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Role of Corticosteroids in Tubercular Pleural Effusion: A Prospective Interventional Study from a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Telangana, India [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022
Introduction: Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in majority of the developing countries. Pleural effusion develops when fluid accumulates between the parietal and visceral pleura.
Sunitha Dubba, Suresh Babu Sayana, Mounika Vadithya, M Sravan Kumar, I Sridhar, Meela Ranjith Kumar   +5 more
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Blood Agar for the Isolation of M. tuberculosis in Comparison with LJ Medium and BACTEC MGIT 960 [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: The evolution of laboratory diagnostic methods of Tuberculosis (TB) over the past few years are designed to achieve more rapid, less expensive, and accurate results.
Swetha Kamble, P Shashikala Reddy, Ch Navaneetha   +2 more
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Extrapulmonary Findings Predicting Intensive Care Support in Coronavirus Disease 2019 at Initial Computed Tomography

Cerrahpaşa Medical Journal, 2023
Objective: To determine the possible extrapulmonary factors that can predict the need for intensive care support with initial computed tomography and predict mortality.
Seda Aladağ Kurt, Sabri Şirolu, Olcay Dilken, Şermin Börekçi, İlker İnanç Balkan, Sebuh Kuruğoğlu   +5 more
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Isolated soft tissue tuberculosis: a case report and literature review

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
Soft tissue tuberculosis is a rare extrapulmonary form of tuberculosis with limited experience in diagnosis and treatment. Soft tissue tuberculosis is an extrapulmonary infection with atypical clinical symptoms that can be easily misdiagnosed.
Baolin Chen, Baolin Chen, Yuxiang Bao, Yuxiang Bao, Jun Chen, Yunpu Zhang, Qifu Wen, Kai Wang, Xiaoming Cheng, Xiaoming Cheng, Junyuan Lv, Junyuan Lv, Junyuan Lv   +12 more
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Ergonomic Diagnostic Tool based on Chip Mini RTPCR for Diagnosis of Pulmonary and Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2019
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis (TB) is a challenging problem with the currently available conventional methods such as microscopy for Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) and culture techniques.The diagnosis of Extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is still more ...
V. Mangayarkarasi, Sneka P., Sujith R., Jayaprakash   +3 more
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Diagnostic Performance of Different Laboratory Methods for the Detection of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis

Microorganisms, 2023
Accurate and appropriate extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) diagnosis remains challenging due to its paucibacillary nature, requirement of invasive collection procedures, and lack of sensitive tests.
Mohammad Khaja Mafij Uddin, Md. Fahim Ather, Senjuti Kabir, Arfatur Rahman, Sabrina Choudhury, Rumana Nasrin, Tanjina Rahman, S. M. Mazidur Rahman, Shahriar Ahmed, Sayera Banu   +9 more
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GeneXpert MTB-RIF assay as a rapid and effective molecular method for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Erbil City

Zanco Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019
Background and objective: Tuberculosis is a major public health problem worldwide, especially in developing countries. The disease poses a massive threat to public health, causing increased morbidity and mortality. Therefore, early detection is essential
Salah Tofik Jalal
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Dural Tears in Pediatric Spine Surgery

Global Spine Journal, 2015
Introduction Dural tears during spine surgery in children may result in neurological impairment and surgical site infections. Material and Methods Study design: Cohort analysis.
Andrey Pershin, Alexander Mushkin
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Epidemiology of extrapulmonary and disseminated tuberculosis in a tertiary care center in Oman

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2017
Background: The incidence of extrapulmonary and disseminated tuberculosis (TB) cases is increasing worldwide, and this growth significantly impacts TB-related morbidity and mortality.
Zied Gaifer
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Tubercular meningitis complicated by weil's Syndrome – Management of tuberculosis in a patient with concurrent hepatic and renal dysfunction

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2022
Weil's syndrome, a severe form of the disease, may present with symptoms such as jaundice, renal dysfunction, and hemorrhagic diathesis and it can progress to multi-organ failure leading to death.
Chaudhary Niraliben Hareshkumar, Prashant Gopal, Pradnya Mukund Diggikar   +2 more
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