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Explanation. Mantoux test is used to detect the tuberculous infection; however, low specificity of this method results in a high rate of false positive responses due to cross-reactions of PPD (protein purified derivate) antigens contained in many ...
L. V. Slogotskaya +3 more
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Pyoderma Gangrenosum Masquerading as Chronic Infective Ulcers: Two Case Reports Across Age Extremes
ABSTRACT Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare, ulcerative neutrophilic dermatosis that presents significant diagnostic challenges due to its clinical heterogeneity and lack of definitive laboratory markers. Misdiagnosis often leads to inappropriate treatments, delayed recovery, and increased morbidity.
Amrit Neupane +4 more
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Screening of health-care workers for latent tuberculosis infection in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Background: Health-care workers (HCWs) are at increased risk of acquiring tuberculosis (TB) than the general population. While national-level data on the burden of TB in general population is available from reliable sources, nationally representative ...
Anand Bimari Janagond +5 more
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ABSTRACT Background and Aims Reaction in leprosy is an immune‐mediated acute inflammatory episodes that occur in the natural course of Hansen's disease. Reaction can occur before, during, or after starting multidrug therapy and is a major cause of nerve damage, morbidity, and disability in affected individuals.
Bhaskar Gupta +9 more
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Abstract This article examines the gender wage gap and wage setting in the early cotton spinning factories of the industrial revolution, with a specific focus on Richard Arkwright's Lumford Mill in Bakewell, Derbyshire. The research links workers from the mill's wage books with parish baptism records to estimate ages and construct age–wage profiles in ...
Alexander Tertzakian
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a nonscarring treatment modality that is widely used for skin cancers and early squamous precursor lesions. PDT was previously thought to work primarily by killing cancer cells directly (via apoptosis or necrosis). However, more recent work indicates that a significant mechanism for PDT is the stimulation of anti‐cancer ...
Mark P. Ortenzio +4 more
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Tubercular Uveitis with Ocular Manifestation as the First Presentation of Tuberculosis: A Case Series [PDF]
Tuberculosis is very common disease in India. It is one of the most common causes of Granulomatous Uveitis in our Country even today. So the strongest suspicion in our mind when we are treating a case of Uveitis, should be TB.
Jayashree S. Shah +3 more
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ABSTRACT Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), a severe systemic neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by Leishmania donovani complex protozoa, poses a significant public health threat, particularly in East Africa, where it is fatal if untreated. Somalia is known to be endemic, but the true burden and programmatic challenges are poorly documented due to long ...
Abdirahman Nuur Hussein +4 more
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Evaluation of the inner thigh as site for mantoux test among children in Owerri South EasternNigeria
Background: Mantoux test, a type IV hypersensitivity reaction, is commonly used to screen children for possible tuberculosis. It is applied on the volar surface of forearm.
Ezeogu J +3 more
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