Publications for Ben Marais
Publications for Ben Marais
2016
Al-Yazidi, L., Marais, B., Hsu, P., Soundappan,
S., Kesson, A., Isaacs, D. (2016). A 5-year-old
Girl with Chest Wall Mass. The Pediatric
Infectious Disease Journal, 35(5), 592-598. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000
001086">[More Information]</a>
Marais, B., Graham, S. (2016). Childhood
tuberculosis: A roadmap towards zero deaths.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 52(3),
258-261. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12647">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Solomons, R., Visser, D., Marais, B., Schoeman,
J., van Furth, A. (2016). Diagnostic accuracy of a
uniform research case definition for TBM in
children: A prospective study. International
Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease,
20(7), 903-908. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.15.0509">[
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Marais, B., Outhred, T., Zumla, A. (2016).
Engaging high and low burden countries in the
"TB end game". International Journal of
Infectious Diseases, 45, 100-102. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.03.01
5">[More Information]</a>
Gurjav, U., Jelfs, P., Hill-Cawthorne, G., Marais,
B., Sintchenko, V. (2016). Genotype
heterogeneity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
within geospatial hotspots suggests foci of
imported infection in Sydney, Australia.
Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 40, 346-351.
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href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2015.0
7.014">[More Information]</a>
Wang, T., Feng, G., Pang, Y., Liu, J., Zhou, Y.,
Yang, Y., Dai, W., Zhang, L., Qiao-Li, Q.,
Marais, B., et al (2016). High rate of drug
resistance among tuberculous meningitis cases in
Shaanxi province, China. Scientific Reports, 6,
1-10. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25251">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Outhred, A., Holmes, N., Sadsad, R., Martinez,
E., Jelfs, P., Hill-Cawthorne, G., Gilbert, G.,
Marais, B., Sintchenko, V. (2016). Identifying
Likely Transmission Pathways within a 10-Year
Community Outbreak of Tuberculosis by
High-Depth Whole Genome Sequencing. PloS
One, 11(3), 1-15. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.015
0550">[More Information]</a>
Marais, B., Seddon, J., Detjen, A., Van Der
Werf, M., Grzemska, M., Hesseling, A., Curtis,
N., Graham, S. (2016). Interrupted BCG
vaccination is a major threat to global child
health. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 4(4),
251-253. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(16)
00099-0">[More Information]</a>
Marais, B. (2016). The global tuberculosis
situation and the inexorable rise of drug-resistant
disease. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 102,
3-9. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2016.01.0
21">[More Information]</a>
Trinh, Q., Nguyen, H., Do, T., Nguyen, V.,
Nguyen, B., Nguyen, T., Sintchenko, V., Marais,
B. (2016). Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in
Vietnam. International Journal of Infectious
Diseases, 46, 56-60. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.03.02
1">[More Information]</a>
Wallis, R., Maeurer, M., Mwaba, P., Chakaya, J.,
Rustomjee, R., Migliori, G., Marais, B., Schito,
M., Churchyard, G., Swaminathan, S., et al
(2016). Tuberculosis-advances in development
of new drugs, treatment regimens, host-directed
therapies, and biomarkers. The Lancet Infectious
Diseases, 16(4), e34-e46. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(16)
00070-0">[More Information]</a>
Oliwa, J., Marais, B. (2016). Vaccines to prevent
pneumonia in children - a developing country
perspective. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, In
Press, 1-8. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prrv.2015.08.00
4">[More Information]</a>
Martínez, E., Bustamante, A., Menon, R., Wang,
Q., Jelfs, J., Marais, B., Chen, S., Sintchenko, V.
(2016). Whole-genome sequencing of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis for rapid
diagnostics: Feasibility of a decentralised model.
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 4(4), 13-14.
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href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(16)
00092-8">[More Information]</a>
Zumla, A., Schito, M., Chakaya, J., Marais, B.,
Mwaba, P., Migliori, G., Hoelscher, M.,
Maeurer, M., Wallis, R. (2016). World TB Day
2016: Reflections on the global TB emergency.
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 4(4), 249-251.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(16)
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2015
Khatami, A., Sparks, R., Marais, B. (2015). A
Case of Pediatric Q Fever Osteomyelitis
Managed Without
Antibiotics. Pediatrics, 136(6), e1629-e1631. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2015-0024"
>[More Information]</a>
Publications for Ben Marais
Outhred, A., Jelfs, P., Suliman, B.,
Hill-Cawthorne, G., Crawford, A., Marais, B.,
Sintchenko, V. (2015). Added value of
whole-genome sequencing for management of
highly drug-resistant TB. Journal of
Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70(4), 1198-1202.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dku508">[M
ore Information]</a>
Solomons, R., Goussard, P., Visser, D., Marais,
B., Gie, R., Schoeman, J., van Furth, A. (2015).
Chest radiograph findings in children with
tuberculous meningitis. International Journal of
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 19(2), 200-204.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.14.0634">[
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Graham, S., Cuevas, L., Jean-Philippe, P.,
Browning, R., Casenghi, M., Detjen, A.,
Gnanashanmugam, D., Hesseling, A.,
Kampmann, B., Mandalakas, A., Marais, B., et al
(2015). Clinical Case Definitions for
Classification of Intrathoracic Tuberculosis in
Children: An Update. Clinical Infectious
Diseases, 61(S3), S179-S187. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ581">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Zumla, A., Maeurer, M., Marais, B., Chakaya, J.,
Wejse, C., Lipman, M., McHugh, T., Petersen, E.
(2015). Commemorating World Tuberculosis
Day 2015. International Journal of Infectious
Diseases, 32, 1-4. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2015.01.00
9">[More Information]</a>
Rangaka, M., Cavalcante, S., Marais, B., Thim,
S., Martinson, N., Swaminathan, S., Chaisson, R.
(2015). Controlling the seedbeds of tuberculosis:
diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis infection.
The Lancet, 386(10010), 2344-2353. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)
00323-2">[More Information]</a>
Loveday, M., Singh, N., Master, I., Marais, B.
(2015). Ethical Dilemmas in Areas
Hyperendemic for Drug-resistant Tuberculosis:
Response to The Ethics of Isolation for Patients
with Tuberculosis in Australia. Journal of
Bioethical Inquiry, , 1-5.
Brigden, G., Furin, J., van Gulik, C., Marais, B.
(2015). Getting it right for children: improving
tuberculosis treatment access and new treatment
options. Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy,
13(4), 451-461. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1586/14787210.2015.
1015991">[More Information]</a>
Marais, B., Solomons, R., Visser, D., Friedrich,
S., Diacon, A., Hoek, K., Schoeman, J., van
Furth, A. (2015). Improved diagnosis of
childhood tuberculous meningitis using more
than one nucleic acid amplification test.
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease, 19(1), 74-80. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.14.0394">[
More Information]</a>
Grobler, L., Marais, B., Mabunda, S. (2015).
Interventions for increasing the proportion of
health professionals practising in rural and other
underserved areas. Cochrane Database of
Systematic Reviews, 6(1), 1-81. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD00
5314.pub3">[More Information]</a>
Thompson, K., Marais, B., Kesson, A., Isaacs, D.
