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Velayutham B, Chadha VK, Singla N, Narang P, Gangadhar Rao V, et al.
…formation on the proportion of new smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients treated with a 6-month thrice-weekly regimen under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) who develop recurrent TB after successful treatment outcome. Objective To estimate TB…
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…
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…
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…
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-…
Benachinmardi K, Sampath S, Rao M
Background : Detection of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in children, exposed to tuberculosis (TB) infections, followed by appropriate treatment, could be instrumental in reducing TB burden. Interferon Gamma release assays (IGRA) have higher specificity than tuberculin skin…
Sun JM, Wang C, Jin DQ, Deng F
Congenital tuberculosis (TB) is rare and the prognosis is poor if not detected early. The diagnosis is often delayed owing to non-specific clinical presentation, misdiagnosis and undiagnosed maternal TB during pregnancy. A 12-day-old girl presented with a 5-day history of fever, …
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…
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…
Dashuki AR, Ruzlin ANM, Zamzuri MAIA, Chen XW
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 suc…
Sulistijawati RS, Icksan AG, Lolong DB, Nurwidya F
Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a burden globally, including Indonesia. The primary objective of this study is to reveal the chest radiography characteristic of drug-sensitive TB (DS-TB) and multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) in the Indonesian national tuberculosis prevalence …
Scherer J, Mukasa SL, Wolmarans K, Guler R, Kotze T, et al.
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide, with approximately 10 million cases annually. Focus has been on pulmonary TB, while extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) has received little attention. Diagnosis of EPTB remains challenging due to the invasive proc…
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…
Gong W, Wu X
As an ancient infectious disease, tuberculosis (TB) is still the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent worldwide. Latent TB infection (LTBI) has been recognized as the largest source of new TB cases and is one of the biggest obstacles to achieving the aim of the E…
Sharma R, Prajapati S, Patel P, Patel B, Gajjar S, et al.
…spite the nationwide implementation of the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program in India, adverse outcome after treatment is on rise. Program guidelines propose follow-up of cured patients for 2 years which is rarely done. Objectives The main objectives of this study is …
Malwe S, Bawiskar D, Wagh V
The revised National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Program is an initiative undertaken by the government of India and was active from 1997 to 2020. Later it was renamed as National TB Elimination Program, which eyes the complete eradication of TB by 2025. The revised National Tubercu…
Kapata N, Tembo J, Mwaba P, Nabyonga-Orem J, Ntoumi F, et al.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa, with latent TB infection (LTBI) and TB co-infections posing significant public health challenges. This viewpoint examines the undiagnosed burden of LTBI and TB co-infections across the continent, emph…
Kamolratanakul S, Ariyanon W, Udompornpitak K, Bhunyakarnjanarat T, Leelahavanichkul A, et al.
…r how the immune system controls the transition from latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) to active pulmonary infection (PTB). Here, we applied mass spectrometry cytometry time-of-flight (CyTOF) analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to compare the immunological land…
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…
Thibaut Morel-Journel, Christophe Guyeux, Christophe Sola
Lineage 1 is an ancestral lineage of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) comprising five sublineages. In a previous study, we suggested that a representative of sublineage L1.1.3, present in both Mozambique and northern Brazil, SIT129, may have been brought to Brazil by…
Chang CJ, Huang JR, Tseng YH, Pan SW, Feng JY, et al.
… of circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) differentiates active tuberculosis (TB) from latent TB infection (LTBI). Methods Patients with pulmonary TB, contacts with LTBI, and healthy controls were enrolled (2018-2021). Plasma cfDNA was extracted, and using a 5-methylcytosine (5mC) DN…
Sinshaw W, Kebede A, Bitew A, Tesfaye E, Tadesse M, et al.
…ted risk factors among presumptive smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods Analytic cross sectional study design was used. A total of 418 smear negative presumptive pulmonary TB patients were enrolled from selected health facilities since …
Erkihun M, Kiros T, Berhan A, Ayele B
Introduction. Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is an emerging global challenge. Ethiopia is one of the 20 top countries with the highest estimated numbers of incidents of MDR-TB. Recently, the World Health Organization warned that drug-resistant TB is escalating and cal…
Nalunjogi J, Mucching-Toscano S, Sibomana JP, Centis R, D'Ambrosio L, et al.
…s growing on the overall impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis (TB) services, global studies based on national data are needed to better quantify the extent of the impact and the countries' preparedness to tackle the two diseases. The aim of this study was to compare th…
Sharma N, Bakshi R, Basu S, Zode M, Arora R, et al.
…nitiation, implementation and treatment completion rates of tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy (TPT) using 3HP (INH-Rifapentine) among household contacts of microbiologically confirmed drug sensitive TB cases on anti-tubercular treatment under programmatic real-world settings. …