title: Compassionate use of new drugs in children and adolescents with multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: early experiences and challenges.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Infectious Diseases, Dept of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy These authors contributed equally.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tadolini
authors.affiliation: Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa These authors contributed equally.
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Garcia-Prats
authors.affiliation: Fondazione S. Maugeri, IRCCS, Tradate, Italy Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland These authors contributed equally.
authors.forename: Lia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: D'Ambrosio
authors.affiliation: Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris, France These authors contributed equally.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hewison
authors.affiliation: Fondazione S. Maugeri, IRCCS, Tradate, Italy These authors contributed equally.
authors.forename: Rosella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Centis
authors.affiliation: Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa These authors contributed equally.
authors.forename: H Simon
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Schaaf
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital at Westmead and the Centre for Research Excellence in Tuberculosis, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Ben J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Marais
authors.affiliation: MDR/XDR TB Unit, Tshepong Hospital Klerksdorp, Klerksdorp, South Africa.
authors.forename: Hannetjie
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: MDR-TB Unit, Tuberculosis Division, International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Paris, France Pneumology Dept, Hospital General de Gran Canaria "Dr Negrin", Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: Jose A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Caminero
authors.affiliation: Médecins Sans Frontières, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jonckheere
authors.affiliation: Médecins Sans Frontières, Moscow, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Animesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.affiliation: Médecins Sans Frontières, London, UK.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Herboczek
authors.affiliation: Republican TB Dispensary, Grozny, Chechen Republic, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Zarema
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Khaidarkhanova
authors.affiliation: Armenian National Tuberculosis Control Centre, Yerevan, Armenia.
authors.forename: Armen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayrapetyan
authors.affiliation: Médecins Sans Frontières, Yerevan, Armenia.
authors.forename: Naira
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khachatryan
authors.affiliation: National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Tbilisi, Georgia.
authors.forename: Ia
authors.initials: Ia
authors.lastname: Urtkmelidze
authors.affiliation: Médecins Sans Frontières, Tbilisi, Georgia.
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Loreti
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Dept of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Susanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.affiliation: University Dept of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Brescia Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matteelli
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Dept of Global Health and Social Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Furin
authors.affiliation: Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Varaine
authors.affiliation: Fondazione S. Maugeri, IRCCS, Tradate, Italy giovannibattista.migliori@fsm.it.
authors.forename: Giovanni Battista
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2597-574X
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Migliori
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D057176:Compassionate Use Trials; D054908:Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents