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Jamilah Meghji, Sara C Auld, Gregory P Bisson, Celso Khosa, Refiloe Masekela, et al.
…and employment. There is still much to understand about the epidemiology and nature of post-tuberculosis lung disease, but in this Review we focus on strategies for prevention, diagnosis, and care to inform the ongoing work of tuberculosis-affected communities, health-care provid…
Ramona Cioboata, Silviu Gabriel Vlasceanu, Maria-Loredana Tieranu, Denisa Maria Mitroi, Eugen Nicolae Tieranu, et al.
Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) is increasingly recognized as a clinically important non-obstructive spirometric phenotype associated with excess all-cause, respiratory, and cardiovascular mortality. PRISm is variably defined across studies and should be distinguished…
Pere-Joan Cardona
Tuberculosis (TB) vaccine development is hindered by the absence of validated correlates of protection, the low proportion of infected individuals who progress to disease, and the pervasive impact of reinfection in endemic settings. Although several candidates have advanced clini…
Sergiu Marian Cazacu, Costin Teodor Streba, Cristian Constantin, Claudiu Marinel Ionele, Ion Rogoveanu, et al.
The prevalence of Crohn's disease has increased over the last few decades, even in developing countries, whereas that of intestinal tuberculosis has decreased, which places both diseases at an epidemiological crossroads. Crohn's disease and intestinal tuberculosis share many clin…
Hina Pathan, Sana Zeeshan, Anam Khan
…ges. The objective was to review the latest evidence on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, imaging findings, microbiology, and management of breast infections, with a focus on differentiating chronic granulomatous mastitis from malignancy and the role of minimally invasive intervent…
Catia Cilloniz, Juan M Pericàs, José M Miró, Antoni Torres
…vidence regarding pulmonary infection in PWH, including its epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management.
Matteo Capobianco, Francesco Cappellani, Federico Visalli, Alessandro Avitabile, Giuseppe Gagliano, et al.
Phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis (PKC) goes beyond limbal nodules. This pediatric ocular surface condition caused by delayed-type hypersensitivity to microbial antigens. The trigger is context-dependent: Mycobacterial antigens in tuberculosis-endemic areas; staphylococcal eyelid…
Leah Argus, Vijay Sharma, Christopher Darlow, Kavita Sethi, Iain Lyburn, et al.
**AIMS:** Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare, benign inflammatory breast condition of unknown aetiology. It is a diagnosis of exclusion with a wide differential diagnosis. To date, no diagnostic guidelines exist for IGM in the UK. This scoping review aims to evalua…
Abraham Chorbajian, Ira Glassman, Akhila Swarna, Manvita Mareboina, Po-En Chen, et al.
…t TB screening before immunosuppression, attention to local epidemiology, and vigilance for NTM. Research priorities include prospective cohorts, mechanistic studies of mimicry and NOD2-TLR pathways, safety registries, and trials of screening and prophylaxis.
Miłosz Parczewski, Christoph Boesecke, Pavel Khaykin, David Jilich, Raluca Pătraşcu, et al.
…d surveillance for drug resistance and changes in molecular epidemiology.
Malti Dadheech, Anand Kumar Maurya
…ulosis (TB). This chapter discusses the diagnostic methods, epidemiology, immunological features and biological interaction of both diseases and elaborate the impact of COVID-19 on TB. The pandemic situation has affected the TB diagnostics, treatment as well as the TB monitoring …
Evelina Lesnic, Alina Malic, Adriana Niguleanu, Tatiana Osipov
According to the actual national policy, the patients with tuberculosis may benefit from the following anti-tuberculosis treatment options: a) directly observed delivered in the community close to the patient’s home or work; b) treatment provided in hospitals or specialized dispe…
Egídio Torrado, Reinout vanCrevel, Ana Raquel Afonso, Diana Amorim, Raquel Duarte
…d treat for TBI. In the past decades, much new knowledge on epidemiology, risk factors and treatment of TBI has been gathered, which is summarised in this chapter. <bold>Cite as:</bold> Torrado E, vanCrevel R, Afonso AR, <italic>et al.</italic> Protecting the most vulnerable: tub…
Vijai Shanker Verma, Harshita Kaushik, Archana Singh Bhadauria
Tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19 are in the list of diseases with high concern for globally public health and with a negative impact on socio economic status. In our research paper, we have proposed an epidemiological compartment model to study the dynamics of two concomitant disea…
Fernanda de França Genuíno Ramos Campos, Willian Charles da Silva Moura, Diego Romário-Silva, Rodrigo Santos Aquino de Araújo, Inês Morais, et al.
