Prevalence of Pulmonary tuberculosis and immunological profile of HIV co-infected patients in Northwest Ethiopia pdf

... C L E Open Access Prevalence of Pulmonary tuberculosis and immunological profile of HIV co-infected patients in Northwest Ethiopia Yitayih Wondimeneh 1 , Dagnachew Muluye 2* and Yeshambel Belyhun 3 Abstract Background: ... by the increasing incidence of HIV/ AIDS. In this study, we noted higher prevalence of PTB (7.5%) among HIV positive pre-ART pati...

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... Classification of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and An Outline of Standardised Principles of Management By MILOSH SEKULICH “ In all science progress is the result only of a series of continuous ... of activity, and sputum findings were introduced into the British classification; in America many changes in emphasis and other details have been made in the last...

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... policy, prac tice, and impact. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 2010;16 (3):271–84. Perkins 2002 Perkins MD, Kritski AL. Diagnostic testing in the control of tuberculosis. Bulletin of the World ... of all pulmonary cases in HIV- infected individuals ( Steingart 2006; Getahun 2007). Chest radiography f or TB diagnosis is limited by high inter- and intra-observer diff...

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... 10 of 11 should be taken into account in community-based health education pertaining to TB intervention. HIV/ AIDS is known to play a major role in increasing the burden of TB [5]. Very few individuals ... studied considered the role of HIV/ AIDS as a risk factor in PTB development. On the other hand, our study of communi- ties underlined that shortage of food and the habi...

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... containing 0.25nmoles of forward and reverse primers, 2mM final concentration of dNTP, 1.5 U of Taq polymerase in 1X buffer and proteinase K digested sample. The sequence of the forward and ... later determined on the basis of response to ATT and radiological profile after 3 months of treatment initiation and hence not considered in the final tally COMPARISON...

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... Materials and Methods The data collected from four epidemiological surveys during a longitudinal study of tuberculosis in a rural population of South India is analysed (National Tuberculosis Institute, ... values of B and C could be worked out. Findings Size of the population with "recent reinfection (RI) " and "no recent reinfection (NRI) "...

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... diagnosis of TB in the elderly. A positive spu- tum AFB smear was obtained in 57.1% of elderly and in 57.5 % of young TB patients, and a positive AFB culture was ob- tained in 70.6% of the elderly and ... 13) and more likely to die of the disease (6, 14). Age-related changes in the tuber- culin skin reaction and a high incidence of underlying illnesses also pl...

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... not being achieved. Passive case finding is the mainstay of case finding in most developing countries. This relies heavily on sputum examination by smear and culture, chest radiology and tuberculin ... study reconfirms the use of conventional ZN staining method and culture on LJ medium in the detection of AFB in sputum samples of patients with pulmonary tubercul...

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... upper zones were defined as areas of the lung above t he level of the carina; the middle zones as areas between the level of thecarinaandtheoriginoftheinferiorpulmonary veins; and the lower zones ... developments and the refinement of pulse sequ ences have improved the quality and speed of MRI. Our data indicate that in terms of identifying lung lesions in non-AIDS pati...

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