Tài liệu Detection of Pulmonary tuberculosis: comparing MR imaging with HRCT pptx

... RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Detection of Pulmonary tuberculosis: comparing MR imaging with HRCT Elisa Busi Rizzi 1* , Vincenzo Schinina’ 1 , Massimo Cristofaro 1 , Delia Goletti 2 , Fabrizio ... purpose of our study was to compare MRI with high resolution CT (HRCT) for assessing pulmonary tuberculosis. Methods: 50 patients with culture-proven pulmonary tuberculosi...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 12:20

... patients with PTB who had concomitant evidence of extrapulmonary TB (EPTB). The diagnosis of EPTB was based on clinical and radiological features suggestive of TB concerning the involved site with ... Among patients with PTB who also had EPTB, the most common site of extra pulmonary involvement was Table 1. Demographic characteristics of elderly (Group I) and young (Group II...

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... pathogenesis of a variety of diseases. However, whether KIR polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis was unknown. We examined a possible association of KIR polymorphism ... carried out with 10 Association of KIR with pulmonary tuberculosis ©FUNPEC-RP www.funpecrp.com.br Genetics and Molecular Research 11 (2) 1370-1378 (2012) 1373 cycles at...

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... pected disease, the risk approximated 15 per- cent for Negroes and 5 percent for whites. For older persons with minimal or suspected tuber- culosis, the risk was approximately 4 percent for Negroes and 2 percent for whites. The risk of reactivation among Negroes was not associated with degree of skin pigmentation. Long-term followup of persons with inactive disease appears to be a...

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... implementation of active case finding program. We assessed the effect of Cough Officer Screening (an active screening system) on the rate of TB detection and health care system delays over the course of ... statistical software (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA). Results Figure 1 summarizes the results of our TB detection pro- gram from the time of patient admission to initiation...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... include patients with a histor y of TB, patients on TB treatment for pulmonary TB without sputum conversion, and symptomatic contacts of patients with known MDR-TB. Three categories of participants ... percentage of contaminated cultures; review question B: the name and manufacturer of the reference standard. • Details of index test: software version of test. • Details of...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... of infection by early detection of patients with pulmonary TB and the use of DOTS. Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture and drug susceptibility testing are not yet available in Laos. Case detection ... the sensitivity of detection by 50%, 10 the number of samples was calculated for theoretical sensitivity rates of 44% (direct method) and 66% (bleach method). With an...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

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