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Martini M, Gazzaniga V, Behzadifar M, Bragazzi NL, Barberis I
… the most frequently prescribed remedy for the treatment of tuberculosis was a stay in a temperate climate. From the middle of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th, Europe saw the development of sanatoria, where patients were able to benefit from outdoor walks, physical exe…
López-González JA, Martínez-Soto JM, Avila-Cervantes C, Mata-Pineda AL, Álvarez-Hernández G, et al.
…s mellitus (DM) is a common comorbidity of active pulmonary tuberculosis (APTB) that increases the risk of treatment failure during anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy. Evaluating systemic inflammatory response could help determine differences in response to treatment between APTB pat…
Araya S, Negesso AE, Tamir Z
Background Drug-resistant tuberculosis remains a major public health threat complicating tuberculosis control programs globally. Data on rifampicin resistance (RR), which is a surrogate marker for multidrug resistance, are limited among Ethiopian tuberculosis patients. This study…
Musiimenta A, Tumuhimbise W, Atukunda E, Mugaba A, Linnemayr S, et al.
…ies (DATs), such as real-time monitors and SMS reminders in tuberculosis medication adherence, suboptimal patient engagement with various DATs has been reported. Additionally, financial constraints can limit DAT's utility. The perceived usefulness and the design mechanisms of DAT…
Owusu DO, Adankwah E, Aniagyei W, Acheampong I, Minadzi D, et al.
… after birth in several countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis, including Ghana. Previous studies showed that BCG vaccination prevents individuals from developing severe clinical manifestations of tuberculosis, but BCG vaccination effects on the induction of IFN-γ after…
Kentaro Kasuga, Miyako Kitazono, Masaomi Maeda, Taro Koba, Shuichi Matsuda, et al.
Female genital tuberculosis is a rare and often asymptomatic condition, which makes its diagnosis challenging. Early recognition of uncommon clinical presentation of tuberculosis is crucial for the better management of it. We report herein a case of genital tuberculosis that init…
Jiang G, Qin W, Du X, Zhang Y, Zhang M, et al.
Background Anti-tuberculosis drug concentrations are critical for the treatment of spinal tuberculosis. The distribution pattern of anti-tuberculosis drugs between the blood and the vertebral focus needs to be further explored. Methods A total of 31 spinal tuberculosis patients w…
Jean Bosco Ntivuguruzwa, Anita L. Michel, Francis Babaman Kolo, Ivan Emil Mwikarago, Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza, et al.
Abstract Background Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an endemic disease in Rwanda, but little is known about its prevalence and causative mycobacterial species. The disease causes tremendous losses in livestock and wildlife and remains a significant threat to public health. Materials…
Zeinab H. Alfaham, Elhadi Abdalla Ahmed, El-Amin Mohamed Ibrahim, Mohamed Soud Mohamed, Ameer A. Mohamed, et al.
…oduction: The increase in cases of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis, especially in endemic areas, is mainly associated with re-treatment, although resistant tubercle bacilli can be easily transmitted between all susceptible persons. Objective: The study aimed to describe pul…
Umayorubhagom A, Baliga SS
Background Tuberculosis disease epidemiology is closely related to social and economic conditions which make its prevention, control and cure challenging. Early diagnosis and adequate treatment will help to prevent various tuberculosis related morbidities. Factors such as adverse…
Musisi E, Wamutu S, Ssengooba W, Kasiinga S, Sessolo A, et al.
Background In 2018, the tuberculosis molecular bacterial load assay (TB-MBLA), a ribosomal RNA-based test, was acknowledged by WHO as a molecular assay that could replace smear microscopy and culture for monitoring tuberculosis treatment response. In this study, we evaluated the …
Seyhan Hıdıroğlu, Abdullah Sarıöz, Mi̇kai̇l Özdemi̇r, Nimet Emel Lüleci, Melda Karavuş
Objective: In Turkey, tuberculosis (TB) is considered to be one of the formerly known social diseases. Similar researches exists for AIDS in manycountries. There are very few publications about the tuberculosis stigma in our country at international level. This study aimed to ass…
Irina Shabalina, Ya. O. Chesalina, Anzhela Polyakova, O.G. Malikova, Ilya Sivokozov, et al.
