Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in HIV-positive individuals, causing 1.1 million incident cases and 0.32 million deaths in 2012. Diagnosis of TB is particularly challenging in HIV-coinfected individuals, due to a high frequency of smear-negative disease, ...
Animal tuberculosis (TB), caused byMycobacterium bovis, is maintained in Portugal in a multi-host system, with cattle, red deer and wild boar, playing a central role. However, the ecological processes driving transmission are not understood. The main aim of this study was thus to contribute to...
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Immunological diagnosis of TB is performed basically by routine tuberculin skin test (TST), and in some cases, by ancillary interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA). The concept of human latent TB infection (LTBI) by M. tuberculosis is recognized in cohorts without symptoms by routine clinical ...
1). We then identified any diagnosis of AD before the matching date since 1981 when the NPR covered >80% of the inpatient care in the country. Matched cohort To investigate the association between PND and subsequent risk of AD, we conducted a matched cohort study. We excluded PND women ...
diagnosis [8]. Undoubtedly, addressing most T-cell lymphomas has proven to be a difficult and unmet medical challenge. This article thoroughly examines the significant impact of tumor heterogeneity and the tumor microenvironment (TME) on treatment resistance in PTCL. Additionally, it presents an up-...
Despite the growth of molecular diagnosis from the era of Hippocrates, the emergence of COVID-19 is still remarkable. The previously used molecular techniques were not rapid enough to screen a vast population at home, in offices, and in hospitals. Additi
Inflammation causes or maintains depression, so inflammatory markers can be used for diagnosis, identifying treatment effects, and predicting the prognosis of depression. The effects of currently available antidepressant medications on inflammatory cytokines/mediators in depressed patients are summarized in ...
[ 46 , 47 ]; the latter also has fewer centers for molecular diagnosis and care for cancer patients [ 48 ]. the north region of brazil appeared in only two study in this review, and the above data may partly explain why the vast majority of studies found were from the southeast and ...
Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common opportunistic infection in HIV-infected patients and the emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is a growing problem in resource-limited settings (RLS). TB diagnosis in most RLS still depends on smear microscopy for acid-fast bacilli (AFB) while ...