(2015). Malaria in Sydney, Australia: Lessons
learned from case management. Journal of
Paediatrics and Child Health, 51(9), 920-923. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12870">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Dobler, C., Korver, S., Batbayar, O.,
Nyamdulam, B., Oyuntsetseg, S., Tsolmon, B.,
Surmaajav, B., Bayarjargal, B., Marais, B.
(2015). Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in
Patients for Whom First-Line Treatment Failed,
Mongolia, 2010-2011. Emerging Infectious
Diseases (Online), 21(8), 1451-1454. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2108.141860"
>[More Information]</a>
Paxton, G., Tosif, S., Graham, H., Smith, A.,
Beverley, C., Standish, J., McCloskey, K.,
Ferguson, G., Isaacs, D., Gunasekera, H., Marais,
B., Britton, P., Elliott, E., Raman, S., et al
(2015). Perspective: 'The forgotten children:
National inquiry into children in immigration
detention (2014)'. Journal of Paediatrics and
Child Health, 51(4), 365-368. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12873">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Garcia-Basteiro, A., Lopez-Varela, E., Augusto,
O., Gondo, K., Munoz, J., Sacarlal, J., Marais,
B., Alonso, P., Ribo, J. (2015). Radiological
findings in young children investigated for
tuberculosis in Mozambique. PloS One, 10(5),
1-12. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.012
7323">[More Information]</a>
Graham, S., Grzemska, M., Brands, A., Nguyen,
H., Amini, J., Triasih, R., Talukder, K., Ahmed,
S., Amanullah, F., Kumar, B., Marais, B., et al
(2015). Regional initiatives to address the
challenges of tuberculosis in children:
Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region.
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 32,
166-169. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.12.01
3">[More Information]</a>
Byrne, A., Marais, B., Mitnick, C., Lecca, L.,
Marks, G. (2015). Risk factors for and origins of
COPD. The Lancet, 385(9979), 1723-1734. <a
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Gurjav, U., Burneebaatar, B., Narmandakh, E.,
Tumenbayar, O., Ochirbat, B., Hill-Cawthorne,
G., Marais, B., Sintchenko, V. (2015).
Spatiotemporal evidence for cross-border spread
of MDR-TB along the Trans-Siberian Railway
line. International Journal of Tuberculosis and
Lung Disease, 19(11), 1376-1382. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.15.0361">[
More Information]</a>
Marais, B. (2015). Strategies to improve
tuberculosis case finding in children. Public
Health Action, 5(2), 90-91.
Dobler, C., Korver, S., Batbayar, O.,
Oyuntsetseg, S., Tsolomon, B., Wright, C.,
Solongo, B., Marais, B. (2015). Success of
community-based directly observed
anti-tuberculosis treatment in Mongolia.
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease, 19(6), 657-662. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.14.0927">[
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Vanden Driessche, K., Hens, N., Tilley, P.,
Quon, B., Chilvers, M., de Groot, R., Cotton, M.,
Marais, B., Speert, D., Zlosnik, J. (2015).
Surgical Masks Reduce Airborne Spread of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Colonized Patients
with Cystic Fibrosis. American Journal of
Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 192(7),
897-899.
Solomons, R., Visser, D., Donald, P., Marais, B.,
Schoeman, J., van Furth, M. (2015). The
diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid chemistry
results
in childhood tuberculous meningitis. Child's
Nervous System, 31(8), 1335-1340. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-274
5-z">[More Information]</a>
Nachman, S., Ahmed, A., Amanullah, F.,
Becerra, M., Botgros, R., Brigden, G., Browning,
R., Gardiner, E., Hafner, R., Hesseling, A.,
Marais, B., et al (2015). Towards early inclusion
of children in tuberculosis drugs trials: a
consensus statement. The Lancet Infectious
Diseases, 15(6), 711-720. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(15)
00007-9">[More Information]</a>
Negin, J., Abimbola, S., Marais, B. (2015).
Tuberculosis among older adults--time to take
notice. International Journal of Infectious
Diseases, 32, 135-137. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.11.01
8">[More Information]</a>
Byrne, A., Marais, B., Mitnick, C., Lecca, L.,
Marks, G. (2015). Tuberculosis and chronic
respiratory disease: a systematic review.
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 32,
138-146. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.12.01
6">[More Information]</a>
Trinh, Q., Nguyen, H., Nguyen, V., Nguyen, T.,
Sintchenko, V., Marais, B. (2015). Tuberculosis
and HIV co-infection-focus on the Asia-Pacific
region. International Journal of Infectious
Diseases, 32, 170-178. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.11.02
3">[More Information]</a>
Oliwa, J., Karumbi, J., Marais, B., Madhi, S.,
Graham, S. (2015). Tuberculosis as a cause or
comorbidity of childhood pneumonia in
tuberculosis-endemic areas: A systematic review.
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 3(3), 235-243.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(15)
00028-4">[More Information]</a>
Bates, M., Marais, B., Zumla, A. (2015).
Tuberculosis Comorbidity with Communicable
and Noncommunicable Diseases. Cold Spring
Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 5(11), 1-15. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a017
889">[More Information]</a>
Heemskerk, D., Caws, M., Marais, B., Farrar, J.
(2015). Tuberculosis in Adults and Children.
Cham, Switzerland: Springer. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-1913
2-4">[More Information]</a>
Marais, B. (2015). Twelve-Dose Drug Regimen
Now Also an Option for Preventing Tuberculosis
in Children and Adolescents. JAMA Pediatrics,
169(3), 208-210. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2
014.3157">[More Information]</a>
Islam, T., Marais, B., Nhung, N., Chiang, C.,
Yew, W., Yoshiyama, T., Mira, N., van den
Broek, J., Lumb, R., Nishikiori, N., et al (2015).
Western Pacific Regional Green Light
Committee: progress and way forward.
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 32,
161-165. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2015.01.00
1">[More Information]</a>
von Delft, A., Dramowski, A., Khosa, C., Kotze,
K., Lederer, P., Mosidi, T., Peters, J., Smith, J.,
van der Westhuizen, H., von Delft, D., Marais,
B., et al (2015). Why healthcare workers are sick
of TB. International Journal of Infectious
Diseases, 32, 147-151. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.12.00
3">[More Information]</a>
2014
Portevin, D., Moukambi, F., Clowes, P., Bauer,
A., Chachage, M., Ntinginya, N., Mfinanga, E.,
Said, K., Haraka, F., Rachow, A., Marais, B., et
Publications for Ben Marais
al (2014). Assessment of the novel T-cell
activation marker-tuberculosis assay for
diagnosis of active tuberculosis in children: a
prospective proof-of-concept study. The Lancet
Infectious Diseases, 14(10), 931-938. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(14)
70884-9">[More Information]</a>
Morkel, G., Bekker, A., Marais, B., Kirsten, G.,
van Wyk, J., Dramowski, A. (2014).
