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M K Khan, Μ. Ν. Islam, Jannatul Ferdous, Md. Mahbub Alam
…berculosis and 20.8% of smear positive TB. Understanding of epidemiology of tuberculosis is essential for its effective control. This review tried to summarize the epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis in global, regional and Bangladesh perspectives. For this review article, da…
Terwin K, Ferreira M, Minnie C, Marangellis K, Darby R, et al.
Introduction understanding the epidemiological profile of a disease in a particular region allows for proper planning of public health resources for prevention, early diagnosis and treatment. In this present study, we describe the epidemiological profile of viral, fungal, tubercu…
Parul Verma, Geeti Khullar, Satyaki Ganguly, P Narsimha Rao, Pragya Nair, et al.
…articles on this subject, reviews the present literature on epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features and types of CTB, including its associations and investigations.
Gopalaswamy R, Shanmugam S, Mondal R, Subbian S
… respond to the antibiotics treatment. Here, we discuss the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment modalities available for TB and NTM diseases of humans.
Khan MK, Islam MN, Ferdous J, Alam MM
…berculosis and 20.8% of smear positive TB. Understanding of epidemiology of tuberculosis is essential for its effective control. This review tried to summarize the epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis in global, regional and Bangladesh perspectives. For this review article, da…
Rebecca Byram, Kelly A. Jackson, Christopher A. Czaja, Helen Johnston, Devra Barter, et al.
…rapy or surgery. Few population-based studies describe ENTM epidemiology, though well-known healthcare-associated outbreaks have occurred. Using the first year of multi-site ENTM surveillance, we characterized rates and how frequently ENTM infections may be related to healthcare.…
Mariam Kabbani, Reeda Bou Said, Georges Aftimos
…ated to be one of those. Our objective was to determine the epidemiology of TB in Lebanon in the interval spanning from January 2012 to December 2016. We also aimed to compare the trend of TB incidence with the trends of Syrian and foreign-worker migration. Methods: We included 3…
B. M. Liu, Qin Yang, Li Zhao, Wen Xie, X Y
This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and to analyse the epidemiological features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients during convalescence. In this study, we enrolled 71 confirmed cases of COVID-19 who were discharged from hospital and transferr…
Л Н Савоненкова, В. И. Рузов, S. V. Аnisimova, T. S. Vasilieva, V. S. Dunaev, et al.
The objective: to study specific characteristics of epidemiology and clinical manifestations of tuberculosis spondylitis in Ulyanovsk Region. Subjects and methods: Annual reports of the regional TB dispensary and medical records of all 160 tuberculosis spondylitis patients detect…
Maïssa Ben Jmaa, Houda Ben Ayed, Makram Koubâa, Fatma Hammami, Jamel Damak, et al.
BACKGROUND: Worldwide, many more males than females were diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) and died from it globally. In light of this, examining the gender differences among patients with TB is crucial to institute effective prevention, coverage and treatment. AIM: To analyze gen…
Vinod Jangid, Ramesh Kumar Kushwah, Suresh Kumar Jain, Prafful Mehta
… was to study the various clinico morphological pattern and epidemiology of cutaneous tuberculosis, and to correlate them with mantoux reactivity and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status. Materials and Methods: During the one year newly diagnosed patients of cutaneous tuberc…
Ahmad al Jbawi, Mohammad Fadel, Fares Kahal, Michel Najjar, Sara Albuaini, et al.
…culosis causes 4,500 deaths every day¹. We aim to study the epidemiology of EPTB and its risk factors. Methods: A multicenter retrospective study was conducted at the National Center for Tuberculosis Control in Damascus in the year 2020 to analyze the patients with extrapulmonary…
Wanli Kang, Jian Du, Yunqing Chang, Hongyan Chen, Jianxiong Liu, et al.
