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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, ...

Abstract Background Studies have shown that autophagy was closely involved in host defense against mycobacteria, and genetic variations in autophagy genes were related to susceptibility to multiple diseases. We conducted...

Pesquisa avaliativa, tipo estudo de caso, do contexto e grau de implantação do Programa de Controle da Tuberculose (PCT) no município de Coari, Amazonas, 2001-2008. As técnicas de pesquisa conjugaram abordagens quant...

IntroductionThe integration of tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment (TPT) into HIV services through electronic health records (EHR) can improve outcomes by enhancing care coordination, reducing redundancies, and suppor...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the etiologic agent of tuberculosis (TB), has killed nearly one billion people in the last two centuries. Nowadays, TB remains a major global health problem, ranking among the thirteen l...

In this study, clinical features in 24 patients diagnosed as urinary tuberculosis in our nephrology and urology clinics between 1993 and 2000 years were investigated retrospectively. Fourteen patients (52 %) were male ...

Abstract Objective China has achieved remarkable progress in tuberculosis (TB) control, with the incidence rates declining continuously; however, the disease burden among females remained substantial with pronounced r...

Objective. To evaluate the effectiveness of nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (ETB), as well as the impact of PCR results on clinical management. Materials and Methods. W...

Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) has high morbidity and mortality rates, and drug-resistant strains pose an increasing challenge. Traditional methods for detecting the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) are insufficient...

Aunque la tuberculosis (TBC) es curable y prevenible, persiste como problema de Salud Pública, a pesar de contar con medidas de diagnóstico y un tratamiento eficaz y de bajo costo. La principal estrategia de control de...

Introduction: Patients with tuberculosis often struggle not only with the burden of physical illness but also significant psychological challenges, especially depression, that affect their quality of life profoundly. Met...

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a severe public health issue in prison inmates in Ethiopia since there is no routine screening for TB during prison admission. Also, drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is a significant p...

ABSTRACT Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health problem in Ghana, with high morbidity and mortality rates. Persons with TB are at risk of adverse cardiovascular disease with hyperlipidemia being...

Abstract Objective Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health threat with an incompletely understood pathogenesis. The RNA epigenetic modification N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is a key regulator of immune responses in various...