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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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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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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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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, Valente, Ilaria C, Delia Goletti, Klaus Reither, Roberta Bosu (488273), Grace Mwangoka, Luigi R Codecasa, Norbert Heinrich, Heinrich Norbert, Giovanni Sotgiu (16787), Ambrosi, Alessandro, Ntinginya, Elias N, 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., 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, Cirillo, Daniela M, 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.   +78 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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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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Pulmonary Tuberculosis among People Living with HIV/AIDS Attending Care and Treatment in Rural Northern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2008
Tuberculosis is the commonest opportunistic infection and the number one cause of death in HIV/AIDS patients in developing countries. To address the extent of the tuberculosis HIV coinfection in rural Tanzania we conducted a cross sectional study ...
Odd Morkve, Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey, Sayoki G Mfinanga, Bernard J Ngowi, Morkve Odd, Ngowi, Bernard J, Ngowi, Bernard J., Mfinanga Sayoki G, Bruun, Johan Nikolai, Mørkve, Odd, Mfinanga, Sayoki G, Johan N Bruun, Bruun Johan N, Morkve, Odd, Bruun, Johan N, Ngowi Bernard J   +15 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of computer-aided detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in chest radiographs : a validation study from sub-saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2014
Chest radiography to diagnose and screen for pulmonary tuberculosis has limitations, especially due to inter-reader variability. Automating the interpretation has the potential to overcome this drawback and to deliver objective and reproducible results ...
Jugheli, Levan, Wagner, Dirk, Hella, J.J., Jugheli, L., Hombergh, J. van den, Wagner, D., Amanda Ross, Hombergh, Jan van den, Ross, Amanda, Mhimbira, Francis, Breuninger, Marianne, van den Hombergh, Jan, Hella, Jerry J, Lwilla, F., Fred Lwilla, Philipsen, Rick H H M, Klaus Reither, van Ginneken, Bram, Mhimbira, F., Reither, K., Bram van Ginneken, Marianne Breuninger, Jerry J Hella, Ross, A., Jan van den Hombergh, Reither, Klaus, Hella, Jerry J., Ginneken, Bram van, Breuninger, M., Philipsen, Rick H. H. M., Rick H H M Philipsen, Francis Mhimbira, Levan Jugheli, Ginneken, B. van, Dirk Wagner, Lwilla, Fred, Philipsen, R.H.H.M.   +36 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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