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Seddon JA, Tugume L, Solomons R, Prasad K, Bahr NC
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) results from dissemination of M. tuberculosis to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and meninges. Ischaemia, hydrocephalus and raised intracranial pressure frequently result, leading to extensive brain injury and neurodisability. The global burden of TBM i…
Ngwira A, Manda S, Karimuribo ED, Kimera SI
Background Identification of common spatial disease trends between cattle bovine tuberculosis (BTB) and human extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) and drug-resistant tuberculosis (DRTB) can support integrated disease control and monitoring programmes. We employed the recently devel…
Chen Q, Huang T, Zou L, Jiang L, Sun J, et al.
Background Tracheobronchial tuberculosis (TBTB) is a common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that affects the tracheobronchial tree. However, the mechanism has not been fully elucidated. Comparisons of clinical characteristics in various age groups can aid in the understanding…
Samuel Tekle Mengistu, Yafet Kesete, Meron Tesfay, Ghirmay Ghebrekidan Ghebremeskel, Saron Abraham, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health challenge, with an estimated 10 million new cases and 1.4 million deaths in 2019. Despite this high burden, TB management, control, and overall funding continue to be suboptimal in many parts of the world. In this st…
Praveen Nayak, Vishnukanth Govindaraj, Dharm Prakash Dwivedi, Noyal M Joseph, T P Elamurugan, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be the biggest health problem in developing countries with enormous social and economic implications. The commonest form of extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) is tubercular cervical lymphadenitis, or scrofula. The diagnosis and management of T…
Eugenio Isoletta, Christian Ciolfi, Arturo Bonometti, Michele Sachs, Valeria Brazzelli
IntroductionTuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that, in its primary form, usually affects the lungs; cutaneous TB accounts for only 1% to 2% of all cases of TB.1Scollard D.M. Dacso M.M. Abad-Venida M.L. Tuberculosis and leprosy: classi…
Gustavo Esteban Lugo-Zamudio, Oscar Sosa-Hernández, Briceida López-Martínez, Clemente Cruz-Cruz, Emilio Mariano Durán-Manuel, et al.
…iological surveillance issued by the General Directorate of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health. However, both diseases, mainly in the chronic state, present challenges because of their ability to mimic autoimmune disorders. This review explores the phenomenon of clinical and …
Enrique G. Villarreal, Ricardo J. Estrada-Mendizábal, Emilia Ramos-Barrera, Pablo D Treviño-Valdez, Oscar Tamez‐Rivera
Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, mainly by M. tuberculosis. Annually, 1 million children develop TB disease and many more present a latent form of infection. The objective of this study is to define the epidemiologic…
D.N. Adjablayeva
A tuberculosis infection focus is the place of residence of a patient who is the source of mycobacteria, where individuals living or in constant contact are at risk of contracting tuberculosis. Morbidity within the focus is determined by multiple factors, including the clinical f…
D.N. Adjablayeva
A tuberculosis infection focus is the place of residence of a patient who is the source of mycobacteria, where individuals living or in constant contact are at risk of contracting tuberculosis. Morbidity within the focus is determined by multiple factors, including the clinical f…
Platon Eliseev, Alexandra Bayrakova, Diana Vakhrusheva, A. A. Kazyulina, Anastasia Samoilova, et al.
…improving diagnosis, guiding therapy, and understanding the epidemiology of NTM infections in Russia.
Lucy Jefferson, Harry Petrushkin, Garth Dixon, Seilesh Kadambari
…atus. In this review, we provide up-to-date evidence on the epidemiology, diagnosis and management of ocular toxocara, toxoplasma and TB infection. EPIDEMIOLOGY Toxocara Toxocariasis is a prevalent zoonotic infection caused mostly by the nematodes Toxocara catis or T. canis, with…
Aarhus University Hospital
…rther management of severe TB cases during this study. 4.2 Epidemiology and study population 4.2.1 Guinea-Bissau The epidemiology of TB in the Bissau study population has been extensively described (14-18). The overall incidence of TB has declined only slightly since 2004 and wa…
Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, mainly by M. tuberculosis. Annually, 1 million children develop TB disease and many more present a latent form of infection. The objective of this study is to define the epidemiologic…
Räisänen PE, Haanperä M, Soini H, Ruutu P, Nuorti JP, et al.
