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CCL2 responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis are associated with disease severity in tuberculosis. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND Leucocyte activating chemokines such as CCL2, CCL3, and CXCL8 together with proinflammatory IFNgamma, TNFalpha and downmodulatory IL10 play a central role in the restriction of M.
Hussain Rabia, Cliff, Jacqueline M., Hasan, Z, Jamil, Bushra, Bushra Jamil, Hussain, Rabia, Cliff, Jacqueline M, Ashraf Mussarat, Hazel M Dockrell, Hasan Zahra, Jamil, B, Mussarat Ashraf, Jacqueline M Cliff, Ashraf, Mussarat, Cliff Jacqueline M., Cliff, JM, Irfan, Muhammad, Irfan Muhammad, Ashraf, M, Hussain, R, Muhammad Irfan, Hasan, Zahra, Dockrell Hazel M., Dockrell, HM, Irfan, M, Jamil Bushra, Dockrell, Hazel M, Rabia Hussain, Zahra Hasan   +28 more
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Micronutrient malnutrition and wasting in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis with and without HIV co-infection in Malawi. [PDF]

, 2004
BACKGROUND: Wasting and micronutrient malnutrition have not been well characterized in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis. We hypothesized that micronutrient malnutrition is associated with wasting and higher plasma human immunodeficiency virus (HIV ...
Johnny J Kumwenda, Tamara D Clark, Richard D Semba, Harries Anthony D, Zijlstra, Ed E, Clark Tamara D, Taha Taha E, Taha, Taha E, Kumwenda, Johnny J, Semba Richard D, Anthony D Harries, Kumwenda Johnny J, Zijlstra Ed E, Harries, Anthony D, Monique van Lettow, Taha E Taha, Clark, Tamara D, van Lettow Monique, van Lettow, Monique, Ed E Zijlstra, Semba, Richard D   +20 more
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The bactericidal activity of moxifloxacin in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis [PDF]

, 2003
Patients in whom acid-fast bacilli smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis was newly diagnosed were randomized to receive 400 mg moxifloxacin, 300 mg isonaizid, or 600 mg rifampin daily for 5 days. Sixteen-hour overnight sputa collections were made for the
Morris, RW, Richard W. Morris, Nyindo, M, Gosling, Roly D., Morris, Richard W, Emily Bongard, Gosling, Roly D, Morris, Richard W., Sam, NE, Sam, Noel E, Kanduma, Esther G, Gosling, RD, Noel E. Sam, Esther G. K, Roly D. Gosling, Kanduma, EG, Uiso, LO, Uiso, Leonard O, Bongard, Emily, Nyindo, Mramba, Stephen H. Gillespie, Leonard O. Uiso, Sam, Noel E., Kanduma, Esther C., Gillespie, Stephen H., Gillespie, Stephen H, Gillespie, SH, Mramba Nyindo, Bongard, E, Uiso, Leonard O., Kanduma, Esther G., Gillespie, Stephen H.; id_orcid   +31 more
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Sleep quality and influencing factors and correlation with T-lymphocyte subpopulation counts in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Patients diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) have poor sleep quality due to multiple factors. We aimed to assess the sleep status and related factors of TB patients in Shenzhen, China. Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted on 461 
Hailin Zhang, Ao Li, Youli Jiang, Wenqiu Chen, Jin Wang, Peize Zhang, Guofang Deng, Weiyu Wang, Jingfang Chen, Yi Lin   +9 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

Microbiology 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, Xubin Zheng, Yong Fang, Fangyou Yu, Haiyan Cui, Qin Sun, Wei Sha   +6 more
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Diagnostic yield of Xpert MTB/RIF on contrast-enhanced ultrasound-guided pleural biopsy specimens for pleural tuberculosis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background: A 3-year prospective study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) in the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (pTB) on contrast -enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)-guided pleural biopsy specimens. Method: Patients suspected with
Wenwen Sun, Yiming Zhou, Wenting Li, Yin Wang, Kunlong Xiong, Zhemin Zhang, Lin Fan   +6 more
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Tuberculosis diagnostics and biomarkers: needs, challenges, recent advances, and opportunities [PDF]

