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Nkechi Eucharia Egbe, Azizat Olatunji, Peter A. Vantsawa
The accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), detection of drug‐resistant TB and knowledge of the associated risk factors can reduce transmission of TB in the community. Therefore this study was carried out to determine the prevalence of Mycobaterium tuberculosis ( MTB ) and its r…
M. S. Ramya, Jyothi Jadhav, T S Ranganath
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a top infectious disease killer worldwide. In India although Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) has seen significant success in TB treatment, patient non-adherence or lost to follow up continue to persist and are influenced by…
Lifan Zhang, Huimin Ma, Qiping Ge, Yueqiu Zhang, Xiaochun Shi, et al.
Abstract Background To establish the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) specific IFN-γ/IL-2/TNF-α-FluoroSpot assay, and preliminarily evaluate its accuracy of differential diagnosis of active tuberculosis (ATB) and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Methods Patients with patholo…
Dekel Shlomi, Inbal Galor, Anna More, Bernice Oberman, Lizi Fireman
<b>Background:</b> Treatment for latent tuberculosis (TB) is traditionally based on the result of the tuberculin skin test (TST) which is often falsely positive. The Interferon gamma release assays (IGRA) are more specific but considerably more expensive. Several studies have imp…
D. S. Esmedlyaevа, Н. П. Алексеева, Marina Dyakova
…of adverse treatment outcomes in individuals with pulmonary tuberculosis (PT) is relevant due to the worldwide increase in drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT) strains to anti-tuberculosis drugs (PTP). Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their tissue inhibitors (T…
Dipali Maganbhai Gavali, Binita Aring, Hiral Gadhavi, Akhlakahemad Nathamehta, Abhishek B Dave, et al.
… high prevalence in India, accounting for one-fourth of the Tuberculosis (TB) cases in the world. In our study, we aimed to find the prevalence of Pre XDR-TB and XDR-TB amongst newly diagnosed cases of pulmonary MDR-TB who had never been previously treated with second-line drugs.…
Shaohua Yao, Yan Jy, Li L, Daqing Ma, Jun Liu, et al.
…Wang,1 Aimin Wang,1 Fangjin Bao,1 Zekun Zhang,1 Xundi Bao1 1Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment Institute of Anhui Province (Anhui Chest Hospital), Hefei 230022, Anhui, People’s Republic of China; 2Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei Fourt…
World Health Organization
This web annex to the WHO consolidated guidance on tuberculosis data generation and use presents the second edition of the checklist for assessing tuberculosis (TB) surveillance and vital registration systems. The document aims to support countries in evaluating whether their sur…
World Health Organization
This web annex to the WHO consolidated guidance on tuberculosis data generation and use summarizes the findings of a retrospective evaluation of the WHO DHIS2 case-based package for tuberculosis surveillance, known as the “TB tracker”, implemented in five pilot countries: Ghana, …
幸作 小宮
…e advanced age is a main prognostic factor in patients with tuberculosis, the factors that specifically affect tuberculosis-related death are unclear because elderly people are at a risk for other age-related lethal diseases.We hypothesized that performance status, a prognostic f…
Anuradha Kalotra, Dinesh Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Arvind Kumar Yadav, Kiran Lachala, et al.
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) patients suffer enormously due to huge cost on diagnosis and treatment. This study aims to assess the total expenditure and its predictors among patients of TB. Methodology: A longitudinal study was conducted among TB Patients registered in first qua…
O. A. Zhurilo, A. I. Barbova, P.S. Trophimova, S.V. Mironchenko
…ng the Xpert MTB/XDR method in the algorithm for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in Ukraine. Materials and methods. 51 strains of M. tuberculosis (MBT) were studied using Xpert MTB/XDR cartridges, the LPA method and the BASTEC system: 16 MTB strains of the control panel with known r…
S. Saxena, Palak Bhikharbhai Patel, Drushi Patel, Ankur Shah
Patellar tuberculosis (TB) is an uncommon occurrence and has been sparsely reported in the literature. Imaging plays a key role in its diagnosis, as clinical symptoms vary and are often unspecific. We present two cases of isolated patellar tuberculosis, its classical imaging feat…
Peter M. Mbelele, Emmanuel Mpolya, Elingarami Sauli, Bariki Mtafya, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, et al.
