Browsing by Author "Shin, Sonya"

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    • Aggressive Regimens for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Decrease All-Cause Mortality 

      Mitnick, Carole Diane; Franke, Molly Forrest; Rich, Michael Leonard; Alcantara Viru, Felix A.; Appleton, Sasha C.; Atwood, Sidney S.; Bayona, Jaime N.; Bonilla, Cesar A.; Chalco, Katiuska; Fraser, Hamish S. F.; Furin, Jennifer J.; Guerra, Dalia; Hurtado, Rocio M.; Joseph, Keith; Llaro, Karim; Mestanza, Lorena; Mukherjee, Joia S.; Muñoz, Maribel; Palacios, Eda; Sanchez, Epifanio; Seung, Kwonjune J.; Shin, Sonya S.; Sloutsky, Alexander; Tolman, Arielle W.; Becerra, Mercedes C. (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      Rationale: A better understanding of the composition of optimal treatment regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is essential for expanding universal access to effective treatment and for developing new ...

    • Cultural elements underlying the community health representative – client relationship on Navajo Nation 

      Gampa, Vikas; Smith, Casey; Muskett, Olivia; King, Caroline; Sehn, Hannah; Malone, Jamy; Curley, Cameron; Brown, Chris; Begay, Mae-Gilene; Shin, Sonya; Nelson, Adrianne Katrina (BioMed Central, 2017)
      Background: Navajo Nation Community Health Representatives (CHR) are trained community health workers (CHWs) who provide crucial services for patients and families. The success of the CHRs’ interventions depends on the ...

    • Impact of HIV on mortality among patients treated for tuberculosis in Lima, Peru: a prospective cohort study 

      Velasquez, Gustavo Eduardo; Cegielski, J. Peter; Murray, Megan Blanche; Yagui, Martin J. A.; Asencios, Luis L.; Bayona, Jaime; Bonilla, Cesar; Jave, Hector O.; Yale, Gloria; Suárez, Carmen Z.; Sanchez, Eduardo; Rojas, Christian; Atwood, Sidney Sterling; Contreras, Carmen C.; Cruz, Janeth Santa; Shin, Sonya Sunhi (Springer Science + Business Media, 2015)
      Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated tuberculosis deaths have decreased worldwide over the past decade. We sought to evaluate the effect of HIV status on tuberculosis mortality among patients ...

    • Implementing Evidence-Based Alcohol Interventions in a Resource-Limited Setting: Novel Delivery Strategies in Tomsk, Russia 

      Shin, Sonya Sunhi; Livchits, Viktoriya; Nelson, Adrianne K; Lastimoso, Charmaine S; Yanova, Galina V; Yanov, Sergey A; Mishustin, Sergey P; Connery, Hilary Smith; Greenfield, Shelly Faith (Informa Healthcare, 2012)
      Effective implementation of evidence-based interventions in “real-world” settings can be challenging. Interventions based on externally valid trial findings can be even more difficult to apply in resource-limited settings, ...

    • Long-term Follow-up for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis 

      Shin, Sonya Sunhi; Furin, Jennifer J.; Alcántara, Felix; Bayona, Jaime; Sánchez, Epifanio; Mitnick, Carole Diane (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006)
      Patients treated in Peru for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) were followed-up for a median of 67 months. Among 86 patients considered cured after completion of treatment, 97% remain healthy; 1 patient relapsed. ...

    • Multidrug Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment Regimens and Patient Outcomes: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of 9,153 Patients 

