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Long-term outcomes of patients with central nervous system tuberculosis in a high-income country: a retrospective study.
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Publication date: Feb 28, 2025 Concepts Keywords Clinical central nervous system High CNS-TB Microbiol epidemiology Retrospective infectious disease Tuberculosis tuberculosis Semantics Type Source Name disease MESH central nervous system tuberculosis ... Read more
‘Tuberculosis pericarditis’: a case report in a high-income country.
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Publication date: Feb 01, 2025 The incidence of tuberculous (TB) infection varies greatly geographically. In endemic countries, it is one of the major aetiologies of pericardial diseases, whereas it is ... Read more
Spatial patterns and temporal trends in stillbirth, neonatal, and infant mortality: an exploration of country-level data from 2000 to 2021.
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Publication date: Feb 21, 2025 Despite significant progress in improving child survival and health, substantial disparities persist and are being increasingly threatened by a complex and dynamic global environment. In ... Read more
Diagnostic Performance of the Modified Lung-RADS in a Tuberculosis-endemic Country: The Korean National Lung Cancer Screening Program.
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Publication date: Jan 28, 2025 In 2019, Korea initiated the world’s first national low-dose computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening (LCS) program, adapting the Lung CT Screening Reporting and Data ... Read more
Active tuberculosis among patients with presumptive tuberculosis with chronic kidney disease in a high tuberculosis burden country, Ethiopia: a multi-center study.
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Publication date: Mar 01, 2025 To assess tuberculosis (TB) and associated factors among patients with presumptive TB with chronic kidney disease (CKD). A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted from January ... Read more
Within-country heterogeneity in patterns of social contact relevant for tuberculosis infection transmission, prevention, and care
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Publication date: Jan 21, 2025 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) transmission is driven by variable social, environmental, and biological factors, including the number and duration of indoor contacts. Social contact data can ... Read more
Health and tuberculosis systems resilience, the role of the private sector and pandemic preparedness: insights from a cross-country qualitative study with policy-makers in India, Indonesia and Nigeria.
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Publication date: Jan 20, 2025 The COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented challenge to health systems worldwide and had a severe impact on tuberculosis (TB) case notifications and service delivery. India, ... Read more
Uveitic macular oedema in ocular tuberculosis patients in a non-endemic country: characteristics, management, and visual Outcomes.
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Publication date: Jan 07, 2025 To describe clinical features, treatment strategies and visual acuity changes of eyes with uveitic macular oedema (UMO) in ocular tuberculosis (OTB) patients from a non-TB-endemic ... Read more
A multicountry evaluation of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of intrathoracic tuberculosis in children using alternative specimens (nasopharyngeal aspirate and stool): A prospective cohort study conducted in Madagascar, Ivory Coast and Cameroon (TB Kids project).
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Publication date: Dec 16, 2024 Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in children remains challenging due to the paucibacillary nature of specimens and the difficulty in obtaining suitable samples. The use of alternative ... Read more