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Rajesh Sarkar
The genome structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is strongly clonal, in the absence of horizontal gene transfer.Thus it is feasible that clonal lineages may exhibit particular phenotypic characteristics, which may, in turn, result in differences in virulence or influence their …
Camus Nimmo
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) remains a major global health challenge with increasing numbers of cases reported each year. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is used increasingly in both research and clinical services to rapidly identify drug resistance. Mycobacterium tuberculos…
Debaranjan Das, Srinibas Sahoo, Yera Dhanurdhar, Sarat ku. Behera, Surjya Shankar Meher
Background: Tuberculosis is a pulmonary infection that is a global health concern it affects a wide range of people worldwide. This infectious disease is contagious and spreads through droplets in the air. Methods: 52 patients participated in this study 19 among them female and 3…
S Vinoth
INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide and has become a global public health emergency. Determination of pulmonary TB activity is as important as early diagnosis of pulmonary TB in optimal treatment strategy. High serum level…
Aisha Alnami
Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection responsible for more than 1.5 million deaths per year. The emergence of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) poses an urgent need for novel antituberculosis drugs. Filamentous temperature-sensitive p…
Nontuthuzelo May Bhengu
Background Tuberculosis (TB) can be categorized as pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) involving other organs besides the lungs. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at increased risk of tuberculosis exposure. The average burden among healthcare workers …
Vasudharani Devanathan
…ROUND: Diabetes mellitus may increase the risk of Pulmonary Tuberculosis up to 3 times and influences its radiological manifestations. Radiological features of diabetic Tuberculosis patients shows increased frequency of atypical involvement. Diabetes being an immunosuppressive st…
Penulis Latar Belakang Tuberculosis adalah penyakit menular yang d, Reni Yunus, Tuty Yuniarty
Latar Belakang: Tuberculosis (TB) adalah penyakit menular yang disebabkan oleh bakteri basil Mycobacterium tuberculosis, dimana penularannya melalui udara ketika penderita TB bersin dan batuk. Upaya yang dapat dilakukan untuk mengendalikan penyakit TB adalah dengan Obat Anti Tube…
Sarah Danchuk
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex subspecies (MTBCs) are closely related pathogens causing tuberculosis in mammalian hosts. Research has predominantly focused on Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb, the causative agent of human tuberculosis) and Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis, …
Jad Shedrawy
<p>Introduction: The burden of tuberculosis (TB) in Sweden is concentrated among migrants from high TB incidence countries. The incident cases in Sweden arise mainly through reactivation of a latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) acquired in the home country or during transi…
Puji Lestari Auliana
…lude timing, dose and frequency of treatment. Compliance to tuberculosis treatment was actually very complex and dynamic with various factors that interacted each other, and therefore it will influence on patient’s behavior decision. Patient who has a good compliance will increas…
Michael L. Chen
…nosis of multidrug resistant and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis is a global health priority. Whole genome sequencing of clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates promises to circumvent the long wait times and limited scope of conventional phenotypic antimicrobial susc…
Anita Svadzian
Tuberculosis (TB) is the second leading infectious disease killer worldwide after COVID-19; accounting for more than a quarter of the global TB burden, India shoulders the greatest TB burden in the world. High-quality care in TB includes early and accurate diagnosis, followed by …
Jayanty Balasubramaniyam
…hic changes in untreated cases of sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis and to follow up for six months and study whether the electrocardiographic changes are markedly decreased or normalized after anti-tuberculosis therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Our study includes 100 cases of …
Happiness Mvungi
Human tuberculosis is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis. Pulmonary tuberculosis is the result of the failure of host immune system to control mycobacterium tuberculosis. The aim of the study was to analyze and associate plasma biomarkers that can…
Prashant Kumar, Akhilesh Kumar, Rahul Raj
…ew and pooled-analysis sought to determine the incidence of tuberculosis infections or TBI in the Indian subcontinent, considering geographical variations, socioeconomic profiles, and specific susceptible groups. Methods: By conducting an extensive review, this study explored Tub…
Maria Norrby
<p>Sweden is a low burden country for tuberculosis (TB). New cases occur mainly among immigrants from countries with a higher TB prevalence. Most persons infected with TB (latent TB) will not develop disease (active TB). Prolonged treatment is necessary and can cause severe…
Scudamore, Lilia
…do was one of the few states to never create a state-funded tuberculosis (TB) sanatorium despite having among the highest TB mortality and incidence rates in the nation in the first decades of the twentieth century.This thesis explores two proposals for public sanatoria in Colora…
Visveshwar Baskaran
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Cervical spine tuberculosis (TB) is uncommon, accounting for 3% to 5% of spinal TB. Although the development of anti-TB chemotherapy decreased the mortality rate significantly, it may not be applicable for all situations, especially for those with risk of inst…
Talent C. Dlamini
Background: The tuberculosis (TB) epidemic remains a major global health problem, noting that the Swaziland government had declared the disease a national emergency. Hence the study was aimed to determine the prevalence of TB in Swaziland and further to ascertain whether the circ…
Miriam Serrano Azpeitia
La tuberculosis bovina continua siendo a dia de hoy una de las enfermedades infecciosas que mayores perdidas economicas ocasiona al sector ganadero. El principal patogeno causante de esta enfermedad es Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis). Aunque el ganado vacuno se encuentra sometido …
Laurent Nshizirungu, Denish Olet, Doreen Amulen, Michael Oming, Paul Luwuna, et al.
Background: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a name given to tuberculosis agents when the bacteria are resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin, two of the most effective TB drugs. The study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of MDR-TB among the …
Surjya Shankar Meher, Srinibas Sahoo, Debasis Behera, Suman Kumar Jagaty, Saswat Subhankar
Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis, a highly contagious bacterial lung infection, remains a significant global health issue. Given its prevalence and impact, this study seeks to analyze the baseline characteristics and distribution of Serum C-reactive protein (Sr. CRP) and Serum …
Ahmed Ali
adherence to tuberculosis therapy in Khartoum State. Chapter Disease-and treatment-related factors associated with 77 tuberculosis treatment default in Khartoum State, Sudan: a case control study Chapter Patient knowledge and behavioral factors leading to non-98 adherence to tube…
Eleni Konstantinopoulou
Tuberculosis is a deadly infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). It constitutes a major cause of death worldwide with approximately 1.5 million people dying from TB every year.1-6 Traditional animal models as well as conventional ‘two-dimensio…