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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network

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A collaborative network comprising clinicians and researchers passionately committed to propelling scientific, clinical, and public health research on tuberculosis in Australia and New Zealand. Our Tuberculosis Podcast: www.actnet.org.au

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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Our August TBPod episode is now live! Join Dr Alice Sawka, Dr Jack Callum and Dr Victoria Grey as they unpack the evidence behind the widely used "eight-hour rule" in TB contact tracing. Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/851944/episo...
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TB Origins – Dr Alice Sawka: Where Does the 8-Hour Contact Tracing Rule Come From? - The TBPod
Dr Alice Sawka is joined by Dr Jack Callum, respiratory physician in London, and Dr Victoria Gray, infectious diseases physician in Brisbane, to explore the origins of the widely used “eight-hour rule...
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
July #TBPod is live! Dr Alice Sawka, Dr Jack Callum and Dr Victoria Grey discuss TNF-alpha inhibitors, TB prevention, and the evidence behind current practice. #Tuberculosis #TBPrevention Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/851944/episo...
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TB Origins – Dr Jack Callum on TB Infection and the Timing of Immunosuppression Commencement - The TBPod
Dr Alice Sawka, adult respiratory and TB physician in Adelaide, is joined by Dr Jack Callum, respiratory physician in London, and Dr Victoria Grey, infectious diseases physician in Brisbane, to explor...
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Join the ACTnet Asia-Pacific TB Journal Club on 28 July, 1:00 pm AEST. Dr Glyzelle Lagason will discuss a promising 4-month TB treatment regimen and its implications for future TB care. Register here: forms.office.com/r/C3tyNqgFNp
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Our June TBPod is live! Dr Alice Sawka and paediatric TB nurse Courtney Murphy discuss the challenges of diagnosing TB in children, innovative tools like induced sputum, and how new pathways are improving diagnosis and supporting families. Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/851944/episo...
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Diagnosing the Invisible: Nurse Courtney Murphy on Paediatric TB Innovation & Care - The TBPod
Dr Alice Sawka, adult respiratory and TB physician in Adelaide, is joined by Courtney Murphy, a paediatric specialist TB nurse at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, to explore the challenges ...
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Join us 16 June, 1:00 pm (AEST) for the ACTnet Asia‑Pacific TB Journal Club with Dr Emma Smith, infectious diseases physician at Royal Darwin Hospital. She’ll discuss 3HP vs 4RIF for TB infection, showing higher completion with 3HP and similar safety. Register: forms.office.com/r/Dsae8r0e6Y
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Our May TBPod episode is live! 🎧 Dr Martin Allen joins Dr Jack Callum to discuss the GIRFT TB report, exploring how data, peer review & collaboration are driving improvements in TB care across England & Scotland. Listen below 👇 www.buzzsprout.com/851944/episo...
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GIRFT in Action: Dr Martin Allen on Transforming TB Care - The TBPod
Dr Martin Allen, Consultant Respiratory Physician at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire and National Clinical Lead for Respiratory Medicine within the GIRFT programme, joins Dr Jack Callum...
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Are you a pharmacist curious about TB research but unsure how to get started? Join the ACTnet Pharmacy TB Research Webinar on 11 June (12:30–2 pm AEST) to hear from academic pharmacists on practical entry points into TB research. Register now - forms.office.com/r/vBwPe7BzGw
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Join the next ACTnet AP Regional TB Journal Club on Fri 22 May at 1 pm. Dr Beth Morgan will discuss a Lancet Infectious Diseases trial on TB counselling and conditional cash transfers, and their impact on patient outcomes in South Africa. Register now: forms.office.com/r/0wqjxMxTgj
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Our April TBPod episode is live! Dr Padmasayee Papineni joins Dr Jack Callum to explore tuberculosis care through narrative medicine, compassion, and lived experience. Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/851944/episo... #TBPod #Tuberculosis #NarrativeMedicine
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The People Behind the Numbers: Dr Padmasayee Papineni on TB Care, Stigma & Social Support - The TBPod
Dr Padmasayee Papineni, Consultant and Co‑Clinical Director in Infectious Diseases at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, joins Dr Jack Callum to discuss the lived experience of tubercu...
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Our first TBPod episode of 2026 is live! 🎧 Dr Peter MacPherson breaks down HIV–TB care, urban TB trends & diagnostic advances. Listen below! www.buzzsprout.com/851944/episo...
