Coexisting Bronchogenic Carcinoma and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Same Lobe: Radiologic Findings and Clinical Significance doc

... 2001 Coexisting Bronchogenic Carcinoma and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Same Lobe: Radiologic Findings and Clinical Significance Objective: Bronchogenic carcinoma can mimic or be masked by pulmonary tuberculosis ... pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), and the aim of this study was to describe the radiologic findings and clinical significance...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... both the groups. DISCUSSION Tuberculosis is becoming increasingly common in the elderly and burden of the disease in them is likely to continue to increase substantially. 3,4 Moreover, with increasing ... on the basis of clinical and radiological features consistent with TB and a good clinical response to antituberculosis treatment (ATT) were also enrolled in the...

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... for the patients admitted for screening for pulmonary tuberculosis. The institutional review boards of all participating institutions approved the research. Masking procedures Clinicians and ... (Table 1, Figs. 3 and 4). Fuzzy logic and pattern recognition analysis are powerful problem-solving methodologies that are employed widely in industry and increasingly in clinica...

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... of at least 30 days (after initiating TB treatment), the length of time necessary to observe whether there has been an improvement in the clinical and radiological findings or (4) patients with ... asthenia, chest pain, use of illicit drugs and sputum smear-negative. Conclusion: The present study indirectly showed the difficulty of diagnosing TB in HIV-infected individuals...

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... is found in the epithelial lining of upper GI tract including the tongue, esophagus and stomach, but not in the small and large intestines. In the rat, Aldh1 is present higher up in the GI tract from ... observed in the epithelial cells at the base of the intestinal glands in rectum and moderate levels of Adh4 are present in the epithelial cell layer of t...

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... hindered an in- depth analysis of the results. Hence, the findings from the qualitative portion of the study might be considered preliminary. Conclusion Our findings indicate that the majority of the ... sustain the transmission of the disease within the community. In this study, we assessed the knowledge and perception of apparently healthy individuals about pu...

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... detected in patients with PTB in this study may therefore indicate the contribution of NK cells in the host immune response against MTB infection. The immune response after MTB infection and disease ... to evaluate their role in pulmonary tuberculosis. Similarly, MTB associated CD4 + lymphopenia observed in the present study and in other studies require further...

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... conrm these ndings on clinical presentations and outcomes of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis. Conclusion In emerging nations infections such as tuberculosis requiring intensive ... 1. Treatment was initiated on the basis of the clinical diagnosis made during admission to the ICU in 18 (54%) patients. The initial diagnosis at the time of admission to...

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... ). The renewed interest in examining the indications for BCG vaccination in the United States included consideration of the wide range of vaccine efficacies deter- mined by clinical trials and ... useful in clarifying the variable information concerning the vaccine’s efficacy for preventing pulmonary TB in adoles- cents and adults. These studies also were not usefu...

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