Diabetic control and risk of tuberculosis: a cohort study

CC Leung, TH Lam, WM Chan, WW Yew… - American journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Diabetes mellitus is associated with tuberculosis. A cohort of 42,116 clients aged 65 years
or more, enrolled at 18 Elderly Health Service centers in Hong Kong in 2000, were followed …

Lower risk of tuberculosis in obesity

CC Leung, TH Lam, WM Chan, WW Yew… - Archives of internal …, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
… Author Contributions: Dr CC Leung had full access to all of the data in the study and takes
… : CC Leung. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: CC Leung, …

Drug‐resistant tuberculosis: an update on disease burden, diagnosis and treatment

C Lange, D Chesov, J Heyckendorf, CC Leung… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of antimicrobial resistance against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the leading
cause of mortality due to a single microbial pathogen worldwide, represents a growing …

Smoking adversely affects treatment response, outcome and relapse in tuberculosis

CC Leung, WW Yew, CK Chan… - European respiratory …, 2015 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The impact of smoking on tuberculosis outcome was evaluated in a territory-wide treatment
programme. 16 345 consecutive patients undergoing chemotherapy for active tuberculosis in …

Smoking and tuberculosis among the elderly in Hong Kong

CC Leung, T Li, TH Lam, WW Yew, WS Law… - American journal of …, 2004 - atsjournals.org
A cohort of 42,655 clients that were first registered with the Elderly Health Service in 2000
were followed prospectively through the tuberculosis (TB) notification registry until the end of …

A nested case–control study on treatment-related risk factors for early relapse of tuberculosis

KC Chang, CC Leung, WW Yew, SC Ho… - American journal of …, 2004 - atsjournals.org
This nested case–control study aimed at evaluating treatment-related risk factors of relapse
of tuberculosis under a service program of directly observed treatment. Out of 12,183 …

Passive smoking and tuberculosis

CC Leung, TH Lam, KS Ho, WW Yew… - Archives of internal …, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
… Analysis and interpretation of data: Leung, Lam, and Tam. Drafting of the manuscript: Leung.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Leung, Lam, Ho, Yew, …

Hepatotoxicity of pyrazinamide: cohort and case-control analyses

KC Chang, CC Leung, WW Yew, TY Lau… - American journal of …, 2008 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Relatively little is known about the hepatotoxicity of pyrazinamide. Objectives:
We compared continuation-phase regimens incorporating pyrazinamide, isoniazid, and/or …

Dosing schedules of 6-month regimens and relapse for pulmonary tuberculosis

KC Chang, CC Leung, WW Yew, SL Chan… - American journal of …, 2006 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The optimal approach for reducing tuberculosis relapse is open. Objectives: We
examined the possibility of reducing relapse by increasing dosing schedules. Methods: We …

Tuberculosis in older people: a retrospective and comparative study from Hong Kong

CC Leung, WW Yew, CK Chan… - Journal of the …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Chi C. Leung MB … Proportions were compared using chi-square or Fisher exact test as
appropriate. Differences were considered significant at a P < .05. …