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Child Contact Management in Tuberculosis under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program in Kalaburagi District of North Karnataka

Indian Journal of Public Health
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major causes of mortality among children globally. Considering the vulnerability of children, India’s National TB Elimination Program (NTEP) recommends screening of all household contacts aged
Poonam Shingade, Saraswati V. Sajjan, I. Amruta Swati, Manas Ranjan Pradhan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of secondary isoniazid preventive therapy among HIVinfected Southern Africans: time to change policy? [PDF]

, 2005
Objective. To determine the efficacy of secondary preventive therapy against tuberculosis (TB) among goldminers working in South Africa. Design. An observational study. Methods.
Grant, Alison D, Charalambous, Salome, Hayes, Richard J, Churchyard, Gavin J, Samb, Babara, Fielding, Katherine, De Cock, Kevin M, Corbett, Elizabeth L, Chaisson, Richard E, Day, John H   +9 more
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The pooled estimates of isoniazid preventive therapy effect on all-types of Tuberculosis.

, 2015
* Random effect model**Prediction interval can only be estimated for more than two studiesART: Antiretro viral therapy; CI: Confidence interval; IPT: Isoniazid preventive therapy; PI: Prediction interval; RR: Relative Risk; TST: Tuberculin Skin TestThe ...
Henok Tadesse Ayele (823954), Thomas P. A. Debray (401148), Marc J. M. Bonten (109524), Maaike S. M. van Mourik (112754)   +3 more
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Prurigo Pigmentosa – an increasingly diagnosed dermatological condition associated with ketogenic diet

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
SUMMARY Prurigo pigmentosa (PP) is a rare inflammatory dermatosis, clinically characterized by intensely pruritic, erythematous papules and papulovesicles, with reticular hyperpigmentation upon healing. We herein report four cases in adults of different ethnic backgrounds, in which the disease was associated with ketogenic metabolic states due to ...
Antigona Aliu, Milan Vidakovic, Marcel Krauß, Julia Hyun, Frank Oellig, Thilo Gambichler, Valentina Laura Müller, Alexander Kreuter   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rifapentine-isoniazid versus isoniazid-alone therapy for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV (PLHIV): a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

BMC Infectious Diseases
Introduction Tuberculosis (TB), a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV), accounted for 161,000 deaths among HIV-co-infected patients in 2023.
Syed Hassan Ahmed, Syed Shayaan Hassan, Laila Tul Qadar, Nathan Selsky, Maria Duharte, Moustafa Hegazi, Afsana Ansari Shaik, Muhammad Sohaib Asghar   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The pooled estimates of isoniazid preventive therapy effect on adverse drug reaction.

, 2015
* Random effect model**Prediction interval can only be estimated for more than two studiesART: Antiretro viral therapy; CI: Confidence interval; IPT: Isoniazid preventive therapy; PI: Prediction interval; RR: Relative Risk; TST: Tuberculin Skin TestThe ...
Henok Tadesse Ayele (823954), Thomas P. A. Debray (401148), Marc J. M. Bonten (109524), Maaike S. M. van Mourik (112754)   +3 more
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Expert Consensus on the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH): An Algorithmic Approach in an Era of New Treatments

European Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare hematologic disorder caused by a defect of glycosylphosphatidyl‐anchored proteins, leading to an uncontrolled complement‐mediated hemolysis. The advent of complement inhibitors in clinical practice radically changed patients' outcomes and survival.
Bruno Fattizzo, Monia Marchetti, Elisa Cannizzo, Arianna Gatti, Massimo Geuna, Anna Paola Iori, Maddalena Raia, Simona Sica, Francesco Buccisano   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Screening for tuberculosis in family and household contacts in a rural area in Ethiopia over a 20-month period

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2013
The purpose of this study is to describe the experience of the completion of the Tuberculosis (TB) Contact Screening Logbook (TB-CSL). The TB-CSL was retrospectively analyzed from July 2007 until June 2012.
Jose Manuel Ramos, Dejere Biru, Abraham Tesfamariam, Francisco Reyes, Miguel Górgolas   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The pooled estimates of isoniazid preventive therapy effect on all-cause mortality.

, 2015
* Random effect model**Prediction interval can only be estimated for more than two studiesART: Antiretro viral therapy; CI: Confidence interval; IPT: Isoniazid preventive therapy; PI: Prediction interval; RR: Relative Risk; TST: Tuberculin Skin TestThe ...
Henok Tadesse Ayele (823954), Thomas P. A. Debray (401148), Marc J. M. Bonten (109524), Maaike S. M. van Mourik (112754)   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Trends in drug-resistant tuberculosis in a gold-mining workforce in South Africa, 2002-2008. [PDF]

, 2012
SETTING AND OBJECTIVE: To describe trends in drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in two gold-mining workforces, South Africa, 2002-2008. DESIGN: TB programme data analysis.
Fielding, K. L., van Halsema, CL, Churchyard, GJ, Churchyard, G. J., Chihota, VN, Grant, AD, Chihota, V. N., Grant, A. D., Fielding, KL, van Halsema, C. L., Lewis, J. J., Lewis, JJ   +11 more
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