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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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Airway clearance physiotherapy and health-related quality of life in cystic fibrosis

Sandra Gursli, Alexandra Quittner, Reidun Birgitta Jahnsen, Bjørn Skrede, Britt Stuge, Egil Bakkeheim

published 18 Oct 2022

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Overcome low levels of detection limit and choice of antibody affects detection of lipoarabinomannan in pediatric tuberculosis

Anita G. Amin, Prithwiraj De, Barbara Graham, Brooke L. Jensen, Emmanuel Moreau, Delphi Chatterjee

published 11 Oct 2022

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Comparison of tests done, and tuberculosis cases detected by Xpert® MTB/RIF and Xpert® MTB/RIF-Ultra in Uganda

Michael Kakinda, Didas Tugumisirize, Abdunoor Nyombi, Marvin Mugisha, Stavia Turyahabwe, Simon Walusimbi, Joseph K. B. Matovu

published 10 Oct 2022

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High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy for admitted COPD-patients. A retrospective cohort study

Pieter Veenstra, Nic J. G. M. Veeger, Ralph J. H. Koppers, Marieke L. Duiverman, Wouter H. van Geffen

published 05 Oct 2022

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The Simple One-step stool processing method for detection of Pulmonary tuberculosis: A study protocol to assess the robustness, stool storage conditions and sampling strategy for global implementation and scale-up

Petra de Haas, Bazezew Yenew, Getu Diriba, Misikir Amare, Andrii Slyzkyi, Yohannes Demissie, Bihil Sherefdin, Ahmed Bedru, Endale Mengesha, Zewdu Gashu Dememew, Abebaw Kebede, Muluwork Getahun, Edine Tiemersma, Degu Jerene

published 04 Oct 2022

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