Risk factors for Tuberculosis
Prevalence of and risk factors for tuberculosis among healthcare workers in Chinese tuberculosis facilities
... high tuberculosis (TB) burden in the ...high risk of contracting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection due to insufficient infection control ...associated risk factors among HCWs in ...
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The risk factors for tuberculosis in liver or kidney transplant recipients
... Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated by culture, acid-fast bacilli were present on the smear, polymerase chain reaction was positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or caseating granulomas were found in ...
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Risk Factors for Tuberculosis Infection in Children in Contact With Infectious Tuberculosis Cases in The Gambia, West Africa
... the risk of an uninfected person’s becoming infected is strongly associated with the probability of coming into contact with an individual with infectious TB and the intimacy of that ...the risk of TST ...
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Risk factors for tuberculosis in dialysis patients: a prospective multi-center clinical trial
... high risk for progression to active TB ...higher risk of developing active TB, independently of the result of the TST, even after allowing for the effect of the remaining risk ...highest risk ...
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Incidence, risk factors and mortality of tuberculosis in Danish HIV patients 1995-2007
... 1. Lohse N, Hansen AB, Pedersen G, Kronborg G, Gerstoft J, Sørensen HT, Vaeth M, Obel N: Survival of persons with and without HIV infection in Denmark 1995-2005. Ann Intern Med 2007, 146(2):87-95. 2. Moreno S, Jarrin I, ...
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Risk Factors for Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
... Objective: Drug resistance is considered one of the main threats for tuberculosis control. Our aim was to identify risk factors for drug resistance in tuberculosis patients in the Northern ...
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Influence of HIV and other risk factors on tuberculosis
... Absence of sputum smear microscopy at diagnosis was also a significant risk factor for an unfavourable treatment outcome. Sputum smear microscopy may not be requested if there is an atypical clinical presentation ...
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Homelessness And Associated Risk Factors For Patients With Tuberculosis
... words: tuberculosis, treatment, outcome, homeless. INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis represents a serious public health problem in the Republic of Moldova (RM) and Ukraine, affecting the mostly active economic age ...
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Risk Factors Associated with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
... Although the small sample size in our study and the nature of our hospital as a referral center may have influenced the results and the definitive conclusion, this study yields several interesting findings. Based on the ...
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Risk Factors for Central Nervous System Tuberculosis
... high risk for pediatric TB in the United States such as immigrants, racial and ethnic minorities, and children who traveled to a country with high prevalence of TB or who had contact with a household visitor from ...
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Risk Factors Associated with Survival of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
... sociated risk factors for TB deaths were identi- ...increased risk of deaths in male patients (484/770; ...independent risk factor for TB deaths ...as risk factors in TB ...the ...
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Risk Factors of Tuberculosis at Women in Cilacap District
... The women with pregnant conditions, high parity, has a history of contact, and stay at home with bad ventilation have a greater chance (1.2 to 7.5 times) for developing TB. Pregnancy can increase the risk of ...
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Profile of contacts of patients with tuberculosis: analysis of risk factors for infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and for tuberculosis illness
... Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), bacilo podendo ser reto ou curvo, medindo de 1 a 10µm de comprimento e sua largura é 0,2 a 0,6µm, sua estrutura é formada por uma camada lipídica composta por ácido ...
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A Study of Intestinal Tuberculosis with particular reference to risk factors.
... including tuberculosis 37, 38 ...increased risk of pulmonary tuberculosis in Spanish and Cambodian population ...genetic factors or environmental factors may play a predominant role in ...
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Risk factors for treatment failure in isoniazid resistant tuberculosis
... Short-course chemotherapy (SCC) using two months treatment with streptomycin, rifampicin, isoniazid and pyrazinamide, followed by six months with isoniazid and ethambu[r] ...
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Risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among tuberculosis patients: a case-control study
... and risk factors are believed to occur in significant ...the risk factors in this region, as most of the studies were drug-resistant studies not risk factor studies, some of these ...
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Risk Factors in the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Nairobi: A Descriptive Epidemiological Study
... Background: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease with an estimated ...the risk factors that contribute to disease ...on risk factors for ...pulmonary tuberculosis infection (χ 2 ...
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Possible Risk Factors for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Infection in the Philippines
... Tuberculosis Control Program treatment centers/hospitals in the country such as San Lazaro Hospital and various town health center in the province of Leyte and Rizal. Specifically in the towns of San Mateo, ...
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Drug Resistance Pattern in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients and Risk Factors Associated with Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
... All EPTB cases and the patients who were not able to produce 3 - 4 ml of spu- tum sample were excluded from the study. Two hundred twenty three early morning sputum samples were collected from patients attending OPD of ...
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Statistical analysis of various risk factors of tuberculosis in district Mardan, Pakistan
... important risk factors of tuberculosis (TB) in district ...the risk factors: sex, residence, household population, diet, medical care, and close contact with infectious patients as well ...
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