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Aliasgar Esmail, MD FCP
…ermine the true cost of diagnosing and treating EPTB to the health system and patients, and we will determine how IRISA-TB could potentially result in cost savings.
Jørstad MD, Aẞmus J, Marijani M, Sviland L, Mustafa T
…erculosis (EPTB). The aims of this study were to assess the health care seeking behaviour, EPTB knowledge and diagnostic delay in presumptive EPTB patients at the main referral hospital in Zanzibar, factors associated with longer delay, and the impact of untreated EPTB on self-ra…
Melissa Davidsen Jørstad
Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major global public health concern. Of the 7 million incident TB cases recognized by the World Health Organization in 2018, 15% were extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) cases. Diagnosing EPTB remains a challenge despite continuing efforts and progress …
Ahmed Wali, N. Safdar, Atiqa Ambreen, Sabira Tahseen, Tehmina Mustafa
…e in the city of Lahore, Pakistan. OBJECTIVE: To assess the healthcare-seeking pathways, different delays and factors associated with delays among the patients who presented in the outpatient department with tuberculous lymphadenitis and pleuritis, the most common manifestations …
Chatterjee S, Toshniwal MN, Bhide P, Sachdeva KS, Rao R, et al.
…India. This study estimates the costs of TB services from a health systems´ perspective to facilitate the efficient allocation of resources by India´s National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme. METHODS: Data were collected from a multi-stage, stratified random sample of 20 faci…
Evelina Lesnic, L.D. Todoriko, Ihor Semianiv, Adriana Niguleanu
…targeted interventions to mitigate the pandemic's impact on healthcare control efforts, addressing both clinical and social determinants of TB. Materials and methods. A prospective, case-control study which included 270 patients with pulmonary TB registered during 2020—2023, when…
Benjamin Hegarty, Paula Jops, Janet Gare, Jane Greig, Herick Aeno, et al.
… consistent calls to incorporate gender frameworks into One Health research and policy. Men's and women's roles in relation to animals in many rural and agricultural communities may influence potential pathogen exposure and transmission patterns of zoonotic infectious diseases. H…
Eloise T. M. Filardi, Roberto Carlos Cruz Carbonell, Fernando R. Pavan, Felipe A. Cerni, Manuela B. Pucca
…onsiderable socioeconomic impact. When employed as a public health strategy, vaccines are widely considered one of the best investments available, primarily due to their exceptional cost-effectiveness (4). The benefits of vaccination extend far beyond the immediate prevention of …
Shoaib Hassan, Tehmina Mustafa, Bjarne Robberstad, Ole Frithjof Norheim
…rculosis (EPTB), despite its high disease-burden, Universal Health Coverage (UHC) implementation remains growing a public health concern. <h3>Methods</h3> We conducted a prospective cohort study from August 2014-2015 at Mnazi-Mmoja Hospital, Zanzibar. EPTB patients were interview…
Anindya Adhikari, Tripti Rani Das, Ashis Sardar, Anuradha Sinha, Arijit Majumdar, et al.
Background: The most common site of tubercular infection is lungs, but various extrapulmonary sites also can be affected by tuberculosis (TB). Very few fine-needle aspiration-based studies supplemented by cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test (CBNAAT) and radiology have…
Chikwaiwa, Belamino K.
…s also recommended that the state and interested players in health combine their efforts in retooling the soft and hardware of things at the hospital. This can be done through the provision of modern equipment, infrastructure, qualified and motivated staff to operate TB hospitals…
Ravikumar DB, Sivasubramanian BP, Singla A, Venu R, Shekar SP
…resulting in the alleviation of symptoms and better overall health outcomes.
Carlos Eduardo Freitas Dantas, Maria Luisa Souza de Paula, Thiago Sales, Mylena Etelvina de Macedo Alves, Pedro Henrique Matheus Leão dos Santos, et al.
…is ( Mycobacterium tuberculosis ) remains a relevant public health challenge in Brazil, with 30,259 cases recorded in Recife between 2013 and 2023. The municipality accounts for 45.1% of tuberculosis diagnoses in the state, standing out as the epicenter of the disease in Pernambu…
Baloyi DP, Myburgh H, Bester D, Anthony MG, Switala J, et al.
