The European Union One Health 2023 Zoonoses report by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

“…This report also provides updates on brucellosis, echinococcosis, Q fever, rabies, toxoplasmosis, trichinellosis, tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis or M. caprae, and tularaemia.…”
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The Utility of Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases—Report of Three Cases by Mauro Ajaj Saieg, Felipe Yazawa, Manuela Horta, Lucio G. Rossini, Mabel Tatty Medeiros Fracassi, Fabíola Del Carlo Bernardi

“…In the current report, we present three different cases where EUS was essential for reaching the diagnosis of tuberculosis and paracoccidiodomicosis in cases otherwise seen as malignant. …”
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Amelioration of Nephrotoxicity in Mice Induced by Antituberculosis Drugs Using Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman Corm Extract by Abebe Dukessa Dubiwak, Urge Gerema, Daba Abdisa, Ebsa Tofik, Wondu Reta

“…Antituberculosis drugs are antimicrobial agents important for treating a communicable disease called tuberculosis. Despite their importance, antituberculosis drugs such as isoniazid and rifampicin have severe adverse effects like nephrotoxicity with acute renal failures. …”
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Portuguese consensus on first line treatment of moderate-to-severe psoriasis with a non-TNF inhibitor therapy – a delphi methodology by Tiago Torres, Sofia Magina, Maria João Paiva Lopes

“…Several risks associated with latent tuberculosis, advanced age and oncological disease were also evaluated.Conclusion Given the existence of various risks associated with TNFi usage, this clinical perspective overview of Portuguese experts in PsO treatment emphasizes the need for a tailored therapeutic framework in the management of PsO.…”
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Diagnostic value and safety of contact laser-assisted endobronchial ultrasound-guided tunnel drilling biopsy in mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy: a retrospective study by Wenyu Zhan, Tian Wang, Changqing Yang, Yubao Wang, Nansheng Wan, Jing Feng

“…The diagnostic rates (p-values) for EBUS-TDB and EBUS-TBNA in pulmonary and extrapulmonary malignancies, lymphoma, sarcoidosis, and lymph node tuberculosis were 96.6% vs. 76.3% (0.043), 100% vs. 67.7% (−), 88.9% vs. 31.1% (0.555), and 69.2% vs. 30.8% (0.049), respectively. …”
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Acute Kidney Injury Secondary to Necrotizing Sarcoid Granulomatosis by Varun Mamidi, Manikantan Shekar, Jaiju James Chakola, Vamsi Krishna Makkena, Jayakumar Matcha

“…All the markers of tuberculosis were negative and angiotensin converting enzyme levels were elevated. …”
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Pericardial Effusion due to Primary Malignant Pericardial Mesothelioma: A Common Finding but an Uncommon Cause by Valery Istomin, David S. Blondheim, Simcha R. Meisel, Aaron Frimerman, Moshe Lapidot, Ronit Rachmilevitch

“…However, when the pericardial effusion recurred and empirical therapy for tuberculosis failed, a pericardial window was performed. …”
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A Rare Case of Pneumopericardium in the Setting of Tuberculous Constrictive Pericarditis by Lauro L. Abrahan IV, Stephanie Martha O. Obillos, Jaime Alfonso M. Aherrera, Jose Donato A. Magno, Celia Catherine C. Uy-Agbayani, Ulysses King G. Gopez, Jobelle Joyce Anne R. Baldonado

“…Histopathology was consistent with tuberculosis. This report highlights pneumopericardium as a rare complication of pericardiocentesis. …”
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Disseminated nocardiosis in a patient with AIDS and B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: a case report by Delvis R. Reverón, David M. Flora-Noda, Lily M. Soto, Maribel Dolande, Juan Frey, Aleiram Chaurio, Bárbara D. Ruiz-Alayón, Jocays Caldera, Fhabián S. Carrión-Nessi, David A. Forero-Peña

“…Culture and molecular studies for Histoplasma spp. and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in BM samples were negative. Antiretroviral therapy with tenofovir/lamivudine/dolutegravir was initiated, but the patient subsequently experienced clinical deterioration, including ascites, pericardial effusion, and respiratory failure. …”
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Innovations in TB Screening and Preventive Therapy Services for PLHIV in Yogyakarta City, Indonesia by Dani Catrianiningsih, Guardian Yoki Sanjaya, Geoff Chan, Betty Weri Yolanda Nababan, Rina Triasih, Desthi Diah Intani, Endang Sri Rahayu

