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ArticlePloS one2016

Predictors of Prolonged TB Treatment in a Dutch Outpatient Setting.

Natasha Van't Boveneind-Vrubleuskaya, Alper Daskapan, Jos G W Kosterink, Tjip S van der Werf, Susan van den Hof, Jan-Willem C Alffenaar

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Natasha Van't Boveneind-VrubleuskayaDepartment of Public Health TB Control, Metropolitan Public Health Service, The Hague, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1682-8457
Alper DaskapanUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Jos G W KosterinkUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Tjip S van der WerfUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Susan van den HofKNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Jan-Willem C AlffenaarUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Groningen, The Netherlands.
University Medical Center Groningen · NLTuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionStandard treatment duration for drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB) treatment is 6 months. Treatment duration is often extended-and for various different reasons. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and to assess risk factors associated with extended TB treatment.

methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted. Data including demographic, clinical, radiological and microbiological information from the Netherlands TB Register (NTR) of 90 patients with smear and culture positive pulmonary TB of the region Haaglanden, The Netherlands, was eligible for analysis.

resultsTreatment was extended to ≥ 200 days by 46 (51%) patients. Extended TB treatment was associated with a higher frequency of symptoms, presumed to be due to adverse drug reactions (ADR; OR 2.39 95% CI: 1.01-5.69), drug-induced liver injury (DILI) (OR: 13.51; 95% CI: 1.66-109.82) and longer than 2 month smear and culture conversion rate (OR: 11.00; 95% CI: 1.24-97.96 and OR: 8.56; 95% CI: 1.53-47.96). In the multivariable logistic analysis, development of DILI emerged as the single statistically strong risk factor necessitating extension of TB treatment.

conclusionThis finding will need further confirmation in a prospective study, exploring the possible mutual role of pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenetic determinants of DILI among TB patients.

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AdultAgedAntitubercular AgentsChemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMycobacterium tuberculosisNetherlandsPrevalenceTuberculosisAntitubercular Agents

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