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Comparison of same day diagnostic tools including Gene Xpert and unstimulated IFN-γ for the evaluation of pleural tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study

, 2014
Background: The accuracy of currently available same-day diagnostic tools (smear microscopy and conventional nucleic acid amplification tests) for pleural tuberculosis (TB) is sub-optimal. Newer technologies may offer improved detection.
Jonny Peter, Greg Symons, Meldau, Richard, Symons, Greg, Calligaro, Greg, van Zyl-Smit, Richard, Gina Ntombenhle, Peter, Jonny, Hoosain Khalfey, Keertan Dheda, Grant Theron, Greg Calligaro, Brian Allwood, Anke Binder, Allwood, Brian, Govender, Ureshnie, Ntombenhle, Gina, Ureshnie Govender, Dheda, Keertan, Theron, Grant, Khalfey, Hoosain, Richard Meldau, Richard van Zyl-Smit, Binder, Anke   +23 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of computer-aided detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in chest radiographs : a validation study from sub-saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2014
Chest radiography to diagnose and screen for pulmonary tuberculosis has limitations, especially due to inter-reader variability. Automating the interpretation has the potential to overcome this drawback and to deliver objective and reproducible results ...
Jugheli, Levan, Wagner, Dirk, Hella, J.J., Jugheli, L., Hombergh, J. van den, Wagner, D., Amanda Ross, Hombergh, Jan van den, Ross, Amanda, Mhimbira, Francis, Breuninger, Marianne, van den Hombergh, Jan, Hella, Jerry J, Lwilla, F., Fred Lwilla, Philipsen, Rick H H M, Klaus Reither, van Ginneken, Bram, Mhimbira, F., Reither, K., Bram van Ginneken, Marianne Breuninger, Jerry J Hella, Ross, A., Jan van den Hombergh, Reither, Klaus, Hella, Jerry J., Ginneken, Bram van, Breuninger, M., Philipsen, Rick H. H. M., Rick H H M Philipsen, Francis Mhimbira, Levan Jugheli, Ginneken, B. van, Dirk Wagner, Lwilla, Fred, Philipsen, R.H.H.M.   +36 more
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The Diagnostic Challenge of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis

JACC: Case Reports, 2020
We describe the case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis complicated by esophageal perforation, pneumopericardium, and pericardial abscess formation. This case illustrates the difficulty in diagnosing extrapulmonary tuberculosis, as the occurrence of ...
Tijs Bringmans, MD, Inne Vanreusel, MD, Adrien Coquilhat, MD, Stef Derwa, MD, Sabrina H. van Ierssel, MD, PhD, Dina De Bock, MD, Constantijn Franssen, MD, PhD   +6 more
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Rapid and Accurate Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sputum Samples by Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assay-A Clinical Validation Study [PDF]

, 2011
Background: A crucial impediment to global tuberculosis control is the lack of an accurate, rapid diagnostic test for detection of patients with active TB.
Perkins, M., Saathoff, E., Elmar Saathoff, Huggett, J, Zumla, A, Saathoff, E, Rojas-Ponce Gabriel, Andrea Rachow, Reither, K, Mtafya, Bariki, Huggett, J., Klaus Reither, Norbert Heinrich, Heinrich Norbert, Hoelscher Michael, Perkins Mark, Saathoff, Elmar, Mark Perkins, Mtafya, B, Boehme, C, Ntinginya, Elias N., Elias N. Ntinginya, O'Grady, J, Zumla Alimuddin, Saathoff Elmar, O'Grady, Justin, Catharina Boehme, Dheda, Keertan, Boehme Catharina, Ntinginya, EN, Dheda, K., Huggett Jim, Boehme, C., Rachow, A., Elias N Ntinginya, Jim Huggett, Dheda, K, Heinrich, N, Hoelscher, M., Keertan Dheda, Rojas-Ponce, G, Perkins, Mark, Hoelscher, Michael, Mtafya Bariki, Rachow, Andrea, Michael Hoelscher, Heinrich, N., Mtafya, B., Gabriel Rojas-Ponce, Rojas-Ponce, Gabriel, Boehme, Catharina, Perkins, M, Zumla, A., Reither, K., Rachow, A, Bariki Mtafya, Rojas-Ponce G.,, Reither, Klaus, Hoelscher, M, O'Grady J.,, Huggett, Jim, Ntinginya, E. N., O'Grady Justin, Heinrich, Norbert, Rachow Andrea, Reither Klaus, Zumla, Alimuddin, Dheda Keertan, Justin O'Grady, Ntinginya Elias N., Alimuddin Zumla   +70 more
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Epidemiological Assessment of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Qom Province during 2008-2015 (Iran)

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2017
Background and Objectives: Tuberculosis is an important infectious disease, which is generally classified into two types of pulmonary and extrapulmonary. Today, extrapulmonary tuberculosis accounts for about one-third of cases of tuberculosis. Due to the
Fatemeh Rezaei, Abedin Saghafipour, Nazanin Zia sheikholeslami, Moharam Karami Jooshin   +3 more
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Border tuberculosis: Migrant tuberculosis screenings and the enactment of disease in the Indonesia–Malaysia migration corridor

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Documented migrant workers from Indonesia recruited for work in Malaysia need to undergo tuberculosis screenings before being issued work permits and visas. Centered on the production, circulation, and interpretation of chest X‐ray images, these screenings are shaped in concrete, practical ways by the demands of border control regulations ...
Jonathan Kraemer
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Hematological parameters in pediatric pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Vietnam: a prospective observational study

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette
Background Tuberculosis in children remains a significant public health issue in Vietnam. This study aims to describe the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of children with pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis and to evaluate the value of ...
Chau Duc Nguyen-Huu, Thi Hanh Chan Tran, Thi Hong Nhung La, Van-Tuy Nguyen   +3 more
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Haematological Changes in Patients with Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Introduction: Mycobacterium tuberculosis interacts with the body’s immune system, resulting in the migration of neutrophils, followed by monocytes and macrophages, which activate T cells and eventually lead to clinical symptoms.
Chirag H Chakravarti, Rushikesh R Yadav, Arti D Shah, Bhavesh M Patel, Duddilla Sai Venkata Vishwanath Gupta   +4 more
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A Review of Breath Sensing for Disease Monitoring and Diagnosis: Breathomics, Artificial Intelligence, and Nanomaterials for the Future of Medicine

Advanced Sensor Research, Volume 5, Issue 7, July 2026.
Breathomics is established as a non‐invasive diagnostic strategy by combining volatile organic compound biomarkers, nanomaterial‐based sensor arrays, and AI‐driven classification. Key diseases, sensing materials, and analytical challenges are critically compared, revealing how portable, data‐enabled breath platforms are moving toward clinically useful ...
Anesu Nyabadza, Mayur Makhesana, Suman Chatterjee, Dermot Brabazon   +3 more
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Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: Two Case Reports

, 2017
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is still a major public health problem today, especially in developing countries. Tuberculosis is a disease that can involve every organ, especially the lungs, and the emergence of different symptoms in every organ makes it ...
Yıldız Okuturlar, Mehmet Hurşitoğlu, Firuze Midi Kursat, Bahar Özdemir, Hakan Kursat, Hakan Koçoğlu, İsmet Bahtiyar, Abdülbaki Kumbasar, Meral Mert, Özlem Harmankaya, Betül Erişmiş   +10 more
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