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An evaluation of innovative community-based approaches and systematic tuberculosis screening to improve tuberculosis case detection in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2017
Background: National tuberculosis (TB) programmes globally rely heavily on passive case finding for detecting TB in the community as advocated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Daniel C Oshi, Joachim C Omeje, Sarah N Oshi, Isaac N Alobu, Ngozi E Chukwu, Chukwuemeka Nwokocha, Obiageli F Emelumadu, Chidubem L Ogbudebe, Anthony O Meka, Kingsley N Ukwaja   +9 more
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Implementation of Intensified Tuberculosis Case Finding among People Living with HIV in Kampala, Uganda: A cross sectional study

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health, 2021
Introduction: Intensified Case Finding (ICF) is a cost-effective strategy for tuberculosis (TB) control and improving quality of life however, its implementation by health workers is generally reported as low in Uganda.
David Okello, Angela Nakanwagi Kisakye, Justine Namakula, Esther Buryegyeya   +3 more
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A survey on undiagnosed active pulmonary tuberculosis among pregnant mothers in mekelle and surrounding Districts in Tigray, Ethiopia

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2017
Objective/Background: To determine the prevalence of undiagnosed active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) cases and sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of symptom combinations for undiagnosed TB infection in human ...
Dawit Gebreegziabiher, Kelemework Adane, Markos Abebe   +2 more
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Diagnostic performance of GeneXpert in tuberculosis-HIV co-infected patients at Asella Teaching and Referral Hospital, Southeastern Ethiopia: A cross sectional study.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundGeneXpert is a new introduction in the diagnostic modality to fight tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLHIV) under the program of intensified TB case finding.
Abebe Sorsa, Muhammedawel Kaso
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Management and efficacy of intensified insulin therapy starting in outpatients [PDF]

, 1989
Diabetic patients under multiple injection insulin therapy (i.e., intensified insulin therapy, IIT) usually start this treatment during hospitalization. We report here on the logistics, efficacy, and safety of IIT, started in outpatients.
Winkelmann, W., W. Hummerich, M. Steffen, B. Allolio, Allolio, B., G. Ollenschläger, W. Winkelmann, M. Reincke, Hummerich, W., Steffen, M., Ollenschläger, G., Reincke, Martin   +11 more
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Tuberculosis screening among pregnant women attending a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry, South India: is it worth the effort?

