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Tuberculosis in Malta in the 21st century [PDF]

, 1996
The World Health Organisation dedicated the 24th of March 1996 as World TB Day in a bid to promote its publicity campaign aimed at increasing awareness of the deteriorating situation as regards the treatment and control of tuberculosis.
Ebejer, Martin J.
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Diagnostic Challenges in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A Single-Center Experience in a High-Resource Setting at a German Tertiary Care Center

Background/Objectives: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis accounts for a significant portion of tuberculosis cases, presenting unique diagnostic challenges due to its heterogeneous manifestations and paucibacillary nature.
Phil-Robin Tepasse, Jonel Trebicka, Julia Fischer, Ioana D. Olaru, Jonas Wilmink, Richard Vollenberg   +5 more
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Tuberculosis among transhumant pastoralist and settled communities of south-eastern Mauritania [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Transhumant pastoralists of Mauritania were assumed to have a high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) because of reduced access to diagnostic testing. No population-based survey on TB has been published for Mauritania.
Aissata Lô, Bassirou Bonfoh, Lô, Aissata, Tall-Dia, Anta, Esther Schelling, Schelling, Esther, Bonfoh, Bassirou, Anta Tall-Dia   +7 more
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The inconsistent definitions used for tuberculosis in the medical literature

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2015
In order to assess the confusion attendant with current definitions of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, pleural and miliary disease, a set of 37 papers published which analyzed disease states were assessed for how the terms adhered to official definitions of
Wayne Xavier Shandera, Omar Merchant
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Utility of novel diagnostic tests for tuberculosis using human urine

, 2012
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Two thirds of new TB cases in sub-Saharan Africa are HIV coinfected. HIV-TB co-infection increases the incidence of extra-pulmonary, sputum smear-negative and sputum-scarce TB.
Muchinga, Tapuwa Enwell
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Tuberculosis treatment outcome in a tertiary care setting

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2007
Background: The outcome of chemotherapy for pulmonary, extrapulmonary, and disseminated tuberculosis is not well documented, especially in developing countries.
Bukhary Zakeya, Alrajhi Abdulrahman
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Evaluation of Xpert® MTB/RIF and ustar easyNAT™ TB IAD for diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis of children in Tanzania : a prospective descriptive study [PDF]

, 2016
Fine needle aspiration biopsy has become a standard approach for diagnosis of peripheral tuberculous lymphadenitis. The aim of this study was to compare the performance of Xpert MTB/RIF and Ustar EasyNAT TB IAD nucleic acid amplification assays, against ...
Jugheli, Levan, Mohamed Sasamalo, Chande, Hassan, Maira Bholla, Beck, Hans-Peter, Reither, Klaus, Edward Masika, Tracy R. Glass, Hans-Peter Beck, Masika, Edward, Sasamalo, Mohamed, Glass, Tracy R., Klaus Reither, Bholla, Maira, Levan Jugheli, Kapalata, Neema, Hassan Chande, Neema Kapalata   +17 more
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Comparative analysis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis of 411 cases [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Tuberculosis is a disease that can involve every organ system. While pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common presentation, extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPT) is also an important clinical problem.
Aysel Sunnetcioglu, Mahmut Sunnetcioglu, Sünnetçioğlu, Mahmut, Sünnetçioğlu, Aysel, Karahocagil, Mustafa Kasım, Baran, Ali İrfan, Muhammed Rıdvan Saydan, Irfan Binici, Ali Irfan Baran, BINICI, Irfan, Mustafa Kasım Karahocagil, SAYDAN, Muhammed Ridvan   +11 more
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Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: Imaging Features Beyond the Chest

, 2013
The purpose of this pictorial review is to illustrate the various imaging findings of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Manifestations of cardiac, central nervous system, head and neck, musculoskeletal, abdominal, genitourinary, and breast tuberculosis will ...
Chang, Silvia D., MacLean, Kelly A., Harris, Alison C., Becker, Annalisa K.   +3 more
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[Extrapulmonary tuberculosis].

Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra, 2008
In spite of the lung being the target organ par excellence of tuberculosis, any other organ and system can be affected. In this article we review the forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, with the exception of the pleural form that requires the use of good diagnostic skills.
P, Fanlo, G, Tiberio
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