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The efficacy and safety of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery on the treatment for stage II-III tuberculous empyema: a single-arm clinical retrospective study from 2016 to 2021 in a thoracic surgery center in China

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background Surgery is an important adjuvant treatment for tuberculous empyema(TE). We thus conducted a single arm-clinical retrospective study of stage II-III TE patients who underwent uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (Uni-VATS) over a 5-year ...
Wenwen Sun, Guidong Yin, Haomin Cai, Yiming Zhou, Jin Gu, Shanhao Chen, Lin Fan   +6 more
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Clinical Features of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease in the Yangtze River Delta of China: A Single-Center, Retrospective, Observational Study

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
With increased focus on nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD), and the improvement in detection methods, the global incidence continues to increase every year, but the diagnosis and treatment are difficult with a high misdiagnosis rate ...
Hai Lou, Ansheng Zou, Xiaona Shen, Yong Fang, Qin Sun, Fen Zhang, Wei Sha   +6 more
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Empiric treatment of pulmonary TB in the Xpert era: Correspondence of sputum culture, Xpert MTB/RIF, and clinical diagnoses. [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundClinical tuberculosis diagnosis and empiric treatment have traditionally been common among patients with negative bacteriologic test results. Increasing availability of rapid molecular diagnostic tests, including Xpert MTB/RIF and the new Xpert
Cattamanchi, Adithya, Dowdy, David W, Isooba, David, Kamoga, Caleb, Katamba, Achilles, Kato-Maeda, Midori, Kendall, Emily A, Kitonsa, Peter J, Mukiibi, James, Nakasolya, Olga, Nalutaaya, Annet, Robsky, Katherine, Salvatore, Phillip P   +12 more
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A deletion in the RD105 region confers resistance to multiple drugs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

BMC Biology, 2019
Background The emergence of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), especially those that are multidrug resistant poses a serious threat to global tuberculosis control.
Lianhua Qin, Jie Wang, Junmei Lu, Hua Yang, Ruijuan Zheng, Zhonghua Liu, Xiaochen Huang, Yonghong Feng, Zhongyi Hu, Baoxue Ge   +9 more
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Factors Influencing False-Negative Results of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) in Active Tuberculosis and the Desirability of Resetting Cutoffs for Different Populations: A Retrospective Study

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Objectives The value of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) in the diagnosis of TB varies by population, comorbidities, and other factors. In this study, we aimed to investigate factors that influence false-negative results of QFT-GIT test in the ...
Yuanyuan Yu, Yidian Liu, Lan Yao, Yanheng Shen, Qin Sun, Wei Sha   +5 more
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The detection of airborne transmission of tuberculosis from HIV-infected patients, using an in vivo air sampling model [PDF]

, 2007
Background. Nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis remains an important public health problem. We created an in vivo air sampling model to study airborne transmission of tuberculosis from patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and ...
A. Gonzalez, A. R. Escombe, Balasubramanian, Beggs, Bhatia, C. A. Evans, C. Martinez, C. Noakes, C. Oeser, Caviedes, Cohn, Curtis, D. A. J. Moore, E. Ticona, Edlin, Elliott, Escombe, Gangadharam, Ikeda, J. S. Friedland, Katz, L. Caviedes, Luna-Herrera, M. Navincopa, Markowitz, Mastorides, Mills, Mitchison, Mitchison, Nardell, Nardell, Nunn, P. Sheen, Prabhakar, R. H. Gilman, Riley, RILEY, Riley, Schafer, Sultan, Xu   +40 more
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Association of IL4RA and IL-8 polymorphism in predicting susceptibility towards tuberculosis

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2023
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an infectious bacterial disease frequently affecting the lungs. With two fatalities from tuberculosis (TB) occurring every three minutes, India has the highest disease burden.
Jyotish K, Jawahar Lal Joshi, Heena Kansal, Vishal Chopra, Kranti Garg, Nidhi Girdhar, Karan Sharma, Rishabh Deshwal, Siddharth Sharma   +8 more
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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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Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Treated in Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis “Podhrastovi“ in Ten-Year Period (from 1998 to 2007)

Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2008
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is the most common primary malign tumour of pleura. The aim of this study was to evaluate cases of MPM diagnosed and treated in Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis “Podhrastovi” during ten-year period (1998-
Vesna Čukić, Aida Ustamujić, Vladimir Lovre, Hasan Žutić, Sadika Genjac, Mina Mašić -Zečević   +5 more
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Tuberculosis diagnostics and biomarkers: needs, challenges, recent advances, and opportunities [PDF]

, 2012
Tuberculosis is unique among the major infectious diseases in that it lacks accurate rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests. Failure to control the spread of tuberculosis is largely due to our inability to detect and treat all infectious cases of pulmonary
Alexandre Harari, Alimuddin Zumla, Armand, Axelsson-Robertson, Banada, Ben Marais, Betsou, Blakemore, Boehme, Boehme, Cattamanchi, Chow, Cuevas, Cuevas, Cuevas, Cuevas, Diel, Dowdy, Dye, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Ferrara, Giovanni-Batista Migliori, Giuseppe Pantaleo, Green, Harari, Helb, Helen Cox, Hillemann, Hohn, Ibrahim Abubakar, Jeremiah Chakaya, John, Justin O’Grady, Karin Weyer, Keeler, Kemp, Kunnath-Velayudhan, Lawn, Lawn, Lawn, Lawn, Lawn, Lemaire, Lin, Ling, Liu, Long, Lucica Ditui, Lynn Zijenah, Mann, Marais, Marais, Marais, Marais, Marco Schito, Markus Maeurer, Marlowe, Martin P. Grobusch, Martina Casenghi, Matthew Bates, McNerney, Michael Hoelscher, Michel Pletschette, Minion, Moore, Morris, Mwaba, Nathan Ford, Nathanson, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Nicol, Nicol, Oberhelman, O’Grady, Peter, Peter Mwaba, Peter S. Kim, Rifat Atun, Rose, Ruth McNerney, S. Bertel Squire, Samana Schwank, Sester, Shah, Soumya Swaminathan, Squire, Squire, Steingart, Steingart, Steingart, Steve Lawn, Storla, Temple, Theron, Timothy D. Mchugh, Treatment Action Group, Tully, Vadwai, Van Rie, van Wyk, Wallis, Walzl, Weyer, Wilson, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, Wright, Wright, Zar, Ziad Memish, Zumla, Zumla   +118 more
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