Intestinal Tuberculosis Presenting with Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patient on Warfarin Therapy by Werimo Pascal Kuka, Joe Rakiro, Joseph Gatheru, Felix Riunga, Allan Rajula

“…Background. Intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) constitutes less than 5% of overall cases of extrapulmonary disease and mostly affects the ileocecal region. …”
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Level of tuberculosis-related stigma and associated factors in Ugandan communities. by Derrick Kimuli, Florence Nakaggwa, Norah Namuwenge, Vincent Kamara, Mabel Nakawooya, Geofrey Amanya, Philip Tumwesigye, Daniel Mwehire, Deus Lukoye, Miriam Murungi, Seyoum Dejene, Jaffer Byawaka, Norbert Mubiru, Stavia Turyahabwe, Barbara Amuron, Daraus Bukenya

“…Tuberculosis (TB) stigma remains a significant barrier to TB control efforts globally, especially in countries with a high TB burden. …”
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Mathematical Modelling of Tuberculosis and Hepatitis C Coinfection Dynamics with No Intervention by Mohammed Kizito, Hasifa Nampala, Pius Ariho

“…In this study, a deterministic tuberculosis (TB)-hepatitis C (HCV) coinfection mathematical model with no intervention is analysed purposely to examine the dynamics of TB-HCV coinfection so as to find conditions for reducing the transmission of both TB and HCV. …”
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Diagnostic value of third-generation nanopore sequencing in extrapulmonary tuberculosis by Chang Song, Chang Song, Chunyan Zhao, Chunyan Zhao, Yanrong Lin, Yingxing Nong, Aichun Huang, Shaoyong Xi, Xiaoying Wei, Chunmei Zeng, Shixiong Yang, Qingdong Zhu

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Progress in the role of nanoparticles in the diagnosis and treatment of bone and joint tuberculosis by Yitong Ding, Baiyun Li, Yangfei Yi, Can Liu, Jie Wen, Jie Wen, Xiaohong Jian, Yufei Li

Subjects: “…bone and joint tuberculosis…”
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Mathematical Modeling of Tuberculosis Transmission Dynamics With Reinfection and Optimal Control by Francis Oketch Ochieng

“…ABSTRACT Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health challenge, claiming over 2 million lives annually, predominantly among adults. …”
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Understanding Rifampicin Resistance in Tuberculosis through a Computational Approach by Satish Kumar, Lingaraja Jena

“…The disease tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. …”
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'Pseudo' Treatment Failure of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Association with a Tuberculoma by Richard Long, Sylvia Chomyc, Evelina Der, Daniel S Sitar

“…Failure of tuberculosis patients to respond to treatment is usually explained by one or more of five mechanisms: improper drug prescription; patient nonadherence to prescribed therapy; primary or acquired drug resistance; drug malabsorption; and rarely, exogenous reinfection with a drug-resistant isolate. …”
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Perianal Tuberculosis: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature by K. Ibn Majdoub Hassani, S. Ait Laalim, I. Toughrai, K. Mazaz

“…Extra pulmonary tuberculosis accounts for less than 15% of all cases of tuberculosis whereas the Intestinal one constitutes less than 1% of the extrapulmonary forms of the disease. …”
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Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Leading to Abdominal Wall Mass in Young Patient by Mohadeseh Karimi, Ali AtashAbParvar

“…Background. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. …”
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Induced Sputum for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Is It Useful in Clinical Practice? by S-R Olsen, R Long, GJ Tyrrell, D Kunimoto

“…BACKGROUND: Diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is challenging in patients who are unable to spontaneously expectorate. …”
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Drug-induced differential culturability in diverse strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Valerie F. A. March, Nino Maghradze, Kakha Mchedlishvili, Teona Avaliani, Rusudan Aspindzelashvili, Zaza Avaliani, Maia Kipiani, Nestani Tukvadze, Levan Jugheli, Selim Bouaouina, Anna Doetsch, Galo A. Goig, Sebastien Gagneux, Sonia Borrell

Subjects: “…Mycobacterium tuberculosis…”
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Peritoneal Tuberculosis With a Challenging Diagnosis: A Case Report by Parivash Davoodian, Adel Sadeghdoost, Khadijeh Ahmadi, Behnoosh Heidari

Subjects: “…tuberculosis…”
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Nonprotein Structures from Mycobacteria: Emerging Actors for Tuberculosis Control by Luz M. Lopez-Marin

“…Immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causal agent of tuberculosis, is critical for protection. …”
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Two Cases of Miliary Tuberculosis and Increasing Level of CA-125 by M Alimagham, S Aminiafshar, SMM H Moghaddam, S Shokuhi

“…Two cases of miliary tuberculosis and elevated levels of cancer antigen 125 Ovarian carcinoma is one of the most dangerous malignancies in women. …”
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Phenotype of Peripheral NK Cells in Latent, Active, and Meningeal Tuberculosis by José Alberto Choreño-Parra, Luis Armando Jiménez-Álvarez, Ellis Daniela Maldonado-Díaz, Graciela Cárdenas, Luis Alejandro Fernández-Lopez, José Luis Soto-Hernandez, Marcela Muñoz-Torrico, Gustavo Ramírez-Martínez, Alfredo Cruz-Lagunas, Armando Vega-López, María Lilia Domínguez-López, Carlos Sánchez-Garibay, Parménides Guadarrama-Ortíz, Silvia Giono, Luis Antonio Jiménez-Zamudio, Shabaana A. Khader, Ethel A. García-Latorre, Citlaltepetl Salinas-Lara, Joaquín Zúñiga

“…The mechanisms underlying the immunopathology of tuberculous meningitis (TBM), the most severe clinical form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB), are not understood. It is currently believed that the spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) from the lung is an early event that occurs before the establishment of adaptive immunity. …”
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Abdominopelvic Tuberculosis Secondary to a Nontuberculous Mycobacterium in an Immunocompetent Patient by Beng Kwang Ng, Kembang Aziah Yakob, Wendy Yin Ling Ng, Pei Shan Lim, Rahana Abd Rahman, Abdul Kadir Abdul Karim, Ani Amelia Zainuddin, Zaleha Abdullah Mahdy

“…Tuberculosis (TB) remained as one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide despite an overall decline in its incidence rate globally. …”
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Researches on new and simple test for elifferentiation of tuberculosis anel brucellosis by Veysi ASLAN

“…This research was carried out on a total of 50 ili animals suspected from tuberculosis and brucellosis which were brought to the clinics of Veterinary Faculty and on 10 healthy cattle that have being raised at o ur experimental farm.…”
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A Case Series of Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis in Renal Transplant Patients by Pedro Azevedo, Cristina Freitas, Hugo Silva, Pedro Aguiar, Pedro Farrajota, Manuela Almeida, Sofia Pedroso, La Salete Martins, Leonídio Dias, José Ramón Vizcaíno, António Castro Henriques, António Cabrita

“…Tuberculosis is a disease relatively frequent in renal transplant patients, presenting a wide variety of clinical manifestations, often involving various organs and potentially fatal. …”
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Environmental fungi target thiol homeostasis to compete with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. by Neha Malhotra, Sangmi Oh, Peter Finin, Jessica Medrano, Jenna Andrews, Michael Goodwin, Tovah E Markowitz, Justin Lack, Helena I M Boshoff, Clifton Earl Barry

“…We screened a collection of fungi isolated from sphagnum bogs by co-culture with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) to look for inducible expression of antitubercular agents and identified 5 fungi that produced cidal antitubercular agents upon exposure to live Mtb. …”
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