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Işıl Ezel Taşkın Karaçay, Tuğba Erat, Saliha Kanık Yüksek, Pınar Nalçacıoğlu, Rana Beyoğlu, et al.
To the Editors: Orbital tuberculosis (O-TB) is a rare form of extrapulmonary TB that may mimic neoplasms, inflammatory pseudotumors, or abscesses. Diagnosis relies on microbiology, PCR, histopathology and imaging. Despite challenges, outcomes are favorable with timely antitubercu…
Gabriel Muyiemba Wamalwa, Eunice Omesa, Joan Thiga, Richard Kiplimo, Jane Rahedi Ong’ang’o, et al.
…, the global focus solely shifted to fighting the pandemic. Tuberculosis (TB) services were affected in that the number of newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients decreased from 7.1 million in 2019 to 5.8 million in 2020. This study investigated the effects of COVID-19 on the diagn…
Ricardo Cordeiro, André Nunes, Carina Rôlo Silvestre, Daniel Duarte, Paula Raimundo, et al.
<b>Introduction:</b> Early diagnosis and immediate initiation of treatment are essential to break the tuberculosis transmission chain. In Portugal, time between the onset of symptoms and the diagnosis of the disease remains very high (median 80 days). Although there is no consens…
Aditya Pawar, Niranjan Sahoo, Pawan Sharma, Nidhi Rathi
…ountries like India where the general dictum is to consider Tuberculosis as one of the differential diagnosis to any condition that is still under evaluation. Parotid Tuberculosis is a very rare entity. There are fewer than 200 cases reported in literature worldwide of Parotid gl…
Yushu Liu, Ming Fan, Yuhong Li, Jiaojie Kang, A Ybryim, et al.
…ic?</b> Patient delay in seeking medical care for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), especially among elderly individuals with weakened immune systems and mild symptoms, not only slows their recovery but also increases the risk of tuberculosis spread because cases are not identified p…
Jaimanti Bakshi
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease which is commonly prevalent in the developing countries. Still parotid gland involvement in the disease process is an uncommon phenomenon that too in pediatric population. In this study the authors are reporting a single case of parotid tuber…
Muhammad Sidat, Gil Muvale, Mohammad Salgado, Cátia Domingos, Suraia Tane Liasse, et al.
<h3>Background</h3> Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is challenging in children, particularly in infants, contributing to high TB-related mortality. Up to 30% of infants with pulmonary TB have concurrent extrapulmonary disease, with findings that can frequently be detected with ultras…
Young Seok Seo, Ji‐Man Kang, Dong Soo Kim, Jong Gyun Ahn
… cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification assay for rapid tuberculosis diagnosis and assessment of antibiotic sensitivity. Although previous evidence supports the use of Xpert for diagnosing extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in adults, information regarding the accuracy of Xpe…
Layla Silveira, Williane Fernandes, A Monteiro, Livia Valle, Amanda Soares, et al.
BACKGROUND: Perinatal Tuberculosis (TB) is a rare disease, transmitted during pregnancy or postnatal. Its clinical presentation is similar to congenital infections and neonatal sepsis, thus, remains underestimated and underdiagnosed. CASE PRESENTATION: A 34 week female child, bor…
Luciana Cotignola, Aixa Reusmann, Martín Rubio, Enrique Paz, Víctor Ayarzabal, et al.
Abdominal tuberculosis (ATB) is a rare presentation of tuberculosis (TB) in pediatric patients, and its diagnosis can be challenging. This study aimed to analyze the role of surgery in patients with ATB presenting with acute abdomen. We conducted a retrospective analysis of pedia…
Mohammad Abdullah Heel Kafi, Poshan Thapa, Madhukar Pai, Charity Oga‐Omenka
ABSTRACT Background Tuberculosis (TB) patient services in India are often fragmented, undermining timely access to timely diagnosis and treatment. Understanding patient journeys is critical to strengthening TB care delivery and achieving elimination goals. Methods We conducted a …
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
…omized controlled trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) administered during the "window period" to prevent new Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in children and adolescents. The main question it aims to answer is: Can immediate TP…
Imane Oualili, K. Khattala, Fatoumata Binta Baldé, A. Boutahar, Alireza Mahmoudi, et al.
