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Type I interferons in tuberculosis: Foe and occasionally friend [PDF]

, 2018
Tuberculosis remains one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, and, despite its clinical significance, there are still significant gaps in our understanding of pathogenic and protective mechanisms triggered by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
Mayer-Barber, K, Moreira-Teixeira, L, O'Garra, A, Sher, A   +3 more
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Generalized tuberculosis and multifetal pregnancy

Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2020
The article describes a clinical case of successful treatment of generalized tuberculosis in a young immunocompetent woman with multifetal pregnancy (triplets) and multiple localizations of tuberculosis: tuberculosis meningitis, disseminated pulmonary ...
P. O. Sotskiy, L. G. Gevorkyan, O. L. Sotskaya, M. D. Safaryan   +3 more
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Disseminated Cryptococcosis with Adrenal and Lung Involvement in an Immunocompetent Patient [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Disseminated cryptococcosis usually occurs in immunocompromised patients. Occasionally, it affects immunocompetent persons and mimics tuberculosis in clinical presentation and radiological findings.
Piyush Ranjan, Manisha Jana, Shanmugam Krishnan, Devajit Nath, Rita Sood   +4 more
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An atypical presentation of CNS tuberculosis manifesting with meningoencephalitis and tuberculoma in a New York taxi driver

IDCases, 2023
Mycobacterium Tuberculous (MTb) meningitis is a rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (Tb) but remains the most common form of Central Nervous System (CNS) manifestation of tuberculosis.
Aaron C. Yee, Ting Ting J. Wong
doaj   +1 more source

Estimation of Reserves for Improving the Results of Patients with Multipresistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Application of Surgical Methods Based on Analysis of the Efficiency of Conservative Treatment of a Specified Cohort [PDF]

, 2018
In order to improve the results of treatment of patients with multi-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis with the use of surgical methods, the effectiveness estimation of conservative treatment of 176 patients with this form of tuberculosis according to ...
Ivashchenko, V. (Vladimir), Kalabukha, I. (Igor), Khmel, O. (Oleg)   +2 more
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Redefining Therapies for Drug‐Resistant Tuberculosis: Synergistic Effects of Antimicrobial Peptides, Nanotechnology, and Computational Design

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Antimicrobial peptide (AMP)‐loaded nanocarriers provide a multifunctional strategy to combat drug‐resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. By enhancing intracellular delivery, bypassing efflux pumps, and disrupting bacterial membranes, this platform restores phagolysosome fusion and macrophage function.
Christian S. Carnero Canales, Jessica Ingrid Marquez Cazorla, Renzo Marianito Marquez Cazorla, Aline Martins dos Santos, Jonatas Lobato Duarte, Letícia Oliveira Catarin Nunes, Túlio Custódio Reis, Lara Cerazi Salvador, Norival Alves Santos‐Filho, Rafael Miguel Sábio, Hélder A. Santos, Fernando Rogério Pavan   +11 more
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What Immunological Defects Predispose to Non-tuberculosis Mycobacterial Infections? [PDF]

, 2017
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are categorized as one of the large and diverse groups of environmental organisms which are abundant in water and soil.  NTM cause a variety of diseases in humans that mainly affect the lung.
Adcock, IM, Garssen, J, Kazempour Dizagie, M, Mirsaeidi, M, Moloudizargari, M, Mortaz, E, Movassaghi, M, Varahram, M   +7 more
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Establishment of a biosafe murine model of skeletal tuberculosis using Mycobacterium smegmatis

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
This study developed a biosafe, accessible, and versatile murine model of bone TB using Mycobacterium smegmatis, a fast‐growing, nonpathogenic mycobacterial species with high genomic homology to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Three infection routes—subperiosteal calvarial injection, intratibial injection, and intracardiac (left ventricular) inoculation ...
Yewei Jia, Yuhuai Guo, Yusheng Yang, Jie Zhang, Ziyang Zhang, Ying Qu, Jiulin Tan, Jie Shen, Nathachit Limjunyawong, Jianzhong Xu, Zehua Zhang, Fei Luo, Ce Dou   +12 more
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Hypercalcemia in a 5-Year-Old Child with Disseminated Tuberculosis: Case Report and Literature Review

Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics, 2023
Fathia Omer Salah,1 Abubeker Fedlu Abdela,1 Zeinab Mustafa Obeid,2 Leul Adane,1 Gashaw Arega2 1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2Department of Pediatric & Child Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa,
Salah FO, Abdela AF, Obeid ZM, Adane L, Arega G   +4 more
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Changes in the lungs of a child with Gaucher disease: differential diagnosis with disseminated tuberculosis

Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2020
The article describes a clinical case of a rare combination of hereditary pathology – Gaucher disease and latent tuberculosis infection in an 8-year-old child.
M. E. Lozovskaya, Yu. A. Yarovaya, E. В. Vasilieva, L. N. Khamchieva, A. V. Mosina, P. V. Gavrilov   +5 more
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