Dried blood spots can help decrease the burden on patients dually infected with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV

Marlanka A Zuur; Onno W Akkerman; Daan J Touw; Tjip S van der Werf; Frank Cobelens; David M Burger; Martin P Grobusch; Jan-Willem C Alffenaar

doi:10.1183/13993003.00599-2016

Dried blood spots can help decrease the burden on patients dually infected with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV

Eur Respir J. 2016 Sep;48(3):932-4. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00599-2016. Epub 2016 Jun 10.

Authors

Marlanka A Zuur¹, Onno W Akkerman², Daan J Touw¹, Tjip S van der Werf³, Frank Cobelens⁴, David M Burger⁵, Martin P Grobusch⁶, Jan-Willem C Alffenaar⁷

Affiliations

¹ University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Dept of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Groningen, The Netherlands.
² University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Dept of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, Groningen, The Netherlands University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Tuberculosis Center Beatrixoord, Haren, The Netherlands.
³ University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Dept of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, Groningen, The Netherlands University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Dept of Internal Medicine, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Dept of Global Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Radboud University Medical Center, Dept of Pharmacy, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Center of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Dept of Infectious Diseases, Division of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Radboud University Medical Center, Dept of Pharmacy, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁶ Center of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Dept of Infectious Diseases, Division of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁷ University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Dept of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Groningen, The Netherlands j.w.c.alffenaar@umcg.nl.

PMID: 27288037
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00599-2016

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Retroviral Agents / therapeutic use*
Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use*
Coinfection
Dried Blood Spot Testing*
Drug Monitoring*
HIV Infections / blood
HIV Infections / complications
HIV Infections / drug therapy*
Humans
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / blood
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / complications
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / drug therapy*

Substances

Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antitubercular Agents