Bloodstream infections and antimicrobial
resistance patterns in a South African neonatal
intensive care unit. Paediatrics and International
Child Health, 34(2), 108-114. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/2046905513Y.0
000000082">[More Information]</a>
Bissell, K., Viney, K., Brostrom, R., Gounder,
S., Khogali, M., Kishore, K., Kool, B., Kumar,
A., Manzi, M., Marais, B., Marks, G., et al
(2014). Building operational research capacity in
the Pacific. Public Health Action, 4(Suppl 1),
S2-S13. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.13.0091">[
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Matoto, V., Viney, K., Roseveare, C., Colagiuri,
R., Marais, B. (2014). Burden and spectrum of
disease in people with diabetes in Tonga. Public
Health Action, 4(Suppl 1), S44-S49. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.13.0080">[
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Marais, B., Schaaf, H., Graham, S. (2014). Child
health and tuberculosis. The Lancet Respiratory
Medicine, 2(4), 254-256. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(14)
70009-8">[More Information]</a>
Solomons, R., van Elsland, S., Visser, D., Hoek,
K., Marais, B., Schoeman, J., van Furth, A.
(2014). Commercial nucleic acid amplification
tests in tuberculous meningitis -a meta-analysis.
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease,
78(4), 398-403. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2
014.01.002">[More Information]</a>
Majumdar, S., Marais, B., Denholm, J., Britton,
W. (2014). Drug-resistant tuberculosis:
collaborative regional leadership required.
Medical Journal of Australia, 200(5), 241-242.
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href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja13.00239">[
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Mukherjee, A., Saini, S., Kabra, S., Gupta, N.,
Singh, V., Singh, S., Bhatnagar, S., Saini, D.,
Grewal, H., et al, et al (2014). Effect of
micronutrient deficiency on QuantiFERON-TB
Gold In-Tube test and tuberculin skin test in
diagnosis of childhood intrathoracic tuberculosis.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 68(1),
38-42. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2013.216">
[More Information]</a>
Esposito, S., DAmbrosio, L., Tadolini, M.,
Schaaf, H., Luna, J., Marais, B., Centis, R., Dara,
M., Matteelli, A., Blasi, F., et al (2014).
ERS/WHO Tuberculosis Consilium assistance
with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
management in a child: case study of
compassionate delamanid use. European
Respiratory Journal, 44(3), 811-815. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00060
414">[More Information]</a>
Graham, S., Sismanidis, C., Menzies, H., Marais,
B., Detjen, A., Black, R. (2014). Importance of
tuberculosis control to address child survival.
The Lancet, 383(9928), 1605-1607. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)
60420-7">[More Information]</a>
Hill, P., Dye, C., Viney, K., Tabutoa, K.,
Kienene, T., Bissell, K., Williams, B., Zachariah,
R., Marais, B., Harries, A. (2014). Mass
treatment to eliminate tuberculosis from an
island population. International Journal of
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 18(8), 899-904.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.14.0007">[
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Harries, A., Marais, B., Kool, B., Ram, S.,
Kumar, A., Gounder, S., Viney, K., Brostrom,
R., Roseveare, C., Bissell, K., et al (2014).
Mentorship for operational research capacity
building: hands-on or hands-off? Public Health
Action, 4(S1), S56-S58. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.13.0071">[
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Marais, B., Tadolini, M., Zignol, M., Migliori, G.
(2014). Paediatric tuberculosis in Europe: lessons
from Denmark and inclusive strategies to
consider. European Respiratory Journal, 43(3),
678-684.
Fanai, S., Viney, K., Tarivonda, L., Roseveare,
C., Tagaro, M., Marais, B. (2014). Profile of
tuberculosis patients with delayed sputum smear
conversion in the Pacific island of Vanuatu.
Public Health Action, 4(Suppl 1), S19-S24. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.13.0075">[
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Marais, B. (2014). Quantifying the tuberculosis
disease burden in children. The Lancet,
383(9928), 1530-1531. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)
60489-X">[More Information]</a>
Gurjav, U., Jelfs, P., Holmes (nee McCallum),
N., Marais, B., Sintchenko, V. (2014). Temporal
dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
genotypes in New South Wales, Australia. BMC
Infectious Diseases, 14(455), 1-8. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-4
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Cotton, M., Schaaf, H., Rabie, H., Marais, B.
(2014). Tuberculosis. In Robin J Green (Eds.),
Coovadia's Paediatrics and Child Health, 7th
edition, (pp. 354-378). Cape Town: Oxford
University Press.
Tagaro, M., Harries, A., Kool, B., Ram, S.,
Viney, K., Marais, B., Tarivonda, L. (2014).
Tuberculosis case burden and treatment
outcomes in children, adults and older adults,
Vanuatu, 2007-2011. Public Health Action,
4(S1), S14-S18. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.13.0074">[
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Marais, B., Schaaf, H. (2014). Tuberculosis in
Children. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in
Medicine, 4(9), 1-21. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a017
855">[More Information]</a>
Marais, B. (2014). Tuberculosis in children.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 50(10),
759-767. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12503">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Solomons, R., Wessels, M., Visser, D., Donald,
P., Marais, B., Schoeman, J., van Furth, A.
(2014). Uniform research case definition criteria
differentiate tuberculous and bacterial meningitis
in children. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 59(11),
1574-1578. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu665">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Marais, B. (2014). Urine lipoarabinomannan
testing in children with tuberculosis. The Lancet
Global Health, 2(5), e245-e246. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(14)
70207-4">[More Information]</a>
2013
Lawn, S., Mwaba, P., Bates, M., Piatek, A.,
Alexander, H., Marais, B., Cuevas, L., McHugh,
T., Zijenah, L., Kapata, N., et al (2013).
Advances in tuberculosis diagnostics: the Xpert
MTB/RIF assay and future prospects for a
point-of-care test. The Lancet Infectious
Diseases, 13(4), 349-361. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(13)
70008-2">[More Information]</a>
Walters, E., Reichmuth, K., Dramowski, A.,
Marais, B., Cotton, M., Rabie, H. (2013).
Antiretroviral Regimens Containing a Single
Protease Inhibitor Increase Risk of Virologic
Failure in Young HIV-infected Children. The
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 32(4),
361-363. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e3182
79c800">[More Information]</a>
Marais, B. (2013). Challenges in the use of tests
to diagnose tuberculosis infection - In Reply.
NSW Public Health Bulletin, 24(2), 92-93.
Seddon, J., Perez-Velez, C., Schaaf, H., Furin, J.,
Marais, B., Tebruegge, M., Detjen, A.,
Hesseling, A., Shah, S., Adams, L., et al (2013).
Consensus Statement on Research Definitions
for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Children.
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2(2),
100-109. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpids/pit012">[
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Ho, J., Marais, B., Gilbert, G., Ralph, A. (2013).
Diagnosing tuberculous meningitis - have we
made any progress? Tropical Medicine and
International Health, 18(6), 783-793. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12099">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Britton, P., Perez-Velez, C., Marais, B. (2013).
Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of
tuberculosis in children. NSW Public Health
Bulletin, 24(1), 15-21. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/NB12100">[Mor
e Information]</a>
Abubakar, I., Zignol, M., Falzon, D., Raviglione,
M., Ditiu, L., Masham, S., Adetifa, I., Ford, N.,
Cox, H., Lawn, S., Marais, B., et al (2013).
Drug-resistant tuberculosis: time for visionary
political leadership. The Lancet Infectious
Diseases, 13(6), 529-539. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(13)
70030-6">[More Information]</a>
Marais, B., Mlambo, C., Rastogi, N., Zozio, T.,
Duse, A., Victor, T., Marais, E., Warren, R.