…stand how patients are evaluated. This study aimed to chart health systems for paediatric TBM care at both primary healthcare (PHC) and hospital level in Cape Town, South Africa. We conducted fourteen in-depth interviews and eight days of semi-structured observations of patient f…
Rahana Pervin, M Atiqul Haque, Tanjela Bushra, Syeda Afroz, Sudipta Das, et al.
…sociation with EPTB, while the absence of ventilation, poor health status, overcrowding and contact duration displayed non-significant positive associations. The female gender, higher education, passive smoking and Bacillus Calmette–Guerin vaccination demonstrated statistically n…
A. P. de Moraes, João Paulo Cavalcanti Figueiredo Soares, Raimundo Fabricio Seade Vieira, Deivid Ramos dos Santos, Dante Bernardes Guibilei, et al.
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the occurrence of notified cases of bone tuberculosis in Brazil during the period from 2009 to 2018. Methods: Quantitative, descriptive and retrospective study. The data consisted of cases reported to the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINA…
Madhuri Harshan, Rajalakshmi Arjun, VettakkaraK M. Niyas
…n visiting hospitals due to fear of contracting SARS-COV-2, healthcare workforce shortage due to over-helming cases and lab burdened with testing for SARS-COV-2.[1] We looked at the burden of TB during COVID-19 pandemic in our institution and specific risk factors for TB during t…
Meregildo-Rodriguez ED, Asmat-Rubio MG, Vásquez-Tirado GA
Tuberculosis is a rising global public health emergency. Then, it is a priority to undertake innovations in preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic methods. Improved diagnostic methods for tuberculosis are urgently needed to address this global epidemic. These methods should be r…
Saurabh Kumar Singh, Mitali Gupta, Pratibha Yadav
Female genital tuberculosis (FGTB) is a common health problem in developing countries. It frequently causes pelvic inflammatory disease, menstrual abnormalities and infertility. It represents 15-20% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. It is mostly secondary infection acquired from he…
Carlos Eduardo Freitas Dantas, Maria Luisa Souza de Paula, Thiago Sales, Mylena Etelvina de Macedo Alves, Pedro Henrique Matheus Leão dos Santos, et al.
…ycobacterium tuberculosis ) remains one of the major public health concerns in Brazil, affecting 1,020,108 individuals between 2013 and 2023. The state of Pernambuco ranks fourth nationally in TB diagnoses, accounting for 6.6% of cases nationwide (67,085), underscoring the public…
Alexander J Stockdale, Benno Kreuels, Isaac T Shawa, Niza M Silungwe, Blessings Mbale, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** African countries have the highest age-standardised mortality from liver disease. We studied patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in Malawi to ascertain the causes, associated exposures, and outcomes after discharge, and identify opportunities for …
Bushra Khalid, Mariam Fatima Ali
Madam, Tuberculosis is a leading health problem worldwide. Among the countries with a high burden of tuberculosis, Pakistan is ranked fifth by WHO, accounting for the disease burden of 61% in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. There is considerable age-wise variation in tuberc…
Harsh Bagla, Vikram Satav, Vilas Sabale, Prabhav Agarwal, Shambhavi Ghotankar
…m TB, and it has plagued mankind since ages, posing a major health concern in developing countries. Pulmonary TB is the most common form, but extrapulmonary TB is also not uncommon, with an incidence of 8-14%. Cutaneous manifestations of TB, known as lupus vulgaris, are extremely…
Rangasamy Ramanthan, M. Jayapritha
…d: Childhood tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health challenge, particularly in developing countries like India. Pulmonary TB is predominant in children, but a substantial proportion also present with extrapulmonary TB. This study aims to analyze clinico-epidemiolog…
Jackline Anase Nlula, Sembakutti Samita, Etienne Yuh Jam, Bernard Ngowi, Ellen Mitchell, et al.
…targeted interventions, including strengthened occupational health policies, enhanced community-based screening, and focused strategies for high-risk groups is essential to improving TB control in Tanzania.