Making cough count in tuberculosis care

Alexandra J. Zimmer; César Ugarte-Gil; Rahul Pathri; Puneet Dewan; Devan Jaganath; Adithya Cattamanchi; Madhukar Pai; Simon Grandjean Lapierre

doi:10.1038/s43856-022-00149-w

Communications Medicine (Jul 2022)

Making cough count in tuberculosis care

Alexandra J. Zimmer,
César Ugarte-Gil,
Rahul Pathri,
Puneet Dewan,
Devan Jaganath,
Adithya Cattamanchi,
Madhukar Pai,
Simon Grandjean Lapierre

Affiliations

Alexandra J. Zimmer: Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University
César Ugarte-Gil: School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Rahul Pathri: Docturnal Pvt. Ltd., R&D
Puneet Dewan: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Devan Jaganath: Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Adithya Cattamanchi: Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Madhukar Pai: Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University
Simon Grandjean Lapierre: McGill International TB Centre

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00149-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Zimmer et al. discuss the importance of cough assessment in clinical management of tuberculosis (TB). They describe how acoustic epidemiology, which uses recording devices and artificial intelligence to detect, record and analyze cough, can be used in TB control and individual patient management.

Published in Communications Medicine

ISSN: 2730-664X (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmed/

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