(2013). Epidemic spread of multidrug-resistant
tuberculosis in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 51(6),
1818-1825. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00200-13"
>[More Information]</a>
Khatami, A., Isaacs, D., Marais, B. (2013). Fever
in the returned child traveller. Medicine Today,
14(12), 27-38.
Murray, E., Bond, V., Marais, B.,
Godfrey-Faussett, P., Ayles, H., Beyers, N.
(2013). High levels of vulnerability and
anticipated stigma reduce the impetus for
tuberculosis diagnosis in Cape Town, South
Africa. Health Policy and Planning, 28(4),
410-418. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czs072">
[More Information]</a>
Marais, B., Zumla, A. (2013). History of
tuberculosis and drug resistance. The New
England Journal of Medicine, 368(1), 88-88. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc1212308
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Publications for Ben Marais
Vanden Driessche, K., Persson, A., Marais, B.,
Fink, P., Urdahl, K. (2013). Immune
Vulnerability of Infants to Tuberculosis. Clinical
& Developmental Immunology, 2013, 1-16. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/781320">[
More Information]</a>
Mandalakas, A., Hesseling, A., Gie, R., Schaaf,
H., Marais, B., Sinanovic, E. (2013). Modelling
the cost-effectiveness of strategies to prevent
tuberculosis in child contacts in a
high-burden setting. Thorax, 68(3), 247-255. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-2
00933">[More Information]</a>
Marais, B., Graham, S., Maeurer, M., Zumla, A.
(2013). Progress and challenges in childhood
tuberculosis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases,
13(4), 287-289. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(13)
70031-8">[More Information]</a>
Britton, P., Yeung, V., Lowbridge, C., Isaacs, D.,
Marais, B. (2013). Spectrum of Disease in
Children Treated for Tuberculosis at a Tertiary
Children's Hospital in Australia. Journal of
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2(3), 224-231. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpids/pit009">[
More Information]</a>
Vanden Driessche, K., Marais, B., Wattenberg,
M., Magis-Escurra, C., Reijers, M., Tuinman, I.,
Boeree, M., van Soolingen, D., de Groot, R.,
Cotton, M. (2013). The Cough Cylinder: a tool to
study measures against airborne spread of
(myco-) bacteria. International Journal of
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 17(1), 46-53. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.12.0289">[
More Information]</a>
Kapata, N., Chanda-Kapata, P., O'Grady, J.,
Bates, M., Mwaba, P., Janssen, S., Marais, B.,
Cobelens, F., Grobusch, M., Zumla, A. (2013).
Trends in Childhood Tuberculosis in Zambia: A
Situation Analysis. Journal of Tropical
Pediatrics, 59(2), 134-139. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fms065">[
More Information]</a>
Marais, B. (2013). Tuberculosis. Australian
Doctor, 2013 (30 August), 27-34.
Marais, B., Lonnroth, K., Lawn, S., Migliori, G.,
Mwaba, P., Glaziou, P., Bates, M., Colagiuri, R.,
Zijenah, L., Swaminathan, S., et al (2013).
Tuberculosis comorbidity with communicable
and non-communicable diseases: integrating
health services and control efforts. The Lancet
Infectious Diseases, 13(5), 436-448. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(13)
70015-X">[More Information]</a>
2012
Raviglione, M., Zumla, A., Marais, B., Horton,
R., Motsoaledi, A. (2012). A sustainable agenda
for tuberculosis control and research. The Lancet,
379(9821), 1077-1078. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)
60373-0">[More Information]</a>
Bhargava, A., Pai, M., Bhargava, M., Marais, B.,
Menzies, D. (2012). Can Social Interventions
Prevent Tuberculosis? The Papworth Experiment
(1918-1943) Revisited. American Journal of
Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 186(5),
442-449. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201201-00
23OC">[More Information]</a>
Zumla, A., Abubakar, I., Raviglione, M.,
Hoelscher, M., Ditiu, L., McHugh, T., Squire, S.,
Cox, H., Ford, N., McNerney, R., Marais, B., et
al (2012). Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - Current
Dilemmas, Unanswered Questions, Challenges,
and Priority Needs. The Journal of Infectious
Diseases, 205(2), S228-S240. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jir858">[
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Graham, S., Ahmed, T., Amanullah, F.,
Browning, R., Cardenas, V., Casenghi, M.,
Cuevas, L., Gale, M., Gie, R., Grzemska, M.,
Marais, B., et al (2012). Evaluation of
Tuberculosis Diagnostics in Children: 1.
Proposed Clinical Case Definitions for
Classification of Intrathoracic Tuberculosis
Disease. Consensus From an Expert Panel. The
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 205(2),
S199-S208. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jis008">[
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Cuevas, L., Browning, R., Bossuyt, P., Casenghi,
M., Cotton, M., Cruz, A., Dodd, L.,
Drobniewski, F., Gale, M., Graham, S., Marais,
B., et al (2012). Evaluation of tuberculosis
diagnostics in children: 2. Methodological issues
for conducting and reporting research
evaluations of tuberculosis diagnostics for
intrathoracic tuberculosis in children. Consensus
from an expert panel. The Journal of Infectious
Diseases, 205, S209-S215. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jir879">[
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Talukder, K., Salim, M., Jerin, I., Sharmin, F.,
Talukder, M., Marais, B., Nandi, P., Cooreman,
E., Rahman, M. (2012). Intervention to increase
detection of childhood tuberculosis in
Bangladesh. International Journal of
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 16(1), 70-75. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.11.0060">[
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Al-Dabbagh, M., Driessche, K., Marais, B.,
Kollmann, T. (2012). Management of
Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis in Children.
European Infectious Disease, 6(1), 35-40.
Publications for Ben Marais
Cotton, M., Marais, B., Andersson, M., Eley, B.,
Rabie, H., Slogrove, A., Dramowski, A., Schaaf,
H., Mehtar, S. (2012). Minimizing the risk of
non-vertical, non-sexual HIV infection in
children - beyond mother to child transmission.
Journal of the International AIDS Society, 15(2),
1-5. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.15.2.17377"
>[More Information]</a>
Marais, B., Crawford, J., Iredell, J., Ward, M.,
Simpson, S., Gilbert, G., Griffiths, P.,
Kamradt-Scott, A., Colagiuri, R., Jones, C., et al
(2012). One world, one health: Beyond the
Millennium Development Goals. The Lancet,
380(9844), 805-806. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract
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Seddon, J., Hesseling, A., Marais, B., McIlleron,
H., Peloquin, C., Donald, P., Schaaf, H. (2012).
Paediatric use of second-line anti-tuberculosis
agents: A review. Tuberculosis, 92(1), 9-17. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2011.11.0
01">[More Information]</a>
Marais, B., Schaaf, H., Menzies, D. (2012).
Prevention of TB in areas of high incidence.
European Respiratory Monograph, 58, 84-94. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/1025448x.10022
911">[More Information]</a>
Mukinda, F., Theron, D., van der Spuy, G.,
Jacobson, K., Roscher, M., Streicher, E.,
Musekiwa, A., Coetzee, G., Victor, T., Marais,
B., et al (2012). Rise in rifampicin-monoresistant
tuberculosis in Western Cape, South Africa.
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease, 16(2), 196-202. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.11.0116">[
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Raviglione, M., Marais, B., Floyd, K., Lonnroth,
K., Getahun, H., Migliori, G., Harries, A., Nunn,
P., Lienhardt, C., Graham, S., et al (2012).
Scaling up interventions to achieve global
tuberculosis control: progress and new
developments. The Lancet, 379(9829),
1902-1913. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)
60727-2">[More Information]</a>
Seddon, J., Hesseling, A., Marais, B., Jordaan,
A., Victor, T., Schaaf, H. (2012). The evolving
epidemic of drug-resistant tuberculosis among
children in Cape Town, South Africa.
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease, 16(7), 928-933. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.11.0679">[
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McNerney, R., Maeurer, M., Abubakar, I.,
Marais, B., McHugh, T., Ford, N., Weyer, K.,
Lawn, S., Grobusch, M., Memish, Z., et al
(2012). Tuberculosis Diagnostics and
Biomarkers: Needs, Challenges, Recent
Advances, and Opportunities. The Journal of
Infectious Diseases, 205(SUPPL. 2), S147-S158.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jir860">[
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Perez-Velez, C., Marais, B. (2012). Tuberculosis
in Children. The New England Journal of
Medicine, 367(4), 348-361. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra1008049
">[More Information]</a>
Perez-Velez, C., Marais, B. (2012). Tuberculosis
in Children- Author's reply. The New England
Journal of Medicine, 367(16), 1569-1569.
2011
Obihara, C., Marais, B., Detjen, A., van Furth,
M. (2011). A Brief Overview of Mycobacterial
Diseases in Children. European Infectious
Disease, 5(2), 102-111.
Dramowski, A., Bekker, A., Kirsten, G., Marais,
B., Rabie, H., Cotton, M. (2011). A case of
congenital measles during the 2010 South
African epidemic. Annals of Tropical
Paediatrics, 31(2), 18-188. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1465328111Y.0
000000010">[More Information]</a>
Marais, B. (2011). Childhood Tuberculosis:
Epidemiology and Natural History of Disease.
Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 78(3), 321-327. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12098-010-035
3-1">[More Information]</a>
Konstantinos, A., Simpson, G., Sorrell, T.,
Marais, B. (2011). Doing the right thing for
tuberculosis control in the Torres Strait Islands.
Medical Journal of Australia, 195(9), 512-512.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja11.10925">[
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Al-Dabbagh, M., Lapphra, K., McGloin, R.,
Inrig, K., Schaaf, H., Marais, B., Sauve, L.,
Kitai, I., Kollmann, T., Marais, B. (2011).
Drug-resistant tuberculosis: pediatric guidelines.
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 30(6),
501-505. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e3182
0b583d">[More Information]</a>
Teasdale, C., Marais, B., Abrams, E. (2011).
HIV: prevention of mother-to-child transmission.
Clinical Evidence, , 1-33.
Teasdale, C., Marais, B., Abrams, E. (2011).
HIV: prevention of mother-to-child transmission.
Clinical Evidence, 2011, 1-33. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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Publications for Ben Marais
Marais, B. (2011). Impact of tuberculosis on
maternal and child health. The Journal of
Infectious Diseases, 203(3), 304-305. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiq069">[
More Information]</a>
Chemotherapy, (pp. 235-242). Basel,
Switzerland: S. Karger AG.
Schaaf, H., Marais, B. (2011). Management of
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children: a
survival guide for paediatricians. Paediatric
Respiratory Reviews, 12(1), 31-38. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prrv.2010.09.01
0">[More Information]</a>
Van Wyk, A., Marais, B., Warren, R., Van Wyk,
S., Wright, C. (2011). The use of light-emitting
diode fluorescence to diagnose mycobacterial
lymphadenitis in fine-needle aspirates from
children. International Journal of Tuberculosis
and Lung Disease, 15(1), 56-60. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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Marais, B., Schaaf, H., Donald, P. (2011).
Management of tuberculosis in children and new
treatment options. Infectious Disorders - Drug
Targets, 11(2), 144-156. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract
&list_uids=21406050">[More Information]</a>
Uys, P., Marais, B., Johnstone-Robertson, S.,
Hargrove, J., Wood, R. (2011). Transmission
Elasticity in Communities Hyperendemic for
Tuberculosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases,
52(12), 1399-1404. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir229">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Marais, B., Ling, D., Pai, M. (2011). New
Approaches to TB Diagnosis in Children. In
Vimlesh Seth, S.K. Kabra (Eds.), Essentials of
Tuberculosis in Children, (pp. 380-394). New
Delhi, India: Jaypee Brothers Medical
Publishers.
Marais, B., Donald, P. (2011). Tuberculous
Lymphadenitis. In Vimlesh Seth, S.K. Kabra
(Eds.), Essentials of Tuberculosis in Children,
(pp. 122-127). New Delhi, India: Jaypee
Brothers Medical Publishers.
Marais, B. (2011). On the role of chest CT
scanning in a TB outbreak investigation. Chest,
139(1), 229. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.10-1775">[
More Information]</a>
Du Preez, K., Hesseling, A., Mandalakas, A.,
Marais, B., Schaaf, H. (2011). Opportunities for
chemoprophylaxis in children with
culture-confirmed tuberculosis. Annals of
Tropical Paediatrics, 31(4), 301-310. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1465328111Y.0
000000035">[More Information]</a>
Marais, B., Rabie, H., Cotton, M. (2011). TB and
HIV in children - advances in prevention and
management. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews,
12(1), 39-45. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prrv.2010.09.00
2">[More Information]</a>
Marais, B., Rabie, H., Cotton, M. (2011). TB and
HIV in children - advances in prevention and
management. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews,
12(1), 39-45. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prrv.2010.09.00
2">[More Information]</a>
Marais, B., Donald, P. (2011). TB in HIV
Infected Children. In Vimlesh Seth, S.K. Kabra
(Eds.), Essentials of Tuberculosis in Children,
(pp. 218-221). New Delhi, India: Jaypee
Brothers Medical Publishers.
McNeeley, D., Raoof, A., Lin, J., Marais, B.
(2011). The Evaluation of New Antituberculosis
Drugs in Children. In Peter R. Donald, Paul D.
van Helden (Eds.), Antituberculosis
Rose, P., Schaaf, H., Marais, B., Gie, R., Stefan,
D. (2011). Value of bone marrow biopsy in
children with suspected disseminated
mycobacterial disease. International Journal of
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 15(2), 200-204.
<a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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Marais, B. (2011). What do we know about how
to treat tuberculosis? In Nigel Curtis, Adam
Finn, Andrew J. Pollard (Eds.), Hot Topics in
Infection and Immunity in Children VIII:
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Volume 179, (pp. 171-184). Heidelberg,
Germany: Springer.
Ligthelm, L., Nicol, M., Hoek, K., Jacobson, R.,
van Helden, P., Marais, B., Warren, R., Wright,
C. (2011). Xpert MTB/RIF for Rapid Diagnosis
of Tuberculous Lymphadenitis from
Fine-Needle-Aspiration Biopsy Specimens.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 49(11),
3967-3970. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01310-11"
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2010
Marais, B., van Helden, P., Donald, P. (2010).
