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Imaging in extrapulmonary tuberculosis [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global public health problem, with 1.5 million deaths annually worldwide. One in five cases of TB present as extrapulmonary TB (EPTB), posing major diagnostic and management challenges. Mycobacterium tuberculosis adapts to a quiescent physiological state and is notable for its complex interaction with the host ...
Sanjay Gambhir, Mudalsha Ravina, Kasturi Rangan, Manish Dixit, Sukanta Barai, Jamshed Bomanji   +5 more
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Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis

, 2019
Extrapulmonary involvement can occur in isolation or along with a pulmonary focus as in the case of patients with disseminated tuberculosis (TB). The recent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) pandemic has resulted in changing epidemiology and has once again brought extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) into ...
S K, Sharma, A, Mohan
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CCL2 responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis are associated with disease severity in tuberculosis. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND Leucocyte activating chemokines such as CCL2, CCL3, and CXCL8 together with proinflammatory IFNgamma, TNFalpha and downmodulatory IL10 play a central role in the restriction of M.
Hussain Rabia, Cliff, Jacqueline M., Hasan, Z, Jamil, Bushra, Bushra Jamil, Hussain, Rabia, Cliff, Jacqueline M, Ashraf Mussarat, Hazel M Dockrell, Hasan Zahra, Jamil, B, Mussarat Ashraf, Jacqueline M Cliff, Ashraf, Mussarat, Cliff Jacqueline M., Cliff, JM, Irfan, Muhammad, Irfan Muhammad, Ashraf, M, Hussain, R, Muhammad Irfan, Hasan, Zahra, Dockrell Hazel M., Dockrell, HM, Irfan, M, Jamil Bushra, Dockrell, Hazel M, Rabia Hussain, Zahra Hasan   +28 more
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Evaluation of the molecular assays for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in extrapulmonary specimens

, 2021
Introduction: Tuberculosis, one of the most common and deadly infectious diseases, mainly affects the lungs, but can involve all tissues and organs. Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis may be more challenging than pulmonary tuberculosis, which may ...
KARAHASAN, AYŞEGÜL
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Investigation of the high rates of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia reveals no single driving factor and minimal evidence for zoonotic transmission of Mycobacterium bovis infection [PDF]

, 2015
Ethiopia, a high tuberculosis (TB) burden country, reports one of the highest incidence rates of extra-pulmonary TB dominated by cervical lymphadenitis (TBLN).
Wondale Mekonnen, Rea Tschopp, Gordon, Stephen V, Firdessa, Rebuma, Kiros, T, Yamuah, Lawrence, Gagneux, Sebastien, Habtamu, M, Hussein, J, Hewinson, G, Araya Mengistu, Aseffa, Abraham, Hailu, Elena, Elena Hailu, Gadisa, Endalamaw, Robertson, BD, Zinsstag, J, Hussein, Jemal, Brian D Robertson, Esther Schelling, Berg, Stefan, Tschopp, R, Aseffa, A, Rebuma Firdessa, Glyn Hewinson, Kiros, Teklu, Berg, S, Stefan Berg, Robertson, Brian D., Shiferaw Bekele, Mengistu, A, Meseret Habtamu, Gordon, SV, Abraham Aseffa, Lawrence Yamuah, Yohannes Derese, Firdessa, R, Erenso, G, Stephen V Gordon, Gadisa, E, Yamuah, L, Gumi, Balako, Habtamu, Meseret, Gumi, B, Robertson, Brian D, Balako Gumi, Derese, Y, Bekele, S, Gobena Ameni, Mekonnen, W, Mengistu, Araya, Hailu, E, Tschopp, Rea, Girume Erenso, Erenso, Girume, Hewinson, Glyn, Endalamaw Gadisa, Gagneux, S, Derese, Yohannes, Mekonnen, Wondale, Bekele, Shiferaw, Sebastien Gagneux, Ameni, G, Zinsstag, Jakob, Schelling, E, Ameni, Gobena, Schelling, Esther, Gordon, Stephen V., Jemal Hussein, Jakob Zinsstag, Teklu Kiros   +70 more
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Lack of Association of 1513 A/C Polymorphism in P2X7 Gene with Susceptibility to 7 Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis [PDF]

, 2014
Introduction: Tuberculosis, is one of the a leading causes of death worldwide, is characterized by different clinical forms including: latent, localized pulmonary infection and extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
Deveci, Figen, Ozdemir, Fethi Ahmet, Konar, Vahit, Senli, Ebru Kara, Bulut, Funda, Erol, Deniz, Yuce, Hueyin   +6 more
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Evaluation of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Cases Presenting with Different Clinical Findings [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases may display different clinical symptoms and this causes a delay in diagnosis. Nutritional deficiencies, migrations, and wars facilitate the development and the spreading speed of the disease.
Ozlem Bostan Gayret, Abdulrahman Ozel, Meltem Erol, Fatih Mete, Ozgul Yigit, Can Polat   +5 more
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Differences in primary sites of infection between zoonotic and human tuberculosis : results from a worldwide systematic review [PDF]

, 2013
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most devastating infectious diseases worldwide. Whilst global burden estimates for M. tuberculosis infection (MtTB) are well established, accurate data on the contribution of zoonotic TB (zTB) caused by M.
Alonso Silvia, Helden, P.D. van, Müller Borna, Durr, S, Paul D. van Helden (33594), Jan Hattendorf (113923), Dürr Salome, Borna Müller (173253), van Helden, P D, Salome Dürr (272199), Laisse, CJM, Hattendorf, J., Müller, B., Hattendorf, J, Zinsstag Jakob, Muller, B, Laisse, Cláudio J M, Cláudio J. M. Laisse (451813), Hattendorf Jan, Müller, Borna, Zinsstag, J, van Helden, P. D., Durr, Salome, van Helden, Paul D, Borna Müller, Paul D van Helden, Laisse, C. J. M., Silvia Alonso, Jakob Zinsstag (113928), van Helden Paul D., Salome Dürr, Laisse Cláudio J. M., Dürr, S., Dürr, Salome Esther, Zinsstag, Jakob, Alonso, Silvia, Hattendorf, Jan, Alonso, S, Laisse, Claudio J. M., Alonso, S., Van Helden, Paul D., Cláudio J M Laisse, Jakob Zinsstag, Laisse, C.J.M., Zinsstag, J., Jan Hattendorf, Silvia Alonso (451812)   +46 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, Zwahlen, M, Rieder, H L, Loddenkemper, R   +3 more
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Droplet digital PCR vs. quantitative real time-PCR for diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
Tuberculosis is a rising global public health emergency. Then, it is a priority to undertake innovations in preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic methods. Improved diagnostic methods for tuberculosis are urgently needed to address this global epidemic.
Edinson Dante Meregildo-Rodriguez, Martha Genara Asmat-Rubio, Gustavo Adolfo Vásquez-Tirado   +2 more
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