A Trial of the Effect of Micronutrient Supplementation on Treatment Outcome, T Cell Counts, Morbidity, and Mortality in Adults with Pulmonary Tuberculosis. [PDF]
, 2008 Tuberculosis (TB) often coincides with nutritional deficiencies. The effects of micronutrient supplementation on TB treatment outcomes, clinical complications, and mortality are uncertain. We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Bosch, Ronald J +7 more
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No. 24: Spaces of Vulnerability: Migration and HIV/AIDS in South Africa [PDF]
, 2002 Seventy per cent of the 36 million people infected worldwide with HIV live in Sub-Saharan Africa and within this region the countries of Southern Africa are the worst affected.
Crush, Jonathan +3 more
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FEMALE INFERTILITY ASSOCIATED WITH GENITAL TUBERCULOSIS
Акушерство, гинекология и репродукция, 2018 Analysis of the published reports indicates the alarming increase in prevalence of infertility that occurs in the current demographic situation and the unfavorable epidemiological trends in tuberculosis.
T. V. Klinyshkova, A. A. Yakovleva
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Vulval elephantiasis as a result of tubercular lymphadenitis: two case reports and a review of the literature [PDF]
, 2010 Introduction Elephantiasis as a result of chronic lymphedema is characterized by gross enlargement of the arms, legs or genitalia, and occurs due to a variety of obstructive diseases of the lymphatic system.
null Chintamani +10 more
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Introducing new diagnostics into STI control programmes: the importance of programme science.
, 2012 Many innovative diagnostic technologies will become commercially available over the next 5-10 years. These tests can potentially transform the diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections but their introduction into control programmes can be hampered by ...
Ballard, Ronald C +2 more
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TBC of the thoracic wall with fistulisation through the breast [PDF]
, 2015 A 53-year-old North African woman presented with a longstanding history of ulcerations of the right breast. Physical examination showed (Fig. 1 subfigure) an ulcer of 1.5 cm in the outer inferior quadrant, another smaller areolar ulcer and a discharging ...
Van Peer, S +4 more
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS
Вестник урологии, 2017 Incidence, prevalence and mortality from tuberculosis remain high. Tuberculosis is systemic disease and may affect any organ or tissue; second-third most common form is urogenital tuberculosis.
S. Yu. Shevchenko +2 more
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Funding for Health in Africa: Mapping the U. S. Foundation Landscape, 2000-2002 [PDF]
, 2004 This report presents an overview of funding by foundations based in the United States for health related activities in Africa for the three-year period from 2000 through ...
Niamani Mutima
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Difficulties in diagnostics of genital tuberculosis
Вестник медицинского института «Реавиз»: Реабилитация, врач и здоровьеGenital tuberculosis is a specific lesion of the female genital organs by an infection caused by mycobacteria of the Mycobacteriaceae family. The disease is most often registered in reproductive age, the leading complaints are infertility, menstrual ...
M. A. Andrianov +4 more
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Tuberculous Oophoritis Presenting as Adnexal Abscess with Abdominal Wall Sinus: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic ResearchOvarian tuberculosis is an uncommon entity of tuberculosis, which is mostly undetected and under-reported. Female genital tuberculosis is caused mostly by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and some cases are caused by Mycobacterium bovis and atypical ...
Sundara Raja Perumal +3 more
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