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PadChest: A large chest x-ray image dataset with multi-label annotated reports [PDF]

, 2019
We present a labeled large-scale, high resolution chest x-ray dataset for the automated exploration of medical images along with their associated reports.
Bustos, Aurelia, de la Iglesia-Vayá, Maria, Pertusa, Antonio, Salinas, Jose-Maria   +3 more
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Assessment of treatment response in tuberculosis [PDF]

, 2016
Antibiotic treatment of tuberculosis has a duration of several months. There is significant variability of the host immune response and the pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic properties of Mycobacterium tuberculosis sub-populations at the site of disease. A
Du Bruyn, E, Morris, T, Rockwood, N, Wilkinson, RJ   +3 more
core   +1 more source

An improved algorithm for rapid diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis from pleural effusion by combined testing with GeneXpert MTB/RIF and an anti-LAM antibody-based assay

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
BackgroundThis retrospective study evaluated the performance of a lipoarabinomannan (LAM)-based immunological method for diagnosing pleural tuberculosis (TB) from pleural effusion samples.
Q. Liang, Y. Pang, Yang Yang, Hua Li, Chao Guo, Xinting Yang, Xiaoyou Chen   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Point-of-Care Ultrasound Assessment of Tropical Infectious Diseases—A Review of Applications and Perspectives [PDF]

, 2015
The development of good quality and affordable ultrasound machines has led to the establishment and implementation of numerous point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) protocols in various medical disciplines.
Abdalla, Abdalla Balla, Adler, Balasubramanian, Belard, Bharath Kumar Reddy, Bonnard, Brennan, Brindle, Brunetti, Brunetti, Bukte, Bustinduy, Bustinduy, Carr, Colley, Darge, Debrah, Debrah, Del Carpio, DeVries, Eckert, Eckert, el Scheich, Elia, Elmahdi, Frade, Giordani, Golemanov, Gonzalez, Grobusch, Guerin, Hanscheid, Heller, Heller, Heller, Heller, Heller, Heller, Heller, Heller, Henriquez-Camacho, Heuvelings, Jang, Jang, Janssen, Jeon, Kabaalioglu, King, King, King, Li, Lichtenstein, Luzze, Ma, Ma, Macpherson, Mahmoud, Majid, Mand, Mand, Mand, Mand, Maru, Mateer, Mazur-Melewska, Mekky, Melchionda, Michels, Mirabel, Mohammad, Moore, Moreno, Mortele, Muhtarov, Nabeta, Oliveira, Pereira Junior, Piccoli, Pinto-Silva, Polat Ekinci, Poltera, Quintanilla-Cedillo, Reuter, Richter, Richter, Richter, Rinaldi, Rozycki, Ruiz-Guevara, Shah, Shim, Srikiatkhachorn, Stanley, Stojkovic, Stojkovic, Stoopen, Stothard, Teichmann, Tolsgaard, Torres-Macho, Tufan, Umetsu, van Hoving, von Reyn, Wagatsuma, Wahlers, Wahlers, Weinke, Wu, Zha, Ziraman   +111 more
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Pleural tuberculosis: is radiological evidence of pulmonary-associated disease related to the exacerbation of the inflammatory response?

Clinics
OBJECTIVE: Pleural tuberculosis is the most frequently occurring form of extra pulmonary disease in adults. In up to 40% of cases, the lung parenchyma is concomitantly involved, which can have an epidemiological impact.
Leila Antonangelo, Francisco S. Vargas, Juliana Puka, Márcia Seiscento, Milena M. P. Acencio, Lisete R. Teixeira, Ricardo M. Terra, Roberta K. B. Sales   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interferon-gamma release assay performance of pleural fluid and peripheral blood in pleural tuberculosis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB) remains to be difficult. Interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) is a promising method for diagnosing TB in low TB burden countries.
Fei Liu, Mengqiu Gao, Xia Zhang, Fengjiao Du, Hongyan Jia, Xinting Yang, Zitong Wang, Liqun Zhang, Liping Ma, Xiaoguang Wu, Li Xie, Zongde Zhang   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Aspirates, Rural South Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
The yield from aspirating lymph nodes and pleural fluid for diagnosing extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis is unknown. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was cultured from lymph node or pleural fluid aspirates of 21 patients; 7 (33%) cultures grew XDR ...
Scott K. Heysell, Anthony P. Moll, Neel R. Gandhi, François J. Eksteen, Palav Babaria, Yacoob Coovadia, Lynn Roux, Umesh Lalloo, Gerald Friedland, N. Sarita Shah   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Empyema necessitans and a persistent air leak associated with rupture of an anaerobic lung abscess due to bacteroides [PDF]

, 2017
No abstract ...
Blyth, Kevin G., Sharma, Varun
core   +1 more source

Pleural Tuberculosis and HIV Infection

Chest, 1994
Human immunodeficiency virus infection changes the clinical presentation of tuberculosis infection with atypical radiographs and more common extra-pulmonary involvement. We retrospectively studied pleural tuberculosis in HIV-positive patients over a 5-year period.
Stuart M. Garay, Conrado P. Aranda, Felicia Relkin, Kenneth A. Berkowitz, Robert L. Smith, William N. Rom   +5 more
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Characteristics and factors associated with treatment delay in pleural tuberculosis

QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 2018
Background Current strategies for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of pleural TB have been inadequate, several challenges and issues related with pleural TB have been reported.
W. Zhang, C. Han, M-S Wang, Y. He
semanticscholar   +1 more source