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Shifting TB Landscapes: Dr Peter MacPherson on HIV–TB Care & Diagnostic Innovation - The TBPod
Dr Peter MacPherson, Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Glasgow, joins Dr Jack Callum to discuss his research on HIV–TB care and shifting TB epidemiology. He discusses findings fro...
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
How much asymptomatic TB are we missing? Join the ACTnet TB Journal Club on 17 April as Alvin Teo & Khay Mar Aung discuss new Lancet GH findings showing universal sputum testing detects far more TB than symptom+CXR screening. Register now: forms.office.com/r/HvkfuLGH9c
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
We’re kicking off the 2026 ACTnet TB Journal Club on Tuesday 3 March @ 1 PM AEDT with A/Prof Suman Majumdar! Join us to explore what decades of research reveal about community-wide TB preventive therapy in high-burden settings. Register now: forms.office.com/r/quER9EUPyt
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Join us in Perth from 27–31 March 2026 for the TSANZSRS Annual Scientific Meeting, featuring TSANZ’s “Lungs Under the Microscope” and ANZSRS’s Breathing Through the Ages.” For more information and to register your spot, visit tsanzsrsasm.com
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Our latest ACTnet TBPod episode features Dr Joseph Donovan on the global impact of tuberculous meningitis, breakthrough trial insights, and what’s needed to improve diagnosis and treatment worldwide. Listen now via the link below www.buzzsprout.com/851944/episo...
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Understanding TBM: Dr Joseph Donovan on Global Challenges, Trials & Critical-Care Needs - The TBPod
Dr Joseph Donovan, clinical researcher at OUCRU Vietnam and Associate Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, joins Dr Angus Lane, medical registrar to discuss the global burden and diagnostic ch...
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
TBPod is back! New episode featuring Dr Jodie Schildkraut & Dr Van Le Hong on Unite4TB’s mission to accelerate TB treatment development, strengthen trial platforms, and tackle challenges in high-burden settings. Listen now! www.buzzsprout.com/851944/episo...
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Advancing TB Research: Dr Jodie Schildkraut & Dr Van Le Hong from Unite4TB - The TBPod
Catherine Berry, ACTnet Steering Committee member and ID physician at John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, was joined by Dr Jodie Schildkraut and Dr Van Le Hong, key researchers in the global Unite4TB con...
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
📢 Join us on 12 Nov for the ACTnet TB Nurses SIG Webinar! Hear from experts across Australia & the Pacific on nursing-led TB research, challenges & opportunities. Register now to secure your spot - forms.office.com/r/5J26eFgDZL
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Join us on Wed 12 Nov, 2–3:30 PM AEDT (Zoom) for ACTnet’s final webinar of the year, the TB Nurses Special Interest Group Webinar. Hear from experts on advancing nursing research in TB care across Australia & the Pacific. Register now: forms.office.com/r/5J26eFgDZL
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Less than 2 weeks! Join ACTnet TB Journal Club on 5 Nov, 1 PM AEDT (Zoom) with Sarah Bernays & Duy Trinh-Hoang discussing MDR-TB care in Vietnam. Register now to secure your spot - forms.office.com/r/K2UzAaajD9
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Join the ACTnet Asia-Pacific TB Journal Club on Wed 5 Nov, 1 PM AEDT (Zoom), with A/Prof Sarah Bernays & PhD candidate Duy Trinh-Hoang (Uni of Sydney) discussing mHealth & MDR-TB care in Vietnam. Read: doi.org/10.1371/jour... Register via this link: forms.office.com/r/K2UzAaajD9
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
1 Week to Go! 8 Oct 2025, 1 PM AEST on Zoom Join the ACTnet Asia-Pacific TB Journal Club with Dr Emily MacLean (Uni of Sydney, NHMRC CRE-TB) on the CASTLE Study: chest X-ray & urine LAM for TB diagnosis in adults with HIV. Register now at forms.office.com/r/2X7sfs0js0
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
8 Oct 2025, 1 PM AEDT on Zoom Join the ACTnet Asia-Pacific TB Journal Club with Dr Emily MacLean (Uni of Sydney, NHMRC CRE-TB) on the CASTLE Study: chest X-ray & urine LAM for TB diagnosis in adults with HIV. Register at forms.office.com/r/2X7sfs0js0
