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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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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
doaj  

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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Role and Significance of Bioactive Substances in Sputum
 in the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2021
The incidence rate of lung cancer is one of the highest incidence of malignancies in China. The gold standard for diagnosis requires pathological examination or cytological examination of biopsy.
Yuming JIN, Zixuan CHEN, Quan CHEN, Leihao SHA, Cheng SHEN   +4 more
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Impact of Stress‐Induced Hyperglycemia on In‐Hospital Medical Complications in Patients With Acute Stroke: From a Large‐Scale Nationwide Longitudinal Registry

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims This study aimed to explore the relationship between stress‐induced hyperglycemia (SIH) and in‐hospital medical complications in patients with acute stroke. Methods We enrolled 865,765 patients with acute stroke from the Chinese Stroke Center Alliance cohort.
Xintong Song, Yi Ju, Hongqiu Gu, Zhikai Zhu, Zixiao Li, Qian Zhang, Xingquan Zhao   +6 more
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A rapid method for Candida DNA preparation from sputum, and its clinical application

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Introduction: The analysis and identification of Candida in sputum specimens is of significance in clinical settings. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of a previously validated rapid method for preparing Candida DNA in conjunction ...
Qingqing Sun, Yun Xie, Hanbing Meng, Lina Zhang, Zhengxin He   +4 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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Home-based tuberculosis contact investigation in Uganda: a household randomised trial. [PDF]

, 2019
IntroductionThe World Health Organization (WHO) recommends household tuberculosis (TB) contact investigation in low-income countries, but most contacts do not complete a full clinical and laboratory evaluation.MethodsWe performed a randomised trial of ...
Armstrong-Hough, Mari, Ayakaka, Irene, Babirye, Diana, Cattamanchi, Adithya, Davis, J Lucian, Dowdy, David, Fair, Elizabeth, Ggita, Joseph, Haberer, Jessica E, Katamba, Achilles, Mark, David, Meyer, Amanda J, Mugabe, Frank, Ochom, Emma, Okello, Daniel Ayen, Turimumahoro, Patricia, Vittinghoff, Eric   +16 more
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On the analysis of tuberculosis studies with intermittent missing sputum data [PDF]

, 2015
In randomized studies evaluating treatments for tuberculosis (TB), individuals are scheduled to be routinely evaluated for the presence of TB using sputum cultures. One important endpoint in such studies is the time of culture conversion, the first visit
Abraham, Maria, Chaisson, Richard, Geiter, Lawrence, McDermott, Aidan, Rotnitzky, Andrea Gloria, Scharfstein, Daniel   +5 more
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Redefining Therapies for Drug‐Resistant Tuberculosis: Synergistic Effects of Antimicrobial Peptides, Nanotechnology, and Computational Design

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Antimicrobial peptide (AMP)‐loaded nanocarriers provide a multifunctional strategy to combat drug‐resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. By enhancing intracellular delivery, bypassing efflux pumps, and disrupting bacterial membranes, this platform restores phagolysosome fusion and macrophage function.
Christian S. Carnero Canales, Jessica Ingrid Marquez Cazorla, Renzo Marianito Marquez Cazorla, Aline Martins dos Santos, Jonatas Lobato Duarte, Letícia Oliveira Catarin Nunes, Túlio Custódio Reis, Lara Cerazi Salvador, Norival Alves Santos‐Filho, Rafael Miguel Sábio, Hélder A. Santos, Fernando Rogério Pavan   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source