Global Health Action, 2019
Background: The national tuberculosis (TB) programme in India recommends screening all pregnant women for TB, but this is rarely implemented. We carried out systematic TB screening among women attending the antenatal clinic of a tertiary care hospital in
Mathavaswami Vijayageetha, Ajay MV Kumar, Jayalakshmy Ramakrishnan, Sonali Sarkar, Dasari Papa, Kedar Mehta, Noyal M Joseph, Manju Rajaram, Sathish Rajaa, Palanivel Chinnakali   +9 more
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Standard Versus Intensified Tuberculosis Diagnostics on Treatment Decisions by Physicians in Northern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2014
Routine tuberculosis culture remains unavailable in many high-burden areas, including Tanzania. This study sought to determine the impact of providing mycobacterial culture results over standard of care [unconcentrated acid-fast (AFB) smears] on ...
Thielman, Nathan M., Njau, Boniface N., Bartlett, John A., Tribble, A.C, Njau, Boniface N, Kibiki, Gibson S, Morrissey, Anne B, Morpeth, Susan C., Crump, John A., Morpeth, Susan C, John A Crump, Lancaster, Kathryn E, Shein-Chung Chow, Jason E Stout, Maro, Venance P, Hamilton, C.D, Lancaster, K.E, Stout, Jason E., Thielman, Nathan M, Stout, Jason E, Carol D Hamilton, Maro, V.P, Nathan M Thielman, Morpeth, S.C, Coleen K Cunningham, Morrissey, Anne B., Cunningham, C.K, Chow, Shein-Chung, Msuya, Levina J., Tribble, Alison C., Boniface N Njau, Tribble, Alison C, John F Shao, Shao, John F., Stout, J.E, Hamilton, Carol D, Reddy, E.A, Chow, S.-C, Msuya, Levina J, Hamilton, Carol D., Kibiki, Gibson S., Elizabeth A Reddy, Thielman, N.M, Morrissey, A.B, Msuya, L.J, Kathryn E Lancaster, Cunningham, Coleen K., Schimana, W, Werner Schimana, Lancaster, Kathryn, Crump, John A, Crump, J.A, Maro, Venance P., Reddy, Elizabeth A., Bartlett, J.A, Alison C Tribble, Kibiki, G.S, Shao, J.F, Susan C Morpeth, Njau, B.N, Venance P Maro, Anne B Morrissey, Cunningham, Coleen K, Levina J Msuya, Gibson S Kibiki, John A Bartlett, Shao, John F, Schimana, Werner, Reddy, Elizabeth A, Bartlett, John A   +69 more
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Laboratory confirmation of Buruli ulcer disease in Togo, 2007-2010. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011
BACKGROUND: Since the early 1990s more than 1,800 patients with lesions suspicious for Buruli ulcer disease (BUD) have been reported from Togo. However, less than five percent of these were laboratory confirmed.
Gisela Bretzel, Kristina Lydia Huber, Basil Kobara, Marcus Beissner, Ebekalisai Piten, Karl-Heinz Herbinger, Franz Xaver Wiedemann, Komi Amekuse, Abiba Banla Kere, Kerstin Helfrich, Erna Fleischmann, Thomas Löscher, Adolf Diefenhardt, Jörg Nitschke   +13 more
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The diagnostic performance of a single GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay in an intensified tuberculosis case finding survey among HIV-infected prisoners in Malaysia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Delays in tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, particularly in prisons, is associated with detrimental outcomes. The new GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay (Xpert) offers accurate and rapid diagnosis of active TB, but its performance in improving case detection in high ...
Haider Abdulrazzaq Abed Al-Darraji, Humaira Abd Razak, Kee Peng Ng, Frederick L Altice, Adeeba Kamarulzaman   +4 more
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High-dose vitamin D(3) during intensive-phase antimicrobial treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: a double-blind randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D was used to treat tuberculosis in the pre-antibiotic era, and its metabolites induce antimycobacterial immunity in vitro. Clinical trials investigating the effect of adjunctive vitamin D on sputum culture conversion are absent ...
Rutterford, CM, Wilkinson, R. J., Drobniewski, Francis A, Packe, Geoffrey E, Moore-Gillon, John C., Bothamley, GH, Nikolayevskyy, V, Barker, Richard D., Heather J Milburn, Martineau, AR, Drobniewski, Francis A., Coussens, Anna K., Davidson, R, Mein, C. A., Griffiths, CJ, Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy, Timms,, P. M., Drobniewski, FA, Christopher J Mullett, Venton, Timothy R, Eldridge, SM, John C Moore-Gillon, Francis A Drobniewski, Griffiths, C. J., Davies, Geraint R., Milburn, HJ, Venton, TR, Drobniewski, F. A., Davies, Geraint R, Moore-Gillon, J. C., Alleyna P Claxton, Charles A Mein, Eldridge, S. M., Yasmeen Hanifa, Mullett, Christopher J, Sandra M Eldridge, Claxton, Alleyna P, Graham H Bothamley, Davidson, Robert N, Venton, Timothy R., Davidson, Robert N., Mein, Charles A, Venton, T. R., Milburn, Heather, Barnes, Korina E, Wilkinson, Robert J, Martineau, Adrian R., Rutterford, Clare M, Milburn, Heather J, Phil, D, Packe, Geoffrey E., Davies, G. R., Woodward, NJ, Mein, Charles A., Rutterford, C. M, Geoffrey E Packe, Woodward, Nicholas J, Islam, Kamrul, Packe, GE, Mathina Darmalingam, Robert N Davidson, Anna K Coussens, Geraint R Davies, Timms, Peter M., Barnes, Korina E., Hanifa, Yasmeen, Davies, GR, Martineau, Adrian R, Moore-Gillon, JC, Barker, R. D., Nikolayevskyy, Vladyslav, Baker, L.V., Bothamley, Graham H., Moore-Gillon, John C, Timothy R Venton, Coussens, A. K, Timms, Peter M, Baker, Lucy V, Martineau, A R., Robert J Wilkinson, Griffiths, Christopher J, Baker, Lucy V., Darmalingam, M, Barnes, K. E., Wilkinson, Robert J., Bothamley, G. H., Christopher J Griffiths, Coussens, Anna K, Claxton, Alleyna P., Kamrul Islam, Barker, Richard D, Mullett, Christopher J., Barker, RD, Peter M Timms, Mullett, B, Hanifa, Y, Woodward, Nicholas J., Barnes, KE, Korina E Barnes, Claxton, AP, Woodward, N. J., Claxton, A. P., Mullett, CJ, Coussens, AK, Timms, PM, Eldridge, Sandra M., Christopher, J, Davidson, RN, Eldridge, Sandra M, Griffiths, Christopher J., Clare M Rutterford, Lucy V Baker, Nicholas J Woodward, Bothamley, Graham H, Richard D Barker, Darmalingam, Mathina, Packe, G. E., Milburn, H.J., Mein, CA, Baker, LV, Rutterford, Clare M., Wilkinson, RJ, Adrian R Martineau, Islam, K   +123 more
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