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Empowering Tuberculosis Screening with Explainable Self-Supervised Deep Neural Networks [PDF]

open access: yes2024 International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), Miami, FL, USA, 2024, pp. 794-797
Tuberculosis persists as a global health crisis, especially in resource-limited populations and remote regions, with more than 10 million individuals newly infected annually. It stands as a stark symbol of inequity in public health. Tuberculosis impacts roughly a quarter of the global populace, with the majority of cases concentrated in eight countries,
arxiv   +1 more source

Design of an Efficient, Ease-of-use and Affordable Artificial Intelligence based Nucleic Acid Amplification Diagnosis Technology for Tuberculosis and Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
Current technologies that facilitate diagnosis for simultaneous detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its resistance to first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs (Isoniazid and Rifampicim) are designed for lab-based settings and are unaffordable for large scale testing implementations.
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Magnitude of Multidrug Resistance and Associated Factors of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Among Adult Smear Positive Patients in Eastern Ethiopia

open access: yesInfection and Drug Resistance, 2021
Ziad Amin,1 Habtamu Mitiku,2 Dadi Marami,2 Tadesse Shume,2 Fitsum Weldegebreal2 1Harari Health Research and Regional Laboratory, Harar, Ethiopia; 2Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health and Medical Science, Haramaya University ...
Amin Z   +4 more
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children and response to therapy

open access: yesMedical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2015
There is very little information available on drug-resistant (DR) tuberculosis (TB) in children in Indian scenario and especially their response to therapy. We present a series of children who were suffering from multidrug-resistant-TB and their response
Ira Shah
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in middle ear: A case report

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2023
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a common disease in developing countries, among which middle ear TB is rare. Furthermore, it is relatively difficult to make an early diagnosis and provide follow-up treatment for middle ear TB.
Tanze Cao   +5 more
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Health system factors influencing management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in four European Union countries - learning from country experiences

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2017
Background In the European Union and European Economic Area only 38% of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients notified in 2011 completed treatment successfully at 24 months’ evaluation.
Gerard de Vries   +10 more
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Automatic semantic segmentation for prediction of tuberculosis using lens-free microscopy images [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2020
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by a germ called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is one of the most serious public health problems in Peru and the world. The development of this project seeks to facilitate and automate the diagnosis of tuberculosis by the MODS method and using lens-free microscopy, due they are easier to calibrate and easier to use (by untrained
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Prevalence of and risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Iran and its neighboring countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Tuberculosis, in particular drug-resistant tuberculosis, is of global concern due to the high mortality and morbidity associated with it annually. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of and the risk factors for multidrug-resistant ...
Worku Jimma   +7 more
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PECULIARITIES OF THE FORMATION OF DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS ACCORDING TO THE DATA OF THE POLTAVA REGIONAL CLINICAL ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY

open access: yesВісник проблем біології і медицини, 2018
The article describes a problem of drug-resistant tuberculosis. According to WHO, Ukraine is one of the five countries with the greatest burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Kulish M. V.   +4 more
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Factors affecting outcome of longer regimen multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in West Java Indonesia: A retrospective cohort study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundMultidrug-resistant tuberculosis had high treatment failure and mortality. Success rate of treatment currently 56% at global level, 48% in Indonesia and 36% in West Java province, the most populated province and surround Jakarta, the capitol of
Arto Yuwono Soeroto   +3 more
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