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Low Sputum Smear Positive Tuberculosis among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspects in a Tertiary Hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania [PDF]

, 2012
Early diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and prompt initiation of treatment are essential for an effective tuberculosis control programme. In many resource limited settings microscopic diagnosis is still the pivotal tool in the diagnosis of pulmonary TB ...
Kidenya , Benson R., Obassy , Emmanuel, Mazigo, Humphrey D., Seni , Jeremiah, Majigo, Mtebe, Mshana, Stephen E., Kapesa, Antony, Mazigo , Humphrey D., Mirambo, Mariam, Burushi, Venance, Seni, Jeremiah, Kapesa , Antony, Obassy, Emmanuel, Burushi , Venance, Kidenya, Benson R.   +14 more
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Losses along the tuberculosis sputum sample referral cascade for Mpongwe District, Zambia

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2023
Background: In resource limited-settings, timely tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis depends upon referral of sputum samples from non-diagnostic to diagnostic facilities for examination.
Lyson Nkhoma, Josphat Bwembya, Edwin Chansa, Ramya Kumar, Ibou Thior, Victoria Musonda, Gershom Chongwe, Alwyn Mwinga   +7 more
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Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of methyl mycocerosates released by thermochemolysis. [PDF]

, 2012
Tuberculosis requires rapid diagnosis to prevent further transmission and allow prompt administration of treatment. Current methods for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis lack sensitivity are expensive or are extremely slow.
Minnikin, David E, Geraint H Morgan, Mutetwa, Reggie, Mutetwa Reggie, O'Sullivan, Denise M, David E Minnikin, McNerney, Ruth, Morgan Geraint H., Simona C Nicoara, Bardwell Max W., Lee, Oona Y-C., Corbett, Elizabeth L., Lee, Oona Y-C, Nicoara, Simona C., O'Sullivan Denise M., Minnikin David E., Elizabeth L Corbett, Oona Y-C Lee, Lee Oona Y-C., Bardwell, Max W, Mungofa Stanley, O'Sullivan, Denise M., Denise M O'Sullivan, Bardwell, Max W., Max W Bardwell, Nicoara Simona C., McNerney Ruth, Reggie Mutetwa, Minnikin, David E., Corbett, Elizabeth L, Ruth McNerney, Morgan, Geraint H, Stanley Mungofa, Corbett Elizabeth L., Morgan, Geraint H., Mungofa, Stanley, Nicoara, Simona C   +36 more
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Detection of Bacteriophage Particles Containing Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Sputum of Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic disease in which the bacterial colonization of the lung is linked to an excessive inflammatory response that leads to respiratory failure. The microbiology of CF is complex.
Maryury Brown-Jaque, Lirain Rodriguez Oyarzun, Thais Cornejo-Sánchez, Maria T. Martín-Gómez, Silvia Gartner, Javier de Gracia, Sandra Rovira, Antonio Alvarez, Joan Jofre, Juan J. González-López, Maite Muniesa   +10 more
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Development of sample clean up methods for the analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis methyl mycocerosate biomarkers in sputum extracts by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. [PDF]

, 2015
A proof of principle gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method is presented, in combination with clean up assays, aiming to improve the analysis of methyl mycocerosate tuberculosis biomarkers from sputum.
O'Sullivan, Denise M., Minnikin, David E, Mutetwa, Reggie, Lee, Oona Y.-C, O'Sullivan, Denise M, Minnikin, David E., McNerney, Ruth, Morgan, Geraint, Turner, Nicholas W, Lee, Oona Y.-C., Corbett, Liz E., Morgan, Geraint H, Corbett, Liz E, Lee, Oona Y-C, Nicoara, Simona C., Turner, Nicholas W., Morgan, Geraint H., Nicoara, Simona C   +17 more
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Performance of Molecular Approaches for Aspergillus Detection and Azole Resistance Surveillance in Cystic Fibrosis

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Aspergillus fumigatus triazole resistance is an emerging concern for treating chronically infected/colonized patients. This study sought to evaluate the performance of PCR assays to detect Aspergillus fungi together with azole resistance in sputum ...
Hélène Guegan, Sylviane Chevrier, Chantal Belleguic, Eric Deneuville, Florence Robert-Gangneux, Florence Robert-Gangneux, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Jean-Pierre Gangneux   +7 more
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Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in post-coronavirus disease patients

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2023
Context Post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease patients are immunocompromised, especially those who have a history of hospitalization during the COVID time and steroid use during hospitalization.
Sandeep Nain, Rajesh Gupta, Anupama Gupta, Sheetal Verma, Raghav Gupta, Aparna Parmar   +5 more
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Recent Insights into the Management of Inflammation in Asthma [Letter]

Journal of Inflammation Research, 2021
Aleksandr Urakov,1,2,* Natalya Urakova1,* 1Department of General and Clinical Pharmacology, Izhevsk State Medical Academy, Izhevsk City, Udmurt Republic, Russian Federation; 2Institute of Applied Mechanics, Udmurt Federal Research Center of the Ural ...
Urakov A, Urakova N
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Pathogenetic Reasoning of Administration of Mucolytic Agents for Respiratory Diseases in Children

Zdorovʹe Rebenka, 2015
The paper presents the mechanisms of cough and bronchial obstruction in lesions of the respiratory tract of various origins. The effect of microbial biofilms on the course of diseases was considered particularly. The methods to restore bronchial drainage
Ye.I. Yulish
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Sputum biomarkers and the prediction of clinical outcomes in patients with cystic fibrosis. [PDF]

, 2012
Lung function, acute pulmonary exacerbations (APE), and weight are the best clinical predictors of survival in cystic fibrosis (CF); however, underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood.
Rogers, S.L., Sturrock, A., Carveth, Holly, William Walsh, Christen Lane, Walsh, W., James Moore, Li, Yanping, Keogh, R.H., Cox, D.R., Jun Chen (4238), Li, Y., Holly Carveth (143299), Carveth Holly, Judy L. Jensen (143284), William Walsh (143288), Anne Sturrock (143317), Liou Theodore G., Robert Paine III (143322), Ruth H. Keogh (143278), Paine, Robert, Teresa Clark (143295), Hoidal, John R, Cox David R., Adler Frederick R., Moore James, Hoidal John R., Liou, T.G., Shaunessy L. Rogers (143305), Rogers Shaunessy L., David R. Cox (77429), John R. Hoidal (143328), Lane Christen, Lane, C., Ruth H Keogh, Chen, Jun, Packer Kristyn, Kristyn Packer (143291), Frederick R. Adler (143274), Packer, K., Paine Robert, Clark, Teresa, Keogh, Ruth H, Anne Sturrock, Paine, R., Theodore G Liou, David R Cox, Robert Paine, Walsh William, Packer, Kristyn, Hoidal, J.R., Jensen, Judy L, Sturrock, Anne, Yanping Li (90163), Moore, J., Sturrock Anne, Kristyn Packer, Shaunessy L Rogers, Frederick R Adler, Adler, F.R., Clark, T., Rogers, Shaunessy L, Jensen, J.L., Yanping Li, Keogh Ruth H., Chen Jun, Adler, Frederick R, Jun Chen, Liou, Theodore G, Clark Teresa, Theodore G. Liou (143270), Judy L Jensen, John R Hoidal, Li Yanping, Lane, Christen, Christen Lane (143311), Holly Carveth, Chen, J., James Moore (22922), Walsh, William, Teresa Clark, Carveth, H., Jensen Judy L., Cox, David R, Moore, James   +84 more
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