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Diagnostic Usefulness of IFN-Gamma Releasing Assays Compared With Conventional Tests in Patients With Disseminated Tuberculosis

Medicine, 2015
IFN-gamma releasing assays (IGRAs) such as T-SPOT.TB assay and QuantiFERON-TB In-Tube (QFT-GIT) have yielded promising results for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB).
S. Yu, Jiwon Jung, Yong-kyun Kim, J. Y. Lee, Sun-mi Kim, S. J. Park, Sang-Oh Lee, S. Choi, Y. Kim, J. Woo, Sung‐Han Kim   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Advancing pharmacometrics in Africa—Transition from capacity development toward job creation

CPT: Pharmacometrics &Systems Pharmacology, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 407-419, March 2025.
Abstract Trained pharmacometricians remain scarce in Africa due to limited training opportunities, lack of a pharmaceutical product development ecosystem, and emigration to high‐income countries. The Applied Pharmacometrics Training (APT) fellowship program was established to address these gaps and specifically foster job creation for talent retention.
Goonaseelan (Colin) Pillai, Samer Mouksassi, Innocent G. Asiimwe, Craig R. Rayner, Steven Kern, Phumla Sinxadi, Paolo Denti, Eric Decloedt, Catriona Waitt, Bernhards R. Ogutu, Rik de Greef   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Demographic characteristics and opportunistic diseases associated with attrition during preparation for antiretroviral therapy in primary health centres in Kibera, Kenya. [PDF]

, 2011
Using routine data from HIV-positive adult patients eligible for antiretroviral therapy (ART), we report on routinely collected demographic characteristics and opportunistic diseases associated with pre-ART attrition (deaths and loss to follow-up). Among
Amuron, Anglaret, Boehme, Braitstein, Etard, Fox, Gilks, Gilks, Grant, Ingle, Ingle, Janoof, Jones, Larson, Lawn, Lawn, Lucas, Peters, Scott, Van Griensven, Zachariah   +20 more
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A Qualitative Study on the Political Priority of Global Neurosurgery: An Emergent Global Health Network

World Medical &Health Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper aimed to describe and analyze the factors that shaped the political priority of global neurosurgery from 2015 to 2022. The neurosurgery community formed a movement (that can be described as a global health network) to advocate for the neurosurgical patient to ensure safe, timely, and affordable neurosurgical care for all, and ...
Martina Gonzalez Gomez, Chris Willott, Andrew Leather, Kee B. Park   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disseminated Tuberculosis in An AIDS/HIV-Infected Patient

Acta Medica Iranica, 2013
Disseminated tuberculosis (TB) is commonly seen in HIV-infected patients and is major cause of death in these patients. In HIV-infected patients disseminated tuberculosis is frequently undiagnosed or misdiagnosed.
Zahra Abdi-Liae, Pardis Moradnejad, Neda Alijani, Hamide Khazraiyan, Sedigeh Mansoori, Naseh Mohammadi   +5 more
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Risk Factors for High Early Mortality in Patients on Antiretroviral Treatment in a Rural District of Malawi. [PDF]

, 2006
OBJECTIVES: Among adults started on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in a rural district hospital (a) to determine the cumulative proportion of deaths that occur within 3 and 6 months of starting ART, and (b) to identify risk factors that may be associated
Anthony D Harries, Braitstein, Coetzee, Egger, French, Gilks, Gordon, Harries, Harries, Kapulula, Kober, Libamba, Line Arnould, Lucas, Margaret Fitzgerald, Mermin, Mocroft, Moses Massaquoi, Olesu Pasulani, Rony Zachariah, Simon Makombe, Zachariah, Zachariah, Zachariah, Zachariah   +24 more
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Conceptualization of Health Nationalism and Glocalization of Health Policy: Barriers and Chances for Global Public Health

World Medical &Health Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article aims to sort out the meaning of the term “health nationalism,” operationalize this term and analyze this phenomenon in opposition to the cosmopolitan health policy model. Here, health nationalism is treated as a serious obstacle to access to healthcare and a cultural‐ideological barrier to equity in global public health. Two ideal
Piotr Żuk, Paweł Żuk
wiley   +1 more source

Discrete cutaneous lesions in a critically ill patient treated only for AIDS and miliary tuberculosis: a case report of disseminated histoplasmosis [PDF]

, 2019
Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis caused by the dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, with disseminated histoplasmosis (HD) being one of its clinical forms. As a consequence of the HIV-AIDS pandemic, HD has become prevalent not only in regions that
Alencar, Raquel Rodrigues Ferreira Rocha de, Antonio, Bruno Vianei Real, Franco, Emily dos Santos, Leal, Patrícia Cal, Oliveira, Ronísie Duarte de, Santos, Luciana Mendes dos   +5 more
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Focal Cerebral Arteriopathy and Stroke Secondary to Tuberculous Meningitis

Annals of the Child Neurology Society, EarlyView.
Mahesh Chikkannaiah, Sarah G. Yu, Laura D. Fonseca, Ajay Goenka, Gogi Kumar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Paediatric BCG Vaccine Century: From Historical Success to Future Innovations

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim The tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, Bacille‐Calmette‐Guérin (BCG), protects infants against severe forms of primary TB. Yet, it does not protect against pulmonary reactivation TB in adults. Methods A literature review was conducted between 1st January and 28th February 2025 using PubMed, Google Scholar and reports of the World Health ...
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann
wiley   +1 more source