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Review of literature on disseminated tuberculosis with emphasis on the focused diagnostic workup
Disseminated tuberculosis (TB) is a life-threatening disease resulting from the hematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The diagnosis is challenging owing to its subtle nonspecific clinical presentation, which usually reflects the underlying ...
F. Khan
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Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of mortality in the world despite multiple control and treatment strategies. Disseminated tuberculosis corresponds to 5% of cases.
Arango Slingsby, Christine +6 more
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The work analyzed subpopulation structure of peripheral blood T-regulatory cells (T-reg) and production of cytokines with immunosuppressor activity (IL-10, TGF-b) in vitro in patients with disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis, depending on the sensitivity
Ye. G. Churina+3 more
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A case of histoplasmosis Report 1. Cinical, mycological and pathological observations [PDF]
In our country it has been believed that there is no histoplasmosis here in Japan. However, from the above clinical signs, radiological characteristics, laboratory tests, pathological and mycological examinations, and experimental findings, we believe ...
Hamazaki, Yukio+6 more
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Disseminated tuberculosis is a severe disease with high-mortality that requires early diagnosis and treatment. Intestinal tuberculosis accounts for only 2% of tuberculosis cases worldwide and is extremely rare in children.
Ana Carolina Etrusco Zaroni Santos+5 more
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Tuberculosis diagnostics and biomarkers: needs, challenges, recent advances, and opportunities [PDF]
Tuberculosis is unique among the major infectious diseases in that it lacks accurate rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests. Failure to control the spread of tuberculosis is largely due to our inability to detect and treat all infectious cases of pulmonary
Alexandre Harari+118 more
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DISSEMINATED CUTANEOUS TUBERCULOSIS
Cutaneous tuberculosis is a clinically and morphologically heterogeneous group of skin diseases directly or indirectly caused by mycobacteria of the tuberculosis complex, occupying the 5th place among all localizations of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis ...
D. V. Zaslavskij+9 more
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Purpose of reviewIntestinal tuberculosis (TB) is increasing due partly to the HIV pandemic. Its clinical presentation mimics inflammatory conditions such as Crohn's disease and malignancies, which are becoming more prevalent, so the diagnosis is ...
Donoghue, HD, Holton, J
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Intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) and Crohn's disease (CD) very closely resemble each other in symptomatology, imaging, appearance, and pathology. While ITB is rare in the United States, its prevalence is significantly higher in endemic areas, thus ...
A. Abadir, James Han, F. Youssef
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The role of the host—Neutrophil biology
Abstract Neutrophilic polymorphonuclear leukocytes (neutrophils) are myeloid cells packed with lysosomal granules (hence also called granulocytes) that contain a formidable antimicrobial arsenal. They are terminally differentiated cells that play a critical role in acute and chronic inflammation, as well as in the resolution of inflammation and wound ...
Iain L. C. Chapple+4 more
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