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Deepak V. Sawant, Shivaji H. Pawar
Tuberculosis (TB) is a transmissible disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB infection affects mainly upper respiratory organs such as the lungs, so-called pulmonary TB. They can also affect multiple organs like bones, joints, skin, and genital organs, etc., are extrapul…
Fan Lü, Bochao Guan, Michael Cheng, Liu C, Y Tian, et al.
…st; Chang Liu,3 Yao Tian,1 Ran Li,1 Yu Chen1 1Department of Tuberculosis, Shenyang Tenth People’s Hospital, Shenyang Chest Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, 110044, People’s Republic of China; 2Geriatric Cardiology Department of the Second Medical Center & National Clinical …
Lichao Fan, Bo Guan, Moxin Cheng, Chang Liu, Yao Tian, et al.
…st; Chang Liu,3 Yao Tian,1 Ran Li,1 Yu Chen1 1Department of Tuberculosis, Shenyang Tenth Peopleâs Hospital, Shenyang Chest Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, 110044, Peopleâs Republic of China; 2Geriatric Cardiology Department of the Second Medical Center & Nation…
Cristina Liscinscaia, Stela Kulciţkaia, Constantin Iavorschi, Iulia Ghimisli, Igor Ivanes
The problem of diagnostic errors of pediatric TB persists throughout the world and in the Republic of Moldova, the main causes being the peculiarities of evolution and polymorphism of the clinical manifestations of primary TB. The COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on the de…
Gaurav Sharma, Bharti Malhotra, P. J. John, Shipra Bhargava
…ain purpose of this study is the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and its drug resistance profile by molecular methods in pediatric patients suspected of pleural tuberculosis. Children ≤ 15 years of age suspected of pleuritis were enrolled in this study. Total 176 pl…
AE Galvis, B Batoczki, IS Pecson, Children’s Lung Specialists, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, T. F. Sellers, et al.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Among children, TB can have a wide range of non-specific clinical and radiological manifestations becoming a challenging diagnosis, particularly in areas with a low prevalence. We present the cas…
Shivanand Prabhunatti, Aravind Karinagannanavar, Jagadish Gaddeppanavar
…Organization (WHO) declared a state of global emergency for tuberculosis (TB), due to the steady increase of the disease worldwide. India is the highest TB burden country accounting for one fifth (21%) of the global incidence. Objectives were to study: 1) average delay in diagnos…
Юлия Анатольевна Яровая, M. E. Lozovskaya, Anna Mosina, E. B. Vasilyeva, Л. В. Клочкова, et al.
…day, generalized forms are rarely found in the structure of tuberculosis in children. A significant risk factor for the development of generalized lesions is prolonged contact with a tuberculosis patient. The diagnosis of a specific etiology is often complicated by the absence of…
О. Е. Русских, N.Yu. Nikolenko
Ocular tuberculosis is a serious disease with a long recurrent course, often leading to a significant decrease in the visual functions and quality of life of patients as well as disability. In recent years, the incidence rate of the ocular tuberculosis in the Russian Federation h…
Daniel Capellán-Martín, Juan J. Gómez-Valverde, Ramon Sanchez, David Bermejo-Peláez, Lara García-Delgado, et al.