Adequacy of 6-month follow-up in
chemotherapy trials. International Journal of
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 14(7), 927;
author reply 928-927; author reply 928. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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Publications for Ben Marais
Donald, P., Marais, B., Barry 3rd, C. (2010). Age
and the epidemiology and pathogenesis of
tuberculosis. The Lancet, 375(9729), 1852-1854.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)
60580-6">[More Information]</a>
Marais, B., Schaaf, H. (2010). Childhood
Tuberculosis: an emerging and previously
neglected problem. Infectious Disease Clinics of
North America, 24(3), 727-749. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2010.04.00
4">[More Information]</a>
Wright, C., Hoek, K., Marais, B., van Helden, P.,
Warren, R. (2010). Combining fine-needle
aspiration biopsy (FNAB) and high-resolution
melt analysis to reduce diagnostic delay in
Mycobacterial lymphadenitis. Diagnostic
Cytopathology, 38(7), 482-488. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dc.21223">[Mor
e Information]</a>
Marais, S., Pepper, D., Marais, B., Török, E.
(2010). HIV-associated tuberculous meningitis diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
Tuberculosis, 90(6), 367-374. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2010.08.0
06">[More Information]</a>
Stefan, D., Dippenaar, A., Detjen, A., Schaaf, H.,
Marais, B., Kriel, B., Loebenberg, L., Walzl, G.,
Hesseling, A. (2010). Interferon-gamma release
assays for the detection of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis infection in children with cancer.
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease, 14(6), 689-694. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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Hesseling, A., Marais, B., Kirchner, H.,
Mandalakas, A., Brittle, W., Victor, T., Warren,
R., Schaaf, H. (2010). Mycobacterial genotype is
associated with disease phenotype in children.
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease, 14(10), 1252-1258. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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Wright, C., Bamford, C., Prince, Y., Vermaak,
A., Hoek, K., Marais, B., Warren, R. (2010).
Mycobacterial transport medium for routine
culture of fine needle aspiration biopsies.
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 95(1), 48-50.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2009.164038
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Marais, B., Raviglione, M., Donald, P., Harries,
A., Kritski, A., Kritski, A., Graham, S., El-Sadr,
W., Harrington, M., Churchyard, G., et al (2010).
Scale-up of services and research priorities for
diagnosis, management, and control of
tuberculosis: a call to action. The Lancet,
375(9732), 2179-2191. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)
60554-5">[More Information]</a>
Zumla, A., Raviglione, M., Marais, B. (2010).
The Lancet Series: Tuberculosis. United
Kingdom: The Lancet Publishing Group.
Atun, R., Raviglione, M., Marais, B., Zumla, A.
(2010). Tuberculosis control is crucial to achieve
the MDGs. The Lancet, 376(9745), 940-941. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)
61428-6">[More Information]</a>
Marais, S., Thwaites, G., Schoeman, J., Török,
E., Misra, U., Prasad, K., Donald, P., Wilkinson,
R., Marais, B. (2010). Tuberculous meningitis: a
uniform case defi nition for use in clinical
research. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 10(11),
803-812. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(10)
70138-9">[More Information]</a>
2009
Wilson, N., Couper, I., De Vries, E., Reid, S.,
Fish, T., Marais, B. (2009). A critical review of
interventions to redress the inequitable
distribution of healthcare professionals to rural
and remote areas. Rural and Remote Health,
9(2), 1060. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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&list_uids=19530891">[More Information]</a>
Murray, E., Marais, B., Mans, G., Beyers, N.,
Ayles, H., Godfrey-Faussett, P., Wallman, S.,
Bond, V. (2009). A multidisciplinary method to
map potential tuberculosis transmission 'hot
spots' in high-burden communities. International
Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease,
13(6), 767-774.
Spector, J., Gibson, T., Chakraborty, R.,
Mandalakas, A., Marais, B. (2009). Atlas of
Pediatrics in the Tropics and Resource-limited
Settings. United States: American Academy of
Pediatrics.
Hesseling, A., Caldwell, J., Cotton, M., Eley, B.,
Jaspan, H., Jennings, K., Marais, B., Nuttall, J.,
Rabie, H., et al (2009). BCG vaccination in
South African HIV-exposed infants--risks and
benefits. SAMJ South African Medical Journal,
99(2), 88-91. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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van der Spuy, G., Kremer, K., Ndabambi, S.,
Beyers, N., Dunbar, R., Marais, B., van Helden,
P., Warren, R. (2009). Changing Mycobacterium
tuberculosis population highlights clade-specific
pathogenic characteristics. Tuberculosis, 89(2),
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Marais, B. (2009). Childhood Intra-thoracic
Tuberculosis. In Adam Finn, Nigel Curtis,
Andrew J. Pollard (Eds.), Hot Topics in Infection
and Immunity in Children V: Advances in
Experimental Medicine and Biology Volume 634,
(pp. 129-146). United States: Springer.
Marais, B. (2009). Childhood Tuberculosis. In
Samir S. Shah (Eds.), Pediatric Practice:
Infectious Diseases, (pp. 332-347). United
States: McGraw Hill.
Moore, D., Schaaf, H., Marais, B., Nuttall, J.
(2009). Childhood tuberculosis guidelines of the
Southern African Society for Paediatric
Infectious Diseases. The Southern African
journal of Epidemiology and Infection, 24(3),
57-68.
Graham, S., Marais, B., Gie, R. (2009). Clinical
Features and Index of Suspicion of Turberculosis
in Children. In H. Simon Schaaf, Alimuddin I.
Zumla (Eds.), Tuberculosis: A Comprehensive
Clinical Reference, (pp. 154-163). United
Kingdom: Elsevier.
Rowe, J., Shah, S., Marais, B., Steenhoff, A.
(2009). Diagnosis and management of
tuberculous meningitis in HIV-infected pediatric
patients. The Pediatric Infectious Disease
Journal, 28(2), 147-148. <a
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Marais, B., Pai, M. (2009). Diagnosis of
Childhood Tuberculosis: Recent Advances and
Applicability of New Tools. In Surendra K.
Sharma, Alladi Mohan (Eds.), Tuberculosis: 2nd
Edition, (pp. 602-614). India: Jaypee Brothers
Medical Publishers.
Hesseling, A., Johnson, L., Jaspan, H., Cotton,
M., Schaaf, H., Fine, P., Eley, B., Marais, B.,
Nuttall, J., et al (2009). Disseminated bacille
Calmette-Guerin disease in HIV-infected South
African infants. Bulletin of the World Health
Organization, 87(7), 505-511. <a
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Schaaf, H., Victor, T., Venter, A., Brittle, W.,
Jordaan, A., Hesseling, A., Marais, B., van
Helden, P., Donald, P. (2009). Ethionamide
cross- and co-resistance in children with
isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis. International
Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease,
13(11), 1355-1359. <a
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Marais, B., Wright, C. (2009). Extrapulmonary
Tuberculosis in Children. In H. Simon Schaaf,
Alimuddin I. Zumla (Eds.), Tuberculosis: A
Comprehensive Clinical Reference, (pp.
