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South African Family Practice, 2021 Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) can affect multiple organs and body structures. Skin signs are typically observed in the early phase of the disease, hence being the first identifiable signs to propel clinical suspicion.
Lehlohonolo Makhakhe
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Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health, 2021 Introduction: Intensified Case Finding (ICF) is a cost-effective strategy for tuberculosis (TB) control and improving quality of life however, its implementation by health workers is generally reported as low in Uganda.
David Okello +3 more
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Cystic lung tuberculosis in children: A series of five cases
South African Journal of Radiology, 2023 Frequent imaging manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis are airspace or interstitial nodules with or without tree-in-bud nodules, consolidation, cavitation, ground glass opacity, miliary nodules, lymphadenopathy and pleural effusion.
Chetna Mishra +4 more
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Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and HIV/AIDS among tuberculosis patients in Kerala
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020 Introduction: It is estimated that 10 million people fall ill with Tuberculosis (TB) every year worldwide. TB continues to be in the top 10 causes of death globally with India being the home to the world's largest number of TB patients.
Sherin Jacob +6 more
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Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Detection of Drug Resistance: A Comprehensive Updated Review
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2023 Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant public health challenge, especially in developing nations. Developing a TB eradication strategy is hampered by the global health concern of drug-resistant (DR) TB. Effective patient treatment, preventing TB transfer and
Mahmoud M. Tawfick +3 more
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among people living with HIV/AIDS. The growing burden of TB/HIV co-infection continues to strain the healthcare system due to association with long duration of ...
Ruvimbo Barbara Claire Nhandara +4 more
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Comparative Study between Polymerase Chain Reaction and Different Rapid Tests for Detection of Mycobacterium Infection. [PDF]
Journal of Bioscience and Applied Research, 2016 The objective of this work is to reach a sensitive and rapid method for the laboratory diagnosis of active tuberculosis disease in patients and latent TB infection in household contacts and healthy community controls.
Elarabany N. F +3 more
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Current approaches to screening for tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents in Russia
Медицинский совет, 2015 Information about retraction of an articleAnalysis conducted by the members of the editorial board has revealed the direct borrowing without reference to the specific source of citations in the following articles:The article by Aksenova V.A ...
V. A. Aksenova +2 more
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New onset adult asthma attributable to tuberculosis: A distinct phenotype?
The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians, 2022 Background: In clinical practice, we encounter cases of bronchial asthma the onset of which correlates with past tuberculosis (TB), either pulmonary or extrapulmonary.
Kundan Mehta +2 more
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Agreement test between Ziehl Neelsen staining and GenXpert in adult pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis
JKKI (Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Indonesia), 2021 Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Most of healthcare facilities in Indonesia still use Ziehl Neelsen (ZN) staining to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) rather than GeneXpert MTB/RIF ...
Kemas Ya'kub Rahadiyanto +2 more
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