Pulmonary tuberculosis

Several studies have compared the diagnostic value of sputum induction (SI) with flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis; however, these investigations yield an inconsistent conclusion. This study aims to evaluate the role of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) testing of SI and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples in suspected pulmonary tuberculosis cases.

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Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and most commonly occurs in the lung. Only 10-15% of all cases of tuberculosis occur outside the respiratory system. Whereas secondary tuberculosis of the tonsil, where there is sputum-positive pulmonary TB, has been well documented, primary tuberculosis of the tonsil without pulmonary TB is rare, and only a few cases have been reported up to now.

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Loss to follow-up (LTFU) from tuberculosis (TB) treatment and care is a major public health problem as patients can be infectious and also may develop a multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB). The study aimed to assess whether LTFU difers by the distance TB patients travelled to receive care from the nearest health facility

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Patients with drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) with comorbidities and drug toxicities are difficult to treat. Guidelines recommend such patients to be managed in consultation with a multidisciplinary team of experts (the “TB consilium”) to optimise treatment regimens.

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The objective of the present study is to describe the clinical, diagnostic, radiological and therapeutic aspects of osteoarticular tuberculosis (OATB) in patients in a tertiary pediatric hospital, to know if the diagnosis of OATB in pediatrics is a challenge due to its insidious clinical presentation.

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The purpose of this study was to determine risk factors of postoperative complications in tuberculosisdestroyed lung (TDL) patients. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data from all consecutive TDL patients undergoing surgical treatment at the Beijing Chest Hospital from January 2001 to September 2019.

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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a well-known risk factor for tuberculosis (TB). Metformin, which is an essential anti-diabetic drug, has been shown to exhibit anti-TB efects in patients with DM. Its effect on preventing the development of TB among patients who are newly diagnosed with DM remains unclear.

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Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs), as an important group of innate immunity, could respond rapidly to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. In this research, we studied the phenotypic changes of circulatory ILCs in active tuberculosis (TB) disease.

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Despite incarcerated population being at an increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) and serving as a potential source of TB transmission for the general population, prison TB remains understudied. Given its adverse impact on progress towards TB elimination, World Health Organization (WHO) has identified prison TB research as a top priority to guide TB treatment/control interventions.

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Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is the barrier for global TB elimination efforts with a lower treatment success rate. Loss to follow-up (LTFU) in DR-TB is a serious problem, causes mortality and morbidity for patients, and leads to wide spreading of DR-TB to their family and the wider community, as well as wasting health resources.

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Tuberculosis, as a communicable disease, is an ongoing global epidemic that accounts for high burden of global mortality and morbidity. Globally, with an estimated 10 million new cases and around 1.4 million deaths, TB has emerged as one of the top 10 causes of morbidity and mortality in 2019.

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Invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) have been combined as sequential MV in the treatment of respiratory failure. However, the effectiveness remains unclear. Here, we performed a randomized controlled study to assess the efficacy and safety of sequential MV in the treatment of tuberculosis with respiratory failure.

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Tuberculosis remains a serious public health concern globally. The enormous social, economic, and health impacts of the diseases are attributed to the lack of updated data on the prevalence, geospatial distribution, population structures, and genotypic variants of the circulating M. tuberculosis.

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The leprosy-tuberculosis (TB) co-infection is rarely reported in recent times. However, this dual comorbidity is associated with high mortality and major morbidity. Unrecognised leprosy-TB co-infection may predispose afected patients to rifampicin monotherapy and subsequent drug resistance.

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Meningitis is the most severe manifestation of tuberculosis. It is largely unknown why some people develop pulmonary TB (PTB) and others TB meningitis (TBM); we examined if the genetic background of infecting M. tuberculosis strains may be relevant.

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Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient communicable disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In India, RNTCP (Revised national tuberculosis control program) now known as NTEP (National tuberculosis elimination program) endorsed diagnostic steps to diagnose TB infection and disease are followed. To study the diagnostic efficacy of GeneXpert in comparison to various staining techniques in patients suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis.

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This study is a Prospective study in Thanjavur medical college, central diagnostic laboratory in Department of Microbiology combined with Department of Medicine and Department of Thoracic medicine in Thanjavur medical college during the Period of January 2020 to December 2020.

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Nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) species are ubiquitous microorganisms. NTM pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) is thought to be caused not by human-to-human transmission but by independent environmental acquisition.

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Intravesical instillation of bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) as a treatment for superfcial bladder cancer rarely causes pulmonary complications. While published cases have been pathologically characterized by multiple granulomatous lesions due to disseminated infection, no case presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule has been reported.

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Sputum smear conversion is a key indicator of treatment response and reduced infectivity among bacteriologically confrmed pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients. This study aimed at estimating sputum smear conversion and identifying factors hindering sputum smear conversion among bacteriologically confrmed PTB cases in East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia.

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