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Research Questions and Priorities for Pediatric Tuberculosis: A Survey of Published Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses

Tuberculosis Research and Treatment, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Background. Advancing a research agenda designed to meet the specific needs of children is critical to ending pediatric TB epidemic. Systematic reviews are increasingly informing policies in pediatric tuberculosis (TB) care and control. However, there is a paucity of information on pediatric TB research priorities. Methodology.
Thomas Achombwom Vukugah, Vera Nyibi Ntoh, Derick Akompab Akoku, Simo Leonie, Amed Jacob, Adwoa Asante-Poku   +5 more
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Tuberculosis in childhood and adolescence: a view from different perspectives

Jornal de Pediatria, 2020
Objective: To describe the epidemiological situation of tuberculosis in children under 19 years of age in Brazil and to review the latest publications on disease risk, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Tony T. Tahan, Betina M.A. Gabardo, Andrea M.O. Rossoni   +2 more
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The BCG Moreau Vaccine Upregulates In Vitro the Expression of TLR4, B7-1, Dectin-1 and EP2 on Human Monocytes

Vaccines, 2022
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is currently the second greatest killer worldwide and is caused by a single infectious agent. Since Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) is the only vaccine currently in use against TB, studies addressing the protective role of ...
Paulo R. Z. Antas, Andreon S. M. da Silva, Lawrence H. P. Albuquerque, Matheus R. Almeida, Evelyn N. G. S. Pereira, Luiz R. R. Castello-Branco, Carlos G. G. de Ponte   +6 more
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Provider-initiated symptom screening for tuberculosis in Zimbabwe: diagnostic value and the effect of HIV status. [PDF]

, 2010
OBJECTIVE: To assess the diagnostic value of provider-initiated symptom screening for tuberculosis (TB) and how HIV status affects it. METHODS: We performed a secondary analysis of randomly selected participants in a community-based TB-HIV prevalence ...
Bandason, Tsitsi, Butterworth, Anthony E, Cheung, Yin Bun, Churchyard, Gavin J, Corbett, Elizabeth L, Dauya, Ethel, Hayes, Richard J, Mason, Peter R, Mungofa, Stanley, Munyati, Shungu S, Rusikaniko, Simba, Zezai, Abbas   +11 more
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Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Recombinant Human Interleukin‐2 for Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Meta‐Analysis

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Background. The results of previous clinical trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of recombinant human interleukin‐2 (rhuIL‐2) for adult patients with pulmonary tuberculosis showed inconsistent results. Accordingly, a comprehensive systematic review and meta‐analysis was performed. Methods.
Lina Sheng, Xiaofei Li, Fangbin Weng, Shuang Wu, Yongxin Chen, Lianqing Lou, Wenping Gong   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

8-Mercaptoguanine-based inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis dihydroneopterin aldolase: synthesis, in vitro inhibition and docking studies

Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 2021
The dihydroneopterin aldolase (DHNA, EC 4.1.2.25) activity of FolB protein is required for the conversion of 7,8-dihydroneopterin (DHNP) to 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin (HP) and glycolaldehyde (GA) in the folate pathway.
Alexia de Matos Czeczot, Candida Deves Roth, Rodrigo Gay Ducati, Kenia Pissinate, Raoní Scheibler Rambo, Luís Fernando Saraiva Macedo Timmers, Bruno Lopes Abbadi, Fernanda Souza Macchi, Víctor Zajaczkowski Pestana, Luiz Augusto Basso, Pablo Machado, Cristiano Valim Bizarro   +11 more
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Topic Analysis and Mapping of Tuberculosis Research Using Text Mining and Co‐Word Analysis

Tuberculosis Research and Treatment, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Tuberculosis is still one of the most severe progressive diseases; it severely limits the social and economic development of many countries. In the present study, the topic trend of scientific publications on tuberculosis has been examined using text mining techniques and co‐word analysis with an analytical approach.
Meisam Dastani, Alireza Mohammadzadeh, Jalal Mardaneh, Reza Ahmadi, Karl Drlica   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Qualidade do exame baciloscópico no Distrito Federal (Brasil): uma averiguação da confiabilidade

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2001
No Brasil, uma das prioridades do plano de combate à tuberculose é a avaliação de desempenho laboratorial através do controle de qualidade das baciloscopias.
Maria do Socorro Evangelista Kusano, Francisco Duarte Vieira, Ana Lúcia Atta Sarmento, Rosália Maia   +3 more
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Timing of antiretroviral therapy in Cambodian hospital after diagnosis of tuberculosis: impact of revised WHO guidelines [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVE: To determine if implementation of 2010 World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation reduced delay from tuberculosis diagnosis to initiation of ART in a Cambodian urban hospital. METHODS: A retrospective
Choun, K., Lorent, N., Lynen, L., Pe, R., Thai, S., van Griensven, J.   +5 more
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Accuracy of diabetes screening methods used for people with tuberculosis, Indonesia, Peru, Romania, South Africa [PDF]

, 2018
Objective To evaluate the performance of diagnostic tools for diabetes mellitus, including laboratory methods and clinical risk scores, in newly-diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients from four middle-income countries.
Alisjhabana, B, Coronel, J, Critchley, J, Dockrell, HM, Grint, D, Hill, PC, Ioana, M, Kerry-Barnard, S, Koeseomadinata, RC, Malherbe, ST, McAllister, S, Moore, DAJ, Pearson, F, Riza, A-L, Ronacher, K, Ruslami, R, TANDEM consortium, Ugarte-Gil, C, Van Crevel, R, Walzl, G   +19 more
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