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Tuberculosis of the Heart: A Diagnostic Challenge

Tomography, 2022
Tuberculosis of the heart is relatively rare and presents a significant diagnostic difficulty for physicians. It is the leading cause of death from infectious illness.
Karuna M. Das, Taleb Al Mansoori, Yousef Habeeb Alattar, Klaus V. Gorkom, Ali Shamisi, Anisha Pulinchani Melethil, Jamal Aldeen Alkoteesh   +6 more
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Homeostasis of Gut Microbiota Protects against Susceptibility to Fungal Pneumonia

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Fungal pneumonia induces inflammation, shown by heightened IL‐6, IL‐1β, TNF‐α levels and a growth in Staphylococcus in the alveolar flora. The gut microbiota, acting through the gut‐lung axis via blood, impacts fungal pneumonia susceptibility by altering lung metabolism and inflammatory responses.
Jian Ji, Yongli Ye, Jiadi Sun, Lina Sheng, Jinyou Li, Jin Yang, Bing Wu, Yuting Wang, Xingxing Gao, Liang Luo, Jianfeng Ping, Yinzhi Zhang, Xiulan Sun   +12 more
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Mortality through associated illnesses in tuberculosis patients and post-mortem pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis in Chisinau [PDF]

The Moldovan Medical Journal, 2017
Background: The main cause of death of tuberculosis patients is the progression of tuberculosis, but the presence of associated diseases decreases the outcome of treatment of both the underlying and the associated disease, and the latter is the cause of ...
Vasile Popa
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Prognostic Value of Serum Insulin‐Like Growth Factor‐1 in Patients With Anal Fistula Treated by Incision‐Thread‐Drawing Surgery

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
IGF‐1 levels above 174.9 ng/mL were associated with better wound healing and lower postoperative inflammation. Higher IGF‐1 levels correlated with improved anal function at 7 and 14 days post‐surgery. ABSTRACT Background Anal fistula is a chronic condition characterized by an abnormal tract between the anal canal and perianal skin, often leading to ...
Zhijun Wu, Xuexue Yin, Jing Li
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The Causes and Risk Factors of Tuberculosis Deaths in Khuzestan [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2009
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the 10 leading cause of deaths in developing countries. Understanding the cause and risk factors of TB death and lowering them can reduce its mortality rate.
Alavi Seyed Mohammad, Salami Nejad
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Inclusion of patient-centered, non-microbiological endpoints and biomarkers in tuberculosis drug trials

Frontiers in Antibiotics
Tuberculosis drug trials are primarily designed to identify antibiotic regimens with the strongest potency to kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, microbiologic cure is not synonymous with improved health and recovery. Beyond antimicrobial efficacy,
Andrew R. DiNardo, Andrew R. DiNardo, Wilbert Sabiiti, Stephen H. Gillespie, Sophia B. Georghiou, Norbert Heinrich, Norbert Heinrich, Norbert Hittel, Sami Taghlabi, Danna Carrero Longlax, Mikashmi Kohli, Ursula Panzner, Ursula Panzner, Collins Musia, Christoph Lange, Christoph Lange, Christoph Lange, Christoph Lange, Anca Vasiliu, Anca Vasiliu, Anca Vasiliu, Rob J. W. Arts, Anna M. Mandalakas, Anna M. Mandalakas, Anna M. Mandalakas, Morten Ruhwald, Lieven J. Stuyver, Reinout van Crevel, Reinout van Crevel   +28 more
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Ethnomedicinal Plants from Iraq as Therapeutic Agents against Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A Review

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2019
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a highly infectious pathogen, which can affect both humans and animals. The metabolic products of this bacterium affect the pulmonary, nervous, lymphatic, and cardiovascular systems.
Ali Sami Dheyab, Ekremah Kheun Shaker, Abdul jabbar Khaleel Ibrahim   +2 more
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New approaches to treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with Colla corii asini

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Colla corii asini improves chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment through anti‐inflammatory, antioxidant, immune‐modulatory, and lung‐nourishing effects, addressing current therapeutic challenges via multitarget mechanisms. Abstract Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of death and disability ...
Wenchao Zhang, Siman Sun, Xiaoyu Fan, Jiuming He, Qing Li, Hongtao Jin   +5 more
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The role of the host—Neutrophil biology

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Neutrophilic polymorphonuclear leukocytes (neutrophils) are myeloid cells packed with lysosomal granules (hence also called granulocytes) that contain a formidable antimicrobial arsenal. They are terminally differentiated cells that play a critical role in acute and chronic inflammation, as well as in the resolution of inflammation and wound ...
Iain L. C. Chapple, Josefine Hirschfeld, Alpdogan Kantarci, Asaf Wilensky, Lior Shapira   +4 more
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Chest CT Findings in Patients with Non-Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain: Focusing on Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a Tuberculosis Endemic Country [PDF]

Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology, 2015
Although it is important to diagnose the cardiac etiology in patients presenting with chest pain, non-cardiac causes of chest pain may also be serious. For many patients with chest pain who enter the emergency department or outpatient clinic, there is a non-cardiovascular cause of the pain (1). Indeed, among patients with chest pain who present for the
Yookyung Kim, Yon Ju Ryu, So Won Lee, Sung Shine Shim   +3 more
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