The diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis.

I Suárez, SM Fünger, S Kröger… - Deutsches …, 2019 - search.ebscohost.com
Background: Around 10 million people worldwide contract tuberculosis every year.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately one-quarter of the world's …

Severe disseminated tuberculosis in HIV-negative refugees

I Suarez, SM Fuenger, N Jung, C Lehmann… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2019 - thelancet.com
In high-income countries, the presentation of tuberculosis is changing, primarily because of
migration, and understanding the specific health needs of susceptible populations is …

Awareness of European practitioners toward uncommon tropical diseases: are we prepared to deal with mass migration? Results of an international survey

G Mantica, A Van der Merwe, C Terrone, F Gallo… - World journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The recent rise in migration from Africa through the Mediterranean basin into
Europe has resulted in an increased incidence of uncommon diseases such as …

Pulmonary versus extrapulmonary tuberculosis associated factors: a case-case study

A Arnedo-Pena, MA Romeu-Garcia… - Microbiology …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) incidence remains low in health departments of Castellon
and La Plana-Vila-real, but TB elimination is challenging. The objective of this study was to …

[HTML][HTML] Forty years of Tuberculous meningitis: The new face of an old enemy

A García-Caballero, C Navarro-San Francisco… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) occurs in 1–5% of cases of tuberculosis. Without
early treatment, mortality and permanent disability rates are high. Methods A retrospective …

[HTML][HTML] Antituberculosis drug resistance in isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in southeast Spain

NM Quezel-Guerraz, A Sánchez-Porto… - Journal of Global …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives The aim of this study was to determine resistance to antituberculosis (anti-TB)
drugs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from patients diagnosed with …

Tuberculosis-related hospitalizations in a low-incidence country: a retrospective analysis in two Italian infectious diseases wards

L Campogiani, M Compagno, L Coppola… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, a decrease in the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) has been recorded
worldwide. However, an increase in TB cases has been reported in foreign people living in …

[PDF][PDF] Changes in the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus–associated tuberculosis in Hong Kong

ACK Chan, SS Huang, KH Wong, CC Leung… - Hong Kong medical …, 2024 - hkmj.org
Introduction: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–associated tuberculosis (TB) remains an
important health challenge worldwide. Although TB prevalence has decreased in the …

[HTML][HTML] Tuberculosis treatment outcome in thessaloniki, Greece-a single center study

K Manika, SC Kotoulas, E Papadaki, P Kyreltsi… - Hippokratia, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Greece is one of the few countries in the European Union/European Economic
Area, which do not report tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcome. This study aimed to assess …

Meningite tuberculosa: caracterização de uma coorte de doentes e revisão de terapêuticas futuras

JTDF Oliveira - 2023 - repositorio.ul.pt
A meningite tuberculosa é a forma mais severa de tuberculose, correspondendo a 1-5% dos
casos e apresentando uma mortalidade até 30%. O diagnóstico de meningite tuberculosa é …