Biography

Suzette is the deputy head of the Clinical Trials Unit at the Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity (UCT Lung Institute). She obtained her MBChB (Cum Laude) from the University of Pretoria and has been with the Lung Institute under the mentorship of Prof Keertan Dheda and Dr Ali Esmail since 2016. She has a passion for research and is now concluding a PhD in the field of drug resistant TB. Her goal is to conduct research that will have a meaningful impact on global guidelines and the lives of patients in South Africa and around the world.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Linezolid interruption and rechallenge, and their effect on clinical outcomes, in people with rifampicin-resistant TB: Appraisal of South African programmatic data from 2018 to 2022

Linezolid interruption was common and associated with unfavourable clinical outcomes. Linezolid rechallenge was frequently successful and associated with better clinical outcomes. These findings inform clinical practice and have implications for management of patients receiving oral short course regimens for MDR-TB.

Source: Conference 2024