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Altered IL-6 signalling and risk of tuberculosis: a multi-ancestry mendelian randomisation study.
Tuberculosis Literature
Publication date: Jan 01, 2025 The role of IL-6 responses in human tuberculosis risk is unknown. IL-6 signalling inhibitors, such as tocilizumab, are thought to increase the risk of progression ... Read more
Geospatial mapping of drug-resistant tuberculosis prevalence in Africa at national and sub-national levels.
Tuberculosis Literature
Publication date: Jan 07, 2025 To map subnational and local prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) across Africa. We assembled a geolocated dataset from 173 sources across 31 African countries, comprising ... Read more
Drug-resistant tuberculosis is an important challenge in long COVID patients.
Tuberculosis Literature
Publication date: Jan 14, 2025 Concepts Keywords Antimicrob Antimicrob Clinical Clinical Drug Covid Long Drug Tuberculosis Glob Important Long Patients Resist Resistant Tuberculosis Semantics Type Source Name disease MESH Drug-resistant ... Read more
Micronutrient status and risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in Indonesian tuberculosis case contacts.
Tuberculosis Literature
Publication date: Jan 16, 2025 Certain micronutrient levels have been associated with the risk of developing TB disease. We explored the possible association of selected at-risk micronutrient levels with the ... Read more
Fluoroquinolones and rifampin combination in the backdrop of heteroresistant tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis Literature
Publication date: Jan 16, 2025 The impact of heteroresistance on tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes is unclear, as is the role of different rifampin and isoniazid exposures on developing resistance mutations. ... Read more
As resistant tuberculosis rises, GSK says trial backs novel antibiotic
Tuberculosis News
Publication date: Jan 16, 2025 With cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis on the rise again around the world, GSK has sparked hopes of a new treatment option after reporting phase 2a ... Read more
Perceptions and experiences of directly observed treatment in tuberculosis: insights from a mixed-methods cross-sectional study.
Tuberculosis Literature
Publication date: Nov 11, 2024 The demanding nature and psychosocial burdens of directly observed treatment (DOT) have opened a path to alternative strategies such as video-observed therapy (VOT), which offers ... Read more
Clinical and epidemiological characterization of patients with cutaneous tuberculosis treated at a referral center in the Brazilian Amazon: case series.
Tuberculosis Literature
Publication date: Jan 14, 2025 Cutaneous tuberculosis is a rare form of the disease that defies diagnosis due to the diversity of clinical presentations. This study was based on the ... Read more
Identifying plasma exosome antigens as a potential diagnostic biomarker for tuberculosis disease.
Tuberculosis Literature
Publication date: Jan 14, 2025 Exosome is a small extracellular vesicle with a diameter of 30 to 150 nm that is secreted by cells. Mtb and other bacteria can also ... Read more