We describe the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) and characterized Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) isolates to evaluate transmission between foreign-born and Finnish-born populations. Data on TB cases were obtained from the National Infectious Disease Register and d…
VM Katoch
The study by Sharma et al1 in this issue is a prospective study of 42 patients with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) disease among 5409 tuberculosis (TB) suspects who presented to a tertiary care centre in north India, during 2014-2016. This was an interesting study with a crit…
Viviane Ferraz Ferreira de Aguiar, Dayara de Nazaré Rosa de Carvalho, Dandara de Fátima Ribeiro Bendelaque, Rafael Everton Assunção Ribeiro da Costa, Jaqueline Dantas Neres Martins, et al.
Objectives: This study aims to investigate in secondary databases the prevalence of TB / HIV co-infection in the elderly in the metropolitan region of Belém-Pará, Brazil, in the 2001-2018 historical series.
 Methodology: This is an epidemiological, retrospective study with a…
Claire Hannah, Bradley Ford, Jina Chung, Dilek İnce, Karolyn A. Wanat
…NTM) is increasing worldwide, yet little is known about the epidemiology and pathophysiology of these ubiquitous environmental organisms. Pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium complex is most prevalent, but many other NTM species can cause disease in virtually any organ sy…
Eltaib Saad, Maria Abunseir, Mohammed S. Abdalla, Abdurrahman Mustafa, Mohammed Elamin Faris, et al.
…squeraded as malignancy and posed a diagnostic dilemma. The epidemiology, clinical and radiological features, diagnosis, and management of NTM-PD are reviewed in this report. J Med Cases. 2023;14(4):141-147 doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4098
Catherine Nasrallah, M. Kacem, S Grira, Wafa Dhouib, R Bannour, et al.
…creased worldwide. Our study aimed to give an update on the epidemiology, current trends of EPTB from 2000 to 2017 and to predict future trajectories of EPTB up to 2030 in Monastir, Tunisia. Methods We performed an observational study from 2000 to 2017. Data were collected by the…
Titilade Kehinde Ayandeyi Teibo
The virulence of Tuberculosis (TB) in the population makes it imperative to intensify studies on the disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB most frequently affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) and may also affect other organs (extra-pulmonary TB). There are few studies on T…
Sapana S Jain, Bhoomika D Patel, Grinish Tamakuwala, Parul Vadgama, Chintan Patel, et al.
Background: The microbiological diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is quite difficult because of paucibacillary load and required radiological, cytohistopathological tests for confirmation along with clinical suspicion in case of cervical TB lymph node, body fluid exam…
Titilade Kehinde Ayandeyi Teibo
The virulence of Tuberculosis (TB) in the population makes it imperative to intensify studies on the disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB most frequently affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) and may also affect other organs (extra-pulmonary TB). There are few studies on T…
Evelina Lesnic, L.D. Todoriko, Ihor Semianiv, Adriana Niguleanu
The epidemiological indicators of tubeculosis during the COVID-19 pandemic showed an increased rate of late detected forms of tuberculosis (TB) with multiple sites involvement and unfavourable treatment outcome. Objective — to establish the impact of the risk factors on progressi…
Jakub Młoźniak, Adam Szymański, Gabriela Stondzik, Dagny Krankowska, Tomasz Mikuła, et al.
…s capable of causing diverse clinical manifestations. Their epidemiology among people with HIV remains insufficiently characterized. This study examined the epidemiology of NTM among people with HIV admitted to the Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Warsaw between 2017 and 2023.…