Spinal tuberculosis: current concepts

S Rajasekaran, DCR Soundararajan… - Global Spine …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Review article. Objectives: A review of literature on the epidemiology,
diagnosis, and management of spinal tuberculosis (TB). Methods: A systematic …

Advances in diagnosis of Tuberculosis: an update into molecular diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

B Acharya, A Acharya, S Gautam, SP Ghimire… - Molecular biology …, 2020 - Springer
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of deaths by a single infectious agent and has now been
a global public health problem due to increasing numbers of drug-resistant cases. Early and …

Treatment of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: an official ATS/ERS/ESCMID/IDSA clinical practice guideline

CL Daley, JM Iaccarino, C Lange… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) represent over 190 species and subspecies, some of
which can produce disease in humans of all ages and can affect both pulmonary and …

Official American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention clinical practice guidelines: diagnosis of …

DM Lewinsohn, MK Leonard, PA LoBue… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background. Individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) may
develop symptoms and signs of disease (tuberculosis disease) or may have no clinical …

Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance by Use of On-Demand, Near-Patient Technology

D Helb, M Jones, E Story, C Boehme… - Journal of clinical …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Current nucleic acid amplification methods to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis are
complex, labor-intensive, and technically challenging. We developed and performed the first …

A systematic review of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of tuberculosis infection

J Dinnes, J Deeks, H Kunst, A Gibson… - Health technology …, 2007 - wrap.warwick.ac.uk
Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of available rapid diagnostic tests to identify
tuberculosis (TB) infection. Data sources Electronic databases were searched from 1975 to …

Environmental sources of nontuberculous mycobacteria

JO Falkinham - Clin Chest Med, 2015 - books.google.com
The nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are opportunistic human pathogens that are
normal inhabitants of the environment, especially the human-engineered environment. A list …

Development of a standardized screening rule for tuberculosis in people living with HIV in resource-constrained settings: individual participant data meta-analysis of …

H Getahun, W Kittikraisak, CM Heilig, EL Corbett… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background The World Health Organization recommends the screening of all people living
with HIV for tuberculosis (TB) disease, followed by TB treatment, or isoniazid preventive …

Evolution of machine learning in tuberculosis diagnosis: a review of deep learning-based medical applications

M Singh, GV Pujar, SA Kumar, M Bhagyalalitha… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that has been a major menace to human health
globally, causing millions of deaths yearly. Well-timed diagnosis and treatment are an arch …

Collection and handling of thoracic small biopsy and cytology specimens for ancillary studies: guideline from the college of American pathologists in collaboration with …

S Roy-Chowdhuri, S Dacic… - … of pathology & …, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.—The need for appropriate specimen use for ancillary testing has become more
commonplace in the practice of pathology. This, coupled with improvements in technology …