[HTML][HTML] Update on the diagnosis of tuberculosis

I Kontsevaya, AM Cabibbe, DM Cirillo… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Tuberculosis remains a global public health threat, and the development of
rapid and precise diagnostic tools is the key to enabling the early start of treatment …

Tuberculosis prevalence after 4 years of population-wide systematic TB symptom screening and universal testing and treatment for HIV in the HPTN 071 (PopART) …

E Klinkenberg, S Floyd, K Shanaube, L Mureithi… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence remains persistently high in many settings, with
new or expanded interventions required to achieve substantial reductions. The HIV …

Implementing a chest X-ray artificial intelligence tool to enhance tuberculosis screening in India: Lessons learned

S Vijayan, V Jondhale, T Pande, A Khan… - PLOS Digital …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Artificial Intelligence (AI) based chest X-ray (CXR) screening for tuberculosis (TB) is
becoming increasingly popular. Still, deploying such AI tools can be challenging due to …

Evaluation of tuberculosis diagnostic test accuracy using Bayesian latent class analysis in the presence of conditional dependence between the diagnostic tests used …

AK Keter, L Lynen, A Van Heerden, E Wong, K Reither… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Diagnostic accuracy studies in pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) are complicated by the lack of
a perfect reference standard. This limitation can be handled using latent class analysis …

Tuberculosis in the Russian Federation: Prognosis and Epidemiological Models in a Situation After the COVID-19 Pandemic

A Starshinova, E Belyaeva, N Doktorova… - Journal of Epidemiology …, 2023 - Springer
Aim Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many support programs for tuberculosis (TB)
patients have been discontinued and TB mass screening activities decreased worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] Outcomes for people with tuberculosis in the United States 1917–1948 by disease severity at presentation

SV Leavitt, CA Rodriguez, TC Bouton… - … journal of tuberculosis …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background There is substantial heterogeneity in disease presentation for individuals with
tuberculosis disease, which may correlate with disease outcomes. We estimated disease …

Computer-aided detection thresholds for digital chest radiography interpretation in tuberculosis diagnostic algorithms

F Vanobberghen, AK Keter, BKM Jacobs… - ERJ Open …, 2024 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Objectives Use of computer-aided detection (CAD) software is recommended to improve
tuberculosis screening and triage, but threshold determination is challenging if reference …

Clinical and radiographic characteristics of presumptive tuberculosis patients previously treated for tuberculosis in Zambia

K Mateyo, AD Kerkhoff, I Dunn, MS Nteeni… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Persistent respiratory symptoms and radiographic abnormalities are common
among individuals previously treated for tuberculosis (TB) and may contribute to …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing the Output of an Artificial Intelligence Algorithm in Detecting Radiological Signs of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Digital Chest X-Rays and Their …

S Ridhi, D Robert, P Soren, M Kumar… - JMIR Formative …, 2024 - formative.jmir.org
Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) based computer-aided detection devices are
recommended for screening and triaging of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) using digital chest x …

Algorithms for Screening for Active Tuberculosis among Individuals with Latent Tuberculosis Infection in a Rural Community in China

H Xin, Y Du, X Cao, D Wang, B Zhang… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Screening for active tuberculosis (TB) among individuals with latent tuberculosis infection
(LTBI) is important for the initiation and evaluation of TB preventive treatment. The …