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Tuberculosis in Malta in the 21st century [PDF]

, 1996
The World Health Organisation dedicated the 24th of March 1996 as World TB Day in a bid to promote its publicity campaign aimed at increasing awareness of the deteriorating situation as regards the treatment and control of tuberculosis.
Ebejer, Martin J.
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Psychosocial Need Analysis of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis. [PDF]

, 2014
Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic pulmonary disease impacted on physical and psychosocial of the patients. However, to date, the goverment’s programs has not address the psychososial problem of the patients yet.
Hernawati, T. (Taty), Sriati, A. (Aat), Suryani, S. (Suryani), Widianti, E. (Efri)   +3 more
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Primary multidrug resistant tuberculosis

Lung India, 2007
A 37-year old man presented at our institution with back pain, low-grade fever and weight-loss. X-ray of chest (postero-anterior view) showed multiple opacities with erosion of right 2nd and left 6th ribs.
Sarkar Supriya, Maity G, Mukhopadhyay K, Acharyya Biplab, Ghoshal A   +4 more
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Exploring health care providers’ engagement in prevention and management of multidrug resistant Tuberculosis and its factors in Hadiya Zone health care facilities: qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research
Background Engagement of healthcare providers is one of the World Health Organization strategies devised for prevention and provision of patient centered care for multidrug resistant tuberculosis.
Bereket Aberham Lajore, Yitagesu Habtu Aweke, Samuel Yohannes Ayanto, Menen Ayele   +3 more
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Linezolid-containing regimens for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South African children.

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Treatment options for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) are limited. Linezolid has been successfully used to treat DR-TB in adults, but there are few case reports of its use in children for TB.
Hallbauer, UM, Hesseling, AC, Rose, PC, Schaaf, HS, Seddon, JA   +4 more
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Nevirapine versus Efavirenz for patients co-infected with HIV and Tuberculosis: A Randomised Non-Inferiority Trial [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: In countries with a high incidence of HIV and tuberculosis co-infection, nevirapine and efavirenz are widely used as antiretroviral therapy but both interact with antituberculosis drugs. We aimed to compare efficacy and safety of a nevirapine-
Agnès Sobry, Alexandra Calmy, Anne-Marie Taburet, Avihingsanon, Blackwelder, Boulle, Carlota Silva, Chen, Christine Rouzioux, Christophe Michon, Cohen, Cohen, Davies, Dejesus, Dieterich, Elisabeth Baudin, Elizabete Nunes, Flandre, Ford, Gengiah, Gulick, Ilesh Jani, Kwara, Laura Ciaffi, Maartens, Manosuthi, Manosuthi, Maryline Bonnet, Matteelli, Mbuagbaw, Meintjes, Nilesh Bhatt, Rui Bastos, Scourfield, Shipton, Soriano, Swaminathan, Tang, Telenti, van Leth   +39 more
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Primary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and its control implications in the State of Amazonas, Brazil: report of 3 cases

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2012
The occurrence of tuberculosis with first-line multidrug resistance leads to the use of alternative medications, often at higher costs, longer treatment periods, and greater clinical complexity.
Marlucia Silva Garrido, Anette Chrusciak Talhari, Irineide Assumpção Antunes, Joycenea da Silva Matsuda, Etelvina das Graças Zaranza, Flor Ernestina Martinez-Espinosa, Samira Bührer-Sékula   +6 more
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Machine learning and structural analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pan-genome identifies genetic signatures of antibiotic resistance. [PDF]

, 2018
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a serious human pathogen threat exhibiting complex evolution of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Accordingly, the many publicly available datasets describing its AMR characteristics demand disparate data-type analyses ...
Anand, Amitesh, Catoiu, Edward, Dillon, Nicholas, Heckmann, David, Kavvas, Erol S, Mih, Nathan, Monk, Jonathan M, Nizet, Victor, Palsson, Bernhard O, Seif, Yara, Yang, Laurence, Yurkovich, James T   +11 more
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Limited Scope of Shorter Drug Regimen for MDR TB Caused by High Resistance to Fluoroquinolone

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
Resistance to second-line tuberculosis drugs for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis has emerged globally and is a potential risk factor for unfavorable outcomes of shorter duration drug regimens.
Pravin K. Singh, Amita Jain
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Thin-layer agar for detection of resistance to rifampicin, ofloxacin and kanamycin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: In low-income countries there is a great need for economical methods for testing the susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to antibiotics. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the thin-layer agar (TLA) for rapid detection of resistance to rifampicin
Almeida, P, Fissette, K, Martin, A, Paasch, F, Palomino, J-C, Portaels, F, Varaine, F, Von Groll, A   +7 more
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