…oncurrent PTB-EPTB is scarce. This study aimed to study the epidemiology of concurrent PTB-EPTB by summarizing the diagnostic types of TB and determine the association rules by a large-scale multi-center observational study in China. Methods The study was performed at 21 hospital…
G Aliyeva, A Gadirova
During the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in 2020, the strict quarantine regime limited access to medical facilities for people at high risk of infection, including people with tuberculosis (TB). This has led to a decrease in TB detection and treatment in many countries, including…
Saki Ikeda, Andrea T. Cruz, Jeffrey R. Starke
Abstract Background Childhood tuberculosis can be found via passive case finding (PCF), diagnosing a symptomatic child, and active case finding (ACF), discovering a child through contact tracing. Most high prevalence areas perform PCF, but as ACF is introduced, the clinical and r…
Liling Chaw, Lena Mat Salleh, Rafizah Abdul Hamid, Kyaw Thu
…infectious and less recognised than PTB, understanding EPTB epidemiology is important as it also contributes to the overall TB burden in a country. Examining EPTB cases by their specific anatomical site would provide more information on risk factors. Raising public awareness on t…
Carlos Eduardo Freitas Dantas, Maria Luisa Souza de Paula, Thiago Sales, Mylena Etelvina de Macedo Alves, Pedro Henrique Matheus Leão dos Santos, et al.
Tuberculosis ( Mycobacterium 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), undersc…
Samuel Tekle Mengistu, Yafet Kesete, Meron Tesfay, Ghirmay Ghebrekidan Ghebremeskel, Saron Abraham, et al.
…emote areas, Nakfa, in order to better understand the local epidemiology of the disease. Methodology: We collected data from the Nakfa Hospital Registry on TB patients diagnosed between 2007 and 2021. We calculated the crude incidence rate (CIR) and the age-standardized rate (ASR…
Al Mayahi ZK, AlAufi I, Al Ghufaili B, Al Balushi Z, Al Mughazwi Z, et al.
Background Understanding the current surveillance activity and the challenges is important to ensure a continuous success toward the elimination goal for tuberculosis (TB). South Batinah Governorate (SBG) ranked the fourth on the top reporting governorates in the period 2010-2016…
Bright Varghese, Sahal Al‐Hajoj
…d only by DNA sequencing methods, to establish their global epidemiology, emergence and clinical relevance. Articles published in English from 1956 to 2018 reporting rare NTM species were searched in MEDLINE, Scopus, Ovid and Embase. A total of 447 articles matched the selection …
Daveshwar Aditya Rajiv, Shilpi Daveshwar, Sheth Moin
…tly involves cervical lymph nodes. Objective – To study the epidemiology of tuberculous cervical lymphadenopathy in tertiary care hospital of northern Gujarat. Material Methods- This hospital based prospective study was conducted on 91 conrmed patients of tuberculous cervical ly…
Cheri Grigg, Kelly A. Jackson, Devra Barter, Christopher A. Czaja, Helen Johnston, et al.
…ealthcare and community settings. In the United States, NTM epidemiology has been described largely through analyses of microbiology data from health departments, electronic health records, and administrative data. We describe findings from a multisite pilot of active, laboratory…
Ícaro Raony
Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health challenge, particularly in regions with significant social inequalities. This study characterized the epidemiological profile of TB in São José do Rio Preto, a medium-sized city in southeastern Brazil, over an 11-year perio…
Cristina Călăraşu, Floarea Mimi Nițu, Florentina Dumitrescu, Victor Ionel Grecu
<b>Background:</b> Global increase of people infected with HIV (PIH) is causing changes in tuberculosis (TB) clinical and epidemiological data. HIV infection increases up to 20 times the chance of progression from latent infection to active forms of TB. <b>Purpose:</b> The paper …
Sadia Syed, Qurat Ul Ain, Atta Ur Rehman
<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Background: </bold>Pakistan is the fifth most heavily afflicted country by tuberculosis (TB) in the world. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological characteristics of TB in two northern Pakistani populations using retrospective data analys…