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The efficacy and safety of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery on the treatment for stage II-III tuberculous empyema: a single-arm clinical retrospective study from 2016 to 2021 in a thoracic surgery center in China

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background Surgery is an important adjuvant treatment for tuberculous empyema(TE). We thus conducted a single arm-clinical retrospective study of stage II-III TE patients who underwent uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (Uni-VATS) over a 5-year ...
Wenwen Sun, Guidong Yin, Haomin Cai, Yiming Zhou, Jin Gu, Shanhao Chen, Lin Fan   +6 more
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Factors Associated with Treatment Outcome in Patients with Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease: A Large Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study in Shanghai

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Infectious diseases caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly common. This retrospective cohort study examined factors associated with outcomes in patients from Shanghai who had NTM pulmonary disease (NTMPD) from January 2014 to ...
Li-Ping Cheng, Shan-Hao Chen, Hai Lou, Xu-Wei Gui, Xiao-Na Shen, Jie Cao, Wei Sha, Qin Sun   +7 more
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A systematic review of the association between pulmonary tuberculosis and the development of chronic airflow obstruction in adults [PDF]

, 2012
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) as a cause of COPD is debated, with some, but not all evidence suggesting an association between the two conditions.
Allwood, Brian
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Clinical Features of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease in the Yangtze River Delta of China: A Single-Center, Retrospective, Observational Study

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
With increased focus on nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD), and the improvement in detection methods, the global incidence continues to increase every year, but the diagnosis and treatment are difficult with a high misdiagnosis rate ...
Hai Lou, Ansheng Zou, Xiaona Shen, Yong Fang, Qin Sun, Fen Zhang, Wei Sha   +6 more
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A deletion in the RD105 region confers resistance to multiple drugs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

BMC Biology, 2019
Background The emergence of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), especially those that are multidrug resistant poses a serious threat to global tuberculosis control.
Lianhua Qin, Jie Wang, Junmei Lu, Hua Yang, Ruijuan Zheng, Zhonghua Liu, Xiaochen Huang, Yonghong Feng, Zhongyi Hu, Baoxue Ge   +9 more
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Evaluation of giant african pouched rats for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients from a high-endemic setting [PDF]

