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Rafael Laniado-Laborı́n
Although the underlying general principles of management of tuberculosis are the same for all cases, there are certain special situations in which the treatment regimen must be modified. Uremia and post-renal transplant are both risk factors for tuberculosis due to the underlying…
Angélica Moncada Morales, María Teresa Herrera Barrios
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that represents a health problem in the world, with pulmonary tuberculosis (TBP) as the most frequent type of TB. This disease is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) that enters the host by inhalation. M. tuberculosis …
Inayati Inayati, Qori’atul Putri Nurmala, Hasto Nugroho
Multidrugs Resistant-Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) caused by drugs resistant at least Isoniazid and Rifampicin Mycobacterium tuberculosis affects tuberculosis cases eradication efforts in the world.In 2014, 153 countries had reported MDR TB cases.MDR-TB can be caused by irregularity in t…
R. Harikrishna, Sanjula Jethwani, A T Rajeevan, A V Venugopalan
Introduction: The 2024 WHO Global Tuberculosis report labelled Tuberculosis as the leading cause of mortality amongst infectious diseases, surpassing COVID-19. Extrapulmonary manifestations account for almost 20% cases. Penile tuberculosis is a rare variant of genital tuberculosi…
Daniélle van Staden
…eatment. This chapter addresses two challenging conditions: tuberculosis of the female genital tract, which is the second most common manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, and breast tuberculosis, a rare form of cutaneous tuberculosis. Both present difficulties regarding …
Roger Kolamou, Boubacar Sidy Sily Bah, Siba Kalivogui, Boubacar Diallo, Alpha Arsida Barry
…e human immunodeficiency virus very often paves the way for tuberculosis. These two diseases form an association. The aim of this study was to carry out a retrospective study for the period 2018–2020 in order to determine the prevalence of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency …
Lynn Sosa, Lloyd N. Friedman
…he treatment facility. The usual therapy for drug-sensitive tuberculosis (TB) comprises four drugs for 2 months, dropping ethambutol once the organism is known to be sensitive to isoniazid, rifampin, and pyrazinamide; then continuing maintenance isoniazid and rifampin for 4 month…
Heinke Kunst, Dominik Zenner, Giovanni Sotgiu
…bold> Kunst H, Zenner D, Sotgiu G. How do migrations affect tuberculosis burden? Tuberculosis control among migrant populations. <italic>In:</italic> García-Basteiro AL, Öner Eyüboğlu F, Rangaka MX, eds. The Challenge of Tuberculosis in the 21st Century (ERS Monograph). Sheffield…
Ryan Dinkele, Sophia Gessner, Andrea McKerry, Bryan Leonard, Ronnett Seldon, et al.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), is the leading infectious killer globally, claiming 1.4 million lives annually. TB control is heavily predicated on treatment of active disease. However, delayed and missed diagnoses, and the six-month du…
Muhammad Imran Qadir, Faryal Batool
Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and can adversely affect the lungs and other parts of the body. It can be easily transmitted and can even cause death if not treated on time. In a report by WHO 10.4 million people were infected with TB in 2…
Radha Gopalaswamy, Gowsalya Saminathan, Vasudevan Manoharan, Siva Kumar Shanmugam
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is one of the oldest diseases known to humanity, with evidence of its existence dating back thousands of years. Despite the availability of effective treatments, TB causes morbidity and mortality globally, with special …
Martin Dedicoat
A quarter of the world's population may be infected with tuberculosis (TB). In the majority of these people the infection will remain dormant. A variety of risk factors may lead to this latent TB infection (LTBI) becoming active. Treatment of LTBI has been shown to reduce the ris…
Wiwiek Setiowulan, redi rulandani, Helmy Rachman
…ay and no symptoms of TB. Therefore, the patient has latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) but overdiagnosed as TB disease. Due to the negative HIV status of the patient, TB prophylaxis is not indicated. Therefore, reintroduction of ATT was contraindicated, which led to lack ident…
Salmaan Keshavjee, T. Nicholson, Aamir J. Khan, Lucica Diţiu, Paul E. Farmer, et al.
