Effectiveness of the treatment of generalized tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients
. The treatment of tuberculosis in HIV-infected persons is a complex task and often requires intensive therapy with intravenous administration of antituberculosis drugs, especially in generalized forms, malabsorption, presence of enteropathy, hepatitis B
O. D. Nikolaeva
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Two new rapid SNP-typing methods for classifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex into the main phylogenetic lineages [PDF]
There is increasing evidence that strain variation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) might influence the outcome of tuberculosis infection and disease.
Coscollà Mireia +54 more
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Long-term dominance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Uganda family in peri-urban Kampala-Uganda is not associated with cavitary disease [PDF]
Previous studies have shown that Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) Uganda family, a sub-lineage of the MTB Lineage 4, is the main cause of tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda.
Sebastien, Gagneux +27 more
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Ocular tuberculosis in a calf.
Background Bovine tuberculosis is a chronic inflammatory disease that causes granuloma formation mainly in retropharyngeal, tracheobronchial, mediastinal lymph nodes and lungs of bovines. The presence of these lesions in other tissues such as the eyeball
Jacobo Carrisoza-Urbina +3 more
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Psychosis secondary to tuberculosis meningitis [PDF]
We report a case of a 19-year-old immunocompetent Malay woman who presented with a worsening psychotic disorder of 1-year duration. She initially presented with social isolation with subsequent mutism and stupor. Physical examination revealed a stuporous, emaciated, dehydrated woman with Glasgow Coma Scale of 11/15 (E4V2M5).
Mohd Jazman Che, Rahim +1 more
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Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in selected sites across Papua New Guinea [PDF]
With an estimated one third of the global population being infected with latent tuberculosis (TB) and 8.6 million people developing active TB in 2012, this infectious disease remains a major global health concern.
Ley, Serej Delphine
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Relationship between Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotype and the clinical phenotype of pulmonary and meningeal tuberculosis. [PDF]
We used large sequence polymorphisms to determine the genotypes of 397 isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from human immunodeficiency virus-uninfected Vietnamese adults with pulmonary (n = 235) or meningeal (n = 162) tuberculosis.
Hien, TT +32 more
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Genotypic and epidemiological characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Ghana [PDF]
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health challenge. In 2013, TB was estimated to have caused 9 million incident cases of which 1.1 million were co infected with HIV and 1.5 million deaths worldwide. For the effective control of TB, the use of simplified
Asante-Poku, Adwoa
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Demographic characteristics of patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Germany [PDF]
The aim of the present study was to determine the demographics of patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Germany. Data on 26,302 tuberculosis cases from a national survey carried out during the period 1996-2000 were analysed.
Forssbohm, M +3 more
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Tuberculosis meningitis is one of the clinical manifestations of extra-pulmonary TB, which is localized in the central nervous system(CNS). The mortality of these patients is usually caused by the delays in diagnosis and treatment; hence up to this day tuberculosismeningitis remains a health problem.
Silvia Rachmayati +3 more
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