823-825). United Kingdom: Elsevier.
Wright, C., Warren, R., Marais, B. (2009). Fine
needle aspiration biopsy: an undervalued
diagnostic modality in paediatric mycobacterial
disease. International Journal of Tuberculosis
and Lung Disease, 13(12), 1467-1475. <a
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Wright, C., Hesseling, A., Bamford, C., Burgess,
S., Warren, R., Marais, B. (2009). Fine-needle
aspiration biopsy: a first-line diagnostic
procedure in paediatric tuberculosis suspects
with peripheral lymphadenopathy? International
Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease,
13(11), 1373-1379. <a
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Webb, E., Hesseling, A., Schaaf, H., Gie, R.,
Lombard, C., Spitaels, A., Delport, S., Marais,
B., Donald, K., Hindmarsh, P., et al (2009). High
prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
infection and disease in children and adolescents
with type 1 diabetes mellitus. International
Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease,
13(7), 868-874. <a
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Hesseling, A., Mandalakas, A., Kirchner, H.,
Chegou, N., Marais, B., Stanley, K., Zhu, X.,
Black, G., Beyers, N., Walzl, G. (2009). Highly
discordant T cell responses in individuals with
recent exposure to household tuberculosis.
Thorax, 64(10), 840-846. <a
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Brittle, W., Marais, B., Hesseling, A., Schaaf, H.,
Kidd, M., Wasserman, E., Botha, T. (2009).
Improvement in mycobacterial yield and reduced
time to detection in pediatric samples by use of a
nutrient broth growth supplement. Journal of
Clinical Microbiology, 47(5), 1287-1279. <a
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Grobler, L., Marais, B., Mabunda, S., Marindi,
P., Reuter, H., Volmink, J. (2009). Interventions
for increasing the proportion of health
professionals practising in rural and other
underserved areas (Review). Cochrane Database
of Systematic Reviews, 2009 (1), 1-25. <a
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Marais, B., Donald, P., Schaaf, H. (2009).
Management Algorithms for Paediatric
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Tuberculosis. In H. Simon Schaaf, Alimuddin I.
Zumla (Eds.), Tuberculosis: A Comprehensive
Clinical Reference, (pp. 323-331). United
Kingdom: Elsevier.
Marais, B., Hesseling, A., Schaaf, H., Gie, R.,
van Helden, P., Warren, R. (2009).
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission Is Not
Related to Household Genotype in a Setting of
High Endemicity. Journal of Clinical
Microbiology, 47(5), 1338-1343. <a
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Marais, B., Donald, P. (2009). Natural History of
Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in Children.
In H. Simon Schaaf, Alimuddin I. Zumla (Eds.),
Tuberculosis: A Comprehensive Clinical
Reference, (pp. 133-145). United Kingdom:
Elsevier.
Jeena, P., Marais, B., Schaaf, H. (2009).
Paediatric Tuberculosis. In D. Wilson, M.
Cotton, L.-G. Bekker, T. Meyers, F. Venter, G.
Maartens (Eds.), Handbook of HIV Medicine:
2nd Edition, (pp. 162-172). South Africa: Oxford
University Press.
Marais, B., Schaaf, H., Donald, P. (2009).
Pediatric tuberculosis: Issues related to current
and future treatment options. Future
Microbiology, 4(6), 661-675. <a
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Marais, B., Ayles, H., Graham, S.,
Godfrey-Faussett, P. (2009). Screening and
Preventive Therapy for Tuberculosis. Clinics in
Chest Medicine, 30(4), 827-846. <a
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Schaaf, H., Marais, B., Hesseling, A., Brittle, W.,
Donald, P. (2009). Surveillance of
antituberculosis drug resistance among children
from the Western Cape Province of South
Africa--an upward trend. American Journal of
Public Health, 99(8), 1486-1490. <a
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Cotton, M., Schaaf, H., Rabie, H., Marais, B.
(2009). Tuberculosis. In D.F. Wittenberg
(Eds.), Coovadias Paediatrics & Child Health:
6th Edition, (pp. 362-386). South Africa: Oxford
University Press.
Marais, B., Graham, S. (2009). Tuberculosis
Lymphadenitis and Involvement of the
Reticuloendothelial System in Children. In H.
Simon Schaaf, Alimuddin I. Zumla (Eds.),
Tuberculosis: A Comprehensive Clinical
Reference, (pp. 391-396). United Kingdom:
Elsevier.
2008
Marais, B. (2008). Childhood tuberculosis – risk
assessment and diagnosis. SAMJ South African
Medical Journal, 97(10), 978-982.
Walters, E., Cotton, M., Rabie, H., Schaaf, H.,
Walters, L., Marais, B. (2008). Clinical
presentation and outcome of Tuberculosis in
Human Immunodeficiency Virus infected
children on anti-retroviral therapy. BMC
Pediatrics, 8(1), 1-12. <a
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Wright, C., van der Burg, M., Geiger, D.,
Noordzij, J., Burgess, S., Marais, B. (2008).
Diagnosing mycobacterial lymphadenitis in
children using fine needle aspiration biopsy:
cytomorphology, ZN staining and
autofluorescence-making more of less.
Diagnostic Cytopathology, 36(4), 245-251. <a
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Wright, C., Pienaar, J., Marais, B. (2008). Fine
needle aspiration biopsy: diagnostic utility in
resource-limited settings. Annals of Tropical
Paediatrics, 28(1), 65-70. <a
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Mandalakas, A., Hesseling, A., Chegou, N.,
Kirchner, H., Zhu, X., Marais, B., Black, G.,
Beyers, N., Walzl, G. (2008). High level of
discordant IGRA results in HIV-infected adults
and children. International Journal of
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 12(4), 417-423.
Volmink, J., Marais, B. (2008), HIV: mother to
child transmission.
Volmink, J., Marais, B. (2008). HIV:
mother-to-child transmission. Clinical Evidence,
, 909.
Wilson, N., Bouhuijs, P., Conradie, H., Reuter,
H., Van Heerden, B., Marais, B. (2008).
Perceived educational value and enjoyment of a
rural clinical rotation for medical students. Rural
and Remote Health, 8(3), 1-13.
Marais, B., Esser, M., Godwin, S., Rabie, H.,
Cotton, M. (2008). Poverty and human
immunodeficiency virus in children: A view
from the Western Cape, South Africa. Annals of
the New York Academy of Sciences, 1136, 21-27.
Kruk, A., Gie, R., Schaaf, H., Marais, B. (2008).
Symptom-Based Screening of Child
Tuberculosis Contacts: Improved Feasibility in
Resource-Limited Settings. Pediatrics, 121(6),
e1646-e1652. <a
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Marais, B. (2008). Tuberculosis in children.
Pediatric Pulmonology, 43(4), 322-329. <a
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Marais, B., Brittle, W., Painczyk, K., Hesseling,
A., Beyers, N., Wasserman, E., van Soolingen,
D., van Soolingen, D., Warren, R. (2008). Use of
Light-Emitting Diode Fluorescence Microscopy
to Detect Acid-Fast Bacilli in Sputum. Clinical
Infectious Diseases, 47(2), 203-207. <a
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Marais, B., Hesseling, A., Gie, R., Schaaf, H.,
Enarson, D., Beyers, N. (2006). Bacteriologic
yield in children with intra-thoracic tuberculosis.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 42, e69-e71.
