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Feasibility study of the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection for Māori in the Waikato region, Aotearoa New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Volume 46, Issue 6, Page 872-877, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Objective: This study aimed to assess the feasibility of conducting a representative tuberculin skin test (TST) survey for Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand and to estimate the prevalence of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. Methods: Participants were Māori in the Waikato region, recruited by a Māori nurse, through: 1) random household selection
Siobhan Uruamo, Susan McAllister, Nina Scott, Robert J. Hancox, Ron Hayudini, Joanne Baxter, Philip C. Hill   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiological characteristics and influencing factors of tuberculosis aggregation in schools in Wuhan, China during 2017–2022

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundWuhan is located in the hinterland of China, in the east of Hubei Province, at the intersection of the Yangtze River and Hanshui River. It is a national historical and cultural city, an important industrial, scientific, and educational base ...
Zhengbin Zhang, Gang Wu, Aiping Yu, Jing Hu, Wei Zhang, Zhouqin Lu, Jun Wu, Lina Wang, Xiaojun Wang, Jianjie Wang, Guiyang Wang, Yuehua Li, Meilan Zhou   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

GAN-based disentanglement learning for chest X-ray rib suppression [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Clinical evidence has shown that rib-suppressed chest X-rays (CXRs) can improve the reliability of pulmonary disease diagnosis. However, previous approaches on generating rib-suppressed CXR face challenges in preserving details and eliminating rib residues.
arxiv  

Progress in research on osteoporosis secondary to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
This review explores the potential mechanisms, complications, risk factors, and future research directions related to osteoporosis secondary to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Key mechanisms include an imbalance between osteoclast and osteoblast activity driven by direct viral effects on bone, inflammation, hypoxia, dysregulation of noncoding RNAs, and metabolic
Jinlong Wang, Yibai Xiong, Zhiqi Song, Yanhong Li, Ling Zhang, Chuan Qin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis: Common and uncommon presentations

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, Volume 66, Issue 8, Page 1089-1096, December 2022., 2022
Summary Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a multisystemic autoimmune small vessel vasculitis predominantly affecting the respiratory and renal systems. Other systems such as the central nervous system, orbital, cardiac and gastrointestinal systems may also be involved to a lesser degree.
Qiao Xin Tee, Aaron Wong, Mithun Nambiar, Kenneth K Lau   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical diagnostic value of simultaneous amplification and testing for the diagnosis of sputum-scarce pulmonary tuberculosis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Since 20% of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients are asymptomatic, the early detection of PTB is a challenge particularly in sputum-scarce patients and diagnostic accuracy based solely on clinical characteristics and chest X-ray/CT scans are
Liping Yan, Qing Zhang, Heping Xiao
doaj   +1 more source

Prediction of drug resistance profile of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-MTB) isolates from newly diagnosed case by whole genome sequencing (WGS): a study from a high tuberculosis burden country

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Objectives Our aim was to assess the ability of the Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) in predicting drug resistance profile of multidrug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-MTB) from newly diagnosed cases in China.
Wenwen Sun, Xuwei Gui, Zheyuan Wu, Yangyi Zhang, Liping Yan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Data Mining Approach to the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis by Cascading Clustering and Classification [PDF]

Journal of computing, volume 3, issue 4,April 2011, ISSN 2151-9617, 2011
In this paper, a methodology for the automated detection and classification of Tuberculosis(TB) is presented. Tuberculosis is a disease caused by mycobacterium which spreads through the air and attacks low immune bodies easily. Our methodology is based on clustering and classification that classifies TB into two categories, Pulmonary Tuberculosis(PTB ...
arxiv  

Perbedaan Indeks Massa Tubuh Sebelum Pengobatan Dan Sesudah Pengobatan Pada Pasien Tuberkulosis Paru Di Balai Besar Kesehatan Paru Masyarakat Surakarta [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Tuberculosis is a major health problem in the world. Pulmonary tuberculosis is the second leading cause of death due to infectious disease after AIDS.
AL HUDA, Imam
core  

Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Immunogenicity of ABBV‐154 in Adults With Glucocorticoid‐Dependent Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Phase 2, Randomized, Double‐Blind, Placebo‐Controlled Trial

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective An unmet need exists for glucocorticoid‐sparing treatments for patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). The antibody‐drug conjugate ABBV‐154 comprises adalimumab conjugated to a glucocorticoid receptor modulator. We evaluated ABBV‐154 versus placebo in patients with glucocorticoid‐dependent PMR.
Robert F. Spiera, Valerie Devauchelle‐Pensec, Claire E. Owen, Federico Díaz‐González, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Edit Drescher, Jaclyn Anderson, Dilek Arikan, Ronilda D'Cunha, Julie Parmentier, Denise T. Kruzikas, Weihan Zhao, Yang Yang, Karen Stellpflug, Frank Buttgereit   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source