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Prevalence and associated factors of delayed sputum smear conversion in patients treated for smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis: A retrospective follow up study in Sabah, Malaysia

Linghui Amanda Khor, Ulfa Nur Izzati A. Wahid, Lee Lee Ling, Sarah Michael S. Liansim, Jush’n Oon, Mahendran Naidu Balakrishnan, Wei Leik Ng, Ai Theng Cheong

published 06 Mar 2023

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Proteomic analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: A pilot study from Zanzibar, Tanzania

Ahmed Barakat, Even Birkeland, Melissa D. Jørstad, Magalie El Hajj, Msafiri Marijani, Anne Døskeland, Olav Mjaavatten, Frode S. Berven, Tehmina Mustafa

published 14 Feb 2023

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A novel assay for improved detection of sputum periostin in patients with asthma

Junya Ono, Masayuki Takai, Ayami Kamei, Shoichiro Ohta, Parameswaran Nair, Kenji Izuhara, Sven-Erik Dahlén, Anna James, on behalf of the BIOAIR consortium

published 10 Feb 2023

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The usefulness of change in CT score for evaluating the activity of Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab) pulmonary disease (Mab-PD)

Kyota Shinfuku, Hiromichi Hara, Naoki Takasaka, Takeo Ishikawa, Jun Araya, Kazuyoshi Kuwano

published 08 Feb 2023

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The accuracy of an electronic nose to diagnose tuberculosis in patients referred to an expert centre

Rosarito Coronel Teixeira, Luis Gómez, Eva González, Nilda Jiménez de Romero, Felipe González, Sarita Aguirre, Martin Boeree, Robin Janssen, Cecile Magis-Escurra

published 07 Feb 2023

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Usefulness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-polymerase chain reaction with bronchial washing samples in predicting discontinuation of airborne infection isolation in patients hospitalized with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis

Tae-Ok Kim, Young-Ok Na, Hwa Kyung Park, Jae-Kyeong Lee, Hyung-Joo Oh, Bo Gun Kho, Ha-Young Park, Yong-Soo Kwon, Yu-Il Kim, Sung-Chul Lim, Hong-Joon Shin

published 30 Dec 2022

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Why health system diagnosis delay among tuberculosis patients in Illubabor, Oromia region, South West Ethiopia? A qualitative study

Jira Wakoya Feyisa, Jiregna Chalcisa Lemu, Megersa Dinku Hunde, Robera Demissie Berhanu, Debela Dereje Jaleta, Diriba Kumara Abdisa, Tadesse Sime Garedow, Keno Melkamu Kitila

published 30 Dec 2022

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High proportion of RR-TB and mutations conferring RR outside of the RRDR of the rpoB gene detected in GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Gizachew Taddesse Akalu, Belay Tessema, Beyene Petros

published 30 Dec 2022

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Amikacin liposome and Mycobacterium avium complex: A systematic review

Moein Zangiabadian, Donya Malekshahian, Erfan Arabpour, Sahel Shafiee Dolat Abadi, Fartous Yazarlou, Narjess Bostanghadiri, Rosella Centis, AmirHossein Akbari Aghababa, Mohammad Farahbakhsh, Mohammad Javad Nasiri, Giovanni Sotgiu, Giovanni Battista Migliori

published 27 Dec 2022

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Predictors of sputum culture conversion time among MDR/RR TB patients on treatment in a low-income setting

Meiraf Daniel Meshesha

published 14 Nov 2022

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Tuberculosis control at a South African correctional centre: Diagnosis, treatment and strain characterisation

Kathleen Baird, Halima Said, Hendrik J. Koornhof, Adriano Gianmaria Duse

published 11 Nov 2022

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Selection bias in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cohort studies assessing sputum culture conversion

Carly A. Rodriguez, Sara Lodi, C. Robert Horsburgh, Mathieu Bastard, Cathy Hewison, Helena Huerga, Munira Khan, Palwasha Y. Khan, Uzma Khan, Lawrence Oyewusi, Shrivani Padayachee, Carole D. Mitnick, Molly F. Franke

published 10 Nov 2022

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Adherence trajectory as an on-treatment risk indicator among drug-resistant TB patients in the Philippines

Sophie Huddart, Donna Mae Geocaniga-Gaviola, Rebecca Crowder, Alexander Rupert Lim, Evanisa Lopez, Chelsea Lyn Valdez, Christopher A. Berger, Raul Destura, Midori Kato-Maeda, Adithya Cattamanchi, Anna Marie Celina Garfin

published 08 Nov 2022

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