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Join us on Wed 8 Oct, 1:00 pm AEST for the ACTnet Asia-Pacific TB Journal Club with Dr Emily MacLean. We’ll discuss the CASTLE Study on enhanced TB diagnosis using chest X-ray & urine LAM in adults with HIV. Register: forms.office.com/r/2X7sfs0js0
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Join us tomorrow for the final day of the Multiple Syndemics of Tuberculosis Symposium (12 Sept) from 4:00–6:30pm AEST | 2:00–4:30pm ICT Topics: TB & HIV, silicosis, mental health, air quality, ethics, survivorship, Indigenous health. Join via Zoom: uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/87150131399
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Just us tomorrow for Day 2 of the Multiple Syndemics of Tuberculosis Symposium (11 Sept). We’ll explore TB with diabetes, financial hardship, post-TB lung disease, CVD, youth advocacy, and climate change. You are warmly invited to attend live via Zoom: uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/82237153983
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Join us today for Day 1 of the Multiple Syndemics of Tuberculosis Symposium (10 Sept, 8–10:30 CET / 16–18:30 AEST). Sessions explore TB with undernutrition, leprosy, smoking & survivorship, plus integrated care. Live via Zoom: uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/89353021267
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
2 weeks to go! Join the 3-day virtual symposium - The Multiple Syndemics of Tuberculosis from 10–12 Sep. Explore how TB interacts with other diseases, impacts, and what care approaches are needed. Register at: forms.office.com/r/2NenfJRJ8R #Tuberculosis #TBResearch
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Join us for the next ACTnet AP Regional TB Journal Club session with Prof Helen Cox, expert in TB & infectious disease. We will discuss the topic of "Measuring Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Bioaerosols in a High TB Burden Setting" Register at: forms.office.com/r/fWQZMLCyvz
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Join the 3-day virtual symposium - The Multiple Syndemics of Tuberculosis from 10–12 Sep 2025. Explore how TB interacts with other diseases, impacts, and what future screening and care approaches are needed. Register at: forms.office.com/r/2NenfJRJ8R #Tuberculosis #GlobalHealth #TBResearch
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Mark your calendar – Wed 13 Aug, 1PM AEST! Join the ACTnet TB Journal Club with Dr Tasnim Hasan, discussing an article on the rising threat of bedaquiline-resistant TB and its impact on treatment outcomes. Register Now! lnkd.in/gUZkkBbB #Tuberculosis #BedaquilineResistance #GlobalHealth
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Join us 13 Aug, 1PM AEST for ACTnet TB Journal Club featuring Dr Tasnim Hasan, infectious diseases physician with global & local TB experience. We’ll discuss bedaquiline resistance and treatment outcomes for rifampicin-resistant TB. 🔗 Article: lnkd.in/gFk9A-KU 🖱️ Register: lnkd.in/gt-rmyEE
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Less than 2 weeks to go! Join ACTnet’s Tough TB: A Rapid-Fire of Clinical Conundrums webinar on 2 July at 4 PM AEST. Drs Roberts, Geake, Grey & Sawka will tackle challenging TB cases in real time. Register: lnkd.in/gbTYMJTb #ACTnet #TBWebinar #InfectiousDiseases #EndTB #Tuberculosis
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
ACTnet Webinar: Tough TB – A Rapid-Fire of Clinical Conundrums is coming up on Wednesday, 2 July at 4 PM AEST. Join Dr Matthew Roberts, James Geake, Victoria Grey, and Alice Sawka as they discuss challenging TB cases. Register now: forms.office.com/r/4K0Pau41iu #TB #EndTB #MedicalEducation
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
📢 Final call to register. Just 3 days to go! Join us for the next ACTnet TB Journal Club with Dr Romain Ragonnet on modelling TB case finding and latent infection clearance. 🗓️ Thurs 5 June, 1PM AEST 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/gZ2ttmpt 📖 Preprint: lnkd.in/guQtzbwC
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
TBPod is back! Associate Prof. Nicolas Menzies joins Dr Andrew Burke to unpack the hidden burden after TB treatment, on life-years, quality of life & long-term risks. #TBPod #Tuberculosis #GlobalHealth Listen via the link below. www.buzzsprout.com/851944/episo...
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Post-TB Sequelae: Life and Death After TB Treatment - In Discussion with Prof. Nicolas Menzies - The TBPod
Associate Professor Nicolas Alan Menzies, from the School of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, joins Dr Andrew Burke to discuss hi...
