Predictors of state-of-the-art management of early breast cancer in Switzerland (Publications)
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate predictors of state-of-the-art management of early breast cancer in Switzerland. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included 3499 women aged 25-79 yea
Differences in heart rate variability associated with long-term exposure to NO2 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of cardiac autonomic tone, has been associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Short-term studies have shown that subjects exposed to h
Monitoring multiple sclerosis by multimodel evoked potentials: numerically versus ordinally scaled scoring systems (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To compare the ability of different evoked potential scores (EPS) to monitor and predict the disease course in multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS: Seventy-two patients with MS or clinically i
Omega-3 fatty acids contribute to the asthma-protective effect of unprocessed cow's milk (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Living on a farm has repeatedly been shown to protect children from asthma and allergies. A major factor involved in this effect is consumption of unprocessed cow's milk obtained directly
Clinical implications of molecular drug resistance testing for <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em>: a TBNET/RESIST-TB consensus statement (Publications)
The emergence of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a challenge to global tuberculosis (TB) control. Although culture-based methods have been regarded as the gold standard for dru
First report of <em>Echinococcus granulosus</em> (genotype G6) in a dog in Bamako, Mali (Publications)
Cystic echinococcosis is one of the most widespread and important helminthic zoonoses, caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato. However, to date there is little information ab
Early phase evaluation of SQ109 alone and in combination with rifampicin in pulmonary TB patients (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: SQ109, an asymmetrical diamine, is a novel anti-TB drug candidate. This first study in patients was done to determine safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and bacteriological effect of d
Population genomics of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> in Ethiopia contradicts the virgin soil hypothesis for human tuberculosis in sub-Saharan... (Publications)
Colonial medical reports claimed that tuberculosis (TB) was largely unknown in Africa prior to European contact, providing a "virgin soil" for spread of TB in highly susceptible populations previously
