Restriction of mitochondrial oxidation of glutamine or fatty acids enhances intracellular growth of Mycobacterium abscessus in macrophages by Ho Won Kim, Ji Won Lee, Hoe Sun Yoon, Hwan-Woo Park, Young Ik Lee, Sung Ki Lee, Jake Whang, Jong-Seok Kim

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Perfil de salud general de pescadores artesanales de la región de Los Lagos by Anita Dörner Paris, Verónica Riquelme Contreras, Alex Véliz Burgos, Miguel Ripoll Novales

“…Las variables de estudio fueron: edad, peso, talla, nivel de escolaridad, historia de enfermedades previas, hospitalizaciones, consumo de bebidas alcohólicas, hábito de fumar, presencia de tuberculosis, glucemia en ayunas, obesidad-sobrepeso. …”
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Assessing the dynamics of  Mycobacterium bovis infection in three French badger populations by Calenge, Clément, Payne, Ariane, Réveillaud, Édouard, Richomme, Céline, Girard, Sébastien, Desvaux, Stéphanie

“…The Sylvatub system is a national surveillance program established in 2011 in France to monitor infections caused by Mycobacterium bovis, the main etiologic agent of bovine tuberculosis, in wild species. This participatory program, involving both national and local stakeholders, allowed us to monitor the progression of the infection in three badger populations in clusters covering between 3222 km2 and 7698 km2 from 2013 to 2019. …”
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Does Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Provide Better Treatment Outcomes in HIV-Infected Individuals in Northern Ethiopia? A Retrospective Cohort Study by Tesfay Mehari Atey, Helen Bitew, Solomon Weldegebreal Asgedom, Asrat Endrias, Derbew Fikadu Berhe

“…Early antiretroviral therapy (ART), isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT), and isoniazid-rifapentine (3HP) are effective strategies for preventing tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLHIV). …”
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Fish Tank Granuloma Presenting as a Nasal Cavity Mass by Motoki Sekine, Fumiyuki Goto, Kosuke Saito, Shoji Kaneda, Hikaru Yamamoto, Tomoaki Murakami, Takahide Hamano, Kenji Okami

“…The interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) test was positive, and therefore, a mycobacterial tissue culture test was performed because of suspected nasal tuberculosis, which identified M. marinum. The nasal cavity mass disappeared 2 months after the administration of minocycline, followed by clarithromycin, and subsequent discontinuation of infliximab. …”
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Retrotrans-genomics identifies aberrant THE1B endogenous retrovirus fusion transcripts in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis by Shunsuke Funaguma, Aritoshi Iida, Yoshihiko Saito, Jantima Tanboon, Francia Victoria De Los Reyes, Kyuto Sonehara, Yu-ichi Goto, Yukinori Okada, Shinichiro Hayashi, Ichizo Nishino

“…The expression profiles of THE1B fusion transcripts in tuberculosis (TB) significantly differed from SM in single-cell RNA-seq data, suggesting that the differences between TB’s caseous granulomas and sarcoidosis’s non-caseous granulomas might be linked to disparate expression patterns of THE1B fusion transcripts. …”
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Synthesis and Antitubercular Activity of Heteroaromatic Isonicotinoyl and 7-Chloro-4-Quinolinyl Hydrazone Derivatives by Marcelle de L. Ferreira, Raoni S.B. Gonçalves, Laura N. de F. Cardoso, Carlos R. Kaiser, Andre L.P. Candéa, Maria das Graças M. de O. Henriques, Maria C.S. Lourenço, Flávio A.F.M. Bezerra, Marcus V. N. de Souza

“…Two series of N’(E)-heteroaromatic-isonicotinohydrazide derivatives (3a-f and 4a-b) and 1-(7-chloroquinolin-4-yl)-2-[(heteroaromatic)methylene]hydrazone derivatives (5a-f and 6a-b) have been synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro antibacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. Several compounds were noncytotoxic and exhibited significant minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) activity (3.12, 2.50, 1.25, or 0.60 μg/mL), which can be compared to that of the first-line drugs ethambutol (3.12 μg/mL) and rifampicin (2.0 μg/ml). …”
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Estudio de determinantes sociales y estado de salud de la población by Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Elivel Alonso Padrón, Lizette Rodríguez Fernández, Dania Pedraza Alejo, Adolfo Gerardo Álvarez Pérez, Ana Delia Pérez Álvarez

“…<strong><br />Resultados:</strong> el Área I resultó ser desfavorecida en varias de las dimensiones estudiadas como: medio ambiente, y en la organización de los servicios de salud, con inestabilidad en el cumplimiento de consultas y terrenos e incremento de los casos vistos en los Servicios de Urgencia, se observó elevado porcentaje en la exposición a factores de riesgo cardiovascular con repercusión en la mortalidad dentro de las primeras causas de muerte sin dejar de destacar el incremento que hubo en la incidencia de enfermedades transmisibles como: tuberculosis, enfermedades diarreicas e infecciones de transmisión sexual. …”
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Severe outcomes among adults with TB during COVID-19 by T. Jacobs, E. Morden, M. Smith, A. von Delft, R. Kassanjee, V. Mudaly, A. Boulle, M-A. Davies

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Gambaran Infeksi Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) pada Penderita Suspek TB Paru Menggunakan Multiplex PCR (MPCR)-Universal Lateral Flow Assay (ULFA) Kit by Putri Wulan Akbar, Agustin Iskandar, Tri Wahju Astuti, Kristin Indriana