“…Tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) for people living with HIV (PLHIV) has been recommended by Indonesia’s National TB Program since 2014 but has seen limited implementation. …”
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Coccidioidomycosis Masquerading as Eosinophilic Ascites by Kourosh Alavi, Pradeep R. Atla, Tahmina Haq, Muhammad Y. Sheikh

“…He had eosinophilia of 11.1% with negative testing for stool studies, HIV, and tuberculosis infection. Ascitic fluid exam was remarkable for low serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG), PMN count >250/mm3, and eosinophils of 62%. …”
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Hyalinizing Granuloma: An Unusual Case of a Pulmonary Mass by Viviane Brandão, Edson Marchiori, Gláucia Zanetti, Guilherme Abdalla, Nina Ventura, Carolina Lamas Constantino, Mariana Leite Pereira, Pedro Martins, Rodrigo Canellas, Antonio Muccillo, Romulo Varella de Oliveira

“…He had a history of previous treatment for tuberculosis. His laboratory data were normal. Bronchoscopy and CT-guided percutaneous transthoracic fine needle aspiration cytology were inconclusive. …”
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Examining the Control-Value Theory in the Field of Mathematics Academic Boredom in First-year High school Students by Fereshteh Salemi, Farzaneh Michaeli Manee, Ali Esazadegan

“…The statistical population included all the first tuberculosis students of the second year of secondary school in Urmia city, of which 384 people were selected as a statistical sample using a multi-stage cluster random method. …”
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Predictors of interferon-gamma release assay results and their association with COVID-19 infection outcomes by S.J.W. Kang, G.W. Eather, F. Qureshi, J.R. Scott

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Concomitant of Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst and Aspergilloma: A Rare Coinfection by Zahra Zareshahrabadi, Bahador Sarkari, Nadereh Shamsolvaezin, Bizhan Ziaian, Alireza Tootoonchi, Reza Shahriarirad, Kamiar Zomorodian

“…Aspergillus species, saprophytic fungi, can colonize pulmonary cavities that are caused by tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, and CE. Infection by Aspergillus is often occurring in immunosuppressed patients. …”
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Detection of Eight Respiratory Bacterial Pathogens Based on Multiplex Real-Time PCR with Fluorescence Melting Curve Analysis by Liuyang Hu, Bing Han, Qin Tong, Hui xiao, Donglin Cao

“…Acinetobacter baumannii, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis are primary respiratory bacterial pathogens contributing to morbidity and mortality in developing countries. …”
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Artificial Intelligence-Based Classification of Chest X-Ray Images into COVID-19 and Other Infectious Diseases by Arun Sharma, Sheeba Rani, Dinesh Gupta

“…The combination of two best-performing models (each trained on 286 images, rotated through 120° or 140° angle) displayed the highest prediction accuracy for normal, COVID-19, non-COVID-19, pneumonia, and tuberculosis images. AI-based classification models trained through the transfer learning approach can efficiently classify the chest X-ray images representing studied diseases. …”
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Prevalence and Types of Coinfections in Sleeping Sickness Patients in Kenya (2000/2009) by J. M. Kagira, N. Maina, J. Njenga, S. M. Karanja, S. M. Karori, J. M. Ngotho

“…The observed co-infections included malaria (100%), helminthosis (64.5%), typhoid (22.5%), urinary tract infections (16.1%), HIV (12.9%), and tuberculosis (3.2%). The species of helminthes observed included Ancylostoma duodenale (38.7%), Ascaris lumbricoides (45.7%), Strongyloides stercoralis (9.7%), and Taenia spp. (3.2%). …”
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Perianal fistulas characterization using magnetic resonance imaging. Qatar Cuban Hospital, 2017-2023 by Rolando Dornes Ramon, Yordany Vázquez Mora, Yunelkys Martínez Castro, Isbelys Flatts Segundo, Aimé Alberna Cardoso

“…Grade I and II fistulas predominated; and hidradenitis suppurativa, diabetes mellitus, previous fistula and tuberculosis as a personal pathological history.…”
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Causes of Mortality and Diseases in Farmed Deer in Switzerland by Veronika Sieber, Nadia Robert, Martina Schybli, Heinz Sager, Raymond Miserez, Monika Engels, Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis

“…Reportable infectious diseases known as major problems in deer farming in other countries were rare (yersiniosis, malignant catarrhal fever) or not observed (tuberculosis, chronic wasting disease). Overall, the results indicate that the Swiss deer population does not present major health problems of concern for domestic animals.…”
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