesov, Olha Konstantinovska, Christoph Lange

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Late IRIS or Treatment Failure?
Thomas Brehm, Luisa Berckenhagen, Niklas Köhler

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Implementation of Clinical Standards for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Tuberculosis Care in the WHO European Region
Thomas Brehm
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