, 2015
This study established evidence about the diagnostic performance of trained giant African pouched rats for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum of well-characterised patients with presumptive tuberculosis (TB) in a high-burden setting.; The TB ...
Jugheli, Levan, Mohamed Sasamalo, Mhimbira, Francis A., Weetjens, Bart J., Reither, Klaus, Mahoney, Amanda, Christophe Cox, Mulder, Christiaan, Bart J Weetjens, Negussie W Beyene, Francis A Mhimbira, Timothy L Edwards, Glass, Tracy R., Sasamalo, Mohamed, Beyene, Negussie W., Klaus Reither, Cox, Christophe, Christiaan Mulder, Edwards, Timothy L., Levan Jugheli, Amanda Mahoney, Tracy R Glass, Weetjens BJ, Reither K, Jugheli L, Mulder Christiaan, Weetjens Bart J., Glass Tracy R., Beyene NW, Glass TR, Mahoney Amanda, Edwards Timothy L., Cox Christophe, Sasamalo M, Cox C, Beyene Negussie W., Edwards TL, Reither Klaus, Jugheli Levan, Mhimbira FA, Sasamalo Mohamed, Mhimbira Francis A., Mulder C, Mahoney A   +43 more
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High-dose vitamin D(3) during intensive-phase antimicrobial treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: a double-blind randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D was used to treat tuberculosis in the pre-antibiotic era, and its metabolites induce antimycobacterial immunity in vitro. Clinical trials investigating the effect of adjunctive vitamin D on sputum culture conversion are absent ...
Rutterford, CM, Wilkinson, R. J., Drobniewski, Francis A, Packe, Geoffrey E, Moore-Gillon, John C., Bothamley, GH, Nikolayevskyy, V, Barker, Richard D., Heather J Milburn, Martineau, AR, Drobniewski, Francis A., Coussens, Anna K., Davidson, R, Mein, C. A., Griffiths, CJ, Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy, Timms,, P. M., Drobniewski, FA, Christopher J Mullett, Venton, Timothy R, Eldridge, SM, John C Moore-Gillon, Francis A Drobniewski, Griffiths, C. J., Davies, Geraint R., Milburn, HJ, Venton, TR, Drobniewski, F. A., Davies, Geraint R, Moore-Gillon, J. C., Alleyna P Claxton, Charles A Mein, Eldridge, S. M., Yasmeen Hanifa, Mullett, Christopher J, Sandra M Eldridge, Claxton, Alleyna P, Graham H Bothamley, Davidson, Robert N, Venton, Timothy R., Davidson, Robert N., Mein, Charles A, Venton, T. R., Milburn, Heather, Barnes, Korina E, Wilkinson, Robert J, Martineau, Adrian R., Rutterford, Clare M, Milburn, Heather J, Phil, D, Packe, Geoffrey E., Davies, G. R., Woodward, NJ, Mein, Charles A., Rutterford, C. M, Geoffrey E Packe, Woodward, Nicholas J, Islam, Kamrul, Packe, GE, Mathina Darmalingam, Robert N Davidson, Anna K Coussens, Geraint R Davies, Timms, Peter M., Barnes, Korina E., Hanifa, Yasmeen, Davies, GR, Martineau, Adrian R, Moore-Gillon, JC, Barker, R. D., Nikolayevskyy, Vladyslav, Baker, L.V., Bothamley, Graham H., Moore-Gillon, John C, Timothy R Venton, Coussens, A. K, Timms, Peter M, Baker, Lucy V, Martineau, A R., Robert J Wilkinson, Griffiths, Christopher J, Baker, Lucy V., Darmalingam, M, Barnes, K. E., Wilkinson, Robert J., Bothamley, G. H., Christopher J Griffiths, Coussens, Anna K, Claxton, Alleyna P., Kamrul Islam, Barker, Richard D, Mullett, Christopher J., Barker, RD, Peter M Timms, Mullett, B, Hanifa, Y, Woodward, Nicholas J., Barnes, KE, Korina E Barnes, Claxton, AP, Woodward, N. J., Claxton, A. P., Mullett, CJ, Coussens, AK, Timms, PM, Eldridge, Sandra M., Christopher, J, Davidson, RN, Eldridge, Sandra M, Griffiths, Christopher J., Clare M Rutterford, Lucy V Baker, Nicholas J Woodward, Bothamley, Graham H, Richard D Barker, Darmalingam, Mathina, Packe, G. E., Milburn, H.J., Mein, CA, Baker, LV, Rutterford, Clare M., Wilkinson, RJ, Adrian R Martineau, Islam, K   +123 more
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Factors Influencing False-Negative Results of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) in Active Tuberculosis and the Desirability of Resetting Cutoffs for Different Populations: A Retrospective Study

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Objectives The value of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) in the diagnosis of TB varies by population, comorbidities, and other factors. In this study, we aimed to investigate factors that influence false-negative results of QFT-GIT test in the ...
Yuanyuan Yu, Yidian Liu, Lan Yao, Yanheng Shen, Qin Sun, Wei Sha   +5 more
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Association of IL4RA and IL-8 polymorphism in predicting susceptibility towards tuberculosis

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2023
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an infectious bacterial disease frequently affecting the lungs. With two fatalities from tuberculosis (TB) occurring every three minutes, India has the highest disease burden.
Jyotish K, Jawahar Lal Joshi, Heena Kansal, Vishal Chopra, Kranti Garg, Nidhi Girdhar, Karan Sharma, Rishabh Deshwal, Siddharth Sharma   +8 more
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THE DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS [PDF]

BMJ, 1900
This may be a matter of considerable ease, or one of extreme difficulty, depending on the stage of the disease and the nature of the pathologic conditions. Let us first consider its diagnosis at an early stage. Tuberculosis is an infection, and as is the rule with infections, it occasions a rise of temperature even at its incipiency. Except very rarely,
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