Tuberculosis (TB) is still considered a leading cause of death and a substantial threat to global child health. Both TB infection and disease are curable using antibiotics. However, most children who die of TB are never diagnosed or treated. In clinical practice, experienced phys…
Maria Sousa Dias, Joanna Ashworth, Mariana Meneses, Sofia Jordão, Marco Pereira
In pediatric age groups, fever of unknown origin composes a diagnostic challenge due to its multiple possible etiologies. A high percentage of those cases is caused by infections. In this article, we describe the clinical case of an adolescent with atypical pneumonia caused by si…
Orzievna, A. F. (Abdulloeva)
… view of the need to maintain a high index of suspicion for tuberculosis (TB) in elderly patients and in patients with HIV infection, I would like to add to the reservations expressed about the guidelines for the management of adults lower respiratory tract infections.In modern c…
N. Thamilpavai, K. Prabha, Ganesan Sreeprakash
Introduction: Tuberculosis is a disease that affects mostly young individuals in their productive formative years. The risk is 20–37 times greater in HIV co- infected individuals than among those without HIV. Spinal tuberculosis is uncommon in the western world as compared to Asi…
N.S. Pravada, А. M. Budritskiy, V.A. Seryogina
Objectives. To assess the peculiarities of diagnosis and clinical course of tuberculosis in children and adolescents. Material and methods. Retrospective analysis of outpatient records of children and adolescents with tuberculosis in Vitebsk region during the period from 2016 to …
Alvaro E. Galvis, Batoczki Beatrice, Iris Pecson, Craig Nakamura
Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Among children, TB can have a wide range of non-specific clinical and radiological manifestations becoming a challenging diagnosis, particularly in areas with a low prevalence. We present the cas…
LF Niykayo, Raman Mahajan, MJ Sagrado, YBP Ajack, B Tut Chol, et al.
Blinded point-of-care ultrasound to support tuberculosis diagnosis in
Daniel Capellán-Martín, Juan J. Gómez-Valverde, Ramon Sanchez, David Bermejo-Peláez, Lara García-Delgado, et al.
Tuberculosis (TB) is still considered a leading cause of death and a substantial threat to global child health. Both TB infection and disease are curable using antibiotics. However, most children who die of TB are never diagnosed or treated. In clinical practice, experienced phys…
Hongmei Chen, Changxing Shen, Dan Li
…Introduction: Children exhibit heightened susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB), a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection. Among the interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for MTB infection screening is the n…
Mariana Quaresma de Souza, Juliana Lemos Dal Pizzol, Ana Bárbara Scholante Silva, Felipe Furtado Gomes Riet Vargas, Denise Silva Brião, et al.
…tives: to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in different settings is essential to guide the establishment of appropriate TB control strategies. This study aimed to assess the influence of COVID-19 pandemic in laboratory diagnosis of TB …
Hsin-Ching Kuo, Solomon Chih‐Cheng Chen, Hsin-Kai Lin, Shu-Ti Chia, Joseph-Hang Leung
…(ADA), interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). By using the optimal cut-off value of 39 IU/L (range: 36–40 IU/L), an elevated ascitic ADA level of 71 IU/L confirmed the diagnosis of TB peritonitis.1Lewinsohn D.M. Leonard M.K. LoBue P.A…
Vioreli Angelina, I Made Dwijaputra Ayusta, Pande Putu Yuli Anandasari, Putu Patriawan
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease whose incidence is still quite high in Indonesia. The increasing incidence of pediatric pulmonary TB is still happening today. The diagnosis of pediatric pulmonary TB is still a hot topic because the chest radiograph and clinical symptom…
Junior Rocyr Ibara-Onguema, Khaoula Bourzeg, Franck Bienvenu Ekoba Othende Mohammed El Jamili, Saloua El Karimi, Mustapha El Hattaoui
Tuberculosis continues to be a major health problem, where an estimated 7–8 million new cases are diagnosed each year. Multifocal tuberculosis is characterized by the presence of large multifocal tuberculous areas in the same or different organs. Difficulty in diagnosis of multif…
Santhanam Naguthevar, Deepak Kumar, Shivang Sharma, D M ID, Gopal Krishna Bohra, et al.
Abstract Background Early diagnosis and initiation of antitubercular treatment are vital steps to reducing the impact of TB in high burden countries. The molecular method like GeneXpert has significantly improved the diagnosis of TB. GeneXpert Ultra is more sensitive to the diagn…
Aabid Shafi Wani, Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Fouzia Naz, Ritisha Bhatt
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease, in which Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the causative agent. When a person progresses from infection to disease, they may not experience obvious symptoms for a long time, (e.g cough, fever, hemoptysis, weight loss etc). This might lead t…
MAHMOOD, IFTEKHAR, PETTINATO, MARK
Tuberculosis (TB) is a prevalent disease in many parts of the world, particularly, in Africa and many South Asian countries. Considering the life-threatening nature of this disease, over the years, many antituberculosis drugs have been developed to prevent, manage, or treat TB. T…