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) constitute a group of infectious diseases that severely affect the health of impoverished populations, and the health, economies, and health systems of affected countries. Leishmaniasis and human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) are particularly no…
Mehdi Roshdi Maleki, Seyyed Reza Moaddab
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are emerging pathogens responsible for a growing spectrum of diseases, particularly in individuals with underlying lung disorders or immune suppression. Once considered primarily environmental saprophytes, NTM are now recognized as important caus…
Galo A Goig, Etthel M Windels, Chloé Loiseau, Christoph Stritt, Loza Biru, et al.
…. These findings not only shed new light on the biology and epidemiology of TB, but also give rise to new questions and research avenues. The purpose of this Review is to summarize these new insights and discuss their implications for global TB control.
Ilaria Pati, Francesca Masiello, Vanessa Piccinini, Lucia De Fulvio, Maria Simona Massari, et al.
…, we seek to overview the available evidence related to the epidemiology of VTE caused by infections. We focused on patients with infection in community setting or hospitalized, on patients with COVID-19, HIV infection, tuberculosis, HCV infection, and CMV infection, as well as o…
Soaham Desai, Ravi Yadav, Divyani Garg, Susanne A Schneider, Pramod Kumar Pal
…pite their clinical significance, knowledge gaps persist in epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management of TB-related movement disorders (TBRMDs). **OBJECTIVE:** This scoping review synthesizes evidence on TBRMDs, aiming to characterize their spectrum, evaluate diagnostic appr…
Yichen Wu, Chengfei Wang, Yongtao Li
…nosed and treated promptly. This review describes trends in epidemiology and other factors that influence the incidence of PTB coinfection. Current and emerging diagnoses well as infection treatments are discussed.
Florence Mutua, Ruey-Chyi Su, Terry Blake Ball, Sandra Kiazyk
The identification of a type I interferon-induced transcriptomic signature in active tuberculosis suggests a potential role for these interferons in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. Comorbidities such as human immunodeficiency virus, diabetes, systemic lupus erythematosus, end-s…
Athena Reich, Katharine A Colbert
Robert Allen Bamford Jr., also known as Alan L. Hart (1890-1962), was an American physician, radiologist, researcher, and novelist who developed and implemented the gold standard for tuberculosis (TB) screening using chest radiography, two decades before epidemiological tools bec…
Jalaledin Ghanavi, Poopak Farnia
Tuberculosis and its pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, are a major health challenge. The causative agent of tuberculosis is M. tuberculosis complex and is transmitted through airborne droplets. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) is one of the cytokines that med…
Daniela Vinueza, David E Rebellón-Sánchez, Maria Alejandra Recio, Ana Maria Granados, Luis Alberto Escobar, et al.
This article presents the case of a 22-year-old woman at 29 weeks of pregnancy, who exhibited recent onset neurologic symptoms including paresthesia of the right side of the face, involuntary myoclonic movements in the ipsilateral hand, 1 week of weakness in the rig…
Andrew T Read, Jane Akodu, Tristan J Barber, James P Brown, Fiona M Burns, et al.
…ies for HIV-associated COPD. In this review, we explore its epidemiology and pathophysiology and discuss prevention and treatment approaches in this increasingly common disease.