Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in high-risk pulmonary infections: a clinical review [PDF]
, 2014 The aim of this article was to review the role of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in acute pulmonary infectious diseases, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), H1N1 and tuberculosis, and to assess the risk of disease transmission with the use ...
Ambrosino, Nicolino +11 more
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The detection of airborne transmission of tuberculosis from HIV-infected patients, using an in vivo air sampling model [PDF]
, 2007 Background. Nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis remains an important public health problem. We created an in vivo air sampling model to study airborne transmission of tuberculosis from patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and ...
A. Gonzalez +40 more
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"HETEROSEROTHERAPY" IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. [PDF]
The Lancet, 1919 n ...
Perkins, J. J. +2 more
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Splenectomy correlates with increased risk of pulmonary tuberculosis: a case–control study in Taiwan [PDF]
, 2014 This study investigated whether there was an association between splenectomy and pulmonary tuberculosis. This was a case–control study using the database of the Taiwan National Health Insurance Programme.
Chen, H.-J. +4 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 +8 more
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Deep Learning Methods for Screening Pulmonary Tuberculosis Using Chest X-rays [PDF]
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering:
Imaging & Visualization (2020), 2020 Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious bacterial airborne disease, and is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 1.8 billion people are infected with TB and 1.6 million deaths were reported in 2018. More importantly,95% of cases and deaths were from developing countries.
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Empiric treatment of pulmonary TB in the Xpert era: Correspondence of sputum culture, Xpert MTB/RIF, and clinical diagnoses. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundClinical tuberculosis diagnosis and empiric treatment have traditionally been common among patients with negative bacteriologic test results. Increasing availability of rapid molecular diagnostic tests, including Xpert MTB/RIF and the new Xpert
Cattamanchi, Adithya +12 more
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Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2008 Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is the most common primary malign tumour of pleura. The aim of this study was to evaluate cases of MPM diagnosed and treated in Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis “Podhrastovi” during ten-year period (1998-
Vesna Čukić +5 more
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Is spinal tuberculosis contagious? [PDF]
, 2010 SummaryWhile pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections are recognized for their public health implications, less is known about the infectiousness of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, specifically, spinal tuberculosis or Pott's disease.
Holodniy, Mark +2 more
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Hierarchical Classification of Pulmonary Lesions: A Large-Scale Radio-Pathomics Study [PDF]
, 2020 Diagnosis of pulmonary lesions from computed tomography (CT) is important but challenging for clinical decision making in lung cancer related diseases. Deep learning has achieved great success in computer aided diagnosis (CADx) area for lung cancer, whereas it suffers from label ambiguity due to the difficulty in the radiological diagnosis. Considering
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