Outcome of Tuberculosis Treatment: A Comparison between Alberta and Nicaragua by Narmin Kassam, Anne Fanning, Jose Ramon Cruz, Alejandro Tardencilla

“…OBJECTIVE: To measure the outcome of tuberculosis treatment in a low incidence, high income region, Alberta, and compare with an intermediate incidence, low income country with a model national tuberculosis program, Nicaragua.…”
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Reviewing imaging discoveries in tuberculosis affecting extraspinal osteoarticular regions by Anuj Garg, Anil Kumar Singh, Rahul Sidheshwar Ranjan, Ashok Yadav, Ramesh Chandra Rajput, Shashikant Kumar

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Primary Nasal Tuberculosis in a 10-Year-Old Girl by Murat Özer, Yasemin Özsurekçi, Ali Bülent Cengiz, Uğur Özçelik, Ebru Yalçın, Özay Gököz

“…Nasal tuberculosis is a rare clinical entity which mainly presents in elderly people. …”
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Prevalence Of Rifampicin Resistance in New Cases Of Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Children by Sonia Saleem, Aneela Shaheen, Muhammad Naeem, Shahid Mehmood Sahi, Sara Rubab, Bint-Ul- Huda

“… Objective: The research aims to determine the prevalence of rifampicin resistance in newly diagnosed pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis cases, investigating the frequency of resistance to this first-line antibiotic. …”
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A Rare Case of Testicular Tuberculosis Mimicking as Testicular Malignancy by S. Rishabh, K. Krishnamoorthy, T. Joseph Pratheeban, E. Mathan, O. M. Rahman Shahul Hameed

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Evaluation of extracts from used Xpert MTB/RIF cartridges for detection of resistance to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Ethiopia by Tilahun Ketema, Mulualem Tadesse, Zegeye Bonsa, Getu Balay, Wakjira Kebede, Mekidim Mekonnen, Gemeda Abebe

“…Abstract Background Early and accurate diagnosis of drug resistance, including resistance to second-line anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs, is crucial for the effective control and management of pre-extensively drug-resistant TB (pre-XDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB). …”
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Risk factors of multidrug resistant tuberculosis among patients with tuberculosis at selected multidrug resistance treatment initiative centres in southern Ethiopia: a case-control study by Fantahun Admassu, Ermias Abera, Addisalem Gizachew, Tagesse Sedoro, Taye Gari

“…Cases were all patients with TB with culture proven or line probe assay confirmed Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to at least both isoniazid and rifampicin and registered on second-line TB treatment. …”
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Modern problems of bronchial tuberculosis in the world and the Russian Federation: A review by Nikita V. Chumovatov, Ekaterina G. Polushkina, Natalya A. Chernykh, Oksana G. Komissarova

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T Cell Reactivity against Mycolyl Transferase Antigen 85 of M. tuberculosis in HIV-TB Coinfected Subjects and in AIDS Patients Suffering from Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections by Pascal Launois, Annie Drowart, Eliane Bourreau, Pierre Couppie, Claire-Michèle Farber, Jean-Paul Van Vooren, Kris Huygen

“…The mycolyl transferase antigen 85 complex is a major secreted protein family from mycobacterial culture filtrate, demonstrating powerful T cell stimulatory properties in most HIV-negative, tuberculin-positive volunteers with latent M.tuberculosis infection and only weak responses in HIV-negative tuberculosis patients. …”
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Primary Pelvic Tuberculosis That Mimics Ovarian Cancer: A Case Report by Özlem Seçilmiş Kerimoğlu, Berat Berrin Gençoğlu, Aybike Tazegül Pekin, Nasuh Utku Doğan, Setenay Arzu Yılmaz, Çetin Çelik

“… Due to the lack of specific clinical and radiological signs, it is difficult to differentiate genital tuberculosis from ovarian carcinomas and gastrointestinal diseases. …”
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Th1 and Th17 Cells in Tuberculosis: Protection, Pathology, and Biomarkers by I. V. Lyadova, A. V. Panteleev

