Screening performance of C-reactive protein for active pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-positive patients: A systematic review with a meta-analysis

AD Meca, A Turcu-Stiolica, M Bogdan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide. In the
last years, resistant strains of the etiological agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, have …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic accuracy of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y You, Y meng Ni, G Shi - Systematic Reviews, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has emerged as a
promising tool in clinical practice due to its unbiased approach to pathogen detection. Its …

Potential value of urine lateral-flow lipoarabinomannan (LAM) test for diagnosing tuberculosis among severely acute malnourished children

B Schramm, RC Nganaboy, P Uwiragiye, D Mukeba… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious co-morbidity among children with severe acute
malnutrition (SAM) and TB diagnosis remains particularly challenging in the very young. We …

Utility of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis compared to GeneXpert in a tertiary health care center in Northern …

K Gouda, U Das, G Dhangadamajhi - Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis including tuberculous lymphadenitis
(TBLN) is challenging because of its atypical clinical presentation, paucibacillary nature of …

[HTML][HTML] State-of-the-art detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in blood during tuberculosis infection using phage technology

CED Rees, BMC Swift, P Haldar - International Journal of Infectious …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction/Abstract Tuberculosis (TB), an aerosol-transmitted infection caused by
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains the commonest cause of death globally, from an …

The performance of A rpob gene mutation linked to A resistant to rifampicin mycobacterium tuberculosis isolate from an Indonesian referral hospital

D Kusumaningrum, NM Mertaniasih… - Indian Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Indonesia has the world's second-highest tuberculosis and is one of the 30
countries with an increased MDR/RR TB burden. Even though the number of people with …

Exploratory development of PCR-fluorescent probes in rapid detection of mutations associated with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

J Liang, H An, J Zhou, Y Liu, G Xiang, Y Liu… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
This study aims to evaluate the clinical value of PCR-fluorescent probes for detecting the
mutation gene associated with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). The …

Comparative Analysis of Microscopic and Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction-based Methods for the Detection of Multidrug Resistance in Mycobacterium …

N Dave, S Singh - Journal of Preventive, Diagnostic and …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
In the current scenario, the rise of multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(MTB) poses a worldwide challenge. MTB is an acid-fast bacillus that shows varying …

[HTML][HTML] Pancoast tumor mimicking lung tuberculosis, a case report

MI Nugroho, AD Sensusiati - Radiology Case Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
It is well-recognized that tuberculosis (TB) can mimic several clinical diseases, particularly
cancer. On several occasions, lung TB can be misdiagnosed as cancer, particularly in …

Screening Performance of C-Reactive Protein for Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis in HIV-Positive Patients: A Meta-analysis

AD Meca, M Bogdan, A Turcu-Stiolica, R Cocos… - 2020 - researchsquare.com
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide. In the
last years, resistant strains of the etiological agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, have …