2007
Marais, B. (2007). Adult-type TB in children.
Salud(i)Ciencia, 14, 977-982.
Rabie, H., Marais, B., van Toorn, R., Nel, E.,
Cotton, M. (2007). Common opportunistic
infections in HIV infected infants and children:
Part 2 non-respiratory infections. South African
Family Practice, 49(2), 40-45.
Marais, B., Graham, S., Cotton, M., Beyers, N.
(2007). Diagnostic and Management Challenges
for Childhood Tuberculosis in the Era of HIV.
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Supp. 1,
S76-S85. <a
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Rabie, H., Marais, B., van Toorn, R., Nourse, P.,
Nel, E., Goussard, P., Sellers, N., Cotton, M.
(2007). Important HIV-associated conditions in
HIV–infected infants and children. South African
Family Practice, 49(4), 19-23.
Marais, B., Pai, M. (2007). New approaches and
emerging technologies in the diagnosis of
childhood tuberculosis. Paediatric Respiratory
Reviews, 8(2), 124-133. <a
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Marais, B., De Villiers, M., Kruger, J., Conradie,
H., Jenkins, L., Reuter, H. (2007). The role of
educational strategies to reverse the inverse
performance spiral in academically isolated
rural hospitals. South African Family Practice,
49(7), 15-15.
2006
Marais, B., Gie, R., Hesseling, A., Schaaf, H.,
Lombard, C., Enarson, D., Beyers, N. (2006). A
Refined Symptom-Based Approach to Diagnose
Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children. Pediatrics,
118(5), e1350-e1359. <a
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Marais, B., van Zyl, S., Schaaf, H., van Aardt,
M., Gie, R., Beyers, N. (2006). Adherence to
isoniazid preventive chemotherapy: a prospective
community based study. Archives of Disease in
Childhood, 91(9), 762-765. <a
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Marais, B., Victor, T., Hesseling, A., Barnard,
M., Jordaan, A., Brittle, W., Reuter, H., Beyers,
N., van Helden, P., Warren, R., et al (2006).
Beijing and Haarlem Genotypes Are
Overrepresented among Children with
Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the Western
Cape Province of South Africa. Journal of
Clinical Microbiology, 44(10), 3539-3543. <a
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Marais, B., Gie, R., Schaaf, H., Beyers, N.,
Donald, P., Starkes, J. (2006). Childhood
Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Old Wisdom and New
Challenges. American Journal of Respiratory
and Critical Care Medicine, 173(10), 1078-1090.
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Marais, B., Rabie, H., Schaaf, H., Cotton, M.
(2006). Common opportunistic infections in
HIV-infected infants and children: Part 1 respiratory infections. South African Family
Practice, 48(10), 52-56.
Rabie, H., Marais, B., Cotton, M. (2006).
Initiating anti-retroviral therapy in HIV-infected
infants and children. South African Family
Practice, 48(7), 54-58.
Marais, B. (2006). Intrathoracic Tuberculosis in
Children. Archives of Disease in Childhood:
Education and Practice Edition, 91(1), ep1-ep7.
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Rabie, H., Marais, B., Cotton, M. (2006).
Maintaining infants and children on highly active
antiretroviral therapy. South African Family
Practice, 48(8), 55-60.
Heyns, L., Gie, R., Goussard, P., Beyers, N.,
Warren, R., Marais, B. (2006). Nosocomial
transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in
kangaroo mother care units: A risk in
tuberculosis-endemic areas. Acta Paediatrica:
Nurturing the Child, 95(5), 535-539. <a
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Rabie, H., Marais, B., Cotton, M. (2006).
Preventing and diagnosing HIV infection in
infants and children. South African Family
Practice, 48(6), 35-41.
Marais, B., Gie, R., Hesseling, A., Schaaf, H.,
Enarson, D., Beyers, N. (2006). Radiographic
signs and symptoms in children treated for
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tuberculosis: possible implications for
symptom-based screening in resource-limited
settings. The Pediatric Infectious Disease
Journal, 25(3), 237-240. <a
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Marais, B., Pai, M. (2006). Recent advances in
the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis. Archives
of Disease in Childhood, 92(5), 446-452. <a
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Marais, B., Pai, M. (2006). Specimen collection
methods in the diagnosis of childhood
tuberculosis. Indian Journal of Medical
Microbiology, 24(4), 249-251.
Marais, B., Hesseling, A., Gie, R., Schaaf, H.,
Beyers, N. (2006). The burden of childhood
tuberculosis and the accuracy of
community-based surveillance data.
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease, 10(3), 259-263.
Marais, B., Gie, R., Schaaf, H., Hesseling, A.,
Enarson, D., Beyers, N. (2006). The spectrum of
disease in children treated for tuberculosis in a
highly endemic area. International Journal of
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 10(7), 732-738.
Marais, B., Wright, C., Schaaf, H., Gie, R.,
Hesseling, A., Enarson, D., Beyers, N. (2006).
Tuberculous lymphadenitis as a cause of
persistent cervical lymphadenopathy in children
from a tuberculosis-endemic area. The Pediatric
Infectious Disease Journal, 25(2), 142-146. <a
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Marais, B., Donald, P. (2006). Tuberculous
Peripheral Lymphadenitis. In Vimlesh Seth,
S.K. Kabra (Eds.), Essentials of Tuberculosis in
Children: 3rd Edition, (pp. 134-142). India:
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers.
2005
Marais, B., Gie, R., Hesseling, A., Beyers, N.
(2005). Adult-type pulmonary tuberculosis in
children 10-14 years of age. The Pediatric
Infectious Disease Journal, 24(8), 743-744. <a
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Theart, A., Marais, B., Gie, R., Hesseling, A.,
Beyers, N. (2005). Criteria used for the diagnosis
of childhood tuberculosis at primary health care
level in a high-burden, urban setting.
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease, 9(11), 1210-1214.
Marais, B., Donald, P., Gie, R., Schaaf, H.,
Beyers, N. (2005). Diversity of disease in
childhood pulmonary tuberculosis. Annals of
Tropical Paediatrics, 25(2), 79-86. <a
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Marais, B., Obihara, C., Warren, R., Schaaf, H.,
Gie, R., Donald, P. (2005). The burden of
childhood tuberculosis: a public health
perspective. International Journal of
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 9(12),
1305-1313.
Marais, B., Obihara, C., Gie, R., Schaaf, H.,
Hesseling, A., Lombard, C., Enarson, D.,
Bateman, E., Beyers, N. (2005). The prevalence
of symptoms associated with pulmonary
tuberculosis in randomly selected children from a
high burden community. Archives of Disease in
Childhood, 90(11), 1166-1170. <a
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Marais, B., Gie, R., Obihara, C., Hesseling, A.,
Schaaf, H., Beyers, N. (2005). Well defined
symptoms are of value in the diagnosis of
childhood pulmonary tuberculosis. Archives of
Disease in Childhood, 90(11), 1162-1165. <a
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