Addressing the threat of drug resistant tuberculosis a realistic assessment of the challenge

... found a small focus of bony metaplasia in a cartilagenous plate on the bronchial wall The bronchial cartilage is primarily responsible for maintaining the stability of the airways Metaplastic ossification ... large cavity that apparently drained caseum into the bronchial lumen and wall The stimulation caused by this chronic inflammation might have led to the meta...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... Facing the Reality of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Challenges and Potential Solutions in India: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, the Indian Nation FACING THE REALITY ... Facing the Reality of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Challenges and Potential Solutions in India: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Insti...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 11:20

... [10-13] Strains of the Beijing genotype were first described in China and neighbouring countries in 1995 [14], and subsequently the occurrence of Beijing genotype strains has been documented in several ... only 38% of the fully susceptible isolates belonged to the Beijing genotype, 75% of MDR-TB patients were infected with Beijing strains The associati...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... conservation In this case, the physical training was performed on a stationary bicycle, a treadmill and a step trainer, initially using a load equivalent to 30% of the maximum load, which was increased ... with an adequate integral general treatment in a pulmonary rehabilitation program that contemplates at least weeks of physical exercise (evidence type B), mandatory aerob...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... relating to tuberculosis and drug resistance  Drug resistant tuberculosis Tuberculosis that is resistant to any first line antituberculosis drug (see table 1)  Multidrug resistant tuberculosis ... treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis How can we prevent drug resistant tuberculosis? The principles of tuberculosis control are equally relevant to the preven...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... the time point for the importation of the resistant strain is shifted towards the initial phase of the epidemic, the resistant strain increasingly replaces the sensitive strain (Figure 1c) Early ... has been circulating in the population for many years without pandemic potential and leaving the population at least partially immune The implications for avian infl...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... mean infection FIGURE 1: PROBABILITY OF DEVELOPING TUBERCULOSIS DISEASE FOLLOWING INFECTION: INFLUENCE OF THE NUMBER OF INFECTING BACILLI, THE DURATION OF EXPOSURE AND THE COMPETENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL’S ... available in South Africa Not available in South Africa Ciprofloxacin can be substituted for Ofloxacin Not available in South Africa 15 11 GENERAL MA...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 12:20

... of parallel b strands associated to an antiparallel strand (b2) and is surrounded by helices (a1 , a2 , a3 , a7 and a8 ) The second domain consists of helices a4 , a5 and a6 all clustered on the top ... indicating that Rv1399c is composed of 22% of a- helices, 25% of b-strand and 39% of random coil The catalytic triad is located at the bottom of a s...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 16:20

... imaging findings of XDR TB have not been reported Thus, the purpose of this study was to describe the radiological findings of XDR pulmonary TB and to compare the observed findings with findings of ... (Table Imaging Findings Chest Radiographic Findings The radiographic findings of the three patient groups with TB are summarized in Tables and 3, and the...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... APPROVAL Name: Lily Yi-Ting Lai Degree: Master of Science Title of Thesis: Influential Marketing: A New Direct Marketing Strategy Addressing the Existence of Voluntary Buyers Examining ... really the case? Remember that ultimately, the goal of a direct marketing campaign is to maximize the net profit An implicit assumption made by the traditional...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 04:21

... onto HAART and increasing survival among these patients, there is a growing need to understand the impact of HAART use on the quality of lives of HIVinfected individuals [4-8] There is a sizeable ... South Africa, there is an ongoing debate about whether or not the side-effect profile of HAART may adversely affect the HRQoL of HIVpositive individuals More data ab...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20