Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Nliwasa, Marriott"

Now showing items 1-2 of 2

Effect of patient-delivered household contact tracing and prevention for tuberculosis: A household cluster-randomised trial in Malawi

Kaswaswa, Kruger; MacPherson, Peter; Kumwenda, Moses; Mpunga, James; Thindwa, Deus; Nliwasa, Marriott; Mwapasa, Mphatso; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Tomoka, Tamiwe; Chipungu, Geoffrey; Mukaka, Mavuto; Corbett, Elizabeth L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

Background Household contact tracing provides TB screening and TB preventive therapy (TPT) to contacts at high risk of TB disease. However, it is resource intensive, inconvenient, and often poorly implemented. We ...
Trial-of-antibiotics to assist tuberculosis diagnosis in symptomatic adults in Malawi (ACT-TB study): a randomised controlled trial

Divala, Titus H; Corbett, Elizabeth L; Kandulu, Chikondi; Moyo, Brewster; MacPherson, Peter; Nliwasa, Marriott; French, Neil; Sloan, Derek J; Chiume, Lingstone; Ndaferankhande, Masiye John; Chilanga, Sanderson; Majiga, Sabina Tazirwa; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Fielding, Katherine L (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

Background Clinical practice and diagnostic algorithms often assume that tuberculosis can be ruled out in mycobacteriology-negative individuals whose symptoms improve with a trial-of-antibiotics. We aimed to investigate ...