…l, radiological, and endoscopic manifestations of bronchial tuberculosis in elderly patients with respiratory tuberculosis. Subjects and Methods. Endoscopic examinations conducted in Endoscopy Department of Central Tuberculosis Research Institute from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 202…
Tarekegn BG, Tientcheu LD, Decker J, Bell AJ, Mukamolova GV, et al.
Background High proportions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cells in sputum containing triacylglycerol-rich lipid bodies have been shown to be associated with treatment failure or relapse following antituberculous chemotherapy. Although lipid body determination is a potential bioma…
Boloko L, Schutz C, Sibiya N, Balfour A, Ward A, et al.
Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis bloodstream infection is a leading cause of death in people living with HIV and disseminated bacillary load might be a key driver of disease severity. We aimed to assess Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) testing of blood as a diagnostic for M…
Celso Khosa, Marta Cossa, Vinzeigh Leukes, Jerry Hella, Issa Sabi, et al.
Background: To support access to life-saving tuberculosis testing and treatment, we evaluated whether placing portable, low complexity, WHO-recommended rapid molecular diagnostics at primary care clinics increased diagnoses and accelerated anti-tuberculosis treatment initiation c…
N. Nikiforenko, M. E. Lozovskaya, Г. А. Новик, А. V. Derevyanko, N. V. Kochmarev
… objective: to identify factors of a higher risk to develop tuberculosis in children exposed to tuberculosis cases resistant or sensitive to rifampicin. Subjects 161 children under 6 years old exposed to tuberculosis in their families were enrolled in the retrospective study. The…
Chengdu CoenBiotech Co., Ltd
… aged 18-65 years old, including 30 healthy subjects and 30 tuberculosis patients. Low-dose (2.5 μg/ml), medium-dose (5 μg/ml), and high-dose (10 μg/ml) studies will be conducted separately for healthy subjects and pulmonary tuberculosis patients, with 20 participants in each dos…
Muflihah H, Flórido M, Lin LCW, Xia Y, Triccas JA, et al.
…t protection against pulmonary infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Immunity induced by subcutaneous immunization with BCG wanes and does not promote early recruitment of T cell to the lungs after M. tuberculosis infection. Delivery of Tuberculosis (TB) vaccines to the lung…
Ria Puspita, Suliati Suliati, Diah Titik Mutiarawati
Tuberculosis (TB) is still high. 10.4 million new cases of TB occur and 1.4 million die from the disease is found The World Health Organization (WHO). Elevated blood glucose can lead to more severe tuberculosis infection, reactivation of dormant tuberculosis foci, and poor treatm…
Abhishek S, Ryndak MB, Choudhary A, Sharma S, Gupta A, et al.
Background Studies on human intraocular tuberculosis (IOTB) are extremely challenging. For understanding the pathogenesis of IOTB, it is important to investigate the mycobacterial transcriptional changes in ocular environment. Methods Mice were challenged intravenously with Mycob…
А. Т. Шубина, Е. А. Бородулина, D.А. Kudlаy, Б. Е. Бородулин, Е. С. Вдоушкина, et al.
Differential diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis and community-acquired pneumonia remains an urgent problem in primary health care despite the improvement of radiological and laboratory diagnostic methods. The aim of study was to evaluate the possibility of using a skin test with…
Nieuwenhuizen NE, Nouailles G, Sutherland JS, Zyla J, Pasternack AH, et al.
…ases. We measured serum activin A levels in two independent tuberculosis (TB) patient cohorts and in patients with pneumonia and sarcoidosis. Serum activin A levels were increased in TB patients compared to healthy controls, including those with positive tuberculin skin tests, an…
Mohit Kumar, Dolly Rastogi, Mansi Singh, Ujjwal Agnihotri, Sonam Singh, et al.
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that most often affects the lungs and is caused by the bacilli Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is an air borne disease, it First discovered in 1882 by Robert Koch is also known as Koch's bacillus. Mycobacterium Tuberculosis is a comp…
Ronge L, Sloot R, Du Preez K, Kay AW, Kirchner HL, et al.
…ween quantitative IFNγ response and degree of Mycobacterium tuberculosis exposure, infection and tuberculosis (TB) disease status in children. Methods We completed cross-sectional analysis of children (≤15 years) exposed to an adult with bacteriologically confirmed TB, 2007-2012 …