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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 …
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 …
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 …
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…
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>
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…
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…
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…
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…
Sriram Krishnamoorthy, Kalpana Ramachandran
…caused a severe dent in the decades of progress achieved in tuberculosis control and elimination measures, indicating that these measures need to be more structured and resilient. This manuscript focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB control and also on the measure…
Sandy B. Primrose
The principal diseases caused by mycobacteria are tuberculosis and leprosy. Descriptions of both diseases can be found in pre-Christian Greek literature and DNA from both has been recovered from ancient skeletons. Leprosy is caused by <italic>Mycobacterium leprae</italic> and <it…
Vikash Gupta, Rajeev Tandon, Vijeta Niranjan, Ankit Kumar
… bacilli (AFB) in sputum samples is essential for pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis. Sputum production may be absent in 40-60% of patients with probable pulmonary tuberculosis. Identification of active pulmonary tuberculosis disease patients is an important component of TB control…
M. Rajeswari, Riley Malar, Raheem Unissa, Pechetti Sujjani
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB), a communicable disease that mostly affects the lungs but can also affect other regions of body. The World Health Organization (WHO) forecasts that approximately 10 million individuals worldwide contracted t…
Balasundaram Revathi Mani, Usharani Brammacharry, Venkateswari Ramachandra, Muthuraj Muthaiah
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), primarily transmitted via airborne particles. The currently recommended methods for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) include molecular-based tests that can detect both TB and dru…
Prakruthi Shivakumar, Kavitha Sunil Shettigar
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a single infectious agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and a public health concern due to increased cases of drug-resistance and high mortality rates. Rapid identification of tuberculosis is necessary for its early treatment and to prevent the emerg…
Rajat Kumar, Khushbu Kumari, K. D. Kulkarni, Swapnil Hiremath, Meghana Prabhu
…in, Auramine-O and ZN stain in rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in sputum cytology. Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB) is most common communicable disease in low socioeconomic population. It is most common in developing countries like India. Study was done on Sputum of cli…
Tuberculosis is a most infectious dangerous health problems caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the species mainly affects the lungs, it can also spreads to various parts of the body like the brain and the spine and second biggest killer in the world. In this chapter, we ha…
C. Igbeneghu, BM Okanlawon, Japhet M. Olisekodiaka
…f PTC are risk factors exhibiting positive interactions for tuberculosis. Methodology: A total of 210 individuals comprising 110 tuberculosis patients (test group) and 100 apparently healthy subjects (control group) participated in this study. Secretors and non-secretors were det…
Bonsome Bokolo, Ozakieoniso James Kemelayefa, Ray I Ozolua, Fidelis Ching Poh
…ug effects on blood and some biochemical parameters of anti-tuberculosis drugs among patients with primary tuberculosis infection. Study Design: Non-probability (purposive) sampling technique was employed in this study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out at t…
Charles O. Thoen, David E. Williams
The mammalian tubercle bacilli, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis, cause disease in a wide variety of mammals. In humans, domestic animals, nonhuman primates, and certain exotic hoofed animals, disease produced by M. bovis or M. tuberculosis cannot be differentia…
Gwen A. Huitt
…been used to describe the process by which individuals with tuberculosis undergo a transformation from robust, healthy individuals, into frail and emaciated shadows of themselves. There are many factors that contribute to the catabolic state and malnutrition in patients with tube…
Ishola Dada Muraina, Rafeeah Rufai Madaki, Aisha Umar Suleiman
… drastic attention toward its eradication across the world. Tuberculosis as one of infectious diseases in Nigeria needs urgent measures so as to achieve a healthy society. Despite the huge fund spends on the eradication of tuberculosis in Nigeria, its awareness status is yet to b…
François Willermain, Laure Caspers, Weber Celia, Dorine Makhoul
Uveitis is reported to be related to tuberculosis in 0.2–20% of cases. This large range reflects prevalence variations of tuberculosis around the globe as well as differences in diagnostic criteria. In addition, patients with noninfectious uveitis are frequently treated by immuno…
Richard M. Hodes, Mogues Azbite
Tuberculosis is one of the most serious health problems in developing countries, causing almost 7% of all deaths in 1990. Tuberculosis may contribute significantly to protein malnutrition, especially in those with borderline nutritional status due to increased protein catabolism …