The Tuberculosis Unit (UTB) was founded on 2004. It was stablished as a space where IMT AvH workers that were currently working on tuberculosis research could assemble and collaborate on their activities.
Since its beginnings, UTB has managed to successfully develop research on epidemiology, diagnostic and treatment on tuberculosis. UTB has participated on several researches of international relevance as an example of this, studies on GeneXpert, MTB/RIF took place in the unit. On the other hand research on basic science, immunology and cost effectiveness have also taken place on the UTB.
UTB has gather a multidisciplinary team that has achieved to build good relationships with institutions on local, national and international level to work together against tuberculosis.
Research interest
• Diagnostic Methods
• Clinical Trials
• Operational Research
• Qualitative Research
• Systematic reviews / meta-analysis
• Immunology
• Molecular Epidemiology
Organization
Group Coordinator:
Research team:
- Eduardo Gotuzzo, MD
- Jessica Ricaldi, MD, Ph.D.
- Carlos Zamudio, MD.
- Larissa Otero, MD, MPH
- César Ugarte, MD, MsC
- Juan Agapito, MSc.
- Lic. Tatiana Cáceres
- Francesca Capanni, MD
- Mateo Prochazka, MD
- Jimena Collantes.
- Juana Sedamano, MD
- Francesca Barletta
- Lena Shah
Colaboration and Fundings
- DISA Lima Este
- Estrategia Nacional de Prevención y Control de Tuberculosis
- Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia
- Hospital San Juan de Lurigancho
- Instituto Nacional de Salud
- Dirección General de Epidemiologia
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
- Universidad Mayor Nacional de San Marcos
- Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Béligca
- McGill University, Canada
- Vanderbilt University, EEUU
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, EEUU
- Johns Hopkins University, EEUU
- University of Washington at Seattle, EEUU
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
- Imperial College London, UK
- University of Southamptom, UK
- University of Melbourne, Australia
- The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia
- Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Suiza
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – TBTrial Consortium, EEUU
- Tibotec Pharmaceutical
- National Institute of Health, EEUU
- Directorate General for Development Cooperation - Belgian Cooperation
Recent Projects
- Matrix Metalloproteinases Degradation Products And Their Correlation With TB , TB / Diabetes Mellitus And TB / HIV
- Cohort Study: Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
- Improving the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis; Validation of new biomarkers in an environment of high prevalence.
- Prospective, Randomized, Blinded Phase 2 Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Study of the Efficacy and Tolerability of Levofloxacin in Combination with Optimized Background Regimen (OBR) for the treatment of MDR-TB
- Active search of household contacts of TB cases in high-risk area in Lima, Peru.
- Multicenter study. Crossectional to determine the ability to improve the diagnosis of TB in a multiplex serology test at the point of care study.
- Evaluation of a Treatment Scheme Rifapentine for the intensive phase of treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.
- major depressive disorder as a risk factor for Successful changes in the outcome of TB treatment.
- Study of Contacts Residential TB.
- Research household contacts of children under five years of BK positive TB patients in Lima, Peru.
Relevant Publications
Services
TBC rapid diagnostic Methods:
TBC Cultures: Löwenstein–Jensen
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Contact Info
Address: IMTAvH, 1er piso
Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia
Av. Honorio Delgado 262
Urb. Ingeniería, San Martin de Porres. Lima - Perú.
Phone:
- 51-1- 613-9797 anexo 4033
- 51-1-791-2471
- 51-1- 628-2517
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