… in select patients after treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis. 25 The identification of impairment
after tuberculosisis may therefore be an important strategy to limit tuberculosis morbidity …

… Therefore, previous global and national TB burden estimates do not reflect the full … of
surviving TB. We assessed the burden of TB including pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis in …

… cure.3, 4 After tuberculosis, bronchial and … with pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis
(PIAT) that occurs frequently and varies from mild to severe. PIAT refers to chronic pulmonary …

… The present study quantifies the loss of lung function caused by initial and recurrent treated
tuberculosis and by specific time lapsed after tuberculosis diagnosis, especially the chronic …

… suggesting that pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis could be an underestimated
cause of chronic lung disease, especially in countries where the tuberculosis burden is high. …

… Pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis and its contribution to TB burden. BMC Public
Health 2010; 10: 259. 3 Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Directorate …

… If pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis was permanent, … TB, routine testing for impairment
after the completion of TB … the stability of pulmonary impairment changes over time in …

… Background: In South Africa, pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) remains a … impairment after
PTB cure, few population-based South African studies have investigated this finding. Pulmonary …

… a prominent loss of pulmonary function after pulmonary TB infection. Pulmonary function
follow-… lung disease who are at risk of pulmonary decompensation after pulmonary tuberculosis. …

… be a useful test to measure lung impairment after TB [3] and can also inform treatment
decisions and treatment success evaluation in pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with PTLD [10], …