Pathomorphosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Children [PDF]
, 2016 Aim. To study clinical and epidemiological aspects of pathomorphosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis clinical forms.Materials and Methods. Retrospective analysis of 138 case histories in children aged to 15 years, obtaining extrapulmonary tuberculosis ...
Mykolyshyn, L. (Lidia) +1 more
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Revue des maladies respiratoires, 2012 Extrapulmonary tuberculosis represents an increasing proportion of all cases of tuberculosis reaching 20 to 40% according to published reports. Extrapulmonary TB is found in a higher proportion of women, black people and immunosuppressed individuals. A significant proportion of cases have a normal chest X-Ray at the time of diagnosis. The most frequent
Prasanta Mohapatra, Ashok Janmeja
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Appendicular mass – a rare form of tuberculosis [PDF]
, 2017 Tuberculosis is in the top 10 causes of death worldwide, being one of the most deadly infectious diseases. It is estimated that one of three people from the entire earth population has a latent infection with M tuberculosis.
Balalau, Cristian +5 more
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Black race, sex, and extrapulmonary tuberculosis risk: an observational study
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2010 Background Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is likely a marker of underlying immune compromise. Our objective was to determine race and sex differences in extrapulmonary tuberculosis risk in order to identify the optimal population in which to assess for host
Lisa Kaltenbach +6 more
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Pediatric Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis, One Senter Six Years Experience
Journal of Behçet Uz Children's Hospital, 2020 INTRODUCTION: To review the clinical, laboratory and epidemiological characteristics of extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases of childhood. METHODS: In this study, patients who were diagnosed as extrapulmonary tuberculosis under the age of 18 in University ...
Belgin Gülhan, Saliha Kanık Yüksek
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Paraspinal Abscess Secondary to Tuberculous Spondylitis Diagnosed by Xpert MTB/RIF Assay in Rural Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2013 A 31-year-old HIV-negative man presented to our clinic with a 6-month history of back pain and a swelling at the back. Radiological studies revealed lumbar vertebral destruction.
Hella, Jerry Joseph +3 more
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USE OF ACCELERATED METHODS OF DETECTION OF MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT EXTRAPULMONRY TUBERCULOSIS
Паёми Сино, 2018 Objective: To evaluate modern diagnostic methods in identifying extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis (EPT) with drug resistance. Methods: To examine the time limits and identification of circumstances and diagnostics in EPT considered TB-06 ...
D.K. KOZHOMKULOV +5 more
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Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility Assay for Rapid Diagnosis of Lymph Node Tuberculosis and Detection of Drug Resistance. [PDF]
, 2015 In this study, 132 patients with lymphadenopathy were investigated. Fifty-two (39.4%) were diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). The microscopic observation drug susceptibility (MODS) assay provided rapid (13 days), accurate diagnosis (sensitivity, 65.4 ...
Cabrera, JL +12 more
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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 ...
AT Cruz +39 more
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Demographic characteristics of patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Germany [PDF]
, 2008 The aim of the present study was to determine the demographics of patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Germany. Data on 26,302 tuberculosis cases from a national survey carried out during the period 1996-2000 were analysed.
Forssbohm, M +3 more
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