      Ahuja, Shama D.; Ashkin, David; Avendano, Monika; Banerjee, Rita; Bauer, Melissa; Bayona, Jamie N.; Becerra, Mercedes C.; Benedetti, Andrea; Burgos, Marcos; Centis, Rosella; Chan, Eward D.; Chiang, Chen-Yuan; Cox, Helen; D'Ambrosio, Lia; DeRiemer, Kathy; Dung, Nguyen Huy; Enarson, Donald; Falzon, Dennis; Flanagan, Katherine; Flood, Jennifer; Garcia-Garcia, Maria L.; Gandhi, Neel; Granich, Reuben M.; Hollm-Delgado, Maria G.; Holtz, Timothy H.; Iseman, Michael D.; Jarlsberg, Leah G.; Keshavjee, Salmaan A.; Kim, Hye-Ryoun; Koh, Won-Jung; Lancaster, Joey; Lange, Christophe; de Lange, Wiel C. M.; Leimane, Vaira; Leung, Chi Chiu; Li, Jiehui; Menzies, Dick; Migliori, Giovanni B.; Mishustin, Sergey P.; Mitnick, Carole Diane; Narita, Masa; O'Riordan, Philly; Pai, Madhukar; Palmero, Domingo; Park, Seung-kyu; Pasvol, Geoffrey; Peña, Jose; Pérez-Guzmán, Carlos; Quelapio, Maria I. D.; Ponce-de-Leon, Alfredo; Riekstina, Vija; Robert, Jerome; Royce, Sarah; Schaaf, H. Simon; Seung, Kwonjune Justin; Shah, Lena; Shim, Tae Sun; Shin, Sonya Sunhi; Shiraishi, Yuji; Sifuentes-Osornio, José; Sotgiu, Giovanni; Strand, Matthew J.; Tabarsi, Payam; Tupasi, Thelma E.; van Altena, Robert; Van der Walt, Martie; Van der Werf, Tjip S.; Vargas, Mario H.; Viiklepp, Pirett; Westenhouse, Janice; Yew, Wing Wai; Yim, Jae-Joon (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Background: Treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is lengthy, toxic, expensive, and has generally poor outcomes. We undertook an individual patient data meta-analysis to assess the impact on outcomes of ...

    • Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment failure detection depends on monitoring interval and microbiological method 

      Mitnick, Carole D.; White, Richard A.; Lu, Chunling; Rodriguez, Carly A.; Bayona, Jaime; Becerra, Mercedes C.; Burgos, Marcos; Centis, Rosella; Cohen, Theodore; Cox, Helen; D'Ambrosio, Lia; Danilovitz, Manfred; Falzon, Dennis; Gelmanova, Irina Y.; Gler, Maria T.; Grinsdale, Jennifer A.; Holtz, Timothy H.; Keshavjee, Salmaan; Leimane, Vaira; Menzies, Dick; Migliori, Giovanni Battista; Milstein, Meredith B.; Mishustin, Sergey P.; Pagano, Marcello; Quelapio, Maria I.; Shean, Karen; Shin, Sonya S.; Tolman, Arielle W.; van der Walt, Martha L.; Van Deun, Armand; Viiklepp, Piret (European Respiratory Society, 2016)
      Debate persists about monitoring method (culture or smear) and interval (monthly or less frequently) during treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). We analysed existing data and estimated the effect of ...

    • Understanding HIV Risk Behavior Among Tuberculosis Patients with Alcohol Use Disorders in Tomsk, Russian Federation 

      Miller, Ann; Nelson, A. Katrina; Livchits, Viktoria; Greenfield, Shelly; Yanova, Galina; Yanov, Sergei; Connery, Hilary; Atwood, Sidney; Lastimoso, Charmaine S.; Shin, Sonya (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-02-12)
      Russian Federation’s (RF) HIV epidemic is the fastest growing of any country. This study explores factors associated with high HIV risk behavior in tuberculosis (TB) patients with alcohol use disorders in Tomsk, RF. This ...

    • A Web-Based Laboratory Information System to Improve Quality of Care of Tuberculosis Patients in Peru: Functional Requirements, Implementation and Usage Statistics 

      Blaya, Joaquin Andres; Shin, Sonya Sunhi; Yagui, Martin JA; Yale, Gloria; Suarez, Carmen Z; Asencios, Luis L; Cegielski, J Peter; Fraser, Hamish S.F. (BioMed Central, 2007)
      Background: Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis patients in resource-poor settings experience large delays in starting appropriate treatment and may not be monitored appropriately due to an overburdened laboratory system, ...