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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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Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Treated in Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis “Podhrastovi“ in Ten-Year Period (from 1998 to 2007)

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, Aida Ustamujić, Vladimir Lovre, Hasan Žutić, Sadika Genjac, Mina Mašić -Zečević   +5 more
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Early innate immunity determines outcome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pulmonary infection in rabbits

Cell Communication and Signaling, 2013
BackgroundPulmonary infection of humans by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), results in active disease in 5-10% of individuals, while asymptomatic latent Mtb infection (LTBI) is established in the remainder.
S. Subbian, N. Bandyopadhyay, L. Tsenova, P. O’Brien, Viraj Khetani, Nicole L. Kushner, B. Peixoto, P. Soteropoulos, J. Bader, P. Karakousis, D. Fallows, G. Kaplan   +11 more
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PCR-reverse blot hybridization assay in respiratory specimens for rapid detection and differentiation of mycobacteria in HIV-negative population

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Rapid identification of pathogenic Mycobacterium species is critical for a successful treatment. However, traditional method is time-consuming and cannot discriminate isolated non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) at species level.
Qing Zhang, Heping Xiao, Liping Yan
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Appendicular mass – a rare form of tuberculosis [PDF]

, 2017
Tuberculosis is in the top 10 causes of death worldwide, being one of the most deadly infectious diseases. It is estimated that one of three people from the entire earth population has a latent infection with M tuberculosis.
Balalau, Cristian, Banu, Petrisor, Bratucu, Mircea, Constantin, Vlad D., Popa, Florian, Vladescu, Teodora   +5 more
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Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Lung India, 2019
The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program was started in India in 1997. There has been no nationwide survey to assess the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis.
R. Sathiyamoorthy, M. Kalaivani, P. Aggarwal, Sanjeev K. Gupta   +3 more
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Diagnostic Yield of Fluorescence and Ziehl-Neelsen Staining Techniques in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Comparative Study in a District Health Facility

Tuberculosis Research and Treatment, 2019
Background Despite the recent advancement in diagnostic methods, the smear microscopy remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in high burden countries like Ghana.
Eben Godsway Dzodanu, Justice Afrifa, Desmond Omane Acheampong, I. Dadzie   +3 more
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Efficacy of the Xpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin assay for diagnosing sputum-smear negative or sputum-scarce pulmonary tuberculosis in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objective: To evaluate he diagnostic performance of the Xpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/Rifampin (MTB/RIF) assay in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF).
Juan Yang, Yanheng Shen, Lei Wang, LiXia Ju, Xiaocui Wu, Peng Wang, Xiaohui Hao, Qin Sun, Fangyou Yu, Wei Sha   +9 more
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Anthropometric indices of Gambian children after one or three annual rounds of mass drug administration with azithromycin for trachoma control. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Mass drug administration (MDA) with azithromycin, carried out for the control of blinding trachoma, has been linked to reduced mortality in children.
A Amza, A Amza, A Sommer, A Weisz, AE Roth, AJ Weisz, Ansumana Sillah, C Nokes, C Panter-Brick, CG Victora, CJ Whitty, CL Coles, CL Coles, D Stare, David C W Mabey, EJ Giamarellos-Bourboulis, EK Gough, EM Harding-Esch, EM Harding-Esch, Emma M Harding-Esch, EV Basilion, I Udan, JD Keenan, JH Humphrey, John Hart, KL Kotloff, KN Ryan, L Leonor Rodríguez, LS Stephenson, Martin J Holland, MG Rowland, MG Rowland, MP Eccles, P Aaby, PG Lunn, R Goto, RL Guerrant, Robin L Bailey, S Haug, Sarah E Burr, T Edwards, Tansy Edwards, TC Porco, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO   +46 more
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Factors Associated With Sputum Culture-Negative vs Culture-Positive Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

JAMA Network Open, 2019
Key Points Question What proportion of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis have negative sputum culture results, and how do they present differently from patients with culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis? Findings In our cross-sectional study of 796
M. Nguyen, Natalie S. Levy, S. Ahuja, L. Trieu, D. Proops, J. Achkar   +5 more
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