A Communication-Based Intervention Study for Reducing Stigma and Discrimination against Tuberculosis among Thai High-School Students.

The current study aims to explore the effectiveness of communication-based intervention on the reduction in TB stigma and discrimination among high-school students in Bangkok, Thailand, during the COVID-19 outbreak. This study is quasi-experimental in nature and is conducted in two high schools ( = 216 students). The study adopts purposive and systematic sampling techniques to select schools and students.

Confronting and Coping with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Life Experiences in Thailand.

In this article, we aimed to understand the life experiences of Thai persons diagnosed with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). A qualitative study using a face-to-face in-depth interview was conducted at a hospital in Thailand which has the highest prevalence of MDR-TB in the country between January and February 2019. Twenty persons living with MDR-TB in Thailand were purposively selected to represent a variety of experiences based on different gender, ages, and treatment phases.

Delay in treatment initiation and treatment outcomes among adult patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at Yangon Regional Tuberculosis Centre, Myanmar: A retrospective study.

Background: Myanmar faces a health security threat, with an increasing number of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases. Long delays in the initiation of treatment are a barrier to MDR-TB control.

Objectives: The main objectives of this study were (1) to identify the determinants of delay in treatment initiation after MDR-TB diagnosis, and (2) to explore the effects of treatment delay on disease infectivity, severity, treatment adherence, and treatment outcomes.

Delay in diagnosis and treatment among adult multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients in Yangon Regional Tuberculosis Center, Myanmar: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Delays in diagnosis and treatment initiation may allow the emergence of new cases by transmission to the community, and is one of the challenges facing programme management of drug resistance in Myanmar. This study aimed to explore delays in diagnosis and treatment initiation, and associated factors among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Yangon Regional Tuberculosis Centre, Myanmar.

QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test in active tuberculosis patients and healthy adults.

Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) release assays have improved latent tuberculosis (TB) detection and have been considered promising for the diagnosis of TB disease. However, diagnosis efficacy data is limited in high burden countries. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic potential of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) test for the diagnosis of active TB in an endemic setting for TB.

Effect of mycobacterial drug resistance patterns on patients' survival: a cohort study in Thailand.

Background: Drug resistance substantially increases tuberculosis (TB) mortality. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of mycobacterial drug resistance pattern and association of common resistance patterns with TB mortality in Thailand.

Method: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using TB surveillance data.

Prospective evaluation of simply modified MODS assay: an effective tool for TB diagnosis and detection of MDR-TB.

Background And Setting: Thailand is one of the highest tuberculosis (TB)-burdened countries. Chiang Rai, the northernmost province of Thailand has high tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence and the laboratory workload for TB culture and drug susceptibility testing is increasing.

Objectives: To evaluate the simply modified microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility assay (MODS) in the setting of a developing country.