Tuberculosis contact tracing, Angola. [PDF]
Bull World Health OrganSeguimiento; Tuberculosis; AngolaSeguiment; Tuberculosi; AngolaContact tracing; Tuberculosis; AngolaObjective: To assess the outcomes of a contact-tracing programme to increase the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Cubal, Angola and offer preventive treatment
Martínez-Campreciós J +10 more
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Drug-resistant tuberculosis treatments, the case for a phase III platform trial. [PDF]
Bull World Health OrganMost phase III trials in drug-resistant tuberculosis have either been underpowered to quantify differences in microbiological endpoints or have taken up to a decade to complete.
Yates TA +11 more
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Feasibility of using teleradiology to improve tuberculosis screening and case management in a district hospital in Malawi. [PDF]
, 2012 Malawi has one of the world's highest rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (10.6%), and southern Malawi, where Thyolo district is located, bears the highest burden in the country (14.5%).
Brant, W E +6 more
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Accuracy of diabetes screening methods used for people with tuberculosis, Indonesia, Peru, Romania, South Africa [PDF]
, 2018 Objective To evaluate the performance of diagnostic tools for diabetes mellitus, including laboratory methods and clinical risk scores, in newly-diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients from four middle-income countries.
Alisjhabana, B +19 more
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Global policy to local implementation : experiences from active tuberculosis case-finding in high-burden countries [PDF]
, 2021 Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s leading infectious killers. Every year, an estimated 10 million people fall ill with the disease, of whom 2.9 million people are never diagnosed and treated.
Biermann, Olivia
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Tuberculosis in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. [PDF]
, 2015 PROBLEM: In 2010, Haiti sustained a devastating earthquake that crippled the health-care infrastructure in the capital city, Port-au-Prince, and left 1.5 million people homeless.
Collins, Sean E +11 more
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Integrating tuberculosis and antimicrobial resistance control programmes. [PDF]
, 2018 Many low- and middle-income countries facing high levels of antimicrobial resistance, and the associated morbidity from ineffective treatment, also have a high burden of tuberculosis. Over recent decades many countries have developed effective laboratory
Hanefeld, Johanna +3 more
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Evaluation of anatomical and visual function for early detection of ethambutol toxicity among tuberculosis patients [PDF]
, 2017 AIM: To evaluate if early ethambutol toxicity can be detected by comparing pre - and post - treatment anatomical and visual function using retinal nerve fiber thickness, pattern visual evoked potentials and conventional optic nerve function tests ...
Mohd Noor, Raja Azmi +5 more
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A tuberculosis nationwide prevalence survey in Gambia, 2012. [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: To estimate the population prevalence of active pulmonary tuberculosis in Gambia. METHODS: Between December 2011 and January 2013, people aged ≥ 15 years participating in a nationwide, multistage cluster survey were screened for active ...
Adetifa, Ifedayo Mo +15 more
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Zhongguo shiyan zhenduanxue, 2021 结核病是由结核分枝杆菌复合群感染导致的慢性疾病,结核病是一个威胁人类健康的全球性公共卫生问题[1]。非结核分枝杆菌(NTM)是指除结核分枝杆菌复合群和麻风分枝杆菌以外的分枝杆菌。在发达国家和发展中国家,肺非结核分枝杆菌病的患病率呈增加趋势[2-9]。因临床上肺结核与肺非结核分枝杆菌病临床表现相似,均痰检抗酸杆菌阳性,易导致误诊,NTM对某些常用的抗结核药天然耐药,造成患者久治不愈[10-12],不能得到及时的诊治,
朱文芳, 张宜文
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