, 2012
Tuberculosis is unique among the major infectious diseases in that it lacks accurate rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests. Failure to control the spread of tuberculosis is largely due to our inability to detect and treat all infectious cases of pulmonary
Grobusch, Martin P., Pletschette, Michel, Mchugh, Timothy D., Schwank, Samana, Zumla, A, McNerney, R., Squire, S. Bertel, Ford, Nathan, Kim, P.S., Marais, B, Squire, S B, Migliori, Giovanni Batista, Bates, M, McHugh, Timothy D, Grobusch, M.P., McNerney, R, Migliori, G-B, Migliori, Giovanni-Batista, Squire, Bertie, Lawn, S, O'Grady, J, Chakaya, J., Lawn, Steve, Mwaba, Peter, Harari, Alexandre, Memish, Z, Harari, A., Cox, Helen, Abubakar, I, Ford, N, Hoelscher, Michael, Chakaya, J, Zijenah, L, Casenghi, M., Grobusch, M P, Casenghi, Martina, McHugh, T D, Marais, B., Weyer, K., Pantaleo, Giuseppe, Schito, Marco, Pletschette, M, Abubakar, Ibrahim, Atun, Rifat, Weyer, K, O'Grady, J., Schwank, S, Mwaba, P., Grobusch, Martin P, Mwaba, P, Casenghi, M, Lawn, S., Zijenah, L., Ditui, Lucica, Cox, H., Pantaleo, G, Kim, P S, Schito, M, Weyer, Karin, O'Grady, Justin, Atun, R, Kim, Peter S, Harari, A, Abubakar, I., Zijenah, Lynn, Bates, Matthew, Memish, Ziad, Cox, H, Pletschette, M., Memish, Z., Schwank, S., Squire, S Bertel, Migliori, G.B., Ditui, L., McNerney, Ruth, Hoelscher, M., McHugh, T.D., Bates, M., Swaminathan, Soumya, Marais, Ben, Maeurer, Markus, Pantaleo, G., Zumla, A., Maeurer, M, Swaminathan, S, Kim, Peter S., Ditui, L, Hoelscher, M, Squire, S.B., Chakaya, Jeremiah, Ford, N., Zumla, Alimuddin, Schito, M., Maeurer, M., Swaminathan, S., Atun, R., Grobusch, MP, Mchugh, TD, Chakaya,, J et. al, Maeurer, M,   +99 more
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EBUS-GS with the GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of isolated pulmonary nodules

European 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, Ye Gu, Xiao-cui Wu, Li-ping Cheng, Lei Wang, Qing-rong Qu, Wei Sha, Qin Sun   +7 more
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miRNA signatures in sera of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis [PDF]

, 2013
Several studies showed that assessing levels of specific circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) is a non-invasive, rapid, and accurate method for diagnosing diseases or detecting alterations in physiological conditions.
Matteelli A., Ilaria C. Valente (488271), Valente I. C., Bosu R., Reither K., Valente, Ilaria C., Grace Mwangoka (488270), Aloi, Francesco, Sotgiu, Giovanni, Mwangoka Grace, Delia Goletti, Klaus Reither, Roberta Bosu (488273), Grace Mwangoka, Luigi R Codecasa, Norbert Heinrich, Heinrich Norbert, Giovanni Sotgiu (16787), Ambrosi, Alessandro, Daniela M Cirillo, Bosu, Roberta, Miotto Paolo, Aloi Francesco, Goletti D., Ambrosi Alessandro, Klaus Reither (259897), Ntinginya, Elias N., Paolo Miotto (109897), Mwangoka G., Delia Goletti (78635), Miotto, Paolo, Luigi R. Codecasa (488274), Codecasa, Luigi R., Goletti, Delia, Sotgiu Giovanni, Roberta Bosu, Goletti Delia, Elias N Ntinginya, Norbis, Luca, Luca Norbis, Matteelli Alberto, Matteelli, Alberto, Norbis Luca, Sotgiu G., Valente Ilaria C., Aloi F., Alberto Matteelli, Norbert Heinrich (175590), Ambrosi A., Heinrich N., Cirillo D. M., Alessandro Ambrosi, Francesco Aloi (488276), Norbis L., Codecasa Luigi R., Luca Norbis (488272), Codecasa L. R., Reither, Klaus, Ilaria C Valente, Mwangoka, Grace, Cirillo, Daniela M., Heinrich, Norbert, Elias N. Ntinginya (349100), Reither Klaus, Miotto P., Giovanni Sotgiu, Bosu Roberta, Francesco Aloi, Paolo Miotto, Cirillo Daniela M., Alessandro Ambrosi (94298), Ntinginya Elias N., Alberto Matteelli (488275), Daniela M. Cirillo (109923), Ntinginya E. N., Reither K, Matteelli A, Codecasa LR, Miotto P, Norbis L, Mwangoka G, Cirillo D.M., Valente IC, Ntinginya EN, Aloi F, Goletti D, Heinrich N, Sotgiu G, Bosu R, AMBROSI , ALESSANDRO   +89 more
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The granuloma in tuberculosis: dynamics of a host-pathogen collusion. [PDF]

, 2012
A granuloma is defined as an inflammatory mononuclear cell infiltrate that, while capable of limiting growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, also provides a survival niche from which the bacteria may disseminate.
Ulrich E. Schaible, Stefan Ehlers, Schaible, Ulrich E, Stefan eEhlers, Ulrich E Schaible, Ehlers, Stefan   +5 more
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