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An Evaluation of Systematic Tuberculosis Screening at Private Facilities in Karachi, Pakistan

Jacob Creswell, Saira Khowaja, Andrew Codlin, Rabia Hashmi, Erum Rasheed, Mubashir Khan, Irfan Durab, Christina Mergenthaler, Owais Hussain, Faisal Khan, Aamir J. Khan

published 04 Apr 2014

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The Sensitivity and Specificity of Using a Computer Aided Diagnosis Program for Automatically Scoring Chest X-Rays of Presumptive TB Patients Compared with Xpert MTB/RIF in Lusaka Zambia

Monde Muyoyeta, Pragnya Maduskar, Maureen Moyo, Nkatya Kasese, Deborah Milimo, Rosanna Spooner, Nathan Kapata, Laurens Hogeweg, Bram van Ginneken, Helen Ayles

published 04 Apr 2014

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Predictors of Two Months Culture Conversion in Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Findings from a Retrospective Cohort Study

Anila Basit, Nafees Ahmad, Amer Hayat Khan, Arshad Javaid, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Afsar Khan Afridi, Azreen Syazril Adnan, Israr ul Haq, Syed Saleem Shah, Ahmed Ahadi, Izaz Ahmad

published 04 Apr 2014

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Treatment Default amongst Patients with Tuberculosis in Urban Morocco: Predicting and Explaining Default and Post-Default Sputum Smear and Drug Susceptibility Results

Imad Cherkaoui, Radia Sabouni, Iraqi Ghali, Darya Kizub, Alexander C. Billioux, Kenza Bennani, Jamal Eddine Bourkadi, Abderrahmane Benmamoun, Ouafae Lahlou, Rajae El Aouad, Kelly E. Dooley

published 03 Apr 2014

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A Prospective Study of the Prevalence of Tuberculosis and Bacteraemia in Bangladeshi Children with Severe Malnutrition and Pneumonia Including an Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF Assay

Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Stephen M. Graham, Trevor Duke, Tahmeed Ahmed, Hasan Ashraf, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, Sophie La Vincente, Sayera Banu, Rubhana Raqib, Mohammed Abdus Salam

published 02 Apr 2014

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Community-Based Active Tuberculosis Case Finding in Poor Urban Settlements of Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A Feasible and Effective Strategy

Natalie Lorent, Kimcheng Choun, Sopheak Thai, Tharin Kim, Sopheaktra Huy, Reaksmey Pe, Johan van Griensven, Jozefien Buyze, Robert Colebunders, Leen Rigouts, Lutgarde Lynen

published 27 Mar 2014

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Development of Rapid Immunochromatographic Test for Hemagglutinin Antigen of H7 Subtype in Patients Infected with Novel Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus

Keren Kang, Li Chen, Xiang Zhao, Chengfeng Qin, Zanwu Zhan, Jihua Wang, Wenmei Li, Emmanuel E. Dzakah, Weijuang Huang, Yuelong Shu, Tao Jiang, Wuchun Cao, Mingquan Xie, Xiaochun Luo, Shixing Tang

published 19 Mar 2014

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Anemia at the Initiation of Tuberculosis Therapy Is Associated with Delayed Sputum Conversion among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Tumaini J. Nagu, Donna Spiegelman, Ellen Hertzmark, Said Aboud, Julie Makani, Mecky I. Matee, Wafaie Fawzi, Ferdinand Mugusi

published 18 Mar 2014

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Effects of Woodsmoke Exposure on Airway Inflammation in Rural Guatemalan Women

Michael J. Guarnieri, Janet V. Diaz, Chandreyi Basu, Anaite Diaz, Daniel Pope, Kirk R. Smith, Tone Smith-Sivertsen, Nigel Bruce, Colin Solomon, John McCracken, John R. Balmes

published 13 Mar 2014

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Profile and Response to Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment among Elderly Tuberculosis Patients Treated under the TB Control Programme in South India

Banu Rekha Vaithilingam Velayutham, Dina Nair, Vedachalam Chandrasekaran, Balambal Raman, Gomathy Sekar, Basilea Watson, Niruparani Charles, Muniyandi Malaisamy, Aleyamma Thomas, Soumya Swaminathan

published 11 Mar 2014

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Macrolide Therapy in Adults and Children with Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Yong-hua Gao, Wei-jie Guan, Gang Xu, Yan Tang, Yang Gao, Zhi-ya Lin, Zhi-min Lin, Nan-shan Zhong, Rong-chang Chen

published 06 Mar 2014

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Microbiota Present in Cystic Fibrosis Lungs as Revealed by Whole Genome Sequencing

Philippe M. Hauser, Thomas Bernard, Gilbert Greub, Katia Jaton, Marco Pagni, Gaudenz M. Hafen

published 05 Mar 2014

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Feasibility of Decentralised Deployment of Xpert MTB/RIF Test at Lower Level of Health System in India

Neeraj Raizada, K. S. Sachdeva, Achuthan Sreenivas, Bhavin Vadera, R. S. Gupta, Malik Parmar, Shubhangi Kulsange, Ameet Babre, Rahul Thakur, Christen Gray, Ranjani Ramachandran, Umesh Alavadi, Mayank Ghedia, Balasangameshwara Vollepore, Puneet Dewan, Catharina Boehme, C. N. Paramsivan

published 26 Feb 2014

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