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Evaluation of indeterminate pulmonary nodules (IPNs) often creates a diagnostic conundrum which may delay the early detection of lung cancer. Rare circulating genetically abnormal cells (CGAC) have previously demonstrated utility as a biomarker for discr
The 2019 global TB report indicates that 10 million people developed TB disease in 2018 and an estimated 1.5 million of them died [1]. For persons with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary TB (BC-PTB) who have been started on treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends sputum ...
it has poor sensitivity. Many true TB infections are not initially detected by AFS. Consequently, the true value of a qPCR assay over other test methods
Primary radiation therapy is used in patients with inoperable stage II disease or with patients that have operable tumors with medical contraindications to surgery. Selective patients may benefit from molecularly-targeted therapy used in combination with chemotherapy, as a single first line-agent or ...
PURPOSE To analyze different radiological manifestations of the childhood tuberculosis (TB) according to the patient's age and their immune status. METHOD AND MATERIALS CT scans of 119 patients with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary TB were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were categorized into 2 gr...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease characterized by interstitial remodeling and pulmonary dysfunction. The etiology of IPF is not completely understood but involves pathologic inflammation and subsequent failure to resolve fibrosis in response to epithelial injury. Treatments for IPF...
counterstained with Gill 2 hematoxylin, scanned and digitized with a slide scanner (VS110, Olympus America) before evaluation. RNA Isolation/real-time PCR RNA was isolated from whole lung homogenate after pulverizing the lung tissues at − 80 °C. Total RNA was isolated using a RNeasy ...
interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) are considered auxiliary methods for diagnosing TB11; however, the TST cannot distinguish between healthy individuals vaccinated with the BCG and those with active TB disease. IGRA testing must be conducted under standard laboratory conditions by trained personnel...
molecules in a static manner, DNB showed superiority in identifying the critical or pre-metastatic state (a tipping point just before the dramatic transition11,14,15,16,17 to a metastatic state) during disease progression via interactions between molecules (differential networks) in a dynamic manner...