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Jane A Shaw, Gerhard Walzl
Host-derived biomarkers are high-priority targets for development and could play important roles in diagnosis of various states of() infection and disease, prediction of outcomes, and might guide vaccine and drug regimen evaluation. We discuss the need for priority tuberculosis (…
Evangeline Ann Daniel, Manohar Nesakumar, Hemalatha Haribabu, Nancy Hilda, Kannan Thiruvengadam, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** The dynamic spectrum of tuberculosis (TB) often results in underdiagnosis warranting the need for better diagnostics to accurately detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in persons with asymptomatic, paucibacillary or extrapulmonary TB, and to identify individual…
María Esther Suárez Garcia, Sorayda Mendez, Christopher Kaleb Romero Ríos, Lorenzo E Aragón Conrado, Francgiliz J Robleto, et al.
Cutaneous tuberculosis is an uncommon extrapulmonary manifestation ofinfection. Vulvar involvement is an exceptionally rare clinical entity that poses significant diagnostic challenges due to its similarity to other dermatologic and gynecologic conditions. We present the case of …
Mariona Cortacans, Nino Gogichadze, Pablo Soldevilla, Zoran Stojanovic, Onno Akkerman, et al.
This review brings together global data on bacterial, fungal, nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) and viral infections that complicate the course of individuals following the diagnosis of pulmonary or extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB). It shows how residual structural lung damage (…
Tao Xin, Gaofeng Sun, Jiangbutaer Entemake, Beiming Zhang, Weiwei Jiao, et al.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health challenge among children and adolescents in high-burden countries. Xinjiang, the region with the highest TB incidence in China, has limited data on the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pediatric TB.We conducted a retr…
Zineb Yammouri, Smail Chaouche, Ghita Alami, Fadoua Harmouch, Badreddine Alami, et al.
Laryngeal tuberculosis (LTB) is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that can clinically and radiologically resemble laryngeal carcinoma, leading to potential misdiagnosis. We report the case of a 53-year-old man with a history of chronic smoking, no known tuberculosis or B…
Victoria E Namukuta, Mariette Smith, Danite Bester, Magriet van Niekerk, Regan Solomons, et al.
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is a very severe form of childhood tuberculosis (TB), requiring hospitalisation for diagnosis. We investigated trends in admission, disease spectrum, outcomes, and healthcare system factors in children with TBM managed at a tertiary referral hospital …
Yohanna Idsabella Rossi, Gabriel Bolner, Fabiana Dolovitsch de Oliveira, Jonathan Costa Dall'Acqua, Vânio Antunes do Livramento Junior, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** There is no consensus on the efficacy of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) revaccination. Because of this, we aimed to compare the effect of BCG revaccination with no revaccination in preventing tuberculosis (TB) disease. **METHODS:** We searched PubMed, Embase…
Larsen ES, Nordholm AC, Lillebaek T, Holden IK, Johansen IS
Objective To describe incidence and clinical characteristics of bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) infections after BCG bladder instillation amongst patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer in Denmark. Patients and methods We conducted a nationwide register-based cohort study …