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Clinical spectrum of paradoxical deterioration during antituberculosis therapy in non-HIV-infected patients [PDF]

, 2002
Paradoxical deterioration during antituberculosis therapy, defined as the clinical or radiological worsening of pre-existing tuberculous lesions or the development of new lesions in a patient who initially improves, remains a diagnostic dilemma. Although
Chan, KK, Chan, KS, Cheng, VCC, Ho, PL, Lau, SKP, Lee, RA, Woo, PCY, Yuen, KY   +7 more
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Hallazgos de tuberculosis extrapulmonar en imágenes de resonancia magnética en una paciente pediátrica

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2021
La tuberculosis pulmonar es la más común en niños y su forma extrapulmonar corresponde aproximadamente a 30 a 40 % de los casos. Se presenta el caso de una niña indígena con tuberculosis diseminada: pulmonar, cerebral, medular y musculoesquelética, con ...
Hamilton Delgado-Argote, Luz Miriam Leiva, Christian Rojas   +2 more
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Association between vitamin d deficiencies in sarcoidosis with disease activity, course of disease and stages of lung involvements [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Despite negative association between 25-hydroxy vitamin D and incidence of many chronic respiratory diseases, this feature was not well studied in sarcoidosis. Current study investigated the association between 25-hydroxy vitamin D deficiency
Abedini, A, Adcock, IM, Kazempour-Dizaji, M, Kiani, A, Mirenayat, MS, Mortaz, E, Taghavi, K   +6 more
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Tuberculosis of the calcaneus in children

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2014
Osteoarticular tuberculosis represents 1.7–2% of all tuberculosis (TB). The localization in the foot is rare and accounts for less than 10% of osteoarticular TB.
Lamiae Chater, Mounir Arroud, Moulay Abderrahmane Afifi   +2 more
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Role of alpha-crystallin, early-secreted antigenic target 6-kDa protein and culture filtrate protein 10 as novel diagnostic markers in osteoarticular tuberculosis

Journal of Orthopaedic Translation, 2016
Osteoarticular tuberculosis constitutes about 3% of all tuberculosis cases. Early and accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis is a challenging problem especially in the case of osteoarticular tuberculosis owing to the lower number of bacilli.
Nazia Rizvi, Ajai Singh, Manish Yadav, Syed Rizwan Hussain, Salma Siddiqui, Vineet Kumar, Sabir Ali, Avinash Agarwal   +7 more
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Tuberculosis with multiarticular involvement diagnosed by positive acid-fast staining in synovial fluid: An unusual case report

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2021
Osteoarticular tuberculosis (TB) is an uncommon form of extrapulmonary TB, comprising approximately 5% of all TB and 10%–15% of extrapulmonary TB cases. Multifocal skeletal TB is rare and accounts for 10% of all osteoarticular TB cases.
Diego Chemello, Raissa Massaia Londero Chemello, Giovana Thomasi Jahnke   +2 more
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Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing Improves Diagnosis of Osteoarticular Infections From Abscess Specimens: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Background: We conducted this retrospective study to reveal the accuracy of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) for diagnosing osteoarticular infections from fresh abscess specimens obtained from patients in an HIV-naive population.Methods: We ...
Mingwei Zhao, Kai Tang, Fengsheng Liu, Weidong Zhou, Jun Fan, Guangxuan Yan, Shibing Qin, Yu Pang   +7 more
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Paediatric osteoarticular tuberculosis: A review [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, 2020
Tuberculosis (TB) is endemic in Indian subcontinent. The paediatric osteoarticular (OA) TB is frequently confused with suppurative etiology as both can have similar clinical, radiological and laboratory presentation. It has become a health hazard due to its association with immunosuppression diseases such as HIV, chronic renal and liver diseases and ...
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Osteoarticular tuberculosis – diagnostic solutions in a disease endemic region

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2009
Background: We conducted a study of osteoarticular tuberculosis in patients from private and public settings in a disease endemic area. Our objective was to assess the role of mycobacterial culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the diagnosis of ...
Vikas Agashe, Shubhada Shenai, Ganesh Mohrir, Minal Deshmukh, Anita Bhaduri, Ramesh Deshpande, Ajita Mehta, Camilla Rodrigues   +7 more
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Diagnosis and outcome of oesophageal Crohn's disease [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Crohn's disease (CD) can involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract. We aimed to characterize clinical, endoscopic, histologic features and treatment outcomes of CD patients with oesophageal involvement.
Beaton, D, Chaparro, M, Ellul, P, Katsanos, K, Oliveira, AM, et al., Rodrigues, R, Savarino, E, Sladek, M, Teich, N, van der Woude, J, Vavricka, R, Wei, J   +11 more
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