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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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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Adrenal Insufficiency: A Forgotten Diagnosis in HIV/AIDS Patients in Developing Countries by David D. Nassoro, Mkhoi L. Mkhoi, Issa Sabi, Alfred J. Meremo, Paul S. Lawala, Issakwisa Habakkuk Mwakyula

“…Various etiologies are associated with the condition, including cytomegalovirus (CMV), Mycobacterium tuberculosis, lymphoma, Kaposi’s sarcoma, and drugs such as rifampin, among others. …”
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The Effect of Mycobacterium avium Complex Infections on Routine Mycobacterium bovis Diagnostic Tests by Claire Barry, David Corbett, Douwe Bakker, Peter Andersen, Jim McNair, Sam Strain

“…Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is diagnosed in naturally infected populations exposed to a wide variety of other pathogens. …”
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Clinicoradiological Manifestations of Melioidosis with Pulmonary Involvement in a Tertiary Hospital Setup by P Prem Ananth, R Anand, R Prathipa, S Raghul Raj, N Nagarajan

“…The delay in diagnosis in these chronic cases is attributed to their atypical presentation often mimicking tuberculosis or malignancy. Among the 30 patients, 22 patients improved with treatment, seven patients went against medical advice, and one patient succumbed to the disease. …”
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Saturated Transposon Analysis in Yeast as a one-step method to quantify the fitness effects of gene disruptions on a genome-wide scale. by Enzo Kingma, Floor Dolsma, Leila Iñigo de la Cruz, Liedewij Laan

“…For example, TIS has been used to identify essential genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, screen for antibiotic resistance genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae and determine the set of genes required for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. While providing valuable insights, these applications of TIS focus on (conditional) gene essentiality and neglect possibly interesting but subtle differences in the importance of genes for fitness. …”
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Genetic Selection Pressure on TLR9 Gene Increases Individual Susceptibility to Systemic Inflammatory Disease: A Case Study of Kano State Population by Yusuf Jibril Habib, Mohammed Sani Jaafaru

“…The gradual incidence of changed alleles in both identities suggests the population was chosen to survive tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. Though increased TLR9 expression is protective against infections, it might likewise play a part in the development of inflammatory disorders. …”
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