“…Infeksi paru akibat Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) dan Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) dapat memberikan gambaran klinis yang serupa sehingga berpotensi menyebabkan kesalahan diagnosis dan terapi. …”
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Atypical Presentation of Cat-Scratch Disease in an Immunocompetent Child with Serological and Pathological Evidence by Serkan Atıcı, Eda Kepenekli Kadayıfcı, Ayşe Karaaslan, Muhammed Hasan Toper, Cigdem Ataizi Celikel, Ahmet Soysal, Mustafa Bakır

“…Systemic CSD may mimic more serious disorders like malignancy or tuberculosis. Although a diagnosis is difficult to establish in systemic CSD, an early diagnosis and an appropriate treatment are important to prevent complications. …”
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Severity and Determinants of Anemia in TB/HIV Coinfected Adults at Mekelle, Ethiopia: Hospital Based Retrospective Study by Kebede Embaye Gezae, Kiflom Hagos, Assefa Ayalew Gebreslassie

“…Anemia has up to 87% prevalence in high tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) burden settings of the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) including Ethiopia. …”
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The value of FDG-PET/CT metabolic parameters and treatment metabolic response in predicting long-term survival of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma by Abbas Yousefikoma, Mohamad Mehdi Karimy Taha

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Analgesic Appraisal of Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae) Leaf Extracts Used in Management of Oral Lesion Pain in HIV/AIDS Patients in Rodents by Joseph Obiezu, Chukwujekwu Ezeonwumelu, Muhammad, Ntale, Steve, Okwudili Ogbonnia, Ezera, Agwu, Julius, Kihdze Tanayen, Ahmed, Adebowale Adedeji, Okonkwo, Chukwudi Onyeka, Ambrose, Amamchukwu Akunne, Jennifer, Chibuogwu Ebosie, Frederick, Byarugaba

“…Oral lesions, diarrhoea, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, tuberculosis and urinary tract infections are some of the opportunistic infections (OIs) which arise when the CD4 cells of the HIV/AIDS patient fall below 200 cells/mm3. …”
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Clinical Presentation and Management Strategies in Intraorbital Foreign Bodies by Samreen Khanam, Ayushi Agarwal, Ruchi Goel, Neha Rathie, Akash Raut, Shweta Raghav, Sumit Kumar, Mohit Chhabra, Sonam Singh, Sushil Kumar

“…The properties of plastic FBs can frequently render them invisible on imaging, or they may mimic chronic inflammatory conditions like tuberculosis. Long-standing wooden IOrbFBs evade identification radiologically due to prolonged hydration. …”
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A Case of Nasopharyngeal Mycobacteriosis with Bony Erosion of the External Skull Base by Kohei Matsuo, Satoshi Tanaka, Masayuki Sakata, Hiroki Takeda, Akihiro Nagata, Masashi Mori, Rie Ito, Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Kiyonobu Ueno, Atsuhiko Uno

“…Because histopathological examination indicated the presence of mycobacterial infection, we began using antituberculosis medication for the treatment because of the possibility of primary nasopharyngeal tuberculosis. However, this was followed by glossopharyngeal and vagus nerve paralysis. …”
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Abnormal expression of miR-668-3p in non-small cell lung cancer patients and its correlation with serum-related tumor markers by Wen Yang, Ling Liu, Jianliang Li, Yingchao Liu, Lin Rong, Junjie Ma, Rongchen Li, Qiuyue Zhang, Yugang Liu

“…Additionally, a logistic regression model was utilized to identify risk factors for lung cancer in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Results The expression level of miR-668-3p was down-regulated in early-stage NSCLC patients compared with the control group, and showed a significant association with serum biomarkers related with disease progression, tumor staging, and lymph node metastasis. …”
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A systematic review of Aspilia africana (Pers.) C.D. adams traditional medicinal uses, phytoconstituents, bioactivities, and toxicities by Roggers Gang, Denis Okello, Yeongjun Ban, Youngmin Kang

“…Adams, popularly referred to as wild sunflower, has been used for generations across several African communities to treat various diseases, including malaria, wounds, osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus, gastric ulcers, measles, tuberculosis, stomach ache, rheumatic pains, and gonorrhea. …”
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Challenges of healthcare financing in the world’s largest refugee camp: a mixed-method study among healthcare stakeholders for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh by Isabel Smith, Imdadul Haque Talukdar, Sayeeda Tarannum, M A Rifat, Priyanka Boga, Jubayer Mumin, Pablo André Veronés, Ziba Mahdi, Syeda Saima Alam, Arif Faysal Khan

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Longer-term safety and efficacy of baricitinib for atopic dermatitis in pediatric patients 2 to <18 years old: a randomized clinical trial of extended treatment to 3.6 years by Andreas Wollenberg, Masanori Ikeda, Chia-Yu Chu, Lawrence F. Eichenfield, Marieke M. B. Seyger, Apurva Prakash, Robinette Angle, Danting Zhu, Marco Pontes, Amy S. Paller

“…No deaths, pulmonary emboli, deep vein thromboses or arterial thrombotic events, major adverse cardiovascular events, malignancies, tuberculosis events, or gastrointestinal perforations were reported.Conclusions Baricitinib demonstrated sustained long-term efficacy. …”
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