pulmonary TB (PTB)
Estimating the effect of lay knowledge and prior contact with pulmonary TB patients, on health-belief model in a high-risk pulmonary TB transmission population
... that pulmonary TB is extremely deadly, yet they are unwilling to adopt preventive behavior to protect themselves from being ...pulmonary TB. However, increasing lay risk percep- tion of ...
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Results of Lobectomy and Pneumonectomy in Pulmonary TB
... than TB, decision to use these surgical procedures for treating TB and or its complications such as infectious cavities, hemorrhages, and bronchopleural fistulas was ...in pulmonary TB ...
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Prevalence of pulmonary TB and spoligotype pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among TB suspects in a rural community in Southwest Ethiopia
... 482 TB suspects gave sputum samples, however the samples collected from one Kebele were not used for culture due to delay in transportation and problems with the cold ...the TB suspects and all the ...
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To Study Clinical Pattern of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in HIV Positive Patients
... of TB in HIV seropositive patients is highly variable and depends upon the severity of ...Though pulmonary TB (PTB) is the most common form, extra pulmonary tuberculosis is reported to occur ...
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Paediatric tuberculosis in Singapore: a retrospective review
... of TB declined from 57 per 100 000 residents in the 1990s to a low of 35 per 100 000 residents in ...of TB was ...total TB population. The majority (84%) of cases had pulmonary TB (PTB) ...
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Pattern of Drug Resistance in Pulmonary TB Patients
... In our study, the number of cases having MDR- bacilli criteria was 38 (88%). Twenty-six (56%) patients were resistant to INH, RIF, STM, and EMB. This rate is more than that of other world medical centers which is ...
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Smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis and associated factors among homeless individuals in Dessie and Debre Birhan towns, Northeast Ethiopia
... lungs, pulmonary TB (PTB), but may also affect any organ or tissue outside of the lungs, extra pulmonary TB (EPTB) ...all TB cases; among them smear positive PTB comprises 75–80 ...of ...
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Assessment of Five Antigens from Mycobacterium tuberculosis for Serodiagnosis of Tuberculosis
... nary TB patients were identified according to the guidelines for pulmonary TB diagnosis and therapy authored by the Tuberculosis Branch Association of the Chinese Medical Association, including ...
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Clinico-epidemiological profile and diagnostic procedures of pediatric tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital of western Nepal-a case-series analysis
... Childhood TB is often neglected in high-burden coun- ...from TB less often and less severely than the adults ...of TB patients are children and TB related morbidity and mortality is high among ...
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Risk factors in patients with AFB smear-positive sputum who receive inappropriate antituberculous treatment
... From January 2008 to July 2011, 97 patients with positive sputum AFB smears who did not have pulmonary TB were enrolled. Their demographic data are summarized in Table 1. The mean age of the patients at ...
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Tuberculosis (TB) Co-infection with HIV/AIDS: Clinical Presentation at Lacor Hospital, a Post-conflict Northern Uganda
... that TB can occur at any time during the course of HIV infection and Pulmonary TB was the commonest form of TB in HIV/AIDS participants, followed by disseminated TB and then extra ...
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Detection of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients with the 38-kilodalton antigen from Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a rapid membrane-based assay.
... for pulmonary TB in about ...for pulmonary TB patients and are more sensitive for extrapulmonary TB ...extrapulmonary TB patients can be ex- plained by the frequent paucity of ...
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Profile of Tuberculosis in AL-Diwanyah Governorate, Iraq
... female TB patients was 263 ...male TB patients which was 225 ...of TB, the results of the current study showed that 374 ...had pulmonary TB and 114 (23.36%) patients had ...
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Treatment Delay among Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in South Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
... positive pulmonary TB patients were living in his/her own home but such patients had more chance to delay for longer time before seeking for medication than those rented once in Univariate ...for TB ...
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A case report of a tongue ulcer presented as the first sign of occult tuberculosis
... the TB over 40 years ago, which had reportedly healed after pharmacological ...oral TB affecting tip of the tongue in a patient with a history of pulmonary TB and emphasize the understanding ...
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Tuberculous Meningitis in Two-Year-Old Male Boy: Evidence of Recent Transmission from Mother to Baby
... active TB amongst adults, as pediatric cases always acquire it passively from household contact of adults suffering from TB as disease in adults is ...disseminated TB, offering them Bacillus ...
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Impact of renal function based anti tuberculosis drug dosage adjustment on efficacy and safety outcomes in pulmonary tuberculosis complicated with chronic kidney disease
... active TB at Jikei University Daisan Hospital between July 2005 and Septem- ber 2014 were retrospectively assessed for ...2) pulmonary TB; 3) ...
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Clinical and Radiological Presentation of Adult Tuberculous Spondylitis
... Regarding delay in treatment which includes patient and doctor delay, the present study reported the period of 8.3 +/- 7.9 months resembling other numerous studies. Lavrov determined the percentage of patients based on ...
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Adenosine Deaminase Activity in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in Patients with Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis
... having pulmonary TB with negative sputum smears for AFB or had other indications for bronchoscopy were included in the ...a pulmonary lobe with the most involvement seen on chest x-ray and a right ...
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Classification and regression tree (CART) model to predict pulmonary tuberculosis in hospitalized patients
... tive TB diagnosis previous to the admission, with extra- pulmonary TB and without a final diagnosis were ...or TB control program physicians according to the TB program ...having ...
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