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Andrea Migliorelli, Marianna Manuelli, Andrea Ciorba, Francesco Stomeo, Stefano Pelucchi, et al.
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be the foremost cause of mortality from infectious diseases on a global scale, with laryngeal tuberculosis (LTB) constituting a rare, yet clinically significant form of extrapulmonary TB. Despite accounting for less than 1% of total TB cases, LTB is…
Terry E. Robinson, Jane Scullion
Abstract This chapter covers the key facts about tuberculosis (TB), then goes on to describe the epidemiology and pathophysiology of the disease. Risk factors, and signs and symptoms, and investigations are all covered. The treatment phase and standard drug therapies are shown, a…
Ricardo Correia de Abreu, Flavia Alice T. M. Guimarães, Joana Laranjinha, Frederico Duarte, Isabel Neves
… of HIV and AIDS and one of the highest percentages of late diagnosis in the European Union. Objectives: Evaluation of late diagnoses between 1998-2018. Comparison of demographic, epidemiological and mortality data. Identification of risk factors to very late presentation. Method…
Marc Kanter, Trevor Mark Janus, Marimer Rivera-Nieves
… The Emergency Department is the major point of contact for diagnosis and linkage to long-term care.
Maria Soledade Garcia Benedetti, Émerson Ricardo de Sousa Capistrano, Angela Maria Félix Alves Oliveira, Elba Urzedo de Freitas Lamounier, Karla Cristina Souza Rocha, et al.
…jective: To describe the epidemiological characteristics of tuberculosis among Venezuelan immigrants in the state of Roraima, Brazil. Methods: A descriptive and retrospective study, data were collected from the Information System of Notifiable Diseases - Sinan, in the period from…
Olga Adriana Căliman-Sturdza
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most severe form of tuberculosis, with high mortality and neurological disability in survivors. Recent advances include improved nucleic-acid diagnostics for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), refined pediatric regimens, and emerging intensified/adjunc…
John G. Bartlett, Robert Redfield, Paul A. Pham
Abstract: This chapter reviews the diagnosis, assessment, testing, and treatment of HIV in resource-limited settings around the world. The chapter covers the current status of the HIV pandemic, diagnosis of HIV (i.e., who to test), HIV testing, HIV diagnostic tests, World Health …
Khalil Nasser, Moti Ramgopal
…s, primarily in persons living with HIV (PLWH) with delayed diagnosis who have either not initiated ART or have been nonadherent to both ART and OI prophylaxis. The most profound effect on survival of patients living with AIDS is conferred by ART, but specific OI prevention measu…
Şule Kızıltaş, Aylin Babalık
…er COVID-19 [1]. TB is caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis which is spread from one person to another through the air. M. tuberculosis is estimated to infect approximately one-fourth of the world’s population [2, 3]. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) …
D. Mridula, Ramya Ramanathan, S Sundari, NC Janani Vinodhini
Tuberculosis still remains one of the major public health problem globally despite tremendous advancement in the field of medicine. The international union against tuberculosis and lung disease has rightly termed childhood tuberculosis as a “silent epidemic”, causing increased mo…
Saurav Jyoti Patgiri, Anukalpa Saikia, Sushmita Yadav, Md Atique Ahmed, Luna Adhikari, et al.
…y the extracted cases, and common patterns in presentation, diagnosis, and outcome were examined. **RESULTS:** One hundred and sixty published articles were included after a full text review. The most frequent atypical presentations included neurological involvement (e.g., brain…
Francis Farai Chikuse, Loveness Dzikiti, Auxilia Chideme-Munodawafa, Talkmore Maruta, Greanious Alfred Mavondo, et al.
Background: Delayed tuberculosis (TB) treatment raises the rate of spread of bacilli in the population and increases mortality rates. Rapid diagnosis and early TB treatment initiation are crucial to successful outcomes and delays affect TB control programs. In Namibia, there is a…
Lotte W Nijman, Simona M Cristescu, Robert S Jansen
…ow sensitivity. Especially in the case of HIV co-infection, pediatric patients, EPTB and drug-resistant TB, obtaining adequate samples and detecting and treating TB is challenging. Breath analysis is an alternative tool for TB diagnosis that can potentially overcome the limitatio…
Jayendra Seetharaman
…er disease, cholelithiasis, chronic pancreatitis, abdominal tuberculosis, inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), parasitic infection, and urinary tract infection (UTI) are prominent organic causes of RAP. The published data from developed countries reported pooled prevalence of FAPD …