Abstract Background Rifampin or multidrug-resistant-tuberculosis (RR/MDR-TB) treatment has transitioned to injectable-free regimens. We tested whether M. tuberculosis ( Mtb ) elimination rates measured by molecular bacterial load assay (TB-MBLA) in sputa correlate with compositio…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
The European Tuberculosis Laboratory Initiative (ELI), with its secretariat at the WHO Regional Office for Europe, has developed this technical document to address the need in the WHO European Region for increasing timely and accurate detection of tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug-…
A R Dashuki, Aimi Nadira Mat Ruzlin, Mohd ‘Ammar Ihsan Ahmad Zamzuri, X W Chen
INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major global health challenges and concerns. Despite the availability of effective treatment in Malaysia, it remained a consistently high notification rate of TB cases. The objective of this study was to determine the proportion of su…
Hasto Yuwono
… method and presents an innovative approach for eradicating tuberculosis through the PDCA cycle. The focus is on setting goals for progress and creating strategies to reach them. The research proposes a new innovation, Smantub, combined with technology to decrease TB cases. Findi…
Y J Li, Yachun Wang, Lukuan Wei, Wei Wang
… the clinical utility of urinary routine and renal function、Tuberculosis antibody test (TB-DOT) or T-cell spot tests for TB infection(T-SPOT.TB) in blood, either separately or in combination, for the diagnosis of urinary tuberculosis (UTB). Methods Retrospective analysis of urina…
Rim Abbas, Ali Salami, Ghassan Ghssein
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by bacteria that primarily target the lungs. The transmission of this disease occurs through the air in the form of droplet nuclei. Unfortunately, there has been an emergence of resistance to strains of such infections, such as mu…
Yusup Subagio Sutanto, Magdalena Sutanto, Agnes Sri Harti, Nony Puspawati
… this research is to study the sensitivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates from suspect TB patients to seromucous of snail and chitosan as an alternative to anti-TB drugs.
 Methods: The research methods include management specimen, freeze-drying of snail seromuc…
Ricvan Dana Nindrea, Milya Novera, Armaita, Long Chiau Ming, Lemmuel Tayo, et al.
Tuberculosis (TB) treatment adherence remained a major challenge in high-burden settings, and psychosocial factors such as TB-related stigma and patient motivation may be associated with whether patients completed therapy. This study examined the relationships between TB-related …
Linda B.K.
Tuberculosis (TB), despite availability of preventive and curative measures, remains a public health challenge, ranked among leading contributors of mortality globally, even with enactment of global and national control statergies.
Dickens Odongo
Tuberculosis from a TB hotspots map (Appendix 1) in 3 parishes of Kitwe Central, Rukoni, and Kafunjo between December 2020 to September 2021. Areas with more than 31.8 cases of TB as per the hotspot map guided the team on where to put outreach posts. The team mobilized those with…
Yun‐Jeong Jeong, Jae Seuk Park, Hyung Woo Kim, Jinsoo Min, Yousang Ko, et al.
<b>Background:</b> Tuberculosis (TB) remains an unresolved public health problem and is the leading cause of death attributable to a single infectious pathogen. The first step in developing strategies to reduce TB mortality is to identify the direct causes of death in patients wi…
T. Anupama, Megha Priyadarshini, Swaraj Sinha, Smiti Narain, Pritam Ghosh, et al.
Background: To increase community participation in tuberculosis (TB) elimination efforts, the government of India has launched ‘Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharath Abhiyan’ (PMTBMBA) under the national TB elimination programme. The scheme allows interested parties (Ni-kshay mitras) to…