Background: Tuberculosis is still a public health problem in the third world. The peritoneal localization is common even in pediatric patients. The macroscopics aspects of the peritoneal and/or intestine granulations are pathognomonic. However, its diagnosis by an inguinal hernia…
Jingli Du, Yue Su, Juan Qiao, Shang Gao, Enjun Dong, et al.
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Although the diagnostic technology of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) has advanced, accurate and differential diagnoses of PTB are still challenging. In recent years, the rapid development of artificial…
О. К. Киселевич, M. G. Kobulashvili, Anna Abramchenco, Elena Vlasova
…even at the present time one of the significant problems in pediatrics remains tuberculosis in infancy and toddlerhood. And today, in spite of successful preventive work at all levels, the proportion of young children in the structure of tuberculosis in children and adolescents p…
Seshy Tinartayu, Syarrah Tiara Harrini
Background: Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in children is still a challenge because the gold standard by examining sputum AFB is difficult. This study aimed to see the effectiveness of diagnosing TB in children based on clinical symptoms.
 Methods: This study is a …
Charity Oga-Omenka, Mohammad Abdullah Heel Kafi
…de-identified quantitative survey data from 400 people with tuberculosis (200 from Mumbai and 200 from Patna) collected during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data includes sociodemographic characteristics, detailed healthcare-seeking pathways (up to seven encounters), calculated dela…
Prasali Kulal, Shrikiran Aroor, Sandeep Kumar, Koushik Handattu
… sudden respiratory deterioration was alarming. Provisional diagnosis of bronchopneumonia was made and the child was shifted to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for closer monitoring and escalation of respiratory support. High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) therapy was initiated, …
Jeffrey I. Campbell, Thomas J. Sandora, Jessica E. Haberer
… estimated 1 million children develop and ~200,000 die from tuberculosis (TB). The WHO has named identification and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) one of the cornerstones of efforts to eliminate TB by 2030. Identification and treatment of pediatric LTBI require…
Resham Singh, D Dhadwal, Anjali Mahajan, Vijay Kumar Barwal
Background: Delays in diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is still a problem at all levels of health care. Understanding the etiology of these delays is essential for all stakeholders involved in TB control. This study was done to find the delays related to health-care seeking behavio…
Moise Mbay Lobia, Didier Gbebangi Manzemu, Véronique Muyobela Kampunzu, Gaspard Mande Bukaka, Bibi Batoko, et al.
Introduction: Diagnosing Tuberculosis (TB) in children is a major challenge. This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the Keith-Edward score compared to the Genexpert in health care facilities (HCF) in Haut-Uélé province, in the northeast of the Democratic Republ…
Mahmood Moosazadeh, Motahareh Kheradmand, Mohsen Aarabi, Mahdi Afshari, Mohammadreza Parsaee, et al.
BACKGROUND Recognizing factors that affect delay in diagnosis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is critical. This study aimed to identify such factors among TB patients in the north of Iran. METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, we reviewed patient’s medical reco…
Valentina Aksenova, S. L. Nakonechnaya, Yu. L. Mizernitskiy, Н. И. Клевно, A. V. Kazakov, et al.
…ective: to determine the most significant parameters in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children with chronic non-specific lung diseases in order to form groups facing a high risk of developing tuberculosis. Subject and Methods: 236 children were enrolled in the study, who were …
Cielo Ríos, Marcela Vásquez Rojas, Martha Lucía Serrano, Alexandra Porras, Ricardo Luque, et al.
We investigated the delays in the diagnosis of tuberculosis and/or HIV, their treatment initiation, and factors associated with each delay. All drug-susceptible tuberculosis cases diagnosed in 2014 and 2015 in Colombia, with a confirmed diagnosis of HIV were included. A total of …
Bianca Sossen, Gary Maartens
Accurate and scalable tuberculosis screening tests in people with HIV would facilitate early diagnosis of tuberculosis, which reduces onward transmission, morbidity, and mortality.1WHOWHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 2: screening—systematic screening for tuberc…