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Microbiology Spectrum, 2017 ABSTRACT This review on pulmonary tuberculosis includes an introduction that describes how the lung is the portal of entry for the tuberculosis bacilli to enter the body and then spread to the rest of the body. The symptoms and signs of both primary and reactivation tuberculosis are described.
Sarah M. Lyon, M. Rossman
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Diagnostics for pulmonary tuberculosis [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2016 AbstractTuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of human suffering and mortality despite decades of effective treatment being available. Accurate and timely diagnosis remains an unmet goal. The HIV epidemic has also led to new challenges in the diagnosis of TB.
P. Cudahy, S. Shenoi
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Cochrane 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.
Jerry S Zifodya +11 more
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JAMA Network Open, 2021 This cross-sectional study assesses the recent epidemiological trend of pulmonary tuberculosis in mainland China based on national surveillance data.
Hui Jiang +17 more
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Active pulmonary tuberculosis and coronavirus disease 2019: A systematic review and meta-analysis
PLoS 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
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Scientific 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
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Association of Vitamin D Deficiency and Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Pulmonary Medicine, 2021 Introduction Vitamin D has a significant role in host immune defense against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It has been suggested that pulmonary tuberculosis may be associated with lower levels of vitamin D.
Vijay Jaimni +6 more
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BMC 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
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BMC 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
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