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Aetiological agents of pneumonia among HIV and non-HIV infected children in Ghana: A case-control study

Michael Owusu, Eric Adu, Lotenna Elsie Kalu, Eugene Martey, Godfred Acheampong, Anthony Enimil, John Adabie Appiah, Augustina Badu-Peprah, Justice Sylverken, Augustina Angelina Sylverken, Samuel Blay Nguah, Emilie Westeel, Stephane Pouzol, Christian Drosten, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie

published 22 Mar 2024

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Nutritional status and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis in Mizan Tepi University Teaching Hospital, a five -year retrospective study

Asnake Simieneh, Surafel Gashaneh, Rahel Dereje

published 15 Feb 2024

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Inflammatory markers in world trade center workers with asthma: Associations with post traumatic stress disorder

Juan P. Wisnivesky, Nikita Agrawal, Jyoti Ankam, Adam Gonzalez, Alex Federman, Steven B. Markowitz, Janette M. Birmingham, Paula J. Busse

published 13 Feb 2024

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Characteristics of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency related lung disease exacerbations using a daily symptom diary and urinary biomarkers

Paul Ellis, Gita Parekh, Annelyse Duvoix, Lynne Watson, Alex Sharp, Farah Mobeen, Anita Pye, Robert Stockley, Alice Turner

published 02 Feb 2024

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Recurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis in India: Findings from the 2019–2021 nationwide community-based TB prevalence survey

Prathiksha Giridharan, Sriram Selvaraju, Raghuram Rao, Kiran Rade, Kannan Thiruvengadam, Smita Asthana, Rakesh Balachandar, Sampada Dipak Bangar, Avi Kumar Bansal, Jyothi Bhat, Debjit Chakraborty, Vishal Chopra, Dasarathi Das, Shanta Dutta, Kangjam Rekha Devi, Sunil Kumar, Avula Laxmaiah, Major Madhukar, Amarendra Mahapatra, Suman Sundar Mohanty, Chethana Rangaraju, Jyotirmayee Turuk, Kamran Zaman, Rajendran Krishnan, Sivakumar Shanmugam, Nishant Kumar, Rajendra Panduranga Joshi, Somashekar Narasimhaiah, Padmapriyadarsini Chandrasekaran, Raman R. Gangakhedkar, Balram Bhargava

published 21 Dec 2023

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Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using recombinase polymerase amplification: A pilot study

Michael Sciaudone, Renzo Carpena, Maritza Calderón, Patricia Sheen, Mirko Zimic, Jorge Coronel, Robert H. Gilman, Natalie M. Bowman

published 08 Dec 2023

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Treatment for radiographically active, sputum culture-negative pulmonary tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Adam Thorburn Gray, Liana Macpherson, Ffion Carlin, Bianca Sossen, Alexandra S. Richards, Sandra V. Kik, Rein M. G. J. Houben, Peter MacPherson, Matteo Quartagno, Ewelina Rogozińska, Hanif Esmail

published 16 Nov 2023

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Diagnostic accuracy of chest ultrasound scan in the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis

Geoffrey Erem, Caroline Otike, Maxwell Okuja, Faith Ameda, Dorothy Irene Nalyweyiso, Aloysius Gonzaga Mubuuke, Michael Kakinda

published 20 Sep 2023

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A simple, single-tube overlapping amplicon-targeted Illumina sequencing assay

Jason D. Limberis, Alina Nalyvayko, Joel D. Ernst, John Z. Metcalfe

published 14 Sep 2023

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The bacterial profile and antibiotic susceptibility pattern in respiratory tract samples from art-experienced HIV-positive adults in Uganda

Gloria Lubega, Andrew Abaasa, Willyfred Ochola, Bernard Kikaire, Joseph Lutaakome, Eugene Rugazira, Yunia Mayanja

published 31 Aug 2023

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Impact of the use of GeneXpert on TB diagnosis and anti-TB treatment outcome at health facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the post-millennium development years

Desalegn Addise Getahun, Laura E. Layland, Achim Hoerauf, Biniam Wondale

published 25 Aug 2023

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Prospective randomised unblinded comparison of sputum viscosity for three methods of saline nebulisation in mechanically ventilated patients: A pilot study protocol

Andrew Arnott, Robert Hart, Scott McQueen, Malcolm Watson, Malcolm Sim

published 17 Aug 2023

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Evaluation of Xpert MTB/XDR test for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to first and second-line drugs in Uganda

Achilles Katamba, Willy Ssengooba, James Sserubiri, Derrick Semugenze, George William Kasule, Abdunoor Nyombi, Raymond Byaruhanga, Stavia Turyahabwe, Moses L. Joloba

published 17 Aug 2023

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