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Improving equitable access for effective antibacterial: An ecosystem approach

Cohn J, Balasegaram M, Srinivasan H, Menghaney L, Mpundu M,  et al.
2025-03-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2025-03-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection

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Antibiotics are indispensable to modern healthcare, yet their equitable access remains a pressing global challenge. Factors contributing to inequitie...

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Recent advances in the treatment of tuberculosis

Motta I, Boeree M, Chesov D, Dheda K, Günther G,  et al.
2023-07-21 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2023-07-21 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
BACKGROUND
Tuberculosis is a global health challenge and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In the last decade, the tuberculosis treatment landscape has dramatically chang...

AMR in low-resource settings: Médecins Sans Frontières bridges surveillance gaps by developing a turnkey solution, the Mini-Lab

Ronat JB, Natale A, Kesteman T, Andremont A, Elamin W,  et al.
2021-10-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2021-10-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
BACKGROUND
In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), data related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are often inconsistently collected. Humanitarian, private and non-governmental ...

Culture media for clinical bacteriology in low- and middle-income countries: challenges, best practices for preparation and recommendations for improved access

Orekan J, Barbe B, Oeng S, Ronat JB, Letchford J,  et al.
2021-05-18 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2021-05-18 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
BACKGROUND
Culture media are fundamental in clinical microbiology. In laboratories in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), they are mostly prepared in-house, which is challengin...

Research & development in the dark: what does it take to make one medicine? And what could it take?

Reid J, Balasegaram M
2016-06-29 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2016-06-29 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Earlier this year a series of advertisements appeared in London's Westminster tube stations asking viewers to consider a seemingly simple question, 'what does it take to make one medicin...

Putting cholera rapid tests to work in surveillance and control of cholera

Azman AS, Ciglenecki I, Luquero FJ
2021-10-29 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2021-10-29 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Chagas disease knocks on our door: a cross-sectional study among Latin American immigrants in Milan, Italy

Antinori S, Galimberti L, Grande R, Bianco R, Oreni L,  et al.
2018-03-16 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2018-03-16 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
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We aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors for Chagas disease (CD) in Latin American immigrants and to evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic tests. Moreover, we of...

Sleeping sickness

Malvy D, Chappuis F
2011-04-04 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2011-04-04 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is a vector-borne disease that flourishes in impoverished, rural parts of sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by infection with th...

Rapid diagnostic tests for non-malarial febrile illness in the tropics

Chappuis F, Alirol E, d'Acremont V, Bottieau E, Yansouni CP
2013-05-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2013-05-01 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
The recent roll-out of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria has highlighted the decreasing proportion of malaria-attributable illness in endemic areas. Unfortunately, once malaria i...