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Open decortication for patients presenting with stage III tuberculous empyema with low density lines on CT imaging

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
To explore the influence of CT findings on the optimal timing of open decorticationin patients with stage III tuberculous empyema. A total of 80 patients with stage III tuberculous empyema who had undergone open decortications were recruited; 44 patients
Xiaoyu Liu   +5 more
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Transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis within family households by DTM-PCR and MIRU-VNTR genotyping

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a public health threat. There are few studies on transmission and genotyping of MDR-TB family households in China.
Jun Chen   +7 more
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Effectiveness and safety of bedaquiline-containing regimens for treatment on patients with refractory RR/MDR/XDR-tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study in East China

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Objective Refractory rifampicin-resistant/multidrug resistant/extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis (RR/MDR/XDR-TB) were defined as patients infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) resistant to rifampicin(RR-TB), or at least resistant to ...
Shao-Jun Zhang   +7 more
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Application of Bronchoscopic TransParenchymal Nodule Access in tuberculous bronchial occlusion

open access: yesThe Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2022
Bronchoscopic TransParenchymal Nodule Access (BTPNA) technology is mainly used for sampling or ablative treatment of lung parenchymal lesions that cannot be reached by bronchoscopy and its appendages, generally for palliative treatment of some lung ...
Qiusheng Jing   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic Value of Virtual Bronchoscopic Navigation in the Bronchial Tuberculosis Induced Central Airway Stenosis

open access: yesInfectious Diseases and Therapy, 2020
Introduction Electronic bronchoscopy is invasive and may cause pain. This study aimed to explore the clinical value of virtual bronchoscopic navigation (VBN) in the diagnosis of benign central airway stenosis (CAS) secondary to tracheobronchial ...
Li-Ping Cheng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness and safety of regimens containing linezolid for treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary Disease

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2023
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of linezolid-containing regimens for treatment of M. abscessus pulmonary disease. Methods The records of 336 patients with M.
Li-ping Cheng   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A highly effective and inexpensive standardized treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a multicenter prospective study in China

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background To verify the efficacy and safety of an inexpensive standardized regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) with low resistance to isoniazid (INH), a multicenter prospective study was conducted in eastern China.
Wenwen Sun   +10 more
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Risk factors for microbiological persistence after 6 months of treatment for Mycobacterium intracellulare and its impact on the drug-resistance profile

open access: yesMicrobiology Spectrum, 2023
Patients with Mycobacterium intracellulare pulmonary disease are more likely to experience poor treatment outcomes if they have been observed with microbiological persistence after 6 months of treatment.
Xuejiao Luo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Species from Respiratory Specimens Using Nucleotide MALDI-TOF MS

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2023
We performed a prospective study to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of nucleotide matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) in identifying nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) from clinical respiratory ...
Lan Yao   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

EBUS-GS with the GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of isolated pulmonary nodules

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Medical Research, 2023
Objective Investigate the use of endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide sheath (EBUS-GS) combined with Gene Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection in isolated pulmonary nodules.
Jie Cao   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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