Female genital tuberculosis, a relatively uncommon form of tuberculosis, is critically challenging to diagnose due to its insidious and non-typical presentations. Case presentation:Herein, we present with an asymptomatic infertile woman with persistently high CA-125 passed undiagnosed until laparoscopy ...
5 Only about one third of patients with musculoskeletal tuberculosis have pulmonary involvement, making chest X-ray screening less useful.6 The erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein are not of much value in helping to make the diagnosis.7 Osteoarticular tuberculosis is pauci-bacillary...
9 CDC indicates Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; IGRA, interferon-gamma release assay; LTBI, latent tuberculosis infection; TST, tuberculin skin test. Figure 2. Literature Search Flow Diagram: Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults View LargeDownload The sum of the number ...
Summary of Evidence: Screening and Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults View LargeDownload Supplement. 1. Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET). Tuberculosis elimination revisited: obstacles, opportunities, and a renewed commitment. MMWR Recomm Rep. 1999;48(RR-9...
来自 EBSCO 喜欢 0 阅读量: 63 作者: Kennedy,Maureen,Shawn,Zolot,Joan,Solomon 展开 摘要: Focuses on a report published by the Institute of Medicine calling for tuberculosis screening of all immigrants in the United States. 展开 年份: 2000 ...
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Sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension (SAPH) is listed in Group 5 of the clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension, due to its complex and multifactorial pathophysiology. The most common cause of SAPH development is advanced lung fibrosis
Tuberculosis Tuberculosis remains the world's leading infectious disease killer. We are the industry leader in two public-private research consortiums – ERA4TB and Unite4TB – developing novel regimens for drug-resistant TB. Unite4TB, the newest project of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) ...
Five years ago, when he was 73 years of age, he had recurrent secondary syphilis, presenting as skin lesions. The patient had recurrent secondary syphilis (skin and lung lesions) and latent syphilis; however, we could not detect and diagnose syphilis using RPR screening because of the long ...
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