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
1 days left to register for the TB CRE Annual Research Symposium! Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with leading researchers and contribute to the future of TB control. 📅 29–30 May | 📍Sydney 🔗 Register: events.humanitix.com/tb-cre-annua... 🔗 Subscribe: www.tbcre.org.au/subscription...
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TB CRE ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2025
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
1 week left to register for our hybrid event - TB CRE Annual Research Symposium 2025! 📅 29–30 May | 📍Sydney 🔗 Register: events.humanitix.com/tb-cre-annua... 🔗 Subscribe: www.tbcre.org.au/subscription...
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🚨 1 week left to register for in-person attendance for the TB CRE Symposium 2025! 📅 29–30 May | 📍 Sydney Join TB researchers across Aus & Indo-Pacific to share findings and shape the future. 🔗 Register: events.humanitix.com/tb-cre-annua... 🔗 Subscribe: www.tbcre.org.au/subscription...
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TB CRE ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2025
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Only 3 weeks to go! 5 June, 1 PM AEST! Tune in for the next ACTnet TB Journal Club with Dr. Romain Ragonnet, exploring whether TB models should account for latent infection clearance—and the impact on case-finding strategies. 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/gZ2ttmpt 📄 Read the preprint at: lnkd.in/guQtzbwC
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Don’t miss the next ACTnet TB Journal Club on 5 June, 1PM AEST! Dr Ragonnet will discuss whether TB models should account for latent infection clearance—& what that means for case-finding strategies. Register at: lnkd.in/gZ2ttmpt Pre-print: lnkd.in/guQtzbwC
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
3 weeks to go! Join experts at the TB CRE Symposium 2025 to explore breakthroughs in TB research across Australia & the Indo-Pacific. 📅 When? 29–30 May in Sydney Register at: events.humanitix.com/tb-cre-annua... Subscribe here to stay connected with TB CRE: www.tbcre.org.au/subscription...
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The TB Centre of Research Excellence (TB CRE) is now offering two PhD scholarships and three post-doctoral fellowships in tuberculosis research. For more information, please visit the TB CRE website at this link www.tbcre.org.au/copy-of-news-3 Applications are due by 5pm AEST on April 30th, 2025.
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
To be effective TB prevention, treatment and care needs to work for affected communities. Find out how we are delivering community-centred research by listening to this short film.   www.tbcre.org.au/copy-of-poli... #WorldTBday #WTBD2025
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Submissions are now open for Abstracts, Symposia, Satellite Sessions, and Post-Graduate Courses and Workshops for the Union World Conference on Lung Health 2025. For more details and to submit, visit theunion.org
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
A recent publication in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, examines a 10-year tuberculosis outbreak within an extended Samoan family in Western Sydney, Australia. doi.org/10.1093/infd...
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Catherine Berry (she/her) @catherineberry.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
If @idiots-pod.bsky.social is too small then this is tiny but seems as good a time as any to highlight @actnet.bsky.social's TBpod. Throw it a listen for all things TB. #TBsky www.actnet.org.au/podcast
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The TBPod | ACTnet
ACTnet's tuberculosis podcast (The TBPod) brings you captivating conversations with leading clinicians, researchers, and policymakers, exploring why tuberculosis remains a pressing global health concern.
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The landmark VQUIN trial, recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrates that levofloxacin is safe for preventing multidrug-resistant TB. Notably, the risk of developing TB was reduced by 60% at 54 weeks, as shown in a pre-specified meta-analysis with the TB CHAMP Trial.
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
ACTnet TBPod: Fighting Childhood Tuberculosis: Expert Advice from Dr Graeme Hoddinott In this episode, we explore ground-breaking research on the preferences of children and adolescents in tuberculosis (TB) treatment and management, revealing surprising insights.
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
TB CRE: Melbourne Symposium 2025 Monday 24th - Tuesday 25th March 2025 Symposium sessions will address: • The heterogeneity of TB: new insights into host and pathogen variability • TB clinical trials and research translation • Developing a collaborative research agenda with the TB CRE
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Australasian Clinical Tuberculosis Network @actnet.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Repurposing Beta-Lactams for TB Treatment? Another fantastic paper from an Australian research team published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology explored the potential of beta-lactams, traditionally underutilized in TB treatment, combined with beta-lactamase inhibitors to enhance efficacy.
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