• Clinical features and outcomes of patients with tubercular uveitis treated with antitubercular therapy in the collaborative ocular tuberculosis study (COTS)-1 

      Agrawal R., Gunasekeran D.V., Grant R., Agarwal A., Kon O.M., Nguyen Q.D., Pavesio C., Gupta V., Gupta B., Aggarwal K., Murthy S.L., Westcott M., Phaik C.S., McCluskey P., Ling H.S., Teoh S., Cimino L., Biswas J., Narain S., Agarwal M., Mahendradas P., Khairallah M., Jones N., Tugal-Tutkun I., Babu K., Basu S., Carreño E., Lee R., Al-Dhibi H., Bodaghi B., Invernizzi A., Goldstein D.A., Herbort C.P., Barisani T., González-López J.J., Androudi S., Bansal R., Moharana B., Mahajan S., Esposti S., Tasiopoulou A., Nadarajah S., Agarwal M., Abraham S., Vala R., Singh R., Sharma A., Sharma K., Zierhut M., Raje D., Cunningham E., Kempen J., Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1 Study Group (2017)
      IMPORTANCE Eradication of systemic tuberculosis (TB) has been limited by neglected populations and the HIV pandemic. Whereas ocular TB often presents as uveitis without any prior evidence of systemic TB, the existing ...
    • The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1 Report 3: Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Diagnosis and Management of Tubercular Uveitis: Global Trends 

      Agarwal A., Agrawal R., Gunasekaran D.V., Raje D., Gupta B., Aggarwal K., Murthy S.L., Westcott M., Chee S.P., McCluskey P., Ling H.S., Teoh S., Cimino L., Biswas J., Narain S., Agarwal M., Mahendradas P., Khairallah M., Jones N., Tugal-Tutkun I., Babu K., Basu S., Carreño E., Lee R., Al-Dhibi H., Bodaghi B., Invernizzi A., Goldstein D.A., Herbort C.P., Barisani-Asenbauer T., González-López J.J., Androudi S., Bansal R., Moharana B., Mahajan S., Esposti S., Tasiopoulou A., Nadarajah S., Agarwal M., Abraham S., Vala R., Singh R., Sharma A., Sharma K., Zierhut M., Kon O.M., Cunningham E., Nguyen Q.D., Pavesio C., Gupta V. (2019)
      Purpose: To analyze the role of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of ocular fluids in management of tubercular (TB) anterior, intermediate, posterior, and panuveitis. Methods: In Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study ...
    • The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1: A Multinational Review of 165 Patients with Tubercular Anterior Uveitis 

      Agrawal R., MD FCRS, Betzler B., MBBS, Testi I., MD, Mahajan S., MBBS, Agarwal A., MS, Gunasekeran D.V., MD, Raje D., PhD, Aggarwal K., MS, Murthy S.I., DNB, Westcott M., FRCSOphth, Chee S.-P., FRCSEd, Mccluskey P., MD, Ho S.L., FRCSGlasg, Teoh S., FRCSEd, Cimino L., MD, Biswas J., MS, Narain S., MD, Agarwal M., MS, Mahendradas P., DNB, Khairallah M., MD, Jones N., FRCSOphth, Tugal-Tutkun I., MD, Babu K., DNB, Basu S., MS, Carreño E., MD, Lee R., PhD, Al-Dhibi H., MD, Bodaghi B., MD, Invernizzi A., MD, Goldstein D.A., MD, Herbort C.P., MD, Barisani-Asenbauer T., PhD, González-López J.J., PhD, Androudi S., MD, Bansal R., MS, Moharana B., MS, Esposti S., MD, Tasiopoulou A., MD, Nadarajah S., MD, Agarwal M., DNB, Abraham S., MD, Vala R., MD, Singh R., MS, Sharma A., MD, Sharma K., PhD, Zierhut M., PhD, Kon O.M., MRCP, Cunningham E.T., PhD, Kempen J.H., PhD, Nguyen Q.D., PhD, Pavesio C., FRCSOphth, Gupta V., MS (2020)
      Purpose: The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS) Group sought to address the diagnostic uncertainty through retrospective cohort analysis of treatment regimens and therapeutic outcomes for patients with tubercular ...
    • Helicobacter pylori infection and respiratory diseases: A review 

      Roussos, A.; Philippou, N.; Gourgoulianis, K. I. (2003)
      In the past few years, a variety of extradigestive disorders, including cardiovascular, skin, rheumatic and liver diseases, have been associated with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. The activation of inflammatory ...
    • Molecular Basis of Resistance to First-Line Drugs of Mycobacterium tuberculosis/canettii Strains in Greece 

      Florou Z., Mavroidi A., Vatidis G., Daniil Z., Gourgoulianis K., Petinaki E. (2021)
      The aim of this study was to determine the rate and the mutations of genes involved to the first-line antituberculous drugs' resistance of M. tuberculosis/canettii isolated in Central Greece from 2010 to 2019. During the ...
    • Synthesis of diphenoxyadamantane alkylamines with pharmacological interest 

      Georgiadis M.-O., Kourbeli V., Ioannidou V., Karakitsios E., Papanastasiou I., Tsotinis A., Komiotis D., Vocat A., Cole S.T., Taylor M.C., Kelly J.M. (2019)
      In this work, the synthesis and the pharmacological evaluation of diphenoxyadamantane alkylamines Ia–f and IIa–f is described. The new diphenoxy-substituted adamantanes share structural features present in trypanocidal and ...
    • Twenty-four Month Outcomes in the Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1: Defining the “Cure” in Ocular Tuberculosis 

      Agarwal A., Agrawal R., Raje D., Testi I., Mahajan S., Gunasekeran D.V., Aggarwal K., Murthy S.I., Westcott M., Chee S.-P., Mccluskey P., Ho S.L., Teoh S., Cimino L., Biswas J., Narain S., Agarwal M., Mahendradas P., Khairallah M., Jones N., Tugal-Tutkun I., Babu K., Basu S., Carreño E., Lee R., Al-Dhibi H., Bodaghi B., Invernizzi A., Goldstein D.A., Herbort C.P., Barisani-Asenbauer T., González-López J.J., Androudi S., Bansal R., Moharana B., Esposti S.D., Tasiopoulou A., Nadarajah S., Agarwal M., Abraham S., Vala R., Singh R., Sharma A., Sharma K., Zierhut M., Kon O.M., Cunningham E.T., Kempen J.H., Nguyen Q.D., Pavesio C., Gupta V. (2020)
      Purpose: To report the clinical findings, anatomical features, and treatment outcomes in subjects with ocular tuberculosis (OTB) at 24 months in the Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1. Methods: Of the 945 ...