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Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Patients with Cough Attending Outpatient Departments in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: Does Duration of Cough Matter? [PDF]

, 2009
According to WHO estimates, tuberculosis case detection rate in Tanzania is less than 50% and this poses a major challenge to control tuberculosis in the country.
Eliud R Wandwalo, Ngadaya, Esther S, Mørkve, Odd, Esther S Ngadaya, Odd Morkve, Wandwalo, Eliud R., Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey, Godfrey S Mfinanga, Wandwalo, Eliud R, Ngadaya, Esther S., Mfinanga, Godfrey S, Morkve, Odd   +11 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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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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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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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 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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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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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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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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