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Pulmonary but not subcutaneous vaccination confers protection to TB susceptible mice by an IL17-dependent mechanism. [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
Some of the most promising novel tuberculosis vaccine strategies currently under development are based on respiratory vaccination, mimicking the natural route of infection. In this work, we have compared pulmonary and subcutaneous delivery of BCG vaccine
Aguiló, N   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Early and efficient detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum by microscopic observation of broth cultures. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Early, efficient and inexpensive methods for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis are urgently needed for effective patient management as well as to interrupt transmission. These methods to detect M. tuberculosis in a timely and affordable way are not
A Cattamanchi   +33 more
core   +15 more sources

Xpert Ultra versus Xpert MTB/RIF for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis.

open access: yesCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021
BACKGROUND Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) are World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended rapid tests that simultaneously detect tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in people with signs and symptoms of tuberculosis.
J. S. Zifodya   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pulmonary tuberculosis

open access: yesRadiopaedia.org, 2021
About 10% of idle diseases progress to dynamic illness which, whenever left untreated, executes about portion of those influenced. Average indications of dynamic TB are a persistent hack with blood-containing bodily fluid, fever, night sweats, and weight
Tee Jin, A. Bawazeer
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Active pulmonary tuberculosis and coronavirus disease 2019: A systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
Objective The proportion of COVID-19 patients having active pulmonary tuberculosis, and its impact on COVID-19 related patient outcomes, is not clear.
A. Aggarwal   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Open decortication for patients presenting with stage III tuberculous empyema with low density lines on CT imaging

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
To explore the influence of CT findings on the optimal timing of open decorticationin patients with stage III tuberculous empyema. A total of 80 patients with stage III tuberculous empyema who had undergone open decortications were recruited; 44 patients
Xiaoyu Liu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis within family households by DTM-PCR and MIRU-VNTR genotyping

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a public health threat. There are few studies on transmission and genotyping of MDR-TB family households in China.
Jun Chen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness and safety of bedaquiline-containing regimens for treatment on patients with refractory RR/MDR/XDR-tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study in East China

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Objective Refractory rifampicin-resistant/multidrug resistant/extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis (RR/MDR/XDR-TB) were defined as patients infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) resistant to rifampicin(RR-TB), or at least resistant to ...
Shao-Jun Zhang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

PENGARUH STATUS KONTAK PASIEN TUBERKULOSIS DENGAN KEJADIAN TUBERKULOSIS PARU: STUDI LITERATUR [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Introduction: Tuberculosis remains public health problem worldwide. Pulmonary tuberculosis  is an infectious disease that is transmitted from smear-positive pulmonary tuberculoasis patients.
Solikhah, Solikhah   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Treatment of Highly Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2020
BACKGROUND Patients with highly drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis have limited treatment options and historically have had poor outcomes. METHODS In an open-label, single-group study in which follow-up is ongoing at three South African sites, we ...
M. Bolhuis   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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