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İn this study, renal transplant recipients who were complicated with tuberculosis, were analyzed with special reference to prevalence, outcome, therapy and drug toxicity. Among 520 patients, 22 (4.2%) were diagnosed to ...

Abstract Introduction Tuberculosis infection (TBI) is a great barrier to tuberculosis control. Previous large-scale study had revealed that the TBI rate was between 13% and 20% for the general population in China. Howeve...

Patients receiving anti-TNF-α therapy are at increased risk of developing tuberculosis (TB). While immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is classically associated with HIV-infected individuals initiating an...

Rationale: Stigma has a profound effect on the well-being and treatment outcomes of people with tuberculosis (PWTB). Despite its negative effects, TB-related stigma remains underexplored in high-burden TB settings such a...

Abstract Objective To investigate whether serum lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2) and chitinase-3-like protein 1 (YKL-40) levels are associated with drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in children with pulmonary tubercu...

Background: The relationship between vitamin D receptor gene variations and other risk factors in pulmonary tuberculosis remains unclear, largely due to the complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors. The pur...

BackgroundThe association between peripheral blood immune-inflammatory markers and neurological involvement in patients with spinal tuberculosis, and to develop a predictive model for early risk assessment. Spinal tuberc...

Abstract 2-Mercapto benzimidazole derivatives are well-recognized for their diverse pharmacological activities, including anti-tubercular, antimicrobial, anti-ulcer, analgesic, and anticancer properties. Isoniazid, a fir...

ABSTRACT Bovine tuberculosis is a worldwide spread zoonotic disease. Intradermal tuberculinizations are the most used diagnostic tests in the world. Serological tests can be an ancillary diagnosis for bovine tuberculosis...

Abstract Endometrial tuberculosis is a rare diagnosis in the postmenopausal period, and it can mimic a carcinoma. The present article describes the case of a 54-year-old female patient with weight loss, abdominal pain, a...

Mendeteksi atau mendiagnosa penyakit adalah salah satu cara untuk mengobati seseorang, salah satunya adalah diagnosa penyakit Tuberculosis. Dari sekian banyak diagnosa penyakit, tuberculosis merupakan diagnosa yang cukup...

A prevalência da tuberculose em bovinos abatidos em Minas Gerais, de 1993 a 1997, em 10 matadouros sujeitos à Inspeção Federal, foi de 0,7‰. Os bovinos procederam principalmente deste Estado (74%) e de Goiás (25%)...

Objectives: To perform a multicentre study evaluating the performance of the direct nitrate reductase assay (NRA) for the detection of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis in sputum...

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem. Emerging evidence suggests that Vitamin D plays a significant immunomodulatory role in host defense against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Vitamin D defic...

Background: Medication non-adherence, potentially influenced by psychological and social factors, is a major barrier to effective treatment of tuberculosis. This study aimed to examine the associations between anxiety, d...

Tuberculosis developed in 28 out of 512 hemodialysis patients during from December 1992 to December 1997. The incidence was %5.5. The mean age of patients was 45.0±l 1.6 years. Mean duration on hemodialysis before diagn...

Tuberculosis is still a major health problem especially among immunocompromised hosts. Another problem is making diagnosis due to the unexpected presentation and localization of disease. Extrapulmonary disease may clinic...

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is rarely seen in childhood. We present all- year-old girl diagnosed (by clinical and laboratory criteria) as suffering from abdominal and renal tuberculosis after being evaluated for fever, g...

Here, a fifty nine year old woman with extrapulmonary tuberculosis and pyogenic infection involving cervical spine is presented. The patient had chronic renal failure and was on maintenance hemodialysis for two years. Sh...

Abstract Background A major constraint to tuberculosis control is low case finding with under-reporting to national authorities. Evidence shows that Patent Medicine Dealers are first port of call for most people with sym...

Background: Village doctors played a crucial role in tuberculosis (TB) control in China. While scant attention has been paid to village doctors’ knowledge of TB preventive treatment (TPT), even less is known about thei...

Abstract Background Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) remains a major challenge for TB control in Malawi, particularly in densely populated districts such as Blantyre. Most rifampicin resistance is caused by muta...

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze managers’ discourses regarding aspects that hinder the quality of records related to tuberculosis care in Primary Health Care. Method: A qualitative study conducted in a municipality in...

Abstract Background Managing the simultaneous treatment of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) increases the risk of adverse reactions, drug interactions, and challenges to treatment adherence. To address these complexities, ...