Marcela Lopes Santos
Biographic Data
| ID | 5622924 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcela Lopes Santos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcela Lopes |
| FAMILY NAME | Santos |
| SIGNATURE | SANTOS M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1283-7962 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Effectiveness of screening for tuberculosis in HIV
OBJECTIVE: To verify the effectiveness of screening for tuberculosis (TB) on all-cause mortality and tuberculosis cases in newly diagnosed HIV-infected patients through a clinical algorithm based on recommendations of the World Health Organization. METHODS: From March 2014 to April 2016, a pragmatic randomized clinical trial was conducted with newly diagnosed and TB-free HIV-infected adults undergoing antiretroviral therapy for up to one month at…
Empirical treatment for TB in HIV
Higher mortality in PLHIV reporting a current cough without bacteriological confirmation of tuberculosis was identified for those with a CD4 cell count <200, abnormal chest X-ray, anemia and empirical treatment for tuberculosis. Mortality was not significantly higher in those empirically treated for TB, who had three characteristics suggestive of the disease (abnormal chest X-ray, history of TB treatment, AFB sputum smear or M.tb culture testing)…
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Empirical treatment for TB in HIV
Higher mortality in PLHIV reporting a current cough without bacteriological confirmation of tuberculosis was identified for those with a CD4 cell count <200, abnormal chest X-ray, anemia and empirical treatment for tuberculosis. Mortality was not significantly higher in those empirically treated for TB, who had three characteristics suggestive of the disease (abnormal chest X-ray, history of TB treatment, AFB sputum smear or M.tb culture testing)…
Effectiveness of screening for tuberculosis in HIV
OBJECTIVE: To verify the effectiveness of screening for tuberculosis (TB) on all-cause mortality and tuberculosis cases in newly diagnosed HIV-infected patients through a clinical algorithm based on recommendations of the World Health Organization. METHODS: From March 2014 to April 2016, a pragmatic randomized clinical trial was conducted with newly diagnosed and TB-free HIV-infected adults undergoing antiretroviral therapy for up to one month at…
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Pathology (2 works) · Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (2 works) · Tuberculosis (2 works) · Biostatistics (1 work) · Clinical trial (1 work) · Cohort (1 work) · Cohort study (1 work)