A systemic review on tuberculosis

A Natarajan, PM Beena, AV Devnikar, S Mali - Indian Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB), which is caused by bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex,
is one of the oldest diseases known to affect humans and a major cause of death worldwide …

Interferon-γ release assays for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Sester, G Sotgiu, C Lange, C Giehl… - European …, 2011 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs) are now established for the immunodiagnosis of latent
infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in many countries. However, the role of IGRAs for …

The risk of tuberculosis in transplant candidates and recipients: a TBNET consensus statement

D Bumbacea, SM Arend, F Eyuboglu… - European …, 2012 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Tuberculosis (TB) is a possible complication of solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell
transplantation. The identification of candidates for preventive chemotherapy is an effective …

Tuberculosis contact investigation in low prevalence countries: a European consensus

CGM Erkens, M Kamphorst, I Abubakar, GH Bothamley… - 2010 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Contact investigation to identify individuals with tuberculosis and latent infection with
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an important component of tuberculosis control in low …

European union standards for tuberculosis care

GB Migliori, JP Zellweger, I Abubakar, E Ibraim… - 2012 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European
Respiratory Society (ERS) jointly developed European Union Standards for Tuberculosis …

Latent tuberculosis: what the host “sees”?

HP Gideon, JAL Flynn - Immunologic research, 2011 - Springer
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), is the most
successful pathogen of mankind and remains a major threat to global health as the leading …

Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by PCR

PK Mehta, A Raj, N Singh… - FEMS Immunology & …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
During the last two decades, the resurgence of tuberculosis (TB) has been documented in
both developed and developing nations, and much of this increase in TB burden coincided …

IP-10 release assays in the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection: current status and future directions

M Ruhwald, MG Aabye, P Ravn - Expert review of molecular …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The current state-of-the-art tests for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis–the IFN-γ
release assays–rely on accurate measurement of the cytokine IFN-γ. Many other potential …

Distinguishing nontuberculous mycobacteria from Mycobacterium tuberculosis lung disease from CT images using a deep learning framework

L Wang, W Ding, Y Mo, D Shi, S Zhang, L Zhong… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a deep learning framework (3D-
ResNet) based on CT images to distinguish nontuberculous mycobacterium lung disease …

Evolution of drug resistance in tuberculosis: recent progress and implications for diagnosis and therapy

A Trauner, S Borrell, K Reither, S Gagneux - Drugs, 2014 - Springer
Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a growing threat to global public health. Recent efforts to
understand the evolution of drug resistance have shown that changes in drug–target …