[HTML][HTML] Inflammation-mediated tissue damage in pulmonary tuberculosis and host-directed therapeutic strategies

D Tiwari, AR Martineau - Seminars in Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of tuberculosis (TB) involves the administration of anti-mycobacterial
drugs for several months. The emergence of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium …

Pulmonary TB and chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: clinical differences and similarities

JB Baluku, E Nuwagira, F Bongomin… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary TB (PTB) and chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) are both
progressive and debilitating parenchymal lung diseases with overlapping risk factors …

Tuberculosis prevalence: beyond the tip of the iceberg

RMGJ Houben, H Esmail, F Cobelens… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The global burden of tuberculosis disease remains stubbornly high. Population surveys
estimate that 14 million individuals have prevalent disease, reflecting around 10 million …

[HTML][HTML] Is there a rationale for pulmonary rehabilitation following successful chemotherapy for tuberculosis?

M Muñoz-Torrico, A Rendon, R Centis… - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
The role of tuberculosis as a public health care priority and the availability of diagnostic tools
to evaluate functional status (spirometry, plethysmography, and DLCO determination) …

Strategies to increase childhood tuberculosis case detection at the primary health care level: Lessons from an active case finding study in Zambia

M Kagujje, S Nyangu, MM Maimbolwa, B Shuma… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Introduction In high TB burden settings, it is estimated that 10–20% of total notifications
should be children, however, currently only 6–8% of the total TB notifications in Zambia are …

[HTML][HTML] Imbalance of NET and alpha-1-antitrypsin in tuberculosis patients is related with hyper inflammation and severe lung tissue damage

MGM de Melo, EDD Mesquita, MM Oliveira… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) can lead to lung tissue damage (LTD) and
compromise the pulmonary capacity of TB patients that evolve to severe PTB. The molecular …

Pulmonary impairment in tuberculosis survivors: the Korean National health and nutrition examination survey 2008-2012

JW Jung, JC Choi, JW Shin, JY Kim, BW Choi, IW Park - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) can affect lung function, but studies regarding long-
term follow-up in patients with no sequelae on chest X-ray (CXR) have not been performed …

Clinical effect of T-SPOT.TB test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

Y Ma, R Li, J Shen, L He, Y Li, N Zhang, Q Wu… - BMC infectious …, 2019 - Springer
Background The goal of this study was to further investigate the clinical effectiveness of the T-
SPOT. TB test in diagnosing tuberculosis (TB), including the effects of T-SPOT. TB test on …

Serum amyloid A, protein Z, and C4b-binding protein β chain as new potential biomarkers for pulmonary tuberculosis

TT Jiang, LY Shi, LL Wei, X Li, S Yang, C Wang… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The aim of this study was to discover novel biomarkers for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).
Differentially expressed proteins in the serum of patients with TB were screened and …

The critically ill patient with tuberculosis in intensive care: Clinical presentations, management and infection control

A Otu, M Hashmi, AM Mukhtar, A Kwizera, S Tiberi… - Journal of critical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide. In 2016, there were
490,000 cases of multi-drug resistant TB globally. Over 2 billion people have asymptomatic …