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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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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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TBDLNet: a network for classifying multidrug-resistant and drug-sensitive tuberculosis [PDF]
This paper proposes applying a novel deep-learning model, TBDLNet, to recognize CT images to classify multidrug-resistant and drug-sensitive tuberculosis automatically. The pre-trained ResNet50 is selected to extract features. Three randomized neural networks are used to alleviate the overfitting problem.
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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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Application of Bronchoscopic TransParenchymal Nodule Access in tuberculous bronchial occlusion
Bronchoscopic TransParenchymal Nodule Access (BTPNA) technology is mainly used for sampling or ablative treatment of lung parenchymal lesions that cannot be reached by bronchoscopy and its appendages, generally for palliative treatment of some lung ...
Qiusheng Jing+6 more
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Introduction Electronic bronchoscopy is invasive and may cause pain. This study aimed to explore the clinical value of virtual bronchoscopic navigation (VBN) in the diagnosis of benign central airway stenosis (CAS) secondary to tracheobronchial ...
Li-Ping Cheng+5 more
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Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of linezolid-containing regimens for treatment of M. abscessus pulmonary disease. Methods The records of 336 patients with M.
Li-ping Cheng+8 more
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We performed a prospective study to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of nucleotide matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) in identifying nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) from clinical respiratory ...
Lan Yao+7 more
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Background To verify the efficacy and safety of an inexpensive standardized regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) with low resistance to isoniazid (INH), a multicenter prospective study was conducted in eastern China.
Wenwen Sun+10 more
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Background Patients diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) have poor sleep quality due to multiple factors. We aimed to assess the sleep status and related factors of TB patients in Shenzhen, China. Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted on 461
Hailin Zhang+9 more
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