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K Monisha, Siddlingappa Hugara, K M Nanditha
**BACKGROUND:** National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme focuses more on open (pulmonary) cases of tuberculosis. In addition to pulmonary tuberculosis, extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases also contribute to the tuberculosis burden and spread of infection among household contacts…
Hu SS, Wei QC, Wu Y, Li XN, Liu FJ, et al.
Background Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a relatively rare form of tuberculosis infection, accounting for approximately 15% of all tuberculosis infections. Lymph nodes are the most commonly affected sites, while involvement of the parotid gland is extremely rare. Case prese…
Engel N, Ochodo EA, Karanja PW, Schmidt BM, Janssen R, et al.
…kground Programmes that introduce rapid molecular tests for tuberculosis and tuberculosis drug resistance aim to bring tests closer to the community, and thereby cut delay in diagnosis, ensure early treatment, and improve health outcomes, as well as overcome problems with poor la…
Shasha Hu, Qingzhu Wei, Yu Wu, Xin-Nian Li, Fujin Liu, et al.
BACKGROUND: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a relatively rare form of tuberculosis infection, accounting for approximately 15% of all tuberculosis infections. Lymph nodes are the most commonly affected sites, while involvement of the parotid gland is extremely rare. CASE PRES…
Soraya Permata Sujana, Fadilah Habibul Hamda, Mufti As Siddiq, Yuniko Ibnu Latif, Al Asyary
**BACKGROUND:** Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death from infectious diseases in the world, with approximately 25% of the global population having latent tuberculosis infection. Secondhand smoke exposure has been recognised as a significant risk factor in the develo…
D. M. Kutuzova, T.E. Tyulkova, Valentina Tinkova
…enting with limited pulmonary damage, who were monitored in tuberculosis care institutions. Patients and Methods: a retrospective study was conducted based on medical record analysis of patients observed for tuberculosis in an antituberculosis dispensary during 2020–2021. Initial…
Oo MM, Tassanakijpanich N, Phyu MH, Safira N, Kandel S, et al.
Background The comorbid presence of tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus has become an increasingly important public health threat to the prevention and control of both diseases. Thus, household contact investigation may serve a dual purpose of screening for both tuberculosis and d…
Gebremariam G, Kiros M, Hagos S, Hadush H, Gebremichael A, et al.
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern in the developing countries. Moreover, the emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is challenging. However, there are no organized data on the trends of pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin-resistant Mycobacteri…
Ali MM, Weldegebreal F, Kabew G, Urgesa K
Background Multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a growing public health problem in developing countries including Somalia. Although, the prevalence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis among new and retreated cases is high, data on GeneXpert- Mycobacterium tuberculo…
Olanisun P Adewole, MD, Bolanle A Omotoso, MD
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by mycobacterial organism. It is the leading infectious disease cause of death globally, with more than 10 million new cases and over 2 million deaths annually. Developing countries bear the greatest brunt of the disease. The long duration of current t…
JAYA JAIN, Deepti Shrivastava
…CTION •There exists a lot of diagnostic dilemma for genital tuberculosis in the available literature No single test is found confirmatory except for wet culture and histopathological positivity which may become paucibacillary extrapulmonary sites and time consuming too. •Polymera…
Belay M, Tulu B, Younis S, Jolliffe DA, Tayachew D, et al.
…rface marker have been posited as a niche for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacilli during latent tuberculosis infection. Our aim was to determine whether M tuberculosis complex DNA is detectable in CD34-positive peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) isolated from asymp…
Visensius Krisdianilo, Vincentia Ade Rizky, Saadah Siregar, Asvia Rahayu
Background: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is known as a highly pathogenic bacterium. These bacteria are aerobic in shape like rods and have resistance to acids. This bacteria can cause tuberculosis (TB). TB disease has been widely recognized as a cause of death which is quite high i…
Alrajhi AA, Alotaibi J, Alghamdi AM, Almanea H, AlSebayel M, et al.
Objectives Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA has been detected in multiple organs in people without active tuberculosis or a history of tuberculosis. Molecular testing for metabolic activity has suggested that M tuberculosis DNA represents viable bacilli. Whether transplanted organs…
Cosmas Kenan Onah, Benedict Ndubueze Azuogu, Edmund Ndudi Ossai, Adaoha Pearl Agu, Victoria Chioma Azuogu, et al.
Abstract Background: A major constraint to tuberculosis control is low case finding with under-reporting to national authorities. Evidence shows that Patent Medicine Dealers are first port of call for most people with symptoms of tuberculosis, yet there is poor referral of such c…
Onah CK, Azuogu BN, Ossai EN, Agu AP, Azuogu VC, et al.
Background A major constraint to tuberculosis control is low case finding with under-reporting to national authorities. Evidence shows that Patent Medicine Dealers are first port of call for most people with symptoms of tuberculosis, yet there is poor referral of such clients to …
Chen J, Xu Z, Xu H, Bai L
Objectives Reducing mortality during anti-tuberculosis treatment is crucial for completing full-course standardized therapy and achieving tuberculosis cure. The study aims to analyze the mortality and its influencing factors among pulmonary tuberculosis patients undergoing anti-t…
E. M. Bogorodskaya, E. M. Belilovsky, L. B. Ayusheeva, E. N. Posadskaya
…tients with HIV infection is of the leading risk groups for tuberculosis. According to WHO, the presence of HIV infection increases the likelihood of developing tuberculosis by 26 times and is the second factor in the world after malnutrition that affects the number of cases of t…
Hao X, Bai J, Ding Y, Wang J, Liu Y, et al.
…ty of traditional etiological methods to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis rapidly and effectively, the antibody responses against 38kD and 16kD-antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( M. tuberculosis ) were both detected in order to obtain a better serological detection method fo…
Yang C, Yasseen AS 3rd, Stimec J, Rea E, Waters V, et al.
…ground There are few data about the utility of the Canadian tuberculosis medical surveillance system for detecting tuberculosis in children and adolescents. We sought to assess the prevalence of tuberculosis infection and disease in children and adolescents referred by the tuberc…
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World Health Organization
A. A. Abdurakhimov
Aim. To conduct a comparative study of the effectiveness of treatment of MDR-TB patients by using short-term and individual chemotherapy regimens and including the drug Cholecalciferol in the treatment complex. Material and methods. The group of MDR-TB patients with a short-term …
Expert Group on TB Recording and Reporting Forms and Registers, World Health Organization, World Health Organization
World Health Organization, Haigh, Kathryn, Twabi, Hussein, Ryan, Hannah, Lutje, Vittoria, et al.