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Tuberculosis in antiretroviral treatment programs in lower income countries: availability and use of diagnostics and screening. [PDF]
, 2013 In resource-constrained settings, tuberculosis (TB) is a common opportunistic infection and cause of death in HIV-infected persons. TB may be present at the start of antiretroviral therapy (ART), but it is often under-diagnosed. We describe approaches to
Samuel Ajayi +110 more
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Southern Medical Journal, 1893 Approximately one-third of the world population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the organism that causes tuberculosis (TB). After a brief resurgence beginning in the mid-1980s, the incidence of TB is once again declining in the United States.
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Tuberculosis diagnosis using immunodominant, secreted antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis [PDF]
, 2013 Summary Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health concern in most low-income countries. Hence, rapid and sensitive TB diagnostics play an important role in detecting and preventing the disease. In addition to established diagnostic methods, several
Aliya, Bekmurzayeva +3 more
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A CLINICAL CASE OF DISSEMINATED PULMONARY LESIONS WITH A CONCURRENT CONDITION
Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2018 The article presents a clinical case of a complex differential diagnostics of disseminated pulmonary lesions with a concurrent condition.
Anzhela S. Polyakova +5 more
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Annual Review of Public Health, 2002 ▪ Abstract Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by bacteria in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Of these, the most common species to infect humans is M. tuberculosis. The TB bacillus is an extremely successful human pathogen, infecting two billion persons worldwide; an estimated 2 to 3 million people die from tuberculosis each year.
Parvathi, Tiruviluamala, Lee B, Reichman
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Missed opportunities for tuberculosis diagnosis. [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: In high tuberculosis (TB) burden, resource-poor countries, sputum smear microscopy remains the mainstay of diagnosis. The low sensitivity of this test means that patients with smear-negative but culture-positive TB pass undetected through the
Trejos, N +5 more
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SEQUENCING OF SIX GENOMES OF CLINICAL STRAINS OF NON-TUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA
Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2019 .
V. V. Ustinova +5 more
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European Respiratory Review, 2014 Tuberculosis remains a serious health problem worldwide, particularly affecting the poorest in both high-income and developing countries. It was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization in 1993. Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis is caused by mycobacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, and is acquired ...
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Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2023 The presented observation describes an example of effective treatment of the patient with disseminated destructive pulmonary tuberculosis with preXDR. The treatment included staged surgery using the original method of anterior mediastinum plasty with a ...
R. V. Tarasov +4 more
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