“…The outcome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection ranges from a complete pathogen clearance through asymptomatic latent infection (LTBI) to active tuberculosis (TB) disease. …”
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Multicentric Spinal Tuberculosis with Sternoclavicular Joint Involvement: A Rare Presentation by Balaji Saibaba, Umesh Kumar Meena, Prateek Behera, Ramesh Chand Meena

“…Though pulmonary tuberculosis is the commonest, extrapulmonary tuberculosis involving skeletal system is often seen. …”
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Solitary Sarcoid Granuloma of the Iris Mimicking Tuberculosis: A Case Report by Robert Rejdak, Pavel Pogorelov, Christian Y. Mardin, Małgorzata Szkaradek, Anselm G. M. Juenemann

“…We report a case of a male patient presented with sarcoid lesions of the iris and conjunctiva, mimicking tuberculosis due to epithelioid cell granulomas with small central necrosis in conjunctival biopsy. …”
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Diagnosis of tuberculosis in buffaloes in Argentina: intradermoreaction, compatible lesions and bacteriological culture by Emilia Irina Martínez, Fabiana Cipolini Galarza, Nolly María Monzón, Ana Gabriela Espasandin, José Luis Konrad, Elvira Falzoni, Soledad Barandiaran, Jimena Marfil, Marcela Martínez Vivot, Diana Elina Martínez

“… Bovine tuberculosis is a zoonotic disease distributed worldwide and present in Argentine herds. …”
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C-Tb Skin Test: A Step Toward Tuberculosis Eradication by Harshini T Reddy, Bhaskar Shenoy

“…C-Tb is a novel diagnostic test for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. It is a skin test based on the principle of tuberculin skin test containing early secreted antigenic target 6 (ESAT-6) and culture filtrate protein 10 (CFP-10). …”
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Mapping Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in Hunan Province, China by Temesgen Yihunie Akalu, Archie C. A. Clements, Zuhui Xu, Liqiong Bai, Kefyalew Addis Alene

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Survival Analysis of Risk Factors for Mortality in a Cohort of Patients with Tuberculosis by Yi Xie, Jing Han, Weili Yu, Junping Wu, Xue Li, Huaiyong Chen

“…Identify the treatment effects and risk factors for mortality in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis receiving antituberculosis treatment under the Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course (DOTS) program to reduce the mortality rate of tuberculosis. …”
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Clinical Features and Risk Factors of Active Tuberculosis in Patients with Behçet’s Disease by Yaxu Liu, Lifan Zhang, Ziyue Zhou, Luxi Sun, Baotong Zhou, Xiaoqing Liu, Wenjie Zheng

“…The control group was selected by random number sampling from the remaining BD patients, including those with latent tuberculosis infection, previous tuberculosis, or without tuberculosis. …”
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Complexity and Controversies over the Cytokine Profiles of T Helper Cell Subpopulations in Tuberculosis by Marcos Vinicius da Silva, Monique Gomes Salles Tiburcio, Juliana Reis Machado, Djalma Alexandre Alves Silva, Denise Bertulucci Rocha Rodrigues, Virmondes Rodrigues, Carlo Jose Freire Oliveira

“…Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious infectious disease caused by the TB-causing bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is considered a public health problem with enormous social impact. …”
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The TB27 Transcriptomic Model for Predicting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Culture Conversion by Maja Reimann, Korkut Avsar, Andrew DiNardo, Torsten Goldmann, Gunar Günther, Michael Hoelscher, Elmira Ibraim, Barbara Kalsdorf, Stefan Kaufmann, Niklas Köhler, Anna Mandalakas, Florian Maurer, Marius Müller, Dörte Nitschkowski, Ioana Olaru, Cristina Popa, Andrea Rachow, Thierry Rolling, Helmut Salzer, Patricia Sanchez-Carballo, Maren Schuhmann, Dagmar Schaub, Victor Spinu, Elena Terhalle, Markus Unnewehr, Nika Zielinski, Jan Heyckendorf, Christoph Lange

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