…; participants then received treatment for active or latent Tuberculosis (TB) as needed. Local coalitions can use the experiences and framework to inform how to tailor the own efforts to drive down TB rates one community at a time. Additionally, TB is driven by poverty and is its…
Olga Bilogortseva, Ya. I. Dotsenko
ПЕРЕБІГ ЛАТЕНТНОЇ ТУБЕРКУЛЬОЗНОЇ ІНФЕКЦІЇ У ДІТЕЙ З ВСТАНОВЛЕНОГО ТА НЕВІДОМОГО КОНТАКТУЗ ХВОРИМ НА ТУБЕРКУЛЬОЗ Білогорцева О. І
Phumeza Tisile, Goodman Makanda
<bold>Meaningful partnerships that put TB survivors and people living with TB at the centre of research and policy-making are critical to the elimination of TB</bold> <ext-link>https://bit.ly/ERSM101intro</ext-link>
Shayam Kaushik, Savita Krishnamurthy, Neelam Grover, Rajni Kaushik
The study's goal is to examine the range of adolescents tuberculosis. Adolescence is characterised by a substantial increase in the incidence of tuberculosis, a known fact since the early 20th century. Most of the world's adolescents live in low-income and middle-income countries…
Yusup Subagio Sutanto, Magdalena Sutanto, Agnes Sri Harti, Nony Puspawati
This study highlights the sensitivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from suspect tuberculosis patients to seromucous of snail and chitosan as an alternative to anti-tuberculosis drugs. This research is based on the results of laboratory experiments. The research stages i…
Balasundaram Revathi Mani, Usharani Brammacharry, Venkateswari Ramachandra, Suganthi Palavesam, Muthuraj Muthaiah
The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis jeopardizes the TB control programme activities globally. Multidrug-resistant TB is defined as tuberculosis strains resistant to at least two first-line drugs, rifampicin (RIF) and isoniazid (INH). Extensively drug-resistant TB refers …
Ravi Talapa, Nidhi Yadav, Siddhant Jain, Tanvi Sirohi, Shourya Yerramareddy
Tuberculosis is a disease with widespread character and a long treatment process. Tuberculosis affecting the thyroid gland is a rare occurrence, even in the regions where tuberculosis is prevalent. This case report details the presentation of a 22-year-old male who initially pres…
Richard Wismayer
Introduction: Tuberculosis remains a global public health concern. Abdominal tuberculosis is an atypical presentation and since it is extrapulmonary it may delay the diagnosis and treatment of this condition. The mortality associated with treated abdominal tuberculosis is 15% des…
Lindsay H. Cameron, Jeffrey R. Starke
Childhood tuberculosis differs from adult tuberculosis in epidemiology, clinical and radiographic presentation, and treatment. The risk of a child developing tuberculosis is influenced by age, immune status, and the intensity of exposure to a source case with tuberculosis disease…
Shivprasad Kasat, Mahendra Biradar, Ashish Deshmukh, Sunil Jadhav, Hafiz Deshmukh
…d reliability of CBNAAT in the diagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) cases in comparison to AFB smear. Tuberculosis is still a major public health issue around the world. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is thought to infect one-third of the world's population. The two types…
Dhara Gosai, Jigar B. Gosai, Omprakash Shital Shukla
Background: Tuberculosis is the world's second leading cause of death from an infectious disease, being second only to AIDS. There is a lack of good data on the prevalence of all types of tuberculosis among children in India; most surveys have focused on pulmonary tuberculosis. T…
Horia Mocanu, Adela-Ioana Mocanu
… provides significant contributions to the understanding of tuberculosis in the field of otorhinolaryngology. It highlights the diagnostic challenges posed by the rare ENT manifestations of tuberculosis, which are often mistaken for more common conditions such as neoplasms or chr…